Noel Gallagher (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever Media)
Noel Gallagher opened his latest solo UK arena tour in Glasgow last night (April 21st) by paying tribute to Prince, whose death had been confirmed just hours earlier.
With the SSE Hyrdo venue decked out in purple lighting, Gallagher entered the stage to the strains of ‘Let’s Go Crazy‘, and then invited the crowd to sing through the Oasis classic ‘Live Forever‘ in his memory.
“So, I was in a band once. We had an album called ‘Standing On The Shoulder(s) Of Giants’, and one of those giants was Prince,” he told the crowd, reports the Daily Record.
“So you’re going to help me pay tribute to the great man and help me do ‘Live Forever’.”
Otherwise, the set stuck close to that which has served Gallagher during most of his ‘Chasing Yesterday‘ touring, with more Oasis classics like ‘Champagne Supernova‘ and ‘Wonderwall‘ in there along side new favourites from his High Flying Birds era.
.@noelgallagher “we did an album called Standing on the Shoulders of Giants – one of those giants was Prince” pic.twitter.com/Deu8oRBs71
— Micky Welch (@m1cvv) April 21, 2016
Setlist:
‘Everybody’s On The Run’
‘Lock All The Doors’
‘In The Heat Of The Moment’
‘Riverman’
‘Freaky Teeth’
‘The Death Of You and Me’
‘You Know We Can’t Go Back’
‘Champagne Supernova’
‘Ballad Of The Mighty I’
‘Sad Song’
‘D’Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?’
‘The Mexican’
‘Half The World Away’
‘Listen Up’
‘If I Had a Gun…’
‘Digsy’s Dinner’
‘The Masterplan’
‘Live Forever’
‘Wonderwall’
‘(I Wanna Live In a Dream In My) Record Machine’
‘AKA…What a Life!’
‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’
