DRM
Guru
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It's OK, they'll Live Forever
Oasis reunion.
- Thread starter Brandane
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
wiggydiggy
Legendary Member
Heres another old Oasis tidbit, when the BBC were showing the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Sally Gunnell was one of our great hopes and had qualified in her heats. Unfortunately she DNF'd in her heat. Later some genius at the BBC when splicing a montage together set it to 'Don't look back in anger' and as a clip of poor Sally came up the following lyrics hit:
And so Sally can wait
She knows its too late as we're walking on by
Her soul slides away
"But don't look back in anger" I heard you say
And so Sally can wait
She knows its too late as we're walking on by
Her soul slides away
"But don't look back in anger" I heard you say
FrankCrank
Old layabout
A trip down memory lane
It really was a rock festival back then, and all that for less than a tenner!
We managed to bunk in on Sat and Sun, shame we missed the Jam on Fri.
Group of lads down the pub, thrilled at being underage and supping ale - what shall we do next, let's go to the festival, that'll be a laugh
It really was a rock festival back then, and all that for less than a tenner!
We managed to bunk in on Sat and Sun, shame we missed the Jam on Fri.
Group of lads down the pub, thrilled at being underage and supping ale - what shall we do next, let's go to the festival, that'll be a laugh
HMS_Dave
Grand Old Lady
It's good to see Ian Fleming taking a break from death and writing more Bond books to DJ at a rock festival in '78.
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
Did you see the price of the tickets? 
I wonder what the situation is regarding refunds if either one of them does not turn up or walks off after one song or turns up legless. Because it has happened before.
I would not go even if I were offered a free ticket, never mind pay £800. I have seen Queen, Michael Jackson, The Eagles, Guns n Roses and so many top, top artists. But would never have paid that sort of money. Crazy.
I wonder what the situation is regarding refunds if either one of them does not turn up or walks off after one song or turns up legless. Because it has happened before.
I would not go even if I were offered a free ticket, never mind pay £800. I have seen Queen, Michael Jackson, The Eagles, Guns n Roses and so many top, top artists. But would never have paid that sort of money. Crazy.
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
matticus
Guru
Cool poster. I like "Special Guests from USA", as if that's a rare treat, a novelty to get the fans in:
"Have you heard? Reading have got a couple of acts from AMERICA!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We MUST get tickets!"
winjim
Straddle the line, discord and rhyme
I think it says something that the best Oasis song is Supersonic, which they banged out in half a day as a demo and never bothered to re-record properly. It's better than anything they actually put any thought into.
In your opinion.
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Tis just a joke, I'm not fussed about Oasis one way or the other. Certainly not enough to get so exercised about the ticket pricing or what people spend their money on.
FrankCrank
Old layabout
Maybe they were driving home the fact that you were getting great value for your £8.95 weekend ticket
On the second night trying to bunk in, we were spotted by the Hells Angels heavies who were the security back then. They told us o follow them, and we thought we were in for a beating, but they led us to a gate and said in you go, and behave.
I think in more recent years, given some of the acts, the security staff might try and stop you from climbing the wall to escape out.
wiggydiggy
Legendary Member
That was my first year albeit at Leeds. Very simiar to you me and a friend were wandering though town, noticed Leeds Fest tickets were on sale so bought a pair and set off. No sneaking in by then lol. I still remember the security mans face when he asked "Are the Fine Young Cannibals playing?" as he looked so sad when we told him it was the Fun Loving Criminals, though I'd have been fine with either!
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
That's one helluva lineup. Of all the festivals I think it's pretty safe to say that Reading/Leeds really isn't as good as it used to be.
Time Waster
Veteran
Reading 97. Best band IMHO on the day based on their set was some band called dog eat dog IIRC. Metallica had something like 2 hour soundcheck in which the roadie had to be helped by the crowd to count past 2!! Then the actual headline show by Metallica was full of guitars that stopped working and dodgy PA. I think they had to finish early too as the licence meant turn off on sunday at a certain time so I think we had 2 hours of waiting and ten minutes of the "great" Metallica stage show, yeah right!
A few years later we saw Marilyn Manson again as the act before the headliner IIRC who was Eminem. MM was at Reading 97 sunday. The Leeds performance a fan threw up a women's sex device (battery operated). As he performed he picked it up from where the fan threw it on stage, shoved it up his ariss then threw it back into the crowd. It came back so he stuck it in deeper and turned it on before throwing it back. After seeing it twirl around from behind I realised I was not such a big fan of him despite is excellent show at Reading the year earlier.
REaading was the rockier day on sunday that we went to I think Leeds have the same acts on a different day. I have not been to a festival since then for various reasons, not least the ticket price.
A few years later we saw Marilyn Manson again as the act before the headliner IIRC who was Eminem. MM was at Reading 97 sunday. The Leeds performance a fan threw up a women's sex device (battery operated). As he performed he picked it up from where the fan threw it on stage, shoved it up his ariss then threw it back into the crowd. It came back so he stuck it in deeper and turned it on before throwing it back. After seeing it twirl around from behind I realised I was not such a big fan of him despite is excellent show at Reading the year earlier.
REaading was the rockier day on sunday that we went to I think Leeds have the same acts on a different day. I have not been to a festival since then for various reasons, not least the ticket price.