Liam Gallagher makes alcohol confession during Oasis Dublin show
In what was the first Oasis concert on Irish soil since 2009, more than 80,000 soaked up the biblical atmosphere in GAA HQ, with the Gallaghers appearing to be closer than ever.
Once more walking out hand in hand, Liam and Noel even shared a peck on the cheek halfway through the two-hour setlist, with signs pointing to this reunion tour feeling different to the standard cash-grabs some legacy acts have carried out in recent years.
Liam even dedicated the band's Stand By Me anthem to his mother Peggy, of Co Mayo, who was in attendance to watch two of her boys, while the frontman also cracked jokes with the crowd throughout.
'I think I'm a Croke Park virgin," the 52-year-old rocker confessed to the 80,000-strong audience. Oasis had previously performed at Slane Castle, Páirc Uí Chaoimh and Landsdowne Road, to name just a few of their previous Irish venues. Oasis performed in Ireland for the first time since 2009. (Image: Philip Fitzpatrick)
He added: "We haven't played here before, have we? All I do know is this is the soberest I've been in Ireland since I was about four or five or something like that."
Reports earlier this year suggested that the youngest Gallagher brother would completely ditch boozing as he focused on keeping his voice in tip-top condition for the then-upcoming concerts, and it seems he has stuck to this personal pledge.
The Cigarettes and Alcohol star has impressed with his vocals during the UK and Ireland stretch of the band's world tour, with many saying Liam has not sounded as good since the '90s, during the band's heyday.
After attending Saturday's concert, a visiting Belfast councillor posted to social media in agreement, stating he had experienced the best gig of his life at Croke Park.
"Oasis are the greatest band of all time. Croke Park tonight was tune after tune after tune. Utterly relentless," Brian Smyth posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.
"Took my 10-year-old son to his first gig, he was spellbound by it."
Oasis will wow crowds once more on Sunday (August 27) before moving on to the North American leg of the tour, performing at Toronto's Rogers Stadium on August 24 and 25.
Further dates in the USA and Mexico will take them up to the end of September, when they return to England to perform two more dates at London's Wembley Stadium, on September 27 and 28.
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