Oasis' Masterplan To step Into World Of Lowry

At first glance it could be one of the famous scenes of Salford artist L S Lowry.

But look a little closer at the matchstick men - and there's the inimitable swagger of Liam Gallagher.

Liam and the rest of Oasis have been transported into a series of famous Lowry scenes for the video of new single The Masterplan.

The lads got the full blessing of the Lowry estate to create the animated video - as they hope it will give the famous artist a "fresh new image".

It follows the band in a host of famous Lowry scenes - including Man Lying On A Wall and Fairground At Daisy Nook - with quirky modern day additions like the satellite dish pictured here.

Lindsay Brooks, head of galleries at The Lowry, consulted Oasis and the Lowry estate on the video plans.

Wonderful

She said: "It's an idea that could have resulted in something really naff, but in fact the end result is wonderful.

"I think it's something that both The Lowry and the Lowry estate felt would be great to see because LS Lowry is in danger of being set in stone in the memories of people in the north west, but this would be a great way to freshen up his image if you like. Both Oasis and Lowry are inextricably linked with the north west, so bringing them together like this is a masterstroke."

The Masterplan, along with a re-recorded version of Acquiesce forms a new EP from Oasis, Stop The Clocks, released on November 13.

Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Bonehead Is Back!

Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, one of the founding members of Oasis, is back on the Manchester music scene.

But he's put his guitar to one side to become manager of Manchester-based singer songwriter Vinny Peculiar and his band, which include ex-Smiths members Mike Joyce and Craig Gannon, ex-Fall bassist Karen Leatham and ex-World of Twist's Ben Knott.

It's his first foray into music management, but Bonehead tells me he's ready for the new direction. He says: "I'm good friends with Mike and over the summer he brought me a copy of the Vinny Peculiar album and I just couldn't take it off the system.

"I loved it, especially the lyrics, I'd not heard anything like it for a long time.

"Technically it is the first time I've managed a band, although in the early days of Oasis I was pretty much roadie, organiser, everything. It's a learning curve for me but I feel so passionately about the music.

"Bonehead has been appointed in time for the release of their new album, The Rise and Fall of Vinny Peculiar, out on Monday.

And they are just as pleased to have the ex-Oasis star on board as he is. Vinny tells me: "We wanted someone who had the same passion for the band and the music as we do. Bonehead has a genuine belief in the band."

Good banter

Ex-Smiths drummer Mike says: "Bonehead has been in bands before, he's someone who understands the music industry. We have a good banter and we're mates more than anything.

"Bonehead, one of the founder members of Oasis, quit the band in 1999 to spend more time with his family. But he's still in touch with his "best mate" and fellow band founder Liam Gallagher. In fact, Bonehead tells me he's hoping to get Liam down to Vinny Peculiar's gig in London tonight.

Still, if Liam can't make it to that one, perhaps he could journey home to Manchester next month - as I hear the band will be playing a gig at Club Academy on Oxford Road on November 4.

Meanwhile, The Diary couldn't resist asking Bonehead his thoughts on the release of the Oasis "Best of" album next month. It has caused some debate among fans about the tracks selected - including early B-sides and album tracks at the expense of more recent hit singles.

Bonehead said: "It's something we said we'd never do, but good luck to them.

"I'm on 14 out of the 18 tracks they've put on the compilation, so I'm happy. I think it's a pretty good selection."

But he added: "I got a bit worried when I heard they'd re-recorded Aquiesce as a single, and thought 'oh no they're going to re-record the whole lot', but thankfully that hasn't happened."

Vinny Peculiar and his band play Club Academy on Friday, November 4. £10. Call 0161 832 1111.

Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

New Sony Walkman Advert

Click Here to see a advert for the new Sony Walkman featuring the song Lyla and images from the video.

Source: www.walkman.sony.co.jp

All Saints Admit Oasis Chart Defeat

Reformed British girl band All Saints have conceded their new release will probably be beaten by Oasis' greatest hits album if they go head-to-head in a chart race next month (Nov 06).

Singer Nicole Appleton, who is currently dating Oasis star Liam Gallagher, is so terrified her longterm boyfriend will win the chart battle she's persuaded management to bring forward the release date of Studio 1 to 13 November (06) to avoid a clash with Oasis' Stop The Clocks on 20 November (06).

Last week (ends13 Nov 06), Gallagher insisted there was "no f**king chance" All Saints would beat his album.

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Robbie: Liam Is An Ugly Inbred

One of the biggest feuds in the history of rock n’ roll is about to kick off Again.

I have uncovered a secret track recorded by Robbie Williams which slags off arch-rival Liam Gallagher for being Inbred.

In Give Pies A Chance — a play on John Lennon’s famous peace lyrics — Robbie sings a list of insults slating the Oasis frontman.

The abuse includes taunts about the Gallaghers’ looks and career, dubbing them Monkey Boys with Monotone eyebrows. It goes on to claim they’re: “Unemployed since being here right now.”
On the delicate issue of Liam’s ex, Patsy Kensit, Robbie adds: Your Mrs fancies me — bet she wishes she’d waited ’til I was shifting units.

Ouch.

A source said: “Robbie recorded the track with songwriting partner Guy Chambers when they were working on Sing When You’re Winning — their third album together back in 2000.

“They had two No1 albums under their belt at the time and were feeling pretty confident.

“The song ended up on the cutting room floor when they realised the almighty stink it would cause.”

Robbie and the Gallaghers did have a brief spell as boozing buddies at Glastonbury in the summer of 1995.

But things deteriorated rapidly.

Noel famously labelled Rob “the fat dancer from Take That.”

Robbie retaliated, sending a wreath to The Sun to pass on to Oasis when their album Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants was released in 2000.

He included the message: “Just heard your latest album — RIP.”

When Robbie sold out Knebworth for three consecutive nights in 2003 — beating the two Oasis did in 1996 — he sent Noel a pair of tap dancing shoes with another message. It read: “Dear Mr N Gallagher, you said two nights at Knebworth is history. Well, I guess three is just greedy.

“Yours, Rob. PS: Finding it difficult to find adequate support for my show. What are you doing on the 1st and 2nd? Oh, and the 3rd?”

Pop god Rob also caused trouble with a track called Ghosts on his last album Intensive Care — about his bedroom antics with Nicole Appleton — now Liam’s fiancée.

At the time he said: “It’ll really fry the balding, pot-bellied ****’s head.”

Robbie is touring Argentina at the moment while Liam prepares for the launch of greatest hits album Stop The Clocks next month.

Just as well. I reckon the further apart they are, the better.

Meanwhile, Robbie has once again threatened to quit touring.

He recently cancelled the Asian leg of his Close Encounters show and yesterday morning told Radio 2’s Ken Bruce: “I will probably never go on tour after this. That is unless I’ve got a divorce to pay for or a family and I want to get out of the house.

“I love talking about my songs on radio but you can do that for three and a half minutes and go home.”

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Win Oasis Goodies

You'd be mad to miss this exclusive chance to win unique signed artwork and booty from the moody Manc rock gods.

In association with the band and Google, we're inviting you to upload your Oasis clips and memories to a new Google Map.

You could upload clips of a gig, your memories of first hearing Wonderwall or even your own versions of Oasis songs - be creative! All you need is a digital camera or camcorder, an internet connection... and five minutes.

To enter, simply visit the Mirror website at www.mirror.co.uk and log on for details.

The closing date is Friday so Be Here Now!

Meanwhile, here are the first shots from Oasis' brilliant new video for an old classic, The Masterplan.

We got an exclusive preview ahead of its first official showing on Saturday.

The animated film sees Oasis transported to a world based on the paintings of Salford "matchstick men" artist L S Lowry.

The Masterplan is on the Stop The Clocks EP, out on November 13 - a week before the band's Best Of album of the same name.

Source: Daily Mirror

U2 And Oasis Set For Battle

I'm pretty confident this year's Q Awards will be explosive stuff.

Supergroups U2 and Oasis will go head to head for the prestigious Best Act In The World Today gong.

There's sure to be some serious competition - Bono and co have had a whopping six Q awards in the past while Oasis have had five.

Coldpaly, Muse and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers are also up for the trophy.

Meanwhile Lily Allen is up against the Arctic Monkeys, Corinne Bailey RAE, The Kooks and Orson for Best New Act.

The Arctic Monkeys show no sign of losing their appeal with four nominations for the Sheffield band.

On top of their Best New Act nomination they are also up for Best Album (Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not) Best Live Act and Best Track (I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor).

Jonathon Ross is presenting this year’s bash, to be held on October 30 at the Grosvenor House hotel.

Come back to the Sun Online for exclusive video footage and gossip.

Full list of nominees

Best New Act
1. Lily Allen
2. Corinne Bailey Rae
3. The Kooks
4. Arctic Monkeys
5. Orson

Best Track
1. Chasing Cars’ by Snow Patrol
2. Crazy’ by Gnarls Barkley
3. I Don’t Feel Like Dancing’ by Scissor Sisters
4. Never Be Lonely’ The Feeling
5. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’ by Arctic Monkeys

Best Live Act
1. Oasis
2. Razorlight
3. Muse
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Arctic Monkeys

Best Album
1. Black Holes And Revelations by Muse
2. Empire by Kasabian
3. Under The Iron Sea by Keane
4. Razorlight by Razorlight
5. Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not by Arctic Monkeys
6. Eyes Open by Snow Patrol

Best Video
1. When You Were Young by The Killers
2. I Don’t Feel Like Dancing by Scissor Sisters
3. Empire by Kasabian
4. Smiley Faces by Gnarls Barkley
5. Why Won’t You Give Me Your Love? The Zutons

Best Act In The World Today
1. Muse
2. Coldplay
3. Oasis
4. U2
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Stars Sign Boots For Charity

Celebrities including Madonna and Sir Mick Jagger are paving the way for Britain's National Giving Week by customising Doc Martens boots to be sold off on eBay. All Saints, Oasis and Janet Jackson have also teamed up with organisers the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) to sign pairs of the shoes to raise cash for the National Aids Trust. CAF spokeswoman Sheila Hooper says, "If people raid their wardrobes, cupboards and attics to find items they no longer need but could sell on eBay for a favoured organisation, we can make a real difference."

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Wreck 'N Roll For Sarah And Noel

Sarah Harding and Noel Gallagher are two serious contenders for my Bizarre Caner Of The Year gong.

The Girls Aloud singer was snapped partying at London’s Movida club on Thursday with new pal Victoria Hervey just 48 hours after she got absolutely wrecked at the Vodafone Music Awards.

But Noel is giving her some spirited competition, leaving the Groucho club steaming drunk and pulling a pose that brother Liam would be proud of.

Below is my updated list of Caners League runners and riders – or perhaps that should be crawlers and droolers . . .

Caners league
1. Sarah Harding
2. Peaches Geldof
3. Lazy Lohan
4. Paris Hilton
5. Noel Gallagher

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Bubbly Noel's So Supa

We've always hoped that champagne is good for you and Noel Gallagher, 39, has helpfully proved that it really is.

The pre-bubbly Manc's monobrow forms an angry caterpillar as he Looks Back In Anger at all and sundry, But after enjoying some Champagne Supernova Noel turns into the unlikely Good Samaritan of rock.

The singer enjoyed come Cigarettes and Alcohol at the Groucho Club with his lady Sara McDonald, 31 and then he hugged a busker working outside the club for singing Oasis's hit Wonderwall.

Chirpy Noel then treated the street musician to an impromptu performance of Supersonic, and he handed him enough notes to fill a spy's briefcase.

We always knew that beggar costume would come in handy.

Source: Daily Star

Oasis - The Masterplan (2006 Promo Video)

Thanks To Mr Monobrow

Noel Gallagher Is Far From Idle

If you paid close attention to "Don't Believe the Truth" — last year's subtly scathing effort from Mancunian supergroup Oasis — the truth itself was obvious: Bandleader Noel Gallagher had had enough of his adopted hometown of London.

If one more obsessive fan approached him with a camera phone begging for a quick snapshot, he grumbled at the time, he would gladly dropkick said cellular straight up the street. So it's no surprise that the star has finally made his disdain official. "I've just moved out of London and back into the English countryside," Gallagher reveals. "I just moved into my new Buckinghamshire mansion.

"The guitarist's bratty kid brother, Oasis frontman Liam, has just ditched his old digs, as well. "So he's living in a flat full of cardboard boxes at the moment," Noel chuckles, phoning from home. "Right now, he's in the pub'round the corner from my house, just drinking on his own. How sad is that?"

In reality, the Gallaghers were merely enjoying their post-world-tour down time, with no plans whatsoever of entering a recording studio in the near future.

But Oasis is still maintaining a high profile this fall. There's the long-overdue single release of its early B-side "Acquiesce" (which ships to radio this week), a new best-of anthology "Stop the Clocks" on Columbia and a full-length concert documentary hitting theaters, the aptly-titled "Lord Don't Slow Me Down.

"Not to mention, of course, the current heavy TV/radiorotation of early chestnut "All Around the World," as heard in that steady stream of AT&T ads.

So how, exactly, does an artist of Noel Gallagher's stature suddenly change residence? Yard sales are simply out of the question when you want to jettison your belongings, he sighs.

But he hit on a unique solution. Over a laborious three-day period, he says, "I actually put all my junk and clothes and stuff I didn't need into black bin bags, we call'em, or refuse sacks. And then I called the local Oxfam, a charity shop, and I got someone else to be here when they arrived. Because if the guys had seen it was me, it would've all ended up in Sotheby's. So I gave it all to charity and nobody knows," he laughs.

"It's all out there somewhere — people are walking around in my old clothes, eating off my old plates, enjoying all the old bits that I don't need."

As he cleaned house, Gallagher stumbled on a few items he just couldn't part with. "Like loads of unmarked cassettes and CDs that didn't have any writing on'em. I'd stick them in, and a couple of'em were just me, sitting in my front room, playing acoustic guitar, just working out songs. And some of'em were songs that I've yet to record which I'd forgotten about, and that was quite special, just listening to all of those one night.

"Gallagher wasn't finished rummaging. Carefully, he and his sibling combed the Oasis catalog to select the 18 classics for "Stop the Clocks.

"They arrived at an interesting mix of U.S. hits ("Wonderwall," "Live Forever"), U.K. smashes ("Lyla," "Some Might Say," "Don't Look Back in Anger") and pet B-sides ("Talk Tonight," "The Masterplan," alongside the crowd-pleasing show staple "Acquiesce").

"All the choices for the album are quite obvious, so it's put together for the fans," says Gallagher. As a composer, he's most proud of his vintage "Slide Away" and "Truth's" recent "The Importance Being Idle," he says. "Simply because nobody writes songs like that anymore. I mean, 'Idle' is a song about being lazy, but it's very Kinks, very swinging'60s. And I love 'Slide Away,' because it should've been a single and never was, so it's the one song that hasn't been overplayed to death. I find big hit singles these days are all incredibly commercial. Even bands who claim to be punk like Green Day are anything but."

As Gallagher tells it, there was a three-year period shortly after the band's "Definitely Maybe" 1994 debut "where everything I wrote was fantastic."

"Acquiesce" and "The Masterplan" hail from that productive period. But if Oasis had saved those precious B-sides to release instead of its third coolly received "Be Here Now" album, he reckons, "We would've gone on to be possibly one of the biggest bands of all time. Uhhh, not that we're not anyway. But I think we would've been as big as U2."

Oasis — thanks to its media-fueled rivalry with fellow English outfit Blur — went on to launch, then practically define, the Britpop movement. Unlike Blur's chameleonesque Damon Albarn, though, Noel Gallagher never altered his trademark sound — pealing cathedral guitars propped by huge flying-buttress riffs and Liam's snippy, Lennon-inspired sneer.

And persistence paid off.The group would suffer several lineup changes, but go on to sell over 50 million records.

"All Around the World" was one of the few career coups that failed to make the "Clocks" cut. "Only because it was just too damned long and we couldn't find a place for it anywhere," Gallagher says. But thanks to AT&T, the track now receives more airplay than any other Oasis standard.

When he first heard of the offer, Gallagher quickly nixed the idea. "But Liam, bless him, said, 'Look — that song's 10 years old, we never play it, so why don't you just cash in on it?' And I said, 'How much is it again?' and the figure came back, and it wasn't a very difficult decision after that. But the advert has no presence in England at all. It's not shown anywhere. But you go to the States, and you're bombarded with our song, or the 10 seconds of it that comes on.

"Oasis might be resting on its laurels this holiday season, but Gallagher himself is far from idle.

He just joined his pals Kasabian (also featured in Baillie Walsh's "Lord" flick, which follows the groups, plus Aussie upstarts Jet, on a nine-month tour) onstage at an NME-sponsored bash.

He also taped two Beatles covers for an upcoming BBC tribute to John Lennon, one with Stereophonics, another with Cornershop and Johnny Marr; as well as tracked a few new home demos, with 6-year-old daughter Anais singing along on a few. "She's got a fantastic voice — seriously!" dad enthuses. "But unfortunately, she does like Kylie Minogue, which is something that I'm not too pleased about."

Rich is the examined life, as they say. And reflecting on his illustrious career, Gallagher says, has been a quite pleasant experience indeed.

With, of course, a few minor glitches in the memory circuit.

For example, one time in Thailand in 1998. Gallagher laughs, "When we were out at some bar, and there was this incessant HI-NRG dance music playing in a bar across the street. And I was thinking 'Wait a minute! I'm sure that's a version of "Some Might Say"! So we went across the street and up to the DJ, and it was a HI-NRG disco version of our song, completely illegal, recorded by some Thai person."

The DJ had no idea who I was. But I said 'Gimme that CD!' even though there were lots of British people in the bar going mad when he played it. And Liam and I were like, that doesn't sound like Oasis, that sounds atrocious! And that — not AT & T — is easily the weirdest place I've ever heard one of our songs."

Source: www.insidebayarea.com

The Masterplan Video Exclusive On MSN

You are able to view the brand new video for The Masterplan on MSN now! The animated video sees Oasis transported into a stunning world based entirely on the paintings of legendary northern artist L.S Lowry including subtle modern day twists and detailing.

The UK TV exclusive of the video will be aired on Top Of The Pops, BBC2 at 8pm on the 21st October

Source: www.oasisinet.com

New Content Added To The Stop Clock Including Online Frustrustration Game!

New content has been added to the Stop Clock today including a new film clip, a new down loadable clip, the brand new Acquiesce video streamed PLUS an online version of the game Frustration. Last week we posted a film clip of the band playing Frustration back stage at one of their gigs – now you can play the game too but online!




















Click on the bullseye on the Stop Clock dartboard!

Source: www.oasisinet.com

It's The Saints v The Sinners

Domestic relations between Liam Gallagher and his girl Nicole Appleton are about to be put through the toughest test possible.

Never mind arguing about money, who does the dishes or who left soggy towels on the bedroom floor.

Liam’s band Oasis are going head to head with Nicole’s re-formed girl band All Saints in an epic album chart battle next month.

And that can mean only one thing with hothead Liam and gobby Nicole — brace yourselves for fireworks!

Oasis are releasing their greatest hits album Stop The Clocks on November 20.

That happens to be exactly the same date for the All Saints relaunch and eagerly anticipated comeback effort Studio 1.

I bumped into Liam on Wednesday night in North London boozer The Hawley Arms and asked him if there was any possibility of Nicole and Co leaving him red-faced.

Defiant Liam barked back: “No f*****g chance.”

The couple were out for a few sherries after an exhibition opening in Camden.

And it could be their last civil night on the town before they get down to business in a battle for the top spot.

It is a rare occasion when couples, siblings or even close relations take each other on in the charts. I think this could even be the first time. If you know otherwise, email me.

Oasis are the obvious favourites, with a massive fan base already queuing up to get the definitive back catalogue of the Manchester band’s hits.

But the All Saints revival has drummed up a lot of interest too.

And if the Take That comeback is anything to go by in judging the nation’s hunger for pop reminiscing, then I reckon Shazney Lewis, Mel Blatt and the Appleton sisters Nicole and Natalie will do well.

But there is no question Oasis will come out on top.

The real battle facing Liam, brother Noel, Gem Archer and Andy Bell will come from across the Irish Sea.

Dublin supergroup U2 are also launching a “Best Of” album in November.

Oasis versus U2 has to be one of the most exciting chart battles for years.

And even if Oasis beat All Saints hands down, there is still a good chance Liam will be in a strop if U2 do the business.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Fratelli Stars Wrangle With Gallaghers Minder

The Fratellis frontman Jon Fratelli and Oasis's Noel Gallagher's bodyguard nearly came to blows after the singer thought the minder was trying to attack his girlfriend.

The rising British star was convinced he spotted Gallagher's security guard attempting to hit his girlfriend over the head with a camera at a gig on the Spanish island of Ibiza this summer (AUG06).

But he soon realised he was actually trying to stop it from hitting her, and spent the rest of the evening grovelling to him. He says, "I thought he was trying to hit my girlfriend in the head with a camera. But it turned out he trying to stop the camera from hitting her.

I went 'What the f**k are you doing?' "He was so nice about it that I was apologising to him for the rest of the night.

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Oasis Versus Blur? Get With The Times, U2...

Oasis and U2 are to go head to head next month, as their respective best-ofs are released on the same day.

November 20 sees both U2's 18 and Oasis' Stop The Clocks hit store shelves. The latter's Noel Gallagher has told Irish magazine Hot Press that his band's collection will pip U2 to the album chart top spot.
Also released on November 20 are the new albums by Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg, so maybe neither rock act will reach the number one position. And then there's the new Guns N' Roses album... maybe...

Source: www.drownedinsound.com

Noel MENCAP Gig Notice

Mencap have issued the following press statement re this sold out show :

We are aware that Mencap's Little Noise Sessions tickets are currently appearing for sale on auction sites. This is not something that has been sanctioned or encouraged by Mencap.

Mencap is working with seetickets.com the official ticket agency for the Little Noise Sessions. They are taking all action possible to cancel touted tickets.

To purchase an official ticket where by your money will go towards helping people with a learning disability visit www.seetickets.com

Source: www.oasisinet.com


I tried to get tickets for this show but it sold out in minutes. I think it is bad that touts get all the tickets when genuine fans can't get any. The touts then end up making huge profit when the tickets are being sold for a good cause.

Liam Gallagher's Thunderbird Home

Dorset, England (BANG) - Liam Gallagher will soon be able to live inside his television world fantasy - a lavish "masterpiece" he will probably never want to leave. The Oasis frontman is set to buy a house inspired by the classic TV show "Thunderbirds."

The "Wonderwall" singer will dish out $5 million on the property in Dorset, in the South West of England, which is based upon the fictional Tracy Island featured in the cult puppet series.

The luxury pad - named "Thunderbird" - has been described as "a modern architectural masterpiece" and is located in an area dubbed "Millionaire's Row," which was designed by award-winning architectural firm Seven Developments. The home has seven bathrooms, five bedrooms, an outdoor pool, a cinema and a gym.

Neighboring houses include a property named "Moonraker," which has been short-listed as a possible location for the next James Bond film. Liam's neighbors will include England football player Sol Campbell and "Notting Hill" actor Hugh Grant.

The rocker will move into the property with his fiance, All Saints singer Nicole Appleton, and their four-year-old son Gene.

One resident told Britain's Daily Express newspaper, "I can see why Liam would want to buy here. It's special and lots of families have come here after getting stressed by life in the city."source: Bang

Another Noel Interview With Russell Brand

Another appearance from Noel on Brand's show earlier today. The usual nonsense talked. Noel revealed that Kasabian will be appearing at the benefit show at KOKO on 2nd November. Paul Weller is also a possibility.

Also, Noel should be appearing on the same show again next week, this time in the studio to give Brand some toys he brought for him in a previous appearance weeks ago.

Source: www.oasispromo.blogspot.com