Overview
- A fan at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium used Shazam during Ashcroft’s performance of 'Bittersweet Symphony', and the clip quickly went viral.
- Richard Ashcroft posted on Instagram thanking attendees and telling listeners “if you don’t know it Shazam it, all new fans welcome” ahead of the Manchester leg.
- Responses on platforms like X ranged from mocking the fan’s unfamiliarity with the 1997 hit to defending Shazam as a convenient way to bookmark songs.
- At the Cardiff shows, Ashcroft’s seven-song support set featured 'Sonnet', 'Space And Time', 'A Song For The Lovers', 'Break The Night With Colour', 'The Drugs Don’t Work', 'Lucky Man' and closed with 'Bittersweet Symphony'.
- Ashcroft will release his first album of new material since 2018, 'Lovin' You', on October 3 as Oasis continues the Live ’25 tour in Manchester.