OASIS fever

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    Iconic Brit band Oasis is coming to South American and will be playing at the River Stadium on November 15 and 16. Both dates went sold out as soon as tickets were made available, and are only available as resales. Prices now go from, 450k pesos to over 1 million pesos!

    A friend flew from NY to Edinburgh to see them (before the NJ date was added) and even my brother flew from Italy to see them playing in Scotland. It seems people are going crazy over them. A clothing shop in Palermo Soho has dedicated their windows to Oasis-like garments. I wonder if the Gallaghers' gave their OK to their pictures being used by that store, which I suppose is an Argentinian (and not International( brand. I'll try to snap a picture next time I walk by. My husband say that it is very expensive - he liked a light jacket but was over 300k pesos.


    Quote from UK Man

    Always thought the brothers were a couple of neds.


    Ned (Scottish)

    Ned directly translates to “Non Educated Delinquent”, but can mean “Hooligan”.[1][2][3][4]

    Early use of term

    The Oxford Living Dictionaries dates the term to the early 19th century.[5] Examples are plentiful through the 20th century. Former Chief Constable of Glasgow Sir Percy Sillitoe noted use of the word by gangs and police in the 1930s.[6] Leader columns of newspapers in the 1960s featured the term in relation to teenage gang violence.[7] In a 1962 book, the crime writer and broadcaster Bill Knox referred to stolen cars turning up after having been taken "by a bunch of neds who want transport for some house-breaking job". He publicised the term more widely in his 1970s police report series Crimedesk, made and broadcast by STV.[8] In his 1975 novel Rally to Kill, Knox described "neds" as Glasgow's "tag for small-time hoodlums", saying that "neds" and their families from the Gorbals had been rehoused elsewhere in the city, "taking their violence with them to the new areas".[9] A 1982 analysis of crime fiction notes Knox's 1977 novel Pilot Error describing Strathclyde Police as being unconcerned about "neds" getting hurt in a fight as long as no one else is affected and translates the term as "Glasgow slang for hoods".[10]

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    thanks for teaching me something new, UK Man . When my husband bought his ticket, I told him 'I hope they won't fight before then'

    Quote from serafina

    Ned (Scottish)

    Ned directly translates to “Non Educated Delinquent”, but can mean “Hooligan”.[1][2][3][4]

    Early use of term

    The Oxford Living Dictionaries dates the term to the early 19th century.[5] Examples are plentiful through the 20th century. Former Chief Constable of Glasgow Sir Percy Sillitoe noted use of the word by gangs and police in the 1930s.[6] Leader columns of newspapers in the 1960s featured the term in relation to teenage gang violence.[7] In a 1962 book, the crime writer and broadcaster Bill Knox referred to stolen cars turning up after having been taken "by a bunch of neds who want transport for some house-breaking job". He publicised the term more widely in his 1970s police report series Crimedesk, made and broadcast by STV.[8] In his 1975 novel Rally to Kill, Knox described "neds" as Glasgow's "tag for small-time hoodlums", saying that "neds" and their families from the Gorbals had been rehoused elsewhere in the city, "taking their violence with them to the new areas".[9] A 1982 analysis of crime fiction notes Knox's 1977 novel Pilot Error describing Strathclyde Police as being unconcerned about "neds" getting hurt in a fight as long as no one else is affected and translates the term as "Glasgow slang for hoods".[10]

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    thanks for teaching me something new, UK Man . When my husband bought his ticket, I told him 'I hope they won't fight before then'

    When we were staying at a friend's house in England last year, my mate and his daughter got news of the Oasis tour and ended up in a queue on their phones to get tickets, which went on for hours.

    I always thought Oasis were overrated.

    I like some of their songs and they were all the rage when I was a teenager. But I don’t do well with large crowds, so I won’t go to the concert with my husband.
    That said, several friends have invested almost $600-1000 to go to their concert, between flights, accommodation, ticket, food. Basically, a holiday for a 2-hour concert. I’ll pass!

    Having international level concerts within half an hour of our apartment is a luxury for a music lover like my husband.