MILAN - When truth is told by fans attending Beady Eye and Noel:
"Even at its best, Noel's voice can't hold a candle to Liam's throat at its worst. Whenever I hear a song like Don't Look Back in Anger or even Waiting for the Rapture, I think of what Liam could have done with them without Noel's ego in the way... Noel sings like a mule in season. I found Beady Eye's show to be much more enjoyable than Noel's--at least Beady Eye had a singer."
But we already talked about the voice. Here's about choosing to play Oasis songs, so that Liam called Noel "a parasite". As I said, I think it's not respectful to the ex members, to play them, 'cause they contributed to make them successful, singing and playing them on albums and all around the world for years.
It's completely ridiculous that on Noel's debut tour with his "High Flying Birds", he does just as many Oasis songs as he does new ones. People are paying to see these HFB, not half of Oasis. To play so many when he's on tour to promote his new album and this new era in his career, he loses a lot of respect.
Liam has the right idea, stick to the new solo album. Much more respect for Beady Eye for not playing Oasis songs for their 1st tour. Maybe someday they'll play a few of the fan favourites. Their album isn't long to play live (but Noel's show is just 20 minutes more), but at least what they did was play also a cover and some b-sides (Noel could never write "In a bubble with a bullet", too happy). We raise our hats to them for not taking the easy route. They have the balls, it was a far more braver choice from them not to start with playing Oasis tunes (the 23 Oasis songs they wrote, there are great ones as I'm outta time, Boys with the blues, Thank you for the good times, Turn up the sun, Songbird, etc., that even Noel said they're great).
Noel is a "scaredy cat" as Liam says, also in this, afraid of failing with the new stuff live. Noel wouldn't be selling out O2 and stuff like that if he wasn't playing Oasis tunes. As Liam says: Noel will never know if people come to see him or Oasis. Noel took the safe route, because he knew it would work. It's easy to rely on people's nostalgia instead of taking the brave route of letting your new band stand on its own two feet. And Noel's done such safe choices with the setlist as well, starts with 2 Oasis songs, encore is Oasis only tunes. His solo career songs somewhere there in the middle hidden between Oasis tunes. At least if Noel had built his set differently, by not letting Oasis tunes dominate the set (that is, be the starting songs and the encore) then at least it'd been a bit more brave and less easy way out.
Besides, he also said he wouldn't have played songs famous for Liam singing them... then he wouldn't play Wonderwall, Supersonic (Liam was quite famous for those) and It's good to be free.
When I go to see a band, I don't go to see them to rehash songs from decades ago from a band that no longer exists. It's a cheap cash in attempt, and if you were an artist, you'd understand that.
It's not so much about is anything being lost, it's more about principle, ability to move on, and about who has the guts to take steps that are not commercially the safest and surest.
Maybe I'm in a privileged position to say this, since I saw Oasis quite many times, but I do feel sort of sorry for people who get to hear Oasis tunes played live first time now on Noel solo tour, if they're thinking "at least I'll get to hear it now". It's just not the same. I wouldn't even use such a term as "next best thing to seeing Oasis". Oasis was something else.
I hope those who want to hear Oasis songs will one day in the future hear them played by Oasis.
The thing is with Beady Eye gigs I got this sense of things moving onwards and being different and all the excitement going with it. With Noel it's a weird mix of new things and odd nostalgia... culminating with the encore that just basically celebrated on Oasis' legacy, and it wasn't just a good thing, that.
Someone says: who wouldn't like to listen those classics? Me and other people, because it's almost 20 years we're listening to them. And Noel himself before the tour said: nobody wanted to hear Oasis anymore. So don't play them anymore.
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Beady Eye gigography and next tour dates
2000
30 May - Forum, Milan, Italy (the first "Noeless" gig since 1991 when he didn't join Oasis yet)
summer tour without Noel
2003
2011
6th & 7th March - O2 Apollo, Manchester +bootleg 1 +bootleg 2
9th & 10th March - Troxy, London +bootleg 1
13 March - Casino de Paris, Paris, france
14 March - E-Werk, Koln, Germany
16 March - Alcatraz, Milan, Italy +dvd bootleg
18 March - La Riviera, Madrid, Spain +bootleg
19 March - Bikini, Toulouse, france
21 March - Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland (bootleg)
22 March - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (bootleg)
21 March - Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland (bootleg)
22 March - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (bootleg)
12 April - Guild of Students, Liverpool (bootleg)
14 & 15 April - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland here a bootleg image
17 April - Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
18 April - Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Scotland (bootleg and photos inside)
20 April - O2 Academy, Newcastle (a photo here)
23 April - Centre, Newport (photo and bootleg)
27 April - Centre, Brighton (bootleg)
(27 May - Arena, Verona, Italy + pics&videos here)
29 May - Jelling Festival, Denmark (pics+videos)
30 May - Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany
4 June - Milk, Moscow, Russia +a video here
9 June (Pretty Green birthday & my birthday :) - Heineken Jammin' Festival, Mestre, Venice, Italy +story here +photos here +win tickets here +discount here
11th June - Papillons de Nuit Festival, Saint Lo, france
25th June - Theater of Living Art, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
30 June - Rock Werchter, Belgium (bootleg)1 July - Main Square Festival, Arras, france +a photo here
7 July - BBK Live Festival, Bilbao, Spain
9 July - Oxegen Festival, Naas, Ireland
16 July - Melt Festival, Berlin, Germany (bootleg and video)
3 September - AX Hall, Seoul, South Korea
6 September - Zepp Nagoya, Nagoya, Japan (bootleg)
8 September - Zepp Osaka, Osaka, Japan (bootleg)
11 September - Zepp Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (bootleg)
12 September - Zepp Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (bootleg)
14 September - Twinkle Rock Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
+win the concert here
11 October - Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland (postponed)
13 October - Gasometer, Vienna, Austria (postponed)
31 October - Theater Caupolican, Santiago, Chile
2 November - Teatro de Verano Ramon Collazo, Montevideo, Uruguay
3 November - Teatro Colegiales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
4 November - Personal Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina
5 November - Planeta Terra festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
12 November - O2 Academy, Sheffield
14 November - O2 Academy, Birmingham
17 November - O2 Academy Brixton, London
2 December - The Warfield, San Francisco, U.S.A.
3 December - Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, U.S.A. +another complete review here +win tickets here and here
5 December - First Avenue, Minneapolis, U.S.A.
6 December - The Rave Ballroon, Milwaukee, U.S.A.
9 December - Terminal 5, New York, U.S.A.
10 December - House of Blues, Boston, U.S.A.
2012

new tour
2013
7 June - McClusky's, Kingston (album launch acoustic gig)
10 June - Rough Trade East, London (acoustic launch)
12 June - Pretty Green, Manchester (acoustic)
13 June - HMV, Glasgow, Scotland (acoustic promo)
8 November - Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
10 November - Barrowland, Glasgow, Scotland
12 November - O2 Academy, Leeds
13 November - O2 Academy, Newcastle
15 November - Academy, Manchester
16 November - Academy, Manchester
18 November - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
19 November - Guildhall, Portsmouth
21 November - Hammersmith Apollo, London
12 November - O2 Academy, Leeds
13 November - O2 Academy, Newcastle
15 November - Academy, Manchester
16 November - Academy, Manchester
18 November - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
19 November - Guildhall, Portsmouth
21 November - Hammersmith Apollo, London
26 November - Absolute radio, London (bootleg)
2014

Noel Gallagher solo gigography, and Low Lying Turds tour dates
(although his blinded fans say he's a "new solo artist", it's 20 years he's around and already played "solo" gigs previously (the first one in 1994), with the help of other people of course, as the Unplugged 1996, the gig for Tibet, the tour in 2006-2007, London, Milan, Manchester, Moscow, Los Angeles, Toronto, Paris, Australia, etc.)
25 March - Royal Albert Hall - London
2011
(3 November - BBC radio Theatre - London, bootleg)
28 November - Alcatraz - Milan, Italy + review here +video bootleg here +audio and video bootleg here
2012
lost interest... even Noel got bored of himself
10 April - Auditorio Banamex - Monterrey, Mexico (cancelled)
END OF THE HIGH FLYING BIRDS
2013
fans leave the gig again and ask for Liam again

interesting stories, morning glories
- mummy's boy Noel Gallagher avoided the court thanks to his mum
- Oasis split because of Illuminati
- since Oasis first gig, Noel Gallagher telling lies
- Noel Gallagher's disappointing shows: Liam missing
- Noel Gallagher recycled songs for a miserable day
- Noel Gallagher is a genious... oh wait: genius
- Kerri the rolla girl with balls
- electoral campaign: vote warmonger Noel Gallagher US president
- OMD(evil) Noel GD Gallagher possessed by the devil
- cow(ard) godlike genius Noel Gallagher wants his sons to throw stuff at cows and Peta attacks him
- Joan Jett is embarrassed Noel Gallagher is Irish and calls him "an idiot"
- Oasis and football memories
- Richard Ashcroft in Milano @ Mtv Supersonic 2006
- the controversial, enigmatic figure of Sara MacDonald
- journalist banned from Noel gig for bad album review
- the King Liam Gallagher in the Queen’s New Year Honors list
- Liam Gallagher among hardest-working artists
- Italian 60s songs - updated (part 2)
- Led Zeppelin groupies and under-age sex
- Liam: Noel makes very bad Oasis covers
- Liam: "Noel's got to realise he's not that good without me" +Oasis film
- despite esoteric nods to Italian composers, Noel Gallagher isn't cool anymore
- Donovan Gallagher: if I had a gun, I'd shoot a poo out of my bum
- the truth behind gig "attack" on Noel Gallagher: he smacked himself
- great success for the book attacking Noel, to become a film
- Noel: Beady Eye continuation of Oasis, Liam great voice
- Noel: sorry Liam
- cement cemented my passion
- Andy on Noel: bollocks, he lies and manipulates the press, that's his life
- Face Off: Noel vs Liam, 20-34
- Liam: Noel is a liar
- Noel as Berlusconi about phone hacking
- is Noel really that much more interesting than Liam?
- has Noel Gallagher missed the chance to make a great album
- Pretty Green origin: Milan
- the Beatles in Milan
- Mod style for Beady Eye
- Blow-up by Michelangelo Antonioni
- The boat that rocked, radio Oasisblues, harem of girls :)
- the Swedish myth: la dolce vita
- exclusive: this is why Oasis split up
- the Vatican puts Oasis in paradise
- Kate Moss music videos
- round their way (Manchester places)
- 1969-2009, rooftop Beatles last concert
- Hi-fi, alta fedeltà
- Milan saying fuck you
- Milano mod Lambretta @ Eicma
- the Queen only 1 time in Italy: Milan 1984, "somebody told me that Italians are the best singers in the world...especially in Milano!"
- the City of Milan tribute to Herbert Kilpin, AC Milan founder
- the English won the project for Milan CityLife park 2015
- Milan world capital of football, Berlusconi the most successful
- from Zani: a brief history of "groupies" +Almost famous
- Liam to Marco: "nice jacket", lol. Liam: Beady Eye are sexy
- nostalgia of the 80s: when I'm down and feeling blue, I open my beady eyes and visit oasisblues
- Battle of the bands: Beady Eye vs Suede - the Britpop wars return, fashion & cars
- they could be famous footballers
- Noel Gallagher belonging to the Illuminati?
- 5-10-15-20-25-30-35-40 Andy Bell +Marco :)
- Liam&Andy&Marco's 13 favourite albums
- Liam: I am Superman. You're going to pull a really nice-looking girl wearing Pretty Green
- Italian songs in the '60s: heavily influenced by the Beatles
- Kate itchin' in the kitchen for Vogue Italia
- Beady Eye creating process when Liam was in Italy for Pretty Green
- Knebworth to download
- Liam: I like that Balotelli geezer
- Message to love: Beady Eye @ Isle of Wight festival
- Paranoia the English destroyer
- Noel Gallagher featured in Milan's Berlusconi film
- the rules of Modism, mod living: clean living under difficult circumstances
- scandal: Euro 2012 should be in Italy. Uefa voters corruption and Poland can't even organize it
- the real first Beady Eye concert: Milan
- Kate Moss got married in Italy !
- best day of my life: Liam gave me as gift the Manchester City blue cashmere pullover
- Alan dated a model but found Oasis. Life seeing nobody, but we're not alone: saw a UFO
- Manchester City origin: my name, Saint Mark church
- the good ol' times: Oasis in Milan 1996: the better peoples
- happy birthday Presidents
- Oasis in Milan 1997: it's gettin' better Milan!!
- the Beatles in Japan
- Elvis Presley 1977 final concert & Liam's TCB Take Care of Business
- Led Zeppelin only 1 time in Italy, Milan 1971: hooligans war
- Rolling Stones private gig @ the Marquee: I got the blues
- foolish ashamed Patsy: I will never marry again. Marry me!
- England & Italy: are you "going to football"?! My generation LIVED football
- SCANDAL: ROBBED !!! It would have been a different match
- dedicated to Liam: thank you Elvis
- Johnny Depp launches record label
- our Milan sponsor'a Dutch girls arrested in South Africa
- the World Cup was made in Milan and arrived in South Africa
- Mick Jagger had sex with 7000 women. Let's fuck with everybody :)
- scandal: france 2016... boycott Euro 2016
- strange coincidences on Champions League sponsor.....
- Inter thieves stole the Champions League
- Kate Moss had lesbian sex with Courtney Love in Milan
- looking for a scandal
- mod Lambretta from Milan
- meeting the legend
- a rainy day inside Milanello
- a day @ San Siro
- Oasis cancelled on the pathetic green Michael Eavis @ Glastonbury
- Noel: I can’t stand having me picture taken, it really, really nauses me up, I hate it
- You know you're an Oasis fan and you're from Milan when.....
- my wife and me, in the year 2043 ^_^
