Watch Liam Gallagher Sing The Who’s ‘My Generation’ at Britpopnews.com

Last year marked the 50th anniversary of one of the legends of British rock, the Who. Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend were honoured this past November with an all-star concert tribute at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire for the Teenage Cancer Trust. 

The set-list, below, was pretty impressive. The night featured a range of popular British musicians doing some of the best songs by The Who, as well as an extended set from Eddie Vedder. Hopefully, there were a lot of wind-milling attempts. 

Andy Burrows – I Can’t Explain

Wilko Johnson and The Strypes – The Kids Are Alright

Tom Odell – Getting In Tune

Amy Macdonald – Behind Blue Eyes

Rizzle Kicks – Who Are You?

Rich Hall – You Better You Bet

Ricky Wilson – 5.15

Ricky Wilson and Phil Daniels – Bell Boy

Joe Elliott – Love Reign O’er Me

Sheila Ferguson – Acid Queen

Geddy Lee – The Seeker

Leslie Mendelson – Baba O’Riley

Liam Gallagher – My Generation

Eddie Vedder – Naked Eye

Eddie Vedder – Won’t Get Fooled Again

Eddie Vedder – Listening To You

Roger Daltrey – Substitute

Roger Daltrey – Young Man Blues 

Very impressive over all, but Our Kid’s version of ‘My Generation’ is a must-see. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnDtTrc1-UI  

Of course, since Liam and Noel can’t do anything without fuelling desperate rumours of an Oasis reunion, Roger Daltrey decided to stoke the fire some more. ‘I’ve got no doubt Oasis will reform. I’ve never had any doubts. I just know groups, in the end they’ll start to think, ‘why not?’ It’s what they do! What else is [Liam Gallagher] going to do, become a painter decorator?’ 

Daltrey’s been railing about Oasis for quite a while. Two years ago, he said, ‘You know damn well that they’ll be together — I predict within four years — and it will be magic. They’ll be bigger than ever and they’ll be drinking twice as much.’ 

It’s been Noel’s job to quelch the onslaught of reunion rumours as best he can. He told Jonathan Ross, ‘If I close my eyes, I don’t see [a reunion] happening,’ before clarifying, ‘that’s not to say that it never will. I’ve got a lot of things going on…[Liam and I] don’t speak to each other so there’s no problem.’ 

Since Liam Gallagher’s band Beady Eye called it quits, there’s been much speculation as to why. The band’s rhythm guitarist, Andy Bell explained, ‘[Beady Eye] just sort of ran its course, really. Liam had been pretty quiet for a while, and them he just let us know that his heart wasn’t really in it any more…It’s been a long fade, really.’ 

If anyone can coax a reunion out of the Gallagher brothers, it might be Michael Eavis. He told The Mirror: ‘I do talk to Noel and Liam a lot. Wouldn’t it be marvellous for them to re-launch at Glastonbury now Liam has split from Beady Eye?’

 

While we’re waiting for line-up confirmations, there is a strong rumour that Noel Gallagher will be playing Glastonbury in some form, following the March release of his album.