Liam Gallagher On How He Was "Gutted" When George Michael Died

Liam Gallagher has spoken to 'NME: Gold Liam Gallagher' about George Michael.

He said "I met him a few times, and every time I met him he was a top gent. He stared coming to a few Oasis gigs early on, and then I met him at the Olympics, went back to his house for a party a few times. I'd just done a thing about him - they got this documentary coming out on 'Listen Without Prejudice' - and there's that song 'Praying For Time' and I always used to go up to him and go 'that tune man...'So they wanted me to go round his house and chat about it. So I go round, and he's not there, and there filming me going on about that song, and what I liked about it. And then two weeks later he's fucking dead. I weren't his best mate or anything, but I was gutted when he died."

Liam Gallagher To Feature In George Michael Documentary On Channel 4 Tonight

Today 9pm - 10:50pm Channel 4 (UK Only) 

The singer-songwriter narrates a documentary charting his life and career, focusing on the period around the release of his 1990 album Listen without Prejudice Vol 1. The star opens his heart about his great love and loss, as well as the well-documented High Court battle with his record label, and there is personal archive and home footage and interviews, with contributions by Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Ricky Gervais, Nile Rodgers, Mark Ronson, Liam Gallagher, Mary J Blige and Tony Bennett.

Liam Gallagher On His New Music, Life, Oasis, George Michael And More

Click here to read an interview with Liam Gallagher, he talks about his new album, life, Oasis, George Michael, Noel and more.

Liam Gallagher: George Michael Is A “Modern-Day Elvis”

Liam Gallagher features on the upcoming Channel 4 documentary film 'George Michael: Freedom'.

Channel 4 has shared a new trailer for its upcoming documentary film, George Michael: Freedom.


George Michael: Freedom is due to premiere on Channel 4 later this month at a date to be confirmed.

Liam Gallagher Hits Back At Twitter Troll Mocking George Michael

Liam Gallagher has hit back at a Twitter user who made a joke at the expense of the late George Michael.

Gallagher initially tweeted his disbelief at the news of Michael’s death, which was announced by his publicist on Christmas Day, who said that the ‘Faith’ singer had “passed away peacefully at home.”

Read more: R.I.P. George Michael – For me and a generation, he was British pop music

“It better not be true about George Michael,” Gallagher wrote on the social platform, where he has 1.4 million followers. In a since-deleted reply to that tweet, a Twitter user by the name of @Migualez then made a joke that referred to Michael’s 1998 arrest in a public restroom in Beverley Hills, California.

Incensed by the response, Gallagher directly replied to the Twitter user, writing: “Your a massive cunt good job your a nobody as if be coming down your chimney and volleying you in the face.”

Gallagher paid tribute to the late singer yesterday (December 26) on Twitter by posting a link to Michael’s 1990 single ‘Praying For Time’.

Source: www.nme.com

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George Michael - Praying for Time - YouTube 

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Liam Gallagher To Appear In George Michael Documentary

A reissue of George Michael’s Listen Without Prejudice, Vol 1, entitled Listen Without Prejudice 25, is coming soon it has been announced.

In celebration of the reissue Sony Music has teamed up with Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide to commission Freedom: George Michael, a new film narrated by George himself. The film stars Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Mark Ronson, Mary J Blige, Tony Bennett, Liam Gallagher, James Corden, Ricky Gervais, the Freedom! ’90 video supermodels (Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz and Linda Evangelista) and more.

The US premiere will air on Showtime with the air date, and international dates, to be confirmed at a later date.

Listen Without Prejudice 25 will be released as a Deluxe box set and 2CD Edition, which will feature a remastered version of George’s 1996 MTV Unplugged performance, available as an album for the very first time. Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1 will also be reissued on vinyl and digital.

Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1. was George’s second solo album released in 1990. The album was arranged, produced and almost completely written by George himself.

Source: www.entertainment-focus.com

George Michael: 'Liam Gallagher Complimentary About My Music'

Singer denies Beady Eye frontman walked out of recent London show.

George Michael has defended Liam Gallagher after it was reported that the former Oasis man had walked out of a recent show of his.

Earlier this week it was claimed that Gallagher left George Michael's London show after just 23 minutes, preferring to stand at the bar with Beady Eye bandmate Andy Bell instead. However, Michael has since launched a staunch defence of his friend via his Twitter page, saying that Liam has always been "very complimentary" about his music.

"Please don't hold it against Liam that he popped off to the bar at Saturday's show", Michael tweeted. "He's a lovely guy and has always been really friendly to me and very complimentary about my music." Explaining that Gallagher left the show to get away from onlookers making him uncomfortable, Michael added: "He was getting a load hassle from people who spotted him so it's not surprising he went for for a bevvy :)"

All of Michael's tweets were subsequently re-tweeted by former All Saints star Nicole Appleton, Gallagher's wife, with whom he had attended the Earl's Court concert.

The show Gallagher allegedly walked out on was part of Michael’s Symphonica Tour and was the second of three London dates rescheduled following his battle with pneumonia in 2011.

The singer recently cancelled a run of shows in Australia, citing "major anxiety" as the reason behind his decision.

Source: www.nme.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds release International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records on October 15.

They will embark on a number European dates before they tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.

For details on the above and more click here.

Liam Gallagher Leaves George Michael Concert After 23 Minutes

Liam Gallagher is a man that knows what he likes and what drives him up the Wonderwall.

The Oasis front man clearly didn't have any Faith in George Michael as he up and left the singer's concert after just 23 minutes.

Liam, 40, was seen attending the Symphonica concert at Earls Court, in London, on Saturday night, but got up and left shortly after George began to perform.

Strangely, Liam was on the night out with a group of women including his wife Nicole Appleton, actress Tamzin Outhwaite and television presenter Kate Thornton.

However, the screaming girls teamed with an exuberant George was too much for Liam and he made a quick exit with band mate Andy Bell.

The two musicians didn't leave the girls stranded, however, and they just parked up in the bar and drank some beers.

An onlooker told the Daily Mirror: 'The gig started at 8.15pm and as the lights went down, Liam and Nicole arrived and quickly hugged Tamzin and co in their area.

'The girls all seemed in great spirits and were dancing around straight away, absolutely loving it.'

The source added: 'But Liam didn’t seem particularly excited about the four chaps mincing along in front of him, trying to make eye contact and wink. He was stony-faced throughout.'

While the rock star enjoyed the rest of the concert from the bar area his wife had a great time with her girl friends.

Tamzin posted a picture of the gang on Twitter and said: 'That was one of my fave nights EVER!! George Michael you are a GOD!!!'

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds release International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records on October 15.

They will embark on a number European dates before they tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.

 For details on the above and more click here.

Oasis, One Direction And The Spice Girls Most 'Scrobbled' Artists Following Olympic Closing Ceremony

Oasis, One Direction and the Spice Girls were the top three artists streamed via Last.fm following the Olympic Closing Ceremony according to data from the digital music service.

By recording trends in ‘scrobbling’ - where Last.fm keeps a record of every track listened to on various digital platforms - the platform's live data found that the music event greatly impacted listening habits.

Wonderwall by Oasis was the most scrobbled track after Liam Gallagher performed the seminal single under the moniker of his new band Beady Eye.

One Direction hit What Makes You Beautiful was second place on the list with Spice Girls Spice Up Your Life taking third place.

Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here and Muse Survival rounded off the top five with John Legend, The Who and Queen all making appearances in the top ten.

George Michael’s Freedom-90 was bottom of the pops and received a relatively low-level of listeners on Sunday night.

The performances also created a natural spike in listening habits, with the majority of acts benefitting from increased listeners following their appearance.

The spikes occurred shortly after the Spice Girls, Beady Eye (Oasis), John Lennon (performance of Imagine), Pink Floyd (performance of Wish You Were Here), The Who and One Direction took to the stage.

Source: www.musicweek.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' new single 'Everybody's On The Run' is available now digitally and in stores more details can be found here.

Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweet

Bumped into the biggest cock last night at George Michael’s party, “behave” it was RKID ha ha LG x

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' new single 'Everybody's On The Run' is available now digitally and in stores more details can be found here.

Liam Gallagher Named As Top Choice To Front Queen

Gigwise readers have named Liam Gallagher as their top choice to step into the shoes of Freddie Mercury as the future frontman of Queen.

The Oasis and Beady Eye rocker topped the recent poll, pushing the current star fronting Queen, Adam Lambert, into second place.

George Michael and Paul Rodgers placed third and fourth in the poll - with both having performed with the remaining members of the band at previous events. Fifth place was Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears.

Gigwise readers were not keen on Queen taking a hip-hop direction however, with Kanye West proving the least popular artist to take up the role. Brian May's new best mate Dappy was second-least favourite with Will.i.am, Olly Murs and Lil Wayne also proving unpopular choices.

Source: www.gigwise.com

Noel Gallagher Does Not Ever See Himself Playing Stadiums

Noel Gallagher does not think he will play at the same size venues as a solo artist, as he did with Oasis.

Speaking to the NME the former Oasis man said "I don't see me ever being able to stand on stage in a stadium, like a jobbing f**king minstrel with an acoustic guitar, and pull it off in a hour and a half. I just don't I've got that in me. Band's have got more power than f**king jobbing songwriters. Who was the last solo artist to play Wembley Stadium? George Michael.

He added "I don't ever see me playing stadiums. I don't think the demand will be there. I could probably do an arena in Manchester. Probably. But I don't know. I'm just going to see how it goes. it's a nice position to be in, and I've not been in this position since 'Definitely Maybe', where it's just like, 'Well put this album out, don't know what's going to happen.' Whereas in Oasis, you know what's going to happen. And that's great, but anything is possible and I'm not setting any limits on it. But I can safely say. it won't be anyway approaching being as big as Oasis were.never".

Noel Gallagher is set to release his debut album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' on through his own Sour Mash record label, on October 17th (this date will vary slightly internationally).

The album features ten new songs and was recorded over the past year in London and Los Angeles. It was co-produced by Noel and David Sardy, who Noel has worked with previously.

Gallagher, Brand & Ross Rock The MITs!

Jonathan Ross was last night honoured for his services to the music industry by pals including Noel Gallagher and Russell Brand.

A year after Sachsgate, which saw the presenter and Brand slated for leaving prank messages on Andrew Sachs' voicemail, he received the Music Industry Trusts' Award.

George Michael handed him the gong at London's Grosvenor House Hotel in front of 1,000 of the great and good from the music world - and I was lucky enough to be invited.

Russell said: "I'm showing my support for Jonathan. I definitely want to do more work together - I love working with him. He'd do fantastically well in the US.

"He's the best chat show host in the world."

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

You can find a number of pictures from the event by clicking here.

Oasis Busk Duo Asbo'd

A pair of tuneless beggars have been slapped with Asbos to stop them belting out Oasis hit Wonderwall.

James Ryan, 40 and Andrew Cave, 39, infuriated residents and passers-by with relentless renditions of the Britpop classic while begging for money.

Ryan strummed his old guitar while Cave banged dustbin lids – often until 3am in Birmingham's trendy Moseley district.

And the only relief was when the duo occasionally played George Michael's Faith.

But their music-making was brought to an abrupt end this week as Birmingham magistrates handed down a two-year Asbo.

Faith

A spokesman for Birmingham City Council, who brought the action against them with West Midlands Police, said he was pleased with the outcome.

He said: "The duo would continuously play Oasis's Wonderwall.

"There would be Ryan playing the acoustic guitar, whilst Cave joined in with him by banging on dustbin lids or whatever other surface he was stood nearby.

"On rare occasions they broke into George Michael's Faith and we think the money they acquired is believed to fund their drug use.

"This order means Cave has been banned from playing a musical instrument in Moseley whilst Ryan has been banned from playing in Moseley Village.

"Both have been completely banned from begging in England and Wales."

Source: www.thesun.co.uk