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- Oasis reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart with “The Importance Of Being Idle”. It was their eighth No. 1 single and the song came from their sixth album “Don’t Believe the Truth”.
- During Oasis's American tour, a taxi carrying members of the band crashed in Indianapolis. Noel Gallagher, Andy Bell and Jay Darlington were taken to hospital with cuts, bruises and minor injuries.
- Oasis launched a campaign promoting the release of singles from their album Dig Out Your Soul, their final studio album.
- Noel Gallagher was attacked during Oasis's performance at the Virgin Festival in Toronto when a spectator ran onto the stage and knocked him to the ground. Gallagher suffered a broken rib and ligament damage, which led to the cancellation of several Oasis concerts.
- Oasis’s album Dig Out Your Soul reaches No. 1 on the UK albums chart. It is the band’s seventh and final studio album.
- Noel Gallagher left Oasis after a series of conflicts with his brother Liam and announced that he could no longer work with him. As the band’s lead guitarist and main songwriter, he had recently been involved in a number of arguments with Liam; he said that the brothers barely spoke, did not travel together, and only saw each other onstage. Oasis were due to perform at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris, but their appearance was canceled at the last minute following an internal conflict within the band. Their departure brought the band’s existence to an end.
- Oasis bassist Paul McGuigan announced his departure from the band several days after guitarist Bonehead had left.
- BBC broadcast the documentary Oasis Right Here Right Now, in which the group discussed their troubled previous year and also introduced three new songs.
- Oasis released their long-awaited third studio album “Be Here Now” through Creation Records. It became an immediate commercial success, selling more than 350,000 copies on its first day and becoming one of the fastest-selling albums ever. The album reached No. 1 in sixteen countries around the world, although it later received mixed reactions and was criticized as overly long and derivative. Britpop was beginning to lose popularity. The album cover was photographed at Stocks House in Hertfordshire, the former home of Victor Lownes, head of Playboy Clubs in the UK.
- Oasis released the single “Stand by Me”.
- Oasis’s third studio album “Be Here Now” began a four-week run at No. 1 on the UK albums chart.