T In The Park 2012 Tickets‎ Go On Sale Today

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are confirmed to play this year's T In The Park festival.

The Stone Roses are also playing at the event which takes place Friday 6th until Sunday 8th July in Balado, Kinross-Shire Scotland.

Tickets go on sale at 9am (UK Time).

Listen To Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'Shoot A Hole' Now

Shoot A Hole Into The Sun, the first track from Noel's collaboration with Amorphous Androgynous, was given its exclusive debut on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show this evening. Listen to the new track below!



The song is the B side to new single Dream On which is available in the UK on digital from 11th March and on limited edition, numbered 12" vinyl and CD.

The vinyl and CD can be pre-ordered from the official UK store HERE.

Source: www.noelgallagher.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Confirm Rock Rock Werchter Festival Appearance

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have been confirmed to play at the Rock Werchter 2012 Festival on 1st July.

All tickets are inclusive of public transport within the Belgium borders from Thursday June 28th until Monday July 2nd 2012.

For information and ticket reservations:

www.rockwerchter.be

www.proximusgoformusic.be

Source: www.noelgallagher.com

On This Day In Oasis History...

Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Oasis, released on February 28, 2000. In 1999, the year preceding the final release of this album, Oasis had lost two founding members (Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs and Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan) and hired a new producer (Mark "Spike" Stent). As a result of these changes, the album's tone was more experimental, with electronica and psychedelic influences. The darker feeling and psychedelic tone of this album is a departure from earlier Britpop-influenced Oasis records.

Songs such as the Indian-influenced "Who Feels Love?", the progressive "Gas Panic!" and the electronica "Go Let It Out" depart from Oasis' old Britpop style. The album was the sixth fastest selling album in UK chart history, selling over 310,000 copies in its first week. Despite becoming their fourth number one album in the UK, it is one of the band's lowest-selling albums, selling only 3 million copies worldwide.

Trivia

The album's title was taken from the words of Sir Isaac Newton: "If I can see further than anyone else, it is only because I am standing on the shoulders of giants". Noel Gallagher saw the quote on the side of a £2 coin whilst in a pub and liked it so much he thought it would be a suitable name for Oasis' new album. He then wrote the name on the side of a cigarette packet whilst drunk. When he awoke in the morning, he realised he had written "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants — A Bum Title".

Due to the departure of Bonehead and Guigsy from the band whilst the album was in production, their parts had to be re-recorded, for legal reasons. Thus, the album only features the Gallagher brothers and Alan White. The sleeve of the album also features them.

The first track, "Fuckin' in the Bushes", is featured on the soundtrack for the film Snatch, and is regularly used in introductions for high-tempo events, due to its quick tempo and loud volume.




















In the April 2006 issue of Q magazine, the album was the only Oasis record to feature in a countdown of the "50 worst albums of all time". It was placed at number 46 and described as "the low point of their fallow years", despite the fact that the album had been favourably reviewed in the magazine at its time of release and featured in the magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2000" list. In response to the Q feature, Noel has said, "Even though it wasn't our finest hour, it's a good album born through tough times. I worked harder on that album than anything before and anything since."

A notable B-Side was Lets All Make Believe. This song was on the Go Let It Out single and is said to be one of the bands finest songs. Q Magazine declared it the greatest ever "lost" track in the February 2007 issue and said that if it was on the album it would have carried "an extra star" on the review. Q gave this album 4 Stars back in 2000, meaning an extra star would be 5 stars. So with Lets All Make Believe on the album, according to Q magazine's logic, SOTSOG would have been a 5 star classic.









Track listing

01: "Fuckin' In The Bushes"
02: "Go Let It Out"
03: "Who Feels Love?"
04: "Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is"
05: "Little James"
06: "Gas Panic!"
07: "Where Did It All Go Wrong?"
08: "Sunday Morning Call"
09: "I Can See A Liar"
10: "Roll It Over"

Demos

A bootleg of demo sessions recorded for this album was leaked onto the internet in January 2000. Most of these songs were recorded by Noel Gallagher with the help of a couple of friends in his home studio at Supernova Heights and at Oasis' own Wheeler End Studios complex. All of the songs, apart from "Little James", were sung by Noel.

The tracklisting of the demo bootleg is:

"Carry Us All"
"Who Feels Love?"
"Fuckin' in the Bushes"
"Little James"
"Gas Panic!
"Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is"
"Sunday Morning Call"
"I Can See a Liar"
"Go Let It Out"
"Roll It Over"
"Revolution Song"
"Where Did It All Go Wrong?"
"(As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes in Hell"
"Just Getting Older"
"Let There Be Love"

At the time of the leak, four songs ("Carry Us All", "Revolution Song", "Just Getting Older" and "Let There Be Love") were not scheduled for release on either the album or as B-sides on the new single "Go Let It Out". These songs were also completely undocumented, apart from "Revolution Song", which had been mentioned by author Paolo Hewitt in his 1999 book Forever the People — Six Months on the Road with Oasis. As such, these four songs had made-up titles based on commonly-repeated phrases mentioned in the songs. Whilst "Carry Us All" and "Just Getting Older" were correctly guessed, the other two tracks were given titles which, in time, would prove to be incorrect. "Revolution Song" was given the title "Solve My Mystery" and "Let There Be Love" was given the title "It's a Crime". "Let There Be Love" was released on Don't Believe the Truth. Because Noel mentioned in a February 23, 2000 interview with Melody Maker magazine that "Revolution Song" had been demoed — but not released because Blur had recently released a similar sounding song — it can be assumed that these titles are correct.

Currently, only one song ("Revolution Song") remains commercially unreleased.

Noel Gallagher Hasn't A Clue Why He's Still Famous

Noel Gallagher reckons he hasn’t a clue why he’s still famous after 20 years in the music business.

The diehard rock ’n roller, 44, told us: “People say I am still around but I can’t say really why I am here. I just do what I do.”

He also admitted that he doesn’t think he’ll ever write the perfect song.

“I have written many, many, many good songs.But it don’t work like that.”

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Would Be An X Factor Judge For A Million Pound

Former Oasis star Noel Gallagher has joked he would be an X Factor judge for £1Million.

Naming his price, Noel, 44, said: "It's about six months' work, innit? I reckon it would have to be a million pounds after tax."

But he backtracked after realising the ITV show's boss Simon Cowell might take him up on his offer.

He told Radio Times: "I say that tongue-in-cheek."

Noel added: "I don't really want to do it. But a million pounds for six months' work? That's good money if you can get it.

"Even I don't earn that much."

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Dedicates Song To His Daughter

Noel Gallagher dedicated a song to his daughter at his concert at The 02 arena in London last night (26.02.12).

Before playing 'Little by Little' the rocker revealed he was performing it for his 12-year-old daughter Anais - his child with ex-wife Meg Mathews - because it used to be her favourite Oasis track.

He told the sell-out crowd: ''I'm dedicating this to my daughter ... she said it was her favourite song when she was nine.''

Noel thrilled fans by playing a set loaded with songs from his debut solo album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' and Oasis tracks and he and his band were backed by the Crouch End Festival Chorus and the Hertfordshire Chorus.

Highlights included 'Everybody's on the Run', 'If I Had a Gun...', '(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach' and 'Freaky Teeth'.

An acoustic version of 'Supersonic' prompted a mass sing-along, as did 'Half the World Away' and 'The Death of You and Me'.

After he performed Oasis B-side 'Talk Tonight' one emotional fan at the front told Noel he loved him ''more than David Beckham''.

The 44-year-old musician said: ''Are you all enjoying yourself? I'm enjoying myself, I bet you're having a right f***ing laugh out there. You love me more than David Beckham, that's pure love. I love you too mate.''

However, some cheeky fans jokingly heckled Noel to play songs recorded by his brother Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye.

Noel performed a four-track encore comprised of Oasis songs 'Whatever' - dedicated to the ''people at the back'' - Little by Little', The Importance of Being Idle' and 'Don't Look Back in Anger'.

Before playing his final song, Noel gestured to the 30-piece choir and said: ''I'd like a round of applause for the people at the back here. It's been an absolute pleasure to play for you. We'll see you somewhere down the road, thank you very much for coming tonight.''

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Play V Festival

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have been confirmed to play at this year's V Festival performing in Chelmsford on 18th August and in Stafford on 19th August.

Tickets go on general sale at 10:00am on Friday 2nd March through the festival's website: www.vfestival.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are set to tour throughout 2012 with gigs so far confirmed for the UK, Ireland, Europe, North America and Japan. To keep up to date on all forthcoming touring activity head on over to the GIGS section HERE! or sign up to the mailing list HERE!

Source: www.noelgallagher.com