Paul Gallagher and Alan McGee will both be doing a DJ set at the Official Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds After Show parties in Glasgow and Liverpool,
Tickets for the Liverpool show can be found here.
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Alan McGee
Noel Gallagher
Paul Gallagher
Paul Gallagher and Alan McGee will both be doing a DJ set at the Official Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds After Show parties in Glasgow and Liverpool,
Tickets for the Liverpool show can be found here.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Official After Show Parties In Glasgow And Liverpool
Paul Gallagher and Alan McGee will both be doing a DJ set at the Official Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds After Show parties in Glasgow and Liverpool,
Tickets for the Liverpool show can be found here.
Alan McGee
Amy Winehouse
Beady Eye
Liam Gallagher
Michael Aspel
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
The Stone Roses
Time to rummage through the VHS collection and photos to see if you captured this long forgotten first TV appearance of Oasis before they became the biggest British band of their generation.
Makers of a new Oasis documentary sanctioned by Noel and Liam Gallagher are seeking what is thought to be the band's first TV appearance - as part of an ITV Telethon in 1992.
The broadcast, which took place on July 19 and was hosted by Michael Aspel, took place outside Granada Studios, and Oasis are believed to have played as part of the Blackpool Roadshow event organised by Granada TV.
No one is quite sure if the Oasis' set was broadcast, but the band has spoken in interviews about taking part in the telethon. Researchers for the biopic are also after still pictures or sound recordings that anyone in the audience might have taken.
The telethon, which brought all the regional ITV channels together, raised £15m for UK charities. The appearance is often incorrectly cited as being part of ITV's comedy-based fundraiser Comic Relief, or Red Nose Day, in 1993.
Makers of feature documentary Oasis - The Rock ’N’ Roll Band That Defined A Generation are asking people to look through their old VHS tapes and photo collections to see if they have captured the moment Oasis played almost a year before they were famously signed by Creation Records boss Alan McGee, at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow on May 31, 1993.
The Mat Whitecross feature documentary, which will be released to cinemas in 2016, is produced by James Gay Rees (Senna/Amy), Fiona Neilson (Spike Island), and Simon Halfon (Sleuth), with executive producer Asif Kapadia (Senna/Amy).
Oasis - The Rock ’N’ Roll Band That Defined A Generation is entirely made up of archive material and though the band do not appear on screen they and their former management have been interviewed about this formative period. The band's record label, Big Brother Recordings, has granted the film makers access to their archives.
It will chart their rise to fame which began when their first album, Definitely Maybe, became the fastest selling debut album in British history to date on its release in 1994.
During the height of their fame, Oasis landed eight UK number one singles - including Wonderwall, Don't Look Back In Anger, and Roll With It - and eight UK number one albums before their acrimonious split in 2009.
The documentary follows their story up to Oasis's two-night residency at Knebworth in 1996, when the group played to 250,000 fans, and hopes to paint a picture of the boys' childhood and the community and city that shaped the Gallaghers.
Despite constant rumours of reunification, Liam and Noel have had successful careers apart since 2009. Liam's band Beady Eye broke up in 2014, while Noel has released two chart topping albums with his solo project Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
The film's team of directors has a long history with making music movies. Whitecross also made the Stone Roses film Spike Island and Ian Dury biopic Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll, while Kapadia and Gay-Rees won acclaim with their Amy Winehouse archive documentary grossing £5.4 million at the box office.
Clips from the ITV Telethon do still exist online, but the Oasis appearance is not among them.
Anyone who thinks they may have unearthed this much needed footage can submit their videos by early January to researcher Hannah Green. All items will be returned, and the directors may pay to use rare footage. Contact Hannah Green on hannah.oasisfilm@gmail.com for mailing details.
Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Early TV Appearance Wanted By The Makers Of A New Oasis Documentary
Time to rummage through the VHS collection and photos to see if you captured this long forgotten first TV appearance of Oasis before they became the biggest British band of their generation.
Makers of a new Oasis documentary sanctioned by Noel and Liam Gallagher are seeking what is thought to be the band's first TV appearance - as part of an ITV Telethon in 1992.
The broadcast, which took place on July 19 and was hosted by Michael Aspel, took place outside Granada Studios, and Oasis are believed to have played as part of the Blackpool Roadshow event organised by Granada TV.
No one is quite sure if the Oasis' set was broadcast, but the band has spoken in interviews about taking part in the telethon. Researchers for the biopic are also after still pictures or sound recordings that anyone in the audience might have taken.
The telethon, which brought all the regional ITV channels together, raised £15m for UK charities. The appearance is often incorrectly cited as being part of ITV's comedy-based fundraiser Comic Relief, or Red Nose Day, in 1993.
Makers of feature documentary Oasis - The Rock ’N’ Roll Band That Defined A Generation are asking people to look through their old VHS tapes and photo collections to see if they have captured the moment Oasis played almost a year before they were famously signed by Creation Records boss Alan McGee, at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow on May 31, 1993.
The Mat Whitecross feature documentary, which will be released to cinemas in 2016, is produced by James Gay Rees (Senna/Amy), Fiona Neilson (Spike Island), and Simon Halfon (Sleuth), with executive producer Asif Kapadia (Senna/Amy).
Oasis - The Rock ’N’ Roll Band That Defined A Generation is entirely made up of archive material and though the band do not appear on screen they and their former management have been interviewed about this formative period. The band's record label, Big Brother Recordings, has granted the film makers access to their archives.
It will chart their rise to fame which began when their first album, Definitely Maybe, became the fastest selling debut album in British history to date on its release in 1994.
During the height of their fame, Oasis landed eight UK number one singles - including Wonderwall, Don't Look Back In Anger, and Roll With It - and eight UK number one albums before their acrimonious split in 2009.
The documentary follows their story up to Oasis's two-night residency at Knebworth in 1996, when the group played to 250,000 fans, and hopes to paint a picture of the boys' childhood and the community and city that shaped the Gallaghers.
Despite constant rumours of reunification, Liam and Noel have had successful careers apart since 2009. Liam's band Beady Eye broke up in 2014, while Noel has released two chart topping albums with his solo project Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
The film's team of directors has a long history with making music movies. Whitecross also made the Stone Roses film Spike Island and Ian Dury biopic Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll, while Kapadia and Gay-Rees won acclaim with their Amy Winehouse archive documentary grossing £5.4 million at the box office.
Clips from the ITV Telethon do still exist online, but the Oasis appearance is not among them.
Anyone who thinks they may have unearthed this much needed footage can submit their videos by early January to researcher Hannah Green. All items will be returned, and the directors may pay to use rare footage. Contact Hannah Green on hannah.oasisfilm@gmail.com for mailing details.
Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Alan McGee
Aurora
Ellie Goulding
Elton John
Guns And Roses
John Lennon
Keane
Lilly Allen
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Tom Ordell
Former Oasis manager Alan McGee has dismissed the cover version of the band's single 'Half The World Away', used on a John Lewis advert, as "rubbish".
Little-known Norwegian singer Aurora was picked to cover the 1994 B-side for the annual Christmas advertising campaign.
However, McGee is not impressed and told Gigwise that he hopes the retailer paid Noel Gallagher a substantial fee for the rights to the song. “I think it’s rubbish," McGee said. "I don’t know what anybody else thinks of it, though. I’m pleased for Noel that he got his royalties, I hope they gave him a million quid but I thought actually it was rubbish."
McGee went on to say that he's still good friends with Noel Gallagher and is still a fan of his music: "You know as much as me. I don’t really talk to him much about what he’s doing with music. I buy the records and I go to the concerts and I’m friends with him. I met him in London in a club, he was on great form. We were talking about our children."
Interest in the John Lewis adverts has grown in recent years with contemporary artists covering older material in a stripped-back fashion. Last year, Tom Odell recorded 'Real Love' by John Lennon, while Lily Allen's cover of Keane's 'Somewhere Only We Know' was a hit in 2013.
The John Lewis advert cover-version trend took off in 2010 when Ellie Goulding's cover of 'Your Song' by Elton John hit Number One. However, the first John Lewis advert song came the year before with a folk cover of Guns N' Roses' 'Sweet Child O' Mine'.
Source: www.nme.com
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Alan McGee Is Not A Fan Of Aurora's Cover Of Oasis' 'Half The World Away'
Former Oasis manager Alan McGee has dismissed the cover version of the band's single 'Half The World Away', used on a John Lewis advert, as "rubbish".
Little-known Norwegian singer Aurora was picked to cover the 1994 B-side for the annual Christmas advertising campaign.
However, McGee is not impressed and told Gigwise that he hopes the retailer paid Noel Gallagher a substantial fee for the rights to the song. “I think it’s rubbish," McGee said. "I don’t know what anybody else thinks of it, though. I’m pleased for Noel that he got his royalties, I hope they gave him a million quid but I thought actually it was rubbish."
McGee went on to say that he's still good friends with Noel Gallagher and is still a fan of his music: "You know as much as me. I don’t really talk to him much about what he’s doing with music. I buy the records and I go to the concerts and I’m friends with him. I met him in London in a club, he was on great form. We were talking about our children."
Interest in the John Lewis adverts has grown in recent years with contemporary artists covering older material in a stripped-back fashion. Last year, Tom Odell recorded 'Real Love' by John Lennon, while Lily Allen's cover of Keane's 'Somewhere Only We Know' was a hit in 2013.
The John Lewis advert cover-version trend took off in 2010 when Ellie Goulding's cover of 'Your Song' by Elton John hit Number One. However, the first John Lewis advert song came the year before with a folk cover of Guns N' Roses' 'Sweet Child O' Mine'.
Source: www.nme.com
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Alan McGee
Alex Turner
Coldplay
Oasis
Pete Doherty
The Killers
It's 22 years since Oasis first penned that legendary deal with Creation Records. Little did they know it was history in the making, although with their egos - they probably knew exactly what they were letting themselves in for.
For just a £40,000 advance, the Gallagher's and co inked a deal for six albums with Alan McGee and his rag-tag band of visionaries. They would go on to headline festivals, fill stadiums, shift millions of albums, provide the soundtrack of a generation and define an entire era of music. But there's much more to their legacy than the music.
To mark 20 years since Oasis first signed, here are 10 things that probably wouldn't exist if it weren't for Oasis - from haircuts and to headlines, Coldplay to The Killers and the childhoods of Alex Turner and Pete Doherty...
Click here for the 10 things.
Source: www.gigwise.com
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10 Things We Wouldn't Have If Oasis Were Never Signed
It's 22 years since Oasis first penned that legendary deal with Creation Records. Little did they know it was history in the making, although with their egos - they probably knew exactly what they were letting themselves in for.
For just a £40,000 advance, the Gallagher's and co inked a deal for six albums with Alan McGee and his rag-tag band of visionaries. They would go on to headline festivals, fill stadiums, shift millions of albums, provide the soundtrack of a generation and define an entire era of music. But there's much more to their legacy than the music.
To mark 20 years since Oasis first signed, here are 10 things that probably wouldn't exist if it weren't for Oasis - from haircuts and to headlines, Coldplay to The Killers and the childhoods of Alex Turner and Pete Doherty...
Click here for the 10 things.
Source: www.gigwise.com
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Alan McGee
Billie Joe Armstrong
Green Day
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
U2
Noel Gallagher has revealed that he met Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong at a U2 concert recently.
The former Oasis musician attended the Irish band's gig in San Diego earlier this month (May 19), describing the show at the time as a "psychedelic experience". Now, Gallagher has spoken to the You Made It Weird podcast about meeting Armstrong at the show.
"I met Billie Joe the other night," Gallagher said. "I was sitting beside him at a U2 concert in San Diego. He was a very, very nice guy, I've got to say." Gallagher also discussed meeting US talk show host Jimmy Fallon, saying that he seemed "actually interested in music".
Listen to the hour-long podcast in full here.
Noel's brother and former bandmate Liam Gallagher previously said of Billie Joe Armstrong: "Fuck right off. I'm not having him. I just don't like his head."
Meanwhile, Oasis' former manager Alan McGee has stated that he can't imagine a reunion of the Britpop band happening "any time soon".
The group originally split in 2009 with Noel Gallagher citing at the time an inability to work with his brother Liam as the key reason. However, recent tabloid reports first claimed that the brothers had come to "a gentlemen's agreement" to reunite and then suggested that the band would reform without Noel.
Addressing the rumours in a new interview, McGee said: "Liam and Noel are the happiest I've seen them in years, so for that reason I can't see a reunion happening." Despite this, McGee stated that he wouldn't be surprised if Oasis reunited "at some point in the next 20 years". He added: "Who knows what goes on in the heads of the Gallaghers?"
Source: www.nme.com
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Noel Gallagher On Meeting Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong
Noel Gallagher has revealed that he met Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong at a U2 concert recently.
The former Oasis musician attended the Irish band's gig in San Diego earlier this month (May 19), describing the show at the time as a "psychedelic experience". Now, Gallagher has spoken to the You Made It Weird podcast about meeting Armstrong at the show.
"I met Billie Joe the other night," Gallagher said. "I was sitting beside him at a U2 concert in San Diego. He was a very, very nice guy, I've got to say." Gallagher also discussed meeting US talk show host Jimmy Fallon, saying that he seemed "actually interested in music".
Listen to the hour-long podcast in full here.
Noel's brother and former bandmate Liam Gallagher previously said of Billie Joe Armstrong: "Fuck right off. I'm not having him. I just don't like his head."
Meanwhile, Oasis' former manager Alan McGee has stated that he can't imagine a reunion of the Britpop band happening "any time soon".
The group originally split in 2009 with Noel Gallagher citing at the time an inability to work with his brother Liam as the key reason. However, recent tabloid reports first claimed that the brothers had come to "a gentlemen's agreement" to reunite and then suggested that the band would reform without Noel.
Addressing the rumours in a new interview, McGee said: "Liam and Noel are the happiest I've seen them in years, so for that reason I can't see a reunion happening." Despite this, McGee stated that he wouldn't be surprised if Oasis reunited "at some point in the next 20 years". He added: "Who knows what goes on in the heads of the Gallaghers?"
Source: www.nme.com
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Alan McGee
Alias Kid
Black Grape
Clint Boon
Inspiral Carpets
Kasabian
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Primal Scream
Shaun Ryder
The Stone Roses
No one knows the inner workings of Liam and Noel Gallagher better than the Scot who discovered them.
Alan McGee, 54, unearthed Oasis at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, signed them to Creation Records and in 1994 the band launched the album that defined an era.
Definitely Maybe gave us tracks like Supersonic and Live Forever and the following year the band reached a pinnacle with What's the Story Morning Glory.
Now 20 years since the launch of the 22 million-selling album McGee is a still a mover and a shakermaker in the music business and has unsurprisingly been rumoured to be involved with an Oasis reunion.
This month The Sun newspaper claimed that "Alan McGee, met Paul "Bigun" Ashbee — who was Liam’s boss when he worked as a car valet and knew members of the band in the early days — in London’s Soho on Monday night to discuss reforming the Britpop icons."
They didn't.
Alan our sister newspaper, the Daily Mirror: "Liam and Noel are the happiest I've seen them in years so for that reason I can't see a reunion happening.
"I've met Noel on numerous occasions recently and bumped into Liam a few times and we've had lengthy conversations and a reunion has never been discussed."
Despite "bumping into" the Gallaghers this has mostly been when DJing and not because he is courting the band.
McGee says he doesn't move in the same circles as Liam and Noel anymore and wouldn't want anything to do with a reunion.
He said: "I haven't even got Liam's mobile phone number anymore - I have Noel's - but not Liam's. That's not because I don't like him, because I do. It's just because I don't have anything in common with him anymore.
McGee has DJed for Liam including in Japan but says because he doesn't drink - and has avoided drugs for more than 20 years - he and Liam have very separate lives.
He added: "Liam is lovely. He's actually a real gentleman. But we have separate lives.
"I live in a small town in Wales where nobody gives a f*** who you are. If I wanted to be involved in the showbiz world I'd be in London."
Could it be that the whole Liam-Noel fallout was stage managed and planned exactly so they could have a dream reunion, taking fans along for the ride?
"No. It's as real as it gets. They are not showbizzy people like that. When they say something, they mean it. When Liam's calling Noel 'Katie Hopkins' he really means it."
Alan admits that while he can't see an Oasis reunion happening "any time soon" it wouldn't shock him to see one "at some point in the next 20 years."
Isn't that pushing it a bit. Will people still want to see Liam snarl when we're all flying round on hoverboards in 2035?
"I saw The Who a few years ago at the Royal Albert Hall and they were every bit as good as when I saw them in 1972. That taught me something about comebacks.
"And who knows what goes on in the heads of the Gallaghers?"
But if that reunion does happen he insists he won't be involved.
"They've already got a manager and I like things the way they are. I certainly wouldn't have any interest in reforming the band.
"I wouldn't even go to see them. I suppose if they toured and somebody told me their gigs were incredible I might go but only if I knew it was going to be great."
But while he may not have any interest in sharing a Brat Awards stage with the Gallaghers any more, he hasn't lost his touch for discovering working class heroes.
His new protégés Alias Kid have already drawn comparisons with the band from Burnage.
Clint Boon of Inspiral Carpets said they "have the potential to be one of the great Manchester bands."
The indy group may be influenced by Oasis, the Stone Roses, Kasabian and McGee's other discovery Primal Scream, but he says it is their work ethic that sets them apart from today's manufactured acts.
McGee said: "If someone wins The Voice the first thing I think is 'poor f***er' because that's the last we'll hear of them."
The Manchester fourpiece are, he says a real working class band.
McGee said: "They are supporting Shaun Ryder and Black Grape at the moment and if they're told they have to climb in the van with him and go to a gig for a hundred quid they'll do it. They are up for any task.
"They don't give a f***."
Now who does that remind you of?
Source: www.scotlandnow.dailyrecord.co.uk
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Alan McGee Insists He Won't Be Getting Involved With An Oasis Reunion
No one knows the inner workings of Liam and Noel Gallagher better than the Scot who discovered them.
Alan McGee, 54, unearthed Oasis at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, signed them to Creation Records and in 1994 the band launched the album that defined an era.
Definitely Maybe gave us tracks like Supersonic and Live Forever and the following year the band reached a pinnacle with What's the Story Morning Glory.
Now 20 years since the launch of the 22 million-selling album McGee is a still a mover and a shakermaker in the music business and has unsurprisingly been rumoured to be involved with an Oasis reunion.
This month The Sun newspaper claimed that "Alan McGee, met Paul "Bigun" Ashbee — who was Liam’s boss when he worked as a car valet and knew members of the band in the early days — in London’s Soho on Monday night to discuss reforming the Britpop icons."
They didn't.
Alan our sister newspaper, the Daily Mirror: "Liam and Noel are the happiest I've seen them in years so for that reason I can't see a reunion happening.
"I've met Noel on numerous occasions recently and bumped into Liam a few times and we've had lengthy conversations and a reunion has never been discussed."
Despite "bumping into" the Gallaghers this has mostly been when DJing and not because he is courting the band.
McGee says he doesn't move in the same circles as Liam and Noel anymore and wouldn't want anything to do with a reunion.
He said: "I haven't even got Liam's mobile phone number anymore - I have Noel's - but not Liam's. That's not because I don't like him, because I do. It's just because I don't have anything in common with him anymore.
McGee has DJed for Liam including in Japan but says because he doesn't drink - and has avoided drugs for more than 20 years - he and Liam have very separate lives.
He added: "Liam is lovely. He's actually a real gentleman. But we have separate lives.
"I live in a small town in Wales where nobody gives a f*** who you are. If I wanted to be involved in the showbiz world I'd be in London."
Could it be that the whole Liam-Noel fallout was stage managed and planned exactly so they could have a dream reunion, taking fans along for the ride?
"No. It's as real as it gets. They are not showbizzy people like that. When they say something, they mean it. When Liam's calling Noel 'Katie Hopkins' he really means it."
Alan admits that while he can't see an Oasis reunion happening "any time soon" it wouldn't shock him to see one "at some point in the next 20 years."
Isn't that pushing it a bit. Will people still want to see Liam snarl when we're all flying round on hoverboards in 2035?
"I saw The Who a few years ago at the Royal Albert Hall and they were every bit as good as when I saw them in 1972. That taught me something about comebacks.
"And who knows what goes on in the heads of the Gallaghers?"
But if that reunion does happen he insists he won't be involved.
"They've already got a manager and I like things the way they are. I certainly wouldn't have any interest in reforming the band.
"I wouldn't even go to see them. I suppose if they toured and somebody told me their gigs were incredible I might go but only if I knew it was going to be great."
But while he may not have any interest in sharing a Brat Awards stage with the Gallaghers any more, he hasn't lost his touch for discovering working class heroes.
His new protégés Alias Kid have already drawn comparisons with the band from Burnage.
Clint Boon of Inspiral Carpets said they "have the potential to be one of the great Manchester bands."
The indy group may be influenced by Oasis, the Stone Roses, Kasabian and McGee's other discovery Primal Scream, but he says it is their work ethic that sets them apart from today's manufactured acts.
McGee said: "If someone wins The Voice the first thing I think is 'poor f***er' because that's the last we'll hear of them."
The Manchester fourpiece are, he says a real working class band.
McGee said: "They are supporting Shaun Ryder and Black Grape at the moment and if they're told they have to climb in the van with him and go to a gig for a hundred quid they'll do it. They are up for any task.
"They don't give a f***."
Now who does that remind you of?
Source: www.scotlandnow.dailyrecord.co.uk
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Alan McGee
Beady Eye
Bonehead
Guigsy
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Tony McCarroll
Liam Gallagher has refused to be drawn on reports he is planning to reform Oasis without his songwriter brother Noel.
The famous siblings have barely spoken since the band split in acrimony in 2009, and rumours of a reunion have surfaced repeatedly ever since, with guitarist Noel frequently denying them.
Earlier this month, Noel killed off the latest speculation - that the 'Wonderwall' hitmakers were to headline Britain's Glastonbury festival in June - by insisting, "It's not going to happen" and blaming singer Liam for the constant rumours.
Now it has been reported that Liam, whose band Beady Eye folded last year after just two albums, could be set to reunite with members of the original Oasis line-up for a possible comeback without Noel, the songwriter behind all of the band's hits.
British newspaper The Sun reports the band's former manager, Creation Records founder Alan McGee, is behind the scheme to bring the notorious frontman back together with guitarist Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs, bassist Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan, and drummer Tony McCarroll, who all played in the original incarnation of Oasis.
A source tells the publication, "It's very early days but the wheels are in motion. Liam, Guigsy, Bonehead and Tony are all interested and keen to see how it can work.
They don't seem to mind Noel not being on board, even though some fans won't regard it as a proper Oasis reunion."
A spokesman for Liam declined to comment when contacted by editors at NME.
Source: www.3news.co.nz
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Liam Gallagher Silent On New Oasis Reunion Rumours
Liam Gallagher has refused to be drawn on reports he is planning to reform Oasis without his songwriter brother Noel.
The famous siblings have barely spoken since the band split in acrimony in 2009, and rumours of a reunion have surfaced repeatedly ever since, with guitarist Noel frequently denying them.
Earlier this month, Noel killed off the latest speculation - that the 'Wonderwall' hitmakers were to headline Britain's Glastonbury festival in June - by insisting, "It's not going to happen" and blaming singer Liam for the constant rumours.
Now it has been reported that Liam, whose band Beady Eye folded last year after just two albums, could be set to reunite with members of the original Oasis line-up for a possible comeback without Noel, the songwriter behind all of the band's hits.
British newspaper The Sun reports the band's former manager, Creation Records founder Alan McGee, is behind the scheme to bring the notorious frontman back together with guitarist Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs, bassist Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan, and drummer Tony McCarroll, who all played in the original incarnation of Oasis.
A source tells the publication, "It's very early days but the wheels are in motion. Liam, Guigsy, Bonehead and Tony are all interested and keen to see how it can work.
They don't seem to mind Noel not being on board, even though some fans won't regard it as a proper Oasis reunion."
A spokesman for Liam declined to comment when contacted by editors at NME.
Source: www.3news.co.nz
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Alan McGee
Bonehead
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Paul Weller
Noel Gallagher recently revealed Paul Weller would “put his windows in” if Oasis reformed. He clearly values the fenestration in his Maida Vale home, so any reunion plans for the nineties rock behemoths have been put on ice.
According to midweek sales tallies, Gallagher's second solo album Chasing Yesterday is on course for this week’s number one. His world tour began in Belfast, but gets off to a slightly shaky start on its second night in Dublin.
The opening two numbers sound curiously flat, as if team Gallagher haven't quite figured out the sonic intricacies of their 2015 set.
A triple whammy of the Oasis favourite ‘Fade Away’, recent single ‘In the Heat of the Moment’ and the all out rocker ‘Lock All the Doors’, nicely kick the show back into touch.
‘Champagne Supernova’ works its familiar magic with a little help from a supporting cast of thousands. Shout outs and dedications are made to former Oasis guitarist Bonehead, who is in the audience and deejaying at an after show party, and Derry chanteuse and familial namesake, Bronagh Gallagher.
The music impresario Alan McGee, who discovered Oasis and signed them to Creation Records, is also in attendance.
A Noel show wouldn't be complete without the evergreen anthem ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’, but the icing on the cake is an epic rendition of 'The Masterplan'. Released as a b-side (remember them?) to ‘Wonderwall’ in 1995, it's yet another reminder of Gallagher’s prowess as a songwriter. Judging by the reaction to his latest collection of songs charging up the charts, this power doesn’t look like fading any time soon.
My gut feeling is Oasis will eventually reform, but Noel Gallagher won't be in any massive rush to do so.
Source: www.independent.ie
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Review: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Dublin
Noel Gallagher recently revealed Paul Weller would “put his windows in” if Oasis reformed. He clearly values the fenestration in his Maida Vale home, so any reunion plans for the nineties rock behemoths have been put on ice.
According to midweek sales tallies, Gallagher's second solo album Chasing Yesterday is on course for this week’s number one. His world tour began in Belfast, but gets off to a slightly shaky start on its second night in Dublin.
The opening two numbers sound curiously flat, as if team Gallagher haven't quite figured out the sonic intricacies of their 2015 set.
A triple whammy of the Oasis favourite ‘Fade Away’, recent single ‘In the Heat of the Moment’ and the all out rocker ‘Lock All the Doors’, nicely kick the show back into touch.
‘Champagne Supernova’ works its familiar magic with a little help from a supporting cast of thousands. Shout outs and dedications are made to former Oasis guitarist Bonehead, who is in the audience and deejaying at an after show party, and Derry chanteuse and familial namesake, Bronagh Gallagher.
The music impresario Alan McGee, who discovered Oasis and signed them to Creation Records, is also in attendance.
A Noel show wouldn't be complete without the evergreen anthem ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’, but the icing on the cake is an epic rendition of 'The Masterplan'. Released as a b-side (remember them?) to ‘Wonderwall’ in 1995, it's yet another reminder of Gallagher’s prowess as a songwriter. Judging by the reaction to his latest collection of songs charging up the charts, this power doesn’t look like fading any time soon.
My gut feeling is Oasis will eventually reform, but Noel Gallagher won't be in any massive rush to do so.
Source: www.independent.ie
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Alan McGee
Blur
Johnny Depp
Oasis
Johnnie Walker's Long-Players
Wednesday 18th February at 22:00 (UK Time) on BBC Radio 2.
Johnnie and David Hepworth discuss two releases from 1994 that are defining albums of Britpop - Blur's Parklife and Oasis's debut Definitely Maybe.
Featuring contributions by Blur and their producer Stephen Street, while fan Johnny Depp and Creation label boss Alan McGee chat about Definitely Maybe.
Listen live on www.bbc.co.uk/radio2
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Oasis Feature In BBC Radio 2 Show That Airs Later Today
Johnnie Walker's Long-Players
Wednesday 18th February at 22:00 (UK Time) on BBC Radio 2.
Johnnie and David Hepworth discuss two releases from 1994 that are defining albums of Britpop - Blur's Parklife and Oasis's debut Definitely Maybe.
Featuring contributions by Blur and their producer Stephen Street, while fan Johnny Depp and Creation label boss Alan McGee chat about Definitely Maybe.
Listen live on www.bbc.co.uk/radio2
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Alan McGee
Blur
Johnny Depp
Oasis
Stephen Street
Johnnie Walker's Long-Players
Wednesday 18th February at 22:00 (UK Time) on BBC Radio 2.
Johnnie and David Hepworth discuss two releases from 1994 that are defining albums of Britpop - Blur's Parklife and Oasis's debut Definitely Maybe.
Featuring contributions by Blur and their producer Stephen Street, while fan Johnny Depp and Creation label boss Alan McGee chat about Definitely Maybe.
Listen live on www.bbc.co.uk/radio2
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Oasis Feature In BBC Radio 2 Show That Airs Next Week
Johnnie Walker's Long-Players
Wednesday 18th February at 22:00 (UK Time) on BBC Radio 2.
Johnnie and David Hepworth discuss two releases from 1994 that are defining albums of Britpop - Blur's Parklife and Oasis's debut Definitely Maybe.
Featuring contributions by Blur and their producer Stephen Street, while fan Johnny Depp and Creation label boss Alan McGee chat about Definitely Maybe.
Listen live on www.bbc.co.uk/radio2
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Alan McGee
Bonehead
Hamish McBain
John Kennedy
Liam Gallagher
Manic Street Preachers
Nicky Wire
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
The musician has been telling XFM about the time he quit Oasis… because of a fight between Liam and Bonehead over a jacket.
Noel famously jumped ship from the band while on a US tour in 1996… and it was all down to a row between brother Liam and guitarist Bonehead.
Speaking at a special XFM charity event last night (3 November), Noel told XFM's John Kennedy:
"I had enough when Liam and Bonehead - and this is true - started arguing over a leather jacket. I am not even kidding. I can dress it up more than this, but this is what happened.
"Liam said to Bonehead on the back of the bus: 'Where d'you get that jacket from?' And Bonehead said: 'What's it got to do with you?' It went from that, to fighting!
"Wonderwall was at Number 5 in the charts, the album was at… one push and it would have been Number 1! One tiny week of doing good gigs!"
A Night With Noel Gallagher In Conversation was a special night in which Noel was interviewed by XFM's John Kennedy live on stage, with contributions from Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers, former Creation Records boss Alan McGee and ex-Deputy Editor of the NME, Hamish McBain.
You can own an audio digital download of this exclusive one-off event for just £1.99, with all net proceeds going to Global's Make Some Noise to change young lives across the UK.
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Noel Gallagher Quit Oasis Over A Leather Jacket
The musician has been telling XFM about the time he quit Oasis… because of a fight between Liam and Bonehead over a jacket.
Noel famously jumped ship from the band while on a US tour in 1996… and it was all down to a row between brother Liam and guitarist Bonehead.
Speaking at a special XFM charity event last night (3 November), Noel told XFM's John Kennedy:
"I had enough when Liam and Bonehead - and this is true - started arguing over a leather jacket. I am not even kidding. I can dress it up more than this, but this is what happened.
"Liam said to Bonehead on the back of the bus: 'Where d'you get that jacket from?' And Bonehead said: 'What's it got to do with you?' It went from that, to fighting!
"Wonderwall was at Number 5 in the charts, the album was at… one push and it would have been Number 1! One tiny week of doing good gigs!"
A Night With Noel Gallagher In Conversation was a special night in which Noel was interviewed by XFM's John Kennedy live on stage, with contributions from Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers, former Creation Records boss Alan McGee and ex-Deputy Editor of the NME, Hamish McBain.
You can own an audio digital download of this exclusive one-off event for just £1.99, with all net proceeds going to Global's Make Some Noise to change young lives across the UK.
Click here to download.
Source: www.xfm.co.uk
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Alan McGee
Hamish McBain
John Kennedy
Manic Street Preachers
Nicky Wire
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher is easily one of the most important songwriters of all time, as famous for his charisma as for his musicianship. Over the last twenty years Noel has helped shape contemporary music and change our notions of celebrity.
Now, for the first time ever, Noel Gallagher puts down his guitar to speak with a panel of music industry insiders at a special one-off XFM event for Global's Make Some Noise. A group of prominent music figures delve in to Noel's life in music in front of a live audience.
The panel consists of Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire, former Creation Records boss Alan McGee, and Shortlist magazine's deputy editor Hamish McBain; and your host is XFM's John Kennedy.
Noel Gallagher has said: "Having rarely stopped blowing my own trumpet since April '94, it'll come as no surprise I jumped at the chance to let the people catch me at it again, so to speak, while at the same time raising a few bob for the kids. It'll be a pleasure.”
You can own an audio digital download of this exclusive one-off event for just £1.99, with all net proceeds going to Global's Make Some Noise to change young lives across the UK.
THIS RECORDING CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE, THEMES THAT SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE AND CONTENT THAT MAY BE UNSUITABLE FOR THOSE AGED UNDER 18. PARENTAL AND LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED (YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!)
Net proceeds (at least £1.40 per download) from the sale of the XFM presents An Evening In Conversation With Noel Gallagher audio digital download will go to Global's Make Some Noise.
Global's Make Some Noise is an appeal operated by Global Charities, a registered charity in England & Wales (1091657) & Scotland (SC041475). Global Charities is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England (4359098).
Download it from here.
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DOWNLOAD: XFM Presents An Evening In Conversation With Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher is easily one of the most important songwriters of all time, as famous for his charisma as for his musicianship. Over the last twenty years Noel has helped shape contemporary music and change our notions of celebrity.
Now, for the first time ever, Noel Gallagher puts down his guitar to speak with a panel of music industry insiders at a special one-off XFM event for Global's Make Some Noise. A group of prominent music figures delve in to Noel's life in music in front of a live audience.
The panel consists of Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire, former Creation Records boss Alan McGee, and Shortlist magazine's deputy editor Hamish McBain; and your host is XFM's John Kennedy.
Noel Gallagher has said: "Having rarely stopped blowing my own trumpet since April '94, it'll come as no surprise I jumped at the chance to let the people catch me at it again, so to speak, while at the same time raising a few bob for the kids. It'll be a pleasure.”
You can own an audio digital download of this exclusive one-off event for just £1.99, with all net proceeds going to Global's Make Some Noise to change young lives across the UK.
THIS RECORDING CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE, THEMES THAT SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE AND CONTENT THAT MAY BE UNSUITABLE FOR THOSE AGED UNDER 18. PARENTAL AND LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED (YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!)
Net proceeds (at least £1.40 per download) from the sale of the XFM presents An Evening In Conversation With Noel Gallagher audio digital download will go to Global's Make Some Noise.
Global's Make Some Noise is an appeal operated by Global Charities, a registered charity in England & Wales (1091657) & Scotland (SC041475). Global Charities is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England (4359098).
Download it from here.
Source: www.xfm.co.uk
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Alan McGee
Beady Eye
Happy Mondays
Johnny Marr
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Shaun Ryder
The Who
Happy Mondays' frontman Shaun Ryder has said he thinks Liam Gallagher should get himself a TV chat show.
Ryder made his suggestions for the Beady Eye singer in the new issue of NME, which is on newsstands now and available digitally. He said: "Apart from have another crew cut, I think he should get himself a TV chat show."
Others, including Johnny Marr, also gave their suggestions as to what they think the ex-Oasis frontman should do now that his latest band Beady Eye have split. Marr, who performed live with Noel Gallagher earlier this month, maintained that Liam should stick to what he's good at, despite the press attention and drama that follows him.
"Liam loves music and loves being in a band. People shouldn't forget that," he said. "It's a shame all this stuff kicks up, because his fame gets in the way of that love. It's not a job, it's a passion he's had since he was a teenager, and he's really good at it.
"I'd hate to see the consequences of his band breaking up and the soap opera that goes with it stop him making music. Oasis were together a long time; the fact they're brothers might mean they have to go off and live their own lives more than people in a regular band, because they've been together since they were children.
"There is a human being in there, who brings people happiness, and people need to remember that."
Producer Alan McGee, who's known Gallagher since May 1993 when he signed Oasis to Creation Records, added: "I love Liam – whatever he wants to do is fine with me."
This week, it was revealed that Liam Gallagher will perform The Who Band as part of a Teenage Cancer Trust gig next month. It will be his first live appearance since the demise of Beady Eye.
Source: www.nme.com
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Shaun Ryder Says 'Liam Gallagher Should Get Himself A TV Chat Show
Happy Mondays' frontman Shaun Ryder has said he thinks Liam Gallagher should get himself a TV chat show.
Ryder made his suggestions for the Beady Eye singer in the new issue of NME, which is on newsstands now and available digitally. He said: "Apart from have another crew cut, I think he should get himself a TV chat show."
Others, including Johnny Marr, also gave their suggestions as to what they think the ex-Oasis frontman should do now that his latest band Beady Eye have split. Marr, who performed live with Noel Gallagher earlier this month, maintained that Liam should stick to what he's good at, despite the press attention and drama that follows him.
"Liam loves music and loves being in a band. People shouldn't forget that," he said. "It's a shame all this stuff kicks up, because his fame gets in the way of that love. It's not a job, it's a passion he's had since he was a teenager, and he's really good at it.
"I'd hate to see the consequences of his band breaking up and the soap opera that goes with it stop him making music. Oasis were together a long time; the fact they're brothers might mean they have to go off and live their own lives more than people in a regular band, because they've been together since they were children.
"There is a human being in there, who brings people happiness, and people need to remember that."
Producer Alan McGee, who's known Gallagher since May 1993 when he signed Oasis to Creation Records, added: "I love Liam – whatever he wants to do is fine with me."
This week, it was revealed that Liam Gallagher will perform The Who Band as part of a Teenage Cancer Trust gig next month. It will be his first live appearance since the demise of Beady Eye.
Source: www.nme.com
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Alan McGee
Kasabian
This Feeling
Eugene McGuinness has unveiled the accompanying video for new single The Crueler Kind. The single is out now on Domino Records and Eugene has announced two very special This Feeling shows to accompany it.
Eugene plays This Feeling Manchester, in association with Jack Daniels, at The Ruby Lounge October 10th along with Alias Kid who are managed by Alan McGee, Hidden Charms and Lucky T. Jackson and headlines the This Feeling stage at Dunfermline Live in Scotland. Also playing at the festival are Embrace, King Creosote, Dexters and a host of exciting new Scottish bands taking place across various venues in Dunfermline, Scotland.
Since Kasabian booted things off in style at the very first This Feeling 8 years ago This Feeling's reputation, reach and legend has grown.
Now in association with XFM and with club nights in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leicester, MIlton Keynes and Birmingham and with plans for more,
This Feeling is the UK's most rock n roll night out, a regular haunt of well known faces, and where to see the next big things first.
Coming up this month...
This Feeling London at The MacBeth (Jack's Place) Oct 3rd ft Hidden Charms (live), The Van Doos (live), The Frankly's (live), Nick Mercer Jnr (live) + Dexters (DJ)
This Feeling Edinburgh at the Voodoo Rooms Oct 3rd ft Caravan Club (live), Emelle (live), The Dirty Wurks (live), Black Cat Bone (live) + The Jackals (DJ)
This Feeling Glasgow at the Record Factory Oct 4th ft The Pacific Blues (live), Ghost Alaska (live), Kill City Radio (live), Baren (live) + Kyle Neary (DJ)
This Feeling Milton Keynes at the Crauford Arms Oct 4th ft Jonny Brown ex Twisted Wheel (live), The Harrington Blues (live), Lawrence Bray (live), The Scruff (live) + This Feeling DJs till 2am
This Feeling Manchester in association with Jack Daniels at The Ruby Lounge Oct 10th ft Eugene McGuinness (live), Alias Kid (live), Hidden Charms (live), Lucky T Jackson (live), Gigslutz (DJ) & Hattie Pearson of XFM (DJ)
This Feeling Birmingham at The Victoria Oct 11th ft The Assist (live), Thieves (live), Plastic Factory (live) + This Feeling DJs till 2am This Feeling Liverpool at The Magnet Oct 24th ft Hidden Charms (live), Whitecliff (live), The Vryll Society (live), Paddy Clegg (live) + Gigslutz (DJ)
Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and infomation on club nights all over the UK.
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What's Going On At 'This Feeling' This Weekend?
Eugene McGuinness has unveiled the accompanying video for new single The Crueler Kind. The single is out now on Domino Records and Eugene has announced two very special This Feeling shows to accompany it.
Eugene plays This Feeling Manchester, in association with Jack Daniels, at The Ruby Lounge October 10th along with Alias Kid who are managed by Alan McGee, Hidden Charms and Lucky T. Jackson and headlines the This Feeling stage at Dunfermline Live in Scotland. Also playing at the festival are Embrace, King Creosote, Dexters and a host of exciting new Scottish bands taking place across various venues in Dunfermline, Scotland.
Since Kasabian booted things off in style at the very first This Feeling 8 years ago This Feeling's reputation, reach and legend has grown.
Now in association with XFM and with club nights in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leicester, MIlton Keynes and Birmingham and with plans for more,
This Feeling is the UK's most rock n roll night out, a regular haunt of well known faces, and where to see the next big things first.
Coming up this month...
This Feeling London at The MacBeth (Jack's Place) Oct 3rd ft Hidden Charms (live), The Van Doos (live), The Frankly's (live), Nick Mercer Jnr (live) + Dexters (DJ)
This Feeling Edinburgh at the Voodoo Rooms Oct 3rd ft Caravan Club (live), Emelle (live), The Dirty Wurks (live), Black Cat Bone (live) + The Jackals (DJ)
This Feeling Glasgow at the Record Factory Oct 4th ft The Pacific Blues (live), Ghost Alaska (live), Kill City Radio (live), Baren (live) + Kyle Neary (DJ)
This Feeling Milton Keynes at the Crauford Arms Oct 4th ft Jonny Brown ex Twisted Wheel (live), The Harrington Blues (live), Lawrence Bray (live), The Scruff (live) + This Feeling DJs till 2am
This Feeling Manchester in association with Jack Daniels at The Ruby Lounge Oct 10th ft Eugene McGuinness (live), Alias Kid (live), Hidden Charms (live), Lucky T Jackson (live), Gigslutz (DJ) & Hattie Pearson of XFM (DJ)
This Feeling Birmingham at The Victoria Oct 11th ft The Assist (live), Thieves (live), Plastic Factory (live) + This Feeling DJs till 2am This Feeling Liverpool at The Magnet Oct 24th ft Hidden Charms (live), Whitecliff (live), The Vryll Society (live), Paddy Clegg (live) + Gigslutz (DJ)
Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and infomation on club nights all over the UK.
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Alan McGee
Manic Street Preachers
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher is easily one of the most important songwriters of all time, as famous for his charisma as for his musicianship. Over the last twenty years Noel Gallagher has helped shape contemporary music and change our notions of celebrity.
Now, for the first time ever, Noel Gallagher will put down his guitar to speak with a panel of music industry insiders at a special one-off XFM charity event. For over 90 minutes, a group of prominent music figures will delve in to Noel's life in music. All this in front of an audience of just 120 people.
The panel will consist of Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire, former Creation Records boss Alan McGee, and Shortlist magazine's deputy editor Hamish McBain. The night will be hosted by XFM's John Kennedy.
Noel Gallagher has said: "Having rarely stopped blowing my own trumpet since April '94, it'll come as no surprise I jumped at the chance to let the people catch me at it again, so to speak, while at the same time raising a few bob for the kids. It'll be a pleasure.”
The event will take place at the Hammersmith Club, London on November 3 to raise money for Global’s Make Some Noise. For Noel fans, young musicians, or anyone with an interest in music, this is an unmissable event.
Tickets will cost from £40 - £100 and will go on sale Wednesday at 8am.
Global’s Make Some Noise is a new national charity to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people.
To learn more about Global's Make Some Noise, look here.
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XFM Presents: An Evening In Conversation With Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher is easily one of the most important songwriters of all time, as famous for his charisma as for his musicianship. Over the last twenty years Noel Gallagher has helped shape contemporary music and change our notions of celebrity.
Now, for the first time ever, Noel Gallagher will put down his guitar to speak with a panel of music industry insiders at a special one-off XFM charity event. For over 90 minutes, a group of prominent music figures will delve in to Noel's life in music. All this in front of an audience of just 120 people.
The panel will consist of Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire, former Creation Records boss Alan McGee, and Shortlist magazine's deputy editor Hamish McBain. The night will be hosted by XFM's John Kennedy.
Noel Gallagher has said: "Having rarely stopped blowing my own trumpet since April '94, it'll come as no surprise I jumped at the chance to let the people catch me at it again, so to speak, while at the same time raising a few bob for the kids. It'll be a pleasure.”
The event will take place at the Hammersmith Club, London on November 3 to raise money for Global’s Make Some Noise. For Noel fans, young musicians, or anyone with an interest in music, this is an unmissable event.
Tickets will cost from £40 - £100 and will go on sale Wednesday at 8am.
Global’s Make Some Noise is a new national charity to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people.
To learn more about Global's Make Some Noise, look here.
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Alan McGee
Blur
John Lydon
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Sex Pistols
Alan McGee has been telling XFM about the making of Oasis's classic debut album, Definitely Maybe - which gets a deluxe, 20th anniversary reissue today (19 May).
One of the many interesting anecdotes about the album (you can hear his full commentary here) was that the song Digsy's Dinner was effectively the opening salvo of the "Britpop Wars".
McGee says: "I think it was a piss-take of Blur. I don't think Noel's ever admitted to that. It's a piss-take of that Britpop thing. It was Noel proving that he could do that in his sleep."
The rivalry between the bands would reach its height a year later in the summer of 1995, when Blur's Country House went up against the Oasis single Roll With It in a battle for the Number 1 spot.
He also revealed how Liam Gallagher adopted his characteristic "sneer", after a radio session version of the classic track Cigarettes And Alcohol saw him impersonating former Sex Pistols singer John Lydon.
"As a joke, he was sneering like Lydon," remembers McGee. "Noel played me that and I said, 'That stays!' And Noel went back and said to Liam: 'That stays!' Liam kind of brought in that sneer. He was always Lennon-y, but he brought in the Lydon thing to the vocal. Noel told me: 'Alan, he's only taking the piss'."
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Alan McGee: Digsy's Dinner By Oasis Was A Piss-Take Of Blur
Alan McGee has been telling XFM about the making of Oasis's classic debut album, Definitely Maybe - which gets a deluxe, 20th anniversary reissue today (19 May).
One of the many interesting anecdotes about the album (you can hear his full commentary here) was that the song Digsy's Dinner was effectively the opening salvo of the "Britpop Wars".
McGee says: "I think it was a piss-take of Blur. I don't think Noel's ever admitted to that. It's a piss-take of that Britpop thing. It was Noel proving that he could do that in his sleep."
The rivalry between the bands would reach its height a year later in the summer of 1995, when Blur's Country House went up against the Oasis single Roll With It in a battle for the Number 1 spot.
He also revealed how Liam Gallagher adopted his characteristic "sneer", after a radio session version of the classic track Cigarettes And Alcohol saw him impersonating former Sex Pistols singer John Lydon.
"As a joke, he was sneering like Lydon," remembers McGee. "Noel played me that and I said, 'That stays!' And Noel went back and said to Liam: 'That stays!' Liam kind of brought in that sneer. He was always Lennon-y, but he brought in the Lydon thing to the vocal. Noel told me: 'Alan, he's only taking the piss'."
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Alan McGee
Bobby Gillespie
Bonehead
George Harrison
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Super Furry Animals
The Jesus And Mary Chain
To coincide with the 20th anniversary of the release of Oasis' first singles and debut album in 1994, (heralding the dawn of the Britpop era), we propose to put out a boxset which celebrates the history of their label - the maverick Creation Records. It follows the re-release of our critically acclaimed, award winning documentary film , Upside Down: the Creation Records Story, which featured a cross section of Creation artists from the Jesus and Mary Chain to Primal Scream and everyone in-between including the Super furry Animals, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, the House of Love and of course ,Oasis. It is also telling that 2014 also marks the 30th anniversary of the label's first release proper - 1984's Upside Down by The Jesus and Mary Chain.
Our film of the same name picked up 2011's MOJO Vision award and the NME writers award the same year beating Martin Scorsese's George Harrison biopic into second place. The boxset will feature the film itself and another disc which boasts at least 25 extended interviews with the likes of Noel Gallagher, Bonehead, Bobby Gillespie, Alan McGee, Irvine Welsh, Howard Marks and many many more
We have a crowdfunding campaign in motion through Indiegogo with the aim to raise the capital required to get this amazing boxset made.
Click here to read all about it.
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Campaign Supernova!
To coincide with the 20th anniversary of the release of Oasis' first singles and debut album in 1994, (heralding the dawn of the Britpop era), we propose to put out a boxset which celebrates the history of their label - the maverick Creation Records. It follows the re-release of our critically acclaimed, award winning documentary film , Upside Down: the Creation Records Story, which featured a cross section of Creation artists from the Jesus and Mary Chain to Primal Scream and everyone in-between including the Super furry Animals, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, the House of Love and of course ,Oasis. It is also telling that 2014 also marks the 30th anniversary of the label's first release proper - 1984's Upside Down by The Jesus and Mary Chain.
Our film of the same name picked up 2011's MOJO Vision award and the NME writers award the same year beating Martin Scorsese's George Harrison biopic into second place. The boxset will feature the film itself and another disc which boasts at least 25 extended interviews with the likes of Noel Gallagher, Bonehead, Bobby Gillespie, Alan McGee, Irvine Welsh, Howard Marks and many many more
We have a crowdfunding campaign in motion through Indiegogo with the aim to raise the capital required to get this amazing boxset made.
Click here to read all about it.
Check out the current collection and offers from Pretty Green here.
Alan McGee
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Pete Doherty
The Libertines
Watch the video below in which Alan McGee discusses his initial impressions the Gallagher brothers, Oasis, his thoughts on Pete Doherty and the challenges of managing The Libertines, and reflects on a career spanning 30 years in music...
Alan McGee On His First Impressions Of Liam And Noel Gallagher And More
Watch the video below in which Alan McGee discusses his initial impressions the Gallagher brothers, Oasis, his thoughts on Pete Doherty and the challenges of managing The Libertines, and reflects on a career spanning 30 years in music...
Alan McGee
Carl Barat
Oasis
Pete Doherty
The Libertines
Former Creation records boss Alan McGee is telling the true story of his incredible life with the publication of his autobiography, Creation Stories: Riots, Raves and Running a Label.
He’s the man who signed Oasis and was responsible for one of the greatest music labels in rock ‘n’ roll history.
And now former Creation records boss Alan McGee is telling the true story of his incredible life with the publication of his autobiography, Creation Stories: Riots, Raves and Running a Label.
It’s a riveting, rollercoaster of a read documenting incredible highs as Oasis became the biggest band in the world and crushing lows as the Glaswegian’s life fell apart due to drink and drugs.
However, it was Wales that would became his great redeemer and McGee’s sanctuary from the excesses of the music industry.
Buying a house in Hay-on-Wye in 1997, initially as a holiday retreat, the music mogul moved to the Welsh countryside for good five years ago, desperate to escape London with his wife Kate and their daughter Charlie.
“I think I was going past McCartneys the estate agents in Hay-on-Wye and I saw this gaff,” says McGee, recounting the story of how the border town first cast its spell.
“Now I don’t know if it was a rock ‘n’ roll message being sent because of the name of the estate agent but I’d prefer to say it was all down to Led Zeppelin if I’m honest.
“ I remember when I was 15 and Led Zepplein were walking over the hills in Wales and had these big houses. I thought to myself if I ever make it I want one of them.
“No matter what happens, I’ll never move from here. There’s a ley line under us, Strata Florida, which runs straight through the house, all the way from Glastonbury to Aberystwyth Castle, with us in the middle.”
Describing life in Powys as a spiritual rehab, McGee says he spent five years reading, watching films and bringing up his daughter, happily isolated from the rat race.
The rest was recuperative in every sense because after five years he was ready to re-immerse himself in the music industry, but on his own terms.”
The 53-year-old, who also launched the careers of Primal Scream, Jesus & Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and Super Furry Animals amongst others, announced his long-awaited return to the music industry this year with 359 Records – a joint collaboration with long-standing independent label Cherry Red, run from his Powys base.
“The best thing I ever did was going away for five years. Where I live is completely spiritual. I can sit in my room, look at the Black Mountains, and I can just decide should I or should I not go and do this or go and do that?
"I find in London that everything is like a bumrush every single time. It’s just too much."
“We split to Wales because London is such a me-me-me culture,” he adds. “It got so boring.
"You come down here and people are actually nice. You don’t usually meet people in London who are actually nice.
"Everyone has got an agenda. Me and the missus were in London for too long. Plus my daughter was around six or seven and I thought ‘I really don’t want her to become Londonised’.
“I think I’m averse to London,” he adds. “It eats your soul. It’s not people’s fault, it’s just there’s no spirituality in London.
"There may be creativity, but there’s no spirituality. People are on the breadline, and they’re just used up as a resource.
"People just end up using each other, you know, eating each other, it’s a kind of cannibalism. It freaks me out. All I ever want to do in London is get in and get out of it.
“With the technology now, it means you can run everything from home. I’ve got the book out, I’ve got a record company, a publishing company and two films all coming out, and I’m running it from my bedroom in Wales.
“The bottom line is, if I can do it on a Blackberry and a computer, anyone can do it – because I’m not that bright. You’ve got to have the confidence, but once you go after it and do it, then you realise you can do it.”
The reborn music mogul has never been busier. In addition to his autobiography and 359 Music, his first film as producer, Kubricks, has secured a distribution deal and he will be making an appearance in the forthcoming music industry comedy Svengali, which stars Welsh actor Johnny Owen and Sherlock star Martin Freeman.
McGee, who DJs regularly around the world, will be returning to one of his favourite Welsh haunts – the Mountain Ash Inn pub in Mountain Ash – next Saturday for another 359 Music night, after launching the label in Wales back in September.
Being introduced to landlord Tony Rivers through mutual acquaintances, the former Creation Records man admits it’s a place he loves.
“I just came and DJed one Sunday night and there were about 200 of them singing Oasis songs,” he laughs. “I had a blast so I kept coming back.
“When we started the label I said we would come back here and do a 359 Music night, because I like it here. I don’t think this part of the world gets the publicity it deserves. I think too many people see it as a backwater and a forgotten part of Britain.
“When we said we’re going to do the launch in Mountain Ash, people were saying to me ‘well where is it?’
But I love it, it’s this little rock ‘n’ roll haven in the middle of the valleys with posters of The Smiths and Sex Pistols on the wall it’s unlike any pub you will ever see.”
Creation Stories: Riots, Raves and Running a Label is out now, published by Sidgwick & Jackson.
Read excerpts from Alan McGee's book:
Super Furry Animals get tanked up
Signed by Creation Records AnR Mark Bowen (from Wales) they were perhaps the last great Creation band. They came out of the Cardiff music scene, and their lead singer Gruff Rhys was really charismatic. Mark took me to see them in the Camden Falcon at the end of 1995, where they were supporting Pearl Lowe's terrible band Powder.
The sound through the PA was that bad I thought Gruff Rhys was singing in Welsh. I told him afterwards it would help sales if he'd sing in English, and he said , 'I was!'
My only real interference with them was insisting that The Man Don't Give A F**** come out as an A side, instead of a B side. It could have been written for me, you know there was no that wasn't going to be a single on my label!
We had fun marketing the band. We were going to give them a full page in the NME, and they said, 'We don't want that, we want a tank. We want to deliver the single to Radio 1 in a tank.
That kind of logic wouldn't have appealed to every label boss, but it seemed perfectly reasonable to me and I happily handed over the money. It probably got loads more press attention than an advert would have done, but that wasn't the thinking behind it. It just appealed to my sense of mischief. I wonder if my sense of mischief, whatever trouble it's got me into, has also led to some of my greatest successes.
The Libertines go wild in Wales
I had a great idea, I'd take Pete Doherty and Caral Barat to the house I'd bought in the Welsh countryside, get them away from the temptations of London and they'd write the next album in nice peaceful setting.
I couldn't control it. Everything else, I've been able to control the scenarios. The Libertines were completely out of control.
Everybody had warned me but I didn’t listen. One morning Carl Barât smashed his head against a sink, after a row with Doherty. His eye was hanging out of his head. There was so much blood it was unbelievable. He managed to do £400-worth of damage to a big marble sink.
Bill Clinton bunks up
These days I don't travel nearly as much. I'm a family man, and I like the quiet of Wales. People comes to see us.
Bill Clinton came to stay once. I was going to do a gig in New York in May 2001, and on AOL messenger Peter Florence, the director of Hay Festival, said, 'Hi Alan, what are you doing next weekend?'
When I said I was in Amaerica, the next question was, 'Can Bill Clinton stay in your house?' I told (my wife) Kate, and she was very excited. 'What! Of course he can.'
I didn't particularly want Bill Clinton to saty at my house. American presidents, I know what their game is. Clinton's no different to the others, he's just really eloquent. But if Kate wanted it, that's okay: Clinton could stay.
The irony of all ironies was that Kate, who thought she was going to get to hang out with Clinton, wasn't even allowed to stay in her own house! She got kicked out and had to stay with Peter Florence's mum!
That was the end of being a hotel for the literature festival.
Courtney Love
She's been to stay at my house in Wales. She's a keen horse rider.
You can ride out of my place for miles into the countryside. She lost a £40,000 bracelet when she fell off her horse up there and asked me to send out a search party. There's no way we would have found it. For all I know, there's still a £40,000 bracelet up the hill.
Plant and Page
I've many of my heroes through becoming well known in music. I used to see Robert Plant wandering around. In 2005 he phoned me up and asked me to DJ his son's wedding.
Well, you don't get more flattering offers than that, and I showed up at the wedding in Robert's place down the road. Jimmy Page had just got sober and was wandering around. Jimmy Page is a god to me.
I remember putting Lola by The Kinks on as the first song and seeing Jimmy and Robert head to the dance floor and start dancing together, that was the absolute highlight of my DJing career!
Source: www.walesonline.co.uk
New Autobiography On Alan McGee's Incredible Rock N Roll Life
Former Creation records boss Alan McGee is telling the true story of his incredible life with the publication of his autobiography, Creation Stories: Riots, Raves and Running a Label.
He’s the man who signed Oasis and was responsible for one of the greatest music labels in rock ‘n’ roll history.
And now former Creation records boss Alan McGee is telling the true story of his incredible life with the publication of his autobiography, Creation Stories: Riots, Raves and Running a Label.
It’s a riveting, rollercoaster of a read documenting incredible highs as Oasis became the biggest band in the world and crushing lows as the Glaswegian’s life fell apart due to drink and drugs.
However, it was Wales that would became his great redeemer and McGee’s sanctuary from the excesses of the music industry.
Buying a house in Hay-on-Wye in 1997, initially as a holiday retreat, the music mogul moved to the Welsh countryside for good five years ago, desperate to escape London with his wife Kate and their daughter Charlie.
“I think I was going past McCartneys the estate agents in Hay-on-Wye and I saw this gaff,” says McGee, recounting the story of how the border town first cast its spell.
“Now I don’t know if it was a rock ‘n’ roll message being sent because of the name of the estate agent but I’d prefer to say it was all down to Led Zeppelin if I’m honest.
“ I remember when I was 15 and Led Zepplein were walking over the hills in Wales and had these big houses. I thought to myself if I ever make it I want one of them.
“No matter what happens, I’ll never move from here. There’s a ley line under us, Strata Florida, which runs straight through the house, all the way from Glastonbury to Aberystwyth Castle, with us in the middle.”
Describing life in Powys as a spiritual rehab, McGee says he spent five years reading, watching films and bringing up his daughter, happily isolated from the rat race.
The rest was recuperative in every sense because after five years he was ready to re-immerse himself in the music industry, but on his own terms.”
The 53-year-old, who also launched the careers of Primal Scream, Jesus & Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and Super Furry Animals amongst others, announced his long-awaited return to the music industry this year with 359 Records – a joint collaboration with long-standing independent label Cherry Red, run from his Powys base.
“The best thing I ever did was going away for five years. Where I live is completely spiritual. I can sit in my room, look at the Black Mountains, and I can just decide should I or should I not go and do this or go and do that?
"I find in London that everything is like a bumrush every single time. It’s just too much."
“We split to Wales because London is such a me-me-me culture,” he adds. “It got so boring.
"You come down here and people are actually nice. You don’t usually meet people in London who are actually nice.
"Everyone has got an agenda. Me and the missus were in London for too long. Plus my daughter was around six or seven and I thought ‘I really don’t want her to become Londonised’.
“I think I’m averse to London,” he adds. “It eats your soul. It’s not people’s fault, it’s just there’s no spirituality in London.
"There may be creativity, but there’s no spirituality. People are on the breadline, and they’re just used up as a resource.
"People just end up using each other, you know, eating each other, it’s a kind of cannibalism. It freaks me out. All I ever want to do in London is get in and get out of it.
“With the technology now, it means you can run everything from home. I’ve got the book out, I’ve got a record company, a publishing company and two films all coming out, and I’m running it from my bedroom in Wales.
“The bottom line is, if I can do it on a Blackberry and a computer, anyone can do it – because I’m not that bright. You’ve got to have the confidence, but once you go after it and do it, then you realise you can do it.”
The reborn music mogul has never been busier. In addition to his autobiography and 359 Music, his first film as producer, Kubricks, has secured a distribution deal and he will be making an appearance in the forthcoming music industry comedy Svengali, which stars Welsh actor Johnny Owen and Sherlock star Martin Freeman.
McGee, who DJs regularly around the world, will be returning to one of his favourite Welsh haunts – the Mountain Ash Inn pub in Mountain Ash – next Saturday for another 359 Music night, after launching the label in Wales back in September.
Being introduced to landlord Tony Rivers through mutual acquaintances, the former Creation Records man admits it’s a place he loves.
“I just came and DJed one Sunday night and there were about 200 of them singing Oasis songs,” he laughs. “I had a blast so I kept coming back.
“When we started the label I said we would come back here and do a 359 Music night, because I like it here. I don’t think this part of the world gets the publicity it deserves. I think too many people see it as a backwater and a forgotten part of Britain.
“When we said we’re going to do the launch in Mountain Ash, people were saying to me ‘well where is it?’
But I love it, it’s this little rock ‘n’ roll haven in the middle of the valleys with posters of The Smiths and Sex Pistols on the wall it’s unlike any pub you will ever see.”
Creation Stories: Riots, Raves and Running a Label is out now, published by Sidgwick & Jackson.
Read excerpts from Alan McGee's book:
Super Furry Animals get tanked up
Signed by Creation Records AnR Mark Bowen (from Wales) they were perhaps the last great Creation band. They came out of the Cardiff music scene, and their lead singer Gruff Rhys was really charismatic. Mark took me to see them in the Camden Falcon at the end of 1995, where they were supporting Pearl Lowe's terrible band Powder.
The sound through the PA was that bad I thought Gruff Rhys was singing in Welsh. I told him afterwards it would help sales if he'd sing in English, and he said , 'I was!'
My only real interference with them was insisting that The Man Don't Give A F**** come out as an A side, instead of a B side. It could have been written for me, you know there was no that wasn't going to be a single on my label!
We had fun marketing the band. We were going to give them a full page in the NME, and they said, 'We don't want that, we want a tank. We want to deliver the single to Radio 1 in a tank.
That kind of logic wouldn't have appealed to every label boss, but it seemed perfectly reasonable to me and I happily handed over the money. It probably got loads more press attention than an advert would have done, but that wasn't the thinking behind it. It just appealed to my sense of mischief. I wonder if my sense of mischief, whatever trouble it's got me into, has also led to some of my greatest successes.
The Libertines go wild in Wales
I had a great idea, I'd take Pete Doherty and Caral Barat to the house I'd bought in the Welsh countryside, get them away from the temptations of London and they'd write the next album in nice peaceful setting.
I couldn't control it. Everything else, I've been able to control the scenarios. The Libertines were completely out of control.
Everybody had warned me but I didn’t listen. One morning Carl Barât smashed his head against a sink, after a row with Doherty. His eye was hanging out of his head. There was so much blood it was unbelievable. He managed to do £400-worth of damage to a big marble sink.
Bill Clinton bunks up
These days I don't travel nearly as much. I'm a family man, and I like the quiet of Wales. People comes to see us.
Bill Clinton came to stay once. I was going to do a gig in New York in May 2001, and on AOL messenger Peter Florence, the director of Hay Festival, said, 'Hi Alan, what are you doing next weekend?'
When I said I was in Amaerica, the next question was, 'Can Bill Clinton stay in your house?' I told (my wife) Kate, and she was very excited. 'What! Of course he can.'
I didn't particularly want Bill Clinton to saty at my house. American presidents, I know what their game is. Clinton's no different to the others, he's just really eloquent. But if Kate wanted it, that's okay: Clinton could stay.
The irony of all ironies was that Kate, who thought she was going to get to hang out with Clinton, wasn't even allowed to stay in her own house! She got kicked out and had to stay with Peter Florence's mum!
That was the end of being a hotel for the literature festival.
Courtney Love
She's been to stay at my house in Wales. She's a keen horse rider.
You can ride out of my place for miles into the countryside. She lost a £40,000 bracelet when she fell off her horse up there and asked me to send out a search party. There's no way we would have found it. For all I know, there's still a £40,000 bracelet up the hill.
Plant and Page
I've many of my heroes through becoming well known in music. I used to see Robert Plant wandering around. In 2005 he phoned me up and asked me to DJ his son's wedding.
Well, you don't get more flattering offers than that, and I showed up at the wedding in Robert's place down the road. Jimmy Page had just got sober and was wandering around. Jimmy Page is a god to me.
I remember putting Lola by The Kinks on as the first song and seeing Jimmy and Robert head to the dance floor and start dancing together, that was the absolute highlight of my DJing career!
Source: www.walesonline.co.uk
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