An Oasis of Piece!
| Published date | 23 June 2022 |
| Publication title | Huddersfield Daily Examiner |
And, the Halifax setlist had a very noticeable transition.
The gig started with some High Flying Birds calling cards with Holy
Mountain and We're on Our Way Now landing well with the adoring masses - many adorned in Oasis merch and bucket hats. There was the odd parka, of course a signature of former bandmate brother Liam Gallagher, which must have been sweltering.
Everyone knew those Oasis classics were coming. The audience just had to have a little patience. Noel, who was in fine cheeky charismatic form throughout, made a solemn promise. Joking, he said: "Now, what's going to happen here, is this. I'm going to play you some songs from those EPs we had out a yearand-a-bit-ago.
"So, you are going to have to stick through that, because not one of you f**king know any of them if the streaming is anything to go by.
"So, we'll do a bit of that and then if you make it through that it is f**king hit after hit."
Unsurprisingly, this was met by loud cheers. As ever, on a trip to Yorkshire, Noel rather savoured playing pantomime villain.
Elsewhere on the night he gave with one hand and took away with the other when replying to the region's signature chants of 'Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire.' .
Noel admitted: "I will give Yorkshire this, it is the best tea in the world. Apart from that...s**thole."
But Yorkshire can more than hold its own with regular chants of 'Liam, Liam' whenever Noel was adjudged to have stepped out of line.
These episodes were all taken in the manner they were obviously intended with the star having a bit of fun with those who'd come to see him act in such a way.
That was all a mere side act to the undoubted quality Noel, one of the best songwriters of his generation, who delivered wonderfully with his band as they took the Piece Hall on a tour of Oasis' best-loved songs.
Little By Little led into The Importance of Being Idle which was then followed by Whatever with each song, made famous by Noel and Liam Gallagher, being sung back louder and louder by the adoring crowd - who on a couple of occasions probably overstepped the acceptable mark of rowdiness.
That aside, it was abundantly clear those songs carry such...
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