Allowing for the eternal advantage enjoyed by the headliner over the opener, the Britpop heirs-apparent held their own against the reigning kings of Britpop during a thunderous display of rock 'n' roll dynamism at a sold-out Air Canada Centre on Monday night.
And, perhaps surprisingly, the kids even earned some kudos from their elders in the process.
Oasis, ever reluctant to relinquish their grasp on the crown, even when that grasp has sometimes seemed more tenuous than real, has seldom had anything but a disparaging word for upstarts — particularly serious contenders like Coldplay, who arrive for ACC sets of their own today and Thursday.
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