The monumental shows took place against a backdrop of the UK slowly recovering from a decade of recession. After the 1980s, the mood of the nation changed. A cultural resurgence in arts and culture led to "Cool Britannia," and with their meteoric rise, Oasis embodied this newfound optimism and momentum. In two short years, the band had grown from a Manchester social settlement into one of the biggest bands in the world, and to the assembled masses that found themselves in the five men on stage before them, anything seemed possible. With a set list packed from start to finish with absolute classics, from the opening salvo "Columbia" and "Acquiesce to" Champagne Supernova "," Don't Look Back In Anger "," Live Forever ", a triumphant, orchestrated" I Am The Walrus."