One of them, too drunk to stand still, barely faced the stage. Arms flung over his head, head tilted back, he grinned like a man reborn. It was as if to say: I don’t need to see it, I just need to feel it. And he did.

I was slightly hoping, from a purely critical point of view, that the eighth concert of Oasis’s much-hyped reunion tour – and their first of seven shows at London’s Wembley Stadium – might somehow deviate from the raucous joy-filled carnival of the first seven.

A s Oasis head to Wembley Stadium for the first time in 16 years for their Live '25 tour, more than 90,000 people will be travelling to London for each of the seven concert dates. Those without a ticket are being told to avoid the area completely, while motorists are being warned that road closures and parking restrictions will be in place.