Liam Gallagher's 'As You Were' Is The 10th Best Selling Album Worldwide By A British Artist In 2017

Liam Gallagher's debut album 'As You Were' was the tenth best selling album worldwide by a British artist in 2017.

The figures were released by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).

Here are the top ten best selling British albums of 2017 from around the world.

01. Ed Sheeran – Divide
02. Rag N Bone Man – Human
03. Sam Smith – The Thrill Of It All
04. Harry Styles – Harry Styles
05. Depeche Mode – Spirit
06. Ed Sheeran – Multiply
07. The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
08. Gorillaz – Humanz
09. Roger Waters – Is This The Life We Really Want?
10. Liam Gallagher – As You Were

It reports that one in every eight albums bought worldwide in 2017 was by a British act, while UK artists accounted for 12.9% of all music purchased or streamed around the world.

The figure is slightly up on last year's 12.5%, but down on 2015, when Adele's hugely successful 25 album lifted UK music exports to 17%.

Liam Gallagher On Bonehead, Richard Ashcroft, The Rolling Stones, The Killers, Ed Sheeran And More

Part two of Absolute Radio's interview with Liam Gallagher was broadcast this morning, listen to it in the video below.



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Liam Gallagher Will Headline Radio 2's 'Biggest Weekend Festival' In Coventry

Liam Gallagher will headline Radio 2's BBC's Biggest Weekend Festival in May in Coventry.

Speaking to Chris Evans' Radio 2 Breakfast Show, Liam acknowledged the oddity of him and Noel headlining the same event.

Chris Evans: So have you ever played a gig in one place, whilst your brother is playing for the same cause on a stage in the nation next door?

Liam Gallagher: No, no, no, but we're getting closer and closer to each other, aren't we?

Chris Evans: This is what's so intriguing about this, you see. You're like two sperm whales eyeing each other up from miles apart.

Liam Gallagher: Yeah that is it, mate. We're getting closer and closer, we're gonna collide, mate, one day and who knows what will happen?

The gigs are part of the Biggest Weekend - the largest music event ever attempted by the BBC.

The venues in Scotland and England will feature music from Radios 2 and 3, while Radio 1 will take over Swansea's Singleton Park with a bill including Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Craig David and Wolf Alice.

Liam Gallagher On Oasis, Noel, The Brit Awards, Ed Sheeran And More

Click here to listen to Liam Gallagher's interview on 'Nova’s Summer Breakfast Show' that was broadcast this morning.

Liam Gallagher On Oasis, Noel, Beady Eye, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Touring And More

Click here to read an interview with Liam Gallagher who talks about Oasis, Noel, Beady Eye, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, touring and more.

Noel Gallagher Talks Ed Sheeran, Baby Pandas, Country Music, Celine Dion, Shawn Mendes, Sam Smith And More

Noel Gallagher on talks Ed Sheeran, Baby Pandas, country music Celine Dion, Shawn Mendes, Sam Smith and more.

Noel Gallagher On 'Who Built The Moon?.' 'As You Were', Shawn Mendes, Ed Sheeran And More

Click here to read an interview with Noel Gallagher who talks about 'Who Built The Moon?.' 'As You Were', Shawn Mendes, Ed Sheeran and more.

Noel Gallagher Rates Kanye West, Mustaches, Books, Twitter, Doughnuts And Ed Sheeran

Liam Gallagher Is On The Cover Of Q

When Liam met Ed…

On sale Tuesday 21st November, the new issue of Q is an all-star special.

We reveal what happened when Liam Gallagher crossed paths with Ed Sheeran at the Q Awards and speak to a stellar cast about how 2017 has been for them, including Stormzy, Gorillaz, Manic Street Preachers, Kasabian, Sleaford Mods, Rag’N’Bone Man, Wiley and more.

Watch Liam, Gene And Peggy Gallagher On Gogglebox (UK Only)

Liam Gallagher, Peggy Gallagher, Gene Gallagher, Jeremy Corbyn, Jessica Hynes, Freddie Flintoff, Jamie Redknapp, Ed Sheeran, Big Narstie, Example and Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne join Britain's favourite viewers, for Stand Up To Cancer.

Click here to watch the episode.

Liam Gallagher's 'As You Were' Album Enters The UK Album Chart At Number 1

Liam Gallagher has gone straight in at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with his debut solo album As You Were.

Scoring massive combined sales of 103,000 (91% of which were physical purchases and digital downloads), Liam lands at the top spot with ease, outselling the rest of the Top 10 combined.

As You Were was both the best-selling and most streamed album of the week, and is the third fastest-selling of 2017 behind Ed Sheeran’s ÷ and Rag’n’Bone Man’s Human.

The album also posts impressive sales on vinyl, with 16,000 copies sold, giving Liam the biggest one-week vinyl sale in over 20 years, topping the Official Vinyl Albums Chart and Official Record Store Chart in the process.

Source: www.officialcharts.com

Liam Gallagher's 'As You Were' Is Selling More Then The Rest Of The Album Chart Combined

Liam Gallagher is set for a huge No.1 album after selling more than the rest of the chart’s top 75 combined.

The former Oasis star shifted over 55,000 copies of his debut solo record As You Were in just one day.

His nearest competitor is The Darkness, who are currently sitting in second place with 4,000 sales.

Liam’s numbers include a huge 40,000 from people who pre-ordered the critically acclaimed record.

It will be the rocker’s first studio album chart-topper since Oasis’ seventh and final record, Dig Out Your Soul, hit the top spot back in 2008.

His two offerings with post-Oasis break-up band, Beady Eye, reached No.2 and No.3.

My music insider said: “Liam’s first solo album has already been a huge hit with critics and now it’s proving a hit with fans too.”

Last month I exclusively revealed how Liam said he would retire if his solo album didn’t sell well.

But there’s no need for him to hang up his mac and mic just yet!

Much to the relief of his fans and to the annoyance of his older brother Noel.

Insiders also predict that Liam could go on to sell over 100,000 copies by Friday’s chart countdown.

Although the number is huge in today’s music industry, the total is still well down the all-time chart for first week sales.

Adele holds the record with 803,000 for 25, followed by Oasis Be Here Now 695,761 and Ed Sheeran’s ÷ with 672,000.

Now it’s over to Noel to see what he can do with his band High Flying Birds, who release their third album next month.

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk

Vote For Liam Gallagher At This Years Q Awards

Voting has opened for The Q Awards 2017 in association with Absolute Radio. Last year a galaxy of stars including U2, The Rolling Stones, Muse, M.I.A., Coldplay and Blondie descended on the Roundhouse in London for the world’s greatest music awards.

We return to the Roundhouse for this year’s ceremony, which takes place on 18 October and will feature live performances by Manic Street Preachers and Sleaford Mods. It promises the same degree of star-studded pageantry and live music thrills.

What’s more, you can help us choose the shortlist from this year’s nominees longlist and you could win a pair of tickets to music’s most prestigious event.

Q Best Track Presented by Flare Audio

Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
Lorde - Green Light
Kendrick Lamar - Humble
Kasabian - You're In Love With A Psycho
Liam Gallagher - Wall Of Glass

Q Best Live Act Presented by The Cavern Club

Stormzy
The Killers
Radiohead
Lorde
Liam Gallagher

Q Best Solo Artist Presented by Help Musicians UK

Ed Sheeran
Lana Del Rey
Liam Gallagher
Stormzy
St. Vincent

CLICK HERE TO VOTE NOW FOR THIS YEAR’S SHORTLIST.

Liam Gallagher On Life, Noel, Oasis, Skepta, America And More...

Liam Gallagher was interviewed by Zane Lowe yesterday and spoke about a number of subjects including Oasis, Noel, Skepta, Manchester, Ed Sheeran, on his album 'As You Were' and more.

On banter between him and Noel 

"We don’t do it for the money, I did Oasis to make music and get out of Manchester and see what was going on out there. The most important thing that people keep missing is that me and our kid don’t speak and thats the saddest thing about it, two wrongs don’t make no right. So before Oasis get back to together and before this cheques knocking about, me and him need to start becoming brothers and friends again, and inevitably we’ll start making music. So there doesn’t matter how many noughts are on the end. I know you’ve heard it a million times, but its not about the money. We were the real deal."

“I don’t care about getting Oasis back together. He prods me and I prod him. I’m letting him know that I’m still here. I’m right here, I ain’t going away. I’m back and I’m here. For me music is about having a laugh, life is about having a laugh and everyone seems to be making a tune, thing a cheque and going back to their big houses. I find it funny taking the piss out of my older brother who thinks his s*** don’t stink. I find it funny."

On breaking America

“There’s a lot of great bands that don’t make it here. Its just one of those things. Maybe we were a bit too radish for them."

On Ed Sheeran

"He is talented. I don’t know much about him but he is talented.”

What do you do when your not out there doing what your born to do 

"I moan, kick things, spit at things all sorts of things, swear a lot, kicking like a fence or an iron gate. I drink a lot, eat a lot, get fat, go for a run and try to chase squirrels to lose it again"

On 'As You Were'

Apparently its something to do with the military when you stand for attention. For me its back to doing what I do. As you were, back in business whether its successful or not. I am back to music and singing songs, so, as you were"

"I don’t see myself as a writer, I see myself as a singer first. I’m still learning, when I wake up in the morning and look in the mirror I just see a rock n roll singer with a dash of punk, and loads of charm. I don’t see myself as an Ed Sheeran or a Bod Dylan.”

On the last four years

“I needed time out. I had to get away from music. The last 4 years have been hell. I had to go cold turkey and get away in a room away from music. The only time I’ve really had off is the past 4 years. Its been good to have a bit of time off, get back for reality, go for walks and do stuff. You can’t be on stage all the time. I got my relationships back with my kids, all is good in the world. I’m bored of that now, I’m ready to get back on stage and do some screaming and shouting.”

“If you want to come and hear Oasis music done properly, come to my gig. Our kid (Noel) is doing them like Dolly Parton."

On choosing a Skepta track

“He’s doing well, apparently its the new kind of thing. Everyone keeps comparing me to him. He’s the talk of the town out in England right now."

Liam Gallagher On Ed Sheeran

It seems that Liam Gallagher well and truly is mellowing with age, as the Oasis man's recent comments about Ed Sheeran have proven.

There was once a time that Gallagher would have ripped an artist like Sheeran to pieces, but he spoken very complimentarily of him in a recent interview - not only saying that he wasn't as good a writer as Sheeran, put placing him in the same category as a musical legend.

He told Zane Lowe on his Beats 1 show: "He is talented. I don’t know much about him but he is talented."

He also mentioned how he did not see himself as the same kind of musician (no kidding) as Sheeran, saying: “I don’t see myself as a writer, I see myself as a singer first. I’m still learning. When I wake up in the morning and look in the mirror I just see a rock n roll singer with a dash of punk, and loads of charm. I don’t see myself as an Ed Sheeran or a Bob Dylan.”

Gallagher worked with Snow Patrol's Jonny McDaid - who has also co-written for Sheeran - on his forthcoming debut album. Next stop, collaboration?

Source: entertainment.ie

Liam Gallagher Confirmed For Glastonbury

Liam Gallagher has been confirmed to perform on The Other Stage at Glastonbury on Saturday 24 June at 5.45pm.

The festival runs between June 21 and 25, with Radiohead, Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran set to headline.

Noel Gallagher On Oasis' 'Wonderwall', Earrings, Tattoos, Leather Trousers And More

Noel Gallagher has said he does not "particularly like" Oasis song Wonderwall despite its enduring popularity and global appeal.

Gallagher penned the song, which was released in 1995 and has gone on to be remembered as a defining song of the 1990s and is considered one of the now-defunct rock band's best tracks.

The musician told Absolute Radio's Andy Bush that he always thinks the greatest song he has ever written is "the next one".

He added: "Wonderwall has become a worldwide hit, and I will get stopped all over the world, in any city you care to name, and people will sing Wonderwall.

"I don't particularly like that song - I think Cigarettes And Alcohol is a far superior song."

Gallagher said he struggles to understand why the group's second album, (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - on which Wonderwall appears - was more successful than their first record, Definitely Maybe.

"And for the life of me I still can't work out why Morning Glory would have sold 20-odd million, and Definitely Maybe only, like, five or six," he said.

Wonderwall, on which his brother and former Oasis co-star Liam sang lead vocals, has been named the greatest British song in various different radio station polls over the years.

It reached number one in several countries, including Australia, Canada and Spain, although it only peaked at number two in the UK charts, and spawned several cover versions.

Ahead of turning 50 next week, Gallagher said he is not currently going through a midlife crisis because he is "not that kind of person" and is refraining from the stereotypical signs of such a moment.

He said: "Not as yet. No earrings, no tattoos, no leather trousers.

"I'm not that kind of person, I've never owned a licence, like a driver's licence. Maybe I'd be buying a quarter million-pound motor this morning, if I had a licence and could be bothered learning to drive, or even a motorbike.

"I've never dyed my hair."

The High Flying Birds frontman said there are "no rock stars any more" in the charts, and that he thinks the music industry has become too much of a business.

"I have sat down and thought, if the rate of your share price depends on people like Bobby Gillespie, Liam and Richard Ashcroft, wouldn't you rather it rest on the reputation of Chris Martin and Ed Sheeran, d'you know what I mean?" he said.

"So, the people in the bands, the outlaws, people who came from council estates, have been marginalised now by the music business, because it's become more of a business.

"Chris is a very good friend of mine, but he is a very nice boy."

The full interview with Noel Gallagher will air on Absolute Radio at 8pm on Monday May 29.

Source: www.nwemail.co.uk

Liam Gallagher On Adele, Ed Sheeran And Harry Styles

The ever-humble Liam Gallagher says his new solo album is going to right all the wrongs caused by pop giants Adele and Ed Sheeran.

The former Oasis frontman is finishing up work on As You Were, his first-ever solo album and his return to music following his split with Beady Eye back in October 2014.

Liam is his usual swaggering self, promoting the record in an ES Magazine, in which he modestly describes himself as the cure for all of rock music's current ills.

"As far as I'm concerned, whether this album's a success or not, some c**t has to counteract the bullshit. 'And I'm that f**king man," he insisted. "Whether it's Adele or Ed Sheeran — I'm not arsed about them — but half of these bands that call themselves guitar bands, they're in that mob too. They're just running amok.

"These c***s are just getting away with murder: you can't tell a guitar band from a pop band these days. No one's cranking it up and having a bit of aggro.

"They're all going to the same parties, they're all f**king hanging out, they're all drinking from the same cup, they're all eating at the same f**king restaurants, and, dare I say it, they all look the same, and dress the same. Someone needs to counteract that. And I'm here to do that."

A dislike of Ed Sheeran could well be a bonding moment for Liam and his brother, with Noel Gallagher having previously had a go at the 'Thinking Out Loud' singer too. Ah, brotherly bonding!

Liam isn't down on all popstars — it seems he actually has some affection for Harry Styles now that the 23-year-old is breaking away from the Simon Cowell-created One Direction.

"I wouldn't buy [his single 'Sign of the Times'], but it's interesting. Imagine what it's like for him," Liam said. "He's got a big f**king weight on his shoulders, and he's only f**king young.

"He's probably thinking this One Direction thing ain't for me. People change, so if he wants to do a bit of that, good luck to him."

Maybe our Liam is turning into a softy in his advanced years, after all! His full interview appears in this week's issue of ES Magazine, out on Thursday (May 25, 2017).

Source: www.digitalspy.com

Ed Sheeran Says He Doesn't Care That Noel Gallagher Doesn't Like His Music

Ed Sheeran has revealed that he and Noel Gallagher "get on" despite the fact the Oasis man doesn't like his music.

In an interview with The Guardian, the singer-songwriter address past criticism involving the Ballad Of The Mighty I singer, saying: "I know Noel Gallagher doesn’t like my music, but I get on with him as a person, so why does it fucking matter?"

And it seems the Castle On The Hill singer more dismissive of critics in general, revealing: “I was self-conscious about it on my first album, because I’d never had any success, I’d never sold any records, never sold a ticket, and I was terrified that it would be over in an instant.

"The album got panned by the critics and I was like: ‘Fuck, this is it.’ But now I’m at a point where, even if I get a one-star review for every album I release for the rest of my life, I’ll still be able to play music.”

Noel Gallagher famously made a jibe at the Shape Of You star when he sold out Wembley, but Sheeran revealed he actually gave Oasis wordsmith tickets for his daughter Anais.
Meanwhile, Ed Sheeran's third album, Divide, is released today.

Source: radiox.co.uk

Noel Gallagher On Losing His Phone In A Taxi

The former Oasis star panicked after realising he had left his mobile in a taxi after Wednesday’s BRIT Awards.

And its contents could land him in trouble.

Arriving at the Sony after party, Noel said: “I’ve lost my f****ing phone, I have tried calling it and it’s actually gone. I have no idea where it is!

“I better find it because of all the f****ing porn on it, don’t want that to get out and splashed everywhere. I can’t have that out, it will ruin my image of being an innocent, wholesome pop star.”

Noel innocent? Ha!

The rocker then made a not-too-subtle reference to the recent expose of David Beckham’s emails, revealing his desperation to become a Sir.

Noel quipped: “I can kiss goodbye to my knighthood, that won’t happen after someone picks up my phone.”

Becks obviously has Noel’s full support as later he partied with his eldest son Brooklyn, left, who is nursing a broken collarbone.

Still on the lemonade – well he is 17 – Brooklyn is close pals with his daughter Anais but Noel keeps an eye on him.

Noel also partied with Simon Cowell, who once offered him £2million to become a judge on The X Factor.

Things could have been awkward when the guitarist bumped into Ed Sheeran at the Warner party later, after criticising his brand of “polished pop”.

But, instead, the duo shared a Ciroc Vodka together.

After all Anais is a fan of Ed too!

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk