Stars: Oasis

Director: Dick Carruthers

Summary: Recorded at Wembley Stadium on the 21st July, 2000, and captures Oasis at the peak of their form. Tracks include 'Go Let It Out', 'Who Feels Love?', 'Supersonic', 'Don't Look Back In Anger', 'Cigarettes', 'Wonderwall' and more.

Attempting to explain the internal problems that have plagued British rock band Oasis since their formation in the early 1990's would take more time and effort than the topic warrants. To watch this fantastic July 2000 concert though, is to get at least a cursory understanding of the volatile characters and relationships that make Oasis such an entertaining band. The quintessential postmodern rock star, shaggy eyebrow-ed Liam is not content to let his music speak for itself; instead he postures, whines, denounces, acts out, and self-destructs in front of his entire country. And indeed, to the delight of a sold-out audience, he continued with this tradition on that summer night at London's massive Wembley Stadium. As his brother Noel (the band's mastermind) simultaneously tries to keep the peace, play his music, and squelch his annoyance at his brother, one can see the band falling apart at the seams. Miraculously though, Oasis manage to bang out a great set of tunes, old and new, proving their worth to thousands of fans.

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Recorded at their 2000 Wembley dates, Familiar To Millions celebrates not just nearly a decade of dominance by the Oasis lads but also the fact that it is still actually possible to get them on the same stage at the same time. Moreover, while the band certainly had their troubles prior to arriving at the Twin Towers (not least Noel Gallagher's decision to stay at home for many European dates), this finds all concerned on blistering form with even the newer band members sounding like they were born to play with the monobrowed ones. The chosen set list also wisely skimps on selections from their recent work preferring instead to concentrate on the likes of "Cigarettes And Alcohol", "Wonderwall", "Supersonic", "Shakermaker", "Don't Look Back In Anger", "Champagne Supernova" and a superb Noel-sung version of Neil Young's "Hey Hey My My". The actual concert footage itself, though, is the only the tip of the iceberg, with special features including a discography, graphics that were specially filmed for the dates, multicamera angles on Cigarettes & Alcohol and a documentary by Grant Gee, previously responsible for Radiohead's Meeting People Is Easy documentary. The most entertaining aspect of this DVD by far, however, is a Gary Crowley-conducted pre-gig interview with the siblings in which ex-cokehead Noel gleefully admits that he can remember absolutely nothing whatsoever about recording (What's The Story) Morning Glory?. --Warren Wayans

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Documentaries, Discography, Menu Links, Moving Menus, Four Short Films, DVD ROM Link
Year:	2000
Release Date:	October 1, 2003
Runtime:	94 minutes
Certification:	Exempt.
Catalogue Number:	R K I D D V D 005
Keywords:	Music, Live, Rock, Millions, Pop, Oasis, Wembley, Performing, Arts, Popular, Familiar
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts