All language subtitles for Liam Gallagher - Knebworth 22 (2022) (Paramount+) eng [sdh]

[electronic music]

- ♪ MTV ♪

[tense music]

♪ ♪

[helicopter whirring]

- As far as I'm concerned,
rock and roll has been done.

It's been completed.

You fuck with it
at your own peril.

I don't want to be a dunce.
I don't want to make a fusion

of fucking jazz
with this or that.

Fuck that. I'll leave that
to the bellends.

I just want to get
on that fucking stage

like a caged animal.

I just want
to fucking save all the energy

and get on there
and just fucking let rip,

you know what I mean?

I mean, I can be an arrogant
cunt when I want to be,

but I ain't stupid.

I might look it some days,
but I ain't.

No, I didn't think
that I would ever get back

to doing that.
I didn't think we'd ever get

back to doing fucking arenas.

So I try and just steer
clear of every cunt.

"Oh, you look nice."
Fuck off.

"Oh, you wearing that--"
Get out.

Even me kids are like,
"How's it going?"

You know
how it's fucking going.

Are you having a laugh?

I don't think a boxer wants
a massage,

you know what I mean,
before he goes in.

He just wants to go in there

and rip his fucking opponent's
head off.

And people might
think that's rude,

but I'm not one of them
that's gonna start rubbin' it

for about an hour
before we go on

because the voice is precious.

So yeah, it's just full
of comedians, basically.

Try a dose of the comedians
before you go on.

[cheering]

And then when you come off
stage for the second night,

it's like, all right,
you smart ass cunts,

you want to know
what's going on?

Check this shit out.

[Liam Gallagher's
"Diamond in the Dark"]

♪ ♪

- Bonjour.

- Bonjour, mate.

So dude, listen, here's
why I'm ringing, right?

There's a massive rumor...
- Oh, yeah.

- That there's going to be
an announcement this morning.

- All right.
- I thought I'd just go

straight to the lege himself
and just go,

"What's--"
- Yeah.

- What's the crack with it?
- Well, the crack is

next year I'm gonna be
playing Knebworth.

This is history part two,
mate.

So yeah, it's gonna be mega.

- As a music fan, you know

that you still
have Knebworth--

E Street, Led Zeppelin,
Pink Floyd, Oasis.

- Mick Jagger wouldn't be
able to do this on his own.

Bono wouldn't be able
to do this on his own.

Fuckin' Robert Plant wouldn't
be able to do this on his own.

I don't think-- maybe
Freddie Mercury might be,

but he's not here, is he?

- Liam Gallagher, Knebworth,
don't understand it, mate,

because his voice,

it ain't gonna carry
at Knebworth.

- Yeah, I was a bit
skeptical at first

when I heard he was doing it.

Because it's a ballsy move.
He could have nosedived.

- I think about that midnight,
as it was pinnacle.

And this has come off the back

of what the fuck is
it all about?

- It was shit when
I didn't have money.

And even though
I've got a few quid now,

I look around
and it's still fucking shit.

- I guess a show
like Knebworth has

got all sorts of functions.

- Although we've had
a shit, weird time,

we bring people together.

And that's the important thing.

- I think it's gonna
be 80,000 people

in a field at Knebworth
absolutely going for it,

you know, going mental.

- I don't know, I'm obviously
lucky, you know what I mean.

But I fucking mean it, man,

I've been a good servant
to rock and roll.

You know, the people obviously
want it, you know what I mean?

So they're gonna get it.
Simple as that, man.

[Liam Gallagher's "Be Still"]

♪ ♪

- I'm a rock and roll star
from Japan.

- Our whole lives consist
around Liam and Oasis.

- It's like a vibration
what resonates

and I can compute
it inside my soul.

- And that's why I
love them because

they give me that hope.

- Really, it makes
me feel like nothing

else does in this life.

- Improved state of mind
just like that.

- Liam and his music
has gotten

me through really bad times.

It probably saved my life
when I been at my lowest.

- As a young gay boy,
Oasis gave me

the opportunity to have
that common ground

with my male pals at school.

- He's always just
staying true to his sound.

And he's like, "Jog on, mate,

you're not gonna affect
my life."

- I would give Liam credit
for one year of sobriety.

- We share the same birthday.

Virgos are misunderstood.

- I've seen Liam eight times.

One of those times
I did get bottled.

- And then church--
I'm a minister in York.

I've got the poster on me wall

next to me Bibles and
everything.

- And I've got even,
like, a "Live Forever" tattoo

on my shoulder.

- Oasis tattoo there.

- I've actually got
him tattooed on my leg.

- Knebworth '96.
The ticket just to prove it.

- I cancelled my honeymoon
to Jamaica

just to go see him
in Knebworth.

- I'm selling my
body on the street

just to get a fucking
ticket to Knebworth.

- I spent all my savings
to attend.

- My boss might get
mad at me, like,

"He had the time of his
life instead of working."

But fuck him.

- I'm bursting
with spiritual enthusiasm.

- This is a dream, to be on
something so big, so huge.

- I'm proud to be a super fan.

- Rock and roll.
- Rock and roll.

- [indistinct] you know.

- This is history!

- This is history!
- History!

[both laugh]

[triangle clinking]

- Beautiful.

I don't remember
that actually at all.

Oh, Knebworth Lane, nice.

Well, can you walk
around that or what?

Is it open in public or is it--
- Yes.

- That's actually his house.

Does someone live in it?

Do you know?

- You don't remember
that from last time?

- I don't, unfortunately, no.

I've never seen it
in my fucking life.

- It's a shame
you're not staying

in there for the night.
- Oh, I know, yeah.

We're staying at [indistinct].
It's bigger.

I would have never have
thought of doing it,

you know what I mean,

because it's fucking huge
and all that.

But the fans wanted it.

They wanted it with Oasis.

He obviously doesn't
want to do it.

So they're gonna have to
just, you know,

do with me,
you know what I mean?

And we'll--and I'll
fucking bring it.

It's gonna be amazing.

I hope the weather stays nice.

Not too hot and that.

Because everyone starts fucking
having crispies and that.

But as long as the sun is
shining, it'll be great.

- Knebworth has
this reputation

as the home of rock,
I suppose.

- It's one of those venues
that has been around

since the '60s.
You know, huge iconic status,

you know, huge history.

- It's one of
those that you want

to reserve it for
either the greatest act

or the greatest artist.

It's a big deal,
playing that gig.

You know, it's once
in every generation.

- The Rolling Stones
stayed the weekend

when they were here in '76.

And the Beach Boys were
all here in 1980

eating my brother's
birthday cake.

To me, it brings
Knebworth alive.

It's what we're all about.

It's now just as much a
part of Knebworth's heritage

as the fact that
Charles Dickens

used to come and have dinner,
you know, 150 years ago.

It's sort of part
of what we do.

- And it has
this sort of aspect

of having
a type of bowl to it.

And the audience
is just enormous.

But they have enough space.

They've all got an incredibly
good view of the stage.

And you know, the
backdrop of the trees

and the overall surrounding,

coming with that sort of
iconic status of Knebworth,

it's sort of
a perfect location.

- So is that where it actually
was, then, the last one?

Probably, innit?

- I believe the stage
is in the same place,

but they've changed
the guest area.

- I mean, look at that,
all the tents over there.

It's fucking massive, innit?

Yeah, it's fucking top, man.
Look at that.

Come on.

I've not been in
this field since--

since whenever it was.

And even then, I can't
remember much about it,

you know what I mean?

I remember coming in on
the helicopter thinking,

"There's loads
of fields here empty.

"Surely we could
have fucking slung

"a few more people in there,
made it bigger,

you know what I mean?

So 125,000, I think it was
that time, but I was thinking,

being greedy, you know what
I mean, like going,

"Come on, surely, we should
have put a few more

people in that field over there
and that field over there."

But I was happy with it.

It was mega.

[dramatic music]

- From hit-and-run gigs to
big sellout stadium shows

all across Europe,
Oasis have become

the success story of the '90s.

- You know, I don't think
anyone can overestimate

how much Oasis and Liam means
to anyone

in their late 30s, early 40s.

They defined an era.

And Knebworth in '96 was
the moment of that era.

- A quarter of a
million rock fans

are counting the hours

till the Gallagher brothers
take the stage.

- Two million people
tried to get tickets

for one of the biggest ever
open-air concerts in Britain.

- Of course, the one thing
that no amount of hype

can guarantee is the weather.

But then for those who truly
adore these masters of music,

that presumably
won't be a problem.

- You all right, mum?

- In terms of the '90s, we
were in a period of optimism.

You know, Thatcher had gone.
Blair was in.

- There was just a bit
of promise in the air

that anything could happen.

Let's spend some money on
solving some of the problems

in the country.

They thought it was
the end of history,

didn't they, the '90s.

And there's been
so much more of it. [chuckles]

- The music was good.

Loads of bands in
the '90s that were great.

And obviously, there was
loads of shit ones as well.

- A lot of the bands
were a lot more real,

especially with stuff
like The Stone Roses

and things
like Creation Records,

which obviously
Oasis came through.

A real do-it-yourself
sort of attitude,

rather than, um, being
made by, like, an industry.

- The fashion was--
I don't think it was amazing.

But it was decent,
you know what I mean,

I think it went
with the music.

- It was light-hearted,
having fun.

- Love ya.

- People together,
parties in parks,

little mini festivals,
concerts.

- We definitely did exactly
what it said on the tin,

you know what I mean?

We fucking--we went for it.
And we got high.

- Thinking about the price
of beans in Yugoslavia

and all that stuff.

- And we had a good time, man.

- Ha, ha, ha, ha.

- I think it was
the last kind of era

that you could sort of
really get away with stuff.

- What do you think is
the worst fashion mistake

someone's made?
Have you seen someone

that's so like, ooh, like--

- You.
- Oh, you bastard.

- Do anything these days
and you're fucking

stoned to death, aren't you?

- I mean, it just so
happens Liam was

big in the '90s
and he's big now.

But I think that's where
the parallel ends, really.

- We've been governed
by a single party

for 12, 13, 14 years.
They've run out of ideas.

They've run out of passion
for the country, it feels.

And I think people are
a little lost in terms

of the direction of the UK.

- We've opted to cut
ourselves off from the world,

haven't we, and be an insular
island and um, it's a shame.

- It really leaves people
a bit disenfranchised

with the whole political
system--

or at least I am anyway.

- People are searching
for reassurance.

- People need a release.

They need to find that
50 pound in the pocket

to go to see a concert, you
know, be it 1,000 people,

be it 80,000 people.

People need to get outside
and just be with other people

and have fun.

- I mean, I talk about it
all the time, you know.

And people are bored.
"You went to Knebworth?"

"Yeah, I went to Knebworth."
Yeah.

But now that's
gonna change now.

Because people are like
at least Knebworth.

"Oh, did you go to Knebworth?"
"Yeah, I went to--"

"Which one? 2022 or '96?"

[electric guitar strumming]

- I done like two full
gigs the other week.

And then I've done a bit
of rehearsing in the studio.

But I try not
to rehearse a lot.

I just want to be peaking
on that stage.

- To adapt the show for a big
stage,

that's what the whole
kind of Redditch is for.

It's meant to look
as close as you can,

dimension-wise, to the stage.

It's not really
a rehearsal for the band.

At this point, it's
for the million-pound lights

to get switched on
and video stuff.

- See these big cinema?

How would you feel if they're
like, to come down some.

[interposing voices]

- How's the no caffeine going?

- Very tough.

- No caffeine?

- She's given up the
fucking caffeine.

- Oh, aye?

- I've enhanced the
fucking hashish.

- Well, that's
a great combination.

- So I'm always keen
to not play second fiddle.

Every time put our foot down

and do what we need to do
as a band as well.

- You know, we're not in
Bruce Springsteen's band,

so, like, getting into
that territory of, like,

over an hour and a half
is long for us.

And so we were doing
that basically every day

for about--

I don't know--maybe 20 days
or something like that.

It was a long time.

- Keeping your--
your mental strength

for the big gig is essential.

I think it's maybe half
the battle, really.

You know, there's

that elephant in the room
at this point

that what your preproduction
is for is for Knebworth.

You're trying
to not be nervous.

You're trying to deal with
everything in real time.

Because there are still
issues to iron out.

But it's kind of--
it's an unbearable noise

at that point.

- You just--you know,
you worry

about whether you're gonna
just walk out

and your pants fall off
or something.

But, like, generally, I think,

if I'm sat there playing,
I'll be all right.

Yeah, I could get away
with one trouser incident,

you know, per set.

- Your muscle memory
will carry you through.

But if you suddenly have
an argument with yourself...

[chuckles]
Then you might lose it.

- So you got
what you needed there?

[indistinct]

- [indistinct]

- Well, [indistinct].

So you got that now, yeah?

- [indistinct]
- All right.

[drumsticks clacking]

- ♪ The cut,
it never really heals ♪

♪ Just enough
to stop the bleed ♪

♪ Mother, I'll admit that
I was angry for too long ♪

♪ I wish I had more power ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, I wish
I had more power ♪

[maracas shake]

- ♪ People talking
like their gods ♪

♪ But that's
just not the deal ♪

- ♪ Ooh ♪

- ♪ I can see so many things
now that you're gone ♪

♪ How I wish I had more power ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

- I think what's
exciting about this

is that it's the same bands,

the same crew
all the way through.

And everyone's just grown
together during that time.

So I think it's the sort
of culmination

of all the different things
that we've been trying,

all the different
set list combinations

that Liam's put together

coming together
in this one moment.

- ♪ Is this what you,
what you came for? ♪

- So I think it really feels
like it's not just a big show,

but a real pinnacle
of the last five years

of Liam's solo work.

- ♪ Is this what you,
what you came for? ♪

♪ This is what you
what you came for ♪

♪ ♪

[Liam Gallagher's
"World in Need" ]

♪ ♪

- So I'm just gonna take you

to the Champagne Supernobar,
which is in my garden.

A very special space that
we've got a bit of a retreat.

It was built during lockdown
for the kids, slash as a bar.

It was always gonna be a bar.

I won't say world famous, but
we'll get there eventually.

Full of all sorts
of different stuff.

And that's Liam in a bit
of a military getup.

That's just a little
pegman of Liam Gallagher

which my sister-in-law
makes, sells them online.

Got a couple of Liam Gallagher
shot glasses.

I think Henry VIII
there because--

really because my wife
is a bit of a Tudor fan.

But I think big Henry is a
bit of a rock and roll star,

isn't he, you know?

And how many wives did he have?

Seven or eight,
I can't remember.

Chopping their heads off
and that.

It's attitude.

I lived in Halifax
all my life.

I'm just known
for being a mad Oasis fan.

I get comments all the time.

The postman sometimes
writes Liam Gallagher,

crosses my name out on letters,

all sorts of stupid stuff
like that.

I don't think there are
any other rock stars.

I think Liam is the rock star.

The presence is God-like.

We look up to him
like the messiah.

Being young at that time,

you're trying to find out
who you are.

And there was just
an icon there,

dressing like him, having
the haircuts, you know,

walking like him, having
a bit of a swagger.

Then the fighting
every now and then.

But really, that's reality.

You know, that's reality
of living up north.

I do find myself, you know,
when the music is not on,

I can still hear
it and I can still

find myself sort of almost
talking along to the lyrics.

It's a way of life, really.

I think Oasis and Liam,
it's an attitude.

It's who you are as a person,
how we help people.

We are, like--almost, like,
brand ambassadors

for what they do.
We're spreading the message.

We're sharing the love.

The desire to be at
a Liam Gallagher festival

with 80,000 fellow fans,
I've wanted to be there for--

since I was back being
13, 14 years old.

It's like destiny.

It's like-- it's like
traveling to Mecca.

It's a pilgrimage.

It's something that
we've got to do.

We don't have a choice.
We have to do it.

You know, we'll be
there with the parkas on

and the stupid haircuts.
We'll be going for it,

you know?
We'll be ready.

There's my family, my wife,
and my two children

and then father-in-law
and mother-in-law.

Three generations all going
for the same reason.

And it will be a proud moment
to share it with them.

♪ ♪

[jackhammer rattling]
- Fuck me, now it's big, Debs.

Fuck you trying to do to me?

[indistinct]
- Yeah, [indistinct].

- It's fucking massive.

- If you were
watching yourself,

where would you
watch in the field?

- Oh, I'd be at the bar, me,
getting fucking wankered,

just going, "Check him
out there, the knob."

I've heard people go,

"Oh, you never go back
to Knebworth.

Once it's done, it's done."

It's like, "Well, I do,
you fucking shit bags."

You know what I mean?

And half of the people
who are saying it,

"You shouldn't have fucking
ever done it anyway."

And they know who
they fucking are.

You know, obviously, it's
amazing, you know what I mean?

I don't really think
too much about it.

Because you just
end up fucking--

you know, you end up
twisting it all around.

But I had no problem
going back there.

If the people wanted
it, I'll be there, man.

Come on, you fucking know.

We should put a little
"fucking" in there.

I'm positive, man.
That'll work.

Before anyone asks me if
I'm nervous,

not nervous one fucking bit.

I just--just want to get on.

And get stuck in
at the tunes, man.

I ain't got a car

and I don't buy
Rolexes and stuff like that.

And I ain't got
private jets yet.

But some high kicks
that I get from playing,

like, on stage and that,
you know what I mean?

You want to do good
gigs, you know?

And sometimes you
do it and sometimes

it just doesn't happen and
it's not your day and all that.

But obviously,
this time around,

you're older and all that,
it's like so yeah,

I'll just be keeping
my head down,

man, and trying to get a lot of
good stuff inside me and that.

And just get on there and
get your voice in shape

and just fucking let
'em have it, man.

[echoing drumbeat]

The last time we played here,
we were on tour with Oasis.

And we played a load of gigs
the week before.

And I think we played
better at them gigs

than we did on this gig,
you know what I mean,

which is a shame.

I think we peaked,
like, in Yugoslavia

with 2,000 people,
which is fine.

And then we got here
and it was all right.

It was great and all that.

But I think we played miles
better the week before.

I don't think we got better.

I think we sort of
coasted it for a bit.

But we wrote some good albums.

But I think we'd
sort of peaked.

But that's life, innit?

You're always gonna have
bits of shit that goes on

in your life, whether it's
personal or career wise

and all that stuff.

Well, that's just the
way it fucking is.

We're not robots yet,
you know what I mean,

where everything's perfect.

That's why people love
music because it's real,

you know what I mean?

No, I didn't think
that we'd ever

get back to doing Knebworth.

Didn't think we'd ever get
back to doing fucking arenas.

Now you have, you know,
skirted about theaters

and all that tackle.

So at some point, where I
just going,

"You know what? This isn't
fucking good enough."

And I don't know
what I'd have done.

I'd probably knocked it on
the head and vanished off.

I don't know, man.

When you've been big, you
want to kind of stay big-ish,

don't you?

- The split up of Oasis
was massive for people

like myself who followed
them all that time.

- He's doing his thing.

We're doing our thing.

I wish him all the best.

Don't release it
the same day as ours

'cause we'll have you.

- We thought it was the end.

You know, was it
going to work for Liam

going back as a solo artist?

- That guy that you see on
stage at Knebworth originally,

I think
that had all been forgotten.

And I think Liam
had been sidelined

and the world had moved on.

- You didn't hear from
Liam for a few years.

And you just wondered
what was gonna happen.

You'd think he'd even said
himself

it wasn't a critically
great period for him.

[cheering]

- Like a great striker,

they're confidence players.

And if you don't create
great environments

for those players,
then they don't thrive.

I'd seen Liam play at a Who
Teenage Cancer Trust show.

- ♪ People try to put us down ♪

- ♪ Talking
'bout my generation ♪

- ♪ Just because
we get around ♪

- ♪ Talkin'
'bout my generation ♪

♪ Things they do-- ♪

- And just thought,
"Oh, my God,

this guy is incredible."

Like, the energy,
everything about it

just felt special
and dangerous and exciting.

- ♪ This is
my generation, baby ♪

- Liam had something to prove.

And in the right environment,
this guy is untouchable.

- ♪ Don't try
and dig what we all-- ♪

- Put him in a rubbish studio.
Probably the kind of studio

he never would have been in
for 15, 20 years.

And he was fighting
for something.

- Yeah, if any of them--

any of my guitars,
like, sound shit.

- I had just started
with an intense

six weeks of rehearsing,

which was more than I'd
ever done for anything before.

- Even though Liam was
sort of holding it down,

I think he was nervous.

And it was very similar
to the build up

to Knebworth, in a way.

He's excited and
he's raring to go,

but he doesn't know
how it's gonna go.

And if your benchmark
for all of this

is one of the biggest
bands of all time...

[chuckles]

then you've got to cut
yourself

some slack, I suppose.

And I don't know how much
slack he cut himself really.

- Let's do a few more, man.

- When we done the first
album of the solo stuff,

it went well.

We started off
doing like the Ritz.

- Saturday night in Manchester,

center of the fucking universe.

[cheers and applause]

And especially when the
mighty Blues win 8-0.

[Liam Gallagher's
"Wall of Glass]

♪ ♪

- It was a very humbling thing

to go back to doing
small things for Liam.

But the gig was unbelievable.

- And it kind of got
bigger and bigger.

And then we ended up
in Brixton, I think.

And then all of a sudden,
it was kind of getting big.

Well, well, well,
what do we have here,

brothers and sisters?

Another number one record.

- And every time
we went up a level,

things just sold out
instantly again.

And it never seemed to
be a problem stepping up.

- I think for Liam,

that little time
in the wilderness,

he was just getting
his act together

and running all the time,
writing songs.

And then to get sort
of validation, I think,

must have been amazing
for him.

It certainly was for us.

Because it was like, "Yes!"

- It was Liam's idea to
attend Knebworth, 1,000%.

- And actually on day one,

Debbie was explaining

everything we were
going to be doing

over the summer
and he said straight away,

"I think we're gonna
do Knebworth."

And I thought, "Wow."

- For him to go toe-to-toe
with his former band was--

you know, seemed ridiculous
at the time.

- We put one night on sale.

We had one night scheduled.

- He's really in-touch
with the fans.

So I think he knows
that people wanted it

and the youth
of today wanted it.

He knew we'd all be there,
the older generation,

because like I said,
we have to be there.

I think it probably took him
by surprise

that he could sell
two nights out.

- It's sort of like that
point where, you know,

surfers hit a wave.

We just hit a moment.

And it was extraordinary,
to be honest.

- Imagine shaking up
a bottle of champagne

and the cork being popped.

And I think it's
just been a pressurecooker,

a need for people
to have that release.

- He's just the epitome
of, like, rock and roll.

And rock and roll never dies.

The aura
and the magic is still there.

He still walks into a room
and time stands still.

The story's even better now.

I mean, it's
the best story ever, innit?

It's mental.

- Thank you.

[cheering]

♪ ♪

- I have my own theory

on the hypothetical Planet X.

♪ ♪

Eris is a dwarf planet.

And Eris have an
elongated orbit.

But there's something
very suspicious here.

The hypothetical planet
shouldn't have

an elongated orbit.

So there's
a miniature black hole

pulling the
hypothetical Planet X

towards it causing it to
have an oval shaped orbit,

which it shouldn't have.

But the miniature black hole,

it isn't strong enough to
pull it actually into it

and destroy it, but just
to pull it close to it.

- [chuckles]
- I think you're right.

- She asked me if this
stuff's true, and I'm like,

"I don't know."

I don't have a clue.

Ready?
- Yes.

- [laughs]

- I think pretty much from
like, when she was a baby,

she always loved
dancing and singing.

And she never stopped
moving as a child.

- This is where I try to
write songs with my dad.

Now, he made this CD cover.

But I told him what to do.

Like, he had no input on this.

I still like McFly now, but
I used to like him even more.

And I heard that Danny Jones
and then McFly loved Oasis.

So I thought, oh, I'll
try out their music.

And I loved it.

And then I heard
that Liam Gallagher

was doing a solo career.

[guitar strumming]

I don't know, I think he's--
I think he's cool.

I think he's cool because he's
always stayed true to himself.

He's never really been,
like, bothered

what the other people
think about him.

- A lot of venues don't allow
children her age and size

to go in the standing bit.

And Knebworth was
one of the ones

where she can go in.

So I was like, "Right, that's
the one we're going for."

- Yeah.
- And you're really excited.

- Yeah.

- Well, Trina was diagnosed
with neuroblastoma in 2018,

so almost four years ago now.

And she went through
18 months of treatment.

It was really intense
and very grueling.

It took her
a long time to recover.

Like, she had to go through
physio to learn to walk again.

♪ ♪

So like, when you
were in hospital--

- Yeah?
- And you were fed up.

- Yeah.
- And you was able

to play ukulele again...
- Yeah. Yeah.

- Like, what did that do for
you when you was in hospital?

- It made me feel happy.

- Helped you get through
your time, didn't it?

- Yeah.
- You played it everywhere.

- Yeah.
- You did, like, a show

in the nurse's office.

- I played when I had
a catheter in my hand.

So I just--I don't
know what I'm playing,

I just like sort of go
with the flow and stuff.

I just feel happy and musical.

- It can take you back
to a place, as well.

Like sometimes, when you
hear a sound or a song,

you immediately just remember
like a moment from before.

And you can just see it
so vividly in your head.

♪ ♪

And now you're in remission
and you're doing really well.

- Yeah.

- And you're just kind of
dealing with the side effects

more now from the treatment...
- Yeah.

- Rather than
the cancer itself.

But in between, you just try
and live life to the full,

don't you?
- Yeah.

Oh, I can't wait for Knebworth.

♪ ♪

[engine rumbling]

- How are you?
- Good. Nice to see you.

- You too, man.

- To do them gigs and get 'em
up and running

and all that
tackle in these times,

for one, it costs you money
to do these gigs.

Like, it's not a stadium
that's already there.

- In terms of post-pandemic,
post-COVID,

to be honest,
it's just taken us all

by surprise, really.

- Usually in the
music industry,

everybody's leapfrogging
each other

and taking turns
at going on tour.

Then you stop the
clocks for two years,

and then everybody comes
out together at once.

- And it is that thing of,

well, where
have all the stages gone?

I mean, literally,
where have they gone?

They've been having to bring
stages from South Africa

and from Saudi Arabia
and all sorts of places.

Barriers, showers,
toilets, tour buses--

Where did
all the tour buses go?

- There wasn't enough crew.

So it's, like, everything was
very difficult to pull off

on that front.

A lot of people go,
oh yeah, I could do it.

Put your fucking money
where your mouth is, mate,

and do it.
Stop talking about it.

Or don't even fucking
think about it

unless you're gonna do it.

When you play fucking, like,
100 people,

it's just as important
as playing for 1,000 people

or 80,000 or a million people.
You know what I mean?

It's like, yeah, I want to do
the best gig for me,

you know what I mean?

'Cause that's where I
get my fills and my hits.

It's like big governments, man.

We're lucky to
get these things.

And obviously, with
the Jubilee going on.

You know, and I'm
not anti-royalist

and I'm not, like,
pro-royal either.

I just like--
we're doing our thing,

the people fucking
from the streets,

you know, the working
class lot and all that.

But as long as you prepare,
right,

everything will be all right,
you know what I mean?

You can only do your
best, can't you?

[jackhammer rattling]

♪ ♪

- My most precious
is this one--

in all the collection,
is this one.

It's the Liam "As You Were"
and it's so beautiful.

Liam is my savior,
in a way,

because with him I'm
just myself.

People are gonna say
what they say anyway.

Let's give them a good
story to tell, you know?

When I started
listening to Liam,

it helps me a lot to,
like, letting things go.

Sometimes I spend my entire
days when I feel blue and sad

and when I feel I'm not enough,
watching Liam interview.

Just do whatever you want,
whenever you want.

And my mom is
really unhappy about this.

My mom doesn't really
say thank you to Liam.

When I was 16,
I started to work.

And then I started
my record collection.

I just want to rock.

And I'm a graduate
not this year

because actually I have
my biggest exam on the third

and the third is Knebworth.

So I'm not in Belgium. [laughs]

Like, when you're
going to go to a Liam gig,

everybody's living,

everybody is screaming
and dancing.

And I really feel
like I belong.

This is why I don't mind
going at my gigs alone.

Because I know I'm
gonna meet people

my age or older or younger.

And I can't believe
in two days,

I'm not going to the toilet
just to be front row.

Some of my friends,
they're like,

"Yeah, but you're already
going to see Liam,

like, five times this summer."

I'm like, "You might be missing
the best gig of your life

because of an exam?"
No way.

I'm good with my rock and roll.

♪ ♪

[engine rumbling]

- What's been going
on this past week?

It's not just about
this show, is it?

Something quite big happened
in the last few days.

- Yeah, I got me hair cut.
[both chuckle]

All right, no, Man City won
the league and the Liver--

and the scousers
fucking bottled it.

So it was marvelous.
All is good, man.

- You also put out your
third record, as well.

- Oh, yeah, I
forgot about that.

Yeah, that come out--
when did that come out, Liz?

Friday, yeah.

Yeah, man, I mean,
the album was

done in November last year.

So it's been a long time,
you know what I mean,

just sitting about
on the shelf.

So sometimes I think the longer
it's sort of sitting there,

you sort of--
you listen to it and you go,

"Fucking hell,
is this any good or what?"

Have we fucking--
have we maybe gone

a bit too far in that but--

Oh no, I just
think I can't wait

to get this fucking out
and get on stage

and do it, you know.

I'm not putting a gun
to your fucking head

to come and buy our records.

I'm certainly not putting
a gun to your head

to come and fucking
interview me.

Play it or don't play it.

No skin off my nose.

The people that buy it
and like the fans and all

that down in the front, they're
the one's with the best ears.

And they're the ones that
actually you try to impress,

not some fucking spotty little
herb called fucking Eugene.

They've never bought
me a nice holiday.

Yeah, man, I mean,
it's not my moment,either,

it's my band and all that.

And obviously, it's the fans'
moment, you know what I mean?

And I'm just--I'm just there
to entertain them.

It's their day out and that.

It's the people that
come to the gigs, innit?

♪ ♪

- When I was
back in my teens,

I used to collect basically
any "Q" magazines,

"Select" magazine--

anything that had
Oasis or Liam on it,

or books.

This is a "Be Here Now" Live
program from Earls Court.

Had The Verve supporting them
that night.

These are the two.

It's when they tried
to break America.

And then some gig tickets--

so Liam at the Albert Hall,

at the O2 just before COVID
hit,

and then obviously
the Holy Grail,

which is
the Knebworth '96 ticket.

♪ ♪

My dad died when I was three.

So my older brother
was pretty much

my father figure growing up,
right?

He's 14 years older than me.

And he was into
The Smiths, Sex Pistols.

So that was his scene.

You know, he had
a crew cut and that.

He was the cooler older
brother that you wanted to be.

He used to take me out.

He used to have a
little old school Ford Fiesta,

a little red one,

with just a little tape deck
in the front.

And we were out one day and
he had had this cassette.

And I'm like,
"Fucking hell, what's that?"

He said, "Oh, it's
this new Manchester band,

just on the scene
called Oasis."

It was just something that was

so raw and different
to anything

that had been
knocking around at the time.

He is the voice
of a generation.

And he's our voice, you know,
he's the working class voice.

And I think that's one of
the great things about Liam.

He makes you feel
good about yourself.

And yeah, from that moment
on, I was absolutely sold.

♪ ♪

Just before Liam released
his solo album, first one,

but that year
previous to that,

Ilost my sister in the
February to brain cancer.

And then I lost my mom in the
November to cancer, as well.

She'd done eight years
of chemo, et cetera.

And she'd been in
remission and recovery

and so on and so forth.

♪ ♪

I was in a dark place.

Like, I had had various moments

where I didn't really want
to be here.

And I was luckily enough,
I had Alf,

which is pretty
much the only thing

that really kept me going.

♪ ♪

It sounds a bit cliche,

but the fact
that Liam is coming back

and having something to look
forward to and to hold on to

was, like--it pulled me
through some dark times.

♪ ♪

People just grab onto
things, don't they?

And it means something to them.

It might not necessarily
mean that meaning,

but you can take from
it what you want.

Music does wonderful
things to people.

And it's
a very unique process.

My son Alf loves Liam.

You know, I was 15 when I
went to Knebworth in '96.

He'll be 15 June this year.

So you know, it's exactly
the same point in our lives.

But yeah, it's
different generations

and bringing them all
together is incredible.

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

- [chuckles]

- [indistinct]

[drumming]

[guitar strumming]

[drumsticks clacking]

[Liam Gallagher's
"More Power"]

♪ ♪

- Preparation, well, I was
meant to be off the booze

for a month leading up to it.

But the football got
the better of me.

Man City, man, fucking--
fucking stressed me out, man.

So I had a little drink this
Sunday when we won the league.

I mean, I didn't go mad, but I
had a bit of a drink and that.

♪ ♪

Like I said, now I'll just
keep me head down and that.

And hopefully get these two out
of the way and Saturday night.

I'm looking forward to like,
just chilling, drying off,

cigarette, fucking Guinness,

and just slowly easing
into the mad zone.

I mean, we'll see, man.

Well, you say that, I'll
probably fucking have

two pints
and be fucking in bed.

You know what I mean?
Getting old now, aren't we?

- ♪ I wish I had more power ♪

♪ I wish I had more power ♪

♪ I wish I had more power ♪

- Nothing prepares you for
the dynamic of being outdoors.

The energy of that
amount of people--

you can't--
you can't ignore it.

You know, it is surreal
and it becomes daft

after a certain
amount of people.

- Try and remain cool
and not let the fucking,

um, the occasion get
the better of you

and become a giddy
fucking idiot.

I don't jump about
and all that.

And I don't really
speak that much,

depending on how fucking
strong the band is and that.

- And that seems
deceivingly simple.

he just stands there
and sings.

It's not--it's not like that.

That extra dimension
is everything.

- But there'll be a few
people on that stage

getting a bit carried away
with themselves, trust me.

And they get fined
if there's any dancing.

Toe tapping's all right.

A little toe tap,
that's fucking fine.

Any fucking--
any other than that, man,

we'll be having words.

- Even when you're
doing a guitar solo,

that's double loud
or whatever,

everyone's just looking at him.
[laughs]

I don't see anyone's faces,

I just see, like, cheeks,

when I look out
in the audience.

♪ ♪

- Just have a good time.

Fucking be nice to each
other, get fucking drunk,

get fucking high.

Fall in love.

You deserve it.

We all deserve it.

I just want these clouds
to fuck off, anyway.

'Cause you don't want it
to rain and that.

[thunder rumbles]

♪ ♪

- My dad being a mod

and growing up
with that mod stuff,

a lot of that is derived
from French culture.

And since then,

I really got into, like,
'60s chanson French music.

And then online I learned

that you can actually write
to Brigitte Bardot

and she'll reply.

Through that, I acquired

a signed Brigitte Bardot
postcard sort of thing.

And I didn't expect it to have
"my Scottish lover" on it.

But I can only take
that as a compliment,

even if she is 87.

♪ ♪

When I went to high school,

no one was
into the same stuff as me.

Until like a year ago,

I'd never met anyone that
was into My Bloody Valentine.

I just never knew
anyone like that.

And it really made me
feel a bit excluded.

♪ ♪

But I think anyone that likes
the same music as me,

as soon as it was announced--

basically everyone had
an inkling,

no matter where
you are in the world,

to go to Knebworth.

'Cause it is such a monumental

and historic sort of concert.

I just hope he can
bring the same energy

from the original gig.

and bring
that same sort of feeling

that the people
in the crowd have.

Because everyone who was there
will talk about that

for the rest of their life.
And I want to have

that same experience.

It's my 18th on the fifth.

So the day after
Knebworth, obviously.

It's just going straight
from being with my family

from the train station.

So it's going
to be a long two days.

But yeah, kind of gives
Knebworth that extra kick.

So I'm buying myself some
beers for the train back up.

The artists that
particularly appeal to me

are ones that have maybe
been in similar situations

to me, like,
living in a council house.

"Bring It On Down" is the song
that relates to me the most,

obviously, the lyric
"Yeah, you're the class.

You're the under class,"
really just stands out.

Yeah, I think people
are disgruntled.

And I think if you want to talk
about Scotland, specifically,

extremely disgruntled.

I think the last
major lockdown was

the one just after Christmas.

I think that hit hard for a
lot of people, as it did me.

It was difficult, just sitting
inside doing nothing,

not being able to go to gigs,

not being able to do anything.

Being able to put on a record
and kind of have that

as like the friend

that I couldn't
go and meet, basically.

Yeah, it was that
comfort during that time.

- Obviously, it was terrible
for families and, you know.

I didn't see
my mum for a bit

and the kids
and all that stuff.

But other people had it
way worse than me, man.

- There was
a dark period there

where you were justthinking,

if there are vaccinations,
will it be three or four years?

And will everybody still
be able to do this then?

- You know, we had Brexit
and that made

a lot of people happy.

I wasn't one of the people

that was made happy
with Brexit.

It doesn't feel as though
it's been

the joyous turn
that everybody expected.

- People were having to, like,

choose between
their human rights,

whether to feed their children
or like heat their house.

- As long as I can remember,
it's always been shit.

It's still shit, innit?

It doesn't matter
whether I've got money,

my fucking cousins ain't got
money, you know what I mean,

and me fucking
aunties and all that.

You know, the bills
are fucking too high,

you know what I mean?
There's loads of this shit.

There's a load of that shit.
And it's like,

the government's
not fucking listening.

- There is a war
going on in Europe.

And you know, that
hasn't happened

for a very, very long time.

I guess a show
like Knebworth has got

all sorts of functions.

It's clearly an escape from
what is a pretty awful reality

that we're in at the moment.

- With the pandemic,
we were, like, good kids.

We were like, "Okay, mask.
Okay, one meter."

And now the bad kids
are out again, you know?

Now it's gonna be
all together, you know,

just kissing and hugging
and--and happiness.

- It seems like
there's a generation of men

that, you know, they're, like,
my age and above

who don't really know
how to be emotional

with each other in any kind
of useful way,

and these kind of gigs,
it gives them an excuse

to put their arms
around each other

and share something
that, you know,

without telling each other
that they love each other,

I think they're sort
of doing it in a safe space.

- I think it's gonna be,
you know,

80,000 people
in a field at Knebworth

absolutely going for it.

If there was a roof on it,
it'd get blown off.

You know, the cows will be
flying around the fields,

I'm sure,
on the other side,

because it's just gonna go off.

From minute one
to the last song,

it's gonna go mental.

♪ ♪

- This is needed in a way
to remind people,

I suppose,
that anything is possible.

And although we've
had a shit, weird time,

that we bring people together.

And that's
the important thing.

And we all sort
of sing a few songs

and it sort of jogs the memory
of, "Oh, yeah, you know what?

No, I think
we're gonna be all right."

We just gotta, you know,
move on, bigger and better.

- And then times get better,
I think, you know?

[laughing] Because
it can't get much worse anyway

than the last couple of years.

So you know, hopefully
this is the kickstart

that the world needs.

♪ ♪

[Liam Gallaher's
"Greedy Soul"]

♪ ♪

- Okay, Dad,
we're gonna drive down

to, obviously, Knebworth,
the venue.

Me and my dad are going
to stay in the hotel

whilst Mummy camps out
in the pop-up tent.

- It's the night
before Knebworth.

We're out,
we're still out

'cause we're preparing
for Knebworth, man.

- I'm looking forward to
the greatest day of my life.

Some of the guys are feeling
a bit worse for wear.

- Couldn't sleep last night.
I was like a kid at Christmas.

- I'm too wired to sleep

because I'm on the way
to Knebworth.

- Packed, ready, car's full.

- I'm just about to leave.
I'm so excited.

- We'll be heading down
the motorway on the Friday.

And there's my wife
and my two children

and then father-in-law
and mother-in-law.

- Yeah, we're traveling
up in the car on a Friday.

So me, my son Alf,
my fiancée Demi.

- I'm just going down
by train.

I think it's about five hours.

And then dump my bags
and hop in a taxi

and go straight there.

- And we're gonna
give our kid a good welcome

back to Knebworth,
as we should, as we were.

Come on, you know.

- Come on, you know!

- Come on, Liam,
we're ready for this big day!

- ♪ And it's a long way down ♪

♪ When you're the
wrong way around ♪

♪ And now it's all too much ♪

♪ I've got the Midas touch ♪

- The excitement
on this car is palpable.

Hell of a day, isn't it?
- It is, eh!

- All the essentials.

- Today is gonna be the
better day of our life.

Everything is electric.

Come on!

- ♪ And now
it's all too much ♪

♪ I got the Midas touch ♪

♪ ♪

- It's the Queen's Jubilee
weekend,

so they'll be enjoying
the Queen's Jubilee weekend

and we'll be going
to see the King of Knebworth.

- Come on, you know!

- Come on, you know.
[laughter]

- [chuckles]
That's how I'm looking at it.

[indistinct chatter]

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

[Liam Gallagher's "Shockwave"
on ukulele]

- ♪ The lights are up on me ♪

♪ They tried
to keep me locked away ♪

♪ But hallelujah, I feel free ♪

[cheering and applause]

Knebworth!
[applause]

- Oh, 4:00 in the morning.
- Yeah.

- Not even joking.

Literally parked in front
of the car park entrance

and just went to sleep.
[laughs]

- Yeah, like, when
we came out of our home town,

it was, like, dark.
- Yeah.

- It looked like it was, like,
2:00 a.m. in the morning.

- The guy couldn't believe it.

He was like,
"What are you doing here?"

He's like--this doesn't open

for, like, another four
or five hours.

I was like, "Yeah,
we want to be at the front."

[Liam Gallagher's
"Everything's Electric"]

♪ ♪

- That opening of the gates
is the fruition, in a way,

of all of the planning,
all of the work

in order to be able to connect
the fan with the artist.

♪ ♪

And for me,
it's unbridled joy.

It's my favorite moment
of every show,

is opening the gate.

♪ ♪

- 9:00,
I've been there at 9:00,

but I was on the other side.

And my mates from London
are coming this way,

so I had
an asthma crisis running.

But I'm here, here I am.

♪ ♪

- It's like, weird
walking back through the--

through the same gates
I did 25 years ago.

I don't really remember
massive amounts about '96,

but then you turn up here
and you sort of see the layout

and you see
where the stage is.

Being here now with Alf,
it's a lovely experience

and something to hold on to.

♪ ♪

- This is Molly's granddad,
my father-in-law.

We've all traveled down
from Halifax yesterday.

And I think it goes from, like,
most mental to least mental.

[laughter]
But we'll see in a few hours.

You know, we'll see
what happens in a few hours.

♪ ♪

- Came down on my own,
and it was surprisingly smooth.

I managed to get
from Midlothian to Edinburgh

to Stevenage
to Royston to here.

And I'm surprised
nothing went wrong.

[spacey rock music]

- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ ♪

Oh, right, right, right,
Knebworth right about now.

I want to see
everybody's hands in the air.

Right to the back.

Everybody hold your
hands to the sky.

Right to the back.
Hold 'em high!

For when this kicks in,
we go fucking mental!

One, two, three!

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

So many people.

You see the front bit
and everything else,

it just melts into, like--
you know, it's mad.

♪ ♪

I think it's just
one massive release

for the audience and the bands.

You realize how much
you've missed gatherings,

you know, and being outside
and listening to loud music.

[Amyl and the Sniffers'
"Balaclava Lover Boogie"]

- ♪ The Sun never could commit
to being on a team ♪

♪ I hold on the days
that are 23 degrees ♪

♪ Woken up by duties,
and send out to the day ♪

♪ I get home to Balaclava,
where my baby waits ♪

♪ Balaclava, with my lover ♪

♪ Balaclava Lover Boogie ♪

- This is the biggest crowd
we've ever played to, I'd say.

- And, like,
looking out at the crowd,

you're already like,
"Oh, cool, so, like,

this is what it's like
to be in Oasis."

- A lot of bucket hats.

It makes me wish
that I had invested

in a bucket hat company
before I came here.

[laughter]

Dick's bucket hats
and sunscreen,

and I'd never have to play
a show again, you know?

I could buy a house on that.

- ♪ Ba-di-ba-di-ba-ba ♪

♪ Tearing up and burning down ♪

♪ Ba-di-ba-di-ba-ba ♪

♪ Leave all sadness
underground ♪

♪ Ba-di-ba-di-ba-ba ♪

- Just seeing that many faces,
it's just quite surreal.

I'm still taking it in,
to be honest with you.

- I mean, yeah,
that's the first time

we've seen that many people
together in our lives.

[laughter]

It's like,
regardless of music, like,

I've never seen
that many people in a space.

- Being a woman playing music,
it was always like,

oh, you can join our band,
but like,

you have to sing or
you have to play, like, bass.

You can't play guitar.

All of these kind of things
that's constantly

adding towards you feeling
like you're not good enough,

when obviously,
it's all bollocks

and I know that now.

- In my head,
I'm just going,

"I'm a rock star,
I'm a rock star."

[laughter]

How hard can I hit this drum?
How hard?

- ♪ [singing indistinctly] ♪

- Whoo!

♪ [singing indistinctly] ♪

♪ ♪

- I've never been
in this world ever.

- Yeah, this is a--

- This is--
- Liam Gallagher's Knebworth...

- This is his world.
- Is a new--

- We're just tourists here.

- ♪ [screaming indistinctly] ♪

- If they could even,
like, mildly enjoy it,

I'll be very surprised.
- Hear, hear!

- Anything beyond
complete stasis would be great.

- I know people
who fucking love 'em,

I know people
who fucking despise 'em.

That is, to me, success.

That's why I
wanted 'em on there,

because I knew they'd
fucking twist people's heads.

- ♪ [indistinct screaming] ♪

We're gonna cover
an Oasis song.

- Yeah.

- And if that doesn't win the
crowd over, then nothing will.

- Fuck the crowd.
- Those people? Fuck them!

- We could always get naked
and see how that plays out.

- We all lived together
in lockdown.

After every big night when
the sun would come up,

we'd put the Oasis documentary
on to go to bed,

just before we went to bed.

We did it fucking
so many times.

- That was giving me anxiety.

- I know, it's like
weirdly inspiring

as a rock and roll band
to have that kind of figure.

Because he doesn't
give a fuck obviously.

- I want to see Liam Gallagher
get drunk.

I want to see him
get shitfaced.

- Fingers crossed.
- Yeah.

- Fingers crossed.

Yeah, he's gotta play
tomorrow though.

- Yeah.

- He's got like a police
escort and shit up here

to make him not get fucked up.

- But you know--
- We'll see to that.

- Police are never
good at doing their job, so--

- [laughs]
- Yeah, exactly.

- I grew up with my family

listening to Oasis,
like, quite a lot.

There's kind of not
really been anyone

on that level, like, since,
which is kind of amazing.

And it's because their
songs are, like, so good.

And they stand the test of
time, just quite ingrained.

And it reaches, like,
a huge audience

of so many different people
it seems to resonate with.

It's like a very
working-class thing as well.

And it's not that
many bands that have kind of

united people in that way

and have that strong culture,
like, around it.

And I don't know
if there's many bands

that kind of tapped that
or done that.

- We're backstage.

I mean, I can't believe
we're here, to be honest.

It's amazing.

You know, it's--
it's like 5:00, 6:00.

The crowd are
absolutely up for it.

There's a little gap between
the sound system and the stage,

and I keep on
looking through it.

And it just keeps on
getting bigger and bigger

and more and more full.

And it's just--
it's unbelievable.

It's quite emotional, really.

Liam's coming with his mom
and with Debbie.

But Liam gonna bring Peggy,
his mom, along,

who didn't manage to get
to the last Knebworth.

I think that's
just gonna be a really

special moment for him.

Right now he's at home.

Although, I have started
getting messages from Debbie

and they've given him
a little bit of FOMO now.

Like, "Can you show us some
photos of what's going on,

what's happening?"

So yeah, I think
they are also quite keen

to get here, as well.

[Liam Gallagher's
"C'mon You Know"]

♪ ♪

- You sit right down there.

You sit there
and I'll climb over.

- When we land,
we'll shut down completely.

- Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.

- I'll come
and open the doors for you.

- Yeah, great.
Thank you.

- Have a lovely evening.
- Cheers, mate.

♪ You know
it's gonna be alright ♪

♪ And we're gonna
dance all night ♪

- Right.

- ♪ Come on you know ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Get up ♪

♪ Stand up if you feel alive ♪

♪ I only wanna see you smile ♪

♪ Come on you know ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Beautiful people,
come out to play ♪

♪ Brothers and sisters,
it's time ♪

♪ So let's start living
and be thankful and giving ♪

♪ We're only here
for a short while ♪

♪ I think
it's coming home again ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Show love ♪

♪ I'm sick of acting
like I'm tough ♪

♪ Come on, baby, giz a hug ♪

♪ Come on, you know ♪

all: Liam! Liam! Liam!
Liam! Liam! Liam!

- ♪ Freedom ♪

♪ I can feel it everywhere ♪

♪ So get your hands
up in the air ♪

♪ Come on you know ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Beautiful people,
come out to play ♪

♪ Brothers and sisters,
it's time ♪

♪ So let's start living
and be thankful and giving ♪

♪ We're only here
for a short while ♪

♪ I think
it's coming home again ♪

♪ I think
it's coming home again ♪

[crowd chanting]

♪ So let's start living
and be thankful and giving ♪

♪ We're only here
for a short while ♪

♪ I think
it's coming home again ♪

[cheers and applause]

all: Liam! Liam! Liam! Liam!
Liam! Liam! Liam! Liam! Liam!

[cheers and applause]

- Knebworth, I am he,
you are he,

you are me,
and we are all together.

[cheers and applause]

[Liam Gallagher's
"Wall of Glass"]

♪ ♪

♪ You would keep the secrets
in ya ♪

♪ You be been keeping
paraphernalia, oh ♪

♪ I think you know ♪

♪ And anyone can walk up
to ya' ♪

♪ Anyone can see right through
your eyes ♪

♪ All night ♪

♪ And I don't mean
to be unkind ♪

♪ But I see
what's in your mind ♪

♪ And the stone you throw
will turn back in its path ♪

♪ One day you'll shatter
like a wall of glass ♪

♪ A wall of glass ♪
- ♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

- ♪ A wall of glass ♪
- ♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

- ♪ One day you'll shatter
like a wall of glass ♪

♪ A wall of glass, yeah ♪

- ♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

- ♪ A wall of glass ♪
- ♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

- ♪ One day you'll shatter
like a wall of glass ♪

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

[Liam Gallagher's "Shockwave"]

♪ ♪

♪ You sold me
right up the river ♪

♪ You had to hold me back ♪

♪ You could've looked
for the sunshine, girl ♪

♪ But you had to paint
the whole thing black ♪

♪ And now I'm back
in the city ♪

♪ The lights are up on me ♪

♪ They tried to keep
me locked away ♪

♪ But hallelujah, I feel free ♪

♪ All your darkness ♪

♪ Has come back to you
in time ♪

♪ And brace yourself, world ♪

♪ It's about
to blow your mind ♪

♪ I'm coming 'round
like a shockwave, hey ♪

♪ I'm coming 'round
like a shockwave, hey ♪

♪ You've played the game
one too many times ♪

♪ You're gonna burn
until you behave, hey ♪

♪ And maybe the shame
will open your eyes ♪

♪ And maybe the shame
will open your eyes ♪

♪ And maybe the shame
will open your eyes ♪

♪ It's coming 'round
like a shockwave ♪

[cheers and applause]

And ever since
I seen the Stone Roses,

I just wanted to be in a band.

They weren't flashy,
you know what I mean?

Like people
that had been before.

They was doing
it in a cool way.

Thought, "Fuck,
I can do what he's doing, man.

"I definitely can, I know for
a fact I can, and look cool.

I can do that without
breaking into a sweat."

But now I obviously
sweat me fucking ass off

because I fucking mean it.

But yeah, no,
ever since I seen them,

I thought I wanted to be
in a band and that is it.

And if I'm not,
there'll be fucking trouble.

[Liam Gallagher's
"Everything's Electric"]

♪ ♪

♪ The city is burning ♪

♪ Sinking ships in the ocean ♪

♪ With a head full
of dreams at night ♪

♪ Sorrow's written
the story of life ♪

♪ Ain't nothing to do, but
I was digging for gold dust ♪

♪ I see the shame
in your eyes this time ♪

♪ And no, baby,
it's cold inside ♪

♪ Your fake humble called out,
got you tongue-tied ♪

♪ Your best chance
at success got ya denied ♪

♪ No, you thought
I wouldn't know ♪

♪ I don't hate you,
but I despise that feeling ♪

♪ There's nothing left
for me here ♪

♪ You won't know
if you don't go ♪

♪ Superficial feelings ♪

♪ It's hard to take it easy ♪

♪ Underneath the red sun ♪

♪ Everything's electric ♪

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

You know, there's a lot
of people out there

that play stuff because
they've got to play it.

I mean, fuck that.

If I don't enjoy singing it,

then it ain't getting played,
you know what I mean?

I don't give a shit
if it's a new single

or fucking the drums
cost fucking £45,000

or fucking, you know,

fucking Frank Zappa helped me
write it, I don't give a fuck.

If I don't enjoy it,
it won't get played.

Thank you, and this
one's called "Bad Days."

[cheers and applause]

[Liam Gallagher's
"Better Days"]

♪ ♪

♪ You say you
can't open up your eyes ♪

♪ 'Cause you're reeling ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Baby, try to remember ♪

♪ It's just a feeling ♪

♪ And there'll be better waves
that begin to echo ♪

♪ Through the wasteland
of your mind ♪

♪ Through the Milky Way,
oh, my love will hold you ♪

♪ Hope it gets you
through the night ♪

♪ If you're lost,
I'll find you there ♪

♪ With the sunlight
in your hair ♪

♪ All the sadness ♪

♪ Washed away by the rain ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Believe me, yeah ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Believe me, yeah ♪

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

I'm not precious as a lot
of these other people.

A lot of people think
they're curing fucking cancer

and it's like, fuck off,
mate, I've heard it before.

And you're not as
good as Nina Simone.

I knew who I was
from an early age.

I'm a little fucking cheeky
fucking monkey kind of like,

you know what I mean,
who likes to have a laugh

and I obviously can be
a little shit sometimes.

But deep down,

I'm a good person,
you know what I mean?

And I knew that at fucking
three or four or five.

And so I never want
to run away from that.

Because the opposite of that
is a cunt.

[Liam Gallagher's "The River"]

♪ ♪

♪ Well, come on,
you're weak of knees ♪

♪ Afraid of
the thought police ♪

♪ You say our generation ♪

♪ Is forsaken ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Get out of
your clouds of weed ♪

♪ Get out of
your time machines ♪

♪ You can say that ♪

♪ The sleeper has awakened ♪

♪ ♪

♪ You gotta scream and shout ♪

♪ If you're gonna
work this out ♪

♪ Change comes
when the water falls ♪

♪ I've been waiting so long
for you down by the river ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Well, the walls
are closing in ♪

♪ And your head's
in constant spin ♪

♪ And the pain in your eyes ♪

♪ I do comprehend ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Don't believe celebrities ♪

♪ The money-suckin' MPs ♪

♪ The device in your hands ♪

♪ Imitation beauty ♪

♪ ♪

♪ You gotta scream and shout ♪

♪ If you're gonna
work this out ♪

♪ Change comes
when the water falls ♪

♪ I've been waiting
so long for you ♪

♪ Down by the river ♪

[cheers and applause]

all: ♪ The cut,
it never really heals ♪

♪ Just enough
to stop the bleed ♪

♪ ♪

♪ And you won't get
the girl you want ♪

♪ But you'll get
the girl you need ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Mother, mother ♪

♪ I'll admit that
I was angry for too long ♪

♪ Oh, I wish I had more power ♪

♪ ♪

- ♪ People talking like
they're gods ♪

♪ But that's
just not the deal ♪

all: ♪ Ooh ♪

- ♪ If you want
to keep the things you love ♪

♪ Then you better learn
to kneel ♪

all: ♪ Ooh ♪

♪ ♪

- ♪ Father, father ♪

♪ I can see so many things
now that you're gone ♪

♪ How I wish I had more power ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ How I wish I had more power ♪

♪ ♪

all: ♪ How I wish
I had more power ♪

♪ How I wish I had more power ♪

♪ ♪

♪ How I wish I had more power ♪

- ♪ You're never alone ♪

all: ♪ How I wish
I had more power ♪

♪ ♪

♪ The cutting
never really heals ♪

♪ Just enough
to stop the bleed ♪

all: ♪ Ooh ♪

- ♪ And you won't get
the girl you want ♪

♪ But you'll get
the girl you need ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Mother, mother ♪

♪ I'll admit that I was angry
for too long ♪

♪ How I wish I had more power ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ How I wish I had more power ♪

♪ ♪

You're fucking beautiful.

[cheers and applause]

♪ ♪

♪ Is this what you came for? ♪

♪ ♪

♪ This is what you came for ♪

♪ Is this what you came for? ♪

♪ This is what you came for ♪

♪ Is this what you came for? ♪

♪ This is what you came for ♪

♪ Is this what you came for? ♪

♪ This is what you came for ♪

♪ This is what you came for ♪

♪ ♪

all: ♪ Ah ♪

♪ Ah ♪

♪ Ah ♪

♪ ♪

[cheering and applause]

- Thank you.

It's a magical position
to be around music

and to understand it
and be able to make it

and be able
to sing it to people

who live in a fucking
other world

or another country that don't
even speak your language

and still touch them
with your voice.

I never took that for granted,
do you know what I mean?

People in Japan that speak
a different fucking language

and that, they hear my voice
or hear the songs

and dig it and tell me
how much they like it

and come to see us.

You know, you can't take
that for granted.

It ain't for show, man.

Thank you very much.

[cheers and applause]

[Liam Gallagher's "Once"]

♪ It was easier to have fun
back when we had nothing ♪

♪ Nothing much to manage ♪

♪ And back
when we were damaged ♪

♪ Sometimes the freedom
we wanted ♪

♪ Feels so uncool ♪

♪ We just clean the pool ♪

♪ And send the kids to school ♪

♪ But oh, I remember
how you used to shine ♪

♪ Back then ♪

♪ You went down so easy
like a glass of wine ♪

♪ My friend ♪

♪ When the dawn came up ♪

♪ You felt so inspired
to do it again ♪

♪ But it turns out ♪

♪ We only get to do it once ♪

♪ I think it's true
what they say ♪

♪ That the dream is borrowed ♪

♪ You give it back tomorrow ♪

♪ Minus the sorrow ♪

♪ And the pain
she just comes in ♪

♪ To break up the daydream ♪

♪ Her knife edges waving ♪

♪ To keep from feeling
the same thing ♪

♪ But oh, I remember
how you used to shine ♪

♪ Back then ♪

♪ You went down so easy
like a glass of wine ♪

♪ My friend ♪

♪ When the dawn came up ♪

♪ You felt so inspired
to do it again ♪

♪ But it turns out ♪

♪ We only get to do it once ♪

♪ You only get to do it once ♪

♪ You only get to do it once ♪

♪ You only get to do it once ♪

♪ Oh, once ♪

♪ Once ♪

- ♪ Ooh ♪
- ♪ Once ♪

♪ Once ♪

♪ Once ♪

♪ Once ♪

- ♪ Ooh ♪
- ♪ Once ♪

♪ Once ♪

♪ But oh, I remember
how you used to shine ♪

♪ Back then ♪

♪ You went down so easy
like a glass of wine ♪

♪ My friend ♪

♪ When the dawn came up ♪

♪ You felt so inspired
to do it again ♪

♪ But it turns out ♪

♪ We only get to do it once ♪

Thank you.

[cheers and applause]

It's kind of hard
to explain, man.

It's like, you sort of--

you sort of just get into
a zone, you know what I mean,

a bit of a trance,
you know what I mean,

and just sort of,
dare I say it,

you sort of just become
a bit supersonic.

And then, you know,
there's days

when you can have
a fucking real moment,

like, a spiritual moment
or whatever moment,

whatever the fuck it is
that you're into.

It's a big fucking thing,
all these people,

and watching everyone's
fucking faces,

the joy that it brings
and the tears

and stuff like that
and all the happiness.

The word "biblical"
doesn't do it

justice, you know what I mean?

There's no word.
They haven't invented

any words yet for it.

But you can get a bit
too carried away with that

if you zone in too much.

So you've gotta fucking
stay on it and remain cool.

That's why I think
this connects

because we're all the same.

It's beautiful.

Thank you.
Goodnight.

Take care of yourself.

Nice one.

Without you,
this didn't fucking happen.

Usually, we're bollocks.

- [indistinct]!

That was [indistinct]!

[reverb humming]

[dreamy music]

♪ ♪

- I thought we sounded
half decent.

I thought
the band played great.

Everyone seemed
to have a nice time.

And when I played in Oasis
and all that,

I was like fucking--

like, you know, jazz hands,
you know what I mean?

I was like some little giddy
fucking twat off Broadway.

And this time,
I kind of held it down,

so I'm proud of that.

If the vocals ain't too good,

I'm proud that I fucking kept
my hands in my pockets.

And the crowd were fucking--
the crowd were the best

thing about it,
you know what I mean?

Like, it's the crowd, innit?

- It's an absolute buzz,
an absolute buzz.

- Unreal.
- That was 26 years

in the making, and we're here.

And we've only been here
for 21 of 'em.

Unbelievable.
- Yeah, it was

the best gig he's done by far.

- Yeah.
- 100%.

- You know something's good

when you're walking out
the front pit at the end,

and you just sort of stop
to take it all in, don't you?

- Yeah.
- Like, you've just gotta

close your eyes,
it's one of those moments.

- It was incredible.

- He was singing,
and I just thought,

what a perfect moment
to propose to her

after eight years of being
together and two little girls.

So I did, and she said yes.

So how good, eh?
- How good.

- As good as it was
being here at Knebworth

for Liam Gallagher, you know,
to get engaged here as well,

that was just
fucking brilliant.

- I'm feeling
like I'm floating,

you know what I mean,
like nothing was real.

I can't--it was like--
I have like--

I'm still there,
you know what I mean?

I'm still screaming,
and tomorrow I might

be exhausted to death,

but today is gonna be the day.

I'm feeling amazing.
I'm feeling alive.

To be honest,
I'm feeling alive.

- I've got a free vegan burger
if you want it.

- No, thanks.
- I'm not gonna eat it.

- No, that's so nice of you.

Thank you.
- No problem.

- Thank you very much.

- Really, I love Liam Gallagher
a long time.

You know?
- Yeah.

- So tonight
is really fantastic.

I'm fucking crying, really.

It's amazing.
- Yeah.

- Yeah.
- Fucking cry.

- Yeah.
[laughter]

- Well, I went to a Knebworth
show just expecting it

to be, like, some fun show,

and I actually got
Liam Gallagher's tambourine.

Oh, that made me feel so happy.

I wasn't after it.

- I think overall,
it was all right.

You have moments of fucking,
like, greatness,

and then, like, you know,
you hit a bum note

or something, and then
I go into my head and go,

yeah, fucking nuts, cunt.

And then you kind of
come out of it again.

So it had its--it had its
moments like every gig does.

Well, that's what it's about,
innit, man,

like,
bringing people together.

We needed that
after the pandemic.

So to have everyone come over
and just wanting

to be part of it
is fucking amazing,

just to get us all
in that field

and have
that special time again.

- You can listen to records,
you can listen to music

on your phone,
but hearing it live

and hearing that sort of
passion actually come through,

it's not like anything else.

It is the best feeling
in the world.

And sometimes it feels
like it is just you,

even if you're not
at the front.

It is just a proper
magical experience.

- Being there
with other people,

sharing it with other people,

you feel the atmosphere,
the passion.

The minute the artist comes
on stage and the electricity,

you know, it makes your blood
boil a little bit and,

you know, the beads of sweat
dripping down your face.

- You know, to go
to live shows with your mates

when you're all
connected there

and you're all arm in arm,

you know, to sing along
and have a beer

and just relax and forget
about all the things

that make you depressed
or sad or worried.

And you know,
it's a unique process.

- I had the Knebworth blues,
man, for a bit,

for a month, man,
it was like that.

Fucking hell, man,
what do we do next?

And I guess you're gonna
get that when there's a lot

of energy in the field,
you know what I mean,

and you're
putting it out there.

When you come back,
you're sort of, like, a bit--

you're a bit hollow.

I'm gonna be 50 probably
by the time this comes out.

So I'm just gonna
go have a nice holiday,

chill out,
try and stay healthy.

Fucking keep
making music, man.

Don't think about it too much,
you know what I mean?

For me, it's a great gig,
and it's, you know,

loads of people and that,
but I think I could fucking--

I could do it again
in another 20 years.

I've got no big aspirations

to change the world
or whatever.

I just want
to live in it my way,

you know I mean,
and do what I do.

If people get inspired
by that, so be it.

If they don't, fuck 'em.

[Liam Gallagher's
"You Better Run"]

♪ ♪