The Greek is a great venue: acoustics, bar service, outdoors, and an energetic crowd make it more than worthy. And like the crowd, to see The Verve's Richard Ashcroft and Oasis's Liam Gallagher was not to be missed. I've seen Oasis years ago at the Hollywood Bowl; incredible. Friday night, though, was a different beast. Ashcroft's acoustic set was effective: his presence, lyrics, and voice were sharp; could he have been complemented by some other musicians (and stronger lighting) a few songs in? Yes. True, another guitarist joined him near the end, but it was only a hint of what could've been memorable. At the very least, he stirred the crowd and set a positive tone. Liam then stormed the stage with musicians, lightshow, and, like Ashcroft, a mix of solo and former-band material. But the performance was more bombastic then connection with the Greek crowd. It was obvious that Liam was unhappy with the the technical aspects as much of his time was signalling to offstage that he was less than satisfied. Following his last song, he merely left the stage. Show over. And the tone fell flat, as did the show. A lot of promise, but the performance was lacking.