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Beers, Bucket Hats, and Brotherhood at the Oasis Reunion Show in Wales
After 20 years of beef, the Gallagher Brothers come back from the brink
In the shadow of Cardiff Castle adjacent to the City Centre, bootleg merch sellers hawk John Lennon glasses and an extensive selection of £15 bucket hats spelling out Oasis song titles on them — “Some Might Say,” “Slide Away” — both sartorial Liam staples from the band’s ’90s heyday. Their predilection for stadium-ready riffs felt out of step with the acid-drenched dance music dominating their neck of Northern England at the time; their flagrant cribbing of Beatles-inflected psychedelia happened right when grunge had a firm hold on U.S. radio. (Though at one point Liam thanked the crowd thusly: “Nice one for putting up with us over the years.”) The band plays a smattering of de rigueur Oasis cuts for this first show, a la “Rock ’n’ Roll Star” and “Supersonic,” mostly from their first two albums.
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