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Edited by Michael Goldberg
A star is born?
Photo by Jay Blakesberg.
Addicted To Noise staff writer Gil
Kaufman reports: Oasis' first U.S. show
without house-hunting lead singer Liam
Gallagher was bad news for the reticent one.
According to a source who attended the show
at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago on Tuesday
night, "nobody seemed to give a shit that he
wasn't there." Our man on the scene said
that, aside from the fact that the headliners
were "blown off the stage" by the
full-throttle psychedelic attack of the
Screaming Trees, the show, which was "maybe
three-quarters full" held precious few
surprises for Oasis fans who are used to
unsurprising shows from their favorite band.
The 15 song, 85 minute set was virtually
identical to the one they played last time
around and sure, big brother Noel Gallagher
couldn't hit a few of the high notes, but
according to our source, "I don't know how
many people even knew Liam wasn't there."
Contrary to what one might imagine, there
appeared to be " more people trying to buy
tickets outside the show than return them."
At one point during the performance, before
the third song, "Some Might Say," Noel said,
"You've probably heard my brother's not here
this evening," one of the few acknowledgments
that anything was other than business as
usual. The band also performed "Cast No
Shadow," "Slide Away," "Wonderwall," and
their anthem, "Live Forever." And there was a
new song--which is expected to appear on the
group's third album--titled "My Big Mouth." A
source at Epic Records, the label Oasis
record for in the U. S., said that new sales
for tickets outnumbered returns, although
they couldn't provide us with specifics. Liam
is scheduled to see a doctor for his
laryngitis either today or tomorrow, and, our
record company source added, "I'm sure Liam
will re-join the tour as soon as he is able."
The group's manager, Marcus Russell, told the
Chicago Sun-Times yesterday that he'd spoken
with Liam, and that the singer "said that his
throat wasn't hurting at all and hoped to be
in America soon. So we're optimistic."
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