FOR those who packed into Manchester’s Co-op Live arena last night, Saturday, it could have been the nineties again.
Liam Gallagher, a state-of-the-art arena in Manchester and the 30th anniversary of Oasis’ cult Definitely Maybe album.
All the ingredients for an incredible night – and the legendary Rock ‘N’ Roll Star certainly did not disappoint.
This was the first of four Manchester gigs in Liam’s Definitely Maybe 30th anniversary tour this month, which has seen him perform in Sheffield, Cardiff and London.
The recently opened Co-op Live venue was built for nights like this, packed to the rafters with revellers having the time of their lives.
Despite an extensive repertoire of his own, the night was all about Oasis, and despite the absence of his brother Noel, Liam proved Oasis will truly Live Forever.
Following a calendar-style countdown from 2024 to 1994, the year Definitely Maybe was introduced to the world, the crowd erupted as the 51-year-old strutted onto the stage.
The arena was rocking and bouncing to the sounds of Rock ‘N’ Roll Star, with all standing and singing along, followed by further Oasis classics in the form of Columbia and Shakermaker.
While Noel may not have been on stage with him, Liam dedicated Half the World Away to his ‘little brother’, and the anthems continuing with Fade Away and Whatever.
No more so was the tremendous arena atmosphere generated by Liam through Cigarettes and Alcohol, when the bolts holding the roof on were truly tested to their limits, and the strength of the floor showing underneath a bouncing floor crowd.
An encore of Supersonic, Slide Away and Live Forever had gig-goers forgetting the everyday troubles of 2024, transporting them back to the nineties.
Will we ever get that much-craved Oasis reunion? One can dream and hope.
But the night showed that the spirit of Oasis will not die – and for those attending tonight’s hometown gig, you are in for the night of your lives.
Liam will be back at Co-op Live towards the end of the month, with tour dates in Glasgow and Dublin pencilled in before then.
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