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Wonderwall - Oasis

I really need to get hold of that DVD. And I really hope there is going to be one from this tour, does anyone know? Anything been announced? Having been to a show now, I really want to get a film of one from this tour! I have to say the crowd was really awesome. I've read other reviews on the net saying a lot of people were only there for 2 songs, and only seemed interested when Chasing Cars came on etc. But last night everyone was into every song, certainly all the people around me and I didn't see anyone looking disinterested or anything at any point. Of course Chasing Cars got the biggest roar, as you would expect. But every song was enjoyed by all. And everyone was well into Evermore too. I was also slightly suprised by the age of much of the audience. From other reviews I expected it to be largely teenage girls, aged sort of 13-16 but it wasn't (although perhaps being on a Thursday night, with school the next day had something to do with that). There were a group of about 7 young teenage girls, aged probably 13/14 behind me but I didn't see too many other groups of them. I guess the majority of people there looked roughly my age, give or take a year or 2 (I'm 20) and there were also a lot of 'older people,' like couples getting into their late 30s and 40s etc. Good to see that it's music anyone can enjoy. I took 11 short videos with my phone and just added them to youtube. Click Here Unfortunately, as they were done with a phone they are poor quality, and my phone would only film for 30 seconds at a time. But still might be interesting to have a quick look. Few pics from my phone attached. Also got a few sound recordings if anyone wants.

So I left home at 3.30, hoping to get there about 4.15-4.30 and be able to park somewhere. As it happened, traffic on the motorway was a bit of a nightmare and I crawled along at snail pace, eventually getting to the stadium at 5. Fortunately there was still parking available at the stadium for $5 so that was all good. Doors finally opened at 6 and they told us strictly no cameras allowed, and they were taking them off people so I went and left mine in the car, thought that was safer than risking not getting it back at all. I could've taken it in in my pocket and noone would've known, and I sort of wish I did. But, security in there was insane and they had people around the whole arena pointing laser pointers wherever a flash went off until someone made there way there and took the camera away. When we pay good money to go, it's a little disappointing we can't take a couple of pics to remember it by, but ah well. They also wouldn't allow any food or drink in and even took my bottle of water off me. Good profit making by them I guess as it was so hot in there, you had to buy a drink. I did have a slightly annoying post in my view when I got to my seat, but it wasn't that bad, was still a pretty good seat. Of course the guy who came and sat next to me might have considered buying 2 seats just for himself :lol: but he left halfway through, or went to stand/sit elsewhere I don't know. So first on stage at 7 was an NZ band called 'Tourist' who I'd never heard of. They were alright, just your average small time rock band. Main criticism was that their music was much too loud and you couldn't easily decipher 1 word of their lyrics. But some of their tunes were not bad so they were a reasonable opening considering the place was still probably only a 3rd full. They stayed on until about 7.30, by which time the place was starting to fill as everyone knew 'Evermore,' another NZ band were coming on at 8. They are very big here, and are quite well known elsewhere too having had 2 or 3 songs feature on 'The OC.' I thought they were brilliant, well worth the money by themselves. They put on a great show, and their best song 'Light Surrounding You' was for me one of the highlights of the whole night. Quite interesting looking guys :lol: To look at them, you would think they are more likely a physics PHD class Chess team than a Rock Band, but they are very good. So they stayed on until about 8.45, and Snow Patrol were coming on at 9 so this left enough time to find the toilets and get out of the main arena for a few minutes, it was absolutely sweating in there. Came across the merchandise they were selling so I bought the official tour book. Bit of a rip off for $20 as it's just pictures, but I like to keep a program from anything I go to like this. Would have liked one of the t-shirts but they did cost $40. While I was there, the Evermore guys turned up and started speaking to people etc, so it was good to seem them getting out amongst the crowd. Once it got to 9pm, the lights went out and the opening to 'Spitting Games' started playing with a spectacular lights show on the stage and then Snow Patrol came out to a roaring crowd. After a couple of songs Gary made his intro and he seemed quite a good speaker too. He joked about the minor earthquakes there had been the day before. "You always think of New Zealand as a safe haven, somewhere you will always be safe. And then we arrived and found out there were 48 volcanoes, and there were 3 earthquakes yesterday! What the f**ks going on?" :lol: They were putting on a great show and Gary was also very entertaining in between songs. At one point he talked about how they were going to do the 'Sky Jump' off the Sky Tower the next day, or rather "tomorrow we are going to jump off a building, you know that tall one with the small donut on top? Apparently you can throw yourself off it." 'Beginning to get to me' which is not usually a favourite of mine was excellent, one of the highlights. Gary also blanked out at the end of one song, I think it was 'How to be dead' and didn't sing the last couple of lines or so. He said he was just thinking how great this was going and how awesome the crowd was then suddenly "sh*t, what the hell are the words?" and called it a 'unique New Zealand performance of that song.' He then dedicated 'Grazed Knees' to the 2 NZ support bands, and then came 'Chasing Cars' which as expected got the loudest screams and was awesome. As there was of course no Martha Wainwright or a female backup, he decided to do 'Set the Fire to the Third bar' by himself for the 'first time ever' and called up some guy, I think he called him their 'drum tech' or something to play guitar. Another 'unique performance for NZ,' although he's probably done it before. Eventually we got to 'Run' which was of course one of the main highlights for me, although it didn't seem to get great screams from the crowd like CC did. However the big highlight for me I think was 'You're All I have' which is one of my favourites , it was last, before the encore. At least, that was the one I left humming and then singing in the car :lol: The crowd were screaming for an encore, and the band didn't disappoint. Came out and played another 4 songs, including 'Hands Open' that I hadn't expected to hear given the setlists I'd seen on the internet so that was a nice suprise. But I guess they added it because they left out a couple of the older songs that seem to have only been played in the UK/Europe. Anyway, really amazing show. Was my first ever gig (unless you count Cliff Richard with my parents when I was about 10 :lol:) and the next one will have a lot to live up to. Setlist: Spitting Games Wow Chocolate Beginning To Get To Me Headlights How To Be Dead Grazed Knees Chasing Cars Shut Your Eyes Set The Fire To The Third Bar Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking Make This Go On Forever Ways And Means Run You're All I Have ----------------------- Finish Line Open Your Eyes Hands Open Tiny Little Fractures Pics from my phone to come later Apologies if this was too long or boring.

Just got back from Snow Patrol tonight, my first ever concert. Amazing!

Just got back. Absolutely amazing! Will write a bit more tomorrow when it's not all a blur.

I'm leaving in half an hour for tonight's show :D

Cheers. I will of course come back with a review, and hopefully some reasonable pics too. Support acts are a couple of NZ bands. 'Tourist' who I've not heard of, and 'Evermore' who are very good.

Going to see them in Auckland on Thursday :D

Oasis - Live By The Sea Oasis - There and Then Oasis - Familiar To Millions Oasis - Definitely Maybe double DVD Coldplay - Live 2003 Travis - Live at The Palace

Can't wait for the new album. Presumably there will be a tour sometime after the release and hopefully they will consider coming to NZ. Anyway the first single to be released is called 'Closer' and it is currently playing on their myspace if you are interested in hearing it now. http://www.myspace.com/travisofficial Apparently they will be putting new songs on there every week until the album is released.

Glad it was a great show Martin. 2 months until the show here, can't wait.

Great pics fudge. Can you remember what most of the setlist was? They are coming here to Auckland, New Zealand in February and I got my ticket on Sunday. Can't wait :) None of my friends were interested unfortunately so I'm going by myself, but no reason for me to miss out just cos my friends don't wanna go. It will still be awesome. Will be my first ever gig haha.

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