Concert review: Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye in Wolverhampton
Liam Gallagher's step towards the creation of a new band without his songwriter brother Noel was labelled a risk by many music critics.
Beady Eye
Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Concert review by Shaun Jepson
Liam Gallagher's step towards the creation of a new band without his songwriter brother Noel was labelled a risk by many music critics.
His ability to turn on the creative flow and produce records that post-Oasis masses would buy into were doubted by many in the music industry. But sometimes, just sometimes, risks can pay off.
And for the younger Gallagher brother and the remaining members of Oasis that make up Beady Eye, life must feel pretty good at the moment.
Their debut album, Different Gear, Still Speeding, reached number three in the UK charts and they're playing to sell-out crowds on a month-long UK tour.
Security was stepped-up for the gig, with Corporation Street being completely cordoned off in the hours before Liam arrived in a Mercedes with blacked out windows. The band opened with Four Letter Word, with Liam using a few himself in the build-up to the song.
Highlights that got the crowd going included the melodic For Anyone, while The Roller and Standing On The Edge Of The Noise sound like anthems that could rival some of the old Oasis classics.
It begs the question whether he actually believed he was taking a risk when started his new venture. Noel who, anyone?
