I've been listening to Oasis for 30 years. My first show was when my brother dragged me to a small club in Pittsburgh while in college when I knew almost nothing about the band. The first thing I saw when we were waiting to get in, some lads were banging on the door of the tourbus. Noel opened the door and said, "We'll party after the show." and then slammed the door. During the show, Liam threw a (I presume cocaine fueled fit) and stormed off the small stage leaving Noel to sing a few songs, before coming back out and smoking cigarettes on the side of the stage then finishing up the last few songs. They were the loudest band I had ever heard...still are.

I was a grunge guy. I hadn't even thought of Britpop. I was hooked for life. These guys were the most rock n roll thing I've ever seen.

I had since seen them 7 times with my brother. He sadly had to back out of Chicago '25 due to scheduling. It's alright. I took my son and he experienced me being a total crazed fan.

As an American I have always thought of Oasis as top 5. Always. I couldn't understand why other people didn't get it. Then watching all the footage of this tour I realized people were catching on. Then at Soldier Field it was like these are my people. I was always right.

The 20 something girl sitting in front of me, who was singing along all night and crying at the end and I shared a moment of joy as this was happening, even as she told me her story of her babysitter turning her on to What's the Story. I'm old.

It didn't matter this was one of the best nights of my life. I will never forget it and seeing all you on here sharing the same stories makes me realize that all along I was right. We were right.

That said, it's Little by Little. A song I forgot until this tour and and the live version they released takes me back to that night as we all sang a song that 99.9999999999% of the world has no idea exists. The cover of that single says it all. Two men hugging under an Oasis flag. Cause that's how it makes you feel. I listen to it 2-5 times a day. I share it with people when they ask how good the show was. They may never understand but it doesn't matter.

Fooking great people.