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Review: Blur at Newcastle O2 Academy

I think my seven-hour standing stint at Oasis has left me a tad gigged out, because I began to get irritated with Damon Albarn last night after he hurled water on the crowd at the 02 Academy for the eighty-second...

Posted by Helen Dalby on June 26, 2009 9:24 AM

Review: Oasis at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland

You wouldn't think standing for seven hours and ending up drenched with rain, beer and a little bit of wee should be much fun. But this was probably the best gig I've ever been to. The gripes associated with it...

Posted by Helen Dalby on June 11, 2009 9:04 AM

Oasis tickets - SO excited

I now have repetitive strain injury and a pulsating stress vein in my forehead, but I managed to get Oasis tickets for the Sunderland gig. Every single site that purported to have them available promptly crashed at 10am on the...

Posted by Helen Dalby on October 24, 2008 11:40 AM

Oasis to play Sunderland

I'm almost as much of a sucker for a good rock gig as I am for stand-up. Highlights planned for this autumn and winter include The Fratellis at the Carling Academy on November 29, Stereophonics at the Arena on December...

Posted by Helen Dalby on October 16, 2008 8:42 PM

Villans, Brazilians, and Manchunians!

So I wrote my column on Sunday about how Villa's game with Chelsea's would be a great way to see how far Martin O'Neill's side have come to breaking into the elusive, magical, and impregnable top four. I really...

Posted by Luke Wilkins on October 7, 2008 2:16 PM