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It only becomes really tangible when Liam and Noel Gallagher step on stage hand in hand in Cardiff, the arms tore up together a lot that has been waiting for this moment for 16 years. “It’s good to be back,” Liam sings a few minutes later. And opened a concert with “Hello”, many of which thought it would never take place.
“It’s good to be back”: The comeback begins with goosebumps
If you ask people last year, you get a hundred different reasons why Oasis are back together. “Liam and Noel have finally buried the war of war!” “The fee was just too good!” “You do it for your mother!” But if you step from Cardiff Central station on this humid summer evening, no other reason seems to be more plausible than reunification for the millions of fans who have built up their lives on this band. “Was it worth the £ 40,000 for the ticket?” Liam grins in the middle of the show without waiting for the approving answer.
The cultural moment of the year – possibly even the decade – does not need any additional excitement. But a Friday evening at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff does the rest. As an outsider under the large British stadiums, the venue is in the center of the Welsh capital, just a five -minute walk from the train station, surrounded by countless pubs and bars.
Euphoria in the city: Cardiff in Oasis fever
“Cardiff is already shaking!” Says over 24 hours before the gig. And in the busy streets around the stadium there are merch stands, murals completely from fishing hats and more. It feels more like the FA Cup’s final day than a concert. The atmosphere in the city is so exuberant and exuberant. Inside, the closable stadium roof, which makes the gig act like an intimate arena concert tonight, than a stadium show.
All of this leads to a dense, passionate energy in the stadium when Oasis entered the stage shortly after 8 p.m. and get started with the opener of (what’s the story) Morning Glory. Questions about the setlist, the band line -up (ZAK Starkey is unfortunately not there, after being thrown out several times this year at The WHO), dubious cell phone recordings of rehearsals in London warehouses and more buzzed around before the tour of the tour. But all of this becomes meaningless as soon as the deafening singing choirs use.
Hit on hit: an arsenal for eternity
The band sounds “biblical” to quote Liam’s favorite word. Within 30 minutes we experienced “Acquiesce”, “Morning Glory”, “Supersonic” and “Cigarettes & Alcohol” with full force. It is no secret that Oasis have an arsenal of generational hits. But if they are served in such a rash, it is simply overwhelming and does not decrease for over two hours.
A surprisingly intensive singing moment comes with the mid-set duo from Noel. “Half The World Away” and “Little by Little”. Liam delivers “Slide Away” and “Whatever” with rousing energy. The jersey of Liverpool strikers Diogo Jota, who died yesterday in a car accident, ensures a touching moment, which appears on the screen during the last bar of “Live Forever”.
A worthy conclusion for 16 years of Zoff
The greatest sitcom drama in British music history took a break in 2009. Fittingly, when Noel left the band in front of a gig at the Paris Rock-En-Seine Festival in a fireworks. The following 16 years were characterized by solo projects, reunification rumors and entertaining exchange of blows of the brothers. Since the tour of the tour, fans have speculated that the press pictures of the two were only photo montages. And that Liam and Noel would not even have met personally in the deal. The ticket sales triggered a global debate about “Dynamic Pricing”, which was even examined by the British government. Dramatic enough. Or like Liam before the final “Champagne Supernova” says: “We’re hard work, i know.”
Music about everything: brothers combines on stage
Compared to the apron, the concert itself is largely drama-free. The hits sit perfectly. The band is in top shape. And the brothers look pleasantly disinterested. Liam takes over the part of the troublemaker again, asks the fans during “Cigarettes & Alcohol” to the “Poznan” dance of his beloved Manchester City, while Noel mimics the stoic sidekick. As if they had never been away.
The symbolic shoulder end at the beginning of the gig is crowned by a huge jubilation when the brothers hesitantly embrace. Most of the time, however, they let the music speak. And that feels right. Between all the quarrels, Beady Eye and High Flying Birds, these hymns that have remained. And which will continue to live long after this legendary cardiff evening.