There was a brief pause last night when Noel Gallagher simply stopped singing and absorbed the moment as the crowd rattled out Don't Look Back In Anger in perfect harmony inside a giant circus tent on the Town Moor. It may have been the day of the Blaydon Race but Gallagher had other anthems in his thoughts, and not one Geordie minded on a glorious night in Toon.
With the Jubilee behind us, a national treasure took to the stage in a tent with a backdrop of cows and grass, and reeled off the best of the High Flying Birds and seven Oasis bangers including Wonderwall and Whatever - and the thing is, it was absolutely sensational.
The Geordie masses chanted "Toon, Toon - black and white army" to the semi-approval of the former Oasis star with sons and daughters held aloft on the shoulders of mams and dads as the Rock N Roll Circus genuinely hit the heights. As one roadie back stage put it: "Nowhere can party like Newcastle can they?"
