The band came onstage to chants of 'Liam, Liam' and it was hard to look at the band without thinking it was the Liam Gallagher show, which isn't a terrible thing, but it makes it a whole lot harder to get decent shots of the band, who were set back on a stage which was taller than me. Add the speakers that were set up at the front of the stage and you could only really see Liam Gallagher from the waist up, so it made it difficult to get a shot of the other band members namely fellow ex-Oasis band members Gem Archer and Andy Bell. Nonetheless, I was pleasantly suprised at how decent the lighting was. Liam Gallagher is notoriously anti-press, so I figured that would include photographers at his gigs, but thankfully that wasn't the case and the stage was set up with some hefty free standing lights.
They played tracks from their debut album 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' including 'Four Letter Word', 'Bring The Light' and 'Standing On The Edge Of The Noise'. Standing in his famous static stance, chest out and hands behind his back, I've never photographed someone as still as Liam Gallagher, the band stood behind him are just as static, seemingly letting the music do the talking. And as much as Liam Gallagher claims Beady Eye are nothing like Oasis, the crowd seemed to be made up of mostly Oasis fans, some of which even wearing Oasis t-shirts. Even the touts outside the venue shouting "Oasis tickets, anyone want tickets for Oasis", something I'm sure Liam wouldn't have been too happy to hear.
Great work!! I loved each pic, each one captures the emotions while singing and the play of lights!
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