Oasis

[Quark]

1 minute ago, Pinhead said:

Yeah mad to think they were both at BD. Both were sound.

Ashcroft's take on not f**king about with the hits and the Neil Young vocoder story made me chortle. He's not wrong either

Edited October 6, 2024 by Quark

[charlierc]

17 hours ago, Euphoricape said:

Can't ask for more than Richard Ashcroft himself. The best choice, and am very relieved it's not Blossoms.

Given one of the first places some people heard the Oasis reunion announcement was absolutely coming was on a big screen at the end of a Blossoms gig the weekend before it was declared, I'm kinda surprised they've not been tapped in for these purposes as opposed to really doubling down on the 90s nostalgia-ness.

[dumbsaints]

3 hours ago, charlierc said:

Given one of the first places some people heard the Oasis reunion announcement was absolutely coming was on a big screen at the end of a Blossoms gig the weekend before it was declared, I'm kinda surprised they've not been tapped in for these purposes as opposed to really doubling down on the 90s nostalgia-ness.

Guess they could be added later if they don't have the same bands for every show. Hope so! Really hoping for some fresher supports instead of The Cast and the likes. 

Just anecdotal but feels like a lot of kids got tickets while the older crowds missed out. It won't be just 45+ yr olds living nostalgia there.

[efcfanwirral]

4 hours ago, charlierc said:

Given one of the first places some people heard the Oasis reunion announcement was absolutely coming was on a big screen at the end of a Blossoms gig the weekend before it was declared, I'm kinda surprised they've not been tapped in for these purposes as opposed to really doubling down on the 90s nostalgia-ness.

I think if it's 3 like usual for these size shows, Cast into Blossoms then Ashcroft sounds about right 

[briddj]

Can't believe so many are talking those Liam tweets seriously. 🤣

[Superscally]

2 hours ago, dumbsaints said:

Guess they could be added later if they don't have the same bands for every show. Hope so! Really hoping for some fresher supports instead of The Cast and the likes. 

Just anecdotal but feels like a lot of kids got tickets while the older crowds missed out. It won't be just 45+ yr olds living nostalgia there.

Cast would be the best band on that day.

[dumbsaints]

34 minutes ago, briddj said:

Can't believe so many are talking those Liam tweets seriously. 🤣

That's what they said about the reunion tweets months ago 😭 

[briddj]

53 minutes ago, dumbsaints said:

That's what they said about the reunion tweets months ago 😭 

 

That's what they also said about Liam and Squire playing Glastonbury this year, and the hundreds of other wind up tweets he's done. 

 

You only need to see the trail of tweets from that night really.

[Ryan1984]

Cast supported Liam at the O2 this year so could see them taking on the opener slot. They have enough hits to get a lot of fans in early (and spending money at the bars etc -wasn’t there a story they’ve negotiated some of the food and drink takings going to the band?)

[NorthernSoul52]

Underrated latter-day Cast tune - Do That.

[MEGABOWL]

13 hours ago, dumbsaints said:

Guess they could be added later if they don't have the same bands for every show. Hope so! Really hoping for some fresher supports instead of The Cast and the likes. 

Just anecdotal but feels like a lot of kids got tickets while the older crowds missed out. It won't be just 45+ yr olds living nostalgia there.

I was hoping for some more modern support acts rather than just a big nostalgia festival. Crikey, Cast were boring back in 1995, the epitome of dull blokey indie. Thats me talking as a huge Britpop head at that time too. Ashcroft? Uninspiring. I suppose I should expect it to be something like Rewind Festival but well, I can stay in the pub.

[Pinhead]

Personally I think Blur should support 😆 Liam did once call them a 'guilty pleasure'...

[incident]

Loving the comedy of people going to an Oasis concert in 2025, and then moaning that the *support* acts are a few years past their best.

[NorthernSoul52]

Oasis, a rotating main support and a junior partner would do the job.

 

Australia announcing late this evening over here, so we'll see what that looks like. Think the only question is whether they've gone for Marvel Stadium in Melbourne or somehow unlocked the MCG.

[Justcalledtosay]

51 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

I was hoping for some more modern support acts rather than just a big nostalgia festival. Crikey, Cast were boring back in 1995, the epitome of dull blokey indie. Thats me talking as a huge Britpop head at that time too. Ashcroft? Uninspiring. I suppose I should expect it to be something like Rewind Festival but well, I can stay in the pub.

If i'd got tickets (😭) i'd be chuffed with those supports personally. Wouldn't have minded a Fontaines or a Blossoms thrown in if i was being greedy i suppose.

[efcfanwirral]

58 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

I was hoping for some more modern support acts rather than just a big nostalgia festival. Crikey, Cast were boring back in 1995, the epitome of dull blokey indie. Thats me talking as a huge Britpop head at that time too. Ashcroft? Uninspiring. I suppose I should expect it to be something like Rewind Festival but well, I can stay in the pub.

I'd say a lot more would stay in the pub with modern support acts...especially as that seems to just mean "Fontaines" for most people, which would go down terribly 

[MEGABOWL]

47 minutes ago, incident said:

Loving the comedy of people going to an Oasis concert in 2025, and then moaning that the *support* acts are a few years past their best.

Dont see anything wrong with hoping there would be a mix. Plenty of other older acts manage such a revolutionary idea.

[MEGABOWL]

9 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

I'd say a lot more would stay in the pub with modern support acts...especially as that seems to just mean "Fontaines" for most people, which would go down terribly 

Depends on the crowd. If the rumours are true that the younger cohorts did well in the ticket scrum going for pure oldies acts could fall a bit flat. If you’re going to have more than one support might as well mix it up. In Manchester in 1995 I saw the Chems support them, it doesn’t always have to be meat and potatoes indie from th’nineties only.

[NorthernSoul52]

Elbow.

[Ben7amin_]

1 hour ago, Pinhead said:

Personally I think Blur should support 😆 Liam did once call them a 'guilty pleasure'...

 

You don't wanna risk getting out classed by your support act.   

[NorthernSoul52]

There's a fair few that, on live quality alone, could do that.

 

Ashcroft is very MOR, which makes him ideal.

[Ben7amin_]

Just now, NorthernSoul52 said:

There's a fair few that, on live quality alone, could do that.

 

Ashcroft is very MOR, which makes him ideal.

 

If its the Manics which i think is another rumour - Noel is suddenly gonna look like a very ordinary guitarist 

[NorthernSoul52]

1 minute ago, Ben7amin_ said:

 

If its the Manics which i think is another rumour - Noel is suddenly gonna look like a very ordinary guitarist 

The Manics would be a sick support act, but yeah. Bradfield is far closer in style to, say, Slash than anyone else in a major Britpop heavyweight. Fella can shred with the best of them.

[NorthernSoul52]

Motorcycle Emptiness basically is if Guns N' Roses came from Llanelli rather than Los Angeles.

[Ben7amin_]

Just now, NorthernSoul52 said:

The Manics would be a sick support act, but yeah. Bradfield is far closer in style to, say, Slash than anyone else in a major Britpop heavyweight. Fella can shred with the best of them.

 

As someone who has seen them 10+ times -    probably depends how far they can stay away from the new material is to how well the support slot would go down.   

 

But yeah JDB gets hideously over looked when they talk about great guitarists.