“We the people fight for our existence” – Noel Gallagher.
This was a nuts weekend watching Oasis on the Heathen Chemistry tour back in July 2002. My mate from Bangor Gavin Moore and I flew into Luton from Belfast and did the first two nights. I found my ticket for the Saturday night one, it’s a green ticket. I think the Thursday night was a red colour ticket and the Sunday night was yellow and was announced late as the first two nights sold out fast.
“Talking to the Songbird yesterday” – Liam Gallagher.
My ticket for Oasis live at Finsbury Park, London, England 2002
“I’ll put on my shoes while they’re walking slowly down the hall of fame” – Noel Gallagher.
My ticket for Oasis live at Finsbury Park, London, England 2002
We stayed in Finsbury Park itself, in a guest house within walking distance of the gig. I have no idea of the name of that guest house, I even Googled for it and still couldn’t remember. We booked it over the phone using landlines in 2002. After we checked in, it was straight out to the bars pre-gig – the bars around there were all nuts.
“I can’t sleep cos the world won’t wait” – Noel Gallagher.
Was There Then🎸🎙️Oasis⚫⚪Live At Finsbury Park, London, England – July 2002
We partied with a load of Mancunians and a cute fun Spanish girl (I can’t remember her name but she is pictured below). I remember some bars being £2 a pint all afternoon before the gigs. There were the Shankill guys from Northern Ireland over too – they were wild.
“You can fill me up with what you’ve got because my heart’s been keeping old. She is love” – Noel Gallagher.
The cute Spanish girl we hung out with on carryouts near the entrance
“Born on a different cloud from the ones that have passed round town” – Liam Gallagher.
Gavin and I also did some sightseeing and flew the Northern Ireland flag quite a bit. We toured London and drank REDDY S (Red Stripe) as we knew Liam Gallagher drank it!
Gavin and I flying the Northern Ireland flag and drinking Reddy S (Red Stripe) on the tube in 2002
Patsy Kensit and Liam Gallagher on the Reddy S in 1996
“There are many things that I would like to say to you but I don’t know how” – Noel Gallagher.
Life was so different back then. It was nuts. No smart phones, internet or digital cameras back in those wacaday times. The photos on this post, I took them on an old wind-on camera and must have a few more somewhere to dig out.
Gavin and I necking shots for Oasis concert at Finsbury Park, 2002
Twenty two years later, here today in 2024 I just secured tickets for the Oasis reunion tour in 2025. It’s going to be the nuts! I haven’t changed that much! I still take my Northern Ireland flag, because only bigots find this Irish flag sectarian. We were drinking with people from everywhere that weekend and nobody cared about anything. We were all Oasis and we were all mad for it. I dream of one day this peace lives everywhere.
Crazy wild times and good to have Oasis back.
“It’s good to be back, hello. Hello” – Noel Gallagher.
The setlist for those concerts:
1.Fuckin’ in the Bushes
2.Hello
3.The Hindu Times
4.Hung in a Bad Place
5.Go Let It Out
6.Columbia
7.Morning Glory
8.Stop Crying Your Heart Out
9.Little by Little
10.D’You Know What I Mean?
11.Cigarettes & Alcohol
12.Live Forever
13.Better Man
14.She’s Electric
15.Born on a Different Cloud
16.Acquiesce
Encore:
17.Force of Nature
18.Don’t Look Back in Anger
19.Some Might Say
20.My Generation (The Who cover)
21.Wonderwall
I found a few YouTube videos of Finsbury Park, amazing times!:
