Oasis have re-released their debut single Supersonic to mark its 30th anniversary, with a rare live version recorded in Belfast featured as a ‘b-side’.
The live take of Supersonic, which appeared on streaming services at midnight today alongside the more familiar studio version, was captured in concert on Sunday September 4 1994, when the Manchester band made their Belfast debut at The Limelight on Ormeau Avenue.
The band learned that their newly released debut album Definitely Maybe had reached number one in the UK charts earlier that evening - the first of seven chart-topping records the Liam Gallagher-fronted group would go on to release.
David Neely, booker and general manager for The Limelight at the time, was there when Liam, Noel and co received the good news.
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“I remember around 6.30pm that a call came into the office from Radio One, saying the band had just went to number one in the album charts,” he says.
“The Sunday of the week the debut album was released, the Limelight show was the right venue, for the right band at the right time. It was a sell-out: 500 people at the gig and tickets only £6.75.
Just dropped at midnight. @oasis - Supersonic (Live at The Limelight, Belfast - 4th September '94) https://t.co/aoEDiQ36sb
— David Neely (@DavidNeely_) April 11, 2024
“It was a show that is now claimed by thousands that they were there – simply a show that is legendary in these parts.”
The full recording of the Belfast show has yet to surface among Oasis bootleg traders, but this official release does indicate that at least some of it was recorded for posterity by the band, who split up in 2009.
Liam Gallagher was recently back at number one with his collaboration with ex-Stone Roses man John Squire.
The former Oasis frontman, who continues to refute claims that they will reform to mark the 30th anniversary of their debut album, will instead be performing Definitely Maybe in full with his own band this summer.
The Definitely Maybe 30 Years tour includes Irish dates at Dublin’s 3Arena on June 23 and 24 and Belfast Vital on August 16, plus appearances at the Reading and Leeds Festivals.