When the Oasis reunion tour kicked off with a pair of shows in Cardiff last weekend, Richard Ashcroft was on hand as the opening act. Both nights, the Verve frontman — the Gallagher brothers’ friend and fellow Britpop-era star — went on second at Principality Stadium following Cast, who are recently reunited as well. In footage from Friday’s concert posted to TikTok, a person in the crowd can be seen using Shazam to identify the song being performed by Ashcroft. That song: “Bitter Sweet Symphony,” the Verve’s Stones-sampling 1997 mega-hit. It seems impossible that someone at an Oasis concert in Wales would need Shazam to identify that particular track, but there she was. A text overlay on the video reads: “DID THEY JUST SHAZAM THE NATIONAL ANTHEM 😩.”
