Noel Gallagher Concert

Last night I went with Yvonne to the Noel Gallagher concert at the Royal Albert Hall. It was a fundraiser for Teenage Cancer Trust. What an awesome night!

Yvonne works for an accounting firm that handle the accounts for pretty much anyone who is big in the music industry. She does the accounts for Oasis, which is how she got us tickets - and we got to go backstage for the afterparty!!! Am I lucky or what!

We saw Shack, The View and Noel. Shack were pretty cool - they are on Noel's record label, which is why they are head-lining for him. They're quite mellow and kept busting out Zorro-esque spanish melodies in the middle of their songs. The View were great, and have earned themselves a new fan. They sing the song "Same Jeans" for those of you who don't know them. I don't know if they've hit NZ charts yet. They are really young, and their songs are very upbeat. They did this great song called Claudia, written by the lead singer, about how he felt at one with her, and she understood his feelings etc. It's really good love song. Only the song happens to be about his sister's dog!

Noel was amazing. It was all acoustic, and he did the Robert Palmer thing and had a line-up of beautiful women behind him playing violins and cellos. I've been a long-time fan of Oasis since their Supersonic days, and despite the often arrogant posturings of the Gallagher brothers, there's no denying the man has talent. He's not as good a vocalist as Liam, but he still has a strong voice, and knows how to command an audience. And he is a legend on the guitar.

I was also transfixed by his eyebrows. They really do look like Bert's from Sesame St...

Paul Weller was a surprise guest, and he and Noel did a rocking version of The Beatles "All You Need is Love". It really doesn't get much better than sitting in a packed out Royal Albert Hall singing along with Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller!

Noel played a lot of his new stuff, and also the good Oasis hits like Wonderwall and Don't Look Back In Anger. He had the crowd on their feet, and did two encores. We got to venture backstage into the labyrinth of the concert hall for the after party, so that was exciting too. Paul Weller even brushed past me in the corridor! I may never wash that jacket again :- ) Big thanks to Yvonne are in order, for letting me tag along.