The music press (and large numbers of conventional media outlets) were awash with tales of their bad boy behaviour and outsized use of alcohol and nose candy. Their tours were shambolic to say the least, and it was a crap shoot to find the brothers playing on stage or just fighting. When the wheels well and truly fell off the wagon and the band broke up, it didn’t really surprise anyone. That they stayed apart for fifteen years did.

The eventual reconciliation, when it occurred, made for the perfect storm to film the proceedings and turn it into a feature-length film, and now we have Don’t Look Back in Anger in cinemas. The film’s structure starts with the band (minus their lead singer) in a very large rehearsal space working out the songs and set list. When Noel finally arrives, he presents an ominous and negative presence. By the time the new concert footage begins, a change becomes very apparent.

It is not surprising that someone finally put together a tour offer so lucrative that it was accepted, but the revelation that actually occurs is how much passion it created with the modern audience. The scenes of fans driven to tears are plentiful and not just from an English speaking audience. This adulation forms the backbone of the film. The interviews and voice over behind a lot of the scenes also highlight the cooling of animosities between the two brothers. This transition makes this work hopeful. I’ll end with this Gallagher quote that puts things in perspective. “If you’re going to be a c*nt be a funny c*nt.”
Rob Hudson
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Shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and will give Australian audiences a chance to revel in tracks from Gallagher’s untouchable back catalogue as well as taking in newer cuts from his more recent output.

Also on offer for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane fans will be a stoic support set from independent Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Cinnamon, in the country to spruik his debut album Erratic Cinematic.

We all know the Oasis story by now: Manc lads discover the magic formula, pump out several anthems for a generation, release some of the highest selling (and most loved) albums of all time, define British guitar music, burn out in a blaze of glory…

Now, as we hurtle towards 2020, it’s a sheer delight to hear the unmistakable voice of Liam Gallagher producing music just as timeless as he did at the peak of Britpop’s heyday.

His debut solo album As You Were was released in October 2017, proving to be a critical and commercial success as it sold over 103,000 units in its first week and becoming the ninth fastest-selling debut of the decade in the UK.

Calling it a “debut” may seem a bit strange when we’re talking about an artist responsible for some of the most momentous albums in the history of recorded music, but Gallagher’s solo career to date has very much been about starting again with renewed vitality.

This attitude is on display through As It Were, a documentary released in June this year that documents the release of As You Were and the subsequent soul searching forced upon Gallagher in the wake of the break-up’s of Oasis, Beady Eye and several other personal relationships.

“I’m not doing this to be more famous, I’m f**king famous enough – you know what I mean,” he announces early in the film. “I’m not doing it for the money. I joined a band because I love music.”

With this typically confident catchcry in mind, Gallagher started work on his new record with super-producers Greg Kurstin and Andrew Wyatt, eventually pumping out Why Me, Why Not? and its stomping singles

‘Shockwave’ and ‘The River’. Both replete with oodles of the swagger and bluster that made Liam Gallagher a household name, the tunes are perfect precursors a much-anticipated sophomore release, both going down a treat at his recent Glastonbury performance.

In fact, if that show was anything to go by, audiences in Australia and New Zealand are in for something very special as Gallagher stacks his setlist with some of Oasis’ most well-known tunes and sends the likely lads and ladette’s into Supersonic ecstasy.

Liam Gallagher 2019 Australian Tour
06 December – FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE
07 December – FAIRGROUNDS FESTIVAL, BERRY
09 December – ENMORE THEATRE, SYDNEY
11 December – MARGARET COURT ARENA, MELBOURNE
14 December – BIRD IN HAND, ADELAIDE
17 December – FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE, FREMANTLE
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