Blur Spark New Oasis Feud

Blur bass player Alex James has reignited his band's feud with Oasis by describing the Gallagher brothers as "grotesque".

The two bands had an infamous rivalry in the mid-nineties when their records went head to head in the charts and Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher was quoted as saying he wanted James to "catch AIDS and die" along with Blur singer Damon Albarn.

Now James has criticised the Gallaghers again after learning their 1995 album '(What's The Story) Morning Glory' is one of the biggest selling records in UK history.

He said: "I think Oasis are slightly ridiculous characters. They've been grotesque for a while."
The bassist, who is set to host a rundown of The Nation's Favourite Albums for music channel VH1, also had harsh words for two other big rock bands.

"I take solace from the fact that the two biggest bands in the world, U2 and The Rolling Stones, are not in it," he added.

The Nation's Favourite Album top 100 countdown premieres on Saturday November 18 on VH1.

Source: www.musicnews.virgin.net

Fopps London Store Oasis Photo Exhibition

To coincide with the new ‘Stop the Clocks’ album launch on the 20th November 2006, Rockarchive.com present an exclusive collection of images by photographer Jill Furmanovsky taken from her ground-breaking Oasis exhibition 'Was There Then’. The music store FOPP play host to these iconic images at their flagship store on Tottenham Court Road from the 13th Nov 2006 to the 17th Dec 2006.

You will be able to view the photos at the store and images will be available for sale as limited edition signed prints. For sizes and pricing information, please contact fopp@rockarchive.com.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Oasis At The Controls

Oasis will inhabit the studios here at 6 Music next month.

That’s after Steve LaMacq announced they’d be taking over the controls as one of the Selector artists in December.

Selector is now in its 4th year, and gives artists the opportunity to take over the network for a day, meaning they can play their favourite music, pick sessions from the BBC Archive as well as their choice of documentary and a Headline Slot for Dream Ticket.

Speaking to 6 Music earlier, Andy Bell, bassist for the band, admitted this was something he was really excited about:“I was a late night listener to radio when I was a kid. That was how I heard The Smiths for the first time, and many other bands like that, I am really looking forward to it.”

He also claims that after they do this DJ slot, and when Christmas festivities have died down the whole band want to hit their own studio to start work on the next Oasis album:

“We’re going to start the new album, maybe not start the real album, but start demos and getting our ideas together, but I don’t think we are in any big rush to get it out like right now.”

Suggestions that an Oasis band on the airwaves might turn riotous was dismissed by Bell, he says he’s confident they can all agree on what songs to play and picking the album of the day will be easy:

“To be honest we are all pretty single minded about music, so it will come down to one or two albums so that shouldn’t be a problem.”Previous artists that have taken part in Selector are Radiohead, Manic Street Preachers and in 2005, Kaiser Chiefs and Franz Ferdinand.

Oasis will take over 6Music on Tuesday 12 December and Moby on Thursday 14 December.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk/6music/

You Must Bey Joking, Liam

Beyonce gave a super-sexy performance at the Radio 1 Chart Show.

But it was Liam Gallagher who provided the biggest surprise.

The OASIS wildman gushed compliments at Jordon and Peter Andre after they performed their duet A Whole New World.

Jordan said: “Liam said his mum is a big fan and he’d ring her to say he’d heard us sing.”

I’m sure Liam meant every word but he had been on an all-day pub crawl before rolling up to see girlfriend Nicole Appleton and her All Saints pals perform with Girls Aloud, Mcfly and Nelly Furtado at Brighton’s Dome on Sunday.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

(What's The Story) Cover Glory

A brief history of Oasis in NME covers according to Noel Gallagher













THE VS BLUR ONE
12 AUGUST 1994

"Shit Cover. The thing about that whole 'Roll With It' versus 'Country House' thing, was that they were both shit songs. I thought I'd written the hit of the summer, Damon thought he'd written the hit of the summer, then Supergrass come along with 'Alright' and just 'ave it! Thing is about (Damon) , is that he still thinks I hate him, which fascinates me. He thought he was the king of London, and I was like 'No, I am the f***ing king of London!, he was desperate for all that 'spokesman for a generation 'shit - he went f***bald trying to be me!"













THE GLORY BOYS ONE
30 SEPTEMBER 1995

"This was around the time of'... Morning Glory?'. I tell you, I can pinpoint exactly when I started using cocaine excessively by the clothes. You'd just look in the mirror and go, 'Yeah! That looks fucking mega.' Really you just needed someone to tap you on the shoulder and go, 'The fur coat does look great... but not on you.'''













THE 'BE HERE NOW' ONE
12 JULY 1997

"That's the single worst cover shoot we ever did. Look at me! I look like Windy Miller out of f**kin' Trumpton! That was typical: I'd just bought this hat which I thought was f**king cool, then Liam shows up in a hat as well. So it's all, 'Are you wearing that f**king hat?, 'Yeah, why, are you wearing that f**king hat?' Looking at those pictures now, I just think, 'Where the f**k has that jacket gone?' That's a really nice jacket!"













THE 'BONEHEAD'S QUIT' ONE
14 AUGUST 1999

"That was at Air Studios. it hadn't been properly announced but people knew. I'm going to the shops and this Northern Irish geezer comes up and starts asking about it, then wants a quick photo. I didn't think anything of it then it ends up on the cover of NME. I next saw that guy at the NME Awards and was like 'Oi, you sly little c**t - what you doing? Well done, but what you doing?!'''













THE 9/11 ONE
30 SEPTEMBER 2001

"That was done about two or three days after 9/11. When it actually happened, I was on the phone to some geezer from the Daily Mirror, and he just went, 'F**king hell, see you later, mate'. We heard about the first tower being hit, because there's an American girl who works in our office and she saw the second tower get hit live on the f**king TV. I still just cannot get my head around it, or the impact it's had".













THE GLASTO' 04 ONE
10 JULY 2004

"This is one of those occasions where Liam just comes out of his trailer and you're just like, 'What the f**k is he doing?' I'll go to him, 'You're not wearing that, are you?' I mean, I know you're trying to make a statement, that it's Glastonbury, everybody's dirty and you're wearing white, but f**king hell... looks shit with a skinhead, that's all I'm saying."

Source: NME Magazine

It's All About The Charts

Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher has hit out at music legends The Clash and Radiohead for refusing to compete in the charts. The rocker is proud of his band's mainstream status, and casts a critical eye on alternative acts who try to avoid featuring in the top ten. Gallagher says, "I've never understood that kind of thing. Like The Clash going, 'We're not playing on telly.' Well f**k off then. "When we first started we said we were the greatest band in the world. We should have said we were the best band in the charts. 'Cos to me, the world is the charts. "I don't give a f**k about Radiohead and all that indie nonsense. I was brought up on the top 10. Slade, T Rex, David Bowie. "If you're not in the charts, you don't exist."

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Oasis Weekend On Channel 4 Including Preview Of The Film Lord Don't Slow Me Down

To celebrate the release of Stop The Clocks on the 20th November. Channel 4 (UK ONLY) will be running an Oasis week on Sunday 19th to Sunday 26th November. Fans will be able to watch a preview of the film ‘Lord Don't Slow Me Down' on Sunday 19th November at 23.35. As well as the film viewers will be able to watch Oasis: Live from Manchester ( live concert performance of the band at their Manchester City Stadium show last year) straight after the film.

Amongst loads of other Oasis programming over the weekend fans will also have another chance to watch the documentary ‘There We Were Now Here We Are – The Making of Oasis’ on Friday 24th November at 24.30. For more details check out www.channel4.com

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Girls Aloud Babes In New Oasis Video

Girls Aloud are appearing in Oasis's new video.

Unlikely as it may seem, the babe band and the Manc rockers are gently building a chummy relationship.

I'm told: "They've got a cameo in the new Oasis DVD. The lads were shooting their documentary Lord Don't Slow Me Down and they happened to bump into each other at the same recording studios."

Kimberley Walsh, 24, said: "Noel said to Liam 'Our lad come on out it's Girls Aloud.' We had our photo taken with them - it meant a lot to me, coming from their neck of the woods."

The footage is currently on the DVD - out next year. But if reports are to be believed, the girls' spat with All Saints might change all that. Despite protests from Sarah Harding, 24, that the war of words between bands has been spun up, I reckon Nicole Appleton, 31 - the other half of Liam Gallagher, 34, might not want them in the documentary.

Source: Daily Star

On This Day In Oasis History...

Familiar to Millions is a live album by Oasis from their July 21, 2000 concert at Wembley Stadium and was released on 13th November 2000. Familiar to Millions debuted at a respectable #5 in the UK charts with 57,000 copies sold in the first week. To date Familiar to Millions has sold around 310,000 copies in Britain alone (Platinum) and has estimated world sales of 1 million. The album was initially released simultaneously on six formats: DVD, VHS, Double CD, Double Cassette, Triple Vinyl and MiniDisc.

Track listing
All tracks written by Noel Gallagher, except where noted. Times are taken from the Double CD edition of the album.

Fuckin' In The Bushes (intro tape) – 3:04
Go Let It Out – 5:32
Who Feels Love? – 5:59
Supersonic – 4:30
Shakermaker – 5:13
Acquiesce – 4:18
Step Out (Gallagher/Wonder/Cosby/Moy) – 4:05
Gas Panic! – 8:01
Roll With It – 4:43
Stand By Me – 5:49
Wonderwall – 4:46
Cigarettes & Alcohol – 6:52
Don't Look Back in Anger – 5:27
Live Forever – 5:09
Hey Hey, My My (Young) – 3:45
Champagne Supernova – 6:32
Rock 'N' Roll Star – 7:26

Video Version (DVD / VHS)

As well as the whole show the DVD features the following:

45 minute documentary shot in and around Wembley by Grant Gee including backstage interviews and fans footage.

Multicamera angles on the track "Cigarettes & Alcohol".

Live screen films for "Go Let It Out", "Supersonic", "Live Forever" and "Rock 'n' Roll Star".

Complete Discography (inc. international releases) with audio clips and artwork.

Stunning Dolby 5.0 stereo sound.

CDRom element - links to an exclusive page on the Oasis website with as-yet unseen photos and Songplayer module where fans can teach themselves to play 'Live Forever'.

'Tambourine' icon - click it and it takes you to and from the documentary in real time. A first for a non-film release.

The VHS features the whole show and a 20 minute documentary (entitled 'Mad Fer It') featuring exclusive interviews with Liam and Noel Gallagher. This documentary is unique to the VHS format.

Audio Version (CD / Vinyl / Cassette / MiniDisc)


The CD features a extra bonus track, a cover of The Beatles' song "Helter Skelter", which was recorded at the Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA on April 16, 2000.

A highlights CD was released on October 1, 2001 to celebrate Oasis' tenth anniversary as a band. "Fuckin' In The Bushes", "Step Out", "Stand By Me", "Hey Hey My My", and "Helter Skelter" were all ommitted.

As Liam didn't bother to sing the choruses of "Wonderwall" and also changed the words to other parts of the song ("By now you should have somehow... realised not to sniff glue" / "And all the lights that light the way are... doin' me fuckin' 'ead in!") at the July 21 gig, the version on the various audio formats features a different vocal track to the original one recorded at Wembley. This also applies to Noel's backing vocals. Most of these overdubbed vocals were recorded live at Oasis' gig at the Yokohama Arena, Tokyo, on March 5, 2000. Only one line: "I'm sure you heard it all before, but you never really had a doubt", is from the actual Wembley gig, as Liam slightly messed up this line in the Tokyo performance.

The audio version of the album is also missing various bits of between-track banter.

Other Trivia

A promo video of the Wembley version of "Gas Panic!" was distributed to music channels. The video featured visuals from throughout the gig and was slightly edited down to 6:57.

A "Gas Panic!" promo CD was issued in Brazil to promote Oasis' appearance at the Rock In Rio festival on January 14, 2001. The 2-track CD included the album version and an edited version of the Wembley track, which was edited down to 4:28.

The live album came about after the chaotic Wembley gig of July 22, 2000. This concert was being broadcast live to dozens of countries across the world but was hampered by an extremely drunk Liam Gallagher, whose out-of-tune singing and general ranting made it into an unappealing showcase of Oasis' live capabilities in the eyes of Sony BMG, who were worried about a large number of bootleg recordings being distributed.

Each of the six different formats (plus the 2001 highlights CD) had a different colour for its own cover art.

Source: Wikpedia

Stop The Clocks EP Out Today

Today in the UK Oasis release a brand new collectors EP of classic songs. The EP is led by Acquiesce, for many the finest Oasis song never to be a single, and book-ended by The Masterplan, the master-ful b-side to ‘Wonderwall’ released a decade ago. Also included on the EP are never before heard recordings of Cigarettes and Alcohol and Some Might Say, that were unearthed during the mastering of the forthcoming Best Of album.

The EP is available only as a one-off collectors edition CD and Double gatefold 7” including an exclusive sheet of stickers:


Acquiesce
Cigarettes and Alcohol (demo version)
Some Might Say (live in 1995, venue unknown)
The Masterplan

The Stop The Clocks EP is a preview from the first ever Oasis Best Of collection, released on 20th November. Stop the Clocks is an eighteen-song journey through a decade-plus defined by Oasis. It is imbued with the sort of wilfulness that has helped make Oasis the favourite band of millions worldwide and its running order – singles, b-sides, album tracks – chosen by the band themselves.

More From Lord Don't Slow Me Down And A New Song

It's Only Clock And Roll

When Noel Gallagher moves up a gear into verbal overdrive it's best to sit back, relax and enjoy the no-holds-barred ride.

The Oasis guitarist carefully picks off his targets with the skill of a deadly assassin.

So who's in his sights? H is volatile brother Liam for a start. Try this for size.

"We're in a period of unrest at the minute because he's a ******* idiot who insults my intelligence," said Noel, 39, sternly."

I have to supress all my working class urges not to smash a chair over his head.

"The polite thing to say is that we do a dance around each other. He doesn't get in my way and I don't get in his."

I know for a fact Liam doesn't like me. It's because I'm much more talented than him.

"I love him because he's my brother but I don't LIKE him. He says he loves me but I don't see much coming from him.

"Trouble is, Liam can never take yes for an answer. He tells me he's written a great song for the next Oasis record and I say: 'Okay, we'll put it on.' But then he'll start shouting that it should be included on the CD. I've just said yes, what part of that does Liam not get?"

Noel invited me to Oasis' secluded studio bolthole in the Buckinghamshire countryside to talk about the group's first greatest hits compilation, Stop The Clocks, due for release on November 20.

He is compelling company and our conversation covered a variety of diverse topics.

Last month, it was revealed Oasis are to receive an Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at the Brits in February.

The group have publicly snubbed the ceremony since winning a trio of gongs in 1996, so why the U-turn?Noel told me: "Last year when we should have been nominated for best single they chose Shane Ward and Tony Christie. We should also have been in the running for best album and in there was Kate Bush and Westlife."

That p***** me off, big time. They've asked us to accept this Outstanding Contribution award for the last few years and we've always said no.

"With Stop The Clocks coming out we thought, This isn't gonna go away so we either do it now or when we NEED to do it in five years and look more like a bunch of old fellas.

"I'd like to do it before I'm 40. It means Oasis will be the youngest ever band to get such an award. That's colossal.

"But it's live on telly. God help them - they've made the biggest mistake of their life."

The promo schedule for Stop The Clocks is relentless. On November 19, Channel Four screen Lord Don't Slow Me Down - a fly-on-the-wall tour documentary.

While Noel has agreed to be a guest on Parkinson on November 25.

He said: "About 70 per cent of the tracks on Stop The Clocks chose themselves then we had to work out which B-sides to use.

"Initially, I wrote down a list of 30-odd tracks but I didn't want to run to three CDs. The only criteria was to look at every track and say: 'Why should this song NOT be on the record?' In the end, it was put together like an Oasis fantasy set list."

Noel claims success sits comfortably on his shoulders. Not only is he one of rock's greatest ever songwriters ... he's also one of the richest.

Royalties from hits such as Live Forever, Morning Glory and Don't Look Back In Anger have made him a multi-millionaire.

What was it like when the huge royalty cheques dropped through his letter box?

He said "I went mental. I spent s*** loads of money buying cars and I don't have a driving licence."I've got a Rolls Royce that Alan McGee bought me for making him a multi-millionaire. Sixteen grand it cost him ... and I made him £20million."

I've also got a 1967 Mark II Jaguar and a big black Range Rover. But I can't be a**** taking driving lessons. I was told I had to sit a written test. There's no chance of me taking an exam in a school gym with a load of toerags from Slough. It would be like sitting my 11 - plus again. No way.

"If that's what it takes, I'll go buy a HORSE!"

Noel added: "I've also spent a lot on s*** - drugs, clothes and parties. I've never been ashamed of that. I earned that money.

"An Oasis CD costs £16 and from that the five of us get a pound to share between us while somebody else earns £7.

"I've got a huge house. It's ******* enormous and takes me an hour and a half just to walk a round the grounds. But what do you expect me to do? Live in a council flat?"

At 39, Noel is wiser than the young upstart who exploded on to the UK rock scene in 1994.

He's sussed enough to realise he has occasionally overstepped the mark but says he has no regrets, despite once infamously saying he hoped Damon Albarn of arch-rivals Blur died of Aids.

He also dismissed Robbie Williams as "the fat dancer from Take That" sparking a 10-year feud which continues to this day. He said: "The Blur stuff was out of order and fuelled on booze and drugs. You could pick out just one line from any of my interviews, stick it in a magazine and it would look offensive."

I've only ever spoken my mind. But I don't wish Damon any bad luck at all. I felt I was goaded into it by the guy doing the interview and I was a bit too dumb not to take the bait.

"So what about Robbie?Noel told me: "I don't like Robbie Williams' records, it's not my bag at all. But the guy has carved out a career for himself after really only being a backing dancer.

"I remember seeing him once at the Brits after he'd had one of his six-month periods of mouthing off. He put his hand out to shake mine and I said: 'Not when you're wearing eye liner, Sonny Jim.'"

Again, I bear Robbie no malice at all because he doesn't enter my way of thinking.

"I've heard about the secret track on his latest album Rudebox attacking us but I can't be bothered with it any more. He's got his thing, he sells out stadiums around the world - good luck to him." Noel did fire a warning to Mr. Williams though. The guitarist sings lead vocals on several of the hits on Stop The Clocks. Has he considered a solo career?

"Robbie is probably the biggest solo artist in the country but I'd eat him for breakfast," he said.

"Why? Because I write better songs, I'm a better singer and I've got soul. End of ******* argument.

"If I decided to go solo I'd be enormous. Just be thankful I can't dance AND play guitar at the same time or you'd be looking at the first gunslinging John Travolta.

"My heroes were Johnny Marr of The Smiths and John Squire of The Stone Roses and they never moved a muscle. So I'm not starting any of that.

"Much as Liam and me don't get on you DON'T leave a band like Oasis."Luckily, my head has never been turned by the prospect of making a country and western album."

Source: www.sundaymail.co.uk

Noel On.. Tony Blair

It was the image which defined the Cool Britannia era... Noel Gallagher sipping red wine with Tony Blair at Downing Street prior to the 1997 general election.

But has the superstar lived to regret pinning his colours so firmly to the New Labour mast?

The answer appears to be definitely ... maybe.

Noel told me: "I didn't want to meet Tony Blair - he wanted to meet ME! I was the king of London. Looking back, it was a cynical ploy by his spin doctor Alistair Campbell.

"I was in a euphoric state of mind thinking: 'Of course Blair wants to meet me. I'm ******* amazing. Who wouldn't?'

"But I don't feel conned or used. As trivial as it sounds now, the fact that a guy who'd been in a band, owned an electric guitar and has probably had a spliff was Prime Minister really meant something at the time.

"It felt like it might be important after years of John Major and Margaret Thatcher. He just MIGHT be one of us.

"In hindsight, it turned out he was just a politician like all the rest. Initially, we all thought something was gonna change... it didn't.

"I was brought up as a Labour voter. I come from a working class family and was on the dole for seven years.

"I admit I got carried away by the whole Britpop-Cool Britannia thing. It was euphoric when the Labour Party got into power. I didn't realise it wasn't New Labour at all - it was the Tories dressed in red.

"History has shown it's really the Bank of England who got into power."What does Noel think of those calling for Blair to resign and pull our troops out of Iraq?

He said: "What a lot of people fail to grasp is it doesn't matter who was in No. 10, Britain would still have gone to war. We're in America's a*** pocket and that's the end of that."

"We have this big inferiority complex because we're this tiny little island in the middle of nowhere. If there's something going on in Turkmanistan WE need to be involved. Why?

"We're a nation built on war. We still Troop the Colour... like anybodygivesa ****."

But Noel did have some words of praise for the PM.

"If you were to take the Iraq thing out of the equation, Labour do seem to have made a difference with things like the minimum wage.

"They also made education and health a priority."

Source: www.sundaymail.co.uk

Noel On.. The Future

Noel admits he's not sure if Oasis will still be on the go in another 10 years.

"I'd be 49 then," he said. "To be quite honest, I get up in the morning and it's a struggle pulling my socks on. I've got a bad back, a stiff neck and I don't get enough sleep.

"When I was young I was kind of fascist about not making music when I got to 30. Then I thought, 'I'll pack it in when I'm 35' and so it goes on. It all depends on how trim we look.

"Groups like Pink Floyd started out playing middle-aged music and it's STILL middle-aged music. Oasis songs are more up.

"Will I be playing Cigarettes And Alcohol at 50? Probably not... but who knows?"One thing Noel is determined to do again however is gig in Scotland.

"Scotland has always been a very special place for us. It's the whole Celtic thing.

"Scots see themselves as rebels. They saw Liam and me giving two fingers to society and instantly related to us. Our gigs there have always been extra special."

Source: www.sundaymail.co.uk

Noel On.. Alan McGee

Creation Records' boss Alan McGee wrote a new chapter in music history when he spotted Oasis playing at King Tut's in Glasgow in 1993.

He was so knocked out by the unknown Manchester band he offered them a deal on the spot.

Noel told me: "The story we were NOT booked to support 18 Wheeler is true... but the myth which says we threatened to smash up the club if they didn't let us on isn't."

As anybody who's ever met a Glasgow doorman will tell you you're not smashing anything up in that town - particularly if you're five skinny kids from Manchester. You'd get your head kicked in."

McGee asked us: 'What are you called?' I said: 'Oasis'. I was trying to be quite cool so when he asked if we'd like a record deal I asked: 'Who with?'"

Noel revealed that when the group got home to Manchester they hit the phones to find out more about the charismatic McGee.

Noel said: "There used to be a big cardboard cut-out of McGee in Eastern Bloc Records in Manchester. That's how I knew who he was.

"I was into Primal Scream and Teenage Fanclub so I knew about i Creation. I phoned a couple of people who knew him and said: 'McGee is off his head, isn't he?'

"But they said that was what he did. That's when I realised he was serious. McGee is a superstar in my eyes."

Source: www.sundaymail.co.uk

I Love You Dearly But I Can't Be A***d With A Wedding

Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher has ruled out marrying his Scots girlfriend any time soon... because he can't be bothered with the hassle.

He's been with Sara MacDonald for seven years but insists he has NO plans to tie the knot.
Reports this week said he was planning to wed at Manchester's Urbis museum followed by a party at his beloved Manchester City's football ground.

But in an exclusive interview at his recording studio he revealed: "I've got no marriage plans at the minute.

"It infuriates Sara when I say this cos I love that girl dearly... I just can't be a**** with a wedding. She says I need a slap.

"You ask me when I'm getting married all the time. Ask me a question on sport instead."
Noel revealed that when Oasis signed a deal with Creation Records in 1993 it killed off a previous relationship.

He said: "I remember going home to Manchester after a meeting with Alan McGee in London.

"I got into my flat about two in the morning and the girl I was living with at the time woke up. When I told her Oasis had a record deal she burst into tears... and they weren't tears of joy.

"I said: 'What is wrong with you?' And she said: 'You're gonna leave me now and move to London.'

"I replied: 'Don't be stupid babe'. But six weeks later I was off. I said: 'London's calling. I can't stay here, love. It's my destiny.' So while McGee gave me a record deal, he temporarily ruined my love life."

Noel invited the Sunday Mail to Oasis' studio in Buckinghamshire to talk about their greatest hits compilation, Stop The Clocks, released on November 20.

And our no-holds-barred chat - covered in full in seven-days magazine - ranged from his rivalry with younger brother Liam, his long-running feud with Robbie Williams and how he feels about being part of New Labour's Cool Britannia brand.

He was also vocal about Oasis being given the Outstanding Contribution to Music gong at next year's Brit Awards.

Noel said: "Last year we should have been nominated for Best Single and they chose Shane Ward and Tony Christie. That p***** me off, big time.

"They've asked us to accept this Outstanding Contribution award for the last few years and we've always said no.

"With Stop The Clocks coming out we thought, 'This isn't gonna go away.'

"I'd like to do it before I'm 40 next year. But it's live on telly. God help them!"

Source: www.sundaymail.co.uk

Videos from Noel & Gem Concert In Los Angeles

Many thanks to JR for the videos

North American 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' Screenings, November 21st At 7pm

Click On The City Below To Reserve Your Tickets In Your Area.

SAN FRANCISCO
EMBARCADERO / November 21st @ 7 p.m
One Embarcadero Center San Francisco, CA 94111

SEATTLE
GUILD 45 / November 21st @ 7 p.m
2115 North 45th Seattle, WA 98103

LOS ANGELES
WESTSIDE PAVILLION / November 21st @ 7 p.m
10800 Pico Boulevard West Los Angeles, CA 90064

SAN DIEGO
HILLCREST / November 21st @ 7 p.m
3965 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92103

PHOENIX
BELL ROAD / November 21st @ 7 p.m
2710 W. Bell Road Phoenix, AZ 85053

AUSTIN
DOBIE / November 21st @ 7 p.m
2025 Guadalupe Street, Suite 268 Austin, TX 78705

ATLANTA
MIDTOWN / November 21st @ 7 p.m
931 Monroe Dr Ne Atlanta, GA 30308

CHICAGO
CENTURY / November 21st @ 7 p.m
2828 N Clark St Chicago, IL 60657

BOSTON
KENDALL SQUARE / November 21st @ 7 p.m
One Kendall Square Cambridge, MA 02139

NEW YORK
SUNSHINE CINEMA / November 21st @ 7 p.m
143 East Houston Street New York, NY 10002

Must arrive at least fifteen minutes prior to screening to guarantee your seat.

Source: www.columbiarecords.com

Oasis Lyrics Found In House

Original lyrics from Oasis's first Top 10 single have been uncovered by the man who first introduced the band to each other.

Manchester businessman Paul Ashbee discovered the sheet of paper, bearing the lyrics of Live Forever in Liam Gallagher's scrawl, tucked away at his home.

During the early 1990s, Paul employed Liam as a car valet and introduced the singer to his childhood friend Bonehead, a guitarist. After Liam's brother Noel joined the band, they became international stars.

Live Forever was the third single from Oasis's 1994 debut album, Definitely Maybe. It was their first track to reach the top 10 and spent more than a year in the charts.

During the early years, Paul remained close to Oasis and attended their rehearsals and gigs. He often cleared the room after practices. One day he picked up the lyrics sheet, put it away and promptly forgot it.

It was only when he heard the Gallagher brothers discussing what had happened to their early lyrics in an interview that he began searching through his memorabilia.

Paul said: "When the band was making the album, Noel used to arrive with the lyrics on paper and his brother would copy them out and learn to sing them. I used to collect what was left behind in the studio and kept most of it.

"I always knew Oasis would make it big. I had completely forgotten about this sheet, but had a look after I watched that documentary. I couldn't believe it when I found them.
"The actual lyrics differ slightly from what appeared on the tune, but this must be a real collector's item."

Similar finds for other big bands have fetched thousands of pounds at auction.
But Paul, who is still close friends with Bonehead but has fallen out with the Gallaghers, says he has no plans to cash-in on his discovery.

He said: "There is no way I would part with these lyrics - they are the kind of thing I want to pass on to my children.

"Oasis are one of the biggest bands in history and I am proud to have been involved. This paper won't be turning up on any internet auction sites."

Source: www.manchesterevereveningnews.co.uk

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