Liam and Noel Gallagher took the stage together for the first time since 2009 on Friday. After years of feuding, Welsh Cardiff was the setting for the start of Oasis’ 41-show comeback tour. Both fans and the British media are lyrical.
Manchester Evening News, from the city where the brothers come from, writes about a “Biblical” evening. “We couldn’t believe it was real. It felt like we were little kids at Christmas,” fans say. According to the reviewer, the band has “regained its rock ‘n’ roll crown”.
Music magazine NME writes about a “supersonic reunion for a new generation”, referring to the song Supersonic. “The returning britpop heroes sound fantastic, look cool as fuck and play the biggest hits.” The concert is rated with five stars.
The band also receives the maximum score in The Telegraph. “Frenzied, fantastic and back where they belong”, the newspaper headlines. “The rebirth of the biggest britpop stars was magical, exhausting and uplifting.” According to the reviewer, the 74,000-strong audience was even louder than the band itself.
The Guardian calls the band’s return a nostalgic triumph. The newspaper writes that the band mainly played songs from its heyday, and only one song from the last four albums.
Liam Gallagher jokes about expensive tickets
According to BBC News, this was “the band’s best performance since the 1990s”. After sixteen years without performing, the band sounded “fresh and young” and one classic after another was played, such as Cigarettes and Alcohol, Live Forever and Slide Away.
The audience was completely thrilled when the hits Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back in Anger were played. According to the broadcaster, the phrase “We need each other“, from the song Acquiesce, felt like a relief.
The Guardian writes that Liam joked about the dynamic pricing policy of seller Ticketmaster, which made the prices much higher than usual. “Is everyone having a good time?”, he asked the audience. “Is it worth the 4,000 pounds you paid?”
According to the reviewer of The Telegraph, no one who has managed to get a ticket will feel robbed.
Tribute to Jota
Several media also write about the tribute to the Portuguese Liverpool player Diogo Jota, who died this week. When the band played Live Forever, an image of the football player appeared on the big screen in the Millennium Stadium. The audience responded with cheers and applause.