It was hailed as the greatest rock’n’roll reunion of the decade. But as the Gallaghers might say, it was much bigger than that.
Cardiff town centre was ground to standstill aside from packed bars hours before the show, and thousands came without tickets, such is the power and love for the band.
Before they had spoken or played a note, Liam and Noel linked hands and held them aloft to show their war was over and Oasis really were back.
Then they let their music do the talking initially with Hello and then Acquiesce, which saw the brothers sharing vocal duties.
The lyrics couldn’t be more timely for the comeback: “Because we need each other, we believe in one another”
That was a close as we would get to a real embrace They found their stride with Morning Glory and Some Might Say.
And Liam even found time to ask the crowd to do a Man City Poznan mosh celebration up and down to Cigarettes and Alcohol.
He later joked about the cost of the tickets and thanks fans for sticking with them too.
Noel got plenty of time to shine too, with his own mini gig in the middle slowing things down a little with singalongs to Talk Tonight and Half The World Away which seem to even make Noel teary.
The rest of the band also sounded solid with the month long stint of rehearsals paying off. Bonehead got his own shoutout which he deserves for being the glue between the Gallaghers on and off stage at times.
The back catalogue of huge hits keep coming, and keep taking different members of the audience down memory lane. Nights out with friends, birthdays and wedding receptions.
They chose songs from early in their era and the audience mainly in their forties and fifties were transported back to the Nineties.
Liam had promised beforehand to blow the roof off the venue and judging from the reaction of thousands of fans jumping around and shouting every song back at him unison, he wasn’t far wrong.
Of course there is no new music here and the set list mainly consisted of songs from two albums that were released in 1994 and 1995.
So there is a heavy dose of nostalgia and many people in the crowd are not just loving the Gallagher and the music, but the place it takes them too.
For many, the nights out filled with Cigarettes and Alcohol are in short supply these days, now they are married with children.
When the reunion was announced, amongst the short statement and a black and white photo the Gallaghers had said: “The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. “
In Cardiff the wait was finally over, and it has taken 16 years, but this is a reunion gig that will live forever in the memories of the fans who were here.
To quote Liam, it was biblical.
Full set list from the opening show in Cardiff on Friday night was:
Hello
Acquiesce
Morning Glory
Some Might Say
Bring It on Down
Cigarettes & Alcohol
Fade Away
Supersonic
Roll With It
Talk Tonight (sung by Noel)
Half the World Away (sung by Noel)
Little By Little (sung by Noel)
D’You Know What I Mean?
Stand By Me
Cast No Shadow
Slide Away
Whatever
Live Forever
Rock ’n’ Roll Star
Encore
The Masterplan (sung by Noel)
Don’t Look Back in Anger (sung by Noel)
Wonderwall
Champagne Supernova
Source: Mirror
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