One Direction Fans Slam Noel Gallagher On Twitter

Noel Gallagher is not a One Direction fan. That much we are pretty sure of, because he just won’t stop slagging them off.

The former Oasis star seems to blast the young X Factor singers in every interview he gives and most recently he’s not only criticised their music, but their musical genre as a whole and it sounds like he’s pretty wound up about the whole thing!

We can always count on the Wonderwall to be outspoken and controversial and in a new interview with GQ magazine, he turned his attention to the industry and radio sector, blasting:

“[It’s] pretty f**king dreadful, the music is. I can’t get my head round pop music. It’s all on the same frequency.

“It all seems designed to aggravate my teeth. You know music that makes your teeth hurt.”

Turning his rant towards Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson in particular Noel continued:

“Everybody’s winning out of it. One Direction aren’t working in the local f**king Costcutter, so they’re winning.

“The geezer who’s writing the f**king s**t tunes – he’s winning. He’s got f**king new houses coming out of his earholes.

“The record company are winning – ‘cos they’re all getting their f**king bonuses at Christmas.”

If you are a Directioner, or the parent of a Directioner then you might want to look away now because he took his insults to a whole other level, adding:

“The young 12-year-old girls are winning because one day they might actually grow up to give one of them a blowjob. They’re all winning. No-one’s losing.”

Noel’s Twitter mentions quickly filled up with messages from users who didn’t like his comments at all.

Tweets sent to the singer and guitarist included:

“I hate when people like Noel Gallagher slag off pop music. It makes people happy and doesn’t change the fact nobody likes your latest album.”

“Ok I like Oasis but serious can Noel Gallagher stop he’s just being an arse I don’t care if you hate One Direction stop being a knob”

“I have no respect at all for noel gallagher, horrible man”

Source: www.unrealitytv.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Blasts Radio 1 And One Direction

It’s news to absolutely nobody that brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher – of Oasis fame – don’t hold back on their criticism and acerbic barbs, and in today’s Sun, it’s been reported that this week, it was Noel’s turn to fire several blasts across the bows of Radio 1, One Direction and the music industry in general!

In an expletive filled interview with GQ magazine, Noel began by lambasting Radio 1, remarking, “There’s a lack of soul on Radio 1…

“I mean, what’s going to be the future of chart music?”

Branding the station “pretty f****** dreadful” he added, “I can’t get my head round pop music.

“It’s all on the same frequency. It all seems designed to aggravate my teeth.

“You know music that makes your teeth hurt?

He added, “Everybody’s winning out of it.”

And of One Direction – who are of course Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Liam Payne – Noel said, “One Diretion aren’t working in the local f****** Costcutter, so they’re winning.

“The geezer who’s writing the f****** s*** tunes, he’s winning. He’s got f****** new houses coming out of his ear holes.

“The record company are winning because they’re all getting their f****** bonuses at Christmas.

“The young 12-year-old girls are winning because one day, they might actually grow up to give one of them a b*** job.

“They’re all winning. No one’s losing.

“The only people who are losing are idiots like me at 9.30 in the morning when you’re trying to get the kids out the door for school, and they’re f****** murdering one of Blondie’s songs.”

Source: www.unrealitytv.co.uk

One Direction's Louis Tomlinson Calls Noel Gallagher A Knob!

One Direction's Louis Tomlinson has responded to Noel Gallagher telling the band their music can ‘f*** off’ by branding him a ‘k**b’.

However the singer revealed he would only ‘expect’ Gallagher to be a ‘k**b’. ‘At the end of the day you kind of want Noel Gallagher to be a k**b,’ he told British GQ in the controversial new issue of the men’s monthly.

 ‘You expect him to be a k**b. That’s cool in a way,’ he goes on. ‘He says s**t like that but that’s definitely what we would expect from someone like him. He’s predictable.’

 Bandmate Harry Styles also saw the abuse from the former Oasis star as something of a compliment. ‘It’s easy to have a pop at the kids from X Factor,’ the floppy haired star said, adding: ‘Thing is, his kids are coming to our show.’

Video: Liam Gallagher On Oasis Justin Bieber, One Direction And More

Liam Gallagher has told Channel 5 News that he wants Oasis to reform next year to mark 20 years since the band formed.

Asked what his reaction would be if brother Noel approached him about a reunion, he said: “I’d say bring it on, let’s do it.”

He added: “Me and him have not spoken since 2009 so who knows? If it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be.

“I’ll do it if people want to do it."

The Beady Eye frontman appears to have curbed his wild side: he jogs (“I’m chilled when I’m running”), gets up at 6am and makes sure his children – aged 11 and 13 - don’t swear.

“I hope they turn up well and they are, they’re good polite kids. They’re not what you’d think.

“They’re nice, well educated kids. Obviously I’ve got a foul tongue but I’ve never heard them swear once. I’m proud that they’re not like me.”

Gallagher, who appeared on The Voice recently, seems less angry in general – even about reality TV.

“It’s an opportunity for people to go and do something," he told Minnie Stephenson.

"You can’t knock that. It’s the whole crap around it – we don’t give them a chance.

“If they don’t light up the world on the first album they’re banished to the Tower of London, you never see them again.”

Gallagher is one of Manchester City's most famous fans and he was “made up” about Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure from Man United.

“Obviously I wish it’d come a lot sooner, like 19 years ago. I respect Ferguson, he’s a top manager.

"The world of football has definitely changed since he’s gone. It’s an end of an era.”

He also had praise for Justin Bieber, saying: “I like him, I think he’s pretty talented.

"They turned him into this mad pop madhead [but] he’s a talented musician.”


Source: www.channel5.com

Beady Eye On Oasis, Noel Gallagher, Daft Punk, One Direction And More

The last great rock ‘n’ roll star in Britain is in the room. And he is – to borrow a phrase – ’aving it.

Bounding up the stairs of a rehearsal studio opposite HMP Pentonville in north London, Liam Gallagher is all barely suppressed energy – pulling at a cigarette, his finger jabbing, jaw jutting and piercing blue eyes unwavering.

And he’s not afraid to spring a surprise, either.

“I would reform Oasis,” he says, speaking, as he does about everything, with absolute, unshakeable conviction. “Don’t get me wrong. I’m not desperate to. But if it was right, I’d do it. I’d do it for nothing, I’d do it for the music.”

Pause. Eye contact. Drag on the cigarette. Matter-of-fact finger point.

“I don’t think we’d get another album out. I don’t think I could work with Our Kid again – I don’t think he’d work with me again.

“But to do a tour for an anniversary thing, I’m up for that. I’d do a tour, I’d be up for the tour. Why f**king not, man? But afterwards, I’d definitely go back to Beady Eye cos I’m all about chilling and harmony right now.”

And breathe.

Now 40, Liam is at once exactly as you’d expect, yet also not what you’d expect at all. Yes, he’s every inch the mad-for-it Mancunian force of nature, whose face – that belligerent jaw, those menacing eyes, that much-copied (never bettered) hair – came to dominate the culture of a whole generation. The swagger is still untouchable, the aggression still perfectly channelled. He owns the space around him. Nineteen years after Oasis’ debut album Definitely Maybe definitively changed Britain’s musical landscape forever, Liam remains a complete one-off.

Watching his post-Oasis band Beady Eye rehearsing songs from their new album, BE, is to see a group fully immersed in their own power, with a singer at least as committed as he ever was. Though they’re effectively playing to an audience of one, the intensity doesn’t drop for a second. Liam still approaches the microphone like he’s going to physically assault it, still spits out every syllable of every lyric like his life depends upon it.

And yet – he’s also polite, funny and smarter than he gets credit for. Charming, even. Later, at the MF photo shoot, he’s all handshakes and backslaps and “f**kin’ nice one”s to everyone from the editor to the boy who delivered the bacon butties.
While the rest of the band – guitarists Andy Bell and Gem Archer and new bassist Jay Mehler, freshly joined from Kasabian (drummer Chris Sharrock is absent today) – are reserved, chatting among themselves, content to fade into the background, Liam works the room.

“Oi, Mr Fabulous!” he shouts. “You smoke, or what? You want a cigarette?”

Mr MF, Liam. Technically this is MF magazine. Fabulous is for the ladies.

“Yeah, but ‘Mr MF’ sounds s**t. Mr Fabulous – that’s a f**kin’ name, man. Mr F**kin’ Fabulous. That’s who you are.”

We’re not quite sure if he means it or he’s taking the mickey. Which is Liam all over.

Gem and Andy are well-used to this, of course. Before Beady Eye, they were both members of Oasis, along with drummer Chris (“What’s the difference between Oasis and Beady Eye?” asks Andy. “About 20 per cent, I’d say.”). But it’s telling that after the spectacular implosion of that band in 2009, it was Liam they followed, and not his older brother, Noel, 46.

Beady Eye were born from the ashes of Oasis and if their first album, 2011’s Different Gear, Still Speeding, sounded like it, this time around there’s a different feeling in the air. The band are more relaxed: in the post-Noel era, songwriting duties are shared between Liam, Andy and Gem, and they’re happy to admit they prefer it that way.

“When something works,” says Gem, “it works because we all make it work. And when it doesn’t work, we keep at it until it does.”

There’s another advantage to having a personality like Liam in the band, of course.
“We get the best of both worlds,” says Andy. “One night, we could be playing an arena in front of thousands, then the next day I’ll walk into HMV and nobody will recognise me...”

“Unless it was an HMV next to the arena, maybe,” chips in Gem.

“Or I was hanging out by the ‘O’ section. Which of course I do. A lot,” Andy replies.
Nevertheless, the spectre of Noel hangs over everything Beady Eye do. You can’t help thinking, no matter what they say, Big Brother is watching.

So, Liam, how are things different for you now?

All our songs are our songs. There’s no one telling me what to do. And nothing on the album that I don’t like.

Does that mean there were Oasis songs you didn’t like?

Well, I was just sort of given those Oasis songs and told to sing them, and mostly I’d go: “Yeah, all right, it’s a good song.” There might be some bits where you’re not sure and you say: “You know what, I don’t know about that bit there...” But all that happens then is you just get the f**king Hitler tut. You’re like: “That bit there, what about taking that out?” and it’s just: “You, f**k off and sing it.” But then, that’s life. We did all right with that formula so, I can’t complain, right? I guess after Oasis there was a part of us that thought: “Right, f**k that, he’s left, they all think we’re gonna go work in f**king Sainsbury’s.” But the truth is, we just wanted to keep rocking.

And what did you think of the Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds album?

I haven’t listened to it. I’ve heard what’s been on the radio and some of it’s all right. I didn’t like that What A Life! tune, that’s just ridiculous. I don’t know what the f**k he was on. I’m glad that he wrote that on his solo album. I don’t think I could have borne that at a f**king Oasis gig, f**king hell. Would it sound better if I was singing it? That song would sound s**t, full stop. I wouldn’t go near it. Some of the others would have sounded great though. The Death of You And Me, Everybody’s On The Run – I’d have nailed them all, man.

Has there been any reconciliation?

I see Noel at Manchester City matches every now and then, but that’s it. We’re not speaking. I don’t really see his kids [Anais, 13, Donovan, five, and Sonny, two], he doesn’t see mine [Molly, 15, Lennon, 13, and Gene, 11] that much, either. My mum’s not happy, but that’s life, know what I mean? We don’t get on, we’re two different people. It is what it is. It’s not the f**king Brady Bunch.

But if there were to be an Oasis reunion, you’d have to start talking again at some point, right? And there’s no doubting the public appetite for it...

Yeah, I can go with that. We shouldn’t have split up in the first place. We should have weathered the storm, know what I mean? And that’s why I think Noel just wanted out. We’d had bigger arguments about bigger things and carried on, but I think Noel had done his time. I think he’d stumbled on a batch of songs that he thought were amazing and he wanted to do it all himself. That’s basically it in a nutshell. He’ll sit there and say: “Oh, this was thrust upon me and we’re all in it together, I didn’t want to be a frontman...” B******s. You always did, mate. He wanted to be a frontman for a long time. He auditioned to be a frontman for the Inspiral Carpets [in 1989]. So if you’ve got that bug, it doesn’t go away, know what I mean? He just didn’t have the balls to sack me.

So if not the High Flying Birds, what have you been listening to? Daft Punk?

F**k that. Nothing. I don’t listen to any music at the moment. I don’t need music to inspire me. I’m inspired by life, know what I mean? If you’re living life, you’re inspired. Anyway, there’s nothing good out there, man. Oh, I’ll tell you what I like – that Bruno Mars song. The ballad-y one [When I Was Your Man]. That’s a f**king good song, that.

Really? You’ll be confessing to a secret love of One Direction next!

Well at least Harry Styles is having a good time, right? And that’s part and parcel of it. You want your rock ‘n’ roll stars to have a good time. When I see Harry out and about having it I think: “Go on, lad.” The music’s s**t, but at least he’s living it. It’s equally important as writing a good song. If you write a good song and you’re just a stiff and a square then you can just f**k off in my book.

Excuse us for saying so, but that doesn’t sound like a grown-up, responsible 40-year-old father of three speaking...

Listen, 40 is the new 13 as far as I’m concerned. What is a grown-up anyway? If it means becoming a f**king square, then not a chance. Rock ’n’ roll stars never grow up and if they do they’ve been f**king faking it, man. You’ve got to have some fun. You’ve got to live your life to make the music interesting. You’ve got to get up to some mad f**king scrapes. You gotta experience things.

The latest “mad scrape” reportedly involved being ejected from a London pub for drunkenly attempting to, ahem, ride a dog.

F**k man, I dunno where they got that from. I was at a pub and we’re having a drink and I don’t remember much about a dog. People say to me: “Liam, you’re p**sed,” and I’m like: “Yeah, that’s what you do, when you have a drink.” And at some point, if you have too many, it starts getting hold of you and you start getting a bit wheeyyyy... But where’s the dog, man? Show me the f**king dog. But I like the story. It’s a funny story. There’s been a few recently. What was that one about the gardens? The Garden Centre? What’s it f**king called? The Chelsea Garden Show? Chelsea Flower Show, that’s it. The story was that I’d applied for tickets and I was gonna f**king go there and f**king have it cos I love... flowers. Apparently. Obviously someone’s taken acid before writing that one. I don’t get upset, man. They can say what they want, as long as it’s not malicious. It’s all part of the game, I let them get on with it. I know what I’ve got to do. I’ve got to sing great songs and write great music. I’ve got a role to look f**king cool. And that’s exactly as I want it. I’m not doing it for anyone else, I’m doing it for me. I’m a f**king rock ‘n’ roll star – it’s my duty. And that’s how I like it.

With the second Beady Eye record released this week, is it fair to say you’re excited about music again?

I always get excited about a record, me. I love being in a band, that’s my gig, that’s what I do, that’s what I live for. But this is different – it’s something we’ve never done before, either in Beady Eye or Oasis. We’ve gone through a door with this record. Know what I mean? We’ve gone through the f**king door and we’ve f**king stayed for lunch. We’ve not gone: “Oh I’ll have a bit of that,” and then f**ked off. We’re like: “F**king hell, it’s nice in here, innit?” We’ve hung about for lunch. Maybe the next album we’ll stay and have dinner too, know what I mean?

To be honest, we’re not sure we do know exactly what Liam means, but we get the idea. And if there is a Liam-shaped hole in rock ‘n’ roll at the moment, despite the best efforts of Mr Styles, then any return to form by the modern master of having it large has to be welcomed. Whether with a reformed Oasis or a newly energised Beady Eye.

Meanwhile, after another round of handshakes, backslaps and exhortations to “stay f**king fabulous,” Liam Gallagher has one last piece of wisdom to dispense to us.

“Once you’re in, you’re in, man,” he says, referring to the rock ‘n’ roll game. “You can’t give up. Never. Once you’re in, you’re f**king in for good.”

Pictures of the band from the article can be found here.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Liam Gallagher On One Direction, Bruno Mars And More

You'll never see Liam Gallagher at a One Direction gig.

But you could bet on him crashing the afterparty. Especially as he’s revealed he’s a big fan of Harry Styles's tear-ups.

The Beady Eye frontman said: “You want your rock ’n’ roll stars to have a good time. When I see Harry out and about having it I think, ‘Go on, lad’.

“The music’s s***, but at least he’s living it. It’s equally important as writing a good song.

“If you write a good song and you’re just a stiff and a square then you can just f*** off in my book. At least Harry is having a good time, right?”

Liam said recently he sees Harry and co as his band’s direct competition — but he wouldn’t know what their songs sounded like.

In fact, he wouldn’t know what any band’s tracks sound like — he has sacked off listening to current music altogether.

He told the men’s section of Fabulous magazine, free with tomorrow’s Sun: “I don’t listen to any music at the moment. I don’t need music to inspire me.

“I’m inspired by life, know what I mean? If you’re living life, you’re inspired. Anyway, there’s nothing good out there, man. Oh, I’ll tell you what I like — that BRUNO MARS song. The ballady one. That’s a f***ing good song, that.”

Never had Liam down as a Bruno fan.

Liam’s not been one to mince his words over the years — but it’s not his language the label are censoring on the new Beady Eye album BE, it’s the cover.

The uncensored artwork was shot by a chap called Harri Peccinotti, who’s famous for the Pirelli calendars in the late Sixties. It features a picture of his missus not wearing very much.

But bigwigs at record label Sony have been told that if they don’t censor her assets then supermarkets will refuse to stock it.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Liam Gallagher On One Direction

Liam Gallagher has said that One Direction are "just living their life" and Harry Styles is riding the wave, man".

Questioned by the NME about the hellraisers of today One Direction the singer said "They're just living their life. Harry Styles? Fucking good on him man. It'll end soon, won't it, and he can look back and go, yeah, I had a fucking good time. He's riding the wave, man" The NME is in stores now.

Liam Gallagher: 'One Direction Are My Biggest Competition'

A little rivalry never hurt anybody.

Mick Jagger referred to The Beatles as a "four-headed monster"; Bowie was spurred on by the success of his friend Marc Bolan; Oasis entered a musical arms race with Blur.

But since Oasis imploded in a backstage brawl four years ago, Liam Gallagher has found a new foe.

"Who's my biggest competition?" he asks. "One Direction."

"I'm not into their music," he clarifies, but the teen band are that most Gallagher of things - "mad for it".

"Fair play to them, man, they got lucky - like we all do, I guess - and they're just going for it.

"That's what it's all about, innit? It's all going to end at some point. And when it ends, you want to make sure you've ticked all the boxes."

At 40, William John Paul Gallagher is as quotable as ever. But the flippancy masks a larger truth: His real musical nemesis is his brother, Noel.

When Oasis split, Liam came out fighting. Taking the remnants of the band with him, he formed Beady Eye: Bare-bones, ready to rock, full of fury.

But their no-frills debut, Different Gear, Still Speeding, was easily eclipsed by Noel's superior solo album. While the senior Gallagher set off on arena tours, Beady Eye were dumped by their managers and limped across the finishing line with UK album sales of just 500,000.

It may have been a blessing in disguise, though. Because, for the first time since the 1990s, Liam Gallagher had something to prove.

Gauntlet laid down, Beady Eye hired an "absolute outlaw" to produce their new album, BE. His name is Dave Sitek and he's best known for his left-field work with TV On The Radio and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Most importantly, the New Yorker didn't really know, or particularly care, about Oasis.

"That was the most refreshing thing about the whole experience," says guitarist Andy Bell. "He came in without the baggage of thinking, 'well, I'm assuming you're going to want to have it sounding like this'.

"Dave said, 'I work pretty fast'," adds second guitarist Gem Archer, "and we said, 'so do we'. So the race was on."

Reinvigorated, the band laid down 21 tracks in just nine days. Most of them had been demoed in advance but, says Bell, "a lot of that went out the window as soon as Dave started his production".

Gallagher describes Sitek's contribution as "the weird jiggy stuff". BE frequently dips its toes into the cosmos, wandering off into ambient psychedelia at a point when most Oasis tracks would have hit the "fade out" button.

"We just sat back and let it unfold," says Gallagher.

"It's like thinking time," adds Bell, "because nothing really happens. And that's something we don't normally put in records, is a bit of space to think."

"We did take a gamble. But life's a gamble, isn't it? Every album's a gamble. Unless you play it so safe that you're not gambling, and I wouldn't want to hear that album in the first place."

Sibling song
With characteristic humility, Gallagher told the NME earlier this year that BE was the album "Oasis should have made after (What's The Story) Morning Glory". Does he stand by that?

"Yeah. I don't mean this particular album. I think we should have been a little bit more open to this kind of thing in Oasis - i.e. with the producers, do you know what I mean?

"In Oasis, Noel was full-on, hands on producing, and he's not a producer. I think some of the time, with this word 'experimenting', you have to let the experimenting happen.

"We tried to stay out of the way. And that's the biggest... it's the hardest thing, to be not running the show all the time."

Noel's shadow hangs over both the album and the interview. Liam even defines Beady Eye by his absence: "Oasis was pretty much Noel's direction and vision, and this is ours".

But, although the brothers have barely spoken since the end of Oasis, Liam appears to offer an olive branch on the album track Don't Brother Me.

"In the morning, I'll be calling and hoping you understand," he sings. "Give peace a chance. Take my hand - be a man."

Yet, when pushed to talk about the song, he's suddenly cagey.

"Liam, you must getting asked about Don't Brother Me in every interview."
Liam: "No, you're the first."

"When I saw the title, I assumed it would be an angry song - but it's not. What was your state of mind when you wrote it?"
Liam: "Can't remember. Fuzzy. As usual. I didn't sit down to write a song about a brother. There's bits in there about Noel, I guess. And there's bits in there about me, and there's bits in there about my other brother. And there's bits in there about brothers in general. About everyone just chilling, man. And give peace a chance. There's a couple of little cheeky things in there."

"Such as?"
Liam: "I don't know. I wouldn't want to spoil the party."

"Could it be this line: 'I'm sick of all your lying. Your scheming and your crying?'"
Liam: "But that could be about me, though, couldn't it?"

"Well, no. When you sing about 'your' scheming it's directed at someone else."
Liam: "It could be me, though, couldn't it?"

"So you're singing to yourself?"
Liam: "Could be. I talk to myself, so why not?"

"Did you write the song looking in the mirror, then?"
Liam: "Yeah, alright. It's about him. And it could be about people around him. I'm not here to shy away from talking about our kid. You ask me a question and I go for it. But, yeah, it's about a lot of things. It's not about just Noel. Believe you me, if I could write a song about the [expletive] with Noel, I would."

"So why not do that?"
Liam: "Because it's not in me, man."

"OK… Let's take a step back - because ultimately the song is conciliatory."
Liam: "It's a nice song with some nice moments in it, man."

"Nice moments" abound on BE. Don't Brother Me is one of two songs written in waltz time, while Soul Love is a tender ballad that dissolves into a hazy coda played while the band watched the "Star Gate" sequence from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

'Second bite of the apple'
But there are also the expected rock numbers, including first single Flick Of The Finger, which draws on the pounding rhythms of the Velvet Underground's Waiting For The Man and The Stone Roses I Wanna Be Adored.

It's at its best when Sitek pushes the band into unexpected territory. When he loosens his grip, the music occasionally slips back into Oasis-by-numbers bore rock.

Throughout, though, the biggest revelation is Gallagher's voice, which is pushed to the front, with none of the echo or reverb or studio trickery other singers rely on.

"There's a lot of records where you're screaming and shouting, and you think you're singing the biggest vocal ever," he says.

"You come back in the next morning and you think it's going to sound like a jumbo jet and it's that big." [indicates something very small].

"So this time round I thought, do you know what? When I sit in my house playing my guitar, I like the way my voice sounds. I took all the reverb off, tried to be as naked as possible. Sometimes it's hard, because you get self-conscious about it but we had to just get past that."

"Half of these songs on the new album, I was basically whispering it. Come back in and the vocal was massive. It's all about soul, man.

"I can sing punk rock, I can sing rock'n'roll and I can sing soul music and all."

Never short on confidence, Gallagher genuinely believes Beady Eye have made a breakthrough on their new album.

As the next single puts it, he's ready for "a second bite of the apple".

"We'll be gutted if it doesn't get to number one," he says. "But it won't stop us from doing this. That cloud won't be there forever.

"You don't start a band to be number one. You start a band to write good music, and that's what we do."

BE is out on 10 June.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Liam Gallagher On Beady Eye, One Direction, Ozzy Osbourne And More

Thank God for Liam Gallagher. Necking shots of tequila at £17 a pop, he has returned just in time to rescue rock 'n’ roll.

The BRIT Awards was a tamer affair than a Suri Cruise tea party but no-one manages to ’ave it larger than the legendary Beady Eye frontman.

And I know, because I got to join Liam at the launch of his band’s second album BE at London’s Soho Hotel.

The booze flowed from the moment Liam walked into the bar before the record was played to a handful of invited journalists.

Glass of vodka and tonic in hand, Liam leaned against the bar oozing rock-star vibes with his John Lennon-style sunglasses.

Yes, most would look plonkers wearing shades inside but somehow he got away with it.

“I’m here to make you feel cool – I’m not here for me,” announced Liam, 40. “I could do other sh**. I do it also ’cos I like the music. If I wanna do something I’m gonna go and do it. I’ll do what I do regardless.”

With guitarists Gem Archer, 46 and Andy Bell, 42, and drummer Chris Sharrock, 48, milling around, all eyes were still on Liam – even when the album was being played in the darkened room, as we munched on popcorn.

Liam – the naughty lad in the back row of course – danced along to every song and yelled: “Tune!” when each finished.

Proper grooves and smooth vocals rang out on Soul Love, retro rhythms on Iz Rite and the softer side of Liam on Start Anew.

But all ears were on Don’t Brother Me, which includes the lyrics: “Give peace a chance”.

It has had the industry whispering it’s an apology to estranged brother Noel, following Oasis’s split.

“It’s not an olive branch,” snarled Liam when we returned to more drinking, post playback. “If I wanted to say sorry to Noel for something I didn’t do I’d ring him up.

“This is a better night than Our Kid would give you, isn’t it? I bet he offered you a polite glass of wine and that was that, like a slug.”

I have to admit I’ve never hung out in a hotel gym with Noel.

That was where our chat continued, as Liam wanted somewhere less hectic to talk.

As he sat on a press-up bench, he called for tequila and a man with a deep wallet headed to the bar.

Liam declared: “No-one has more fun than me, I’m a rock ’n’ roll star.

“I met Harry Styles when we played the Olympics – and while I like One Direction, Harry Styles isn’t having more fun than me, and won’t ever. He was glad to meet me.”

Liam formed Beady Eye in 2009 the day after Oasis split, even though he had more than enough money to take a break.

“I do it ’cos I’m addicted to it and I can’t get out of it man,” he admitted. “That’s what I’m born to do. I do it ’cos I wanna do it.

“I don’t do it for you and I don’t do it to be Ozzy Osbourne. I do it because I do it. And even if I wasn’t cooking I’d still do it. I’d still be cool even if I wasn’t in a band, I wouldn’t lose out on anything because I’ve been in a band – and a good band. It’s not about being No 1.

"I’ve still got enough f***ing chickens in my egg to still go with the flow.”

With the tequila racked up, Liam confided that while he’s not a great fan of The X Factor, Beady Eye will be involved in the 10th series.

His management company Quest have taken on the contract of looking after artists from the show such as last year’s winner James Arthur.

He said: “We’re doing X Factor; we’re in talks to perform on it.

“I don’t care what people say when they complain that rock is dead, you have to take the opportunity to play to a huge audience.

“But I don’t sit around listening to new music and I don’t care about the Rolling Stones at Glastonbury because I’m not in the Stones.”

The honesty spills out of Liam – and love or hate him, you can’t deny he’s entertaining.

He then downed three tequilas in a row and went outside for air and a ciggie to level out.

When he returned, Liam requested another vodka and tonic which he proceeded to pour into my wine glass as he thought I was being “a square” and needed to become “a circle”.

“I’m not a songwriter, I’m a part-time songwriter,” he announced. “I’m a rock star.”

And one of the best I’ve enjoyed the company of in years.

BE is out on Monday, June 10.

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk

Beady Eye To Appear On The X Factor

The former Oasis frontman claimed today's popstars aren't a patch on him as he made the X Factor revelation at band's new album playback party.

Liam Gallagher claims his band are to appear on The X Factor – the show he branded “annoying”.

The ex-Oasis frontman told us: “We’re doing X Factor, I think it’s to be on one of the live shows. I don’t care man, we’re rock ’n’ roll stars and you can’t argue that’s a huge audience. You have to take that opportunity.”

Not if you’re his brother, Noel, who recently turned down a judging slot and said: “I just don’t want to be on the telly every Saturday night. I would just end up saying to Louis Walsh, ‘Will you shut up.’”

Liam made the revelation at the new album playback party for Beady Eye on Thursday at London’s Soho Hotel. He also described The X Factor as “f***ing boring”.

Afterwards, he was keen to show us he still lived a hedonist’s lifestyle as he ordered £17-a-shot tequilas for us all to knock back.

But, he lamented, today’s popstars just aren’t a patch on him.

“That One Direction,” he said. “I mean, they’re not rock stars are they? Harry’s all right though. I met him the Olympics and I just said to him, ‘Keep on keeping on’. But he’s nothing like me. I’m a proper rock ’n’ roll star.” Yep, no doubting that.

We asked him if a song from the album Don’t Brother Me was a nod to Noel with the lyrics “Come on now, give peace a chance, be a man.” Liam was quick to correct us.

He said: “It’s not an olive branch. I’m not a songwriter, I just bash out the music, you can’t be reading into all these lyrics as they don’t mean anything. If I wanna say sorry to someone, I’ll pick up the phone and call them. It’s not me saying sorry to Noel.”

Wonder if he’ll be tuning in when you’re on the show?

Source: dailyrecord.co.uk

Video: Noel Gallagher On Writing Material For One Direction

It looks like Noel Gallagher won't be penning any material for One Direction in the near future.

When asked whether he would consider writing for the band, the former Oasis guitarist said: "No. You'd do it for the money and I've got enough money."

Noel also took time out at The Ivor Novello Awards to have a pop at programmes like the X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, saying they were "just TV" and "had nothing to do with music".

Noel Gallagher: 'I Come To The Ivor Novellos Because One Direction Aren't Invited'

Noel says exclusive guestlist at songwriting awards marks it as superior.

Noel Gallagher has said that the Ivor Novello Awards are more prestigious as they do not invite pop acts like One Direction.

The former Oasis member and now solo star is at the annual songwriting awards, which is being held at London's Grosvenor House Hotel today (May 16). Speaking to NME on the red carpet, Gallagher was asked why he came to the awards to which he replied: "Because clowns like One Direction aren't invited, so it must be a good one."

Source: www.nme.com

Noel Gallagher Has Been Offered £2m To Judge The X Factor

X Factor bosses have approached Noel Gallagher for the second time with a “name your price” offer to join the judging panel.

The former Oasis guitarist, 45, has been on Simon Cowell’s wish list for the hit ITV talent show for years.

And in the past fortnight Noel’s management company Ignition received a fresh megabucks offer — asking him to name a price around the £2million mark.

A source said last night: “Simon is determined to get Noel on board. He sees him as his natural replacement as the real alpha male on the panel.

“He thinks Noel would be ideal, with his music knowledge, straight-talking and rapier wit.”

The last time Simon, 53, made a seven-figure offer to the award-winning rock star he was knocked back.

The married dad-of-three was about to launch his critically acclaimed solo project, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.

He has just finished touring and is now planning to make “going to the dry-cleaners last a day”.

The source added: “Noel’s daughter Anais is a huge fan of One Direction and X Factor, so she’ll be nagging him to say yes.”

Noel was first approached by Simon in 2011. The rock star told him he wouldn’t like to say lines like, “You know I can only take three into the final, and this is the toughest decision I’ve ever had to make. I left Oasis, but that was nothing compared to this”.

Take That star Gary Barlow is expected to return with Nicole Scherzinger. Sharon Osbourne is also in talks with bosses undecided on Louis Walsh.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Hurts’ Adam Anderson Tells Noel Gallagher And Jake Bugg To Leave One Direction Alone!

Adam Anderson has spoken out in defence of One Direction…surprisingly.

The Hurts star felt compelled to stick up for the X Factor singers, after they came under fire from all sides this month, following their win of the Global Success gong at the Brit Awards.

Jake Bugg branded the band ‘terrible’, Paloma Faith said they do not deserve to be compared to The Beatles, Matthew Fox hates the fact that his daughter is a 1D fan and Noel Gallagher is proud that he and Damon Albarn ignored the boys at the awards ceremony.

Anderson was sitting next to the fab fivesome at The Brits and he told Gigwise that he thinks people need to give them an easier time. He explained:

“I think they seem like decent lads and they’re having fun. If you were 19 and in their position then you would have fun.

“I think they should be left alone really. It’s good for the equilibrium of pop to have boybands.”

Adam thinks it’s a good thing for the UK music industry to have local artists selling well around the globe and after all, One Direction boast the third and fourth best selling albums in the world in 2012.

Anderson added: “At the end of the day they [One Direction] are a big export for music in this country. If One Direction and Adele raise the profile for British acts then fair enough.”

He thinks perhaps Brits organisers could have planned their ceremony better and added some different styled acts to the lineup. He thinks had they done that the event wouldn’t have been branded ‘boring.’

“I think there was an absence of a certain type of band which was the problem, but that’s just timing.

“It is what it is. It was still a good laugh and a good party afterwards. You make your own fun sometimes.”

Source: www.unrealitytv.co.uk

Noel Gallagher's Raises Two Fingers To One Direction

 

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Liam Gallagher: 'Mumford & Sons Look Like They Have F**king Nits'

Liam Gallagher has ruined his chances of ever being invited to a barn dance.

The Beady Eye frontman has laid into multi award-winning folk band Mumford & Sons.

It’s a rant up there with his finest taunts of fellow music stars.

Liam said: “Everyone looks like they’ve got f***ing nits and eat lentil soup with their sleeves rolled up.

“They all look like they live on the heath. Maybe that’s where they record.”

It’s not just the band’s appearance that riles Liam.

He’s not keen on their instruments either.

He said: “Everyone’s f***ing Don McLean — far too many acoustic guitars, no style. They look like they shop at Oxfam.

“I wouldn’t put any posters up of any band if I was a 16-year-old lad. There’s none of that sitting down on f***ing stools for me, sweetheart.”

He didn’t even mention that they all went to posh schools.

Frontman Marcus Mumford won’t feel too downhearted by Liam’s choice words though.

He only needs to check his bank balance to confirm how well the band’s albums and tours have gone down, both in the UK and US.

Besides, Mumford & Sons aren’t the only band to annoy Liam in recent months.

He’s got a few menacing moans about One Direction — although he admits he has warmed to them.

Liam told Q Magazine: “I like them. Fair play to them. Why not, man? They haven’t got a f***ing clue either.

“I met them at the Olympics and their heads were up their ar*es, but they’re harmless.”

Liam is no stranger to winding up fellow stars with cutting comments.

Florence Welch got a dressing down in 2010 when Liam said: “I’m not having anyone with ginger hair making music. She sounds like someone has stood on her foot.”

In 2001 he described Gorillaz as “like three-year-olds’ music — worse than Steps”.

In the same interview he let rip at Victoria Beckham — shortly after she released her autobiography.

He said: “She can’t even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.”

Shame Liam has no plans to put out an autobiography himself.

That would be well worth a read.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Liam Gallagher On What He Thinks About One Direction

Liam Gallagher has been asked by Q Magazine what he thinks of One Direction.

The singer said "I like them, fair play to them. Why not man? They haven't got a f*cking clue either; I met them at the Olympics and their heads were up their arses, but they're harmless."

Noel Gallagher Blasts 'Dull' One Direction

Just when we thought there wasn’t anyone left on the planet who hadn’t been swept up in One Direction mania, straight-talking Noel Gallagher piped up.

The rock legend has poured scorn on today’s pop squeaks, saying that they are bland and boring.

Noel, 45, said: “Back in the 90s the Top 20 was mostly bands and now it’s all manufactured pop. They have got their careers to think about, so you don’t get anybody swearing or even admitting to smoking.”

Niall Horan, 19, from One Direction recently had to apologise to fans after being pictured having a sneaky cig.

But back in their heyday, Noel’s band Oasis were notorious for their hellraising antics and were regularly involved in feuds with other bands and celebs.

He said: “We were just being ourselves back in the day.

“If you are being yourselves nobody can touch you.”

The gobby Mancunian thinks stars now are too media trained and calculating, adding: “We never brushed anything under the carpet, so to speak. If I was asked a silly question I used to give a silly answer.”

He also isn’t a fan of social networking and slams celebs who use it: “I don’t understand the point of tweeting. Celebrities bastardise it. It’s a nonsense.”

And if you were holding out for a Gallagher fragrance, then you’ll be waiting a while.

“I’m not into that – having your own perfume. If I did, it would be called Toe Rag by Noel Gallagher.”

Lovely.

We don’t know about you, but we wish all celebrities could be as open and honest as Noel.

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk

One Direction's Liam Payne On Meeting Liam Gallagher

One Direction's Liam Payne has been speaking about meeting Liam Gallagher after the Olympics closing Ceromony in London earlier this year.

The singer said "I met Liam Gallagher. When I was younger and I started doing karaoke, the song my dad would choose for me to sing was (Oasis' hit) Wonderwall. I used to stand on the mic with my hands behind my back pretending to be Liam.

He came up to me and said, 'You're Liam, aren't you? That's a nice name.'" "I had a good chat with him, he was funny to (my bandmate) Niall Horan.  He called him 'a little Irish f**ker' or something. We just had a good laugh with him."

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.