be here now

Liam and Noel: The Notorious Duo

It was the year 1995 when British band Oasis took the world by storm with the release of their second album. Despite earlier acclaim of their debut album Definitely Maybe, it was the second album (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, containing hits like Wonderwall, Don't Look Back In Anger, and Champagne Supernova, that made them truly household names all over the globe. Those very songs found their way into every college boy and girl's Walkmans and Discmans, and that included a then young and impressionable Oh.

The year also saw the "Battle of the Bands" between Oasis and Blur who both released their new singles on the exact same day. Blur's Country House may have beaten Oasis' Roll With It in the singles battle, but What's The Story won the album war. In fact, it went on to become the second best selling album of all time in the UK. With the demise of other bands like Nirvana and Guns N Roses, Oasis and Blur soon become the hottest bands around in this part of the world.

After more than ten years, seven albums and one abandoned attempt, brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher and gang have finally found their way to our shores. The wait is over. The day has come. The time is now.

23 February 2006, 8.00pm, Singapore Indoor Stadium. Be Here Now.

Take the time to make some sense
Of what you want to say
And cast your words away upon the waves
Sail them home with acquiesce
On a ship of hope today
And as they land upon the shore
Tell them not to fear no more
Say it loud and sing it proud today

And then dance if you want to dance
Please brother take a chance
You know they gonna go
Which way they wanna go
All we know is that we don't know
How it's gonna be
Please brother let it be
Life on the other hand
Won't let us understand
We're all part of the masterplan

-- Oasis, The Masterplan