"As they said, 'Ladies and gentlemen, Oasis', we walked out and he wasn't there," Noel remembered. However, Liam had another surprise up his sleeve. The producer of the show decided that the recording should go ahead and a decision to air the tape would be taken later. The reasons given were that Liam wanted to save his voice for the actual performance. So Noel would start singing and Liam would walk off. ![]() One member of the production team recalled that at some point during a song, Liam would point to his throat and indicate 'I can't go on any more'. Noel Gallagher remembered that there were two weeks of rehearsals for the show, but that Liam only showed up for a couple of days. "Even before we got to the day of the show, there was a 'concern'." Jac Benson, the associate producer of the show recalled. Liam Gallagher at the rehearsals for MTV Unplugged, August 1996. However, the tabloids were having a field day with the image of 'bad boy' Liam and the producers of the special began to worry about the singer. Only a week earlier, Oasis had played two incredible shows at Knebworth Park, to a quarter of a million people over just one weekend. However, Oasis were already in the middle of their enormous tour supporting (What's The Story) Morning Glory? The shows had kicked off over a year before, and the band were now on their sixth stretch of dates in Europe. Oasis before their Knebworth shows in August 1996. The location for their show was to be the Royal Festival Hall on London's South Bank, which housed 2,700 people. So for Oasis to appear on Unplugged was a landmark moment in their career. The most famous show was the Nirvana edition recorded in 1993, it became a tribute to Kurt Cobain after his death the following year. What happened?īy '96, MTV Unplugged was established as an essential gig for the biggest bands in music. despite Oasis having appeared on the series back in 1996. ![]() ![]() The performance was the first time Liam Gallagher had performed at an MTV Unplugged show. This ones going out to NG- Liam Gallagher June 12, 2020
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