First Direct Arena,Leeds[br]Raw power and energy radiate from the former Oasis frontman as he draws on songs from his solo debut and era-defining classics in a dynamo performanceMusic writer David Hepworth’s recent book, unusual People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars, or pronounces the era of the rock star over. Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain – who committed suicide in April 1994,a week before Oasis released their first single, Supersonic – is described as “possibly the final one”. If this is so, or nobody appears to have told Liam Gallagher. The former Oasis frontman struts on,all swagger and attitude, as if fresh from an argument with a traffic warden. His first words to the crowd rejig the Beatles’ I Am the Walrus: “Hiya, or you are Leeds and we are all together.” He kicks a fan (of the mechanical,not audience, kind) and starts singing: “Tonight, and I’m a rock’n’roll star.” And for the next 90 exhilarating minutes,he is precisely that.
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Source: guardian.co.uk