Fans go wild as Liam Gallagher kicks off Definitely Maybe tour that includes three gigs at Co-Op Live

Liam Gallagher has hit out at Just Stop Oil protesters for vandalising the “mystical” Stone Henge structure.Yesterday (June 19) two protestors sprayed orange powder paint over Stone Henge. They were both arrested with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying: “This is a disgraceful act of vandalism to one of the UK’s and the world’s oldest and most important monuments,” (per The Guardian).The former Oasis frontman took to his official X/Twitter account to react to the protesters’ latest stunt and tweeted: “Don’t fuck with the stones man they have mystical powers hope they all wake up tmoz and are all orange toads”.Don’t fuck with the stones man they have mystical powers hope they all wake up tmoz and are all orange toads— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) June 19, 2024As per The Guardian, the public tried to stop the protestors from vandalising the structure with one visitor taking one of the spray cans away from them.Wiltshire police said: “We have arrested two people following an incident at Stonehenge this afternoon.

Oasis guitarist Bonehead has gifted a busker in Glasgow tickets to one of Liam Gallagher‘s ‘Definitely Maybe’ anniversary shows in the city.Bonehead, real name Paul Arthurs, bumped into young busker Thomas Smitheram performing the band’s 1994 hit ‘Half The World Away’ on Glasgow’s Buchanan Street, and appeared to have gifted him gig tickets.In an Instagram post, Bonehead shared a photo of the pair together, saying, “Yes Thomas. Enjoy the gig @thomas_smitheram.”Bonehead, who played rhythm guitar for Oasis from 1991 to 1999, has been working with Gallagher again over the last decade and has been playing on his former bandmate’s tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Oasis’ classic debut album ‘Definitely Maybe’.He began working with Gallagher again in 2013.

Liam Gallagher has confirmed that he reserves a seat at every one of his solo shows for his brother and former Oasis bandmate Noel.Last week, X user Simon Love shared a post saying he had attended a Liam Gallagher show, where he noticed that a seat had been reserved for Noel. He wrote in the post: “I’m in a hospitality box at Liam Gallagher and I’ve just seen this on a seat in front of mine.”I’m in a hospitality box at #LiamGallagher and I’ve just seen this on a seat in front of mine.

after supporting Gene’s dad Liam on his current run of arena shows, which are celebrating the 30th anniversary of Oasis’ ‘Definitely Maybe’.Villanelle are due to kick off their first UK tour in Glasgow on November 19. Further dates are scheduled for Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol and Nottingham throughout the month.The final gig will take place at Oslo in Hackney, London on November 28.Tickets for the tour go on general sale at 9am BST this Friday (June 21) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

Liam Gallagher has compared Manchester’s new Co-Op Live arena to New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden – despite the venue’s recent problems.The venue in Gallagher’s hometown has had its fair share of teething problems this year, mired in controversy after myriad delays. It was due to open on April 23 with a show from comedian Peter Kay, but after power supply issues at a test event featuring Rick Astley, Kay’s show was first postponed by a week and then for a second time as the venue “wasn’t ready“.Shows by The Black Keys, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Olivia Rodrigo and Keane were all postponed, too, while Take That decided to move their five concert dates to the AO Arena instead.

Liam Gallagher debuted the ‘rap’ from the Sawmills demo of Oasis‘ ‘Columbia’ during one of his recent shows in Manchester. Watch the footage below.The Britpop band released the previously unheard version of the song – titled ‘Columbia (Sawmills Outtake)’ – last week to preview their upcoming 30th anniversary edition of ‘Definitely Maybe’.Mixed for the first time by Noel Gallagher and Callum Marinho, the extended early take of the track clocks in at over seven minutes, and is based around an effectively simple chord structure.It boasts “hypnotic rhythms” that “spiral into delayed drums and droning feedback”, as well as a ‘rapped’ segment from Liam.The singer incorporated the ‘rap’ into his live performance of ‘Columbia’ at his show at the Co-Op Live arena on Saturday night (June 15) – which marked the first ‘Definitely Maybe’ tour date since the demo dropped.Later, a fan on X/Twitter asked Liam if he was “gonna rap again for the rest of the tour”.

Liam Gallagher “almost” played there earlier this year.Last month, the former Oasis frontman joked that if his show at the city’s Co-Op Live Arena wasn’t “sorted” in time, then he would have to play at Lidl instead.At the time, the Manchester venue was going through a torrid series of complications and delays as it was trying to open its doors, causing Gallagher to make the quip on social media.Gig in LIDL— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) May 2, 2024And now, the Newton Heath branch of the supermarket, the closest one to Co-Op Live, has unveiled a commemorative blue plaque, bearing the words “Liam Gallagher. Legend.

Liam Gallagher dedicated ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’ to Dave Grohl during one of his shows in London this week, where the Foo Fighters frontman was spotted rocking out. Watch the clips below.Grohl attended Gallagher’s fourth and final gig at The O2 in the capital on Tuesday (June 11) as part of his current UK and Ireland ‘Definitely Maybe’ 30th anniversary tour.LG was pictured backstage with Grohl and the latter’s daughters, Violet and Harper.

Oasis have shared a previously unheard version of ‘Columbia’ from their upcoming 30th anniversary edition of ‘Definitely Maybe’. Listen below.The Britpop band announced last month that the special reissue of their classic 1994 debut album would arrive on August 30 via Big Brother Recordings (pre-order here).Available in various formats, it’ll contain recordings from the abandoned original session at Monnow Valley Studios, as well as outtakes from the definitive album recording session at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall.Today (June 13), the first preview from the collection has arrived in the form of ‘Columbia (Sawmills Outtake)’ – which has been mixed for the first time by Noel Gallagher and Callum Marinho.The early, extended version of the song clocks in at over seven minutes, and is based around an effectively simple chord structure.

Liam Gallagher has spoken out on the chance of a special tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Oasis‘ second album ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory’.The singer is currently out on the road in the UK and Ireland to mark three decades of the Britpop band’s classic 1994 debut, ‘Definitely Maybe’.Gallagher is playing the record in full at the gigs and airing numerous other tracks from that era, including the Noel-sung ‘Half The World Away’ – which he dedicated to his estranged brother and former bandmate.Last Sunday (June 9), LG was asked by a fan on X/Twitter whether he had considered putting on a similar run of dates in celebration of ‘…Morning Glory’ (1995) turning 30 next year.“Do you think you’ll do WTSMG tour next year Liam[?]” the user wrote, to which Liam replied: “Fuck all else to do.”He said in a later update that “NOSTALGIA rules”, adding: “You can stick pushing it forward up your bum you can stick pushing it forward up your bum LG x.” You can see those posts below.Fuck all else to do— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) June 9, 2024NOSTALGIA rules you can stick pushing it forward up your bum you can stick pushing it forward up your bum LG x— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) June 9, 2024LG hinted last September that his next solo album was finished. His latest studio effort, ‘C’mon You Know’, came out in 2022 following on from ‘As You Were’ (2017) and ‘Why Me? Why Not.’ (2019).Last October, ‘…Morning Glory’ was named the most streamed album of the ’90s in the UK – with its predecessor ‘Definitely Maybe’ coming in at second place.The former shifted a record-breaking 345,000 copies in its first week in the UK, where it debuted at Number One.

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Liam Gallagher dedicated a song to Noel at his ‘Definitely Maybe’ show in Cardiff last night (June 3), and told the crowd that his brother was “still playing hard to get” regarding an Oasis reunion.The singer is currently out on a special UK and Ireland tour to mark the 30th anniversary of Oasis’ 1994 debut album. He is playing the record in full at the gigs and airing numerous other tracks from that era.To introduce his rendition of ‘Whatever’ B-side ‘Half The World Away’ – which was originally sung by Noel – Liam told the audience: “So I’m gonna dedicate this next tune to my little brother, who’s still playing hard to get.”He continued: “But that’s alright.

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Liam Gallagher has shared official footage from his ‘Definitely Maybe’ anniversary tour on the opening night in Sheffield.He kicked off his 30th anniversary tour over the weekend playing every song from the iconic 1994 album with his band – several of which were the first time ever he’s performed them outside of Oasis – along with B-sides from that era.Now, he has shared snippets from the night in footage which you can view below.Captioned: “Sheffield it’s been too fucking long 1.6.24,” the clip kicks off with the build up to the show as Gallagher prepares to come on stage.A post shared by Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher)It then shows snippets of a host of Oasis’ classic tracks being performed by Gallagher including ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Star’, ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’ and ‘Slide Away’.The night began with album opener ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Star’, after which Gallagher and his band performed the songs in a different sequence from its tracklist. Last week (May 22), Gallagher confirmed that he would not be performing the album in order as he “can’t be singing ‘Live Forever’ [four] songs into the set.”Midway through the night, Gallagher dedicated 1994 B-side ‘Half the World Away’ to “my little brother” Noel, who originally sang on the track.

Liam Gallagher covered his brother Noel‘s Oasis-era ‘Lock All The Doors’ demo – watch fan-shot footage of the performance below.On June 1, Liam kicked off his ‘Definitely Maybe’ 30th anniversary tour, during which he performed every song from the 1994 album with his band – several of which were the first time ever he’s performed them outside of Oasis – along with B-sides from that era.One of those songs was the demo version of ‘Lock All The Doors’. In 1994, Noel had written and recorded a demo version of ‘Lock All The Doors’, which never got completed.

Liam Gallagher has kicked off his latest tour performing songs from the debut Oasis album ‘Definitely Maybe’, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.Yesterday (June 1) at the Utilita Arena in Sheffield, UK, Gallagher performed all songs from the 1994 album with his band – several of which were the first time ever he’s performed them outside of Oasis – along with B-sides from that era, including the originally Noel Gallagher-led ‘Half the World Away’ and a cover of a Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds song. See fan footage from the night, along with the setlist, below.Liam Gallagher singing ‘Half The World Away’ was not on my 2024 bingo card.