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Review: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Lloyds Amphitheatre – ‘A sense of nostalgia and disbelief’
It’s that time of year again: the sun is setting later, the drinks are flowing faster and festival season is just about here. Kicking off the weekly long events at Bristol Sounds was none other than the mighty I himself, Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds.
As the crowd began to fill up the amphitheatre, the support act soon appeared, Confidence Man. Showing symbolic features of dance pop that could get any party going, Confidence Man brought confidence and craziness to their set. With consistent costume changes and energetic dancing – they were always managing to surprise the audience with their next whacky move.
After Confidence Man left the stage, everyone took a breather and a quick refill of their drinks and without any suspense left, out came one of the frontman from one of the most iconic and prolific rock bands of all time, Noel Gallagher, there, in all his glory.
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Confidence Man brought confidence and craziness to their set – photo: Ben Nicholls
Playing a mixture of songs from his most recent works such as Blue Moon Rising EP to tracks from his iconic self-titled album, to even works from the band that changed the world – a sense of nostalgia, disbelief that he was actually there (and real) made this a night to remember, forever.
With a stage presence that wasn’t really presented much in his set, Mr. Gallagher didn’t need to bother with interacting with the crowd too much… because he’s Noel Gallagher of course.
The highlight of the night had to be when the band performed Don’t Look Back In Anger as the last song of the set. The crowd’s voices made waves in the city’s harbour and as the crowd stood there, arm in arm, hand in hand, holding on to each other to witness this beautiful moment, Noel didn’t even need to sing anymore because we sang for him. An anthem for all time.
Main photo: Ben Nicholls
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