The World According To Noel

Noel Gallagher isn't backward in sharing his opinions about, well, everything. Here's what's been on his mind.

We're talking about the new best-of Stop the Clocks. Have you got a favourite Oasis song?
Not really a favourite, no. If I was to pick one I was to listen to right this very second it would be either The Importance of Being Idle or Supersonic.

Have you got a song then that you think is the best song you've written?

You can't . . . I don't think you can really say that. Fifty million people would say Wonderwall, I would say Live Forever but then again Liam would say something else. It's all opinion and conjecture, isn't it.

When you write a song like Wonderwall or Supersonic do you have that feeling once you get to the end of it, `Yeah, that's pretty good'?

I did with Live Forever. Supersonic was done in such a rush I still . . . when I listen to that song now I still think it's amazing. The Importance of Being Idle, when I finished that I thought it was amazing. I went out and celebrated that night.

You can feel it?

I've written many, many great songs, obviously but I've also written a few stinkers, you know what I mean so when the good ones come along I know. Some of the songs take you by suprise. Some songs you write and you think, "Hmm, that's alright'" and then loads of people go, "Wow, that's amazing." Like Lyla for instance, I thought, `well that's pretty good and then when people heard it they were going, `F***ing hell that's incredible' and I'm like, `Really?'... of course it is, I wrote it.

But that must be part of the fun as well. To take albums on the road and see which songs people really respond to live?

That's all part of the creative process. I've written some things that I thought were monumental and then people have heard it and gone, "Gnah, that's alright". You never quite know. But there certain songs that come along where you go, `F***in' hell. That is fantastic.'

Was it always frustrating that Acquiesce never got onto an album?

Not really. Frustrating for other people. Not me. I never understood what people were, "Oh this should have been a single." Well, why wasn't it then? I don't remember people at the time clambering for it to be a single. It's a great song and all that, but it's not like it's been brushed under the carpet and forgotten about. The cream always rises to the top.

Because a lot of the talk at the minute is going to be about the best-of, is it difficult or interesting for you to start thinking about the early days all over again?

You know it's not difficult because everytime we put an album out people always compare it to Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory so it seems to be I've been talking about the past forever. It's like same sh**, different day for me.

Does it feel then that the best-of might get rid of a bit of that then? Once the best-of is out you will be able to start again.

I don't know. Oasis and particularly Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory had such an impact on people around the world that maybe I wouldn't want people to stop talking about that. I don't know.

The best-of is the end of your contract with Sony BMG. So now you're looking for another record company?

My manager deals with all that kind of thing. We don't have to deal with any of that sh**. Far too complicated for me. I remember looking at a record contract once and it just looked like what I imagine the script for Lord of the Rings would have looked like. I was reading it, going, "What does...? What? What the...? What does that word mean?" It was like one of those scenes from Star Wars where an android is reading out the technical difficulties on one of the space ships in the desert. And you're just like, "I don't know what that means." I thought this is all about making records, isn't it? It's all forthwith and hereforth and I hereby degree that those forsooth, "What?"

So people just need to tell you when to start writing songs and when to book into the studio.
I'm a huge rockstar, point me in the way of the drum riser. That'll do me.

I read an interview where you said the 90 seconds where you walk from the backstage of a stadium to the stage are the best moments you can get.

Walking from the wings to your microphone is an incredible high, and it's an incredible re-affirmation of what you do. It's such a communal... people have said to me, "Well, is it better than drugs?". Well, it is because drugs is a selfish personal thing. If you're taking drugs with a whole lot of people, you can all take the same drug but it effects you in different ways. But when you experience something like that, this very communal thing with 60,000 or 70,000 people it's quite special. It's not something to be taken lightly. If you're going into it thinking it's a f***ing walk in the park...

The more you do it, the more you learn how to handle it. To me, I never used to get nervous, do you know what I mean? I was always a little on edge before going onstage. But now I just love it. It's almost like you can conduct an orchestra when you're up there.

What a lot of people don't understand, when they're starting up, they go, "Oh, I'd be petrified to get up there" and I always say to them, "The thing about it is ... all the people looking at you, they want you to be there. You should never go out on a stage and feel I'm not worthy to be in this stadium. The state of mind you've always got to be in is I'm bigger than this stadium and these people want me to be bigger than this stadium. So even if I don't feel like I'm bigger than this stadium I've got to act like I'm bigger than this stadium or let somebody else do it. I've never understood these wimpy rockstars who get stage fright. Go and get another job then.
When you can command an audience of that size elsewhere in the world, why come to Australia when the reality is you'll only play to 5000-10,000 people when you could be playing to 60,000 elsewhere?

That's a good question ... the weather?

The first time we came to Australia we didn't have a very good time at all, we were in the wrong place mentally and we were all heavily into drugs. It was a f***in' crazy time. We were having a great time but the music and all that suffered so we didn't go back for awhile. I guess ever since then ... well, let's put it this way. You speak English. We've kind of got the same cultural references. I can order room service pretty easy in Australia. It gets a bit difficult in Japan. You say, `No, I asked for sugar, man. Not lobster.' That kind of thing.

Australia traditionally has loved its music, it's rock'n'roll. Who wouldn't want to go there? My very good friend Paul Weller, I keep saying to him, "Everytime I go there, man, they keep asking me when you're going to go there.' And he's like, `Well, it's a bit far isn't it?" And I'm like, "Well, f***ing hell, it's a bit far. They do have airplanes now you know. No-one's requiring you to drive there."

Are you worried about the reception you're going to get next time you come down here after your comments about the Socceroos?

What did I say?

I believe you said, you wanted to "kick Tim Cahill in the bollocks" and that the Socceroos had a "sh*t name."

That's rubbish. Socceroos. That's f****n' nonsense. And explain to me this ... you know Tim Cahill? Everytime he scores a goal he goes and boxes the corner flag, that's ridiculous.

He's being the Boxing Kangaroo.

F***ing boxing Socceroo. What a tit.

It's no different to British players DJing when they score goals.

Yes it is. Well, they're idiots as well. Listen... can you print this? All footballers are f***ing idiots. Start from that rationale. They're all idiots. All of them. They're moronic. They can't dress, they're into shit music, they've got sh*t hairdos, they've got ugly wives and they've got stupid kids.

That's alright then, if you're bagging all footballers.

Oh, totally. I do think Australians are that good at cricket and rugby, what are you playing football for?

You'll never win the world cup. That's for sure. But then neither will England so I don't know what I'm going on about.

England are shit and all. And don't get me wrong, I went to the World Cup in summer and all those English footballers are f***in' knobheads.

Are you going to come out here to catch some of the Ashes?

No, cause I'm kind of busy doing the promotion for this.

It'll be interesting, very, very interesting. You ... you lot have to win it really, don't you? Cause it was bad last time. Old f***ing Glenn McGrath saying you were going to whip us five-nil but it didn't quite turn out like that, did it.

I'm looking forward to that and the Rugby World Cup. It's going to be good man. Do you think you'll win the Rugby World Cup?

I'm from the Southern States so we don't really play Rubgy down here.

Oh really, Do you play boomerangs and all that lot?

We play Australian Rules Football.

* See, now that's f***in' insane. That is insane.

It's a great spectator sport.

It's stupid. Men in really tight shorts and vests, c'mon.

Have you been to a live game?

Are you insane? How would I have been to an Australian Rules ... do you know why it's called Australian Rules?

Because we only play it in Australia.

Because you only f***ing play it in Australia.

What about when you've been out here on tour?

Listen, I'm too busy getting drunk and talking about the Beatles.

You can do that at the football

Nooooo. I'm not having that. That's wrong. That's like saying Sumo wrestling, ain't it brilliant... if you're Japanese it is. It bears no relation to the rest of the planet. It's like baseball. What a load of sh** that is. Each to their own I guess.

No plans to tour here any time soon, then?

I guess when we put a new record out whenever that'll be. It'll be on the map.

Have you started thinking about a new record?
Not really. We only really got back off that tour, it only finished in March. And I don't really need to be hanging out with my brother. Once every three years and only for one year at a time.
You also have another brother Paul, what does he do?

He gets on my nerves, is what he does.

You're the oldest?

No, I'm the middle. Our Paul, what does our Paul do? He keeps the Oasis archive. If you asked him where were the band playing on the 29th of August 1992? He could tell you in an instant. He could even tell you what clothes I was wearing. He's an encyclopedia of all that irrelevant bullsh**. Good lad though.

Thanks for your time, Noel. I think you need to check out a bit of Australian Rules Football next time you're in Australia.

And you need to get a life, love. See you in a bit.

Source: www.news.com.au

Gum Might Say

You think of Oasis and you think of big tunes, punch-ups and massive drug usage.

The tunes are all present and correct on current chart-assaulting greatest hits album Stop The Clocks, and the brothers are still scrapping – so that just leaves the drugs.

Luckily, a certain Mr Noel Gallagher isn’t shy when it comes to talking about the illicit produce that helped fuel his most creative years.

And – despite being off the naughty stuff for more than eight years – the big Manc only has good things to say about narcotics.

Even though his teeth started falling out and he found people he hated sitting in his front room.

In fact, he takes great pleasure in ripping the mickey out of today’s crop of rockers for failing to handle their nose candy without seeking out help.

Noel, 39, says: “You read all these stories now of rock stars going into rehab. Someone must take them to one side at some point and say: ‘Look, I think you’re going off the rails and you might want to go to The Priory or something.’

“To start with we were off the rails before we got a record deal! That’s the difference between the working classes and the middle classes.

“The middle classes experiment with drugs and the working classes just get stuck in. Forget experimenting with them, let’s just get them done.”

And get them done he did.

“We kind of arrived in London hammered,” he confesses.

“We were just out of it and like ‘let’s ’ave it!’ It’s never been a problem for me and Liam.

“It fascinates me that out of all the people we hung out with the only two people who haven’t been in rehab is me and Liam.

“Why would you go to a hospital to pay somebody four grand an hour to tell you things that really you should already know yourself?”

Certainly, Noel had the strength to leave that tempting powder behind him without the help of men in white coats.

He explains: “I’m free of drugs, now, eight-and-a-half years. When you say that to people you sort of half expect a round of applause but I don’t think there should be anything like that.

“Where we come from in Manchester, that was just the done thing and I’ve never had a problem with it.

“The only thing that is bad about drugs is that you drink more and that eventually messes you up, I think.

“If there were gold medals for taking drugs for England then I’d have won a sh*t load!

“I did enjoy it but it kind of got to the point where I’d done them all and that was it, there was none left and I just thought: ‘Can’t be arsed any more.’

“How it’s been portrayed in the past is that I kind of just stood up at a party and went: ‘And this shall be my last line, after this there will be no more!’

“We were at a party one night and then I got up one day and thought: ‘I can’t be bothered today.’

“Then one day turned into a week and that turned into a month, then that into a year – I kind of then just enjoyed not being out of it all the time.

“As that state of mind took hold I would go out with the people I was surrounded with at the time, I’d be sitting there thinking: ‘I don’t even like you, your bird’s an idiot. What you doing in my front room? Get out of here.’

“In the end everybody kind of left the party, if you like, and left to get on with life I guess.

“You’ve got to be strong-willed to say it and vanity also plays a big part in my life – my teeth were falling out and all sorts!

“Nobody wants to look like a weirdo, you know what I mean? You don’t look good and everything was revolved around getting hammered.

“I don’t want this to sound like ‘my drugs hell’ because it wasn’t hell, it was fantastic and I had some of the most monumental nights out and monumental nights in ever.”

Noel grew up in Burnage, south Manchester, and was a regular truant with his brother Liam, allegedly breaking into cars and stealing bicycles.

As a teenager he taught himself to play guitar and also had his first brushes with narcotics before he became a roadie with indie band Inspiral Carpets.

There he began to experiment with Class A drugs on a regular basis and returning from an American tour in 1992 he formed a band called Rain.

They eventually became Oasis when Liam went on vocals. The rest is rock ’n’ roll history.

Noel adds: “I wrote some of the best songs, met some of the greatest people in some of the greatest parties … man.

“It just came to the point where it was like: ‘I can’t be bothered any more, it’s too much.’”

He may be nearly 40, and settled down with his missus Sara MacDonald, 31, but Noel’s still regularly scrapping with his brother Liam, 34, who he affectionately calls “Our Kid”.

He jokes that they row because “I’m better looking than him, obviously”, but admits even when they are warring, deep down they still have feelings for each other.

He says: “I guess because there is a lot of pressure being in a big group we kind of fall out on a regular basis but it’s not anything that’s ever put the band in danger.

“The only people that suffer really are the people that happen to be in the band at that point – there’s been hundreds of them in the past.

“I think that maybe, how can I put it, we don’t like authority figures very much, me and Liam.

“I guess because everyone in the band kind of directs everything towards me because I am, for want of a better word, seen as the leader – I think Liam sort of rebels against that. I think that causes friction between us.

“But put it this way, if he was getting his head kicked right now I would probably join in to save him and if I was getting mine, he would probably join in to save me. I can’t say any fairer than that.”

Both brothers are particularly protective of their mum Peggy, who brought them up single-handedly when their dad walked out on them in the early Eighties.

But they didn’t exactly splash the cash when the millions started rolling in from sales of albums Definitely Maybe and (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?

Noel says: “When all the money started rolling in we were like, ‘Of course you’re going to leave now, aren’t you?’

“She was like: ‘I’m not moving anywhere.’ All of her sisters, she’s got seven or eight, live within a two-mile radius of each other.

“The one thing that we got her was a new garden gate! Seriously, it never had a latch on it so when it was windy it would bang all night.

“Her bedroom was at the front, and she said ‘If you’re going to get me one thing get me a f***ing garden gate’.

“You should have seen this garden gate at the time because it’s not much now. It was mega – had this big gold number five on it.”

Noel Gallagher appears on Parkinson on ITV1 tomorrow night at 10.50pm.

Source: Daily Star

The Razz: Noel Loves Westlife

Noel Gallagher last night shocked his fans by claiming Westlife are better than The Beatles.
Speaking after the showing of the Oasis documentary, Lord Don't Slow Me Down, at Glasgow Science Centre, Noel described the Irish boy band's new single as "genius".

He also spoke of his love of Paul Weller and meeting Neil Young and Burt Bacharach. Noel, who is staying in Edinburgh for the next week, also said he was looking forward to taking a break from touring next year.

Promising he'll be back in the future, he added: "I'd go insane.

"I can't work with our kid more than once every three years.

"He gets on my t**s."

Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Celts Hit Right Note With Noel

Oasis star Noel Gallagher told last night how he had a spring in his step after Celtic beat Man United 1-0.

Manchester City fan Noel said the victory was all the sweeter because his Scots girlfriend Sara MacDonald is a Rangers supporter.

Noel said: "It was a f***ing sensational score. I was sat on the sofa at home with Sara, and she was devastated.

"I would be lying if I said the words 'Get in there, you f***ing dancer" didn't pass through my head.

"Forget the goal. It was the penalty save I liked more than anything."

Noel claimed he'd rather be a rocker than a football player despite his love of Man City.

He was speaking after new Oasis documentary Lord Don't Slow Me Down was shown at the Glasgow Science Centre.

Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Gallagher: 'Robbie Williams Will Kill Himself'

Noel Gallagher is convinced British pop star Robbie Williams will kill himself, and the Oasis guitarist would happily load the gun for his longtime rival. The Wonderwall guitarist has no sympathy for Angels singer Williams, who he believes will turn to suicide because of his battles with depression. He says, "I'd put the bullet in the gun as he's eventually going to do it himself as he is a grossly unhappy person."

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Gallagher Praises All Saints

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has hailed British girl group All Saints as "the coolest band around". But the WONDERWALL singer, who has been in a relationship with All Saint Nicole Appleton since 2000 and has a son, Gene, with the singer, insists his opinion is in no way biased. He believes the band caused a huge stir when they entered the music scene in the late nineties becuase they refused to sugar coat their relationship. He says, "They were the coolest band around. "They weren't like all the other girl bands, with their arms around each other, saying, 'Ooh, we love each other,' when it was obvious they didn't. "They told it like it was - one of you's a c**t and other one's a bitch! It was refreshing and that's what makes them different." All Saints recently reformed after a five-year hiatus, with a new single called Rock Staedy.

Source: www.contactmusic.com

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

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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

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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"

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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