Noel Gallagher & Gem Unplugged In Los Angeles

Noel and Gem will be performing a special invitation only acoustic show to celebrate the release of Oasis Stop the Clocks best of album in Los Angeles on Thursday November 9th. The performance will be preceded by an advance screening of the Oasis road movie Lord Dont Slow Me Down.

We have 50 pairs of tickets for this unique invitation only night to give away to lucky oasisinet friends. For your chance to receive a pair of tickets please email your name and address including ZIP code to competitions@oasisinet.com before midnight Sunday October 29 PCT putting Oasis Oasisinet LA as subject of the email. Lucky recipients will be notified by email within 48 hours. Important: recipients MUST collect their tickets in person by presenting valid ID at the El Rey Theater box office, 5515 Wilshire Blvd, LA, CA. Box office hours are between 10.00am and 6.00pm Monday October 30th thru to Saturday November 4th . Failure to pick up tickets by 6.00pm Saturday the 4th November will result in loss of entitlement.

Doors open 7.00 pm, due to special nature of the event strictly no admission after 7.45 pm

Stop the Clocks is released on SonyBMG on the 21st November

Liam Makes Call To Eff-M Radio

Liam Galllagher caused havoc at Virgin Radio yesterday as he phoned in drunk about a dozen times — desperate to get on air.

Liam and pal Scully wanted to take part in the Who's Calling Christian? spot on Christian O'Connell's breakfast show where listeners get celebs to ring in with the prospect of winning £10,000 for a charity of their choice.

But Liam was so hammered station bosses were unsure it was him — until he and Scully sent a cheeky mobile phone snap of themselves.

A Virgin source said: "Liam went berserk when asked to prove his identity. He swore, hung up, then kept ringing back every few minutes and cursing some more.

"He jokingly barked at Christian: 'I'm gonna come down there and rip yer f***ing head off.'" When Liam did get on air, he also treated listeners to four-letter words.

Christian told me: "Liam said he'd been drinking all night."

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Doesn't Know What's Next For Oasis

After 12 years of rock 'n' roll stardom, Oasis have officially announced that, after compiling their Stop The Clocks greatest hits album (due out November 21), they're taking a break.

Since emerging in 1994 with the release of their Definitely Maybe debut, the band have maintained a profile unmatched by any of their former Brit-pop rivals. Guitarist Noel Gallagher says that Oasis' longevity has more to do with the universal quality of the band's music than their ambition or tenacity.

"I think a lot of bands from 1994, particularly the English bands, were so British that you couldn't get it if you weren't British, you know what I mean?" Gallagher says. "The irony and the painful fucking trendiness of it all.

"Whereas Oasis, it's universal, man. Like 'Cigarettes And Alcohol' means the same to people in Brooklyn as it does in Burnage. The sentiments of those songs are the kind of feelings that young kids get every day. I guess all those bands from 1994 were just trying too hard. And I don't ever attempt anything unless I can make it look effortless."

So, what will Gallagher do while Oasis take their much-needed break? Don't expect any animated side-projects or self-indulgent solo albums. Gallagher plans to spend his time just hanging out and not doing much of anything at all.

"I have to get coaxed back into doing work," he says. "I don't aggressively pursue my muse.
"I'm not one that always has to be creating — if I'm not writing songs, I'm painting, and if I'm not painting I'm fucking trying to make a bottle out of a fucking table leg. I'm not into all of that. In that sense, I'm not very creative at all. You get some idiots that if they have more than a day off they start throwing fucking paint around the living room. I don't give a fuck about the creative process. I'll do it when I get around to it."

When Gallagher will "get around to it" remains to be seen. To most savvy music fans, "hiatus" can usually be translated as "we're breaking up, but we want to keep our options open just in case there's some money to be made in the future." In typical Gallagher style, Noel is staying cunningly cryptic about Oasis' future. While he consistently speaks of Oasis in the present tense, he won't speculate when — or even if — there will be another album of new Oasis songs.
"It would be wrong for me to say yes," he says when asked if the band will ever go into the studio again. "But I'd be lying if I said no.

"It could be a long time. To be honest, we've got 11 songs left over from the last album and, of that 11, seven are really good. And of that seven, four are really great. We've really got the starting point for a new album, so we could go and start a record and get half it done next week. So, there's not really any rush."

Gallagher pauses. "And if you believe that, you'll believe quite literally anything."

Elizabeth Chorney-Booth

Source: www.chartattack.com

Noel Gallagher Records Unplugged AOL Sessions

Noel Gallagher has cast off from the rest of the Oasis boys to do a few acoustic shows. The singer-songwriter stopped by AOL to record a set for The Interface, and he'll also be playing a special invite-only show at Los Angeles' El Rey Theatre on November 9th.

While at AOL Noel had a chat and played stripped down acoustic renditions of oldies: "It's Good To Be Free", "Slide Away" and "Whatever." The session is now available to stream individual tracks or download an mp3 of the entire set. There is also a list of five fun facts about our favorite Mancunian.

Noel Live and 'Un-Liamed' at AOL

or download Podcast : here


Source: www.music.aol.com

Kasabian Team Up With Noel Gallagher Again

At a gig in London next month

Kasabian have joined their pal Noel Gallagher on the bill at a drugs benefit show in London next month (November 2).

As previously revealed on NME.COM, 'For Pities Sake Focus' is an evening of comedy and music, set to raise money for Focus12, a charity dealing with all aspects of drug addiction.

The event will take place at KOKO in Camden, the same place where Kasabian and Gallagher teamed up onstage at NME.COM's tenth birthday party last month. Gallagher guested on the Kasabian tracks 'Club Foot' and 'The Doberman'.

Comic Russell Brand and Gallagher will perform extended sets, while Kasabian's Tom Meighan and Serge Pizzorno will perform acoustically.

For ticket availability go to: WWW.NME.COM/Gigs

source: www.nme.com

New Content Added To The Stop Clock !

New content has been added to the STOP CLOCK today including a live performance clip of Fade Away from the Chicago Metro 1994, an audio stream of Some Might Say (live) taken from the Stop The Clocks EP out on the 13th November PLUS a new downloadable clip! www.oasisinet.com/stoptheclocks/

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Zak In For Kas

Kasabian will team up with Oasis for their show tomorrow. They have secured the services of drummer Zak Starkey, 41, and intend to employ a pulverising two-kit strike force.

The Leicester lads play Camden's Roundhouse and are determined their set will be deafening and bruising finale to the Electric Proms series.

Source: Daily Star

Oasis Of Calm

Making up's a doddle for Damon and Noel

Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher have finally ended their decade long Britpop war.

The Blur frontman and the senior Oasis man have had a famously frosty relationship since falling out during Britpop's heyday in the mid 90s.
But now Noel has put down his verbal shooter to let bygones be bygones. He requested tickets to see Albarn's new band in London last night - a big move on his part.

The Good, The Bad and The Queen, which features former Clash man Paul Simonon, 50, on bass, was the hottest ticket of the BBC Electric Proms week of events. I'm told: "It's been ten years since the rivalry was at it's peak and Noel thinks it's time to move on."
"He doesn't see the point in holding grudges and is genuinely interested in seeing what Damon's new musical project is like."

Oasis and Blur took an immediate dislike to each other when they both began finding fame and fortune in 1994.
The animosity between the two camps spiralled out of control in the summer of 1995 when Blur decided to bring forward the release date of their single Country House to go head to head with Oasis' Roll With It. Famously the Essex-born quartet relegated the Mancs to No.2 in the charts.

Later that year Noel said he wished Damon and Blur bassist Alex James, 37, would contract Aids, a statement he apologised for earlier this year. Arguably Oasis have gone to greater success, with Blur on an indefinite hiatus.

Source: Daily Star

Send Your Questions To Oasis

Some might say Oasis are the best British band since The Beatles. Noel and Liam certainly wouldn’t argue.

And we suspect millions of Sun readers would make that a “definitely” rather than a “maybe”.
So, we’re giving You, the readers, a chance to interview the band.

SFTW’s Oasis frenzy celebrates the release of their first best-of album Stop The Clocks and the screening of their first “on the road” movie Lord Don’t Slow Me Down.

All you have to do is submit One searching question for the brash and brilliant rockers and we’ll ask them the most original and best.

Winning entrants will win entry to exclusive fan-only screenings of the movie.

Oasis have kindly given us Six Pairs of tickets to each of the screenings in London, Glasgow and Manchester at the end of November. Dates and venues will be announced nearer the time.
Stop The Clocks (out November 20) is 18 tracks of mercurial brilliance over two CDs – all killer, no filler. Truly a Champagne Supernova album.

It was 12 years ago that the boys from the light blue side of Manchester first burst on to the scene with their era-defining debut Definitely Maybe. And just like that masterpiece, Stop The Clocks kicks off with the euphoric Oasis mission statement Rock ’N’ Roll Star.

All the greats are included like Cigarettes & Alcohol, Wonderwall, Live Forever, Morning Glory and Don’t Look Back In Anger.

There’s the magnificent Acquiesce, the best Oasis B-side and live favourite, also released as lead track on the Stop The Clocks EP (out November 13).

And there’s a couple of standouts from last year’s stunning comeback album Don’t Believe The Truth in the shape of Lyla and The Importance Of Being Idle.

The Oasis documentary Lord Don’t Slow Me Down is directed by Baillie Walsh and drawn from a year’s filming with the band on their mammoth Don’t Believe The Truth world tour 2005/6.
It follows one of the all-time great rock ’n’ roll bands – behind the scenes and in front of the fans across the globe. With unique access, Lord Don’t Slow Me Down is the ultimate Oasis documentary and a must-see for fans.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Liam Blasts 'Posh Lightweights'

Liam Gallagher has taken a pop at recent rehab residents Tom Chaplin and Pete Doherty – branding them posh lightweights.

The Oasis heavyweight says today’s rock stars need to learn a thing or two from veterans like him and brother Noel.

Liam is irritated with Pete and Keane frontman Tom for having to seek help for their battle with drugs — because it is not rock ’n’ roll.

He said: “None of us have ever been in The Priory, like all these little idiots today. They have one little line, they have one burn and they’re all in rehab.

“That Pete Doherty is cabbaged already. And it’s like, ‘How old are you? Priory at 27 years of age? You idiot.’

“Posh boys can’t take drugs, man. They’re lightweights.”

Liam’s comments could not have come at a more sensitive time — and I hope his tongue is slightly in his cheek.

Tom is just back on the road with Keane after completing five weeks at The Priory for addiction to cocaine and alcohol.

Pete continues to battle a chronic crack and heroin addiction.

But worse — Tom will be at the Q Awards sat just a few feet away from Liam, who I’m sure will taunt him mercilessly.

Liam says he still likes to have the odd messy night out himself — even though he has calmed down with his fiancée Nicole Appleton and their son Gene. He also has son Lennon by Patsy Kensit.

The singer said: “Obviously I don’t go out as much as I used to because I’m in with my kids and missus and get a buzz off them. But when I do go out I still have a good time.

“We don’t go out and say, ‘Hey man, we’re dads so we’re gonna take it easy!’ We’ll still go boozing for a couple of days, drink anything — Guinness, lager, champagne, wine — and get high, get plastered.”

Liam believes when Oasis were at their maddest in the early days, they surpassed any other band when it came to larging it.

He added: “It was as wild as you could imagine. It was living life on the edge. There were no safety nets.

“But we weren’t Guns N’ Roses wild because we’re a different kind of band. All these bands who are rock ’n’ roll are just daft. We never fell over drunk and all that because we like our clothes too much!

“And I’ve never poured Guinness or Jack Daniels on my head because we’re not Beavis and Butt-Head!”


Oasis are about to release their Greatest Hits album Stop The Clocks. And Liam reckons life could not be better.

He said: “I’ve got two beautiful kids, I’ve got money in the bank, a nice house, a nice missus and my mum and brothers are happy. It could be worse.”

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Noel And Friends To Perform In Toronto

Noel Gallagher is set to perform at The Danforth Ave. Music Hall in Toronto Canada on November the 7th. Noel is expected to perform with several guest stars (Gem and Andy are rumored to be amongst them) and tickets go on sale October the 28th. For more info visit The Music Hall or call 416 778 8163 for Box office information.

Source: www.themusichall.ca

Liam and Andy Take In All Saints Gig

All Saints played their first gig for five years tonight (October 25) at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire.

Though the band played just a short preview set, the confessed it was nerve-wracking returning to the live arena.

"We're very nervous, you know!" Shaznay Lewis told the packed crowd as the band began their set.

The band played six songs mainly drawn from their forthcoming album 'Studio 1', though they also included their single 'Pure Shores' after which Nicole Appleton afmitted: "I'm very emotional now!".

The reunited band were watched by a host of celebrities in the audience, including Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno, The Prodigy's Keith Flint and Oasis bassist Andy Bell.

Also present were Nicole Appleton's partner Liam Gallagher and Natalie Appleton's husband Liam Howlett from The Prodigy.

All Saints played:

Chick Fit
Not Eazy
In It To Win It'
Flashback
Pure Shores
Rocksteady

The group are now set to release 'Studio 1' on November 13.

Source: www.nme.com

Original Oasis Members In Toon Again

Wonderwall: Is that Bonehead in the middle? Manchester superband Oasis has reunited with three former members - well, for their new video at least. As revealed in The Diary last week, the video for new single The Masterplan sees the lads animated as matchstick men in a series of famous LS Lowry scenes.

And I can reveal that the five figures are those who originally performed The Masterplan in 1995. That is, the Gallagher brothers and three now departed members - Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Alan White.

The video's co-director Ben Jones tells me: "We had a debate with Liam and Noel about it, but we explained that for the story to make sense, it had to be the original line-up. There's already debate as to who the five are on the video, so we've tried to leave it ambiguous." Although Ben admits: "One of the characters is pretty unmistakable as the closely-cropped Bonehead.

source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

New Content Added To The Stop Clock

New content has been added to the Stop Clock hub including; The Masterplan video, a new film clip and an audio stream of Cigarettes and Alcohol (demo) which features on the Stop The Clock EP out on the 13th November.

Click on the dartboard now to view all this new content!




















Source: www.oasisinet.com

Noel To Be Interviewed By Parkinson

Noel Gallagher was on the Russell Brand show earlier today and Noel Gallagher was talking about his appearance on Parkinson earlier in the week. The programme is due to air on the 26th November on ITV1.

Source: Russell Brand Show @ BBC Radio 6

You're Foul Noel

Hollywood soccer nut Anthony LaPaglia has put the boot into jaded Oasis gibberer Noel Gallagher for bagging the Socceroos.

Back to watch his beloved Sydney FC in their grudge match against Melbourne Victory at Aussie Stadium tonight, the LA-based Australian actor ripped into the British rock star, who this week called the Socceroos "sh**'' and said he would like to kick Tim Cahill in the "b******s''.

"Was he sober when he said that,'' LaPaglia said.

"When was the last time he had a No. 1 hit anyway?''

Our soccer blogger Tim Gill isn't impressed either - join him to discuss the Oasis oaf's outburst by clicking here.Actually, Anthony, it was only last year Oasis topped the UK charts but Cahill and the boys would appreciate your support.

The Without A Trace star went into bat for the Australian game, just hours after arriving on what is a shotgun two-day trip here to catch tonight's game.

"(Gallagher) obviously didn't watch too much of the World Cup because I thought the Australians including Tim Cahill were tremendous,'' LaPaglia said.

"They certainly earned the respect of the football world and the people who count. Comments by people like him should be treated with contempt.''

A Sydney FC shareholder, LaPaglia's flying visit back to Australia is the seventh he has made simply to watch his team go around since the A-League kicked off last year.

Having turned up to training yesterday where he chatted with players including Sasho Petrovski and Alex Brosque, he will watch tonight's match from the chairman's box alongside Brazilian great Romario before having a few beers with the boys at the post-match function at Star City.

LaPaglia flies back to LA first thing tomorrow morning.

Source: www.news.com.au

Keane Tom Is A Cheeky Chap

Rehab has obviously boosted the confidence of Keane frontman Tom Chaplin.

The cherubic singer took a cheeky swipe at Liam Gallagher during a gig at Manchester’s Apollo on Wednesday night, dedicating Keane’s song The Frog Prince to him.

The crowd — full of Liam’s fellow Mancunians — let him get away with it.

Keane have just started touring again after Tom’s spell in The Priory for drug and booze addiction. I guess it worked — I was at their Hull gig on Monday and there was no sign of Tom’s troubles affecting his singing voice.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Noel Interview For The Wave Magazine

On the surface, all might seem quiet on the usually blustery Oasis front. The multi-platinum English outfit hasn’t recorded any new material since last year’s Don’t Believe The Truth, and has no plans to re-enter the studio any time soon. Dig deeper, however, and you’ll find their hive is actually buzzing with activity. Band Svengali Noel Gallagher just left London for rustic Buckinghamshire; joined his pals Kasabian onstage for a couple of numbers at an NME-sponsored bash; tracked two Beatles covers for an upcoming John Lennon tribute program (one with the Stereophonics, another with Johnny Marr and Cornershop); and just viewed the final cut of Lord Don’t Slow Me Down, an Oasis tour documentary hitting overseas theaters this fall. Somehow, he and his frontman/kid brother, Liam, also found the time to hand-pick 18 Oasis classics for upcoming Stop The Clocks anthology for Columbia, which kicks off with the long overdue release of early B-side single “Acquiesce,” one of the band’s best-loved standards. It also includes the recent Noel-sung smash, “The Importance of Being Idle,” although its composer is anything but these days.

Sipping afternoon tea in his new countryside mansion, Gallagher paused long enough to chat.

The Wave: So what’s the film’s story?

Noel Gallagher: I don’t know whether there is a story. I think that the guy who was making the film, Baillie Walsh, thought that his story would unfold across the nine months he filmed us. But I don’t think one ever did. The bulk of it is the American tour with us, Kasabian, and Jet, and then there are bits in England, bits in Japan, so it’s kinda broadly based all around the world. We weren’t in any hurry to let the cameras in to see what actually goes on backstage, and I think a bit of mystery in a band’s life is pretty much a good thing. But everybody was kinda on their best behavior. I think Baillie was expecting the drinking-champagne-out-of-cowboy-boots-at-seven-o’clock-in-the-morning-while-swinging-from-a-chandelier kinda thing. But he got onboard 10 years too late for that. So it’s the story of a band who are... errr... just kinda comfortable with where they are. I’ve seen the film once, and I thought it was great, beautifully shot. But, as for what it all means? Who the fuck knows? I don’t.

TW: Oddly enough, “All Around The World” is not on the collection. And thanks to those endless AT&T commercials, it’s probably now your most famous song – at least, in the States, where you hear it every five minutes.

NG: The reason it’s not on the anthology is that it’s just too fucking long – we couldn’t really find a place for it anywhere. But the reason that that came about for the advert was, we got an offer, and blah, blah, blah, my manager’s going on about it, and it was something that I’ve never kinda considered before, and there was a lot of cash involved. But I was like, “Nah, it’s not really my bag.” But Liam, bless him, said, “Look – that song’s 10 years old, right? We never fucking play it. It’s not one of the big famous songs, so why don’t you just fucking cash in on it?” And I was like, “Well, fine. Fair enough.”

And I said, “How much is it again?” [when] the figure came back, it wasn’t a very difficult decision after that. And, of course, living here, we don’t get to see the advert ’cause it wasn’t shown in England. But I was in Mexico and I’ve been in New York quite recently, and I hear it twice a day, every day, when I’m in the States.

TW: It’s great that “Acquiesce” is finally getting a shot at the charts. It never really got a fair shake.

NG: It was the same as “The Masterplan.” I was kinda sent into the studio to write a B-side, and that’s what I wrote. And when I wrote ’em, people were going, “Oooh – they’re a bit too good for B-sides!” And I was like, “Look – you fucking put me in the studio; that’s what I’ve written. And if you don’t fucking like it, don’t put me in the studio.” There was a two- or three-year period where everything I wrote was just fantastic. And, of course, if all the B-sides for the singles off Morning Glory would’ve been what became the Be Here Now album, I think we would’ve gone on to be possibly one of the biggest bands of all time. Not that we’re not anyway. But I think we would’ve been as big as U2, because I had an idea in my head for Be Here Now – it was to be the most bombastic, fucking hugest-sounding record of all time. And I didn’t worry too much about the words or the arrangements. But the really interesting stuff from around that period is the B-sides – there’s a lot more inspired music on the B-sides than there is on Be Here Now itself, I think.

TW: You and your ex, Meg Matthews, were just in the news, denying custody-battle rumors about your daughter, Anais. How is Anais holding up under all this press scrutiny?

NG: Ah, she’s alright. She’s like any normal six-year-old – she’s a little too cheeky for her own good, but she’s alright. I see her on a regular basis. And she’s only six, but unfortunately she already likes Kylie Minogue, which is something that I’m not too pleased about. And actually, my girlfriend took her to see Kylie Minogue last year, before Kylie got ill. But Anais is into animals now – she’s obsessed with dogs, cats, sheep, horses, spiders, and all sorts.

TW: It seems like you got into being a dad much more than you ever imagined you would.

NG: Well, I never had any dreams to be. I mean, I love kids, but I don’t really dig being a parent, so I’m kinda learning as I go along about parenthood. Especially for a guy. It’s different for women, because they carry the child for nine months and all that. So they have nine months to prepare for a child being born, whereas guys get about 10 minutes. For the eight months, 20-some days, you’re thinking, “This is all gonna be some horrible mistake, and I’m gonna wake up in a minute, and I’m still gonna be a single guy, and there’s gonna be no kids involved!” So you get about 10 minutes to prepare for it. But I think it’s a challenge to be a cool parent. But I don’t know – my parents split when I was young and all that, so Anais is following in my footsteps in that respect. But I have good days and bad days, being a dad. But it’s one of those things – you’ve just gotta get on with it and take it day by day, week by week. And I do my best.

Source: www.wavemag.com

Awards Organisers Struggle To Avoid A U2/Oasis Clash

Q Awards organisers are frantically trying to find a way to keep Oasis and U2 apart. Both are vying for the Best Act In The World Today title.
And they're both releasing their Best Of albums on the same day. So an almighty row is expected to kick off.

Last year Oasis bad boy Liam Gallagher, 34, called Coldplay's Chris Martin, 29, "a plantpot". So, if Bono, 46, and co beat his band, the Manc rocker will have pleanty to say.

A source told me: "Oasis and U2 are very important acts to Q and the fact that they've both confirmed to attend the awards have made everyone involved excited - but twitchy. "The last thing they want is either band to be disgruntled - but we expect that whichever loses the gong will not be happy.

"We're scheduling to keep them apart before the ceremony and the seating plan puts them on apposite sides of the room."

The Q bash is at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on October 30.

U2 already have six Q statues to Oasis's five. U2 have graced the mag's cover 13 times and Oasis 12. U2's 18 singles collection and Oasis's Stop The Clocks greatest hits are released on November 20 and the battle for the top of the charts will be fierce.

My source added: "After Liam's rant at Chris Martin last year, we're expecting he'll have something to say about Bono."

Source: Daily Star

Stop The Clocks EP Artwork