That\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
Former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft took to social media to respond to an Oasis fan who didn\u2019t recognize the band\u2019s iconic song \u201cBitter Sweet Symphony.\u201d<\/p>\n
The initial incident unfolded Friday, July 4, in Cardiff, Wales, as Ashcroft opened for Oasis before the band\u2019s first show in 16 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n Richard Ashcroft opens for Oasis in Cardiff, Wales, on Friday, July 4. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n A fan caught Shazaming The Verve\u2019s 1997 hit song \u201cBitter Sweet Symphony.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cRichard Ashcroft performs Bittersweet Symphony ahead of the Oasis gig, and this melon is on Shazam trying to find out what it\u2019s called,\u201d one person wrote via X on Friday alongside the now-viral clip<\/a>.<\/p>\n The video showed a young woman in the audience bopping along to The Verve\u2019s 1997 hit while looking up the famous tune on the song-identifier app.<\/p>\n Ashcroft then took to Instagram<\/a> to \u201cwelcome\u201d the Oasis fan in question to his and The Verve\u2019s music.<\/p>\n The fan faced major backlash from other fans of the disbanded English rock group.<\/p>\n \u201cDay 2 thanks to everyone who came down and gave such beautiful support for my set,\u201d he wrote on Sunday alongside a clip from his performance. \u201cIf you don\u2019t know it Shazam it, all new fans welcome!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLove to [Liam Gallagher] for Cast No Shadow, what a tune!\u201d Ashcroft added. \u201cWe move on Manchester. Are you ready? Music is Power RA\u201d<\/p>\n Still, the person caught Shazaming \u201cBitter Sweet Symphony\u201d during the Cardiff show faced significant backlash from other fans of the disbanded English rock group.<\/p>\n \u201cVery embarrassing,\u201d one person wrote on X<\/a> after watching the viral clip.<\/p>\n \u201cWow!\u201d added another. \u201cThis is just crazy!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShe should have been escorted off the premises,\u201d commented a third Ashcroft fan.<\/p>\n Richard Ashcroft took to Instagram to \u201cwelcome\u201d the fan in question to The Verve\u2019s music. Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/p>\n However, others supported the Oasis fan and rushed to her defense.<\/p>\n \u201cNot everyone is 50 years old,\u201d one person commented<\/a> alongside a laughing emoji.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone has their own music journey,\u201d another wrote, while a third X user added, \u201cSo what\u2019s the problem?\u201d<\/p>\n Richard Ashcroft opening for Oasis before their first reunion show in 16 years. REUTERS<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Ashcroft\u2019s performance at the Principality Stadium on Friday came shortly before Liam and Noel Gallagher took the stage to kick off their first Oasis concert<\/a> in nearly two decades.<\/p>\n Although the beloved band broke up following a backstage fight<\/a> between the famous brothers at the Rock en Seine festival in August 2009, they announced last summer that the group was reuniting for an Oasis Live \u201925 world tour.<\/p>\n Liam, 52, and Noel, 58, showed unity when they walked out and raised their hands together before jumping into their first song.<\/p>\n Liam and Noel Gallagher before kicking off their first Oasis reunion show. Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/p>\n Oasis performing together for the first time since 2009 in Cardiff, Wales, on Friday, July 4. BACKGRID<\/p>\n They later played some of the group\u2019s biggest hits, including \u201cWonderwall, \u201cChampagne Supernova\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Look Back in Anger.\u201d<\/p>\n Music industry experts\u00a0exclusively told The Post<\/a>\u00a0that the once-feuding brothers will make at least $200 million from their reunion tour, but fans of the band are just happy that Noel and Liam have reunited.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is history,\u201d\u00a0one person tweeted<\/a>\u00a0during the concert, while another added, \u201cA sight I never thought I\u2019d see again.\u201d<\/p>\n Meg Mathews, Noel\u2019s first ex-wife, was caught leaving the Oasis\u2019 concert early<\/a>. She later took to social media to explain that she left before the four-song encore to beat the crowd.<\/p>\n The band kicked off the their Oasis Live \u201925 world tour. Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/p>\n The reunion tour will continue across Great Britain and Ireland before hitting North America on Aug. 25. BACKGRID<\/p>\n \u201cAnd to all the F\u2013king papers I left before the encore as I have left many a stadium at the end and it\u2019s carnage,\u201d she wrote on Instagram<\/a>. \u201cBut yes I could hear Wonderwall as I walked to my car! Happy now..\u201d <\/p>\n Oasis\u2019 reunion tour will continue for several more shows across Great Britain and Ireland before hitting North America on Aug. 25.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t