Rave review from The Times (UK) about the first concert of the Oasis reunion tour, tonight + VIDEOS of all 23 songs

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25. I thought we probably had more Oasis fans here. :)

There are more reviews of last night's concert this morning, apparently mostly raves.

As a reunion concert, I thought it was extremely successful. Oasis sounded as good as they had in the '90s, and it was a great setlist. I hope the rest of the tour will go as well as the first night, for the sake of the fans.

I thought the last paragraph of what I quoted from The Independent's review in the reply above was key to how important this reunion was:

The real underlying thrill is of a historical moment fully revived. For all the laddish boorishness that Oasis undoubtedly encapsulated, the Britpop era, for Millennials and Gen Zers alike, is as halcyon as Beatlemania or the summer of love – a time of vivid colour, jubilant melody, political stability and affordable flats. And to be a part of this second wind of torrid Oasismania, hyped by effusive press coverage and leading to historic shows such as this one, is as close to actually “being there” as it’s possible to get. For this multi-generational crowd, both nostalgia heads and those who’ve waited a whole lifetime to spend a day in the Gallaghers’s reflected sunshine, Oasis in Cardiff is their bona fide Shea Stadium 1965. Two million wanted Knebworth ‘96 tickets; 14 million wanted tickets to this tour. This generation’s Oasis moment is now.

Oasis really delivered for those fans, and they deserve credit for that. They'll almost certainly get a very successful concert DVD and album from the tour, maybe using just last night's concert.

I was never that much of an Oasis fan, though I could see why they appealed to others, especially their generation, who hadn't grown up with new music from the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and so many other legendary artists. I'd thought the first album by the Stone Roses (a big influence on both Liam Gallagher - https://www.nme.com/news/music/liam-gallagher-opens-stone-roses-meant-much-growing-2155913 - and Noel - https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/noel-gallaghers-high-flying-birds/noel-gallagher-recalls-first-time-stone-roses/ ), released in.1989, was much better than anything Oasis did. And I'd had great hopes for the Seahorses, the band Roses guitarist John Squire put together after the Roses broke up the first time - Liam even cowrote a song with John for their 1997 album - but they split up (over creative differences mostly due to John, with him not wanting to share the songwriting, and often playing so loud he drowned out the others - particularly disappointing given how talented a singer and songwriter Chris Helme was). But we never got to see where their Led-Zeppelin-Beatles sound mix would take them.

If this Oasis tour leads to more young artists being inspired by Britpop or the classic rock that inspired it, that will be a good thing. I want to hear more bands producing melodic rock again. I want to hear more bands again, period.

Even if there's sibling rivalry. I have two kid brothers who don't get along, so Liam and Noel squabbling didn't surprise me. I hope they can get through the reunion tour before blowing up again. For their sake, and their fans'.

Kudos to them for what they did last night.