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Rave review from The Times (UK) about the first concert of the Oasis reunion tour, tonight + VIDEOS of all 23 songs
Last edited Fri Jul 4, 2025, 10:08 PM - Edit history (3)
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/oasis-tour-2025-cardiff-review-sbvjn5fx5‘The guns have fallen silent,” said the Gallagher brothers, on announcement that they had got over their differences enough to do the reunion everyone was waiting for.
The streets of Cardiff, however, had not fallen silent. With an atmosphere more like a World Cup game than a rock concert, pubs were full to bursting, buskers dusted off their bestWonderwall, hawkers flogged bucket hats, there were defibrillators at the ready for fifty-something men who thought they could consume lager and cocaine like they did back in the Nineties, and the whole city had gone, to use a phrase redolent of Oasis’s heyday, mad for it.
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The genius of Oasis is that, in time, even their bad songs become good. The secret lies in the immediacy. These are songs that arrived sounding like you had already heard them — probably because, to an extent, you had. Nobody knew how to steal just enough from the past like Noel Gallagher. Combined with his lyrical ability to capture normal life with such clarity, they bring a sense of familiarity that is both uplifting and moving.
The set took on extra resonance given everything that has happened since. Noel may have once called Liam a man with a fork in a world of soup, and Liam accused Noel of being a potato, but Acquiesce is a song about the fact that they “need each other” — and they do. Noel has a soul complex enough to write beautiful songs. Liam has a soul simple enough to deliver them with pure feeling. They are, ultimately, stuck with each other. Which explains a lot.
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The streets of Cardiff, however, had not fallen silent. With an atmosphere more like a World Cup game than a rock concert, pubs were full to bursting, buskers dusted off their bestWonderwall, hawkers flogged bucket hats, there were defibrillators at the ready for fifty-something men who thought they could consume lager and cocaine like they did back in the Nineties, and the whole city had gone, to use a phrase redolent of Oasis’s heyday, mad for it.
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The genius of Oasis is that, in time, even their bad songs become good. The secret lies in the immediacy. These are songs that arrived sounding like you had already heard them — probably because, to an extent, you had. Nobody knew how to steal just enough from the past like Noel Gallagher. Combined with his lyrical ability to capture normal life with such clarity, they bring a sense of familiarity that is both uplifting and moving.
The set took on extra resonance given everything that has happened since. Noel may have once called Liam a man with a fork in a world of soup, and Liam accused Noel of being a potato, but Acquiesce is a song about the fact that they “need each other” — and they do. Noel has a soul complex enough to write beautiful songs. Liam has a soul simple enough to deliver them with pure feeling. They are, ultimately, stuck with each other. Which explains a lot.
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Much more at the link. The journalist who wrote this was in his early 20s when Oasis released their first album, and you can sense the young Oasis fan throughout his review.
I've been checking video from the concert on YouTube. Haven't found anything yet that's worth posting. Really poor sound quality from the fan video.
Okay, just found a video posted less than half an hour ago. This is Oasis taking the stage and opening with "Hello":
Much better video from Knebworth, 1996:
Editing to add better video of tonight's opener:
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Fuck off
Fucks sake
Fucks sake
(dont know if it was said by the person filming or just someone nearby, but it made me laugh)
