Lightning Round: Oasis Comeback Glory, Soccer Star & Mandalay Bay Travel Hack | Fast Five Shorts

Let's move into the Lightning round.

Ben, these questions are all for you, so get ready.

Ben, you're one of the lucky few who got to see Oasis in their recent reunion tour.

On a scale of 1 to 10, how well did Noel, Liam and crew perform?

Oh, this was a straight 10.

This was a straight US great 10.

It's.

I'm.

I grew up in the north of England in the 90s.

The songs of Oasis is basically folk music for me and my generation and, you know, I've been to Oasis Geeks.

When they've been brilliant, I've been.

When they've been terrible, I've been.

When the crowd have been in raptures, I've been.

When the crowd just want to fight each other.

It's been a dip and there was no way I was not going to be part of the lucky dip.

And what came out, the lucky dip this time, was a brilliant performance, a brilliant show.

Professionalism that we didn't think the band had and just.

Wow, we didn't.

I didn't know that what 2025 needed was Oasis.

That it was, and it was brilliant.

Absolutely fantastic.

I'm sure you've got listeners that are about to go to the US dates.

I mean, enjoy, because it's fantastic.

Were they wearing bucket hats, though?

That's what I want to know.

Of course Liam was wearing his bucket.

All right.

Ben stayed across.

Upon Arsenal, 15 year old phenom Max Dohmen made his debut last week.

How would you sum up England's hopes for the young lad?

Oh, wow.

This, this, this is beautifully neat.

So this is.

This is soccer.

Look.

She.

It's really exciting and it was an incredible baby.

This is a 15 year old playing at the very highest level.

Look, soccer in the UK is incredibly tribal, so I'm going to resist getting sucked into that.

It's just.

Should I just say I've got.

I'm quite familiar with the Emirates Stadium and the setup at Arsenal and look, the key for me, for Max, is protection and safeguarding because he's just a kid and I think in Arsenal he'll get the support he needs.

They're a great club from that perspective.

Hopefully he'll get the patience of the crowd and, I mean, he's literally the world's at his feet.

But.

So, yeah, it's very, very exciting.

But we just hope he's just got to be a bit patient and hope he gets all that support.

Ben, follow up question.

Is the Fuhrer over him in England more Wayne Rooney or David Beckham or somewhere in the middle as a footballer.

Yeah, he's so.

He's an, he's an attacking winger, which is where Beckham played.

I mean, I think the, the, the parallel.

What, what, what, what Indy would love is if he's similar to what Y laal is able to do at Barcelona.

An attack with just freedom and flare and no fear.

That's the hope.

But that's a pretty lofty aspiration.

So we're great at building people up and then knocking them down, so I don't get too carried away.

But yeah, if you're 15 year old and you're coming on for the champions elect, that's pretty, pretty big move.

Yeah.

Okay, well, I'm going to shift gears away from footballers and back to grocery shop.

Ben, I mistakenly shared my Grocery Shop and Shop Talk Starbucks hack with too many people before Shop Talk on this podcast.

So I want to know what your one Vegas hack is that everybody should know, especially for those who are flying across the pond to get to Vegas.

Okay, so my, my hack for everybody.

It's really important to try and get some fresh air, particularly if you jet lagged.

Even if you just come from the east coast, you need to see some outside, you need to see some sunshine, you need to see some fresh air.

So everybody who's been to the show before will be familiar with the walk.

The long corridor pass Border Grill, that takes you down from the casino floor and from the hotel that takes you down to the convention center.

You can bypass all of that by taking a route that goes outside.

So if you come down the elevator out of your room, don't get off the casino floor, go one floor below, which is the pool entrance.

Just walk out by the pool and there is a footpath, really wide, beautiful path that takes you round.

It follows the same route but just on the outside.

Do it in the morning, it's not too hot, you get blue sky, you get a bit of fresh air.

Then there's a flight of stairs that takes you in.

It brings you into the convention center next to where the little starburst concession is and just go into there.

We're going to be all on that floor of a grocery shop this year.

Not upstairs.

We're on the, on the floor when you come in, the same as we are for shop talk.

So and you can do the same in reverse.

Just go out by the Starbucks, follow it around, get your fresh air, get your blue sky, feel the Vegas sun rather than just being in the convention center in the casino all day.

I love it.

And Anne still has to go to Starbucks too, before that.

Right.

Whatever path she takes, she still has to go to Starbucks.

Right?

Yeah, obviously.

So, so our last question for you is Starbucks pumpkin spice latte launched on Tuesday.

Where does the PSL rank for you?

Is it an immediate run out and get or more of a. I couldn't give a flying fiddlers.

You know what?

Yeah, absolutely could not.

Care less.

No, I mean care less.

I didn't know that.

Wow.

I mean, from a. I get it.

From a retail perspective, I know what it does for Starbucks and it drives traffic, it drives excitement, blah, blah, personal, you know, so number one, I'm British, so therefore tea is the default.

But when I'm not drinking tea, I, I have a very, you know, coffee should be small and purposeful.

So cappuccino at breakfast time, espresso after a meal, Any of mid morning having a potato coffee, a flat white.

Anything beyond that is superfluous.

My God, I love it.

On that note, coffee should be small and purposeful.

Is that what you said?

Yes.

Small and purposeful.

I'm gonna take that to heart.

All right, let's get out of here on that one.

Small and purpose.

Purposeful.