Liam Gallagher - MTV Unplugged

MTV Unplugged is the first solo live album by English musician Liam Gallagher, released in June 2020 via Warner Music.

Liam Gallagher is the lead singer of rock band Oasis. After Oasis disbanded in 2009 after an acrimonious split with his brother Noel Gallagher, he formed Beady Eye with the remaining members of the Oasis touring band. Beady Eye had considerable success with two albums before disbanding in 2014. Liam announced that he was embarking on a solo career in late 2016 and news of his debut solo album emerged in early 2017.

Last summer Liam Gallagher joined the list of all-time greats (Paul McCartney, Page and Plant, Nirvana and many more) who have filmed a prestigious MTV Unplugged session. Having missed Oasis’s 1996 session through illness, the show at Hull’s City Hall found Liam fulfilling some unfinished business entirely on his own terms. Now Liam releases the ‘MTV Unplugged’ live album of the show.

The show’s electrifying atmosphere is palpable from the very beginning with a phenomenal reaction as Liam takes to the stage with “Wall of Glass”. Material from Liam’s solo career such as his personal favourite “Once” and the joyous “Now That I’ve Found You” resonates in this stripped-back format, with his vocal shining alongside a trio of backing singers and string arrangements performed by the 24-piece Urban Soul Orchestra.

Oasis guitarist Bonehead features on performances of “Some Might Say”, “Stand By Me”, “Cast No Shadow” and Liam’s first ever live vocal performance of the Definitely Maybe bonus track “Sad Song”.

The show concludes on a crowd-pleasing high with an emotive take on the classic “Champagne Supernova”.

The album has topped the UK albums chart, making it the first live album to reach #1 in the UK since George Michael’s Symphonica album in 2014.

This album is on black vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve with a printed inner sleeve and poster, pressed in Europe via Warner Records.