And we mean literally folks!!

What a great night in Heaton Park, Manchester.

We couldn’t be arsed with The Reverend and the Makers - not our bag. Earlier in the day we heard that The Enemy had pulled out last minute and Reverend “bla bla bla” was the replacement. We got there for Kasabian, wise-move. Still light they were pretty impressive finishing their set with Club Foot the crowd were getting pretty lively  but the real drama was left for the headliners!

Initially the generator cut out mid first or second song and the band walked off stage, within minutes of returning on stage to kick things off again - BANG - the sound went and clouds of smoke started rising back stage…the band exit rather lively and technical staff started sweating big time!

The crowd, always lively at an Oasis gig and even more so when in their home town, began to throw even more bottles than usual. Little bits of fighting broke out (nothing major) with fans and security, this was a proper rock n roll gig kids - you could feel something in the air - this wasn’t the normal middle of the road, go through the motions crap you get with other bands at large festivals these days.

When the generator was eventually fixed and Oasis took to the stage again they mean’t it.

Oasis are an easy target these days with cool, new 80’s rewind merchants claiming this type of stuff to be ‘Dad Rock’ or ‘yesterday’s music’ - absolute bollocks!! Many aspiring bands could learn a lot from these boys on this particular performance tonight. You ain’t getting this type of atmosphere and buzz watching a La Roux gig, trust us.

The lighting and video effects were spectacular, the right blend of classics and new material delivered with vigour by the Gallaghers who didn’t want to disappoint the Manchester crowd of 70,000. They didn’t despite the technical problems. Liam made comments about the gig ticket fees being re-imbursed - we’ll see about that.

For our money it was a really solid live performance of a band that still want it. Very tight band, good vocal performance, edgy crowd, great songs.

Mad for it!

GYEO