Oasis

So, the Gallagher brothers have apparently smoked the pipe of peace, temporarily or permanently, we shall see. Will anyone on here be joining the internet frenzy on Saturday to buy tickets? No prices announced yet but one this certain, they ain’t gonna be cheap! Forecasts estimate that their performances will net them about £14m; worth smoking that peace pipe, methinks. Anyway, even though I wouldn’t mind seeing them, I certainly wouldn’t be paying the expected extortionate price to fight for a view in a big stadium. No more large venues for me, apart from the Piece Hall. Anyone hoping to go?

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Originally Posted by kettering_baggie

So, the Gallagher brothers have apparently smoked the pipe of peace, temporarily or permanently, we shall see. Will anyone on here be joining the internet frenzy on Saturday to buy tickets? No prices announced yet but one this certain, they ain’t gonna be cheap! Forecasts estimate that their performances will net them about £14m; worth smoking that peace pipe, methinks. Anyway, even though I wouldn’t mind seeing them, I certainly wouldn’t be paying the expected extortionate price to fight for a view in a big stadium. No more large venues for me, apart from the Piece Hall. Anyone hoping to go?

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My son rang me tonight, he’s desperate to see them, he’s only ever been interested in them and Eminem.

I love Oasis and would love to see them but I suspect a couple of tickets are going to cost £3k.

I’m thinking about it…..definitely, maybe.

Would not bother going if the concert was free and at the bottom of my garden. I ought to have liked them as they are a guitar based band and write their own songs but just did not get the hype. Think Noel is quite talented but Liam's whining nasal twang just get on my ti*s. I am already bored with all the publicity on them.

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Originally Posted by Grand Wazoo

Would not bother going if the concert was free and at the bottom of my garden. I ought to have liked them as they are a guitar based band and write their own songs but just did not get the hype. Think Noel is quite talented but Liam's whining nasal twang just get on my ti*s. I am already bored with all the publicity on them.

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You would have thought at almost 60 they would be enjoying their earlier found wealth. I did like Paul McCartney but listening to him now sounds like an old man singing in the shower 😭

Times have moved on but hey ho!

I'll be there if I can get a ticket, reminds me of adult life pre-kids and I never got to see them first time round.

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Originally Posted by westcountryvillain

I'll be there if I can get a ticket, reminds me of adult life pre-kids and I never got to see them first time round.

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I was 32-33 when they hit the carts in 94 WCV and they bring back memories of having thee young kids in the back of the car singing along with me to their songs.

The funny thing is, at that age you’re already thinking you’re quite old and past your peak yet 30 years later you realise how young you actually still were! 🤔😏

I'm a decade behind you mate, those were good times!

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Originally Posted by westcountryvillain

I'm a decade behind you mate, those were good times!

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Oh early 20’s, peak memory making time! 😎

It was “Fade To Grey” by Visage and all the New Romantic stuff for me at 22.

I got an early copy of Definitely Maybe back in the day before they "made it" and really liked both that album and their next one ( What's the story) but can't say I cared for most of their stuff after that or either of the Gallagher.brothers later careers.

Liam was mostly a k n obhead but I liked the attitude and swagger of his vocals and Noel wrote some pretty catchy -if hardly innovative- indie guitar songs. - though with his seeming inability to speak more than four words without swearing, I actually find him more annoying than his younger brother these days. Ultimately though, Oasis were too much of a one trick pony for me. I'd have loved to have seen them live in the mid 90s when they were in their pomp but this reunion? No thanks.

Apart from paying a doubtless astronomical price for tickets to watch them in some huge venue as Ketts pointed out, there is also the age factor as Al mentioned. I get the nostalgia thing but no way are they going to have the same energy as they approach their sixties to match the performances of their 20s. I'd rather play their old records and remember them as they were rather than pay a small fortune to watch them do a pale imitation of themselves now. Not so much the playing maybe but the vocals definitely😁

Of course, some singers -Tom Jones for example-can go on longer than others, even if they have to lower the key or play more age appropriate stuff alongside the old hits but too many "heritage" acts fail to realise when it's time to stop and their vocal abilities have declined too far. As for McCartney, to be fair to him, judging from the YouTube clips, he still put on great shows in the 90s and noughties but whilst his playing is undiminished, his voice is pretty shot now and certainly isn't up to the lengthy set lists he still does.

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Originally Posted by Omegstrat6

I got an early copy of Definitely Maybe back in the day before they "made it" and really liked both that album and their next one ( What's the story) but can't say I cared for most of their stuff after that or either of the Gallagher.brothers later careers.

Liam was mostly a k n obhead but I liked the attitude and swagger of his vocals and Noel wrote some pretty catchy -if hardly innovative- indie guitar songs. - though with his seeming inability to speak more than four words without swearing, I actually find him more annoying than his younger brother these days. Ultimately though, Oasis were too much of a one trick pony for me. I'd have loved to have seen them live in the mid 90s when they were in their pomp but this reunion? No thanks.

Apart from paying a doubtless astronomical price for tickets to watch them in some huge venue as Ketts pointed out, there is also the age factor as Al mentioned. I get the nostalgia thing but no way are they going to have the same energy as they approach their sixties to match the performances of their 20s. I'd rather play their old records and remember them as they were rather than pay a small fortune to watch them do a pale imitation of themselves now. Not so much the playing maybe but the vocals definitely😁

Of course, some singers -Tom Jones for example-can go on longer than others, even if they have to lower the key or play more age appropriate stuff alongside the old hits but too many "heritage" acts fail to realise when it's time to stop and their vocal abilities have declined too far. As for McCartney, to be fair to him, judging from the YouTube clips, he still put on great shows in the 90s and noughties but whilst his playing is undiminished, his voice is pretty shot now and certainly isn't up to the lengthy set lists he still does.

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My lad is 32 and desperate to see them so if I can get tickets I’ll go with him.

I think there’s a bit of snobbery with music aficionados like yourself Omeg in that you seek the purity of of a bands peak.

I’ve been privileged to have seen a whole host of bands well after their halcyon days and I’m glad I did.

The Seekers 1997

The Hollies - 3 times in the 90’s.

Blondie 1999

ELO 2018

Elton John last year.

I enjoyed every single performance and although I would kill to go back in time to see Debbie Harry in 1978 I took what I could get and I’m glad that I did.

Oasis will still put on a great show.

In fairness, I think The High Flying Birds and Beady Eye have both produced good stuff, it just doesn’t get the exposure now.

You can’t be at your peak forever in terms of producing world class material, every artist has to accept living off their back catalogue if they stick around long enough.

That’s why creating 10 to 20 memorable hits in a 5-10 year span has always been the magic formula for musicians.