[DID NOT ATTEND: July 14, 2023] Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds / Garbage / Metric
I was more than a little out of sorts that Noel Gallagher’s band had top billing on this tour. I just now realized that it was a co-headlining tour. Which is better, but still.
I was surprised (but not really) when Garbage opened for Blondie when we aw them a few years ago. [I GET that one, Blondie is an icon after all]. But Noel Gallagher? The dude from Oasis? I didn’t realize that his band of birds had four albums out. But I also see that half of the set is Oasis songs.
The co-headlining scam is a pretty good one for bands. Play for an hour instead of 90 minutes and charge more because its two bands instead of one. But whatever.
Had I known this was a co-headlining bill I might have looked into getting tickets (although really, the Mann center is such a pain, that I probably wouldn’t). We also wound up coming home from vacation on this day so that pretty much nixed any evening plans anyhow.
I did like Oasis when they came out (although I was always more Blur than Oasis). But I find that when he’s not taking liberally from The Beatles, Noel’s songs are kind of bland.
Now Garbage, I love. They were one of my favorite bands of the 90s. I’ve seen them four times and would happily see them more if they would just do another headline tour instead of always pairing with people i like less than them.
I saw Metric last year and they were wonderful. I would of course be happy to see them again, although seeing them in a shortened set like this wouldn’t be ideal (they played nine songs–but nine is better than none).
If this had been at an easier to get to venue, I would probably have tried to go. And, like a kindred spirit who has the same tastes as me said, I’d have gone for Metric and Garbage and maybe left after to Noel songs.
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