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Deep into this live album, captured during Oasis’ July 21, 2000 show at Wembley Stadium, Liam Gallagher introduces “Live Forever” as the night’s last song. “We’d play more,” he tells the 70,000-strong crowd, “but it’s been a bit of a topsy fucking weird year.” With a shrug in his voice, Noel replie, “Same as the last one.” It’s true that Oasis approached—and then crossed into—a new millennium with uncertainty. Founding members Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs (guitar) and Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan (bass) quit the band during 1999 sessions for fourth album <i>Standing on the Shoulder of Giants</i>, and the whole process of making that record had wearied Noel. Eleven years later, he would admit feeling uninspired while making <i>Standing…</i>, creating it simply for the sake of having something to tour. Not that that tour went smoothly—Noel left the European leg in May 2000 amid reports of a row with Liam, returning for the UK and Ireland dates later in the summer. .

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