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Today (December 29th) at 18:00 (UK TIME) on BBC Radio 6 Music.
Noel Gallagher talks to Steve Lamaq about his famous neighbours and missing his bandmates when going solo. And Florence Welch from Florence and the Machine opens up about the story behind her second album, Ceremonials.
Noel Gallagher says the one band he wants to reform is The Smiths and he hasn't given up hope they will perform together again, despite Morrissey and Johnny Marr's fractured relationship.
The 'If I Had a Gun' hitmaker is a massive fan of the iconic 80s indie band and though frontman Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr have always maintained they won't get back together, Noel is still holding out hope.
The former Oasis star's hopes have been boosted by The Stone Roses' recent decision to reunite even though frontman Ian Brown and guitarist John Squire hadn't spoken for over a decade.
Asked which group he would like to reunite, he said: "The one everybody would like to see is The Smiths and they say it's not going to happen but they said the [Stone] Roses wouldn't happen and they said Led Zeppelin wouldn't happen."
Noel believes The Stone Roses concerts next year are going to be special and he has every confidence the seminal band will be able to live up to the hype.
The rocker - who ended Oasis when he quit the band in August 2009 following a fight with his brother Liam - said: "I'm happy for them, it's great for the fans. It's going to be great, what can I say?"
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds today release it's third single in the UK 'If I Had A Gun…', the track is taken from the number 1 eponymous debut album which has already been certified Platinum.
The track comes with the brand new b-side 'I'd Pick You Every Time' and is released on 7", CD and download.
The single is available now through the official store HERE, and through iTunes, Amazon, HMV and more.
Thursday 29th December at 18:00 (UK TIME) on BBC Radio 6 Music.
Noel Gallagher talks to Steve Lamaq about his famous neighbours and missing his bandmates when going solo. And Florence Welch from Florence and the Machine opens up about the story behind her second album, Ceremonials.
Noel Gallagher has tipped new boys The Smokin' Barrels for big things. He said: "They've got something. They are a bit like Kasabian and a bit like Oasis. What's not to like? They just need to put in a bit of hard graft."
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Olly Murs and JLS came joint top of PRS For Music poll.
Liam Gallagher has been credited as being among the hardest-working artists in showbiz by a music industry body.
The Beady Eye frontman made it into the top 10 of PRS For Music's annual poll, which finds out which acts have headlined the most major venues throughout the year.
Olly Murs and JLS came out joint top of the poll, while Take That were in third place in the poll.
Barney Hooper from PRS For Music explained: "Performing live and going on tour are fundamental to any artist and is a great way for them to engage with their fans. Congratulations to both JLS and Olly Murs and all the songwriters who they have worked with to create the music that so many people are enjoying".
JLS hailed their nod as a "great achievement", while Murs said it was a "real honour" to come out joint top of the list.
Meanwhile, Gallagher has not yet commented on his band's top ten placing, which came as a result of numerous headline dates around the UK and the rest of the world with Beady Eye.
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The former Oasis guitarist joins Andy and Jason to talk about Manchester City's Champions League exit, their Premier League title hopes, the ongoing situation with Carlos Tevez and why he would sign Gary Cahill from Bolton.
He also explains why he wants to give Cundy a boot up the backside and gets in a few sly digs at Manchester United fan Goldstein.
"Whatever" is a single by British rock band Oasis, written by the band's lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. It was released 19 December 1994 as a stand-alone single bridging the gap between Oasis' debut album, Definitely Maybe, and their second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. "Whatever" entered the UK Singles Chart at #3, their first single to enter the top 5, something every single released since, up to 2005's Let There Be Love, has also accomplished. The strings were played by the London Session Orchestra, arranged by Nick Ingham and Noel Gallagher.
The song joins the infectious pop-rock melodies of Definitely Maybe with the more sophisticated lyrics of (What's the Story) Morning Glory, preaching universal tolerance and the acceptance of all ideas and beliefs in a typically straightforward, Mancunian way. The first lines ("I'm free to be whatever I/Whatever I choose/And I'll sing the blues if I want") may have been Noel's reaction to his father's insistence that he join the building trade.
"Whatever" was released as a contender for the coveted position of Christmas #1, 1994 It is a testament to Noel Gallagher's all-conquering self confidence that he should predict "Whatever"'s success before he was even given a record contract, saying "In the beginning, there was a masterplan, to the extent that I knew that 'Whatever,' one of the first songs I ever wrote, would be a Christmas Top Five hit, but I think anyone who heard the song could have told you that."
When Oasis performed the song for Top of the Pops, they mimed and one of the cello players from the symphony was replaced by Bonehead, who clearly had no idea how his instrument is supposed to be played. Towards the end of the song, he gave up the pretense and started using the bow to conduct. A woman plays his rhythm guitar. The song was introduced by Damon Albarn of Blur who would later famously feud with Oasis. As Albarn introduced the song, the Gallagher brothers made hand gestures behind him, which only served to heighten the feud between the bands.
"Whatever" has been performed live by Oasis many times, sometimes with the ambitious symphony which accompanies the single version, sometimes without. They often end live versions of the song with lyrics adapted from the Beatles song "Octopus's Garden." They have also been known to add the lines "All the young blues....carry the news...", in reference to the Mott the Hoople song "All The Young Dudes". The "blues" are the fans of the Gallaghers' beloved Manchester City F.C.. At their famous performances at Knebworth in August 1996, the song was accompanied throughout by harmonica player Mark Feltham and is generally regarded by fans as one of the highlights of their set.
The B-Sides of "Whatever" were quite famous as well. One of them, "Slide Away" was already featured on their debut album, Definitely Maybe. The other two - "(It's Good) To Be Free" and "Half the World Away" - were later featured on The Masterplan, a collection of Oasis's best b-sides. "Slide Away" and "Half the World Away" would also be featured on Oasis' 2006 "best of" album Stop the Clocks, although "Whatever" itself was not included.
'Whatever' spent a total of 50 weeks in the UK Singles chart, more than any Oasis single to date. In 2007 Coronation Street's Charlie Stubbs was murdered while 'Whatever' played.
Lawrence Watson's photographs of Noel Gallagher will be on display in January at an exhibition at the Super Deluxe in Tokyo.
The exhibition runs from 12th January to the 15th January 2012.
During the exhibition, there will be special screenings of the Creation Records documentary 'Upside Down' and live performance by Australian band The Novocaines.
Documenting 18 months in the recording of Noel Gallagher’s hugely anticipated first solo album High Flying Birds, Lawrence Watson was given unlimited access to capture the thoughts and processes behind the creation of the songs.
Moody black-and-white shots are dispersed with upbeat colour photography taken in various locations from London to Los Angeles. The reportage-style imagery is supported by a short film lacing together super-eight, video and still images.
“I have been working with Noel for the past six years,” says Lawrence. “As an artist I have great respect for his song writing talent and the new album is a testament to his skill. Working so closely and for such a consistently long time with him, has given me a great opportunity to experience his creative process at first hand.
Noel Gallagher would like to marry himself because he thinks he's such a great husband.
The 44-year-old rocker - who has been with his wife Sara McDonald for 11 years - admits he thinks of himself as a great husband because he is not a "lad" and doesn't do "boys" things".
He said: "I'm a f**king brilliant husband! I'd love to be married to me.
"I'm great. I'm easy going. I'm pretty well off. I don't do boys' things. I only just got a computer last Christmas. My biggest vice is watching football.
"I've been with Sarah for 11 years, there isn't a male/female divide in my house. It's just us, you know what I mean? I wouldn't consider myself laddish."
His wife Sara - who he met while divorcing his first wife Meg Mathews - was particularly pleased with him after they went on their first vacation together.
He told Britain's Grazia magazine: "I'm really good on holiday. When Sara and I went on our first long holiday, Cambodia or somewhere, afterwards she said she was nervous because she thought I'd be sat at the bar all day, befriending fat skinheads from Dagenham."
Noel Gallagher would like to marry himself because he thinks he's such a great husband.
The 44-year-old rocker - who has been with his wife Sara McDonald for 11 years - admits he thinks of himself as a great husband because he is not a "lad" and doesn't do "boys" things".
He said: "I'm a f**king brilliant husband! I'd love to be married to me.
"I'm great. I'm easy going. I'm pretty well off. I don't do boys' things. I only just got a computer last Christmas. My biggest vice is watching football.
"I've been with Sarah for 11 years, there isn't a male/female divide in my house. It's just us, you know what I mean? I wouldn't consider myself laddish."
His wife Sara - who he met while divorcing his first wife Meg Mathews - was particularly pleased with him after they went on their first vacation together.
He told Britain's Grazia magazine: "I'm really good on holiday. When Sara and I went on our first long holiday, Cambodia or somewhere, afterwards she said she was nervous because she thought I'd be sat at the bar all day, befriending fat skinheads from Dagenham."
Last year 57,000 votes were cast in less than three weeks and a top ten whittled down from a 50-strong initial selection but, to borrow a phrase from Tom Hardy, this year we’re dreaming a little bigger…
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Noel Gallagher is urging fans to check out author Annie Jacobsen's riveting account of activity at America's spooky Area 51 - because it's a book he hasn't been able to put down in 2011.
The former Oasis star picked up Area 51: An Uncensored History among his reading material on tour and he admits he's a big fan.
He explains, "It's not an alien-conspiracy thing - it's about what actually went on there in the '40s, the superspy planes they were building (there), nuclear testing and all that. The Cia and the Air Force let the alien-spaceships story grow so that it would keep people from realising what was actually going on there.
"It was so good that the minute I finished it, I read it again."
Former Creation Records boss Alan McGee has said he believes Oasis will reform again one day.
The music mogul believes the band will return but it is unlikely to be long term. His comments come after former frontman Liam Gallagher hinted on several occasions that he would like the band to reform for the 20th anniversary of the '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' in 2015.
His brother Noel initially expressed some interest in a reunion in four years time but has since distanced himself from any reunion.
McGee told BBC 6 Music: Even if it's not the Morning Glory tour, I think you will see Oasis play again, not as a band like [Primal] Scream but I can see them doing a huge gig for charity in a few years but they've just got to stop insulting each other. Earlier this week, McGee scotched reports that he is writing a musical about the Britpop story. But he did say he was writing a show for the stage with Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh.
He told NME: "I don't want to give away what we're already talking about, but it's not going to be like 'Noel walked in and then Liam walks over, and then Bobby Gillespie walks in'. It's nothing to do with Creation or Britpop in that respect."
We look back at one of the most talked about feuds of 2011
The public spat between the Gallagher brothers has been hard to avoid in the music press this year.
Their volatile relationship is nothing new, they've sniped at each other since they found fame in the mid-90s, but they've been particularly talkative in recent months.
The band split in 2009 when they were due to perform in Paris and Noel walked out after a backstage row.
Since, they've both have released solo albums and toured, Noel with his High Flying Birds and Liam with the remaining Oasis bandmates as Beady Eye.
Noel's sold out arena tours and his debut solo record topped the UK album chart, while Beady Eye's album Different Gear, Still Speeding peaked at number 3. "When it comes right down to it, they're brothers. Deep down in a crisis they'd be united."
Alan McGee Relations continue to be rocky as their disagreement has now even lead to a law suit, filed by Liam, which Noel responded to recently.
'Will Oasis ever be Oasis again?" we asked the man who signed the band, Creation Records founder Alan McGee, what he thinks.
"I've never really known it to go to as badly as it has this year," he said. "I think there's a lot of love there believe it or not, still between them both. When it comes right down to it, they're brothers. Deep down in a crisis they'd be united.
"Even if it's not the Morning Glory tour, I think you will see Oasis play again, not as a band like Scream but I can see them doing a huge gig for charity in a few years but they've just got to stop insulting each other."
6 Music's Georgie Rogers has put this report together to bring us up to date:
Click here and here for pictures of Noel Gallagher at the recording of the video for 'Dream On' that will be released by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds next year.
What's the world to do without Oasis? Well, we have something pretty dang close and unique in its own right. Beady Eye, the band consisting of former Oasis members Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer and Andy Bell, has released a limited-edition box set including three 7-inch singles, as well as three B-sides not available on the group's debut LP Different Gear, Still Speeding.
In this special RCRD Deal, we're offering these sets along with an exclusive 13 x 19″ poster, digital download of all included tracks and bonus, unreleased live recordings of 'The Beat Goes On,' 'Three Ring Circus' and 'Millionaire.' Originally $39.99, we're offering you the full package at $25. Almost sold out and this is the very last batch, so go all completest and order now. Here's the full tracklist:
Tracklisting: 1. Bring The Light 2. Sons of the Stage 3. Four Letter Word 4. World Outside My Room 5. The Roller 6. Two of A Kind 7. The Beat Goes On (Live from KEXP) 8. Three Ring Circus (Live from KEXP) 9. Millionaire (Live from KEXP)
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From Noel Gallagher's 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere' tour diary.
So comrades, for the last time in 2011… Yes!!
Right… It's been a few days, so here's what I can remember.
That KROQ thing was by far and away the most oddest "gig" I've ever done. Not for any particular reason other than it was just weird.
These things are put on by the radio stations. So the people (competition winners) it seems are only interested in what they've heard on the playlist for said radio station. You play anything that hasn't been a single (whatever that means these days) and it's met with total apathy. By the same rule, you play anything they've heard on the airwaves and the place goes apeshit. Like I say… weird.
I did get to meet that Florence lady from that Florence and the Machine. Nice girl. Couldn't be arsed sticking around to see the rest of the bands though (no offence).
So, the next day we was up at Warner Bros' studio to do that Conan Show (O'Brien, not the barbarian). Long day. Did manage to jib up to Hillside Studios - where I mixed the HFB album - to watch Man City-v-Chelsea. We got beat. We were a bit unlucky. Not nice losing though as it's something we are not used to… this season anyway.
The Conan thing was alright in the end.
Now… Yesterday everybody flew back home leaving me here to shoot another video for yet another single. It's turning into a 'Thriller', this album. Four blimmin' singles!!!! Unheard of, eh??
I'm doing it with the same people that have done the previous three so far. Gotta say, it might have been THE MOST fun I've ever had on a video shoot EVER. I won't give the game away now but it was a proper laugh.
Flying home myself today. Got a month or so off. Looking forward to seeing Nancy and the young guns.
Next time you hear from me I'll be in the great city of Tokyo, in the great nation of Japan. Mad food!! Crazy kids!! Awkward interviews!! Sleep deprivation!! No wonder they call it the land of the rising sun.
Below is a full-length interview with Noel is as candid as they come, including such topics as his family strife, the songwriting process, and what's on this "Internet thing?"
www.NoelGallagher.com is pleased to announce that Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have been confirmed as very special guests at the forthcoming Red Hot Chili Peppers gig at Croke Park in Dublin on 26th June 2012.
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The Gallagher brothers take hatred to a new level.
They’ve fought for years in a very public, and highly amusing, feud.
However, it appears Noel still loves bad-tempered, moody kid brother Liam.
The pair, pictured right, spectacularly fell out in 2009 when Oasis split.
Since then Noel has called Liam “rude, arrogant, intimidating and lazy”, claiming he tried to whack him around the face with a guitar.
Liam, 39, hit back saying his elder brother was “a little bitch” and should be in Westlife with his “sh*t” dress sense.
But Noel, 44, now wants to offer an olive branch saying: “I haven’t spoken to him. Of course I still love him, but not in the way that I love my wife Sara and the kids.
“When I see a picture of him in a magazine, I don’t go: ‘Awww.’ I wouldn’t ever wish anything bad on him.”
Has Noel been on the pre-Christmas eggnog?
Noel continued: “He needs to apologise. Profusely, and even then, he can go and f*** himself.
“He said too many things. I won’t go into specifics. But don’t bring anyone else into it. Bad darts.”
Meanwhile Noel, who has been married to Sara MacDonald since June this year, thinks he’s the perfect husband.
He told Grazia magazine: “I’m a brilliant husband. I’d love to be married to me.
“I’m great. I’m easy going. I’m pretty well off. I don’t do boys’ things.
“My biggest vice is watching football.”
He also claimed he’s ‘‘very good in bed’’ and has “never had a threesome” despite doing his “fair share of the groupie thing”.
Noel Gallagher says he is ''good enough'' in bed but insists he has never had a threesome or kept track of the number of women he has slept with.
The 44-year-old singer - who married long-term partner Sara MacDonald in June after 11 years of dating - admits he does what he needs to satisfy his partner.
Asked about his sexual prowess, he said: "I'm going to say, I'm good enough. I should have brought Sara along!"
Despite starting out in rock band Oasis, Noel - who has sons Donovan, four, and 14-month-old Sonny with Sara, as well as 11-year-old daughter Anais with first wife Meg Matthews - insists he was not a lothario in his time with the group and claims he has never had group sex.
He told Grazia magazine: "I've never had a threesome. I'm not from the Viking school of rock star, 'We must conquer!'
"I'm not that kind of person. I've done my fair share of the groupie thing, but it's crass to keep score. I haven't got that gene, with the birds and all that."
He also does not believe himself to be particularly "laddish", unlike his brother and former Oasis bandmate Liam.
Noel added: "People assume I'm laddish because I was in a band that was quite laddish. And because Liam is quite laddish."
Click here for pictures from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the 22nd annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, USA last week.