Elton Calls Me To Back Westlife

Sir Elton John has stormed into the Westlife v Oasis chart debate, branding Noel Gallagher “a tosser.”

Elt rang me yesterday to back Westlife in their battle for top spot in the album chart on Sunday.
The pop king was in a fury after Noel berated him for being too precious to go out for a pint of milk.

He raged: “I’m so glad Westlife are ahead of Oasis.

“After what f****** Noel Gallagher said about me I couldn’t give a s*** about Oasis. I go into f****** shops all the time myself, he’s just such a tosser.

“He’s an absolute tosser and he looks like Parker from Thunderbirds.

“They don’t deserve to be No1. It’s not a greatest hits album because they’ve left three of their biggest hits off it.” Ithink Sunday, November 26, is shaping up to be the darkest day in chart history.

British music is in serious danger of having the ’Loife sucked right out of it in a travesty of music justice.

Yesterday I revealed the shopping trolley brigade marching through supermarket checkouts across the country are sweeping Irish warblers Westlife to the top of the charts — ahead of rock ’n’ roll legends Oasis.

I called for Bizarre readers to Stop The C*cks and buy the Oasis best-of with the more polite title. But sales figures to date show the Manc rockers are being mown down in a middle-of-the-road music onslaught.

The battle is being won in supermarkets where housewives are picking up albums with their loo roll. The advantage at the close of play yesterday between Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Nicky Byrne and Shane Filan and their Manc rivals stood at 14,000 copies.
Sales battle ... race for No1

Westlife have topped 100,000 and Oasis are not far off, leaving the mighty Beatles and U2 third and fourth.

Even a huge Saturday sale from loyal Oasis fans will struggle to help them make up the lost ground.

Last night X Factor judge Simon Cowell, who signed Westlife, added his tuppence worth. He said: “Westlife are smart — they know and respect their audience.

“It doesn’t matter that some of their songs are covers. I’d rather have a cover version of a good song than a crap song. This week is good for the industry because both bands are selling a ton of albums — it doesn’t matter who is No1.”

You emailed, texted and posted comments in your thousands about my campaign. And it seems I’ve hit a nerve on both sides of the bitter musical divide.

MB from Stoke said:
“Just to say thanks for supporting Oasis in your newspaper.
“It’s so important to keep real music alive. People will one day realise that Oasis are the best band in the world and are always churning out great album after great album.”

But Alan Perry disagreed: “If I saw Liam p***ed in the street I would p*** on him. Long Live Westlife.”

With Elton coming out fighting for Westlife, Noel now needs the big guns to back him. I reckon it’s a job for the Modfather — Paul Weller.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Oasis' Timeless Tunes

Noel Gallagher reflects on 12 years of hits.

By Andrew Murfett.

WHEN Noel Gallagher was growing up, rock stars didn't come from Manchester. At least not until a band called the Stone Roses emerged in the 1980s.

"I'd always been interested in music, but the idea of what Oasis eventually became came from seeing the Stone Roses live," Gallagher says. "Rock stars then looked different to us. We were normal lads who went to the football, took drugs and hung out on the street. When the Stone Roses came along, they looked like us and made the goal seem nearer."

Oasis, with Noel and brother Liam out front, would become the biggest-selling band in Britain. Twelve years on from their debut, Definitely Maybe, the band are in hiatus. A two-disc best-of, Stop the Clocks, is released this week and Noel Gallagher holds court in his Buckinghamshire home.

After several patchy releases, the band was reinvigorated last year by strong sales and reviews of their sixth studio album, Don't Believe the Truth. A well-received world tour followed.
Sadly, neither success has served to mend fragile relations between band members. Noel says that with the exception of rhythm guitarist Gem Archer, he has not spoken to any of his bandmates, including brother Liam, since March.

"The minute of the last gig of the tour ends that's me f---ing gone," he says, cheerfully. "I don't speak to any of those geezers. It keeps it interesting for me. I wouldn't want to come back off the road and then go straight back into the studio."

From the band's infancy, the tension between Noel and frontman Liam saw them develop into something of a caricature. There were fearful public shouting matches, fist fights, bust-ups and walk-outs. Noel, 39, who was raised with Liam and elder brother Paul by his mother after their father walked out, is philosophical about their relationship.

"A lot of the negative stuff in this band has been very unnecessary and a lot of it caused by Liam," he says, matter of factly. "He's a very antagonistic young chap."

It was during his mid-1990s songwriting purple patch that he conceived Definitely Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glory - 27 million copies sold worldwide - and some of the best B-sides recorded in the past 15 years such as Talk Tonight, Acquiesce and The Masterplan.

Gallagher places Talk Tonight among his favorite vocal performances. It was written on Oasis' first American tour in 1994 after a "massive row" with Liam in LA.

Source: www.theage.com

Noel Gallagher Q&A Glasgow 22/11/06

Thanks To Heathener

Oasis – Stop The Clocks (Big Brother)

Lawrence Poole

Bands must either fear or embrace this time of year, depending on their current standing in the musical climate.

As far as record company execs are concerned, releases in November and December are automatically prospective stocking fillers.

So the urge to plunder back catalogues and fill the shops with all-encompassing greatest hits packages is an undeniable one.

This, of course, is great if you’re a spent force who year after year repeatedly relies on the sale of re-packaged ‘best of’ collections and Christmas party targeting tours.

But what if you feel your career tour bus still has plenty of gas in the tank? A greatest hits package is surely a full stop you are happy to put off penning.

In Oasis’ case, when their former label Sony reportedly promised to release the collection with or without their co-operation, it could have been easy to turn a blind eye.

After all, following several lean years 2005’s sixth studio LP Don’t Believe The Truth had been an unqualified success, shifting over one million copies in the UK alone, and with all four members now sharing the song-writing duties there was a platform to build on.

Wisely though, Noel and the gang decided if they didn’t get involved a collection which might not have represented their best work could have hit the shops, so they set about putting together a release which lived up to the value for money and quality that has been one of the trademarks to date.

Knitted
Beatles’ collaborator Sir Peter Blake was drafted in to do the artwork, a DVD was compiled and what they believed to be the best 18 tracks of their 12-year career were handpicked and knitted together over two discs.

As expected, considering the reverence both the fans and band talisman and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher hold Oasis’ first two LPs in, 14 of them were recorded circa Definitely Maybe and What’s The Story? (Morning Glory).

Last album singles Lyla and The Importance of Being Idle, Standing On The Shoulder of Giants’ Go Let It Out and Liam Gallagher’s Heathen Chemistry-penned ballad Songbird make up the rest.

Contempt
No cuts from the overblown monolith that was Be Here Now made it, and considering Noel’s contempt for the record, it’s hardly surprising.

Instead, it’s a lithe and lean collection of the band at their visceral, urgent best (Rock ‘N’ Roll Star, Cigarettes And Alcohol, Supersonic), most melodic and poetic (Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back in Again) and youthfully triumphant (Live Forever, Some Might Say).

Supplemented with a gaggle of Noel’s finest and most contemplative B-sides (The Masterplan, Half The World Away, Talk Tonight) – when they are all there in front of you in black and white it’s hard not to be impressed.

And while the absence of the much overlooked one-off single Whatever, Be Here Now’s high point Do You Know What I Mean? and the Richard Ashcroft-inspired Cast No Shadow does grate on a personal level, it is just a pleasure to have them all on one disk.

Despite still possessing an enviable live reputation, as 2005’s City of Manchester Stadium dates attested to, it is extremely unlikely such material will be matched by the band.

One hopes they keep trying though as one thing is for sure, life without the brothers grim, the monobrow twins or whatever other nickname the tabloid press chooses to furnish their copy with when discussing the Gallaghers’ latest antics – would be a poorer place indeed.

Released on November 20

Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Gallagher Slams 'Square' Scissor Sisters

Noel Gallagher has continued his one-man mission to alienate himself from the music industry by insisting Scissor Sisters music is for uncool people. In recent weeks the Oasis guitarist/singer has lashed out at The Beatles, Sir Elton John, Robbie Williams and even British soldiers injured in Iraq, prompting backlashes. But the Wonderwall hitmaker is unrepentant and intends to continue venting his grievances. He says, "I particularly loathe Scissor Sisters. I like Laura from the first record, but it's music for squares, man. "They're huge in England, but there's no accounting for bad taste as far as the English are concerned."

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Oasis Frontman 'Buying Thunderbirds-Inspired House'

Rock star Liam Gallagher is today rumoured to be buying a £4 million house inspired by the TV puppet show Thunderbirds and its Tracy Island base.

The Oasis frontman is thought to be nearing completion on the blue glass and blue-fronted six-bedroom house, called Thunderbird, in the exclusive Branksome Park area of Poole, Dorset.
The futuristic two-storey property was built by life-long Thunderbirds fan Eddie Mitchell to resemble the Tracy Island home of the International Rescue agents.

Mr Mitchell, managing director of Seven Developments, refused to confirm the sale today.
He said: "We have had several people - a Lord, a racing driver, a footballer - look at it.
"In all instances the would require confidentiality. I'm not at liberty to say any more than that."
Contracts have not yet been exchanged but Mr Mitchell said it was as good as sold. Everything in the hi-tech house, from the heating, lighting and even down to the curtains, is operated by the touch of a button on an electronic keypad, in keeping with the space-age show.

The house is also designed to resemble a bird with two wings.

The stairwell has more than 1,000 fibre-optic lights which change colour, there is a kaleidoscope glass floor with changing coloured lights, six bathrooms, a 100ft lounge and a 50ft heated infinity pool.

Speculation that father of two Gallagher might be looking to buy property in the area began last month after he was spotted in a Poole cafe.

Public relations company Hall Or Nothing, which represents Oasis, said: "We don't comment on their personal details."

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Small Clip Of Noel In Japan

Thanks To Ruri

Noel Gallagher and Gem of Oasis LIVE from Paris

Live on MSN 11/28, an un-missable semi-acoustic performance by Noel Gallagher and Gem of Oasis featuring songs from Oasis Best Of album “Stop the Clocks”. This is an exclusive never before broadcast set that is certain to delight fans and critics alike, Live from Paris.

Venue:Le Cabaret Sauvage, Paris, France

Click HERE for more information

Source: www.controlroom.com

Oasis Extends Invitation On Stage To Original Band Members

It seems like 2006 has been the year for British bands to try and reunite with former band members. First, there was Take That extending an offer to Robbie Williams to join them on their reunion tour, and now Oasis is the next band to follow in line.

Noel Gallagher recently invited his former band mates Bonehead and Guigsy to join Oasis on stage at the BRIT Awards in 2007.

The band is being honored with the prestigious Outstanding Contribution to Music award at next year's ceremony and Noel has extended an offer to the two original members to perform with the current line-up.

He told Big Issue magazine, "I bear them no malice. With the thing coming up at the BRITs it'd be nice if they came along and get up with us. It'd actually be nice to sit down with them."

Rhythm guitarist Bonehead and bass player Guigsy quit Oasis in 1999 during the recording of the band's fourth studio album "Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants."

It was reported that Bonehead - real name Paul Arthurs - walked out after Noel poured beer over his head as he slept, in revenge for him repeatedly turning up to the studio drunk. Guigsy left soon after.

Noel, 39, is unsure if the two former members will accept his offer because he hasn't spoken to either of them since their departure and isn't convinced that brother Liam would welcome them on stage with open arms.

He added, "I haven't heard from them since they left. But when I think back now and watch some of the old footage, I think they both found it very difficult. They weren't meant to be stars. Do ya know what I mean? I think as soon as they'd made enough money they thought, 'I can't be a**ed anymore.' And that's fine. It would be good if they joined us. Mind you, I'm not sure how it was left with Liam."

The band - who released their best of album "Stop The Clocks" this week - are set to perform a selection of their biggest hits at the BRITs, which takes place on February 14 at London's Earls Court.

Source: www.allheadlinenews.com

Walsh Tells Oasis: Give In

As Westlife galloped ahead in the album chart yesterday, their manager Louis Walsh told Oasis: "Time to wave the white flag."

The midweek chart showed the Irish lads' Love Album had sold 102,697 this week - Oasis's hits album Stop The Clocks has only shifted 88,730.

Louis told 3am: "We're also beating the Beatles and U2, and with Take That on top of the singles chart it's clear that boy bands is where it's at."

Westlife are signed to Louis' fellow X Factor judge Simon Cowell's label. And Simon said yesterday: "Westlife release good songs and people just know what they are getting.

"Maybe Oasis should come on the X Factor next week and then they'd have a chance of being number one." Now that we'd pay to see.

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Elton Slams Noel Over 'Precious' Comments

Latest: Sir Elton John has hit back at Noel Gallagher with a foul-mouthed tirade after the Oasis rocker branded him a recluse and "precious". The Rocket Man singer is outraged that Gallagher portrayed him as an isolated celebrity who refuses to mix with the general public. Gallagher said, "Life is a great thing, why shut yourself away from it? I can't understand people like Elton John..." John hits back, "After what f**king Noel Gallagher said about me I couldn't give a s**t about Oasis. "I go into shops all the time myself, he just such a t**ser and he looks like Parker from Thunderbirds"

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Noel Gallagher At Union Chapel – Extra Tickets Available (By Auction)

Noel Gallagher’s performance for Mencap’s “Little Noise Sessions” at Islington’s Union Chapel this Sunday 26th November has been augmented by the exciting addition of Kasabian and Shack to the evening’s line-up. A further 50 tickets have been made available for this special charity show and are available to purchase by auction only through www.seetickets.com/auctions. The auction will run from 10am-3pm Thu 23rd Nov, max 2 tickets per person. Bids from £47.50 (plus booking fees and postage) All proceeds raised go to Mencap.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Oasis Star Branded 'Ignorant'

Oasis star Noel Gallagher has been branded "ignorant" after he told soldiers wounded in Iraq to stop moaning.

The Britpop frontman said in an interview with a tabloid that he was against the Iraq war and also said about the troops who had been injured in action: "If you're bothered about getting shot - here's a thing - don't join the Army."

Veterans' representative Ray Bristow said the guitarist only had the freedom to make such comments thanks to the sacrifice of the thousands who gave their lives.

Former soldier Mr Bristow said that Gallagher was only able to make such comments "on the back of thousands of soldiers' lives" laid down for their country.

He said: "He is in a privileged position in society where he is able to have free speech and make comments like he has made."

Gallagher has since come out to say he was misquoted but that he maintains his stance against the war in Iraq.

Private Lionel O'Connor, 22, of 2 Royal Anglian, who had his leg amputated after being caught up in a roadside bomb attack in Basra, suggested Gallagher should go to Iraq to see what conditions are like for soldiers.

Pte O'Connor, who is recovering at a military rehabilitation centre in Surrey following the attack in May, said: "If he has got a comment like that, send him out there."

Source: www.itv.com

Gallagher Swaps Parties For The Pool

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has traded in hellraising at rock 'n' roll parties for visits to the swimming pool with his children, because his advancing years have changed his perspective. The Supersonic singer is beginning to feel his own mortality and now prefers spending time with sons Lennon, seven, and Gene, five, and girlfriend Nicole Appleton, to drink and drugs. He says, "Music's big, but it's no good when you're going to snuff it so my health, my kids' health, my missus, my mates and my happiness are the most important things to me now. "I love hanging out with the kids, taking them swimming."

Source: www.contactmusic.com

'Stop The Clocks' UK TV Advert

Thanks To Mr Monobrow

Stop The Clocks! It's An Oasis Giveaway!

To celebrate today's release of the 'Stop the Clocks' Oasis best-of, Spinner is having a contest with two very special prizes:

1. A Takamine G-Series Dreadnaught solid top acoustic guitar, which is autographed by Noel Gallagher

2. A limited edition replica of the 'Stop the Clocks' dartboard, complete with Oasis darts!

Here's the deal: If you want a shot at winning these goodies, listen to Noel's appearance on the Interface and answer three simple questions:

1. Which Oasis record is not represented on 'Stop the Clocks'?
2. Which artist does Noel proclaim as "the last great thing" he's heard? Hint: It starts with an "M."
3. On which album can you find the song 'Whatever'?

Gather your answers and send them via email to winoasisstuff at aol.com. Entries must be received by December 4th 2006.Note: You must be a U.S. resident to enter. Sorry, mates.

Source: Spinner.com

Westlife Leap Into Lead

Lads Set To Beat Beatles

Westlife are set to do the unthinkable and beat both The Beatles and Oasis to the No 1 spot.

No offence to the Oirish man-band, but I really didn't see that one coming.

In a swift turn-around of fortunes, Nicky Byrne, 27, Kian Egan, 26, and the other two have leapt from third spot in the album race with The Love album. They're a solid 5,000 sales ahead of Oasis with Stop The Clocks and have shifted nearly twice as many copies as The Beatles' Love.

The lads are currently in Australia, because like me, they are big down under. But using the telephone, I've managed to get hold of one of their camp.

I'm told: "They'll not talk to you yet Joe. The band have banned the subject until the final charts are released on Sunday. They're refusing to get excited about it yet, because it's so early in the week and there's sill a long way to go. "They're a superstitious lot and don't want to curse themselves by speaking too soon."

HMV fountain of knowledge Gennaro Castaldo said: "People might not have expected Westlife to match or even outsell such iconic bands as The Beatles and Oasis, but we shouldn't forget they have an incredibly dedicated fan base. "It's going to be nip and tuck."

Dangerous though it may seem at this stage, I'm going to get my manparts out and say Oasis will top the charts come the weekend.

Noel is currently the top lad in the Mott "rock stars who are actually sound" section. Fancy a meal with the missus mate?

Source: Daily Star

Oasis Blaspheme Themselves Before The Lords Of Rock

We've often said that there are no limits to who the Gallagher brothers will shit talk, but the thing is theres REALLY no limit to who the Gallagher brothers will shit talk. The Beatles, and John Lennon in particular, have always been the obvious inspiration behind, um, everything Oasis has ever done. But when new record Stop the Clocks, a greatest hits package, went up against the Beatles Love on the UK charts, the pressure made the Gallaghers go places we thought even they wouldn dare.

"It's a pointless exercise," Noel Gallagher reportedly said about Love, adding that he shut the album off after five songs. Liam was more to the point. He called the tracks rubbish.

Um, brothers Gallagher? If you had a real record to pit against Love this might have been the right moment to point out that this new Beatles record is mostly just a collection of audio snippets woven together by Sir George Martin into something resembling a cohesive song that will inspire the bodily contortions of your average Cirque du Soleil-ist. But your record is a not-so-awesome collection of greatest hits you are releasing to fulfill your contract with your label. And you are not John Lennon. You arent even Pete Best or Jane Asher.

You have a non-record out. They have a non-record out. But they are the fucking Beatles, so they win. Get over it.

Source: www.rollingstone.com

Oasis Needs YOU For A No1

Some of the greatest names in music to ever hail from these fair isles.

EGAN, FEEHILY, BYRNE, FILAN. Some of the not-so-great names in music to hail from these fair isles. Yet I have some tragic news, readers. The battle for superiority in the Supergroups Showdown, the biggest head-to-head of musical greats in chart history, looks like it’s going to be won by . . . WESTLIFE.

Forget OASIS, THE BEATLES and U2, it is the four Oirish, stool-loving balladeers who look like unravelling everything we hold sacred in this country’s musical heritage and claiming Sunday’s top album.

While early official midweek chart figures show Oasis just leading the pack, the news is grim for people who like their music with guitars, bass, drums and genuine talent. The numbers show Oasis at No1 on 52,000, Westlife at No2 on 51,000, The Beatles at No3 on 31,000 and U2 at No4 with 18,000.

But these do NOT take into account the massive amount of Tesco sales, which will weigh heavily in Westlife’s favour.

Experts predict that with housewife supermarket purchasing, Oasis will be pushed aside and de ’Loife will breeze into the No1 spot by an easy 5,000 sales.

But fear not, comrades, it is not too late to stop this tragedy.

With people power and a swell of support from Bizarre readers it is possible to overturn this catastrophe.

My artists have mocked up a LIAM GALLAGHER version of Lord Kitchener’s World War One recruitment poster to inspire you to put your hands in your pockets and prevent disaster.

If every man, woman and child among you gets behind Oasis’s Stop The Clocks, The Beatles’ album Love or U2’s singles collection 18 then we can perhaps hold our heads high when the charts are announced on Sunday.

Totally impartial but closet Westlife fan Gennaro Castaldo, from HMV, said it was the most exciting chart battle in ages and that Oasis fans should not give up yet.

He told me yesterday: “People might have thought the race for the No1 album this week would be between Oasis and The Beatles, and perhaps U2, but Westlife are proving their enduring appeal.

“But Gallagher fans shouldn’t lose heart. While Westlife may be edging overall figures, it’s no contest at HMV, where Stop The Clocks is currently outselling The Love Album by nearly three to one.

“If it came down to just HMV customers, Oasis would swagger in to the top spot.”Do your bit, Bizarre readers — buy Stop The Clocks and do your bit to Stop The C*cks.
Let the hate mail commence.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Oasis Take Over BBC 6 Music

Oasis are set to take over the digital airwaves when the BBC 6 Music Selector returns on Tuesday 12 December 2006. On that day, Liam, Gem and Andy take over 6 Music programming for the day. The band will talk about their favourite music, reveal the artists that have influenced their career, and will play tracks from the BBC archives including classic sessions and concert recordings from the past 40 years.

They have also commissioned one of their favourite bands, The Coral, to record a special and exclusive four track session at Noel Gallagher's studio.

You will be able to listen to this online at www.bbc.co.uk/6music

Source: www.oasisinet.com