Noel Gallagher makes emotional and exciting return to Manchester
Noel Gallagher makes emotional and exciting return to Manchester
Image source, Charlotte Wellings < /figure>By Chris LongBBC News
Noel Gallagher delivered a stunning career-spanning set at an emotionally charged reunion show in Manchester.
< p class="ssrcss -1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">His concert at Wythenshawe Park on Saturday, a short walk from his childhood home, was always going to be a big moment for the town.
Mixing the trappings of Oasis and High Flying Birds, it was this set that proved just how powerful he is as a songwriter.
He also showed why, despite everything a cheering crowd would like, he doesn't need to consider a reunion with his brother.
More than 25,000 people gathered in the park, which hosted a huge concert for the first time, and many had memories of Knebworth, Barrowlands, those two legendary nights in Maine Road, which meant that, as feisty and ferocious as his post-Oasis delivery of songs was, it was the '90s ones that really got the crowd moving.
The pleasure that such moments gave Gallagher was questionable. Long before he released a superb Half A World Away, his appearance was claimed by a low voice up front.
"I need a different guitar, but I'll play it later," he said, adding a swear-laden summary of the way he thought the song was, shall we say,...
Image source, Charlotte Wellings < /figure>By Chris LongBBC News
Noel Gallagher delivered a stunning career-spanning set at an emotionally charged reunion show in Manchester.
< p class="ssrcss -1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">His concert at Wythenshawe Park on Saturday, a short walk from his childhood home, was always going to be a big moment for the town.
Mixing the trappings of Oasis and High Flying Birds, it was this set that proved just how powerful he is as a songwriter.
He also showed why, despite everything a cheering crowd would like, he doesn't need to consider a reunion with his brother.
More than 25,000 people gathered in the park, which hosted a huge concert for the first time, and many had memories of Knebworth, Barrowlands, those two legendary nights in Maine Road, which meant that, as feisty and ferocious as his post-Oasis delivery of songs was, it was the '90s ones that really got the crowd moving.
The pleasure that such moments gave Gallagher was questionable. Long before he released a superb Half A World Away, his appearance was claimed by a low voice up front.
"I need a different guitar, but I'll play it later," he said, adding a swear-laden summary of the way he thought the song was, shall we say,...
Image source, Charlotte Wellings < /figure>By Chris LongBBC News
