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\u201cNobody has fans like this. Nobody.\u201d<\/p>\n
More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Whether or not it was technically true, Noel Gallagher\u2019s pre-encore observation about the tens of thousands who packed into East Rutherford, New Jersey\u2019s MetLife Stadium on Sunday night (Aug. 31) to see Oasis<\/a>\u2018 first gig in the New York area (the entire East Coast, really) since 2008 couldn\u2019t be considered much of an exaggeration. For two months now, Oasis fans new and old have been swarming<\/a> major<\/a> cities<\/a> one at a time at a level rarely seen outside of Taylor Swift and Beyonc\u00e9 tours, lining the streets with box-logo shirts and bucket hats and impromptu \u201cDon\u2019t Look Back in Anger\u201d singalongs as the Brothers Gallagher ready their next triumphant mini-residency. If other bands have fans on the same level, they certainly aren\u2019t showing out like this in 2025.<\/p>\n And now, Oasis have finally conquered the States<\/a>, territory that proved at least somewhat resistant to the band upon its first invasion<\/a> in the mid-\u201990s. Three decades later, the lads are packing MetLife Stadium with more fans and merch than the woeful Jets and Giants might be able to manage for many weeks in this upcoming NFL season. Given the context, it\u2019s hardly shocking \u2014 though also somewhat touching \u2014 that even the historically unimpressed Gallaghers couldn\u2019t help but be a little sentimental at the showing, as they were throughout Sunday night\u2019s typically spectacular first of two gigs at the New Jersey venue.<\/p>\n Though surprises were few outside of the occasional mushiness \u2014\u00a0a well-oiled machine by now, Oasis stuck to the same 23-song setlist it\u2019s played at every show so far on the Live \u201925 Tour, albeit with new intro music this time in The Rolling Stones\u2019 psych-era gem \u201cWe Love You\u201d \u2014 there were plenty of highlights to be had on Sunday. Here were five of the biggest.<\/p>\n <\/a> Billboard VIP Pass<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Early in the set, after a soaring \u201cSome Might Say,\u201d Liam put to bed the notion that, despite his band\u2019s somewhat contentious relationship with America, that they lacked affection for the U.S. of A: \u201cNo, we like coming here,\u201d he swore. What he didn\u2019t like, he clarified, were the people who told him \u201cYou gotta play the game, kids\u201d \u2014 presumably when it came to stateside media and radio and promo and such \u2014 \u201cor else you\u2019ll be chopped liver.\u201d The brothers\u2019 refusal to follow industry rules may have hurt their American prospects back in the late \u201990s, but Sunday night\u2019s sold-out crowd certainly validated their approach in the long term, as Liam testified: \u201cI\u2019m standing here in this beautiful stadium to tell you you don\u2019t have to play the game.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGonna need your help in the choruses,\u201d Liam tasked the audience when gearing up for the Be Here Now<\/em> power ballad \u201cStand By Me,\u201d while also pre-emptively chiding anyone in the stands still worried about not looking cool: \u201cNo one\u2019s keeping score here.\u201d If they were, though, it would\u2019ve been point: Liam, as the crowd lifted the singer across the song\u2019s refrains like it was one of the band\u2019s signature hits \u2014 somewhat ironic, since in the U.S., it was never even officially released as a single, and thus relatively unlikely as a particular stateside crowdpleaser. Nobody knows the way it\u2019s gonna be, indeed.<\/p>\n Liam introduced Definitely Maybe<\/em> peak \u201cSlide Away\u201d as one \u201cfor the lovebirds,\u201d before jokingly assuring the crowd that they were safe from any \u201cColdplay cameras.\u201d Even if there were, couples in the crowd would have likely still been unable to resist getting a little PDA-ish in response to the heart-melting love song\u00a0\u2014 which has become such a highlight of the band\u2019s Live \u201925 show that fans were already singing it (along with the climactic \u201cTake me there!<\/em>\u201d chants) in the bathrooms ahead of the show.<\/p>\n After kicking off the band\u2019s encore with fan-favorite B-side \u201cThe Masterplan,\u201d Noel asked for a show of hands of who had never seen the band before. \u201cYou might\u2019ve wondered what it might be like to sing this next song with 60, 70,000 of your fellow Oasis fans,\u201d he teased for those with their hands up. \u201cWell, you\u2019re going to find out what that feeling is like.\u201d Naturally, the band subsequently launched into \u201cDon\u2019t Look Back in Anger\u201d \u2014 and there wasn\u2019t a silent throat in the house as Noel let the crowd take both of the song\u2019s first two choruses, ably demonstrating that even the first-timers knew the drill when it came to the lads\u2019 preeminent singalong.<\/p>\n As the band winded down its stupefyingly loaded encore \u2014 with a run of \u201cAnger,\u201d \u201cWonderwall\u201d and \u201cChampagne Supernova\u201d that still feels almost unsportsmanlike for a show\u2019s closing run \u2014 a dazzling display of fireworks lit up the East Rutherford sky. Launched from MetLife\u2019s top level, the fireworks felt like an appropriately momentous capper to a stellar first New York-area stadium outing \u2014 one that proved that Oasis had won the game, whether or not they\u2019d ever really played it.<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cNobody has fans like this. 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Sing by Me<\/h2>\n
A Song for the Lovers<\/h2>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t Look Back in Anger,\u201d I Heard 60-70,000 of You Say<\/h2>\n
A Fireworks Supernova in the Sky<\/h2>\n