Oasis Leisure Centre

Oasis Leisure Centre
Swindon Oasis
Location Swindon, England
Capacity Concerts (standing): 3,000
Concerts (seated): 1,630

The Oasis Leisure Centre (commonly Swindon Oasis) is an entertainment and sports complex, situated outside Swindon town centre. It has many facilities available, such lagoon swimming pool, gym, bar and concert hall.

Over the last few years, the concert hall has become a major venue for touring acts and can hold approximately 3,000[1] people.

The Britpop band Oasis took their name after singer Liam Gallagher saw the name as a venue from a poster. In 2011, twenty years after naming his first band after the centre, he will perform there for the first time with new band Beady Eye.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Oasis Leisure Centre Capacity". Oasis Leisure Centre. http://www.swindon.gov.uk/leisuresport/oasis/oasisevents.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-15. 
  2. ^ Harris, John. Britpop!: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock. Da Capo Press, 2004. ISBN 0-306-81367-X, pg. 124-25

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