Oasis

Oasis defined a generation. Oasis have undoubtably been one of the single biggest influences on my life. They influence the way I walk, talk, dress, the other bands I listen to, the mates I hang around with and the misspent nights/weekends I've lost!
Seeing Oasis live was always an event (usually a big stadium or arena show due to their popularity). Its something you'd look forward to for weeks/months well basically since you first managed to secure your ticket.
The gigs themselves, I honestly find it hard to put into words a description that does this justice. From the moment they stepped on stage how could anyone fail to be transfixed by the greatest frontman in the world ever LIam Gallagher. The sheer euphoria of thousands of people singing every word of various anthems back at the band with as much passion, if not more as you'd find most of the same audience singing to their football teams on a Saturday afternoon.
Oasis were us and we were Oasis, a working class band with a laddish working class following. That may be sneered at by sections of the media (the term 'lad-rock' was banded about) but when your standing in a field/stadium/arena with thousands of like minded individuals watching Oasis the world pretty much starts and ends there.

Absolutely brilliant.

Richard Ashcroft is back and back with a bang. He jumped from songs from his forthcoming album These People to solo hits to Verve classics all of which this semi-intimate but euphoric crowd sang back at him like their lives depended on it.

The gig had the feel of a stadium gig with the unity and importance of it all but in a beautiful more intimate setting.

As someone who does many gigs this was one of those truly special ones that only comes around every few years.

Music is most definitely power!