01. TURN UP THE SUN (CITY OF MANCHESTER STADIUM 2005)*
Complete mayhem as the crowd barriers in front of the stage crack and the song
comes crawling to a halt. Noel proceeds to start sacking roadies from the stage.
02. GO LET IT OUT / WHO FEELS LOVE (WEMBLEY STADIUM 2000)
As Liam arrives on stage with the band in front of an ecstatic 80,000 revellers and a
live TV audience of millions: "“Shithole! If you think I'm over the moon to be here,
then you must be tripping. This is for Bob Geldof, this is for Simple Minds, this is for
all them other fucking idiots. Glad you made it. This isn't fucking Live Aid, and I bet
you wish it was free. Patsy's gone and taken the furniture, she takes this, and she takes
that! The fucking cow!” As WHO FEELS LOVE begins: “That's like fucking Postman Pat.
If you're going to do Wembley you might as well do it pissed out of your arse! You’d do
the same if you were me. I ain’t no fucking celebrity, I ain’t no fanny, I ain’t no dickhead,
I’m a rock star and I don’t fucking arse about. Thank you for the sun,
the sun who shines on everyone who deals drugs! I’ve got drugs!”
03. SUPERSONIC (WEMBLEY STADIUM 2000)
Liam explains his behaviour: “You expect it to be professional but we’re fucking on
glue. I’m arsed, he’s arsed, they’re arsed. I know a girl called Elsa, she’s into Elka
Seltzer and she makes me burp!”
04. WHATEVER (MAINE ROAD 1996)
Liam gets the sulks and aborts the song. Noel and Liam argue. The band start again.
Liam refuses to sing but the crowd don’t seem to give a shit and Noel takes over lead
vocals.
05. WONDERWALL / MARRIED WITH CHILDREN (LILE 2002)*
When the crowd join in Noel is pissed off and can’t be arsed even finishing the first
verse of WONDERWALL. Instead he launches into MARRIED WITH CHILDREN but things don’t improve.
“Excuse me, is it alright if I fucking sing a song for you!?”
06. LIVE FOREVER (UTRECHT 1996)
Liam loses his voice. Noel takes over.
07. GAS PANIC (PALEO FESTIVAL 2001)
Another song falls to pieces.
08. ACQUIESCE (FUKUOKA 2000)
Liam loses his voice. Noel takes over then advises the audience to just “talk amongst
yourselves”. Obviously just at much fun as actually listening to your favourite band
actually perform.
09. IDLER’S DREAM (LOS ANGELES 2005)
Noel doesn’t play IDLER’S DREAM. Bastard.
10. WONDERWALL (LOWRY SALFORD 2006)*
“Where are you going?” Noel asks an audience member. The toilet, apparently. “That’s
fucking unbelievable. Obviously doesn’t fucking like this one. No, seriously, where
are you fucking going? You miserable c***t...”
11. CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL (CARDIFF 1996)
This time the drummer fucks up and receives a public bollocking from Noel, “A
round of applause for the shit drummer.” Liam jumps to his defence, “Never mind,
never mind, we can’t get it right all the time...” Liam should know.
12. ROLL WITH IT (PACIFIC COLISEUM VANCOUVER 1996)*
“You can all get your arses out this door alright!? You’re all going home early!” Noel
is apparently fed up with the US audience throwing things the band. Liam joins in:
“Cos we are from England and we are hard! We are hard! We’re not soft. We’re not the
fucking Monkees we’re the best band in the fucking world!”
13. D’YER WANNA BE A SPACEMAN (SOUTH END 1995)
The song stutters to halt. “I can’t remember the next bit...” Noel shrugs.
14. WONDERWALL (PLYMOUTH 2002)
The audience seem quite into it but Noel obviously isn’t.
15. CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA (MTV AWARDS 1996)
Liam walks out, starts babbling, spits on the MTV stage then proceeds to snarl
“Champagne Supernova up your bum!” at the startled American audience. Cool. Band
were never invited back.
16. SHAKERMAKER (WEMBLEY STADIUM 2000)
Liam thows in a cheery greeting to all the people watching him live on televison:
“This is going out to all the knobheads all over the world. You can all fuck off!”
17. GAS PANIC! (WEMBLEY STADIUM 2000)
Liam: “Is it really professional, this gig? Is it really fucking Smash Hits? Are you
having a good time? Is it really fucking pro? I fucking hope not!” The band then
launch in GAS PANIC, complete with incoherent ramblings from Liam regarding the
lack of teabags his ex-wife has left him.
18. I’M OUTTA TIME (BERLIN 2009)
Liam loses his voice (again) and angrily smashes his tambourine down in fury. The
rest of the band ignore him and finish off the song.
19. WONDERWALL (PROVIDENCE 1996)
WONDERWALL bites the dust again. Makes you wonder why they even add it to the
setlist.
20. ROLL WITH IT (WEMBLEY STADIUM 2000)*
Noel and Liam argue about the band Genesis, and who drinks most of the beer out of
their fridge at home.
21. LIVE FOREVER (FUKUOKA 2000)
Is this the worst ever performance of LIVE FOREVER the band ever performed?
Quite probably.
22. TO BE SOMEONE (CHICAGO 1998)
If you’re going to cover one of your favourite songs live in concert it’s wise to brush
up the lyrics beforehand. Noel: “Sorry about that...”
23. THE MEANING OF SOUL (TEXAS 2005)
Just when you thought the song couldn’t get any shorter. Still, to their credit the band
start again.
24. ACQUIESCE (NYON 2000)
Liam is majorly pissed off at somebody in the audience: “I’ll break your fucking arse,
your family’s arse, your mother’s fucking arse! Pack it in!” The warning obviously
doesn't work as Liam Vanishes halfway through the song to deal with the culprit
personally. The band keep playing.
25. BRING IT ON DOWN (NEWCASTLE 1994)*
A fan wearing a metal ring leaps on stage and punches Noel in the face. Blood
streaming from his face, Noel retaliates and leaps into the crowd. Liam follows.
Amidst “an orgy of violence” reporter Jo Whiley sums things up with the observation
“It’s all gone horribly wrong...”
26. CAST NO SHADOW (EARL’S COURT 1995)
Noel: “I can’t do this with all this fucking nonsense coming out of these fucking
speakers...”
27. CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL (WEMBLEY 2000)*
More loving banter between the angelic Gallagher brothers.
28. LIVE FOREVER (WEMBLEY 2000)*
Liam: “I'm in one of them fuckin’ moods. Really fucked up mood. It's true, I'm a
fucking twat...”
29. MORNING GLORY (TORONTO 2000)
Noel gets attacked (again). Security have to hold Liam back from leaping to his
brother's defence. Noel ends up with broken ribs.
30. JAZZ NONSENSE JAM (WEMBLEY STADIUM 2000)
The rest of the band piss Noel off (a task they usually leave to Liam).
31. ROCK’N’ROLL STAR (LEEDS 2000)
Liam: “Lights dickhead!”
32. MARRIED WITH CHILDREN (DALLAS 1995)
Liam and Noel are been getting stick off a heckler in a cowboy hat throughout the gig.
During Married With Children, Liam finally gets put off his stride, amusing Noel. And as
Liam says, "1-0 to you bastards!"
33. CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA (BOSTON 1995)
OK Liam, so it's a long solo and Noel's acoustic set is next. But at least you could
finish your vocal, before going off for a drink. Noel takes care of business.
34. SOME MIGHT SAY (UTRECHT 1996)
Liam is hoarse all night and during the first chorus he signals for Noel to take over.
From then on, Liam sings the verses and leaves Noel to sing the chorus.
35. WONDERWALL (Tokyo 2000)
Somehow, despite having sung it live hundreds of times, Liam forgets the words to the
most famous Oasis song of them all.
36. STEP OUT (Bolton 2000)
It's the first time the band have ever done STEP OUT live, but Noel's guitar is out of tune.
Seeing as he's paying £500 for a tuner, you'd think this shouldn't really happen.
37. LYLA (HEATON PARK UK 2009)
The now infamous "power cut" debacle.
38.ROCK'N'ROLL STAR (ITUNES FESTIVAL LONDON 2009)
"Get on this fucking student!" Liam is pissed off at somebody even as he launches into the first
song of the evening. A couple of mid-song rants set the scene for a fine evening of Liam antics.
If you pay peanuts you get monkeys on crack.
39. MORNING GLORY (ITUNES FESTIVAL LONDON 2009)
"Somebody's in a bad mood..." quips Noel. That somebody's mood doesn't improve and by the end
of the song Liam is itching for a fight with a heckler.
40. MY BIG MOUTH (ITUNES FESTIVAL LONDON 2009)
Liam leaves the stage half way through as the band roar on regardless. "Everybody just take a
deep breath," Noel pleads, "Pretend it's not happening...
41. TURN UP THE SUN (SYDNEY 2005)
No, Liam has not left the stage for a pint; the roadies have fucked up again and
forgotten to connect his microphone. Noel's backing vocals are coming through loud
and clear though.
42. ROCK'N'ROLL STAR (Buenos Aires 2001)
Halfway through the song, something flies towards Liam. He's away from the mic and Noel
fills in with a few backing vocals before Liam comes back to finish the song.
43. WONDERWALL (OSAKA 2005)*
Drummer Zak Starkey makes three attempts to get the beginning of WONDERWALL correct. The first
time the band take it in their stride. The second time Liam slumps over the mic and shakes
his head in disbelief. Noel goes over and chats with Zak. The third time they pretty much get
it right. At least the crowd are enjoying the confusion.
44. CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA (IMOLA 2005)
Liam is drunk and leaves the stage. The band carry on without a lead singer. The drunken
crowd take over on vocals. All that money for a ticket and you might as well be in the pub.
45. TO BE WHERE THERE'S LIFE (PARIS 2009)*
Yet another technical breakdown.
46. MUCKY FINGERS (PORTUGAL 2005)*
Noel is in the wrong key.
47.ROCK'N'ROLL STAR / LIVE FORVEVER (LOS ANGELES 1994)*
All the band members have different setlists. ROCK'N'ROLL STAR, the first song of the set,
quickly falls apart. Backstage, according to Noel, "a chair might have been thrown across the
dressing room. We fucking blew it that night". Even more embarrasing for the band is the fact
that Ringo Starr is in the audience. Despite the debacle, Ringo - no stranger to some drunken
gigs - is suitably entertained and apparently leaves singing the band's praises to everybody
he meets! Noel is not so easily pleased; he grabs his passport and the tour float money and
goes on the run for two weeks.Eventually found holed up with some female fan in Vegas.
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