Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Noel Gallagher
Last night I begun the first of three shows I’m seeing at the Albert Hall in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust. Noel Gallagher was headlining an acoustic show supported by The Coral. The Coral were ok playing both songs I knew of theirs before ending with a cover of the Everlys Bye Bye Love. In between the acts we managed a bit of a blag by gaining entrance to a free corporate bar. Grolsch was £3.90 a bottle elsewhere. Result!
Noel Gallagher was really good. The set mainly comprised of Oasis b-sides such as Half The World Away and Listen Up with a few classics thrown in, although Paul Weller was dragged out for the Jams Butterfly Collector and The Beatles All You Need Is Love. Half way through the show Noels guitarist and percussionist were joined by eight string players, all female clad in denim and black shirts. These were used to great effect on their first song Don’t Go Away (the best song on Be Here Now) and obviously, Wonderwall. A highlight for me was Slide Away which was played perfectly to close before the encore. A cover of The Smiths There Is A Light That Never Goes Out was also played after the short interlude before the singalong of Don’t Look Back In Anger. You could hardly hear Noels vocals so ecstatic were the crowd. Married With Children ended matters as it does the first Oasis album. All in all an excellent show.
Set – Its Good To Be Free / Talk Tonight / Fade Away / Cast No Shadow / Half The World Away / The Importance Of Being Idle / The Butterfly Collector / All you Need Is Love / Don’t Go Away / Listen Up / Sad Song / Wonderwall / Slide Away ////// There Is A Light That Never Goes Out / Don’t Look Back In Anger / Married With Children.
Noel Gallagher was really good. The set mainly comprised of Oasis b-sides such as Half The World Away and Listen Up with a few classics thrown in, although Paul Weller was dragged out for the Jams Butterfly Collector and The Beatles All You Need Is Love. Half way through the show Noels guitarist and percussionist were joined by eight string players, all female clad in denim and black shirts. These were used to great effect on their first song Don’t Go Away (the best song on Be Here Now) and obviously, Wonderwall. A highlight for me was Slide Away which was played perfectly to close before the encore. A cover of The Smiths There Is A Light That Never Goes Out was also played after the short interlude before the singalong of Don’t Look Back In Anger. You could hardly hear Noels vocals so ecstatic were the crowd. Married With Children ended matters as it does the first Oasis album. All in all an excellent show.
Set – Its Good To Be Free / Talk Tonight / Fade Away / Cast No Shadow / Half The World Away / The Importance Of Being Idle / The Butterfly Collector / All you Need Is Love / Don’t Go Away / Listen Up / Sad Song / Wonderwall / Slide Away ////// There Is A Light That Never Goes Out / Don’t Look Back In Anger / Married With Children.
# posted by Rich @ 2:19 PM 
