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20-07-2025
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Oasis star Bonehead's one-word response to fan's Heaton Park setlist claim after rumours
Oasis guitarist Bonehead gave short shrift to a fan's claim over the Heaton Park setlist on Saturday night. The legendary Manchester band played the fourth date of their five-night residency in the city. Despite rumours that fan favourite Gas Panic, from the album Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, had been given a surprise airing, they played the same 23-song setlist that they have played at all the shows so far on their huge comeback tour (full setlist below). READ MORE: Oasis Heaton Park RECAP after huge penultimate Manchester gig with 'thousands' on PACKED Gallagher Hill READ MORE: Bonehead has just four words for fans after triumphant fourth Oasis Heaton Park gig Bonehead, real name Paul Arthurs, who has rejoined the band for the tour, tweeted immediately afterwards: "Phew." Stay connected with our City Life newsletter here Adding just a few minutes afterwards: "It's gettin better man." That prompted one fan to reply: "Same setlist as every other night." And Bonehead simply replied saying: "And????" Join our Oasis WhatsApp group HERE The fan said: "Wasn't expecting a response from you. Setlist's amazing, I'm just telling people that Gas Panic wasn't played." Later adding: "I was there last Saturday with my brother and I loved it. I was just saying the setlist hasn't changed which it hasn't." Some other fans did question if the setlist may change for the rest of the tour. Following their final show at Heaton Park tomorrow (Sunday, July 20) the tour moves on to London's Wembley Stadium. Oasis setlist at Heaton Park on July 19, 2025 Hello Acquiesce Morning Glory Some Might Say Bring it on Down Cigarettes and Alcohol Fade Away Supersonic Roll With It Talk Tonight Half the World Away Little by Little D'You Know What I Mean Stand By Me Cast No Shadow Slide Away Whatever Live Forever Rock 'n' Roll Star Encore Masterplan Don't Look Back in Anger Wonderwall Champagne Supernova
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16-07-2025
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Here Are the Songs Black Sabbath Practiced but Didn't Play at Farewell Gig—and Why
Here Are the Songs Black Sabbath Practiced but Didn't Play at Farewell Gig—and Why originally appeared on Parade. Black Sabbath went out with a bang, but what could have been? The July 5 show, dubbed Back to the Beginning, concluded with , Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward reuniting for one final time, playing four of their now-classic songs. But, according to Iommi, the band had practiced more than just the four they played ('War Pigs,' 'Iron Man,' 'N.I.B.,' and 'Paranoid'). Speaking on SiriusXM's Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk, the legendary guitarist said that the group rehearsed 'six or seven' songs in the lead-up to the show. 'We worked out what we were gonna play, what songs we were gonna play," said Iommi, as transcribed by "And it was really a case of how long Ozzy could do it, because we didn't know – with him doing his own set, which I said to him I didn't think he should do – because I didn't want him to get burnt out by the time he'd come with us.' According to Iommi, Black Sabbath rehearsed 'Fairies Wear Boots,' the closing track to 1970's Paranoid, and the title track from their debut album: 'Black Sabbath.' "It was a little difficult for Bill 'cause he hadn't played them for so long," remarked Iommi. "Geezer and I, of course, we played them on the last tour. And, of course, Bill hasn't toured, don't forget, for a long time. So we could have done six, but we ended up doing four." Iommi isn't that upset about it. 'We're in our seventies,' he said, 'so you can only do so much.' He was gracious that the audience 'accepted that' and weren't expecting the four of them to "go on and be absolutely just brilliant players. Back to the Beginning was also Ozzy's farewell gig as a solo artist. Black Sabbath famously fired him in 1979, prompting him to launch a successful solo career. During the July 5 show, Ozzy performed 'I Don't Know,' 'Mr. Crowley,' 'Suicide Solution,' 'Mama, I'm Coming Home' and 'Crazy Train.' According to SetlistFM, 'No More Tears' was listed as a possible encore but not Are the Songs Black Sabbath Practiced but Didn't Play at Farewell Gig—and Why first appeared on Parade on Jul 10, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 10, 2025, where it first appeared.
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04-07-2025
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The best Oasis songs of all time
Speculation about Oasis's setlist when they take to the stage in Cardiff on Friday for the first night of their mammoth 41-date reunion tour has reached fever pitch. Bookies are offering odds on which song they'll play first (Hello and Rock 'n' Roll Star top the list), while streaming services are packed with playlists based on fans' ideal setlists. But these are my picks of the 10 essential Oasis tracks that Messrs Liam and Noel Gallagher should play as the 'Live '25' juggernaut starts rolling. Readers will note that there's nothing here from after 1997. Had this list been 25 songs long then it might have included later hits including The Importance of Being Idle, The Shock of the Lightning, Little by Little and Go Let It Out. The fact that all of Oasis's best songs were released within three years of their 1994 debut album demonstrates the phenomenal creative burst of those early years. The band continued releasing music and touring until 2009 – some 12 years after their peak – with diminishing creative and commercial returns. While some of their latter output was good, it was unable to come close to the dizzying heights of their imperial phase. In these songs you'll hear the clear influence of Oasis's beloved Beatles, but also – and perhaps more interestingly – strong traces of the Sex Pistols, T. Rex, Burt Bacharach, The Stone Roses and The Smiths. Songwriter Noel is one of the great cultural sponges of our time. It's a heady stew. There is one omission which may cause lively debate (and perhaps some retrospective anger). Let us know what you think in the comments. 10. Rock 'n' Roll Star (1994) Talk about a statement of intent. The snarling Rock 'n' Roll Star is the first song on Oasis's first album, Definitely Maybe. Early recordings in Wales's Monnow Valley Studio were jettisoned for not accurately reflecting the heavy sound of Oasis playing live. A second set of recordings at Cornwall's Sawmills Studio were felt to lack oomph too, but were rescued by producer Owen Morris, who brilliantly managed to extract Oasis's amped-up, angry wall of sound. The song could have come from the Sex Pistols's Never Mind the Bollocks album. It's that in-yer-face. The squalling guitars are one thing – with Noel on lead, and rhythm guitarist Bonehead providing the relentless chug that came to define the early Oasis sound – but what really stand out are Liam's vocals. 'I live my life in the city / There's no easy way out,' he sings at the start of the song with the blistering attack of Johnny Rotten. The song is about believing you're a rock star even when you're not. 'In my mind my dreams are real… Tonight, I'm a rock 'n' roll star.' Astonishingly, the song was written in 1992, the year before Oasis signed to Creation Records. It really was a case of dreaming big. First it was wish fulfilment. Then it became reality – and an unmistakable anthem. 9. Half the World Away (1994) Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher has never shied away from his love of Burt Bacharach. Indeed, a portrait of the late American easy listening composer appears on the sleeve of the band's debut album Definitely Maybe (it's there on the left, up against the sofa). And nowhere is this affection clearer than on Half the World Away, a song that Gallagher has freely admitted sounds like Bacharach's 1968 track This Guy's in Love with You. Released as a B-side to Oasis's 1994 Christmas single Whatever (which was held off the number one slot by Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You and East 17's Stay Another Day), the song saw Noel take on lead vocal duties. It's a sad, yearning track about dreaming of escaping a small town that 'don't smell too pretty'. Noel is 'still scratchin' around in the same old hole', while his 'body feels young but my mind is very old'. It's an extraordinarily mature track to have been written by a man in his 20s. Readers might know Half the World Away as the theme tune to Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash's BBC sitcom The Royle Family, which ran for three series from 1998 to 2000, with specials from 2006 to 2012. The breezy song perfectly captures the comedy show's gentle wistfulness and sense of small town ennui. 8. The Masterplan (1995) It's another Noel-sung track. Orchestra-laden ballad The Masterplan is one of Oasis's finest offerings because it showcases Gallagher's knack of building a melody like few other songs. It opens with a descending bassline over a mournfully strummed acoustic guitar before stirring strings add an eerie sense of drama. Noel's softly sung lyrics are the usual surreal pseudo-mystical twaddle ('sail them [your words] home with acquiesce on a ship of hope today') until we reach the song's bridge, when he takes it up a notch. 'Say it loud and sing it proud today,' he sings before the chorus kicks in, replete with celestial horns and an earworm vocal hook. The song, which was a B-side to Wonderwall, has been a staple of Noel's concerts with his High Flying Birds solo band since 2015. He has said it's one of the best songs he's ever written. Should fans expect this song to appear on the reunion show setlist at the midway point when Liam goes off for a comfort break and Noel does some acoustic numbers? Definitely maybe. 7. Some Might Say (1995) Oasis's first number one single found the band at their swaggering best. Some Might Say is all the more powerful for being mid-paced rather than unrelentingly uptempo. Its guitar riff might be noticeably similar to T. Rex's Get It On, but the song cemented the band's position as one of the Britpop era's finest bands. It was the first single from their second album (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, and it marked the arrival of Oasis Mk II in more ways than one. Original drummer Tony McCarroll was sacked just after the song's release; he appeared on Top of the Pops only to be replaced behind the kit by Alan White for another TOTP appearance just a week later. Some Might Say was released with some incredible other songs. B-sides included Talk Tonight, a Noel-sang acoustic number that nearly made this list, and Acquiesce, a track that did. Oasis's imperial phase had well and truly begun. 6. Champagne Supernova (1995) The closing track from Oasis's second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is a dreamy slice of psychedelia that's likely to appear in the encore of their reunion shows. Yes, its verse contains that scientifically improbable couplet ('slowly walking down the hall / faster than a cannonball') but the song finds Liam delivering one of his most anthemic, singalong choruses. With a guitar solo courtesy of Paul Weller, the song is epic in almost every way, from the lapping waves of its intro and its echo-laden guitars that bring to mind Fleetwood Mac's Albatross to its languorous drum shuffle, full-on backing vocal wig-out at the five minute mark and its extended fade-out coda. When former Oasis guitarist Bonehead (who's back in the fold for the reunion tour) first heard the song, he said he 'fell apart'. 'I was a blubbering wreck on the floor,' Bonehead said in a 2004 interview. The song was such an integral part of the band's DNA that Noel famously named his North London party house after it (Supernova Heights). But history shows that Champagne Supernova was Oasis at their widescreen and immoderate best, just before their excess tipped into extravagant self-parody on Morning Glory's bloated follow-up album, Be Here Now. 5. Stay Young (1997) 'Hey, stay young and invincible,' sang Liam on the B-side of the overblown July 1997 single D'You Know What I Mean? If it's a mystery why such a crunchingly upbeat and joyous song didn't make it onto the band's third album Be Here Now, then it's a travesty that the track was apparently passed over for that record in favour of the mirthless, seven minutes-plus dirge of Magic Pie, not Noel's finest decision. Like many of Oasis's best non-album tracks, Stay Young appeared on 1998's The Masterplan B-sides compilation and off-cuts album (along with three other tracks in this top 10). It's a belter of a song. Set against a howling wall of sound, the track is a powerful invocation of youth in the face of the limiting strictures of The Man, who's always keen to put us down, apportion blame and make us question our hearts and souls. The song has particular poignancy for this writer as it was released the week that I graduated from university, a time of fond farewells and a period in which empowerment and insecurity collided like never before. 'Come what may, we're unstoppable,' sang Liam in the chorus. Me and my friends all joined in that week, hoping he was right, drinks aloft, woozily embracing on the cusp of new dawns. 4. Wonderwall (1995) More than Blur's Girls and Boys and more than Pulp's Common People, Oasis's Wonderwall was the indie anthem of the mid-Nineties. If you haven't stood on a chair somewhere and sung this song surrounded by other people doing precisely the same thing, then you're probably not aged between 40 and 55. Wonderwall was the second single from (What's the Story) Morning Glory? and was held off the number one slot in the UK charts by saccharine TV duo Robson & Jerome. But 30 years later, Wonderwall is the second most streamed song from the Nineties on Spotify with 2.38 billion streams (behind Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit with 2.45 billion; Robson & Jerome's I Believe, you'll be glad to know, has just 2.9 million streams). Likely to have been written about Noel's then-girlfriend Meg Mathews (later his wife, now his last-but-one ex-wife), the ballad is set to a shuffling drumbeat. Liam sings it, having been given a choice between Wonderwall and Don't Look Back in Anger, the Imagine pastiche that Noel sings (and which didn't make this list). The cello sound on Wonderwall is actually a Mellotron, played by Bonehead, while the 'strings' were played by producer Morris on a Kurzweil synth. Noel debuted the song backstage at Glastonbury in 1995, the year that Oasis headlined, and his performance was broadcast on Channel 4. Wonderwall became such a staple that a retro easy listening cover version by Mike Flowers Pops, released two months after Oasis's version, was thought by many radio listeners to have been the original version. 3. Acquiesce (1995) I would be staggered if Oasis don't open the Live '25 reunion shows with Acquiesce, an upbeat duet between the Gallaghers about brotherly love. 'Because we need each other / We believe in one another,' Noel sings in the chorus as a counterpoint to Liam's verses. Given the vitriol that has passed between the pair since Oasis split up in 2009, it would be a lovely moment of reconciliation. These sentiments, and a neat structure that melds a punky bounce with that singalong chorus, elevate Acquiesce above other Oasis bangers. Like three other songs on this list, it was initially released as a B-side (to Some Might Say). It's a mark of how enduring the song is that it has been covered by bands like The Killers and Good Charlotte and featured on various TV shows and films, including 2005's Goal!. On hearing the song for the first time, Creation Records boss Alan McGee was convinced it should be a single. Noel, being naturally disinclined to do anything he's told by anyone in authority, did precisely the opposite of what his boss wanted. But it appeared on The Masterplan compilation and is unquestionably one of the band's finest moments. 2. Live Forever (1994) In the reams of literature that have accompanied the Oasis reunion, it has been often pointed out that this song symbolised the key difference between Britpop and Grunge, the US guitar genre that was the world's dominant music trend in the early Nineties. While Grunge kingpins Nirvana released a song in November 1993 called I Hate Myself and Want to Die, Britain's Oasis released a song called Live Forever nine months later. The difference in outlook hardly needs elaborating on. Live Forever is many people's favourite Oasis song and arguably their signature tune. Apparently inspired by the Rolling Stones' Shine a Light, it's a glimmering gem of a track that Noel says was the first proper song he ever wrote. He penned it when he was recovering from an accident when working for a British Gas subcontractor (a big bolt landed on his foot). Whiling away days in the storeroom and unable to walk, he brought in his guitar. The rest is history. It became Oasis's first top 10 hit in the UK when it was released in the summer of 1994. I remember being in the car of someone I knew who didn't strike me as a typical Oasis fan. He told me that he 'needed his hit' and put a cassette of Live Forever on, another sign that the band was transcending the narrow confines of the 'northern indie band' label. 1. Slide Away (1994) The outstanding proof that amid the swagger and the swearing existed a band capable of writing the most exquisite love songs. Slide Away is the majestic penultimate track on Definitely Maybe. A mid-paced number, it combines granite with grace like nothing they've done since. I remember being astounded that a band so ostensibly tough could be so downright sensitive and soppy. And I liked them all the more for it. Slide Away has it all: intriguingly structured verses that end on a shortened metrical pattern to create mini cliffhangers ('I wonder where you are now'); a killer bridge in which Liam declares his feelings to a sweetheart ('Slide in, baby, together we'll fly') but admits that he's unsure of where he stands; and a two-part chorus that is pure escapist romance. 'Now that you're mine / We'll find a way of chasing the sun… Let me be the one that shines with you / And we can slide away,' Liam sings. He delivers these lines slightly ahead of the chord changes, suggesting a man in a giddy rush to start chasing the aforementioned sun. 'Let me…', though. There's a begging edge to it. As on Rock 'n' Roll Star, Liam is again the underdog here. But it's sung with utter conviction, with Liam's fantastic voice fraying at the sheer man-on-the-ropes emotion of it. Noel composed Slide Away on the Gibson Les Paul guitar on which The Smiths' Johnny Marr wrote The Queen is Dead. I recall U2's Bono raving about the song at the time of its release, proof that Oasis had truly crossed over into culture's mainstream. Slide Away might not be Oasis's best-known song, but it's their best. And it has only improved with age.
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20-06-2025
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Morgan Wallen ‘I'm the Problem' Tour Setlist Unveiled Early
Morgan Wallen fans are getting an early look at his setlist ahead of the opening night of his upcoming I'm the Problem Tour on June 20 at NRG Stadium in Houston, thanks to Apple Music Country. More from Billboard Hatebreed Guitarist Exits Tour Following Diagnosis of Brain Tumor Oasis to Launch Pop-Up Merch Stores Alongside Reunion Tour Dates in U.K. & Ireland Suge Knight Says Diddy's Peers Have Been Silent About Sex Trafficking Trial Because 'They Are So Scared' The 27-song playlist features not only many of Wallen's earlier hits, such as 'Whiskey Glasses,' 'More Than My Hometown,' 'One Thing at a Time,' and 'Ain't That Some,' but also many songs from the tour's namesake album, last month's I'm the Problem. Among the new songs on his tour setlist are 'I Got Better,' 'Love Somebody,' 'Kiss Her in Front of You,' 'I'm a Little Crazy,' 'What I Want,' 'Superman' and '20 Cigarettes.' To Apple Music Country, Wallen said, 'There's a bunch of songs on there that I'm excited to play,' noting that he's excited to sing 'I'm a Little Crazy' ('I love singing that song,' he says) and 'I'm The Problem' ('I already see how well it's doing,' he says). He also said it's 'the energy' that marks a major difference between hearing a song and seeing the artist perform it live in front of thousands of fans. 'I spend months at this point getting ready to get on tour, just getting in shape,' he says. 'I don't have to be in any kind of crazy shape to record in the studio. With how big my stage is, how much I run around, and how much effort that me and the guys put into it, I don't think you would know that by just listening to the record.' Wallen's I'm the Problem Tour comes just over a month after the release of his I'm the Problem album and the launch of his Sand in My Boots Festival. The trek will conclude with two shows on Sept. 12-13 in Edmonton, Alberta. Artists set to open various shows on the tour are Brooks & Dunn, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett, Koe Wetzel, Gavin Adcock, Corey Kent, Ella Langley and Anne Wilson. Here's every song listed on Apple Music Country as part of the setlist for Wallen's upcoming tour. Album: Lil Durk's 7220 (2022) Album: One Thing at a Time (2023) Album: One Thing at a Time (2023) Album: I'm the Problem (2025) Album: I'm the Problem (2025) Album: I'm the Problem (2025) Album: One Thing at a Time (2023) Album: I'm the Problem (2025) Album: I'm the Problem (2025) Album: I'm the Problem (2025) Album: I'm the Problem (2025) Album: Dangerous: The Double Album (2021) Album: I'm the Problem (2025) Album: Dangerous: The Double Album (2021) Album: If I Know Me (2018) Album: One Thing at a Time (2023) Album: If I Know Me (2018) Album: I'm the Problem (2025) Album: I'm the Problem (2025) Album: I'm the Problem (2025) Album: Dangerous: The Double Album (2021) Album: Dangerous: The Double Album (2021) Album: I'm the Problem (2025) Album: I'm the Problem (2025) Album: One Thing at a Time (2023) Album: Post Malone's F-1 Trillion (2024) Album: If I Know Me (2018) Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
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13-05-2025
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With Oasis's huge reunion shows looming, here's the setlist they need to play this summer
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Sometimes bands get to a stage in their career where they completely lose the plot when it comes to putting together a setlist. It usually happens three or four albums in, when there's more material to choose from, someone wants to get some new songs in and common sense goes on sabbatical. The time when Muse started playing Knights Of Cydonia in the middle of their set a decade ago is a prime example. Complete lunacy. Knights Of Cydonia is a song so monstrously huge it needs to be at the beginning or the end. Putting it in the middle was like having a roast dinner for brekkie on a Monday morning, you felt like you needed to go back to bed after. Bar a tour in 2005 where they inexplicably began their gigs with the plodding Don't Believe The Truth cut Turn Up The Sun, Oasis could always be relied upon when it came to getting a setlist right, even if there was a time when they were playing the diabolical She's Electric. They came to their senses and it didn't get a look in after 2002. Even when everything was going to pot and Noel and Liam were trying to kill each other backstage, their setlist held its nerve. Classics at the start, classics at the end, and a few classics in the middle casting a big enough shadow over the not-so classics. They can't afford to start getting it wrong now. Rehearsals will begin for their monumental reunion shows over the next few weeks and the setlist they eventually land on needs to be perfect. Luckily, I consider myself something of a setlist consultant so I've put one together they are welcome to borrow. Oasis were never a Springsteen, Foo Fighters-y, 'let's play 600 songs tonight'-type band, most of their big outdoor shows being around the 20-song mark. Using that as the benchmark, here's the setlist that will help make sure Oasis Live '25 matches up to the fevered expectation. As much as arriving to the adoring masses to the psychedelic swirls of The Swamp Song, as they did during their mid-90s peak, would be a nice nostalgic salute, it's got to be the searing instrumental opener from Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants that soundtracks their arrival onstage. The sheer swagger of this blasting out the speakers will send crowds into an absolute frenzy. They have to start with this. They will start with this. The searing opener from their era-defining debut sets out everything that made Oasis so exciting in the first place, huge riff, indelible vocal, big singalong from the off and a rhythm section that sounds like it's falling down a flight of stairs. Ooh I'm getting shivers thinking about it. And then, straight into this timeless 1995 B-side. It's both scandalous that this wasn't a single and a sign of how many great tunes Noel Gallagher was coming up with at the time. A massive anthem with Liam singing the verse and Noel doing the chorus, this brotherly duet will hammer home the fact their feud is well and truly over and Oasis are back in business. Three songs in, as the pounding beat to their debut single Supersonic begins, is about the time the punchdrunk crowd realise just how many classic songs are going to be played tonight. A lot. Oasis have started with the musical equivalent of the big bang. What a walloping 1, 2, 3. And they're not done yet, ramping things up even further with the title track from their all-conquering second record. Some people in the crowd are now starting to panic there will be no duds in the setlist and they won't be able to go to the bar. But now comes a little respite from the up'n'at'em rockers with the stomping lead single from Don't Believe The Truth. By the time it reaches its second chorus, loads of people in the crowd are realising that they'd forgotten how much they love it. But they didn't reminding of their love for this Be Here Now standout, a 1997 single that went to Number 2 in the charts. The first big ballad of the evening, it's a nice little drop in tempo that still offers up a great big holler-along. But straight back into rock'n'roll exhilaration. As the snarling blues riff to this begins, some poor lad will be standing at a urinal and have to hurry to get finished and race back to his mates. He needn't worry, there's loads more life-affirming highlights to come. Ah man, he's got wee all down his leg in the panic. Oasis's first chart-topper fell off their setlist surprisingly early – they stopped playing it after 2002. But it's just turned 30 and actually sounds better now than it did back then. What once felt a bit of a chugging rocker now has a dynamic blast to it. This song always reminds me of smoking grass, cos that's exactly what me and my friend Tom did when we got home after buying the single. Except it wasn't the weed kind, it was actual grass from my mum's garden. it was disgusting. Let's presume the gig is mainly going to be Definitely Maybe and …Morning Glory material. But not all. With its hypnotic, psych-rock groove and melodic power, this should be in there from the post-90s material and the halfway point is probably a good spot for it. As should this lovely little ditty written by Liam, giving the amps a chance to cool down for a moment and allowing everyone to emotionally gather their thoughts for a few minutes. After which, perhaps it's time for the first Noel-sung track of the night. It could be Little By Little here, but personally I think that song is a bit shit and The Masterplan is excellent so I'm going for this sumptuous Wonderwall B-side instead. Whoa, only eight songs left. I'm actually getting a bit stressed now about what's going to be left out and I am alleviating my anxiety with this barbed-wire belter from Definitely Maybe. It's gotta be in there somewhere and this spot feels just about right. For anyone who's starting to flag a bit - it's been a long day - this is just the electric shock required. And now we start to sidle towards the climactic last phase. What better way to launch into it than this poignant, widescreen all-timer from Definitely Maybe. Imagine the scene: thousands and thousands of people with their arms aloft, emotionally belting out every word, hugging their mates, daughters helping their dad find the torch button on his phone so he can wave it in the air. Beautiful. This is it, the beginning of the end of the greatest show of the year, possibly the decade, possibly your life, the sort of show that makes you write over the top WhatsApps very similar to this sentence. It's all very emotional and not even the fella in the row in front of you who starts talking very loudly about the Mike Flowers Pops version can ruin it. Ah man, now they're just raining down emotional blows on us, one after the other. It's the yearning euphoria of Live Forever that brings the main set to a close, with an encore to follow. The first song of the encore has to be a bit of a gear-change, something a bit surprising and more mellow than what you played before you departed the stage. It's an actual rule about encores, that I just made up. This is the perfect example, Noel delivering this lovely, slightly melancholy ballad as an acoustic solo. And then into this mammoth singalong, everyone in the crowd who knows someone called Sally frantically trying to get them on FaceTime. Liam's back onstage now and ready to guide us to the finishing line. First with the sweeping last song from …Morning Glory, The Stone Roses guitarist John Squire joining the band onstage to add his trademark solo flourishes. And then Oasis bring a triumphant evening to a close with their snarling take on The Beatles' classic. Does it feel weird, ending on a cover when so many brilliant Oasis songs – Roll With It, Cast No Shadow, Shakermaker, D'You Know What I Mean, Whatever, The Hindu Times, Shock Of The Lightning, Talk Tonight, etc, etc – haven't made the cut? No, because all the best Oasis gigs ended with I Am The Walrus. The show is over. Thank you, and good night.
