Noel Gallagher has dig at Leeds United and calls crowd Geordies at First Direct Arena gig

Noel Gallagher isn’t know for holding back his opinions and his High Flying Birds gig at Leeds First Direct Arena last night (May 7) certainly showed this.

With playful digs at Leeds United Football Club, multiple references to Geordies and his mention of Yorkshire’s love of teabags, Noel got the crowd going from the get-go, enticing them to react with chants of “Yorkshire! Yorkshire! Yorkshire!".

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Noel wasn’t afraid to pick people out from the crowd or taunt the mass of Leeds United supporters in the crowd about their football club, asking them "How's your sh***y football team doing?". He also brought Huddersfield FC into the mix too.

The night @NoelGallagher picked on a 'fatman' in the crowd, taunted Leeds United supporters and called us Geordies. #livinglegend #fdarenaleeds pic.twitter.com/rb9zapPlxO

— Richard Hollick (@Itsonlypretend) May 8, 2018

The singer got slightly sweary with the crowd and referred to them as Geordies multiple times, but some didn’t quite take to Noel’s playful digs as much as others.

Why did @NoelGallagher call the Leeds lot geordies?! Lost your banter? #weird #nowherenearnewcastle

— Vicki Leaf (@Leafy1013) May 7, 2018

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Whilst others appreciated his humorous banter with the crowd.

@NoelGallagher mugging off Yorkshire, Leeds and the Geordies in the space of 30 seconds has made my night #PureChampagne

— Wegg (@cjwegg) May 7, 2018

@NoelGallagher was on top form in Leeds tonight awesome Newcastle banter 🤣😂 new stuff sounds class live tbf can't wait for Paris in July

— Bob Peel (@MANCITYBOB) May 7, 2018

Noel also commented on how much Yorkshire people love their tea, and he’s not wrong.

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“You know what I like about you? How seriously you take your teabags”@NoelGallagher on Leeds. #NGHFB pic.twitter.com/cN3x48WMBL

— Northy (@H0mbreDelMundo) May 7, 2018

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds playing 'Little By Little' in Leeds yesterday.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds playing 'Little By Little' in Leeds yesterday. #NoelGallagher

— Latest Oasis News (@scyhodotcom) May 8, 2018

Regardless of his playful digs, the audience left the stadium in high spirits, singing a rendition of Oasis’s ‘Supersonic’.

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Fans singing Oasis' 'Supersonic' after leaving Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert in Leeds yesterday. #NoelGallagher

— Latest Oasis News (@scyhodotcom) May 8, 2018