Gallagher's A-Paul-ing Outburst

Liam and Noel’s brother Paul was unimpressed with reality TV rocker Donny Tourette's attempts to get in with the Gallagher clan.

Oasis frontman Liam is the Towers Of London singer’s hero and he made a beeline for Paul on Thursday when he saw him at a gig. But it didn’t go down well. Paul ranted: “He wants to be Liam but he’s just a posh t**t. He aint no star. And that whole Big Brother thing — a load of s**t.”

Before arriving at Camden’s Proud Gallery, where Chris Martin's brother Al’s band played, Donny had already been kicked out of three pubs. Liam might like him.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Liam Gallagher In Photographer Fight

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has been caught on camera swinging at a snapping photographer whilst swearing profusely at him.

ITV news footage of the incident has since been posted on Youtube.com.

The incident took place in Primrose Hill on February 21 as Gallagher was out with All Saints singer and girlfriend Nicole Appleton and five year-old son Gene.

The photographer in question claims he was standing five metres away from the star when the attack took place.

Source: www.nme.com

Nominate Stop Crying Your Heart Out In The Best Of Brit Blog Awards 2007

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The awards will recognise the very best in British blogging - nominated by you, the public, and decided by an expert panel of celebrity judges, including Creation Records founder Alan McGee and Channel Five's Jason Bradbury.

The BOBB's will recognise the cream of the crop across eight popular categories such as fashion, sport and technology.

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Source: www.metro.co.uk

Nelly Furtado Hooks Up With Her Idols Oasis

The Maneater hooked up with the Mancs backstage at the Brits...

Nelly Furtado was left hot and bothered after hooking up with her idols Oasis backstage at last Wednesday's (February 14) Brit Awards.

The singer, who revealed she used to write the Gallagher brother letters when she was a teen such was her love, said being at the same bash as them was surreal.

“I was watching the show and the paparazzi were taking photos of Oasis and after a certain point, some of them turned their cameras and were taking pictures of me watching Oasis, and I thought, 'This has definitely come full circle,'" she told MTV News

"I've met Noel Gallagher before, but (after the awards) I ran over to Liam and said, ‘Hi, hi, I’m Nelly, I’m a big fan, and you were great tonight’, and he went, ‘Oh right - I like your song’, and I’m like, ‘Which one? 'All Good Things Come To An End'? And he’s like, ‘Yeh, that one', and I’m like, ‘Chris Martin helped me write it', and then he goes, ‘Oh, then I hate it, it’s rubbish.'”

Damn - the love was ever so nearly reciprocated there...

Source: MTV

Noel Gallagher & Gem Unplugged In Moscow

Noel Gallagher & Gem of Oasis have confirmed they’ll be bringing their semi-acoustic roadshow to Moscow next month, appearing at Club B1 on Friday 23rd March. This will be the first time anyone from Oasis has ever performed in Russia. The show, which has already received rave reviews in North America, Australia and Europe, will be a once in a lifetime chance to see the pair play a whole host of classic Oasis tracks in an intimate venue.

Ticket are available to purchase now from;

www.concert.ru/Details.aspx?did=1946 or (T) +7 495 644 22 22

Source: www.oasisinet.com

The Day Elsie (95) Met Liam Gallagher

Pensioner Elsie Swann meets two members of the pop supergroup Oasis and asks: "Who are you?"

Elsie, aged 95, was outside film studios in London when her carer, Christine Jenking, noticed Liam Gallagher and fellow band member Andy Bell leaving the building.

Mrs Jenking gathered the courage to ask the two pop stars if she could take a photograph of them with Elsie.

They happily obliged.But Elsie hadn't a clue who she was being photographed with."She was delighted to have her photograph taken, despite not knowing who Oasis were," said Mrs Jenking, the 53-year-old leisure and activity co-ordinator at Atherstone's Bracebridge Court old people's centre, who accompanied resident, Elsie, on an outing to London.

"I couldn't believe it when I saw them coming out of the building."There was only me and Elsie there - in the right place at the right time."I said 'excuse me, excuse me, but are you with Oasis?'"I felt really silly. I asked them if they minded if I took a photo of them with Elsie."The lads were lovely."

Elsie, though, couldn't understand what all the fuss was about.Mrs Jenking said: "She asked 'who are you?'

"Then she looked over at me and said 'you worry me, you do, talking to these strange men.'"It just summed up the generation gap between us."

The nonagenarian is a retired school cook who took evacuees into her home in Grendon, near Atherstone, during the war. Her grandchildren, Gareth and Helen, are said to have been impressed by Elsie's brush with celebrity.Mrs Jenking said: "They think it's great that their grandma has been photographed with two members of Oasis.

"I'd got my old camera with me and I was shaking like a leaf, but the lads were wonderful."They got into a car and even waved at Elsie as they drove off. They were smashing."

Mrs Jenking has now bought Elsie, who is partially sighted, an Oasis CD!

Source: www.iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk

Liam Gallagher Attacks Photographer

Shack Opening Act For Royal Albert Hall Shows

Shack have been confirmed as the opening act for both nights of Noels semi acoustic shows at the Royal Albert Hall in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust on the 26th and 27th March. See the below line up for each show;

Monday 26th March
Noel Gallagher
The View
Shack

Tuesday 27th March
Noel Gallagher
The Coral
Shack

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Arcade Fire Criticise U2 And Oasis

Arcade Fire have criticised the marketing strategies of band's like U2, Oasis and The Rolling Stones.

Speaking in the new issue of NME, frontman Win Butler had a go at bands who aggressively force feed their music to fans.

Butler said: "It's not like we shun success, but at the same time we don't' want to shove it down people's throats. In the UK there's this kind of rock star competition.

"I don't know if U2 started it, or The Stones or Oasis but a lot of bands think in terms of: 'I'm going to be the biggest band in the world. f*** all those bands who've got no ambition'. I think that's a total crock of shit.

"There's nothing less interesting to me than the idea of marketing the f*** out of something so people are forced to like it. Some bands are just manipulating people to buy music. That's how 90 per cent of the record industry works! It's basically the same as selling a f***ing toaster or a cruise package."

Source: www.nme.com

'Stop The Clocks' Signed Artwork And Much, Much More

After last weeks tribute to the great brothers we couldn't resist the opportunity to rustle up an ultra-special competion featuring an extremely collectable bundle of goodies to mark the occasion.

Comprising of such delights as 'Stop The Clocks' artwork from last year's Best Of (note: these are rare than an interview with Liam not peppered with expletives) signed by reknowed artist Peter Blake.

You can also pretend to be Phil 'The Power' Taylor as we have an Oasis dartboard with darts (as featured in the artwork) and an Oasis camouflage-jacket, specially designed by Bench, to give away to one lucky reader.

To be in with a chance of becoming the envy of all your Oasis-adoring mates, get mad fer it at WWW.NME.COM/WIN and answer this question:

Which of these people has never played with Oasis?

A) Zak Starkey
B) Noel Edmonds
C) Bonehead

Source: NME Magazine

Some Might Say F**k Off Noel

Feuding Oasis wildman Liam Gallagher has roped in an unlikely ally to have the last laugth on his brother Noel - barmy comic Borat.

The fiery frontman has put a Borat-style spoof message saying "motherf***r" on his mobile to cut in whenever, Noel rings.

Crafty Liam, decided to use the 35-year-old funnyman Sacha Boran Cohen's comedy character to give Noel his marching orders when the brothers fell out after last week BRITs Awards.

A close pal said last night: "The brothers are each others throats, so Liam thought it would be funny to get Borat to tell Noel where to go."

Harsh critics at the Brits claimed 34-year-old Liam's voice wasn't up to his usual standards and Noel, 39, apparently agreed.

The Gallaghers also reportedly clashed over who should keep the gong they won for Outstanding Contribution To Music.

"Both Liam and Noel have had a few words since the BRIT's and Noel keeps calling Liam," said the brothers pal.

"So Liam thought he'd get his own back. It started as a laugh but it has succeeded in annoying Noel.

"Liam set up a block on his mobile which bounces back whenever Noel calls with a Borat-style message calling him a 'motherf***er'.

But Noel hasn't seen, the funny side.

Source: Daily Star

Grumpy Noel Gallagher

Grumpy Noel Gallagher hides a secret talent - he's a closet disco king! Gossip's singer Beth Ditto boogied with the 39-year-old at the Oasis Brits party. She tells us: "Noel and I had a dance. He's a great mover." We had him down for strictly glum dancing...

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Charlie From Lost Plays Wonderwall

From Season Three Of Lost

Thanks to OasisBrother



Also a fan video of Charlie and Claire to Wonderwall.

Gallagher Vs. Paparazzi: Liam Marks Up Photographer's Camera

Liam Gallagher clashed with paparazzi after leaving Oasis' BRITs after-show party - scrawling marker pen over the lens of one photographer's camera.

The wild rocker left the exclusive bash at London's Cuckoo Club at 4am on Thursday (15.02.07) with girlfriend Nicole Appleton and singer Lily Allen to be confronted by photographers.

After refusing to sign autographs for waiting fans, Liam turned his attention to the paparazzi.

Lily, who failed to win any of the three awards she had been nominated for, jokingly threatened photographers with a Christian Louboutin stiletto shoe.

An onlooker said: "The police had to be called because cars were getting scratched, people were getting squashed. Liam was just being his usual cocky self, which riled some fans who'd been waiting for autographs. Lily seemed to have the Liam snarl down to a tee."

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New Noel Photo Exhibit

Noel Gallagher to feature in photo exhibition

Jack White and John Lennon pics are also on display

An iconic photo exhibition featuring Noel Gallagher, Bono, Jack White Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon is due to be launched in London.

Up to 50 vintage pictures of legendary musicians holding a Gibson guitar through the ages will be displayed at Blink Gallery from March 1 to 24.

The 'Gibson Through The Lens' exhibition also includes photos of Slash, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Elvis, Angus Young, BB King, Marc Bolan and Bob Dylan.

Entry into the exhibition is free, and open from 10am to 6pm from Monday to Friday and 12 midday to 6pm on Saturday.

A selection of limited signed shots by former NME snapper Kevin Westenberg, Neal Preston, Jim Marshall, Ross Halfin, Mick Rock and Baron Wolman will also be on sale.

Following the London exhibition 'Gibson Through The Lens' will travel to be exhibited in Paris in May, Berlin in July, New York in September and finally Los Angeles in November.

Source: www.nme.com

Gallagher Warns Brand To Stay Away From His Girlfriend

Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher has warned his womanising comedian pal Russell Brand to stay away from his girlfriend.

Long-haired British lothario Brand regularly tells Gallagher he has his eyes on his long-term girlfriend Sara MacDonald - but the Oasis mastermind claims Brand has no chance.

Gallagher says, "He seriously fancies my missus - to the point that he tells me she's out of my league. "Good luck Russell, you'll need it. It'll be f**king funny to watch."

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Yorke Snipes Back At Gallagher

Latest: Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has defended his art school education and political activism against accusations from Noel Gallagher he's boring fans.

The outspoken Oasis star fumed last week (08FEB07), "Thom Yorke sat at a piano singing, 'This is f**ked up,' for half an hour.

We all know that, Mr Yorke. "Who wants to sing the news? No matter how much you sit their twiddling, going, 'We're all doomed,' at the end of the day people will always want to hear you play Creep.

Get over it." But Yorke is adamant his education has provided at least one vital lesson Gallagher would be wise to adopt. On Radiohead's website he retorts, "It taught me to respect other artists."

Source: www.contactmusic.com

On This Day In Oasis History...

"Don't Look Back in Anger" is a song by British rock band Oasis, written by the band's guitarist, Noel Gallagher. Released as the fourth and final single from their hit second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? it was , released on the 19th February 1996. The song became the band's second single to reach #1 in the United Kingdom charts, and the first to feature Noel replacing Liam Gallagher on lead vocals. The title is perhaps a play on the song "Look Back in Anger", from David Bowie's Lodger album or on the play by John Osborne of the same title from which Bowie's song took inspiration.

Noel said of the song "[It] reminds me of a cross between 'All the Young Dudes' and summat the Beatles might've done." Of the character "Sally" referred to in the song he commented, "I don't actually know anybody called Sally. It's just a word that fitted, y'know, might as well throw a girl's name in there. It's gotta guarantee somebody a shag off a bird called Sally hasn't it?". Noel claims that the character "Lyla", from Oasis' 2005 single is the sister of Sally. In the interview on the DVD released with the special edition of Stop the Clocks, Noel also revealed that a girl approached him and asked him if Sally was the same girl as in the Stone Roses' track Sally Cinnamon. Noel replied that he'd never thought of that, but thought it was good anyway.



Noel admits that certain lines from the song are lifted from John Lennon: "I got this tape in The United States that had apparently been burgled from the Dakota Hotel and someone had found these cassettes. Lennon was starting to record his memoirs on tape. He's going on about 'trying to start a revolution from me bed, because they said the brains I had went to my head". I thought 'Thank you, I'll take that'!" "Revolution from me bed" most likely refers to Lennon's infamous bed-ins in 1969 , both in the quote and in the song. The piano during the intro of the song is from "Imagine". The chord progression for both the verse and the chorus are very close to the classical piece Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel only differing slightly at the end of each phrase.

The song has become a favourite at Oasis' live performances. Noel encourages the crowd to sing along and often keeps quiet during the chorus, allowing the fans instead to sing along while he focuses on his guitar playing. The volume of crowd noise that usually descends on the chorus at concerts is easily audible on the rendition of "Don't Look Back in Anger" on Familiar to Millions.


The lyric to the song charts the lyricist's trouble keeping a relationship alive on a tour, coupled with images from an unhappy childhood. For example, the line "Stand up beside the fireplace / Take that look from off your face" is taken from Peggy Gallagher's instructions to Noel when he would have his photograph taken next to the fireplace when he was a child. An unhappy child, Noel would have to be told by Peggy to take the miserable look from his face, so as to produce a suitable picture.

The video for the song is notable for featuring Patrick Macnee, the actor who played John Steed in the 1960s television series The Avengers, apparently a favourite of the band. Whilst filming the video, drummer Alan White met future wife Liz Atkins. They married 13th August 1997 at Studley Priory Hotel, Oxfordshire, but later divorced.

The song has been used in a huge number of television programmes since its original release — perhaps most notably, it played over the end credits of the final episode of the BBC Two drama serial Our Friends in the North in March 1996, the very week it was at the top of the UK charts.



The single cover is an homage to the incident where Ringo Starr briefly left The Beatles during the recording of The White Album; after the other three Beatles members successfully persuaded him to return, George Harrison decorated Ringo's drumkit in red, white and blue flowers to show their appreciation.

The B-side "Step Out" was originally intended for the (What's the Story) Morning Glory? album but was taken off after Stevie Wonder demanded 10% of the royalties as the chorus bore a similarity to his hit "Uptight (Everything's Alright)".

Oasis became the first act since The Jam to perform two songs on the same showing of Top Of The Pops, performing "Don't Look Back In Anger", followed by their cover of Slade's "Cum on Feel the Noize", also on the single.

In a 2006 radio interview, Liam Gallagher said that it was him who came up with the line "so Sally can wait" as Noel was struggling with that particular line at the time. (Bootlegs of demos of the song feature Noel singing 'Crowley' — as in Aleister Crowley — rather than 'Sally' so there may be some truth in Liam's claim.) Noel confirms this on the bonus DVD, entitled Lock the Box, released with the Stop the Clocks retrospective album. In the interview with Colin Murray, Noel admits, "I was doing it in the sound check and the so Sally bit, I wasn't singing that...and he [Liam] says, 'Are you singing so Sally can wait?' and I said, 'No.' and he said, 'Well you should do.'"



In 2006, a poll by Q magazine voted "Don't Look Back in Anger" as the 20th best song of all time.

The song was included as the closing track on Oasis' 'best-of' album Stop the Clocks.

Source: Wikipedia

You Can't Sing Sunshiiiine

Noel Gallagher has issued an ultimatum to brother Liam — sort your voice out or forget recording another Oasis album.

Noel was furious with Liam’s below-par performance at the Brit Awards on Wednesday night.

He reckons the rocker’s vocals on hits including Cigarettes & Alcohol failed to match his status as a member of the band that won the Outstanding Contribution gong.

And he told Liam that he needs to rediscover the brilliant, roaring notes that made him the best frontman of his generation . . . otherwise Oasis are no more.

A source said: “Noel had some harsh words for Liam after the show.

“He thought Liam’s voice was too nasal and well off his best. He reckons his singing is becoming more pub karaoke than professional.

“Liam wanted to perform Songbird but Noel told him, ‘No chance’. That started a problem beforehand and then they had a huge row over who should keep the award.”

The source added: “The band had their own sound team so there was no excuse for Liam not being on the money. The arguments have rumbled on since and they’re barely speaking.”

I have to agree with Noel.

I thought Oasis were brilliant at the Brits, blasting out an explosion of sound at Earl’s Court. But the crowd’s singing drowned out Liam’s vocals.

Having watched it back on TV, he seemed short of breath and strained his voice to the point where he sounded like a caricature of himself. His swagger was still superb and attitude seeped from every pore.

But only Noel got his vocals spot-on during the short set. He absolutely nailed Don’t Look Back In Anger.

In the past six months Noel has been performing more solo gigs, which must irk his younger brother.

An Oasis album is rumoured for the end of 2007 — even though they fulfilled their album deal with Sony with Stop The Clocks — and other labels are queueing up to sign them. There was talk on Wednesday that Liam wasn’t too keen to accept the Brit award.

Perhaps that’s why his singing was not up to scratch.

Here’s hoping it was a one-off and he proves Noel wrong.

The buzz the lads created at the awards proved they are as popular as ever.

I’m sure Liam will shiiiine again.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Noel & Liam Gallagher Backstage At The Brits

Thanks To DabrowHymn