Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has had his Melbourne concert shut down mid-song, prompting booing from fans and a claim that he faced a $250,000 fine “if we played past curfew”.
The British singer played the 7,500-capacity Margaret Court Arena on Wednesday night as part of his Why Me? Why Not tour.
According to fans, the musician was playing the Oasis hit Supersonic, as part of an encore, when the speakers suddenly went quiet about 11:00pm.
“It just went from full [volume] to nothing in the space of 10 seconds,” 16-year-old Thomas Schofield, who was in the audience, told the ABC.
Video posted online from others at the show appears to confirm that:
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It shows Gallagher looking confused and throwing his hands in the air, as the audience tries to continue singing the song.
“He tried to say goodbye into the mic, but because it had been cut off, he couldn’t, so everyone started booing,” Thomas said.
Thomas said Gallagher had mentioned earlier in the show that there was a curfew, but had also joked: “There’s no curfews for rock and roll”.
“He would have finished at probably 11:10, 11:15,” Thomas said, noting the singer usually does two encores.
“I don’t think he realised that as soon as it ticked over to 11 that’s it.”
Margaret Court Arena has been contacted for comment.
Georgie Potter, 23, said the show did start on time, but that Gallagher had made mention of them being “on a schedule”.
“Before Supersonic started playing, he said ‘apparently they are telling us to wind it up’,” she told the ABC. He then asked if they wanted to hear that song or Champagne Supernova, another Oasis hit, and the crowd chose the former.
“I get it, it’s a Wednesday night, but people have paid money to come out and see Liam Gallagher,” Ms Potter said.
“To wind it up at 11, with a couple more songs to go, it was disappointing.”
After the set, the singer said on Twitter that getting cut off was “a load of wank” and branded it a “f***ing piss take”.
“Who ever made that rule needs to stop smoking SPICE,” he added.
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