Oasis Are A Hit With Bridlington Fans
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August 28, 2009
Better than Wembley!
That was the verdict of some of the 3,500 Oasis fans who packed out the Spa's Royal Hall last Thursday to watch the Mancunian rockers strut their stuff.
From the rousing opener Rock And Roll Star through to Noel's acoustic version of Don't Look Back In Anger, Oasis didn't disappoint.
Their set list was finely balanced between their early material and more recent hits and quieter moments such as Half The World Away proved as popular as the anthemic tracks including Live Forever and Roll With It.
Rumours that the volatile Gallagher brothers are not on speaking terms may have proved true as their interaction was at a minimum but that didn't take away from their performance as the crowd lapped up Liam's arrogant strutting and Noel's quiet workmanship.
A couple of lucky fans even managed to grab a real piece of the action as Liam flung his tambourine and microphone into the crowd before swaggering off stage towards the end.
Noel almost stole the show with an intimate acoustic rendition of Don't Look Back In Anger which had the whole crowd euphorically singing along.
Not to be outdone, Liam returned to launch into an epic performance of Champagne Supernova.
The show closed with I Am Walrus, which left the sweat-drenched fans at the front of the stage crying out for more.
Outside the venue an elated group of fans who had travelled from London to see the show claimed it was better than watching the band perform at Wembley stadium.
"It was sublime," said 21-year-old Londoner Riki Doyle.
"The whole night was amazing, the atmosphere in the town beforehand was fantastic and the venue blew us away.
"I watched them at Wembley but this was much better!"
His friend Liam Barton, 24, who had also made the long journey from London, agreed, saying: "I was on my friend's shoulders and Liam looked right at me and smiled. That just doesn't happen in the big venues. It was amazing."
Kayleigh Wales, 19, from Leeds, paid £200 on eBay for two tickets to the show and said it was well worth it. "It was fantastic. It was the first concert I'd ever been to and I just loved it."
Coun Jane Evison, portfolio holder for cultural services, housing and public protection for East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said bringing Oasis to The Spa Bridlington was a "massive coup".
Jo Clarke, the venue's sales and customer services manager agreed.
She said: "This was the biggest and best rock concert to come to Bridlington in the Spa's lifetime and from the minute the band came on, the roar of the crowd was amazing.
"The comments from the crowd showed that people were amazed to be in a room of that size with a band of that magnitude.
"People who had seen them up and down the country were saying this was the best venue they had been to because they were so close that they felt they could reach out and touch them rather than watching them on a screen."
Jo said the band loved the venue and the Spa is now looking forward to welcoming more big names including Paul Weller, Placebo, the Prodigy and The Specials.
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Source: www.bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk