Oasis Has Finally Arrived Back In America, & If You Have The Chance To See Them This Week or Next, Do Whatever It Takes

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That's nearly the exact headline from the greatest review of Oasis I've seen yet, out of a lot of rave reviews. (I had to change And to & and Go See to See to make it fit the title line.)

The review is from Barstool Sports, which covers pop culture as well as sports - https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3551551/oasis-has-finally-arrived-back-in-america-and-if-you-have-the-chance-to-go-see-them-this-week-or-next-do-whatever-it-takes - and it's written by a guy who saw their first shows in Cardiff early last month, and has either seen other shows in person or has been following all the reviews and videos, as I have.

He raves about Liam - "obviously the wildcard and big question mark coming into this whole thing" - and how well he's been singing:

Well, I don’t know what cryo-chamber they’ve been freezing his vocal cords in between shows, but it’s working. I felt crazy saying it after the first two shows, but more confident two months later, but he’s never sounded better. That snarl is till there. The bite is even sharper. But now there’s this clarity, like he’s been to vocal therapy and came out the other side a Jedi. It's insane.

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He was so poised, composed, and dialed in that it was shocking. And he sang with the rage of someone who’s been dying to scream these songs into your soul for two decades.

And he writes about how obviously moved Noel - looking "like a dad who accidentally wandered on stage but still ripped perfect solos" - was by the reunion concerts (something Noel's admitted)...and he includes a tweet with video of the moment he's describing here:

I said it in my video, but seeing Noel fucking Gallagher- arguably the stodgiest, most overly-dramatic and miserable guy in music standing on stage, riffing the chords to "Slide Away", while his younger brother belts out "Nowwwwwwwwww thatchurrrrrrrr miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnne" with his trademark, half-snarl-half-yell, full accented tone- and not being able to hold back a smile summed everything up. At least for me.

(And before anyone objects to the description of Noel, I need to add that Noel rarely smiles and has joked himself about his grumpy appearance - see https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13828639/Oasis-Noel-Gallagher-grumpy-middle-aged-man-National-Portrait-Gallery.html . Oasis fans whose posts I've seen online talk affectionately about Noel's "resting grumpy face" - though they've been celebrating how often Liam has made him smile and laugh on this tour. After years of Liam trying his patience.)

The review links to a July 4 tweet from another Barstool Sports journalist, Eric Nathan, in awe of that first show in Cardiff, saying Oasis "gave a million percent" and telling his followers to spend whatever they must, travel wherever they must - "Do anything you can to see this show. Just absolutely incredible."

And he - Dante, the reviewer - includes his own tweeted video after that first concert: "Liam was the best I've ever heard him. I couldn't believe how good the band sounded."

The review concludes:

Sure, the bootlegs are coming. The documentaries are already being cut. But none of them will do it justice. That's why if you have an opportunity to see them while they are here in the states, you have to do it. You will thank me later.

EDITING to add the band-released audio of Slideaway from the first concert in Wales, July 4:

[speak easy]

1. Electric Guitar music at its best.

[highplainsdem]

2. At this point they're definitely in a league of their own.