Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
July 1st, 2023.
Riverbend Music Center - Cincinnati, OH

Taper: Charles Dewey Cole, IV
Location: section 100, row L, seat 104; mics mounted on baseball hat brim
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Time: (1:06:44)

01. Pretty Boy 5:42
02. Council Skies 4:59
03. We're Gonna Get There In The End 4:22
04. Open The Door, See What You Find 4:22
05. Easy Now 5:05
06. In The Heat Of The Moment 3:28
07. Aka... What A Life 6:45
08. The Masterplan 4:57
09. Going Nowhere 4:39
10. Little By Little 4:50
11. Half The World Away 4:09
12. Live Forever 4:52
13. Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) * 3:24
14. Don't Look Back In Anger 5:12

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes:

* = Originally Recorded By Bob Dylan.

This may have been one of the most sparsely attended shows I have ever seen in an outdoor pavilion. Taylor Swift was headlining 2 sold out nights at Paycor Stadium 10 minutes down the road, but I dont believe that to be the reason for the attendance issues. Riverbend can hold 20k+ people and this did not come close to half. There was barely anyone on the lawn. I do believe they were letting those holding lawn tickets into the rear of the pavilion. I purchased my ticket during a presale and paid full price to be up front for good sound in section 100. Those ticket prices did not change. However, all of the sections behind the front 3 were offered as BOGO's, Groupons and were all heavily discounted on TM leading up to the show. I really think this tour should have been placed in larger theaters instead of these gigantic outdoor summer sheds. Cincinnati was not the only city, this was across the tour. I had heard from a friend Detroit's was even worse. The good news? With so few people in attendance, I had little to no distractions with the recording. I did have some whistlers in the area in between songs and corrected those in iZotope RX 7. The sound seemed to be at it's best during the Garbage set. Noel's set was noticeably lower. So much so, it was very hard to hear Noel speak in between songs. I did raise the volume a little in post during those sections. I loved hearing the new songs from his incredible new record, I just wish this sounded a little better. It was funny hearing so many complaints from concert attendees walking out that he did not play the "BIG" Oasis songs. Most only knew "Live Forever" & "DLBIA". I can understand the complaints, but I could not have been happier with the setlist. He did play "Wonderwall" on his last visit to the States in 2018 and he has thrown in "Champagne Supernova" before (ie: 2016), so there is no need for those to be played every tour.

Co-headliner with Garbage. Metric opened [both recorded].

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