Oasis’s ‘Definitely, Maybe’ Tops Charts Again, 30 Years after Release

A fan photographs a mural of Liam and Noel Gallagher of British band Oasis near Sifters Records in Manchester, Britain, 29 August 2024. (EPA)
A fan photographs a mural of Liam and Noel Gallagher of British band Oasis near Sifters Records in Manchester, Britain, 29 August 2024. (EPA)
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Oasis’s ‘Definitely, Maybe’ Tops Charts Again, 30 Years after Release

A fan photographs a mural of Liam and Noel Gallagher of British band Oasis near Sifters Records in Manchester, Britain, 29 August 2024. (EPA)
A fan photographs a mural of Liam and Noel Gallagher of British band Oasis near Sifters Records in Manchester, Britain, 29 August 2024. (EPA)

Oasis's debut album "Definitely, Maybe" returned to the top of the UK charts on Friday 30 years after its release, amid fan excitement over the British band's reunion concerts next year.

"Definitely, Maybe" went straight to No.1 when it came out in 1994, and the record went back to the top spot, boosted by the release of a 30th anniversary deluxe edition.

The Official Charts Company said "Definitely, Maybe" enjoyed a "408% week-on-week uplift" and topped the vinyl albums charts, with more than half of its weekly total coming from vinyl sales.

Oasis also took the No. 3 and 4 spots in the albums chart with compilation album "Time Flies... (1994-2009)" and 1996 record "(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?".

Oasis, who last topped the UK album chart in 2010, announced two extra concert dates on Wednesday for their comeback tour due to huge demand from fans desperate to see the band live for the first time in 15 years.

The band split in 2009 when lead guitarist and main songwriter Noel Gallagher said he could no longer work with singer Liam, his brother, after numerous public spats.

Thousands of fans queued for hours online last Saturday to get their hands on tickets for the summer shows in Britain and Ireland, only to find that prices had jumped in a "dynamic pricing" scheme.

Many thought they would pay the advertised rate of 148.50 pounds ($194.74) but ended up paying more than double at 355.20 pounds.

Britain's competition watchdog on Thursday launched an investigation into Ticketmaster over the sale of the tickets and whether it may have breached consumer protection law.

At Thursday's Mercury Prize music awards in London, the "dynamic pricing" was a hot topic.

"(I) love Oasis.... (I) hate dynamic pricing," Irish singer-songwriter CMAT told Reuters. "No one should be priced out of live music."

British-Liberian singer-songwriter Cat Burns said she hoped change would come from the furor. "There's been a few situations where this has happened so I think this might be the straw that breaks the camel's back."



Lady Gaga, Joaquin Phoenix Bring 'Joker: Folie à Deux’ to Venice Film Festival

People wait for actors to arrive for the screening of the movie "Joker: Folie a Deux", in competition, at the 81st Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki
People wait for actors to arrive for the screening of the movie "Joker: Folie a Deux", in competition, at the 81st Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki
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Lady Gaga, Joaquin Phoenix Bring 'Joker: Folie à Deux’ to Venice Film Festival

People wait for actors to arrive for the screening of the movie "Joker: Folie a Deux", in competition, at the 81st Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki
People wait for actors to arrive for the screening of the movie "Joker: Folie a Deux", in competition, at the 81st Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

The Venice Film Festival is getting ready to welcome Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix for the world premiere of “Joker: Folie à Deux” Wednesday evening.
Todd Phillips’ film is one of the most highly anticipated of the festival, playing in the official competition five years after “Joker” won the Golden Lion. Warner Bros. is giving the dark comic book film the glitzy festival treatment before it’s released in theaters in October.
“Joker: Folie à Deux” finds’ Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck institutionalized at Arkham and awaiting trial for his crimes. There he meets Gaga’s Harley Quinn, The Associated Press.
“We knew we had to swing for the fences; we wanted to create something as crazy and fearless as Joker himself,” Phillips wrote in his directors’ statement. “So, Scott Silver and I wrote a script that delved further into the idea of identity. Who is Arthur Fleck? And where does the music inside him come from?”
The Joker sequel is competing for the festival’s main prizes against the likes of Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door,”Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer,”Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” and Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl.” Awards will be presented on the final day of the festival, Sept. 7.
In a lineup full of major Hollywood stars, including the likes of Angelina Jolie, George Clooney and Brad Pitt, there is also quite a bit of excitement about what Gaga might wear.
Six years ago, for “A Star Is Born,” she played the part of movie star perfectly, with grand looks and entrances that gave the festival some of its most iconic shots this century. Remember her perched on the side of the private water taxi in that black Jonathan Simkhai bustier dress, blowing kisses to fans and photographers? Later, for the red carpet, she wore a show-stopping pale pink feathered Valentino Couture gown that seemed to pop even more against the rainy backdrop.