Oasis Live Reviews: What Are Critics Saying About The Gallagher Brothers' Comeback Shows?
In a moment that many music fans thought might never happen, Liam and Noel Gallagher performed together for the first time in decades on Friday night, for the first in a string of Oasis shows scheduled for the rest of this year.
The first tour dates took place in Cardiff on Friday and Saturday night, with the shows getting glowing feedback, including a run five-star reviews.
Here's a quick glimpse at everything that's been said about Oasis' first performances since their reunion so far…
'This is Oasis redesigned for the 21st Century. Playing before a pop-art-meets-psychedelia visual spectacular that never distracts but will look sick on a phone, they seem the quintessential stadium band playing the greatest hits of greatest hits.'
'The band sound, to use Liam's favourite phrase, absolutely biblical. Within half an hour, we're through Acquiesce, Morning Glory, Supersonic and Cigarettes & Alcohol at tremendous volume. Oasis' arsenal of generation-defining hits is hardly a secret, but when confronted with them one after another like this, it was truly overwhelming and didn't let up for over two hours.'
'This is playlist Oasis, with their later fallow years ignored almost completely – and that makes for a ferociously powerful set to an utterly adoring crowd.'
'All the hits, precious little slack and a casual brotherly hug as they leave. 'Was it worth the £40,000 you paid for a ticket?' Liam asks at one point, and the most gouged among us howls the affirmative. To a reviewer who saw Oasis both at Knebworth and on many a post-'90s slogathon, this is the best they've been since '96. Some might say better.'
'I don't think anyone who managed to get their hands on a ticket for this reunion could feel short changed. Because really it was a reunion between an audience and their favourite band, a reunion between Britain and rock and roll.'
'Although they came out hand in hand, there were few other signs of chemistry between the brothers, who never addressed one another during the two-and-a-quarter hour show. But just hearing them harmonise again, after all the animosity and the turbulent waters under the bridge, was hugely emotional.'
'In the 5,795 days since the Gallagher brothers last played a gig together, pretty much everything in the world – fashion, music, politics – has changed beyond all recognition. But thankfully no one told Oasis who, tonight, transported us back to a time when a working-class guitar band playing straight-up rock'n'roll with attitude could rule the world, and maybe change it just a little.'
'Spine-tingling stuff. This will not shock you, but Oasis are sounding loud. Very loud, indeed. With the roof closed at the Principality Stadium, the sound was ginormous, with every inch of this 74,500-capacity arena being filled completely.'
'Liam and Noel have never been in better form – both vocally and instrumentally – and from the looks on their faces the enormity of the final adventure they've embarked on felt overwhelmingly real.'
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