Didn't Paul And Noel Do Weller

Rock's bigwigs joined forces for the smallest gig either of them have played in years.

Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher tore up this tiny London club - with a capacity of just 600 - to launch the latest offering from the Modfather.

Weller debuted a string of thumping new tracks from his Wake Up The Nation - on course for No1 on Sunday - on Wednesday night.

Then Oasis axe man Noel pitched up and the pair performed the Gallagher-penned Mucky Fingers as well as Weller's own Echoes Round The Sun.

Gripping renditions of classics including Wild Wood and a final triumphant airing of vintage JAM hit Start concluded a special night.

And I wasn't the only one who enjoyed listening to the rock Lords.

Comic Alan Davies even queued up at the North London venue's stage door to get the great Weller's signature after the show.

If you want to experience a man on top of his game look out for Virgin Media's Music On Demand service in June, when the gig will be broadcast

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

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Best Official Oasis DVD

This month the poll in the right side menu is for the best Official DVD that Oasis have released to date.

The choices are

Live By The Sea
There And Then
Familiar To Millions
Definitely Maybe
Lord Don't Slow Me Down

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Pretty Green UK Shipping Costs Reduced

Pretty Green has just changed it's UK shipping rates from £6.00 to £3.50.

Source: www.prettygreen.com

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Rihanna Covers Oasis' Wonderwall

Rihanna performed in Zurich Monday night for her Last Girl On Earth tour, and much is being made of the fact that she was rushed to the hospital directly after due to a minor rib injury (she’s okay, and has since been carrying on with her tour).

One thing that has been overlooked is that earlier in the night recently dethroned chart queen RiRi decided to channel the Gallagher brothers by covering Oasis’ “Wonderwall” during her Swiss set. Catch Rihanna leading the audience in a sing-along to the classic tune after the jump.

Source: idolator.com

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Is This Really Liam Gallagher’s New Band?

Oasis fans have been waiting patiently for news of the Gallagher brothers’ future plans. But it looks like there’ll be a few fights before their respective solo careers get off the ground.

Sky Songs has heard that Liam Gallagher’s new, as yet unnamed, band will feature his old Oasis mates Gem Archer and Andy Bell.

Noel Gallagher is also said to be putting a new band together, featuring… er, Gem Archer and Andy Bell. Oh dear.

In addition, Liam’s band will include former Robbie Williams drummer Chris Sharrock, while Noel is said to have recruited Jay Darlington, former keyboard player with Kula Shaker.

Andy Bell’s going to be a busy lad since he’s also been recording demos for a new album by none other than Adam Ant. You heard it here first.

Source: www.songs.sky.com

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Noel Gallagher Joins Paul Weller At London Gig

Noel Gallagher was the surprise special guest at Paul Weller's show at the London Relentless Garage on Wednesday, April 21.

NME.com reports that Gallagher joined the ex-Jam mainman for a version of Oasis' album track, 'Mucky Fingers,' from 2005's 'Don't Believe the Truth,' and Weller's 2008 single, 'Echoes Round the Sun'.

The gig was to mark the April 19 release of Weller's new album, 'Wake Up the Nation.' Meanwhile, Gallagher has been talking about the rough and tumble nature of his long-standing relationship with "The Modfather" -- saying he's a "nightmare" to go out on the town with.

In an interview with radio station Talk Sport, the former Oasis mainman said, "I guess Weller's my oldest friend, I suppose, and I don't mean the fact that he's, like, 50. There's an unwritten law that I never go out with him, he's a nightmare.

"He's hardcore -- if you go out with him, if you come home at all, there's bumps and bruises. There's been scuffles in the street and you've probably fallen out with him."

As Spinner reported on April 21, the man who attacked the Gallagher rocker at the Virgin Festival in Toronto in 2008, leaving him with three broken ribs, has avoided jail.

Danny Sullivan, 48, was sentenced to 12 months of house arrest after he pleaded guilty to assault, causing bodily harm.

Source: www.spinnermusic.co.uk

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Gallagher Attacker Sentenced To House Arrest!

An intoxicated renovator who attacked Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher on a Toronto concert stage was sentenced Wednesday to 12 months house arrest.

Daniel Sullivan of Pickering eluded security, ran on stage and pushed Gallagher from behind during the Virgin Music Festival in September 2008.

Gallagher broke three ribs when he fell against a speaker and Oasis was forced to cancel concerts in Paris and New York.

“Severe intoxication is the only plausible explanation for behaviour that makes no other sense,” Justice Richard Schneider said.

“It is clear we will have no conclusive answer as to what precipitated this event.”

Schneider also ordered Sullivan to abstain from alcohol for 12 months.

In November, Sullivan, 48, pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm.

Sullivan’s lawyer, John Collins, characterized his client as “the quintessential first offender,” a man of otherwise good character, who has accepted full responsibility for his actions, is ashamed of what he has done, and is profoundly sorry for his actions.”

A pre-sentence report depicted Sullivan’s background as “unremarkable.” It said he “doesn’t have a history of difficulties with alcohol, drugs, violence or any mental health issues.”

Sullivan, who has been married for 20 years and has three young children, always has been gainfully employed and participates in a small theatre group and with his son’s soccer team, court heard.

Sullivan apologized Wednesday to Gallagher and the court. He declined to comment afterward, saying he is being sued, along with the concert promoters and a private security company, for $2.1 million by Gallagher. A claim has been issued in Ontario.

The judge permitted Sullivan to go to work, attend medical appointments and shop once a week. But the judge rejected Sullivan’s request to attend his theatre group and his son’s soccer games.

Gallagher said in a victim impact statement that it felt like he’d been “hit by a bus,” needed months of rehabilitation and is still in pain.

Crown attorney Ruth Kleinhenz sought up to nine months in jail, saying Sullivan’s crime is “too serious for a conditional sentence to be considered.”

“Mere intoxication cannot explain the event and that perhaps it was driven by a need for ‘15 minutes of fame.’ This deliberate act should be seen as more serious than one derived from mere drunkenness,” said Schneider in summing up the Crown’s view.

Source: www.torontosun.com

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Ex Oasis Man To Run The London Marathon This Weekend

Ex Oasis drummer Alan White will be running the London Marathon on April 25th for the Alzheimer's Society, you can sponsor him by clicking here.

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No Jail For Noel Gallagher's Attacker

The man who attacked Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher as he performed on a Toronto stage received a conditional sentence of 12 months Wednesday, meaning no jail time.

He’ll serve his sentence in the community under house arrest.

Daniel Sullivan, 48, of Pickering, Ont. had pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm.

The father of three said he was so drunk he couldn’t remember how he got backstage at the Virgin Music Festival in September 2008 and pushed Gallagher from behind.

Sullivan was then tackled by security guards as he approached Gallagher’s younger brother, singer Liam.

Gallagher suffered three broken ribs and the band was forced to cancel several concerts.

“I just want to express my sincere apology to the victim,” Sullivan told the court.

The Crown was seeking a sentence of six to eight months in jail. Defence had asked for the conditional sentence.

Source: www.thestar.com

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Man Who Shoved Oasis' Gallagher To Be Sentenced In Toronto Courtroom Today

The man who shoved Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher so hard that the rocker said he felt like he "had been hit by a bus" is to be sentenced Wednesday in a Toronto court.

Daniel Sullivan ran on stage and pushed Gallagher from behind into his speakers during a music festival in September 2008. Gallagher said in a victim impact statement that he has undergone months of rehabilitation and doses of pain killers, but still suffers from pain.

Gallagher suffered three broken ribs and the band was forced to cancel concerts in Paris and New York.

Sullivan, a 48-year-old Pickering, Ont., contractor, pleaded guilty to causing bodily harm.

He admitted he was drunk and couldn't remember how he got backstage at the Virgin Music Festival.

His lawyer said the combination of daily stress, alcohol and keeping a business afloat during a recession led to the attack.

In videos taken by fans that went viral on YouTube, Sullivan is seen storming the stage and pushing Gallagher into his floor monitors while the band performed their 1995 hit (What's the Story) Morning Glory."

A flailing Sullivan is then tackled by security guards as he approaches Gallagher's younger brother, singer Liam.

The Crown is seeking a sentence of six to eight months in jail - suggesting that Sullivan, an amateur actor, had perhaps been seeking his 15 minutes of fame.

Gallagher has also launched a $2-million civil lawsuit against Sullivan.

In addition to a string of hits in the '90s the band is also known for the bickering between the Gallagher brothers. The remaining members disbanded earlier this year after Noel left the band last August after an altercation with Liam.

Source: www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Adidas Originals 'Making The Commercial' With Noel Gallagher, Snoop Dogg, David Beckham And More

Check out this behind the scenes footage from the set of the shoot for Adidas latest commercial, The Street Where Originality Lives. The clip features interviews with some of the spectacular dancers and models who were a part of the experience.

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Adam Ant Collaborating With 'Member Of Oasis' On New Album?

Plus Ant tells NME.COM he wants to release a Malcolm McLaren tribute single.

Adam Ant has confirmed to NME.COM that he is working on his first album in 15 years, and that an ex-Oasis member reportedly plays on it.

The album, which will be named 'Adam Ant Is The Blueblack Hussar in Marrying The Gunner's Daughter', also features collaborations with former 3 Colours Red guitarist Chris McCormack and Ant's long-time songwriting partner Marco Pirroni.

He said that "one of the songs features a member of Oasis". Morrissey's writing partner Boz Boorer is also understood to have contributed to the album.

According to Ant, the album is a "live record that lends itself to performance" and will feature a "kind of concept. It's a very old fashioned, old school, step-by-step album".

In addition, Ant has recorded a song in tribute to the late Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, who died earlier this month, and who also once managed Adam & The Ants.

Named 'Who's A Goofy Bunny Then?', the track was only previously available as a demo recorded in the early '80s, but Ant says he wants to release a new version in tribute to the late punk manager.

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Source: www.nme.com

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On This Day In Oasis History...

Liam Gallagher made a brief appearance on 'Hells Kitchen' on April 20th 2005.

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Oasis One Of The Most Played Artists On LAST.FM

Chart hit Mr Brightside by US band The Killers has been named the most played song since the launch of online service last.fm.

And the chart - compiled to mark 40 billion plays on the streaming service - makes good reading for British bands who make up six of the top ten.

It launched in 2003.

Muse was the top UK act at number two, with Oasis, Coldplay and Radiohead also in the upper reaches of the list.

Last.fm recommends similar music choices to users each time they "scrobble" or play a song.

Users scrobble up to 800 songs per second when use of the service is at its peak.

Lady GaGa is the only woman to feature in the top 20 with Poker Face at number six with just over 6 million plays. It is also the most recent song, released only last year.

Mr Brightside was played 7.66 million times.

Source: The Press Association

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Noel Gallagher Talks To TalkSport

Noel was on Andy Goldstein’s Sport Bar on Talk Sport last night (Sunday 18 April) and spoke about the following:

His circle of friends: “I actually bumped into Mike Pickering today in the park (Regents Park), I socialise with him and some other people from bands when they’re in town, but not really... Weller, maybe... but I’ve not got a massive circle of, I like to keep myself to myself.” “I’ve got lots of mates but they’re kinda in bands so they’re never really in the same place at the same time, if I’m not on tour, my mates in Kasabian will be off on tour, or Weller will be doing summat so it’s very rare we’re all together at the same time.” “My best mate is, he’s not famous, he’s just kinda, he’s just my mate, his name’s Strageboy. He used to play keyboards in Oasis in ’97 and he was just like a mate of a mate but he came on tour with us to play keyboards and we were at an airport lounge one afternoon and I was just looking at him, going, ‘he’s just really weird’, you know, and the name Strangeboy stuck and I guess he’s my best mate, but I’ve got another best mate who lives up in Manchester, but I guess my best mate in London would be... I guess Weller’s my oldest friend, I suppose, and I don’t mean the fact that he’s like 50, I mean the fact that I’ve known him for a long time, I’ve known him for about 12 years.” “There’s an unwritten law that I never go out with Paul Weller, he’s a nightmare. He’s hardcore – if you go out with him, if you come home at all there’s bumps and bruises, there’s been scuffles in the street and you’ve probably fallen out with him.”

Man City’s loss to Man U: “I haven’t got any complaints, United wanted it more, I just thought City were really flat and very Italian. I thought we got what we deserved, which was nothing, it seemed like Mancini had settled for a draw on the hour, you know what I mean, and United kept coming, coming and coming and to be quite honest, although I did swear at the television and nearly threw it out the window when he scored, you could kinda see it coming, you know what I mean?, they wanted it more. I felt pretty let down by the end of it, but no complaints on the score.” “We got away with it in the first half, but the way Mancini played it in the previous two derbies, he never went for it in the first half, anyway, but I cannot believe that he never got his head around putting somebody on Scholes in the second half and I had a real problem with him taking, not so much taking off Johnson, but if he had taken off Johnson and put on Wright-Phillips, when Wright-Phillips came on he had Evra booked within five minutes, so it would have put him under pressure, but he puts on Viera, it’s like, you know, come on, I mean we’re supposed to be going for the Champions League here, it’s like we’re not gonna get it by drawing games, you know.” “When Tevez was going on about the players being tired in the week I was thinking, ‘Oh come on! You’re only kicking a football around twice a day’, but they did, de Jong and Barry have started virtually every single game for the last six months, and Tevez has played for Man United, obviously he’s a professional, he knows what he’s on about and he’s been there in the Champions League and he’s won the Premiership so he knows what it takes, I thought they looked a bit tired, I thought there was no zip to the game, I thought there was no, I thought there was no drive going forward, but you don’t know whether they’re told that by the manager, to keep their energy and stuff, but they did look tired, I’ve got to say.”

Man City’s chances of finishing 4th: “In a way, United winning has given them something to play for, if we had put United out of the title race yesterday they’d have had nothing to play for at Old Trafford, so hopefully they’ll do Tottenham. If we can get something, anything at the Emirates then it’ll stand us in good stead but I still think it’ll go down to the last game.”

His opinion on Mancini: “He’s not the guy who is gonna, em, as long as Hiddink and Mourinho are out there then they’re the two guys that everybody’s gonna be talking about. I’m afraid, you know, if you want a nil-nil draw away on the last day of the season, then he’s probably your man, but you’ve got to go out and win games in the Premier League, it’s as simple as that, you know, you’re not gonna get anything for nothing in our league, it’s not like Italy. I think he’s history at the end of the season, anyway, I think he’s gone at the end of the season, you don’t give someone a six month contract, do you, you know what I mean? If he’s your man, you give him a five year contract and that’s the end of it, you don’t give someone a six month contract and then a three year one on top of that, IF you get in the Champions League.” “I think for City to attract the top top players, like Kaka and all that, you know, they’ve got.. players wanna play for the big, glamorous managers, that’s my opinion, anyway, and I’m not sure whether, I’m not sure whether Mancini, well, tactically he doesn’t seem to have it for me, but I think until they get somebody like Mourinho or Hiddink, that can inspire the players then, you know, I think they’ll always be looking. But you wouldn’t hear any players coming out and criticising Mourinho’s methods, would you?, cos they’re in awe of him, right, for Tevez to come out and say that in the week leading up to the derby there’s got to be something going on, and there’s been rumours that Bellamy’s had a pop at him and all that kinda of thing, so, you know, there must be something not right. He seems like a nice enough guy and all that, and obviously he’s kinda done the business in Italy but this isn’t Italy, you know, there are no easy games in our league.”

His plans for the week: “I’m gonna get me hair cut this week and.. hang on a minute, I’ve got something to do this week... I’ve got something important to do this week.... dono... I can’t remember what I’m doing, I’m getting old, I haven’t got a clue what I’m doing...”

Thanks as always to Dougie

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Liam Gallagher Interview In This Month's 'GQ Style' Magazine

Liam Gallagher is interviewed and photographed in the new issue of GQ Style.

Thanks to Mr Monobrow

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Jay-Z Sings Oasis' Wonderwall At Coachella Festival

Jay reprised his cover of 'Wonderwall' at Coachella Festival on Friday night.

Much of the 90-minute set featured guitars with samples and backing tracks from The Doors, The Prodigy and even U2 being added in at various junctures.

In an echo of last year's Glastonbury performance, he also used a breakbeat-augmented snippet of Oasis' 'Wonderwall'.

Towards the end of the show, Jay-Z devoted a segment of the set to cover early parts of his career which culminated in a mass sing-a-long of 'Hard Knock Life'.

He then invited Beyonce on stage to duet with him on the finale of 'Young Forever' as fireworks lit up the desert sky behind them.

Source: www.nme.com

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Diana Vickers On Meeting Oasis

Taken from a short interview for The Metro.

Have you ever asked anyone for their autograph?

Noel and Liam Gallagher. I was 10 and saw them at an airport in Majorca. I was really into Oasis at the time. They had a photo taken with me and were really lovely.

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Thanks to JD

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Noel Gallagher To Use Choir On Solo Record

Noel Gallagher wants to use a choir on his forthcoming solo LP. The former "Oasis" guitarist, who quit the band August 2009 following a series of explosive rows with his brother, frontman Liam Gallagher, wants the Crouch End Festival Chorus to appear on the record after performing with them at London's Royal Albert Hall last month.

"I was speaking to Noel's manager about this and I was saying to him," David Temple, the choir's conductor, said. "We'll get the very best out of the choir if we get any recording. It'd be in a studio, we'd love it."

While Noel has said little about his solo record, Liam has revealed his is working with his fellow former Oasis' band mates, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock, but won't be reprising the name because he hates it. He said, "It's not Oasis. That was a s**t name anyway. I'm glad to see the back of it."

"There's one that we're digging at the moment, but we're going to get on with the music and see how it goes. If we haven't got a better one by then, we'll go with the one we're into."

"We'll be on stage this year, without a doubt. We're halfway through the record, the demos, that is. We're in the studio this April to see if this producer works out. If he does, we'll crack on with the album through June and July."

Source: www.celebrity-mania.com

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Ex Oasis Man To Run The London Marathon

Ex Oasis drummer Alan White will be running the London Marathon on April 25th for the Alzheimer's Society, you can sponsor him by clicking here.

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