Some might say Oasis puts on a meat and potatoes kind of gig.
Music, big screens, personality and swagger - but sin é.
It’s a meal their fans will gorge on even after forking out hundreds for the pleasure.
The cost of going to see the brothers Gallagher on their first tour together in 16 years is well publicised.
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The furore surrounding the dynamic pricing model, used to sell the tickets last summer, prompted the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to open an investigation, after many fans were left with the option of paying some €440 for a basic concert experience.
For that price, younger audiences have come to expect a live music event involving spectacle (think Beyonce’s flying Cadillac on the Cowboy Carter tour) or a megastar cameo appearance like Dua Lipa bringing Charlie XCX on stage.
Then there’s the scintillating and alternating set list of the modern-day entertainer; an exciting reimagining of their canon including mashups or iconic covers.
You’ll get none of that with Oasis and their fans are still absolutely madferrit.
One can almost imagine Liam snarling “you’ll get the top tunes, our kid, and you’ll be f**king grateful.”
Such a scenario would be anathema to the 21st-century music fan but catnip for Oasis die-hards who revel in the belligerence.
And anyway, the ageing millennials and Gen Xers gearing up for the first of two sold-out Croke Park gigs this weekend know what they’re in for, thanks to the Live 25 dates already played in Cardiff, Manchester, London and Edinburgh.
Irish Times culture columnist Laura Slattery joins the podcast to discuss how the tour is being received by critics, the reconciled brothers on-stage presence as well as her own experience of witnessing the height of their fame in the 90s.
Presented by Aideen Finnegan. Produced by John Casey and Andrew McNair.
