Topic City Of Manchester Gigs 30.06 - 2/3.07.2005

[quizzy]

Un review del concerto di ieri:



Oasis @ City of Manchester Stadium

Neal Snowdom


ON TOP FORM: Liam and the gang30/06/05

AS HOMECOMINGS go, it was loud, proud and heart-warming.

The Burnage brothers Gallagher may have been away from their heartland for some time, but they made up for that with a show that proved last night that absence makes the heart grow fonder.



In the build-up to our heroes arrival, the PA blasted out great Mancunian songs of yesteryear to little acknowledgement from the crowd.

But when Liam Gallagher strutted on stage in a Reni-style hat, shades and gangster-style pinstripe suit, the sell-out crowd went wild at the slightest lift of his tambourine.

The opening blast of Turn Up The Sun followed by chart topper Lyla and over-looked oldie Bring It On Down stoked the fires of the crowd perfectly.

But it was the potent double of Morning Glory and Cigarettes And Alcohol that saw both crowd and band finally loosen up.

The last time Oasis played at the home of their childhood heroes, Manchester City, it was 1996 and the venue was Maine Road.

Highs and lows

In the intervening nine years, both City and Oasis have had more than their fare share of highs and lows, hirings and firings, and in-house squabbling. Being a fan of either has been a frustrating roller-coaster.

From the 1997-98 sinking feeling of Be Here Now and relegation to football’s third tier through to the current storming returns to form that have seen Premiership credibility matched by critical and commercial adulation afforded latest offering Don’t Believe The Truth, it has been eventful.

Like their sky-blue idols, Oasis had no trouble filling the City of Manchester Stadium last night – this was the first of three sell-out shows.

From the epic Little By Little to the heart-wrenching version of Live Forever that marked the show’s halfway point, this was a stadium master class in crowd pleasing, rabble-rousing rock.

Come 10 pm, a heart-felt, emotionally raw version of Wonderwall was followed by an epic Champagne Supernova. Few bands could play such classics mid-set but Oasis have a back catalogue to do just that.

So when we finally left after a crowd sing-along of Don’t Look Back In Anger and a powerhouse version of The Who’s My Generation, we had further evidence, if ever any was needed, that we were being re-visited by rock’s aristocracy.

[tino84]

MOS l'abbreviazione di che canzone è?

[manchestercity]

MOS è meaning of soul!!!!!

[tino84]

convinto che fosse the mesning of soul,ecco perchè non capivo..

[oasisancona]

[quizzy]

ecco la bbc: http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content ... ture.shtml

Oasis at City of Manchester Stadium - 6/10
James Bentley (gig: 30/06/05)
With the title of the new Oasis album, the Gallaghers and their mates are issuing a desperate plea... Don't Believe the Truth.



And well they might, because the disappointing truth is that seeing Oasis live today is still exactly the same prospect as it was a decade ago. They don't seem to have moved on.


Noel Gallagher (photo: Karen McBride)
It was a brave move by the band to open with a song off the new album rather than a more established crowd-pleaser and it was one which ultimately failed. A sense of alienation was surely felt by the less-than-hardcore fans, who were exchanging puzzled looks and shrugs.

A dodgy sound system was never going to help matters and it was only through a noticeable riff, rather than the verbal introduction, that the crowd knew what was coming.

Once the standards were wheeled out though, an electric atmosphere was always guaranteed. Material from the first two albums was treated with the reverence it deserves – the songs are still important to people.


Liam Gallagher (photo: Karen McBride)
The group appeared to have softened with age by ending with Champagne Supernova. The dusky half-light of the City of Manchester stadium was illuminated by the glow of a thousand camera phones snatching a grainy, postage stamp-sized remnant of what is ultimately going to be remembered as just another Oasis gig.

But a little redressing was in order to bring up the ‘they've still got it’ debate, with an encore of My Generation bringing the curtain down. "Hope I die before I get old," snarled Liam, clinging to past glories indeed.

[Jaelle]

Sempre da Manchester...

A few more things I have remembered:

- C&A for "all the non-alcoholics"
- end of RNRS ".... I'm a Rock'n'Roll Star, in fuuuuuckin manchesteeeeeer!" Quality
- end of gig "thanks for coming, you've been the bollocks tonight (shyeah), it's good to be home"
- Noel introduced Zak Starky, and says Peggy always calls him Zak Starsky

ma ma....
hahahahahahaha
Mitici

[oasisancona]

sbauhahhahauh STARSKY?? auhahuahhuau Noel ti amo davvero!!!

[eddie]

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