Review of Oasis - MTV Unplugged *Remastered*
Live at the Royal Festival Hall, London, England (UK) on 23rd August 1996.
Tracklist:
- 01 - Hello
- 02 - Some Might Say
- 03 - Live Forever
- 04 - Listen Up
- 05 - The Masterplan
- 06 - Don't Look Back In Anger
- 07 - Talk Tonight
- 08 - Morning Glory
- 09 - Round Are Way / Up In The Sky
- 10 - Cast No Shadow
- 11 - Whatever
- 12 - Wonderwall
My Rating: 5 out of 5. A must have if you are an Oasis Fan!!
Listen Full Album on YouTube:
Facts: What really happened according to mtv.com:
Oasis Singer Sits out MTV Unplugged Taping by London 8/24/1996
Rehearsal Documentary
Oasis performed their MTV Unplugged gig in London last night (Friday, Aug. 23) to the lucky 402, the two being a sick Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher who did not perform due to a sore throat (at least that’s the official story) and his fiance Patsy Kensit. The lovebirds watched from the balcony instead. “Liam is not going to be with us tonight. He’s got a sore throat,” Oasis mastermind (and big brother) Noel Gallagher told the audience at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Noel sang all the songs during the 90 minute performance including one re-take of “Hello.” The band didn’t perform anything out of the ordinary, but did include two new songs in their set. There were no special guests as Addicted To Noise predicted, and even more surprising, there were few if any famous faces in the audience.
In fact, the only real surprise of the evening was a last minute venue change from the Roundhouse to the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank. Either too many people found about the original venue or it was just a smoke screen all along. At the end of the band’s set, the crowd chanted for Liam to come on stage. He obliged by strolling on stage, banging the piano a few times with his hand, waving to the crowd and then strolling off. The concert was recorded for MTV Unplugged, but it’s unclear now if it will make it onto the air. “We are very disappointed,” MTV spokesman Ian Renwick told Reuters.
There was some controversy surrounding the event as many Mancunians (people from Manchester that is) were upset that they didn’t have more of an opportunity to score tickets to see the band they helped support in the early days of their career. We understand that most of the tickets won through local newspaper competitions were distributed in the south of England.
Noel reportedly said in an interview that Liam was cynically heckling away while he was dying out on the stage! Now that is Brotherly Love for you! Bromance!!
