Well folks, I just returned from the Oasis concert in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and since I had full intentions of posting a review to the newsgroup, I"m here - and I have a pretty good story to tell!

Well, I can't believe this happened, but I got there late. I walked in near the end of one song, and I couldn't really hear it, so I can't say what it was. But from afar, it was so amazing to see Liam & Co. in person! So I found my seat, almost directly to the left of the stage, about 100 feet away. After whatever song they played (there may have been 2 before I got there - I'm not sure yet), they launched into "Hello" and it was awesome. Liam's funky moves on stage were great! During the song, someone tossed a shoe on stage, in between the Gallager (spelling?) brothers, and so once the song was over, Liam, obviously pissed, told the crowd they better not fuckin' do that again, or that's it, they'll leave. Then Noel did his bit and basically said the same thing - "it's your choice". He apparently had seen who had thrown the show, pointed to him, and said, "You fucker, you're out of here" Then they played "Supersonic" - great great song - and, of course, someone tossed a hat on stage. Liam just looked down at it and kicked it away. Then someone threw an orange ball on stage and Liam played a couple seconds of soccer with the bass player. During the non-vocal parts of the stage, Liam stood right at the front of the stage, as if taunting the crowd to fuck with him. He also signaled the sound engineers with the middle finger salute to turn the sound down, which I found funny! :) Then they played "Roll With It", and, much to my non-surprise, some wise ass threw a shoe on stage - not just a sneaker, but a heavy duty clog shoe. It was right near the end of the song, Liam just looked to his left an Noel, pointed to it, shook his head, they finished what was left of the song, and then Liam (or was it Noel? Can't remember..) said, "Ok, we warned you, that's it, good-nite" (or something to that effect) and the whole band left the stage.

Everyone started booing (which I laughed at - great way to get them back on shitheads) and then Liam, smoke in hand, stormed back on stage, went to the mike, and said something along these lines - "You shouldn't be throwing shoes at us, we're not a bunch of fucking monkeys, we're the best band in the world!" and then left.

I was just laughing, as I found this all so funny. Here was the fiesty Gallager brothers in action! Everyone started booing and shit, and after about 20 minutes people were yelling and shit, and a few weak attempts at cheering were made. I was watching the back of the stage area, where the band had left from, and at one point

I saw five shadowed figures standing there, but they soon disappeared again. Soon after this, some roadie picked up a mike and said, "Due to a small portion of the audience, Oasis will not be coming back. The concert is over and you can get refunds at your point of purchase on Monday". The crowd got pissed, booed, and I was still laughing.

So, that was the great Oasis show. I think it was a great concert - I got to see three songs! - but I'm kinda disappointed that I didn't get to see the whole set. But I'm not pissed whatsoever at the band - I can totally understand why they did what they did - it was a shitty situation all around. It's too bad that because of 2 fucking shitheads in the crowd, everyone missed out.. but hey, I"m happy - I've seen Oasis live now! :) Cheers, Darkseid