Noel Gallagher

I'm a huge Oasis fan and have been since 1995, so I was startled and admittedly, rather excited when they stopped playing 'Morning Glory' almost at the first chorus very suddenly and left the stage at V-Fest on Toronto's Central Island. You see, I did not see what happened being a short gal, my view was blocked, but I immediately knew, knowing Oasis as well as I do, that something serious had happened. A fellow standing next to me had caught it all on film proclaiming loudly to his buddies "Dude, I got that on film! Now way!" He claimed that Liam had punched a fan who had gotten onstage in the face, and that is what I thought had happened until after the show ended. I admit I was excited to have experienced an Oasis "incident" only having heard of them before. It seemed like forever before the band, minus Liam returned. I was still thinking that Liam had punched somebody and was either in a temper tantrum or being arrested and did not know if he would return. It seemed like a completely different story when I found out what happened and then last night when I heard that Noel had been taken to hospital. I've been defending Oasis and the Gallagher brothers for the past two days - many think they deserved what they got. I don't. No artist deserves to experience something like that and I'm just very glad Noel wasn't badly hurt and that the man who tackled him did not have a weapon. I'm curious as to what his motives were. But I'm glad Oasis and eventually Liam returned to the stage to finish their show, understandably without an encore.