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How did i end up at an Oasis concert in Hong Kong?

Whilst celebrating my birthday at a lovely Chicago-esque Bar and Grille the topic of the upcoming Oasis concert was mentioned. Gary, Candace's boyfriend mentioned that he wanted to go and i thought i might as well tag along.

Now anyone who knows me knows that Oasis isn't exactly being repeated on my iPod. In fact up until the time i got home last night, i had no Oasis songs on my iPod. They are a band whose music i have only sung on occasions where alcohol has lowered my inhibitions and find myself mumbling my way through the verses of "Wonderwall" or "Champagne Supernova" but i know most of the chorus.

After an hour and a half travelling on the ultra efficient trnasport system, i met up with Gary and his dad Lee who was in town on business. We met up just outside the arena whereby i ate the worst hamburger i have ever tasted. The meat was this light grey colour and it wasnt even cooked. Whoever cooked the burger somehow forgot to cook the main ingredient but that was ok as the burger, cheese and bread were fused together in a way that it looked like it just survived a nuclear blast.

As the countdown to the concert was heating up the brand spanking new arena was half empty. Our seats were on the lower deck facing the stage but just before the start of the concert there was a mass rush to the vacant seats that were stage left and right. So all the people that paid 750 HK found themselves sitting next to people that paid 400 bucks whose seats were next to ours. The three of us decided to move to the walkway which allowed us to stand about 20 meters from the side of the stage.

I didn't know what to make of it and i was very very surprised that the 13000 arena wasn't packed to the rafters with Brits deperate to hear the world's biggest pub rock band. Was it a case of bad promoting or the downhill slide of a once graet Brit rock band? Regardless the concert started and i had no idea of any of the songs though the rest of the crowd did. The band were playing very very tight and the Gallagher brothers were on song with their behaviour in terms of the crowd especially when lead singer Liam asked the crowd "Is there anyone from England here?" Pockets of the crowd scream..."Why are you still here?"

The band soon enough let loose "Wonderwall" , "What's the story morning glory" and "Don't Look Back in Anger" and i found myself singing to these songs as well as i could possibly remember them. The crowd was fantastic especially the Pommy guy who screamed "sing Champagne Supernova you Manc bastard!"

And soon enough they did.

Just under two hours later and with a brilliant cover of The Who's "My Generation" to send the crowd on its way home, i came home with the mission of downloading as many Oasis songs as possible. I may be 10 years late to the party but i'm looking forward to listening to what they have to offer.