Win Exclusive Tickets To The Vodafone Live Music Awards 2007

Fancy going to the Vodafone Live Music Awards 2007? Then you’re in the right place.

This year’s Vodafone Live Music Awards look set to be bigger and better than before.

Now, with a larger venue and a host of international artists confirmed including Stereophonics, CSS, Enrique Iglesias, Kate Nash, The Manic Street Preachers, Calvin Harris, Athlete and The Enemy.

This year’s awards take place at London’s Brompton Hall on September 19 and feature new categories for Best Live Male and Best Live Female.

To celebrate this year's Vodafone Live Music Awards Mirror.co.uk has teamed up with Vodafone to offer one lucky person the chance to see their favourite artists and bands on September 19 at London’s Brompton Hall.

To enter the competition, simply answer the question below. Closing date for entries is 10.30am on Wednesday, September 19. A mobile number must be included so winners can be notified. Usual MGN rules apply.

Which band won the Best Live Return category in 2006?

Click here to enter.

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Oasis have been nominated for an award at tonights Bash, in the best Live Music DVD category.

Oasis: Morning Glory – An Album Under Review
Maximo Park: Found on Film
Primal Scream: Riot City Blues Tour
Take That: The Ultimate Tour

The awards take place tonight, Chris Moyles will again host the ceremony at the Brompton Hall, Earls Court, London and it will also be televised on Channel 4 (UK).

11pm on September 19.
1pm on September 23.

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Oasis Feature In New Toyota Advert In Japan

See the advert for the new Toyota X-Seater here, it features the classic Oasis song Whatever.

To watch the video click enter, then CM at the bottom of the page that opens.

Source: www.toyota.jp

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Who Is Your Favourite Britpop Band?

With the likelihood of a full Blur reunion on the horizon and Oasis releasing their live DVD next month, we’ve been getting all nostalgic about those Britpop years in the Gigwise office.

Most readers will vividly remember the Oasis vs Blur feud, Pulp’s unlikely rise to stardom after years in the wilderness, the triumphs of Maine Road and Knebworth, the sassiness of Elastica and the general beating heart of the music scene in Camden.

Others readers may have been yet to hit puberty during the mid nineties glory days, but there’s little doubting the influence of those years still shines through.

So, in honour of this we thought we’d ask you exactly who is your favourite band from the era – whether they’re now defunct or not. The result will be published in a gallery tomorrow.

Apologies for any bands we may have missed, but we can only poll for 20.

Click here to cast your vote.

Source: www.gigwise.com

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See Snippet From Oasis Road Movie

Another new snippet has been made available from the forthcoming DVD release of Oasis' on-the-road movie 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down'.

The film, which was released in selected cinemas last year will come with a host of extras - including voice commentaries from all of the band, plus footage of the Q&A Noel Gallagher hosted in New York last year.

A second disc captures Oasis' Manchester homecoming show at Eastlands Stadium too, which includes footage sent in by fans who attended the show.

‘Lord Don’t Slow Me Down’ is scheduled for release on October 29.

Click here to see the clip.

Source: www.uncut.co.uk

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Morning Glory Cover From Australian Idol

Last night on Australian Idol, Jacob Butler, the former finalist on failed reality show The X Factor.

He preformed the Oasis classic Morning Glory, the performance was said to be "knob-like" by judge Ian Dickson.

Click here to watch the performance.

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Oasis CD Bootleg Artwork Wanted 2000-2006

I'm looking for the CD artwork for the following Oasis shows, for the Bootleg Artwork section on the site.

If you have any of the artwork that I'm looking for, could you please Email it to at scyhodotcom@gmail.com

2000
17/01/2000 LIVE LOUNGE
09/03/2000 OSAKA, JAPAN
03/05/2000 FAIRFAX
03/06/2000 LEIPZIG, GERMANY
07/06/2000 BERLIN, GERMANY
11/06/2000 ROCK IM PARK, GERMANY
27/08/2000 READING FESTIVAL, UK

2001
24/06/2001 BERCY, PARIS, FRANCE
11/10/2001 MANCHESTER APOLLO, MANCHESTER
14/10/2001 GLASGOW, BARROWLANDS

2005
15/06/2005 TORONTO, ONTARIO (EDGE FM)
10/07/2005 NATIONAL BOWL, MILTON KEYNES
05/08/2005 SUDOETE FESTIVAL, PORTUGAL
04/11/2005 HEBRON, BARCELONA
19/12/2005 ODYSSEY ARENA, BELFAST

2006
10/02/2006 FM HALLAM ARENA, SHEFFIELD, UK

I'm also looking for artwork from 1992-1999, that you can find by clicking here

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A Scan From Friday's Sun

A scan from Bizzare, from Friday's Sun Newspaper.

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The Top 50 Greatest Covers As Voted By You

01. Kate Bush, Rocket Man (I Think it's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (1991) (orig. Elton John, 1972)
02. Soft Cell, Tainted Love (1981) (orig. Gloria Jones, 1964)
03. The Clash, Police and Thieves (1977) (orig. Junior Murvin, 1976)
04. Jeff Buckley, Hallelujah (1994) (orig. Leonard Cohen, 1984)
05. Johnny Cash, Hurt (2002) (orig. Nine Inch Nails, 1994)
06. This Mortal Coil, Song to the Siren (1983) (orig. Tim Buckley, 1970)
07. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, All Along the Watchtower (1968) (orig. Bob Dylan, 1967)
08. Sinead O'Connor, Nothing Compares 2 U, (1990) (orig. The Family, 1985)
09. The Specials, A message to you Rudy (1979) (orig. Dandy Livingstone, 1967)
10. Happy Mondays, Step On (1990) (orig. John Kongos, 1971)

36. Oasis, I Am The Walrus (1994) (orig. the Beatles, 1967)
Less a tribute than an arrogantly thumbed nose, this live B-side replaces Lennon's queasy orchestras with Liam's rock god disdain.

Click here to see the Top 50 greatest covers

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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Two Weeks Left To Vote For Us At The BT Music Awards

Voting is well under way at the annual BT Digital Music Awards 2007, this year held in association with Packard Bell And Yahoo Music, will take place at London's Roundhouse on October 2, 2007.

The ceremony will again be broadcast on Channel 4 in early October – the natural home for the only awards designed to reward cutting-edge music entertainment delivered using the latest digital technology.

The People's Choice award is now open. It's your chance to nominate the best music fan sites on the web in the past year.You can support stopcryingyourheartout.com and cast your vote for the site by clicking here or on the BT Music Awards banners around the site up until September 30.

Thanks for all your continued support, and every vote is appreciated.

Also Stevie Ricks has added another Liam And Noel video, to his ever growing collection find it by clicking here.

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Some Excellent Photographs Of Noel Gallagher And Gem Archer In Australia

Got these brilliant photographs sent into me today via email.

Taken at the acoustic show promoting Stop The Clocks on December 18, 2006 at the The Tivoli in Brisbane, Australia.

Thanks to www.justinedwards.co.uk

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Bon Jovi U-Turn?

Is that the screech of Jon Bon Jovi backing up?

Last month the bighaired rocker claimed Robbie Williams and Oasis wouldn't be able to fill out bars if they tried.

But Jovi joked yesterday: "Of course I will still buy Robbie records and the fighting Gallaghers too!" Has Liam been in touch?

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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Oasis: Video Exclusive

Channel 4 (UK)
1st October
11:00pm - 11:05 - 4MUSIC:
Oasis - Video Exclusive

I wonder what this will be?

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Celebrity Football

Check out the NME Celebrity Football Gallery here that includes pictures of the Kaiser Chiefs, Tom and Serge from Kasabian, Pete Doherty, Robbie williams and more.

Source: www.nme.com

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Simon Aldred Accuses Noel Gallagher Of Losing Touch With His Audience

Cherry Ghost's Simon Aldred has accused Noel Gallagher, 40, of losing touch with his audience.

The Bolton boy's band is nominated for Best New Act at the Q Awards but he'd much rather stay at home.

Simon, 31, said: "Look at Noel Gallagher - as soon as you earn enough money to remove yourself from the people you're writing about, you lose the ability to communicate with your audience.

Source: Daily Star

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A Plea By Liam And Noel In The News

Check out “a plea by Liam and Noel Gall-agher” on YouTube.

Two Manc comedians dress up as the brothers grim in a bid to get votes for Oasis fansite stopcryingyourheartoutnews.blogspot.com.

It’s the best thing on t’internet.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

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Sir Paul McCartney Closes Guitar Exhibition

The ex-Beatles legend signs 10-foot guitar in London

Ex-Beatles legend Paul McCartney closed the Gibson Guitartown charity exhibition yesterday (September 12) by signing a 10-foot guitar, which will be auctioned off for charity.

The huge guitar was part of a series of one-off instruments, which have been signed by the likes of Noel Gallagher, Ozzy Osbourne, Graham Coxon and Dirty Pretty Things.

The guitars will be auctioned off to raise money for three charities: The Prince's Trust, the Teenage Cancer Trust and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.

McCartney said at the event: "I just fancied playing with a big guitar! I think this one will hopefully catch the imagination of the public and whoever is going to buy it at the auction and raise money for all these great charities."

Source: www.nme.com

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Nominations Revealed For Q Awards

The nominations have been revealed for this year's Q Awards, which will take place at Grosvenor House in London on the 8th October.

Klaxons, Kaiser Chiefs, Calvin Harris, Kate Nash and Arcade Fire are all amongst the nominees.

Some of the award categories for this year include Best New Act, Best Track, Best Breakthrough Artist and Best Live Act.

Kate Nash
A full list of the nominations can be found on the official Q website (click here), where you can also vote for your favourites.

Last year's winners included Corinne Bailey Rae, The Killers and Oasis, who took the Best Act In The World Today award.

Source: www.ents24.com

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Noel Gallager Pursuing Black Rebel Motorcycle Club For His Record Label

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club roared out of San Francisco back in '95, when Peter Hayes and Robert Turner were high school classmates who wanted to rock. And they did on their first two albums.

But Hayes had a lot more than that going on in his head.

"I actually grew up in the countryside, in Minnesota," says the guitarist for BRMC, which plays next Thursday at Water Street Music Hall. There was a radio in the barn, and Hayes remembers it being tuned to Casey Kasem's country countdown. "It was not classic country in any sense," he says. "Besides Patsy Cline, I don't remember the radio playing stuff like Johnny Cash." But it was enough to open the door to "Sam Cooke, the Soul Stirrers, stuff like that.

"Somewhere where you could delve a little further into that Fred McDowell stuff."

When you know that, you have insight into why the band's third album, 2005's Howl, took such a different path. The snarl, the attitude and the general guitar mayhem was replaced by something completely different. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club had been compared to noisy bands linked to the English rock scene, or ones that borrowed from it. The Stone Roses, the Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine. Even the English, who had plenty of crankiness to listen to, embraced BRMC, with Oasis' Noel Gallagher pursuing his new favorite band, for his new label.

Read the full interview here.

Source: www.democratandchronicle.com

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Noel Gallagher's Favourite Programme Is Back

Meerkat Manor has returned for a new series

Noel Gallagher's favourite programme is back on TV.

The rock star, 40, has fallen in love with Meerkat Manor - a documentary about the Whiskers, a family of meerkats who live in the Kalahari Desert.

Noel, who used to love to party hard, is captivated by the little creatures and likes nothing more than cuddling up with his 7-year-old daughter to see the show.

'Mostly I sit at home with my daughter Anais and watch Meerkat Manor,' he admits.

The new third season promises new characters, lots of romance and more cliffhangers, only not everything goes well for dominant female Flower and her family.

The Zappa tribe are the neighbours from hell. But poor baby Axel...oh, no...

Source: www.nowmagazine.co.uk

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Happy Birthday Zak Starkey...

Zak Starkey was born on September 13, 1965.

Career

Early years (1977-1985)

Starkey received his first starter drum kit from his father, although it is mistakenly reported that it was given to him by his idol, The Who's Keith Moon. Moon did, however, give Zak his first professional kit – one Moon previously used with The Who - and also some drumming lessons.

At the age of eight, Starkey became interested in music. At ten, he started teaching himself how to play drums after receiving only one lesson from his famous father, who reportedly did not want him following in his footsteps. Although Ringo praises his son's undeniable skills and talent, he said that he "always regarded Zak as a lawyer or as a doctor", not a drummer like himself.

By the age of 12, Starkey was already performing in pubs with a band. In his teens, Starkey was a member of a garage act, the Next. He eventually landed work with a re-formed Spencer Davis Group. In 1985, shortly after getting married, Starkey released a musical version of Wind in the Willows with Eddie Hardin.

The Who (1994-present)

Although Zak had previously worked with John Entwistle in Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band tours, he received his first opportunity to work with The Who in 1994, with Roger Daltrey in his "Daltrey Sings Townshend" tour. This tour developed from a two night performance at Carnegie Hall to celebrate Daltrey's fiftieth birthday, when he afterward recruited John Entwistle, Simon Townshend and Zak Starkey to complete a U.S. tour.

In 1996, Starkey left his band Face, to work with The Who on their Quadrophenia tour. He received very good reviews in this role for being a strong drumming presence but without explicitly imitating Moon. Zak was the full-time drummer for The Who beginning with their 1996 Quadrophenia Tour. Both Townshend and Daltrey stated that he is the best drummer The Who had since the death of original drummer Keith Moon. He provided drumming for one track on The Who's 2006 album Endless Wire, and for two new tracks released in 2004 on The Who: Then and Now. However, he was unable to provide the drumming for the EP Wire & Glass or the album Endless Wire because he was on tour with Oasis at the time Townshend recorded the songs. Starkey worked with The Who on The Who Tour 2006-2007, which was to finish in Glastonbury in 2007. It finished at Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland on 9th July. Afterward he is expected to work more with Oasis.

According to Pete Townshend's official web site, Zak was invited to become a full member of The Who, but he declined:

“ some of you may have noticed in one of my recent diary postings that I welcomed Zak into the Who as a permanent member. This is something he doesn't feel he needs or wants. Let's just say that the door is always open to this amazing musician, and - whenever we can - we will always try to make it possible for Zak to work with the Who in the future.”

Oasis (2004-present)

In 2004, Starkey spent a period of time working with the Britpop band Oasis, filling a void left by longtime drummer Alan White's departure. In May 2005, Noel Gallagher revealed to the BBC that Starkey had recorded in the recording sessions (March-December 2004) for their new album, Don't Believe the Truth. Zak recorded all but one track of the sessions. In an official promotional video for the album, Zak commented on the band and the sessions, saying, "It was amazing. They're all singers, They're all guitar players, they're all songwriters, they're all producers... and they're all fucking drummers."

Starkey participated in every show on Oasis' 2005/2006 world tour and also appeared in the promo videos for the singles. However, as he was not an official member of the band, he very rarely appeared with the rest of the band in promotional activities such as interviews and photo shoots.

After the end of tours in April, Noel Gallagher confirmed that Starkey was invited to be Oasis' official drummer, but that couldn't materialize before his current working engagements with The Who are completed in mid-2007. Noel said that he felt Starkey had strong emotional ties with The Who and he wouldn't leave them completely, also adding that he was content to have Starkey alternate his career between the two bands.

In February 14, Starkey sat behind the drums, when the band received the BRIT Award for Outstanding contribution to music. The band played a set consisting of "Cigarettes & Alcohol", "The Meaning of Soul", "Morning Glory", "Don't Look Back in Anger" and "Rock 'n' Roll Star".

Zak is expected to drum on the band forthcoming seventh album to be released sometime in 2008. He is also expected to join the band full-time.

Other work (1985-present)

In 1985, both he and his father Ringo Starr performed as drummers on the recording Sun City by Artists United Against Apartheid.

In 1988, Starkey replaced Chris Sharrock as the drummer in The Icicle Works. He left the band in 1989, and did not appear on any Icicle Works recordings, although a B-side later issued by Icicle Works leader Ian McNabb featured Starkey on drums, and is presumed to actually date from Starkey's tenure with the group.

Zak played on Silver and Gold a solo album released by Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith in 1989.

In addition to his work with The Who and Oasis, Starkey continued to work with other acts, including touring with The Lightning Seeds. In 2000 Starkey was a founding member of Johnny Marr & The Healers, debuting with Boomslang three years later. In 2007, Zak was drummer on the Paul Weller single "This Old Town" along with Blur guitarist Graham Coxon.

Source: Wikipedia

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