Heathen Chemistry Tour

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Heathen Chemistry Tour
Tour by Oasis
Associated album Heathen Chemistry
Start date17 June 2002
End date12 March 2003
Legs7
No. of shows
  • 61 in Europe
  • 12 in North America
  • 13 in Asia
  • 8 in Oceania
  • 94 total
Oasis concert chronology

The Heathen Chemistry World Tour was a concert tour by English band Oasis, which took place between 2002 and 2003. The tour was in promotion of their record Heathen Chemistry . While the tour was successful, it was plagued by major incidents including lead singer Liam Gallagher's voice giving out during three of the band's gigs and resulted in him walking off stage and guitarist Noel Gallagher had to take over on vocals, a car crash that left Noel, bassist Andy Bell and touring keyboardist Jay Darlington in hospital and resulted in the North American leg getting cut short [1] and a bar brawl in Munich, Germany involving Liam, drummer Alan White and several members of their crew that left Liam getting his teeth knocked out, [2] White getting brain scans, [3] Liam getting fined with £35,000 [4] and the German leg getting pushed into March 2003. [5] [6] This is the band's last world tour with White, before his dismissal in January 2004.

Contents

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance on 5 July 2002 in London, England. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. [7]

  1. "Fucking In The Bushes"
  2. "Hello"
  3. "The Hindu Times"
  4. "Hung In A Bad Place"
  5. "Go Let It Out"
  6. "Columbia"
  7. "Morning Glory"
  8. "Stop Crying Your Heart Out"
  9. "Little by Little"
  10. "D'You Know What I Mean"
  11. "Cigarettes And Alcohol"
  12. "Live Forever"
  13. "Better Man"
  14. "She's Electric"
  15. "Born On A Different Cloud"
  16. "Acquiesce"

Encore:

  2. "Force Of Nature"
  3. "Don't Look Back In Anger"
  4. "Some Might Say"
  5. "My Generation"

Other songs performed:

  1. "Supersonic"
  2. "Fade Away"
  3. "Gas Panic!"
  4. "Slide Away"
  5. "Champagne Supernova"
  6. "Rock 'n' Roll Star"
  7. "I Am The Walrus"
  8. "Whatever"
  9. "The Masterplan"
  10. "One Way Road"
  11. "Talk Tonight"
  12. "Cast No Shadow"
  13. "Half The World Away"
  14. "Wonderwall"
  15. "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" [8]
  16. "Bitter Sweet Symphony" [9]
  17. "You've Got the Heart of a Star"
  18. "Married With Children"
  19. "Bring It On Down"
  20. "Songbird"

Some people claim "Just Getting Older" was performed at the Cardiff International Arena on 9 December 2002, [10] but this can't be confirmed.

Shows

DateCityCountryVenueTickets Sold/AvailableBox Office
Warm Up
5 February 2002 Watford England Watford Coliseum ——
6 February 2002London Royal Albert Hall 5,267 / 5,267 (100%)— [lower-alpha 1]
10 February 2002BerlinGermany Columbiahalle ——
26 April 2002 Las Vegas United States The Joint [11] ——
28 April 2002 Indio, California Empire Polo Club — [lower-alpha 2]
1 May 2002 Florence Italy Piazza San Giovanni ——
23 May 2002 [lower-alpha 3] Tokyo Japan Zepp Tokyo ——
Europe
17 June 2002 Lyon France Le Transbordeur ——
19 June 2002 Barcelona Spain Razzmatazz ——
21 June 2002 Modena ItalyVox Club——
24 June 2002BerlinGermanyColumbiahalle——
26 June 2002 Stockholm Sweden Cirkus Djurgarden ——
29 June 2002 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena ——
30 June 2002——
2 July 2002 Hull England Hull Arena ——
3 July 2002——
5 July 2002London Finsbury Park 40,562 / 40,562 (100%)—
6 July 200240,562 / 40,562 (100%)—
7 July 200240,562 / 40,562 (100%)—
10 July 2002 Newcastle Telewest Arena ——
11 July 2002——
13 July 2002 Kinross Scotland Balado Airfield — [lower-alpha 4]
14 July 2002 Ratoath Ireland Fairyhouse Racecourse — [lower-alpha 5]
16 July 2002 Vicenza Italy Stadio Romeo Menti ——
17 July 2002 Lucca Piazza Napoleone — [lower-alpha 6]
19 July 2002 Bern Switzerland Gurten Mountain — [lower-alpha 7]
21 July 2002 Majorca Spain Calvià — [lower-alpha 8]
24 July 2002 Vigo Parque de Castrelos ——
26 July 2002RomeItaly Stadio del Tennis di Roma ——
27 July 2002——
North America
2 August 2002 [lower-alpha 9] Fort Lauderdale United States Pompano Beach Amphitheater ——
4 August 2002 Orlando Hard Rock Live ——
5 August 2002 Atlanta The Tabernacle ——
11 August 2002New York City Roseland Ballroom ——
13 August 2002 Beacon Theatre ——
14 August 2002——
16 August 2002 Montreal Canada Molson Centre ——
17 August 2002 Toronto Molson Canadian Amphitheatre ——
20 August 2002 Chicago United States Chicago Theatre ——
21 August 2002 Detroit Fox Theatre ——
Europe
7 September 2002 Derry Northern IrelandPrehen Playing Fields——
9 September 2002 Aberdeen Scotland Press & Journal Arena ——
10 September 2002 [lower-alpha 10] ——
12 September 2002 Edinburgh Edinburgh Corn Exchange ——
14 September 2002 Manchester England Old Trafford Cricket Ground [lower-alpha 11] ——
15 September 2002——
17 September 2002ParisFrance Zénith de Paris ——
Asia
25 September 2002TokyoJapan Yoyogi National Gymnasium ——
26 September 2002——
28 September 2002——
29 September 2002——
1 October 2002 [lower-alpha 12] Fukuoka Marine Messe Fukuoka ——
2 October 2002 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall ——
3 October 2002——
5 October 2002 Sendai Sendai Gymnasium ——
7 October 2002 Hiroshima Hiroshima Sun Plaza ——
8 October 2002 Nagoya Nagoya Rainbow Hall ——
Oceania
11 October 2002 Sydney Australia Enmore Theatre ——
12 October 2002 Brisbane Brisbane Exhibition Ground — [lower-alpha 13]
14 October 2002 Canberra Canberra Royal Theatre ——
15 October 2002 Newcastle Newcastle Civic Theatre ——
17 October 2002 Melbourne Forum Theatre ——
19 October 2002 Melbourne Park — [lower-alpha 14]
20 October 2002Sydney Moore Park — [lower-alpha 15]
23 October 2002Melbourne Forum Theatre ——
Europe
10 November 2002 Nottingham England National Ice Centre ——
11 November 2002——
13 November 2002 Glasgow Scotland Braehead Arena ——
14 November 2002——
16 November 2002 Lille France Zénith de Lille ——
17 November 2002 Rennes Le Liberté ——
19 November 2002 Salamanca SpainPabellón de Würzburg——
20 November 2002 Bilbao Pabellón Municipal de Deportes La Casilla ——
22 November 2002 Milan Italy Forum di Assago ——
23 November 2002 Pesaro PBA Palasport ——
25 November 2002 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion ——
28 November 2002 Stuttgart Germany Messe Congress Centrum ——
29 November 2002 Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle ——
8 December 2002 Cardiff Wales International Arena ——
9 December 2002——
11 December 2002 Brighton England Brighton Centre ——
12 December 2002 Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions ——
14 December 2002 Sheffield Hallam FM Arena ——
16 December 2002 Liverpool Royal Court Theatre ——
18 December 2002 Birmingham National Indoor Arena ——
19 December 2002——
5 March 2003 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre ——
6 March 2003——
8 March 2003 Hamburg Germany Color-Line Arena ——
9 March 2003 Düsseldorf Philips Halle ——
11 March 2003 Munich Munich Zenith ——
12 March 2003Berlin Arena Berlin ——

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

DateCityCountryVenueReason
23 July 2002 Salamanca Spain Plaza de Toros La Glorieta Throat infection sustained by Liam [15] [16]
7 August 2002 Indianapolis United States Murat Shrine Cancelled due to band car crash.
9 August 2002 Upper Darby Tower Theater
10 August 2002 Boston Fleet Pavilion
24 October 2002 Manila Philippines Araneta Colliseum Cancelled due to security concerns following the terrorism.
26 October 2002 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
1 December 2002 Munich Germany Zenith Bar brawl in Munich, rescheduled to 11 March 2003.
2 December 2002 Hamburg Colour Line Arena Bar brawl in Munich, rescheduled to 8 March 2003
4 December 2002 Düsseldorf Philipshalle Bar brawl in Munich, rescheduled to 9 March 2003
5 December 2002 Bremen Pier 2

Notes

  1. ↑ The 6 February 2002 concert in London was a part of the Teenage Cancer Trust.
  2. ↑ The 28 April 2002 concert in Indio was a part of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
  3. ↑ The 23 May 2002 concert in Tokyo was a part of MTV Superdry.
  4. ↑ The 13 July 2002 concert in Kinross was a part of T in the Park.
  5. ↑ The 14 July 2002 concert in Ratoath was a part of Witnness.
  6. ↑ The 17 July 2002 concert in Lucca was a part of the Lucca Summer Festival.
  7. ↑ The 19 July 2002 concert in Bern was a part of Gurtenfestival.
  8. ↑ The 19 July 2002 concert in Bern was a part of Festival Isladencanta.
  9. ↑ Liam's voice gave out halfway during Go Let It Out [12] and Noel did an impromptu acoustic set.
  10. ↑ Liam's voice gave out halfway during Better Man, he sang Acquiesce before leaving the stage [13] and Noel did an impromptu acoustic encore.
  11. ↑ Billed as Lancashire County Cricket Club on tickets and posters. [14]
  12. ↑ Liam's voice gave out halfway during Morning Glory [9] and Noel did an impromptu acoustic set.
  13. ↑ The 12 October 2002 concert in Brisbane was a part of Livid.
  14. ↑ The 19 October 2002 concert in Melbourne was a part of Livid.
  15. ↑ The 19 October 2002 concert in Melbourne was a part of Livid.

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