Liam Gallagher

'What's New, Zealand?' the former Oasis frontman yelled to the thousands of fans, before delivering the anthems and expletive-laden banter they were there ...

He threw his instruments into the crowd. There are more Oasis shirts in the crowd than Liam ones, and he knows it. Them’s are the f.....g rules." His latest single Everything’s Electric had the crowd singing along enthusiastically and Wall of Glass sounded brilliant. Every crowd shot on the big screens was a reminder of how special being part of a music-loving crowd truly is. Gallagher was beating his chest. There is something truly magical about seeing thousands of music fans singing frenetically, arms in the air, bodies on shoulders in the crowd. "Get it f.....g bought. While cancelled flights due to weather may have stopped fans from Wellington attending, Auckland, it became very clear, was here to party. “Are there any Oasis fans in the ‘ouse?” He asked again in his thick Manchester accent, maracas, tambourine and recorder at the ready. It has been less than two weeks since the younger Gallagher brother was forced to cut a set short and cancel another in France, apologising to his fans on Twitter, saying he had laryngitis. Live music is making a comeback in New Zealand, and the thousands in attendance at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Thursday night were well-lubricated, old enough to remember the Britpop heyday of the 1990s and were there to sing, sway and drink to the anthems of almost 30 years ago.