The story: Oasis play “Morning Glory” at Oracle Arena, Oakland.
As I enjoyed the tasteful production design of Oasis’ Dec. 3 show and wondered just how many trucks they had parked in the lot, Prof. Fluffy turned to me and yelled, “I’m scared of the singer. He looks like he wants to jump off the stage and poke someone in the eye.”
Perhaps it was the way the black-shirted Liam Gallagher was holding his tambourine at the opening of their not-quite-sold-out Oracle Arena show – posing like a statue at the front of the stage with the offending instrument between his teeth. He resembled a skinhead terrier.
He had a right to be proud: solid playing from the band – though they seemed a mite disengaged, likely, due to the audience, who were subdued next to their European fans. The majority of the football-like chanting came from the English- and Irish-accented crew behind me. They marveled that they were able to get such good seats so close to the date of the show.