Minister Boris Johnson during his ‘Down By The River Thames’ Livestream on Saturday.
The former Oasis frontman performed a live-streamed show via MelodyVR – whilst traveling down the iconic London river over the weekend, and decided to take a moment to share a few choice words aimed at Boris Johnson and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak.
Liam decided to take his shot at the two as he performed Oasis hit ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’, after singing the opening lines to the song’s second verse: “Is it worth the aggravation/To find yourself a job when there’s nothing worth working for?”
The singer then pointed his maracas at the camera and said “ That’s for you f****** Rishi … and f****** Doris.”
The solo show saw Liam perform a mixture of iconic songs, some fan favorites, and a few surprises spanning his solo career and his legendary yet troubled years as Oasis frontman.
Liam also debuted his new single ‘All You’re Dreaming Of’ , after previously performing it on a couple of talk shows earlier in the week.
He had no complaints performing for fans at home, but the rocker admitted last week that he finds gigs on Zoom “ridiculous”.
He is quoted as saying “ It’s ridiculous. I’ve always been confident in what I do from the day I was born, even when I was digging holes in Manchester, I dug ‘em good … I’m in a privileged position to do this band stuff, so if you’re going to do it, do it right.”
Here’s Liam Gallagher’s ‘Down By The River Thames’ Livestream setlist:
Which of these songs from the past were your favorites?
‘Hello’
‘Wall of Glass’
‘Halo’
‘Shockwave’
‘Columbia’
‘Fade Away’
‘Why Me? Why Not’
‘Greedy Soul’
‘The River’
‘Once’
‘Morning Glory’
‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’
‘Headshrinker’
‘Supersonic’
‘Champagne supernova
This Friday’s release of the White Stripes’ first-ever Greatest Hits, the duo have shared a new animated video for the collection’s earliest track, “Let’s Shake Hands.”
The video is Directed by Wartella, who also made the recent animated visual for the song “Apple Blossom,”
The new “Let’s Shake Hands” video features the White Stripes’ classic red-and-white look as well as iconic footage of Meg and Jack White performing the song onstage.
According to Jack and Meg, “Let’s Shake Hands” is the first song the duo recorded together in their living room.
What would you have given to be a fly on the wall for that?
The song was released as a seven-inch single in 1998, prior to the arrival of their self-titled debut LP a year later and the rest is rock and roll history.
Third Man Records, which revealed the Greatest Hits song list in a White Stripes-themed crossword puzzle, said of the collection: “In an era of streaming where the idea of a ‘Greatest Hits’ album may seem irrelevant — that an act’s most streamed songs are considered their de facto ‘hits‘ — we wholeheartedly believe that great bands deserve ‘Greatest Hits’ and that a large part of Third Man Records’ and the White Stripes’ successes have been built on zigging when the rest of the music business is zagging. Thus, for a great band with great fans, a greatest hits compilation for the White Stripes is not only appropriate but absolutely necessary.”
