Poor Noel Gallagher. Perhaps the greatest British songwriter of the last 10 years and his little brother reduces him to a bit player in the background by simply walking to the front of the stage, putting his hands in his pockets and his ever present tambourine in his mouth and just standing there. Those simple actions at the beginning of Oasis show last night at Merriweather Post Pavilion ensured the audience was eating out of Liam’s hand the entire night.

Things got so bad for Noel that he was reduced to trying a behind the head guitar solo during the set’s third song just to remind everyone that he was on stage. Liam was busy bounding back and forth between the mic and the side-stage soundboard, telling the sound man to turn up his vocals, and with good reason, the sound mix seemed a bit off most of the night. Some songs Liam would be loud and clear and the band was too low, others were vice versa. Liam finally threw his hands up in disgust at one point and told the crowd to sing the chorus while he paid another visit to the sound board. DCist thinks the sound guy was within a few inches of his life at that point.