Oasis reunion

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

12 hours ago, LGTL said:

Managed to get 4 tickets for Saturday at Wembley in the pre-sale tonight. Quite astonishingly, Ticketmaster worked seamlessly. 

Same can't be said of Ticketmaster this morning.

[sadoldgit]

On 29/08/2024 at 22:18, Turkish said:

Wonder what sort of music he’s into. Frankie goes to Hollywood, right said Fred, ABBA and Boy George I’d imagine 

 

20 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

Got to be Billy Bragg as well. 

So the point is what? If you don’t like Oasis you must be either gay or a “lefty?”

The 70’s called and want their stereotyping bigots back.

[Turkish]

3 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

 

So the point is what? If you don’t like Oasis you must be either gay or a “lefty?”

The 70’s called and want their stereotyping bigots back.

And the thread was going so well until SOG appears with his pious, snap judgement posts making accusations 

You’d know better than anyone what went on the 70s as you spend every day trying to atone for it now 

[Weston Super Saint]

One ticket needed for Wembley. Willing to swap one doctor's appointment for it.

[Lord Duckhunter]

8 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

 

So the point is what? If you don’t like Oasis you must be either gay or a “lefty?”

 

Basically, yes. 

[AlexLaw76]

[Patrick Bateman]

I'm undecided. Saw them live in their prime like most here, but I have a horrible feeling it'll be full of kids thinking they're hard and probably with a vast majority born around the time they split up in 2009. 

But anyway it's too expensive, so on balance, not for me. 

[badgerx16]

Stupid so-called celebrities complaining they aren't getting priority access to tickets.

[31cc]

If you think 'Dynamic Pricing' is just a Oasis/Ticketmaster scam - coming to a stadium near you?

 

https://x.com/StanCollymore/status/1830629279526498562

 

 

 

Edited 2 September, 2024 by 31cc

[Gloucester Saint]

On 01/09/2024 at 15:14, Patrick Bateman said:

I'm undecided. Saw them live in their prime like most here, but I have a horrible feeling it'll be full of kids thinking they're hard and probably with a vast majority born around the time they split up in 2009. 

But anyway it's too expensive, so on balance, not for me. 

Saw them at Earls Court indoor 1995 and Finsbury Park early 00s, replete with Man City fans trying to snort cocaine on a windy day so it went everywhere, and a woman giving a bloke in the crowd (he confirmed they’d never met) a blow job. Oh, and what looked like a 11 year old kid smoking and drinking 

[smithy]

Seen them 3 times, 2000 Wembley, 2005 Rose Bowl and 2009 Millennium Stadium. All were great gigs but got covered in piss from flying plastic beer glasses at all of them. I'm 51 now and have no desire to re-live those experiences. I watched Noel and the high flying birds at Crystal Palace bowl with my son last summer and it was the best gig I've been to, a polished performance and a really good day, also no piss. My boy was at Reading last weekend and didn't enjoy watching Liam at all because of the NGHFB gig being so good. He said Liam sounded like a cat screaming into the microphone. Good luck to those that got tickets and I hope you enjoy it, I didn't bother even trying.

Edited 3 September, 2024 by smithy

[Saint Garrett]

Parents always loved them, so they were the sound of my childhood.

I Saw them in Philadelphia in 2000 when I was 10, again in 2005 at the Rose Bowl, and again at Wembley in 2009 before they split. 

Seen NGHFB & LG multiple times in recent years including Knebworth a few years ago. Absolutely epic. 

Managed to grab 2 tickets for me and the wife for the Saturday night in Cardiff on Saturday morning before the "dynamic pricing" got involved, and I'm absolutely buzzing.

Feel incredibly lucky to have got tickets, as some of the stories you hear of people getting to the front of the queue and then it kicking them out are crazy.

Enjoy...

[Turkish]

On 01/09/2024 at 15:14, Patrick Bateman said:

I'm undecided. Saw them live in their prime like most here, but I have a horrible feeling it'll be full of kids thinking they're hard and probably with a vast majority born around the time they split up in 2009. 

But anyway it's too expensive, so on balance, not for me. 

I dont know about you but my son has got into music the last year or so, he's learning the guitar and loves guitar bands Oasis, Courtneers even the Jam, Beatles, Kinks (good) but also likes rap (bad). He really wanted to go but we're away for the Wembley ones, Manchester is standing only but no way am i taking a what will then be 12 year old kid who's quite small for his age to a standing only gig which will be full of people pissed and sniffed up and probably end up with a lot of scrapping going on. 

Hope everyone enjoys seeing them im sure it'll be a great show and amazing for those who have grown up only being able to listen to it on Spotify. Cant really criticise the younger ones for going when i've seen Paul Weller about a dozen times (although his solo stuff started when i was teen so very relevant to me) The Who, The Rolling Stones and From the Jam myself. 

[Patrick Bateman]

8 minutes ago, Turkish said:

I dont know about you but my son has got into music the last year or so, he's learning the guitar and loves guitar bands Oasis, Courtneers even the Jam, Beatles, Kinks (good) but also likes rap (bad). He really wanted to go but we're away for the Wembley ones, Manchester is standing only but no way am i taking a what will then be 12 year old kid who's quite small for his age to a standing only gig which will be full of people pissed and sniffed up and probably end up with a lot of scrapping going on. 

Hope everyone enjoys seeing them im sure it'll be a great show and amazing for those who have grown up only being able to listen to it on Spotify. Cant really criticise the younger ones for going when i've seen Paul Weller about a dozen times (although his solo stuff started when i was teen so very relevant to me) The Who, The Rolling Stones and From the Jam myself. 

You make a fair point about us lot watching older bands - but it still irks me seeing 15 year old (mainly girls) in Oasis t-shirts.  I think it was OUR moment in time that 90s period and I'm guessing the generation older than us will no doubt think the same about their bands too. No idea.  But I don't want to relieve those experiences again anyway, certainly not at those prices.

Paul Heaton's "all my concerts are £35" is more my price point

My lad is heavily into dance and hip hop ... loads of his mates listen to Ed Sheran and so on and he comments how boring that all is. He's the DJ on car journeys though - sits there choosing music while I'm driving. Makes me laugh, how times have changed when all my car journeys at his age were Chris Rea and Dire Straits and if I wanted to listen to anything, it was walkman, hoping the batteries hold on and then being moaned at because the crappy little over ear headphones leaked tinny music 😂

Kids today .. hahaha

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

1 hour ago, Patrick Bateman said:

You make a fair point about us lot watching older bands - but it still irks me seeing 15 year old (mainly girls) in Oasis t-shirts.  I think it was OUR moment in time that 90s period and I'm guessing the generation older than us will no doubt think the same about their bands too. No idea.  But I don't want to relieve those experiences again anyway, certainly not at those prices.

Paul Heaton's "all my concerts are £35" is more my price point

My lad is heavily into dance and hip hop ... loads of his mates listen to Ed Sheran and so on and he comments how boring that all is. He's the DJ on car journeys though - sits there choosing music while I'm driving. Makes me laugh, how times have changed when all my car journeys at his age were Chris Rea and Dire Straits and if I wanted to listen to anything, it was walkman, hoping the batteries hold on and then being moaned at because the crappy little over ear headphones leaked tinny music 😂

Kids today .. hahaha

I forgot that soul destroying feeling when the batteries on your Walkman or in my case imitation Walkman began to fade. You were in denial initially but then had to accept reality.

[rallyboy]

Have we established yet whether these Oasis gigs are going to feature an actual Oasis line-up?

I've seen Noel, he was cool, wouldn't cross the road to see Liam, and certainly wouldn't suck off Ticketbastard to be part of what is clearly a massive rip-off.

At least the Pistols were honest about it.

 

 

 

[badgerx16]

Plenty of time yet for another fraternal spat and the whole thing being called off.

[sadoldgit]

From what I have heard so far it will be Noel’s High Flying Birds with Liam singing and perhaps Bonehead in the line up  too.

Did I see that the tickets were now selling for up to 6k on the black market? And we will be talking of OAP’s suffering hypothermia in winter. Crazy.

[Turkish]

28 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

From what I have heard so far it will be Noel’s High Flying Birds with Liam singing and perhaps Bonehead in the line up  too.

Did I see that the tickets were now selling for up to 6k on the black market? And we will be talking of OAP’s suffering hypothermia in winter. Crazy.

i expect the person paying £6k for the ticket isn't an OAP who cant afford the heating on.

[Lord Duckhunter]

1 hour ago, sadoldgit said:

Did I see that the tickets were now selling for up to 6k on the black market? And we will be talking of OAP’s suffering hypothermia in winter. Crazy

[Weston Super Saint]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

i expect the person paying £6k for the ticket isn't an OAP who cant afford the heating on.

But if someone can afford £6k for something then false equivalence something something something, bloody tories.

[Turkish]

Quite amusing the amount of bandwagon jumping going on with this. I haven’t bothered going this time as a veteran seeing them many times in their heyday including Maine Road and Slaine Castle thought I’d leave it to the others 

The amount of celebrities and other people I know on social media who up until recently had shown zero interest in oasis are now saying it was an amazing night one of the greatest of their lives etc. 

[badgerx16]

23 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Quite amusing the amount of bandwagon jumping going on with this. I haven’t bothered going this time as a veteran seeing them many times in their heyday including Maine Road and Slaine Castle thought I’d leave it to the others 

The amount of celebrities and other people I know on social media who up until recently had shown zero interest in oasis are now saying it was an amazing night one of the greatest of their lives etc. 

At the second Cardiff gig Noel did ask "Where the fuck were you 20 years ago ?".

Edited Sunday at 12:37 by badgerx16

[benjii]

The thing is.... they were never a particularly interesting live band. Just stand there and do the songs with hardly any movement. 

[egg]

1 hour ago, badgerx16 said:

At the second Cardiff gig Noel did ask "Where the fuck were you 20 years ago ?".

20 years ago I wouldn't given the cocky idiots my money. Now I wouldn't because I've seen them both live, and for me, they're bang average live performers and i'd imagine it'd be full of coked up idiots in stone island. 

[badgerx16]

53 minutes ago, benjii said:

The thing is.... they were never a particularly interesting live band. Just stand there and do the songs with hardly any movement. 

Maybe they should have borrowed Bez from the Happy Mondays.

[bpsaint]

Went last night, was absolute everything I’d hoped it would be. Saw them a few times pre split including my first ever concert at Finsbury Park and yeah they were great but last night was a whole another level. 

Was nice to be at a gig these days and the entire crowd turning up to bounce at party rather than stood still watching it through their phones.

Only gripe was Columbia not being in the setlist.

Edited Sunday at 21:17 by bpsaint

[Farmer Saint]

7 hours ago, benjii said:

The thing is.... they were never a particularly interesting live band. Just stand there and do the songs with hardly any movement. 

Agreed, Blur were far superior in every way. Preferred OCS as well TBF.

[badgerx16]

8 hours ago, Farmer Saint said:

Agreed, Blur were far superior in every way. Preferred OCS as well TBF.

Err, no.

Never could get into Blur, maybe it's a north/south thing.

As for OCS, Moseley Shoals is an excellent album.

[tdmickey3]

16 hours ago, egg said:

20 years ago I wouldn't given the cocky idiots my money. Now I wouldn't because I've seen them both live, and for me, they're bang average live performers and i'd imagine it'd be full of coked up idiots in stone island. 

Yep, just a pair of whiny manc tossers

[Farmer Saint]

1 hour ago, badgerx16 said:

Err, no.

Never could get into Blur, maybe it's a north/south thing.

As for OCS, Moseley Shoals is an excellent album.

Blur's last album shows they can always be relevant, instead of Oasis's trick of releasing variations of the same track for 12 years.

[badgerx16]

29 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

Blur's last album shows they can always be relevant, instead of Oasis's trick of releasing variations of the same track for 12 years.

I don't deny that Oasis became a parody of themselves. At work, our Cheif Exec produced a new strategic plan called the "Masterplan", and passed it around middle management for comment. My response was that The Masterplan was a mediocre album by a second rate Beatles tribute act. Nonetheles, Definately Maybe and Morning Glory are far better, IMO, then anything I have heard from Blur.

Like I said, may be northern bias; we have family links to Manchester, our kids were just at the right age at the time to think Oasis were wonderful, and at the time the local media were all over them.

[RedArmy]

21 hours ago, Turkish said:

Quite amusing the amount of bandwagon jumping going on with this. I haven’t bothered going this time as a veteran seeing them many times in their heyday including Maine Road and Slaine Castle thought I’d leave it to the others 

The amount of celebrities and other people I know on social media who up until recently had shown zero interest in oasis are now saying it was an amazing night one of the greatest of their lives etc. 

Should they have been posting frequently about a band that broke up 16 years ago just to prove they were fans incase a reunion ever happened? 
 

Just get involved, don’t miss out. Genuinely the best gig I’ve ever been to.
Old, young, families and people from all corners of the globe there to make the most of it. Practically no phones in sight apart from a few songs near the end, no knobheads, no flying pints of piss, just a big gathering of people living in the moment watching a band they thought they might never see/see again. 
 

I knew from what I’d seen and read already that it would be good but it blew my expectations out of the water. 

 

 

[badgerx16]

Tom Cruise attended one of the London gigs, 18 years after Noel Gallagher said in an interview “He’s a little fucker, and he’s not been in one good film in his entire career,” and Liam added “I hate Tom Cruise. Bastard. Him and Michael Owen.”

[whelk]

21 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Tom Cruise attended one of the London gigs, 18 years after Noel Gallagher said in an interview “He’s a little fucker, and he’s not been in one good film in his entire career,” and Liam added “I hate Tom Cruise. Bastard. Him and Michael Owen.”

What I can’t stand about Noel G is his quotes being said as if he is Oscar Wilde He is not a sage just some gobshite who can write songs and has a very high opinion of himself.  Obviously getting publicity for his utterances gets him the attention he craves.
you grow out of hanging off every line Morrissey said and realise he’s an idiot 

[Turkish]

4 hours ago, RedArmy said:

Should they have been posting frequently about a band that broke up 16 years ago just to prove they were fans incase a reunion ever happened? 
 

Just get involved, don’t miss out. Genuinely the best gig I’ve ever been to.
Old, young, families and people from all corners of the globe there to make the most of it. Practically no phones in sight apart from a few songs near the end, no knobheads, no flying pints of piss, just a big gathering of people living in the moment watching a band they thought they might never see/see again. 
 

I knew from what I’d seen and read already that it would be good but it blew my expectations out of the water. 

 

 

I’m glad you enjoyed it pal and glad for all the younger ones who grew up listening to it because their dad or older brother was a fan for to see them. Also the dads who could take their sons, mine would have loved to see them he’s learnt quite a few of their songs on his guitar but he’s probably a bit too young and small to be in a standing crowd at the moment. 
 

as I said in my original post I guess this was like Stone Roses for me, I was a bit too young first time round but listened to them for 20 odd years before finally got to see and was buzzing. Heaton Park was amazing, then saw them at Leeds and the Eithiad first two great shows third one was no where near as good

im Sure it was a great show, but like I said I know of at least 3 people who went to one of the gigs who I’ve known for years who haven’t really been interested in them since What’s the story  when they started to become a bit less cool plus the countless celebs jumping on the bandwagon.

Anyway glad you enjoyed it’s the ones who want to be there because they want to be seen there are the ones who get in my nerves 

[RedArmy]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

I’m glad you enjoyed it pal and glad for all the younger ones who grew up listening to it because their dad or older brother was a fan for to see them. Also the dads who could take their sons, mine would have loved to see them he’s learnt quite a few of their songs on his guitar but he’s probably a bit too young and small to be in a standing crowd at the moment. 
 

as I said in my original post I guess this was like Stone Roses for me, I was a bit too young first time round but listened to them for 20 odd years before finally got to see and was buzzing. Heaton Park was amazing, then saw them at Leeds and the Eithiad first two great shows third one was no where near as good

im Sure it was a great show, but like I said I know of at least 3 people who went to one of the gigs who I’ve known for years who haven’t really been interested in them since What’s the story  when they started to become a bit less cool plus the countless celebs jumping on the bandwagon.

Anyway glad you enjoyed it’s the ones who want to be there because they want to be seen there are the ones who get in my nerves 

I went to Heaton Park too and that is up there with the best gigs I’ve ever been to as well. 
The crowd was so loud at points you couldn’t hear Ian Brown, which was a blessing I guess because I saw them at IOW festival and it was awful. 

Oasis was another level, from start to finish I couldn’t hear myself sing, it was that loud. 
I’ve never been to anything like it and to be honest I’m not sure I ever will again.

Im sure they’ll milk it and do etihad, knebworth and Europe next year but it won’t have the magic of so many first timers and most not knowing if its the last time. 

Edited Monday at 16:01 by RedArmy

[rallyboy]

Liam has always been a total twat, but it now emerges that he and Noel have a brother who is even worse.

 

[Turkish]

If this is real then whoever is responsible deserves a huge payrise 

[badgerx16]

5 hours ago, Turkish said:

If this is real then whoever is responsible deserves a huge payrise 

This is the nearest ALDI to Heaton Park

 

[east-stand-nic]

On 03/09/2024 at 21:40, sadoldgit said:

From what I have heard so far it will be Noel’s High Flying Birds with Liam singing and perhaps Bonehead in the line up  too.

Did I see that the tickets were now selling for up to 6k on the black market? And we will be talking of OAP’s suffering hypothermia in winter. Crazy.

Ah so by that rationale you were wrong to ever criticize the Tories from removing any benefits OAP's got? So they don't suffer cold in the winter after all. Thanks for telling us all. 

[AlexLaw76]

a mate of mine went to their gig the other night.

He is a serial 'gigger'...and reckon this was one of the best he has been to. 

nearly 100,000 people all loving every moment from the band, no political lectures, no BLM, no LBGTQ rights, no Palestine flags etc. Just a return to a 'proper gig' in the UK, with a band signing iconic song almost from start to finish

[Turkish]

2 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

a mate of mine went to their gig the other night.

He is a serial 'gigger'...and reckon this was one of the best he has been to. 

nearly 100,000 people all loving every moment from the band, no political lectures, no BLM, no LBGTQ rights, no Palestine flags etc. Just a return to a 'proper gig' in the UK, with a band signing iconic song almost from start to finish

To be fair that sounds fantastic 

[Lord Duckhunter]

4 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

nearly 100,000 people all loving every moment from the band, no political lectures, no BLM, no LBGTQ rights, no Palestine flags etc. Just a return to a 'proper gig' in the UK,

 

[Hamilton Saint]

9 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

a mate of mine went to their gig the other night.

He is a serial 'gigger'...and reckon this was one of the best he has been to. 

nearly 100,000 people all loving every moment from the band, no political lectures, no BLM, no LBGTQ rights, no Palestine flags etc. Just a return to a 'proper gig' in the UK, with a band signing iconic song almost from start to finish

I would rather the band did some singing of their songs, instead of just relying on signing.

[Turkish]

Saw this earlier very apt. Fuck it if they do any more I’m in. 

Edited 18 hours ago by Turkish

[RedArmy]

18 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

 

It was good but it wasn’t that good. 

[AlexLaw76]

14 hours ago, Hamilton Saint said:

I would rather the band did some singing of their songs, instead of just relying on signing.

You what?

[benjii]

8 hours ago, Turkish said:

Saw this earlier very apt. Fuck it if they do any more I’m in. 

Basically, he misses being in his 20s. 

[badgerx16]

43 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

You what?

Grammar pedants vs typos.