Mark Sutherland and Julie Cullen, 0035, Saturday 26 June


Never mind the supposedly feuding Gallagher brothers, the just-concluded Oasis headline slot has split the 6 Music 'camp'. Jax and Verity are to my left muttering about how rubbish they were, Julie and I had a good old singalong.

These are the indisputable facts. They began with Rock'n'Roll Star and generally stuck to the fiercer end of their back catalogue (Columbia, Bring It On Down, Supersonic).

"Liam was resplendent in what looked like a polar issue dressing gown"

Liam was resplendent in what looked like a polar issue dressing gown. New drummer Zak Starkey hit all the right things in all the right places.

And Noel looked a bit bored, especially during the oh-bloody-hell-I-suppose-we-have-to-play-one-of-Liam's run-through of Songbird.

For those of us with a decent view and no sound problems, the set got going on (What's The Story) Morning Glory and when Stop Crying Your Heart Out was dedicated to the England football team (in the absence, presumably, of an Oasis song called Learn To Take Penalties You Useless B*stards).

The Scots, curiously, get Cigarettes And Alcohol while everyone who watched in horror at their 1995 crash-and-burn appearance are given Don't Look Back In Anger.

It's not perfect, of course. Liam's stagecraft essentially consists of looking surly and chewing like he's auditioning for the part of someone 'hard' on Grange Hill.

New songs The Meaning Of Soul and A Bell Will Ring seemed like little more than rejigs of old Oasis songs (only less good). And good Lord, Noel really does look very bored indeed.

Except when he's singing of course. He does an ace Little By Little, lets Liam do Wonderwall and they combine as only the Gallaghers can on a soaring Acquiesce.

Champagne Supernova sees Julie blubbing into her beer and a final My Generation proves that Zak (complete with regulation issue Oasis haircut) is a notably better drummer than his Dad.

The rest of the team aren't having it of course. But as stadium rock acts attempting to rediscover their edge go, Oasis are still worth their place in the semi-finals.