Superfan Ben Wins Noel Gallagher To Play Live In His House

Oasis superfan Ben from Stockport who won the BBC Radio One Live Lounge competition. The prize: Noel Gallagher to play live in his own lounge. Listen to the show again and check out the pictures and video by clicking Here. Noel performed Half The World Away, The Importance Of Being Idle and Don't Look Back In Anger in Ben's living room.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/

Even Noel's Daughter Has Strong Opinions

The Who play the Air Canada Centre on Monday night in support of their first studio album in 24 years -- Endless Wire.

Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher, who shares a drummer with The Who in Zak Starkey (son of Ringo Starr), recently tried to catch them on tour but parental duties got in the way.

"I actually went to see them in Hyde Park and I had to leave early because my 6-year-old daughter was having a bit of a tantrum," Gallagher told the Sun while in town for his own acoustic show at the Danforth Music Hall last month.

"She's like, 'The f---in' Who. I want to go home.' It was like, 'You don't want to see The Who?' (She's like) 'I'm not interested in The Who. I don't give a s--t. I want the Disney Channel, right now.' So it was either watch The Who or try and tame the beast. Or take the beast home and listen to it on the radio. It was deemed that it was probably better to listen to it on the radio."

Source: www.jam.canoe.ca

Oasis Answers Your Questions

Here’s the second part of our exclusive in which Sun readers quiz Oasis.

Liam, Noel, Andy and Gem reveal their proudest moments, whether the future of the band lies with Liam or Noel’s songwriting and if the song Stop The Clocks — the title of the new compilation album — will ever surface.

YOU are set to receive the award for Outstanding Contribution To Music at the Brits in February. What has Oasis contributed to the British music scene that other bands haven’t?
SAM LAVIN, Luton

Liam: The music for a start, decent tunes and not comedy music. We brought rock ‘n’ roll vibes back.
Gem: Belief. I remember when we all heard Slide Away and Rock‘n’Roll Star and it was like a revelation. We’ve given bands like Razorlight, Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian a sense of ambition. We showed them it could be done. We came from f*** all to the biggest band in the world in five years. When I drive up to my house in Buckinghamshire I think “Wow, where did it all go right?”

WHAT is your proudest moment since joining Oasis?
GARY BOOTH, by email

Liam: Getting a record deal — someone believing in us to go and see if we were any good.

Gem: Going on tour with my son — he’s ten. And I was very proud because he held his own.

Noel: Hearing “That’s Supersonic by Oasis” on daytime Radio 1 was mindblowing at the time. We get a bit blasé about it now. Making my mam proud, I think. When we first had a single she never really understood what we were up to. My mam is colossal.

LIAM, how do you present a new song to Noel? How critical has he been?
PAUL LEAHY, Ireland

Liam: I don’t present them to him, he just sort of hears them. Even if it’s good he’ll walk out the room. He doesn’t encourage anyone, all he cares about is his f***ing self. He does his thing and I do mine — Gem’s more of an encouragement than Noel.

ANDY and Gem, how nervous were you the first time you played for Noel and Liam?
WES GERRARD, Leicester

Andy: There was definitely some nerves going on. Noel called me and said he needed a bass player but I was a guitar player so I had to learn that. But as soon as I walked through the door they were very
welcoming and chilled me out.

Gem: I got my nerves out of the way before I even put my guitar in the case. You can’t be nervous or else you price yourself out of the game. I think anticipation is the word.

EVERY Oasis fan knows the existence of the song Stop The Clocks. Noel even said it was the best track he’d ever written. When will we hear it?
MATT ROGERS, Welling

Liam: I don’t think Our Kid can get it right. I don’t think it’s the best he’s written — it’s a tune but not his best. He’s done about four versions but he’s not happy with it so it’s a bit of a nightmare.

Andy: It is an amazing tune. It has quite a heavy theme to it and we’ve had a few goes at it. We’ll get it right one day.

Noel: Every time I write a new song I say it’s the best ever! But it’s not the best thing I’ve ever written. There are about ten different versions and I can’t decide on which one. It’s a good song, the lyrics are great.

WHAT’S your favourite Oasis video?
STEVE SMITH, by email

Liam: I think all our videos are sh*t. It’s not that I don’t like doing them, just that they’re always sh*t.

Noel: The Importance of Being Idle because I’m not in it. I f***ing hate doing videos.

WHAT is the craziest night you have had with another band?
BOBBY CORRIGAN, Paisley

Liam: New York with Kasabian and Jet. It was mental. We were jumping off the bar and just acting like three-year-olds. It was a top night.

Gem: Liam’s birthday in America with Jet and Kasabian. We had a massive party. Half the people there were on acid. We were in the middle of the desert and midgets gave Liam his birthday cake and made up their own midget rap! They were stood on a table, rapping to Liam. It was one of those moments that you join a band for.

Noel: With Kasabian — every night on the American tour we kissed the sky. I’d tour with them the rest of my days. Tom Meighan is a colossal geezer. There are similarities between Tom and Liam, and me and Serge. I love that band. It reminds me of when I first met The Verve.

FOLLOWING Liam’s success as a song writer, does Noel see Oasis’s future in the hands of the younger brother?
JOE BIRCHLEY, Nottingham

Liam: I don’t think I’m a songwriter; I just do what I do. I just do my little thing with my guitar in a room I think it’s the b******s of course but if Noel thinks it’s all right to go on the record then it goes on. I’m not arsed either way because I get my kicks from singing songs. I’d never do my own records as it’s got to be Oasis.

Noel: Maybe yes. He said: “No” because he’s a lightweight but in the studio he’s always giving how good he is. But when it comes down to it he’s a sh** arse. He could carry it but he won’t because he hasn’t got the nerve.

RAZORLIGHT, Kasabian and the Arctic Monkeys all say they wouldn’t be in bands today if it hadn’t been for Oasis. How proud does it make you feel?
KEVIN QUINN, Edinburgh

Liam: It makes me proud when it comes from Kasabian but not f****** Razorlight.

Noel: It makes me proud as I love all those groups and The Coral too.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Noel Gallagher: 'Liam |s The Icon Of The Nineties'

In a bizarre outburst Noel Gallagher has heaped praise on his younger brother Liam.

Usually one for putting the boot in, Noel claims that Liam is the Icon of the last decade and contemporary acts don’t compare.

Speaking to Zane Lowe on MTV, he said: "I guess if you think of the '90s, you think of Liam. I guess he’s probably the biggest icon of the 90s."

Asked whether any new bands compare to Oasis, he continued: "Kasabian have got some fucking great tunes, The Kings Of Leon have got some good tunes. The Kooks have some good tunes. Franz Ferdinand, The Libertines, Babyshambes, but I’m not sure whether there is one band (that stands out). In the 90s you had Oasis."

Source: www.entertainmentwise.com

Win Signed Stop The Clocks Lithograph

PlugInMusic.com is giving away an Oasis lithograph signed by Noel Gallagher along with a copy of the Stop the Clocks to one lucky fan. Enter now for your chance to win!

Unlike most albums of this nature, Oasis have sat down and undertaken the almost impossible job of picking what they consider to be their finest moments ever. So 'Stop The Clocks' is imbued with the sort of willfulness that has helped make Oasis the favorite band of millions of people worldwide and its running order will no doubt provoke equal parts adulation and bar discussions from the millions of Oasis fans worldwide.

Could it ever be any other way? Oasis have been at the helm of the world's music scene for over ten years and, on November 21, 2006 the first ever Oasis retrospective will draw together the years of multi-platinum albums, Number One singles and, unique to Oasis, instantly familiar B sides into one 18 track double album entitled 'Stop the Clocks'.

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Source: www.pluginmusic.com

Former Oasis Manager Labels Robbie Williams A Crime Against Music

Former Oasis manager Alan Mcgee has labelled Robbie Williams "a crime against music" and believes its artists like Robbie who are "destroying" the British record industry.

Mcgee says: “Robbie's just a showbiz chancer. "It's people like him who are destroying British pop culture. He has one per cent of Mick Jagger’s talent.”

"He's the post 9/11 feel good factor. He doesn't mean anything. He's utterly vacant. "To me, Robbie is a crime against music."

Source: www.chartsingles.net

Liam's Christmas Wish..

Liam Gallagher may not be the pussycat we thought he was judging by his Christmas wish list.

The Oasis star, 34, has told pals he would love a Harley-Davidson motorbike.

Our mole in the biking breeches said: "Liam has wanted a Harley for yonks and is trying to persuade his partner Nicole Appleton to buy him one."

And something tells me he'll really have to use the gift of the gab to get that.

Source: Daily Star

Australian Gig Is Being Broadcast Live

You can catch a live webstream of Noel and Gem's accoustic set when they play 'Vodafone Live At The Chapel' in Melbourne Australia on the 11th December 2006. Visit www.liveatthechapel.com for details.

Source: www.liveatthechapel.com

Oasis Boys Are Lording It Up

Oasis are releasing the title track from their new on-the-road rockumentary Lord Don’t Slow Me Down.

The three-track single will come out the week before The Brit Awards, which are on February 14.

The band — Liam and Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, and Andy Bell, — are also planning some small shows as a warm-up to The Brits, where they will receive the lifetime achievement gong.

Their best of album Stop The Clocks is No1 in Japan, No18 in New Zealand and No34 in Australia.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Lines Up Winter Tour

Noel Gallagher has announced a series of last-minute shows in Australia to mark the release of the Oasis compilation 'Stop The Clocks'.

The guitarist - along with bandmate Gem Archer - will play a handful of semi-acoustic shows around the country, following on from similar gigs held recently in London, Los Angeles, Toronto and Tokyo.

As previously reported on NME.COM, Gallagher appeared at London's Union Chapel in Islington earlier this week as part of the Little Noises Sessions for charity Mencap (November 26), playing a set that included a mixture of singles, B-sides and album tracks, as well as a cover of The Beatles' 'Strawberry Fields Forever'.

Dates for the Australian shows are as follows, with tickets on sale from this Thursday (November 30).

Melbourne Forum (December 10)
Brisbane Tivoli (12)
Sydney Enmore Theatre (14)
Perth Concert Hall (16)

Source: www.nme.com

Chart Positions For Stop The Clocks

Here are the chart positions for Stop The Clocks, from last week.

Japan 1
UK 2
Argentina 4
Ireland 5
Italy 14
New Zealand 18
Australia 34
USA 89

Source: www.allcharts.org

Watch The Noel And Gem Paris Show Here

For those of you that missed MSN s global web cast of Noel and Gems stunning acoustic set in Paris, last nights highlights from the show can still be seen on the world wide MSN links below.

This unique semi acoustic show which has already received glowing 5 star reviews when performed at Londons Union Chapel last Sunday evening was recorded yesterday evening at Le Cabaret Sauvage in Paris in front of a lucky audience of just 500 Oasis fans. This is truly not to be missed !

AUSTRALIA
BELGIUM (FRENCH)
BELGIUM
BRAZIL
CHINA
CANADA (ENGLISH)
CANADA (FRENCH)
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
HONG KONG
INDIA EN
INDIA HI
IRELAND
ITALY
LATAM
MALAYSIA
MEXICO
NETHERLANDS
NORWAY
RUSSIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
TAIWAN
THAILAND
TURKEY
UK

Set List

'It's Good To Be Free'
'Talk Tonight'
'Fade Away'
'Cast No Shadow'
'The Importance Of Being Idle'
'Listen Up'
'Half The World Away'
'Wonderwall'
'Whatever'
'Slide Away'
'Strawberry Fields'
'Don't Look Back In Anger'
'Married With Children'

Source: Email from www.oasisinet.com

Gallagher Admits Bee Gees Debt

Oasis star Noel Gallagher has credited the Bee Gees with being as influential to him as his heroes The Beatles.

The Wonderwall guitarist admits he's a huge fan of the band, best known for its songs on the soundtrack to 1977 disco movie Saturday Night Fever.

Gallagher says, "In my book they're right up there with The Beatles in terms of how I learned to like music. "But only the first few albums. Once they get into disco and all that f**king nonsense, it's music for women."

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Liam Is A Closet Take That Fan

I can reveal a secret Liam Gallagher was hoping to take to the grave – he’s great mates with Take That's cardy-wearing Gary Barlow.

That’s right — Gary has spilled the beans that the snarling Oasis frontman gives him a bear-like hug whenever he bumps into him in the street.

Speaking exclusively to me on board Take That’s private jet, the cleanest man in pop revealed: “Liam is a top bloke and he’s not as big a hardman as people think.

“Whenever I see him he gives me a hug and we have a nice chat. We get on well.

“I know we’ve got completely different styles of music and all that but he’s a nice guy.”

Words that could condemn the lairy Oasis singer to a lifetime of ridicule from older brother Noel.

The two Madchester bands are battling it out in the album charts this week too.

Take That are leading the pack and are right on course to be No1 on Sunday with comeback album Beautiful World.

They will also hang on to the top spot in the singles charts for the second week with Patience.

In the albums, they’ve easily seen off Westlife, who are likely to slip down to No4. Il Divo are on course to go in at No3.

Oasis are still going strong with their best of album Stop The Clocks — it is destined to remain at No2.

Early midweek figures show that Take That sold 47,000 copies on Monday compared with Oasis’ 43,000.

Gary and bandmates Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald kicked off their chart battle campaign in style.

On Monday hundreds of fans camped on the streets of London and Manchester to catch a glimpse of them at record store signings.

On the flight Jason told me: “I was never really into Oasis at first. When they came out, about the same time as us, I just thought they were show-off big gobs. But now I really like their music.”

Gary’s revelation has left me fearing for Liam’s future as frontman in Oasis — there’s every chance Noel could give him his marching orders for wrecking the band’s rock ’n’ roll image.

Never mind, Liam — there’s always a role as the fifth member of Take That now that Robbie Williams definitely isn’t going to rejoin his old bandmates.

I’m sure it will tickle Noel — especially as he famously labelled Rob “the fat dancer from Take That.”

But somehow I don’t think it’s a picture Liam will be cutting out and sticking on his bedroom wall.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Mexican Fans: A Chance To Win Tickets For Lord Dont Slow Me Down Premier

You can win tickets to go and watch the Latin Ametrcan Premier of the new Oasis film, Lord Dont Slow Me Down.

What you need to do is listen to the radio station called Reactor 105.7 Fm

They will ask you one or two questions to see if you diserve a ticket of the premier.

Source: Reactor 105.7 FM & OASISBROTHER

Congregation Upstanding For Sublime Noel

Did somebody say Westlife?" grumbled Noel Gallagher in church last night. "That just goes to prove there is no God."

The reason for his bitterness was obvious. Oasis had just narrowly lost the battle of the best ofs in the album chart to the Irish boy band. But Stop The Clocks still shifted more than 200,000 in a week to fans who, in many cases, must already own those songs.

It certainly shows the incredible loyalty the Gallaghers still inspire. So this was Noel's chance to give something back: a commanding solo performance for the Little Noise Sessions, a series of acoustic gigs for Mencap.

Liam Gallagher wasn't in the crowd, but then he seems to have an allergic reaction to anything acoustic (perversely he believes Wonderwall shouldn't have been included on Stop The Clocks). Comedian Russell Brand was there, along with Radio 1's Chris Moyles and Jo Whiley.

Whiley picked the line-up for these shows, although last night's support acts were clearly approved by Noel. He released the current album from the under-appreciated Liverpool band Shack through his label, and they returned the favour with a majestic performance full of sweeping melodies.

But there was grit too, especially when singer Mick Head shouted at a group of people walking away: "Where the f**k are you going?" Noel also swore in church when he later declared his other support act, Kasabian, "the best f***ing band in England". Their pedestrian start didn't come close to that, but a cover of The Beatles' I'm So Tired and a rabble-rousing LSF got the fans out of their pews.

They were upstanding again when Noel arrived with Oasis guitarist Gem Archer and someone introduced as "Terry" who played a single drum. Archer was on electric guitar, which may have been cheating, while Noel strummed his way through a dozen Oasis songs and Strawberry Fields Forever.

Despite the stripped-down sound, it was an electrifying show that underlined his astonishing creativity in the mid-Nineties. Sublime B-sides such as Talk Tonight appeared alongside Wonderwall and Slide Away, with Noel in fine voice and clearly not in need of his brother.

The Importance Of Being Idle got huge cheers and had his girlfriend Sara MacDonald dancing on the balcony. And as the classics kept coming, the atmosphere among the 500 lucky fans became celebratory. This was another side to Oasis, with a fascinating selection of songs - and it turned out to be a unique and intimate performance.

Source: www.thisislondon.co.uk

Union Chapel Videos

Talk Tonight


Married with Children


Noel Gallagher - The Importance of Being Idle (Live)


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Stop The Clocks Number One Album In Japan

Stop The Clocks has gone straight into number one in the Japanese album charts selling 87,000 copies in it's first week.

Source: www.oricon.co.jp

Noel And Gem Podcast With Indie 103.1

Download the Podcast Here , of the interview Noel and Gem did for Indie 103.1.

Source: www.indie1031.fm

Q Magazine List Of Top 20 Songs

01. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana, 1991
02. "Hey Ya!" OutKast, 2003
03. "Sweet Child O' Mine" Guns N' Roses, 1987
04. "Unfinished Symphony" Massive Attack, 1991
05. "One" U2, 1991
06. "Live Forever" Oasis, 1994
07. "Bitter Sweet Symphony" The Verve, 1997
08. "Common People" Pulp, 1995
09. "There She Goes" The LA's, 1990
10. "7 Nation Army" The White Stripes, 2003
11. "Song 2" Blur, 1997
12. "Crazy" Gnarls Barkley, 2006
13. "Angels" Robbie Williams, 1997
14. " … Baby One More Time" Britney Spears, 1999
15. "Personal Jesus" Depeche Mode, 1990
16. "Like A Prayer" Madonna, 1989
17. "Firestarter" The Prodigy, 1997
18. "Brimful of Asha" Cornershop, 1997
19. "Stan" Eminem, 2000
20. "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" Arctic Monkeys, 2006