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Dig Out Your Soul is the seventh and final studio album by English rock band Oasis. It was released in October 2008. The first single, The Shock of the Lightning , was released on 29 September 2008. In promotion of the album, the band embarked on a world tour, debuting in Seattle, Washington at the WaMu Theater, and continuing for eighteen months. In 2009, the tour concluded (due to Noel Gallagher quitting the band) with major dates at some of the UK's biggest stadiums, notably the new Wembley Stadium, Sunderland's Stadium of Light and Edinburgh's Murrayfield as well as Ireland's Slane Castle. They also performed three hometown shows at Manchester's Heaton Park. To date, Dig Out Your Soul has sold around 5 million copies worldwide.[citation needed]

For the recording of Dig Out Your Soul, Oasis reunited with Don't Believe the Truth producer Dave Sardy at Abbey Road Studios in Westminster.[5] Sessions began in July/August 2007 and concluded around Christmas with a few intermitted breaks in-between.[6][2][3][7] There was a brief period of confusion in which it seemed that Oasis would have had to forgo recording at Abbey Road due to U2 having reserved the recording areas that Oasis wished to use far in advance. The issue was resolved when Noel bought U2's spot in cash without the band’s knowledge- this was possible due to the fact that the studios gave preference to cash payments over credit, which U2 had been booked with.[8]

The album art was created by artist Julian House. Ralph Steadman suggested the phrase Dig Out Your Soul for the album’s title, a line in the song To Be Where There’s Life .[5] According to Noel, We gave him [Steadman] the album, he listened to it and we gave him the lyrics… He came back with a list of titles and one of them was Dig Out Your Soul.[5] Noel’s only instruction was As long as we don’t call it Oasis I don’t give a fuck .[5]

Mixing took place in Los Angeles, and was slowed by constant equipment failure.[9] After the album was completed and the band began discussions with several record companies with which to release it. In August 2008, Reprise Records announced that it would distribute Dig Out Your Soul in North America.