Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
Words & Pictures Mikee Downes
Championes, Championes bellows out of the speaker. Chants of “Liam Liam” echo around the arena. ‘Fuckin in the Bushes’ kicks in, and out of the shadow a figure swaggers onto the stage to address his audience. “Who shot the Sheriff? Hey, who shot the sheriff? Was it you?” Manc humour delivered, the audience engaged and Liam Gallagher kicks straight into what he does best, as the riffs of ‘Rock and Roll Star’ kick in. Having seen Liam on his previous tour, I noticed there was something different about the Oasis tune, and sure enough as you looked onto the stage Bonehead stood to the left.
Liam went onto deliver the perfect blend of his own work from both ‘As You Were’ and the new album ‘Why Me? Why Not’ along with Oasis classics.
Having Bonehead playing on Oasis tracks took me back to when I saw them play in 2005, and took this gig to another level.
Support came from Miles Kane, and Boy Azooga