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Oasis live at UIC Pavilion, Chicago, United States, 20/06/2005
Rating: 4.4 (5 Reviews)
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6.20.05 - UIC Pavillion Show (btw, no booze sucks!), 28/04/2007, by Mija |
Like I have since 1998, I make it my duty to haul my butt out to Chicago
whenever I hear Oasis are coming through. This year was no exception. Thanks to a great friend of mine (holaa michele! ;) ) I had a place to stay in the city since I came up Sunday night instead of Monday afternoon.
Anyhoo, we decided to head on up to the gig early since it was partly a GA show and I figured that the earlier we go, the better chance we have of getting into/near the front row. We left around 12ish for the Pavillion to see a decent line of people already up there. Great group of people, esp. the guys in front of us and behind us in line. I don't think I've ever laughed as much as the group of guys behind us did. You guys are awesome (if any of you are on these two lists). Now skip ahead about 6 hours to when the doors open. Michele gets in and books it down to the front and holds a space for me. I, on the other hand, have freakin ticket problems, but finally make it down to the front.
Eric, I noticed you said you were right in front of Noel, maybe a row back. From the sounds of it, you were probably right behind me. Nic Armstrong & The Thieves come on. Alright band, I was impressed. Then Jet,who I wasn't all that impressed with, but oh well. And then finally Oasis. To be completely honest, I only have one gripe about the show they gave Monday afternoon: it felt like the shortest gig of their's I've seen (I've seen them 7 times, including Monday, 8) Noel obviously looked grumpy for some reason or another (which I would find out about later), and Liam was in a extremely jovial mood. I made the mistake of yawning during one of the songs (this from being outside all day in the sun with only one bottled water). He then proceeds to ask me if i want a teddy bear & pillow. haha. Noel seemed like he could only really muster to make silly faces at either Michele or I (or someone else entirely) but I ended up making one back at him which I do believe got a giggle out of him. As for the whole flashing ordeal, I was so f***ing deaf at that point, I could hardly make out half of what Liam said the first time, other than deciphering "teddy bear" and "pillow".
Too soon, the gig was over. :( So then the two of us see Jason waving at us from the side of the stage. He points at both of us and makes the 2 sign. Awww shit.
We just got ourselves backstage passes. hah! So we go and meet him on the side of the stage after the show is over, and he gives us the passes. Walked around the pavillion for a bit (i needed something other than alcohol to drink) before we wandered over to the backstage bit. Finally, we make our way over there,along with a small group of people. Steve comes out and sections 10 of us off from the group and tells us to come back with him. We're lead into a somewhat tiny room, and in there are Liam, Gem, Zac, and some of the guys from Nic Armstrong's band, plus a DJ friend of Oasis' who was a really awesome guy. Liam immediately came up to me and asked me if I wanted a blanket and pillow so I could take a nap. I told him if he had one laying around at this very moment, I'd be more than willing to take him up on the offer. He got a good laugh out of that.
Sat around, drank a shitload (yay for free booze! ;) ) talked to a bunch of
people. Gem showed us a video of them in the hotel lobby in Italy when they were hangin out with Billy Idol. This, obviously, expanded on the story that Noel told onstage earlier. But it was even more hilarious to see the video of it.
Billy was rocking the hell out. And Gem was telling me (whilst showing this) that "all the papers were reporting that Liam and Noel were fighting at that very point in time." And then he pauses and says "this is why you dont believe the truth". el oh f***ing el. Also spent a good deal of time talking to him about solo McCartney albums. He asked me if I liked Elvis, I had to decline.
Party seemed to wind down from there. My friend wanted to leave, so we ended up leaving. Said goodbye to Phil (who I'd spent a good majority of the night
talking to about music, movies, etc), Gem (who ever so nicely gave me a kiss on the cheek and said that they hoped to see us again when they came back through in the fall). Liam had disappeared by this point, so I
didn't see him. Goodbye kisses from Jason as well. Went and hung out with the guys from The Thieves for a bit longer after the Oasis after party thing and then went back to our hotel. Great time. :)
ed note: I forgot to mention in the post why Noel wasn't backstage. He's been having stomach problems and just went straight to the hotel after the gig. He's supposed to get looked at when he gets in NYC. Poor guy :( |
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