VFest 08: Oasis Continue Their Set Despite Fan Mishap
September 7, 2008
9:10pm - Oasis is running a bit late thanks to a delay that started back with Silversun Pickups ~5pm.
9:20pm - They start off their set with Rock 'N Roll Star and then bust out their new single Shock Of The Lightning as well as The Masterplan, Lyla and Slide Away.
9:55pm - Halfway through What's The Story Morning Glory, someone climbs up from backstage (which must have been quite the feat, considering that even "all access" wristbands were banned from the area during Oasis' set) and pushes Noel Gallagher from behind. He faceplants into one of the monitors and the rest of the band walks off stage. WTF. Concert over??
10:08pm - The band returns, seemingly unfazed by what just happened - absolutely no comment from Noel, who just busts out my favourite song that's got him on vocals, The Importance Of Being Idle. No plans to finish up What's The Story Morning Glory I guess. Next is Wonderwall, immediately followed by Supersonic.
10:20pm - Noel's now back on vocal duties, singing Don't Look Back In Anger with the help of about 10,000 fans.
10:27pm - Noel's singing again, and this time it's a new song, the one that's on Dig Out Your Soul called Falling Down and appears as a remix by The Chemical Brothers. F**k I love this song as a 'rock' version!!!!!
10:32pm - Wow, Liam just announced that this is the end of their set, which worries me cause it's 30 minutes earlier than anticipated (110 minute set was the plan). They're playing The Walrus (The Beatles cover), which is a known encore song of theirs. Maybe this is really it?
10:38pm - Oh boy, this may really be the end of the set. It wouldn't surprise me if a band that's already as temperamental as Oasis would end early because of the earlier accident. I guess this will be this year's "Flaming Lips Incident", except this time it was entirely a fan's fault. I'm gonna bet this is on YouTube later tonight!
(Photos by Wendy)
Comments
stupid Toronto people, only someone from the GTA would ever think of doing that.
Posted by: metal at September 8, 2008 02:50 PM
The guy was from Pickering you idiot.
Posted by: Adam at September 8, 2008 09:31 PM
I don't know what inspired that idiot to tackle Noel, of all people.
I was about 3 feet from the barrier, and if the band didn't return I'm sure the majority of the people around me would have started a riot. Riot chants began within 2 minutes.
Regardless, there were many people visiting from the UK at the show, and it made our city look quite bad. I'm not immensely proud of Toronto in the first place, but one person doing that makes us all look like a bunch of classless hicks to visitors.
It ruined the set for all of us who were expecting at least 90 minutes of performance.
On a side note. Shad kicked ass. He should've been on the main stage. That was soul right there.
Posted by: Dylan T. at September 8, 2008 11:43 PM
