Noel Gallagher Features On The Front Cover Of 'American Songwriter' Magazine

If you count the founding of the colonies, the War of 1812, Mick Jagger, and the July/August edition of American Songwriter, this marks the fourth time we’ve been invaded by the British.

What’s all this then? It’s the British issue! What’s so British about it? Well, luv, the British issue comes in a cosy arboureal colour. It’s our favourite. Savour it. We’re bloody well enamoured.

The issue includes pieces on Ringo Starr, Paul Weller, The Rolling Stones’s Sticky Fingers, The Sex Pistols, and the answer to that age old question “Just what exactly is a ‘Wonderwall’ anyway?”

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Source: www.americansongwriter.com

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Noel Gallagher On The Numerous Influences On His New Album

Noel Gallagher has said a song on his new album is a mix of "T Rex, The Rolling Stones and Queens Of The Stone Age" while stating the another is one of his favourite things he has ever written.

Gallagher's High Flying Birds release new album 'Chasing Yesterday' on March 2. It features the single 'In The Heat Of The Moment' as well as Johnny Marr collaboration 'Ballad Of The Mighty I'.

Speaking to NME in the cover feature of this week's issue, which is on newsstands now and available digitally Gallagher describes the saxophone player used on album opener 'The Riverman' as being "summoned from a smoky room in 1963," adding that the song is, "fucking amazing. It's my favourite track on the album, and one of my favourites I've ever done."

Meanwhile, 'The Right Stuff', also taken from from the record has numerous influences. Put to him by NME that the song's riff is reminiscent of Queens of the Stone Age, Gallagher replies: "I thought The Rolling Stones, and Johnny Marr when he heard it said, 'That's fucking T Rex'. But if it's a cross between T Rex, The Rolling Stones and Queens Of The Stone Age, fucking hell, I'll take that any day."

Source: www.nme.com

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Bonehead On The Definitely Maybe Re-Release

It’s been two decades since Oasis forged the soundtrack to a generation with all-conquering debut Definitely Maybe.

The sound of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Slade and The Stone Roses rolled into one glorious masterpiece is being rereleased this week.

Noel and Liam Gallagher haven’t been overly excited by the reissue but one former member was well up for it.

Ex-Oasis guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs told me: “I was really excited when I heard it was going to happen.

“The masters arrived at my house and it was the first time in years that I’ve sat down and listened to it from start to finish.

“It really brought back tons of memories and feelings.”

Part of the album’s success was finding the right producers, says Paul, 48.

He said: “We struggled at first, and I think we had the wrong producer and the wrong studio and the wrong approach to recording.

“Then we went to Sawmills and Mark Coyle, our front-of-house engineer, properly understood how we worked and got us down as a live band. It sounded like us and we got it right.

“We captured a feeling and our sound.”

Bonehead has his favourite moments from the album.

He said: “I might not think of a song for a while and then I’ll hear Rock ’n’ Roll Star or something, but broadly it’s Slide Away.

“I think it’s the most passionate vocal Liam’s ever done.” Bonehead quit the band in 1999 but he has no regrets.

He said: “It wasn’t a decision I came to overnight, I thought about it for ages.”

But he has got lots of memorabilia to reflect on those days.

He laughed: “I’ve got the fire surround, the chair, the ornaments, ash trays, all sorts from the album cover.”

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk

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Review: Beady Eye In Leeds

Fresh from scoring their highest UK chart position to date with new album BE, Beady Eye descended on Leeds as part of a headline tour.

 As Liam Gallagher took to the stage it was clear he’d not lost the arrogant swagger that made him such an iconic front man in Oasis.

And kicking off with Brit rock-esque Flick Of The Finger the sell out crowd quickly erupted.

By the time Four Letter Word was thrashed out pints of god knows what were being chucked around the venue as “Beady Eye, Beady Eye” was the chant from a sea of Liam Gallagher look-a-likes.

The more the crowd cheered the more Gallagher looked like he didn’t care which is a massive part of his appeal.

In fact one could have been forgiven for momentarily forgetting Gallagher’s Oasis roots and simply enjoying Beady Eye’s anthemic and experimental tunes.

That was until he declared “sing along if you know the words” and started belting out Oasis classic Live Forever - which clearly attracted the biggest cheer of the night.

Cigarettes and Alcohol was another welcome Oasis track that sent the crowd into a frenzy.

But back to the Beady Eye back catalogue and The Roller seemed to give the crowd a renewed sense of enthusiasm.

A cover of the Rolling Stones’ favourite Gimme Shelter was a welcome encore but I think the crowd was expecting more than one track to finish.

Although there’s no denying that the biggest buzz of the night came the Oasis tracks Beady Eye proved they are a force to be reckoned with on the live circuit. 


Rating 8/10

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Setlist: Beady Eye In London

Below is the setlist from Beady Eye at the Hammersmith Apollo in London yesterday, the setlist included two Oasis songs and also a cover of The Rolling Stones 'Gimme Shelter'.

White Smoke
Flick Of The Finger
Face The Crowd
Four Letter Word
Soul Love
Second Bite Of The Apple
Iz Rite
Shine A Light
Live Forever
The World's Not Set In Stone
I'm Just Saying
Soon Come Tomorrow
Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Roller
Start Anew
Bring The Light
Wigwam
Dreaming Of Some Space
Gimme Shelter

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Setlist Beady Eye In Portsmouth

Below is the setlist from Beady Eye at the Guildhall in Portsmouth yesterday, the setlist included two Oasis songs and also a cover of The Rolling Stones 'Gimme Shelter'.

White Smoke
Flick Of The Finger
Face The Crowd
Four Letter Word
Soul Love
Second Bite Of The Apple
Iz Rite
Shine A Light
Live Forever
The World's Not Set In Stone
I'm Just Saying
Soon Come Tomorrow
Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Roller
Start Anew
Bring The Light
Wigwam
Dreaming Of Some Space
Gimme Shelter

Setlist Beady Eye In Wolverhampton

Below is the setlist from Beady Eye at the The Civic Hall in Wolverhampton yesterday, the setlist included two Oasis songs and also a cover of The Rolling Stones 'Gimme Shelter'.

White Smoke
Flick Of The Finger
Face The Crowd
Four Letter Word
Soul Love
Second Bite Of The Apple
Iz Rite
Shine A Light
Live Forever
The World's Not Set In Stone
I'm Just Saying
Soon Come Tomorrow
Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Roller
Start Anew
Bring The Light
Wigwam
Dreaming Of Some Space
Gimme Shelter

Setlist Beady Eye In Manchester (Day Two)

Below is the setlist from Beady Eye at the Manchester Academy in Manchester yesterday, the setlist included two Oasis songs and also a cover of The Rolling Stones 'Gimme Shelter'.

White Smoke
Flick Of The Finger
Face The Crowd
Four Letter Word
Soul Love
Second Bite Of The Apple
Iz Rite
Shine A Light
Live Forever
The World's Not Set In Stone
I'm Just Saying
Soon Come Tomorrow
Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Roller
Start Anew
Bring The Light
Wigwam
Dreaming Of Some Space
Gimme Shelter

Setlist: Beady Eye In Manchester

Below is the setlist from Beady Eye at the Manchester Academy in Manchester yesterday, the setlist included two Oasis songs and also a cover of The Rolling Stones 'Gimme Shelter'.

White Smoke
Flick Of The Finger
Face The Crowd
Four Letter Word
Soul Love
Second Bite Of The Apple
Iz Rite
Shine A Light
Live Forever
The World's Not Set In Stone
I'm Just Saying
Soon Come Tomorrow
Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Roller
Start Anew
Bring The Light
Wigwam
Dreaming Of Some Space
Gimme Shelter

Setlist: Beady Eye In Newcastle

Below is the setlist from Beady Eye at the O2 Academy in Leeds earlier this week, the setlist included two Oasis songs and also a cover of The Rolling Stones 'Gimme Shelter'.

White Smoke
Flick Of The Finger
Face The Crowd
Four Letter Word
Soul Love
Second Bite Of The Apple
Iz Rite
Shine A Light
Live Forever
The World's Not Set In Stone
I'm Just Saying
Soon Come Tomorrow
Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Roller
Start Anew
Bring The Light
Wigwam
Dreaming Of Some Space
Gimme Shelter

Setlist: Beady Eye In Leeds

Below is the setlist from Beady Eye at the O2 Academy in Leeds yesterday, the setlist included two Oasis songs and also a cover of The Rolling Stones 'Gimme Shelter'.

White Smoke
Flick Of The Finger
Face The Crowd
Four Letter Word
Soul Love
Second Bite Of The Apple
Iz Rite
Shine A Light
Live Forever
The World's Not Set In Stone
I'm Just Saying
Soon Come Tomorrow
Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Roller
Start Anew
Bring The Light
Wigwam
Dreaming Of Some Space
Gimme Shelter

Noel Gallagher Features In A New Exhibition

Pop stars slathered in Marmite, semi-naked rock stars posing with haggis and celebrities being pelted with day-glow cupcakes.

Food, music and art come together in these stunning images by Patrice de Villiers.

The 'fearless and imaginative' photographer chose top musicians for her project. Described as 'the culinary world's most exciting photographer', de Villiers' previous projects include wrapping a Ford Mondeo in a pasta bow, creating gastro-porn for Marks & Spencer and still life images for brands like Selfridges or Harrods.

This exhibition, LoveMusicLoveFood, shows us a different side to saucy Juliette Lewis, fish and chips lover Sophie Ellis Bextor and Noel Gallagher, who is apparently fond of his Yorkshire tea with some shortbread.

The exhibition is taking place at the iconic restaurant and cocktail bar, Quaglino's, in the heart of Mayfair.

With rock star royalty throughout the years having visited from the Rolling Stones, Elton John and Michael Hutchence, the restaurant has become a legendary setting for emerging talents and settled artists. For the launch of this unique exhibition, which runs from the November 14 until February 1, the restaurant will serve a fun dessert and cocktail menu in a 'Symphony of Flavours' specially created for the occasion.

The restaurant will also be transformed by McQueens florist to match the edgy theme of the exhibition.

The photographs of the exhibition are taken from LoveMusicFood, The Rockstar Cookbook - a book raising funds and awareness for Teenage Cancer Trust - and are all available to purchase, with all profits going to the Trust.

Within the LoveMusicLoveFood project de Villiers worked alongside celebrated music journalist Andrew Harrison and Rock&Roll caterer to the stars, Sarah Muir, who created the recipes.

Click here to see a number of pictures from the exhibition.

Source: www.express.co.uk

Setlist: Beady Eye In Glasgow

Below is the setlist from Beady Eye at the Barrowlands in Glasgow yesterday, the setlist included two Oasis songs and also a cover of The Rolling Stone 'Gimme Shelter'.

White Smoke
Flick Of The Finger
Face The Crowd
Four Letter Word
Soul Love
Second Bite Of The Apple
Iz Rite
Shine A Light
Live Forever
The World's Not Set In Stone
I'm Just Saying
Soon Come Tomorrow
Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Roller
Start Anew
Bring The Light
Wigwam
Dreaming Of Some Space
Gimme Shelter


 

Video: Beady Eye Cover The Rolling Stones 'Gimme Shelter' In Dublin

Below is a video of Beady Eye playing The Rolling Stones 'Gimme Shelter' in Dublin last night.

 

Noel Gallagher, Lou Reed And Arctic Monkeys Win At GQ Men Of The Year Awards

According to GQ, Noel Gallagher is an Icon, Arctic Monkeys are the Band of the Year, and Lou Reed is the Inspiration of the Year.

Gallagher, Arctic Monkeys and Reed were among the winners at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards held on Sept 3.

Lou Reed was handed his award by The Rolling Stones' guitarist, Ronnie Wood.

The Arctic Monkeys said of their award: "This is the triangulation of our 2013 achievements: Glastonbury, a Match of the Day slo-mo montage and this award,"

We're not sure what Noel Gallagher thought of his award, but we do know what he thought of certain guests attending the ceremony.

Gallagher used his acceptance speech as a platform to make a political statement about certain guests, including Mayor of London, Boris Johnson and the Foreign Secretary.

Accepting his GQ award, Gallagher said: "Welcome to the Tory party conference by the way. Its nice to see the Foreign Secretary here while there's s--- going on all over the world he should be sorting out."

Other winners on the night included Elton John who was honoured with the Genius Award; Pharrell Williams who was named Performer of the Year; and The Who's Roger Daltrey, who received the Editor's Choice Prize.

Source: thedwarf.com.au

No Oasis Or Rolling Stones - For The Queen's 12 Minutes Of British Pop

The Beatles and Blur make the cut but there’s no room for Oasis and the Rolling Stones. A 12-minute medley of British rock’s greatest achievements will be performed at Buckingham Palace after the Queen requested a potted history of Britpop.

A four-day festival, with a “Best of British” theme, opens to the public on Friday in Buckingham Palace's gardens, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation.

The event will showcase British fashion, food, technological innovation and the arts. For the musical contribution, the Palace has chosen the chart-topping band The Feeling, to play a tightly-constructed medley featuring the most essential music of the Queen’s reign, which neatly encompasses the popular music era.

The Feeling, whose set list was approved “at the very heighest levels” by the Palace, have boiled down 60 years of artistic innovation and cultural reinvention into just seven songs.

The medley begins with The Beatles and revives the sonic crunch of The Kinks. It singles out the 70s rock operatics of The Who, the flamboyant showmanship of Queen with David Bowie and the artful state-of-the-nation addresses delivered by Pink Floyd and Blur.

There are unavoidable omissions, said Dan Gillespie Sells, frontman of The Feeling. “We had to leave out the Rolling Stones and we chose Blur over Oasis because they were the band who most influenced us,” he said. “We could have chosen from a million songs but we went for artists we liked and tried to cover all the bases inside 12 minutes. We didn’t want the medley to be too quickfire either, we restricted it to seven songs.”

The Queen was spared some controversial choices. “We couldn’t have the Sex Pistols’ God Save The Queen. I’d have liked to do an Elvis Costello song but it would have been too political,” said the singer.

“We had to send the set-list to the Palace for approval but that’s fair enough – the event is in her house.”

However some may wish to send The Feeling to the Tower for including their own hit, Love It When You Call as the climax of their Britpop history. “The palace asked us to include one of ours. It was the most played song on the radio so I think it’s fair enough,” explained Gillespie Sells.

The band debated whether Pink Floyd’s “We don’t need no education” lyric was appropriate for the Palace. “We wanted some Floyd but they don’t really do pop songs,” said Gillespie Sells. “This one clips along and helps with the pace of the medley.”

At least The Feeling, soon to release a new album called Boy Cried Wolf, did not use their valuable minutes to try out some new material. “We could have included a noughties song from Coldplay,” Gillespie Sells said. “But it’s a bit weird to cover a song by your contemporaries who are your friends.”

The Feeling will perform their medley each day during the festival and hope the Queen will attend one of the performances.

Katherine Jenkins, Russell Watson, Katie Melua and Laura Wright will also perform at the festival of “innovation, excellence and industry”. Each day more than 6,000 ticket holders will attend the palace gardens which will be filled with more than 200 display stands exhibiting products and services.

Tickets for the Coronation Festival at Buckingham Palace at: https://www.coronationfestival.com/

The Best of Britpop?
Day Tripper – The Beatles (1965 UK chart peak - No 1)
You Really Got Me – The Kinks (1964 No 1)
Pinball Wizard – The Who/Elton John (1969 No 4)
Under Pressure – Queen & David Bowie (1981 No1)
Another Brick In the Wall (Part 2) – Pink Floyd (1979 No 1)
Parklife – Blur (2004 No 10)
Love It When You Call – The Feeling (2006 No 18)

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Life After Oasis: Beady Eye Frontman Liam Gallagher Looks Back In Anger

"Cheeky bastard." Liam Gallagher is glowering – I think so, anyway – behind his stay-put Ray-Bans. But who is the subject of his ire this time? Is it traitorous brother Noel? Is it Mumford & Sons, this mouth-almighty's current favourite whipping boys ("Looks like they've got fucking nits and eat lentil soup")? It it, perhaps, Sir Alex Ferguson, who, on the day of our meeting in a north London rehearsal facility, has announced his triumphant retirement as manager of Manchester United, enemies of Liam's cherished City? Or is Liam addressing me?

The answer: none of the above. Right now, Liam's goat is got by a sweet.

"It was a fucking blue M&M," tuts Beady Eye's frontman, and readers should presume from hereon that every other utterance out of the Gallagher gob contains a "fuck", "fucking" or "fucker". Or, rather, via a Manc accent undimmed by 20 years 'avin' it in London, a "fook", "fooking" or "fooker".

"I was out," continues this stoutly, proudly unreconstructed rock star, "had a peanut M&M, the next thing I know, me mouth went weird. Felt like I'd been stung. Go to the toilet to have some hot water – and my mouth had swelled up, breathing got all weird, head went… Went to the doctor and they gave me a blood test and they said, 'Peanut allergy.' Never had that, mate," Liam grumps in his staccato, blunt-weapon speaking style. "Got to go back this week [to see] if there's anything else, but it's proper pickled my head for over a week. So I've got a prescription for the needles. Not good, man."

Head-pickling upset aside, Liam Gallagher is today in great and fighting form. He should be 'n' all. The 40-year-old is in the happy thick of rehearsals for the first shows in support of the second album by Beady Eye, the band formed by the rump of Oasis left after Noel exited stage-right-angry in August 2009. (The reasons proffered by the elder Gallagher, in a peanutshell: one argument too many with his brother.)

Titled with quasi-cosmic simplicity BE (see what they did there?), it's a cracker. No, really. Following the meat'n'potatoes stodge of their hastily recorded debut Different Gear, Still Speeding, Beady Eyes's follow-up is an entirely tastier proposition.

Gallagher and his bandmates Andy Bell and Gem Archer have together written an album of songs that fly with sky-scraping electronic adventurism, rootle around with poppy psychedelia, and generally have a right old ding-dong with the four-square trad-rock that bogged down the past decade or so of the principals' musical day jobs.

Liam's voice vibrates with close-mic intimacy and bristles with ragged glory. In particular "Flick of the Finger" and "Second Bite of the Apple", the first songs released from the album, explode with a vigour not heard round these parts since… well, since (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. And that came out 18 years ago.

"I've always dreamed of using the studio in a free way," states Bell, the guitarist who joined Oasis on bass in 1999, "and this was freedom. And the key to that was Dave," he adds of the London recording sessions produced by Dave Sitek, the out-there American who plays guitar in the band TV on the Radio and who has previously worked his wayward studio magic for Scarlett Johansson and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

"He came in and just put the key in that door and opened it wide," adds Bell. "But what he brought to it worked because we came in like a crack commando team with 21 songs that we'd rehearsed like bastards for ages."

To the thumpingly pragmatic Liam, Sitek could be a little too out-there, however. "We'd have to sort of go, 'Earth to Dave, get back to making some noise.'"

"There's a lot of people out there who maybe we could have or should have worked with," adds Archer, the guitarist who joined Oasis shortly before Bell. "But this is where we're at. And the idea of throwing Dave into the situation may have been a disaster – or glorious."

There are, then, ebullience and forward-looking good vibes in the room when I talk, first to Liam, and then to Archer and Bell together. But there is, of course, a ghost at the table. Someone who will always haunt Liam Gallagher…

Liam, what if Dave Sitek had produced 'Be Here Now' (Oasis's huge-selling but cocaine-clouded and much-maligned third album). Would that have worked?

"Yeah. It would have, definitely. Why not?"

Was adventurousness lacking in Oasis?

"Without a doubt."

Why? Did size take over?

"Maybe. I don't know, mate. There was always a bit of stiffness about Oasis that pissed me right off. It was a bit like, 'No, we're not doing it that way. We're doing it this way.' It's like, come on man, we're better than that. That's not having a pop at Noel, that's the way it was."

You describe 'BE' song 'Don't Brother Me' ('Sick of all your lying, your scheming and your crying…') as containing 'a diss… but it's not a hatred song'. Has Noel heard it?

"Don't speak to him, so I don't know. Sure, he's been fishing about for it… but I don't think he cares. But who knows? I don't know where Our Kid's head is at the moment. You see him and he looks like he's had a make-over, doesn't he?"

Did 'The Death of You and Me' (as featured on Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' self-titled debut) bother you?

"Not one bit. The title's good, though – when I first heard it I thought, 'You cheeky…' But that's life, innit? 'Don't Brother Me' is not a dig – it's not slagging. There's a lot of love in there."

It's not a character assassination?

"No, I'll leave that to this [points to tape recorder]. I don't need to do it through music. Once I've got everything off my chest and people get it, then I'll be quiet. There are still a few things that, with Our Kid, people have just got blinkers on about…"

Like what?

"He wanted the band split up. End of. And he was planning it for years. Cos I heard it, him and his manager [Marcus Russell, Oasis's manager, who quit as Beady Eye's manager during their last tour; he still manages Noel], I heard them planning it backstage at Bridlington Spa [the week before Noel left the band]. There was just bullshit going around. He'd been trying to get his little solo thing for ages." k

Did he have some of the tunes already written?

"Without a doubt. Loads of 'em. We recorded loads for the last [Oasis] album and he whipped 'em off – he went, 'Oh no, we're gonna keep that back.' I can't remember which ones but there was a few [on High Flying Birds]. He's just a sneaky little… I was hard work to work with, cos, whatever… But you don't just wake up in the morning and go, 'Oh, this is all a bit too rock'n'roll for me now.' That's what we built our career on, what you on about? So, yeah, once I've got everything off me chest – which I'm coming to a point [of doing] – I'll crack on and shut me mouth. But he is a conniving little bastard. He's always wanted to be a solo star. It was always in his head. He loved his little moment in the spotlight when he did his little thing [in the middle of Oasis sets]."

Why didn't he come out and split the band earlier?

"Cos he's a shitbag. He sacked Bonehead [Paul Arthurs, original Oasis bass player, pushed out in 1999], he sacked Guigsy [bass player Paul McGuigan, also out the door in 1999], he sacked Whitey [drummer Alan White, out on his ear as of 2004]. Next thing is, 'Oh, I'm gonna get rid of the fucking singer… Well, I'm not gonna get rid of him cos he's gonna knock me clean out. So what do I do? I just… conjure shit up.' That's in my head anyway."

Gem Archer was out socially with Noel Gallagher the other week. They went to see a band, Temples. They've maintained a friendship in the teeth of the brothers' mutual hostility. Bell, too, retains "enormous love and respect" for the man who led Oasis from their formation in 1991. Both guitarists miss Noel, and would love to see a fraternal reunion. What about an Oasis reunion? "I'm not hanging on for it," says Bell. "If it happened, I'd damn well enjoy it," nods Archer. "But if it didn't, I wouldn't be gutted." Liam, meanwhile, insists he doesn't miss Noel – not as a musical foil, not even as a brother. "I don't miss all the bullshit."

Do your kids miss him as an uncle, Liam?

"Never really knew him, mate. I don't know his kids either."

Would you recommend life in a band to your sons (Lennon, aged 13, and Gene, 11)?

"Without a doubt. I'd recommend it to anyone. It's the best gig in the world, man. Gene is up in his room drumming every day. Oh, mate, he loves it. Lennon does guitar lessons in school, and fancies himself as a bit of a singer."

Does he have your vocal skills?

"I don't know, mate. His life's a bit easier than mine – he's got to wait for something to piss him off. I've still got the arse. And that's what comes out in the voice."

Where did your teenage anger come from?

"Fuck knows, man. But I can do both – I can sing beautiful at home, but when it comes to guitars and live, when you're in a rock'n'roll band, you've got to be belting it out. I just sing every song like it's the last time I'm ever gonna sing it."

What music do your boys like?

"Lennon's a massive Who fan. It's got nothing to do with me, he's just obsessed with Quadrophenia."

No Justin Bieber?

"No. They have their moments, though – a lot of their mates are into Rizzle Kicks, shit like that."

What if Gene comes in and says, 'Dad, I love Mumford & Sons'?

"Right, well, you've got to let kids do what they gotta do. Obviously I'd have a laugh and go, 'Fuck that!' But Mumford & Sons write some good songs, man. They just look like gyppos."

Are they a good choice for a Glastonbury headline slot?

"Is that where they're playing? Headlining? About time. They've done well, man."

What about the Rolling Stones?

"Never seen them, ever. Am I interested? Not at £500 a pop. Tried to get on the guest list [for the O2], couldn't. I was not having it. Fuck that, mate, it's not rock'n'roll paying all that money for a ticket. I wouldn't pay £500 to see anyone."

Right now, Beady Eye are in training for a tour that all concerned hope will be a long one. Liam Gallagher is even up for having another crack at America – "Yep, but with the right stab," he qualifies, "without getting caught up in licking arse" – even though his antics (missing planes, spitting on stage) helped sabotage Oasis's attempts at "breaking" the US.

At the studio, Bell and Archer have been putting new bass player Jay Mehler, formerly of Kasabian, through his paces (Oasis's final drummer Chris Sharrock completes the line-up), and working out how to translate the imaginative textures of BE into a live show. The core trio ring with the raring-to-go enthusiasm of a band who have, rather against the odds, proved themselves.

Liam has been working on his match fitness by maintaining his near-daily running routine: one hour, 6am to 7am, Hampstead Heath, before heading home to make breakfast and do the school run. Interspersed, it must be noted, with the occasional appearance of the traditional Liam dust-up: some argy-bargy with actor Idris Elba after February's NME Awards and, the following month, being ejected from Crouch End pub The Queens for drunkenness – twice in one week. He is, in vintage Liam Gallagher style, living it large in every corner of his life. But now, at last, he's once again punting music that's equally entertaining.

Given Beady Eye's dietary requirements (Bell is also allergic to nuts), have you been giving your rider the once over?

"It's just the usual: vodka, tequila. I like tequila – there's no hangover. After a gig I can drink a whole bottle on me jack. Then at 12 o'clock the next day, I'm on it again. It's red wine and Guinness that make you feel crap the next day."

Do you still do drugs?

"Every now and again, mate. Don't want to be going on about it. Not as much as I used to. It's shit, isn't it – there's no good stuff out there. I will when a new batch comes in. But it takes me three days to recover. I try not to anyway. A good night for me is going out and coming home pissed, and knowing I haven't touched the gear."

Will Beady Eye still be touring this time next year?

"It's [down to] whether people dig BE. I've got a feeling that a lot of people are just like, 'Fuck off, whatever.' They're just not into it. They just want Oasis back together."

Do you want Oasis back together?

"No."

Never?

"No. Not yet. But I don't think about it, man. I want Beady Eye to be successful so we don't have to go down that road ever again. But if… you know… we'll see how it goes."

'BE' is out tomorrow on Columbia Records

Source: www.independent.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

Noel Gallagher To Play At This Year's Glastonbury Festival?

Noel Gallagher is being tipped to play this year’s Glastonbury festival, according to website efestivals.co.uk.

Arctic Monkeys, The Rolling Stones and Fleetwood Mac have already been linked to this year’s music bash.

No official word yet, but I will keep you updated.

Celebrities Flock To Liam Gallagher's Pretty Green Autumn Winter 2013 Season Launch

Numerous rockstars flocked to launch of Liam Gallagher's Pretty Green London Collections: Men's Autumn/Winter 2013 on Monday night (January 7th 2013) at The Arts Club and he certainly seemed to be in celebratory mode. He was spotted in his usual indie get-up with a black jacket and jeans, decidedly avoiding the opportunity to don a smart suit on the red carpet. On the other hand, he wasn't the only one - his longtime bandmate Gem Archer, who joined him in his band Beady Eye after Oasis, wore an identical jacket and their friend Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan favoured very similar style shoes. Andy Bell, also from Beady Eye, attended though looked distinctly smarter.

Gallagher's wife Nicole Appleton from All Saints was also at the event showing her support for her fashion designer husband. Aside from the new collection, he has several ventures for Pretty Green he wants to concentrate on in 2013 including a range of eyewear and bags to add to the business in its fourth year of running. 'We're looking into accessories heavily, having dabbled in footwear', he said at the launch. 'The world's our oyster really, we'd like to think. There's the opportunity to grow into what we want.'

BBC Radio 1 presenter Fearne Cotton was another guest at the launch, heavily pregnant and supported by her boyfriend Jesse Wood, the son of Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood. Despite being on maternity leave, she took a break from resting to attend the event and looked 'pretty green' in a patterned turquoise and black minidress teamed with leopard print ankle boots that cleverly took the attention away from her bump. Though, as a fashion designer herself, you can hardly blame her for knowing all the tricks of the trade.

Liam Howlett from The Prodigy paid tribute to the label with a thin green scarf while his wife Natalie Appleton (also from All Saints and sister of Nicole) turned heads in a net top and tight leather pants. It certainly wasn't a night for conventional red carpet glamour but was dazzling nonetheless. The range of different styles donned by the evening's celebs went some way to prove a point Gallagher made about his clothing not fitting into one category, as inspiration seems to be everywhere. 'People might say it is but we didn't set out to create a Mod label', he insisted. 'It's music, from the Sixties and Seventies.'

'The Inbetweeners' star James Buckley was also in attendance looking chipper as usual. He hung up his role as the egocentric though secretly insecure character of Jay from the British comedy series in 2011 following a three series run and a closing movie. In November last year (2012) he married his long-term girlfriend Clair Meek at Dundas Castle in Scotland and the pair have a 14 month old son together named Harrison. Whether he's named after Blake Harrison, the actor who played Jay's best friend in the series, is unknown  though we'd sort of like that to be the case.

Click here to check out a number of pictures.

Source: www.contactmusic.com