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Power failure ruins Oasis UK tour opener
Andrew Low Jun 5 2009, 10:31am
Faulty generator angers 70,000
An engineer’s worst nightmare for the worst band possible in their hometown: Oasis’ opening gig for their UK tour, held last night at Manchester’s Heaton Park, was stopped during the opening song due to a faulty power generator, the Lancashire Evening Post has reported.
The band got back on stage and tried to play Lyla, but they were soon stopped again by technical failures.
The 70,000 fans grew angry very quickly and began booing and throwing bottles of piss. A message then appeared on the stage screens stating that the generator created the set back. Witnesses reported seeing smoke billowing out of the stage gear.
The problem was eventually fixed after over a half an hour.
Liam Gallagher announced that everyone at the show will recieve a full ticket refund for putting up with the many technical difficulties.
As reporeted by CMU, the band later changed their tune about refunding the ticket money. Noel Gallagher stated, "We're not sure how its gonna work with getting the money back. Be on a website or summat. We're not getting paid for this so buy a t-shirt on the way out. Credit crunch and that, keep my kids in sweets. Kind of regret offering you your money back now. Apply for it back if you wanna be a c**t, we do our best for you".
