Vernon Kay belts out Oasis tracks at second gig just days after Cardiff show
Vernon Kay sang along with Liam and Noel Gallagher as he attended the Oasis gig in Manchester last night, just days after enjoying the band's gig in Cardiff.
The two brothers returned to Heaton Park, 16 years since they last performed in their hometown. They are due to perform in Manchester again this evening. Radio and TV host Vernon, 51, was among the nearly 80,000 people who attended the concert on Friday night.
After the gig, he shared a selfie video of himself singing along to Oasis ' 1994 hit Live Forever as he shows the crowd next to him having fun at the concert. Wearing sunglasses and a hat, Vernon can be seen smiling at the camera with the band performing in the background.
He captioned the Instagram clip, "Manchester! Day1. @oasis The excellence continues! Bravo!!" As he walked out arm in arm with his brother, Noel said, "This is the f-----g place! This is it!" Liam then shouted: "Oasis vibes in the area! Manchester vibes in the area!"
Fans had queued overnight to bag a good spot for the band's first concert at the venue - with more dates planned for tonight, July 16, July 19 and July 19. Vernon had also attended the comeback gig in Cardiff on Friday last week - and said he thought the band's tour could have the ability to "elevate the mood of the nation" if the gigs continue to be epic events on sunny weekends.
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Speaking to The Mirror after the concert last Friday, Vernon said: "As you can probably tell by my voice, Oasis was epic. It was everything that you expected it to be. No, I'll rephrase that. It was everything that you wanted it to be.
"We expected greatness, and we got fantastic. It was a gig of a lifetime, especially, I think, for all those people who have just got into Oasis. There were a lot of young people there. There were a couple of lads next to us who hadn't been drinking because they wanted to savour every moment, and they had their first pint at the end because it was this big a moment they wanted to savour for every second. And rightly so.
"It was superb. They played all the tunes that you wanted them to play, 23 in total, I think it was. And it just makes you realise that Oasis are as good as everyone talks up Oasis to be. They were brilliant."
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He added: "Liam's voice was probably the best it's been in a long, long time. Whatever he's been doing, whatever training, whatever warm ups, whatever vocal coaching he's been taking is absolutely working, so good. Noah was fab as always.
"It was just a great gig, hit after hit after hit. The atmosphere was really positive. And I've been saying on the radio that if the weather is great, this Oasis tour is really going to elevate the mood of the nation and the majority, I think all of the reviews have been fantastic, and rightly so. Oasis are back and long may continue."
After their five sold-out shows in Manchester, Oasis will visit London's Wembley Stadium, Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium and Dublin's Croke Park throughout July, August and September. Their reunion announcement came after Noel had quit the band, saying he "simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer," after a backstage brawl at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris in 2009. The brothers announced the Oasis Live '25 tour last August.
While many fans were thrilled, some were left outraged after a number of standard tickets in the UK and Ireland jumped from £148 to £355. The controversy prompted the Government and the UK's competition watchdog to pledge to look at the use of dynamic pricing.
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