Exclusive Liam Gallagher Picture Gallery By MOJO’s Kevin Westenberg

In a startling interview in this month’s MOJO magazine, Oasis singer and professional loose cannon, Liam Gallagher, declares that his feud with former Blur whipping boy Damon Albarn, is over.

“I don’t mind Blur. I’m over it,” he reveals. “ When I see Damon Albarn, I buzz off him.” It is just one of many remarkable statements that culminate in the mind-boggling claim that he is “The Enlightened One”...

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Inside This Month's Edition Of Mojo Magazine

MOJO 168 / NOVEMBER 2007
Onsale: October 3

Cover: LIAM GALLAGHER:
EXCLUSIVE! The greatest rock’n’roll singer of his generation gives his most eye-popping interview. His dad, his brother, his drinking, his anger and his inspiration, extra helpings of psychedelic lunacy – it’s all here.

FREE CD: CIGARETTES & ALCOHOL
Music to drink and smoke by. Starring Gil Scott-Heron, Jerry Lee Lewis, Nina Simone and John Lee Hooker

CONTENTS THIS MONTH

BLONDIE & THE A-Z OF NEW WAVE
30 years ago today, the world donned skinny ties, cranked up the nervy anxiety and – bingo! – punk begat new wave. Including: Blondie’s great pop moment, the disastrous second Stiff tour and the wonder of XTC. Plus: The Cars! By The Strokes!

JOY DIVISION
Legendary rock lensman and director of Ian Curtis biopic, Control, Anton Corbijn on the band he helped define.

SUICIDE
Drenched in blood amid a hail of hatchets and knives, Suicide taunted mainstream rock and punk fans alike with their revolutionary electro-rockabilly. Kris Needs was there…

JOOLS HOLLAND
Van Morrison bought this man a gnome for his birthday, his first gig was (If You Don’t Want To Fuck Me) Fuck Off, and he has the best TV music show in the world. What else do you need to know?

REVIEWED
Bruce Springsteen’s modern masterpiece / Robert Wyatt’s loveliest record yet / The Cult are born again / Mick Jones and Tony James ARE Carbon-Silicon! / Goffin & King compiled / The Shins, live and indirect / Green Man: the latest thing in festivals / Dusty Springfield on DVD / The incredible John Martyn story

PLUS
The record that changed Interpol’s lives / How to buy post-rock / Steel Pulse fall apart / Tom Waits’s piano tuner / Pylon appreciated by R.E.M.’s Mike Mills / In the studio with Lee Perry and Adrian Sherwood / Zep, La’s and Help! Return / Gwyneth Herbert revives British jazz / Ian Brown is an alien / Martha Reeves is saluted / Max Roach and Hilly Kristal are remembered

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Liam Gallagher: The Oasis vs Blur Fued Is Over

Singer says he now 'buzzes off' Damon Albarn

Liam Gallagher has called an end to his feud with Britpop rivals Blur.

His band Oasis and the London group were arch rivals in the 1990s, with it all coming to a head when both bands released a single on the same day in 1995 - Blur's 'Country House' beat Oasis' 'Roll With it' following a massive war of words between the two bands.

Now the Oasis frontman says he's not only over the rivalry, but actually likes Blur frontman Damon Albarn.

"I don't mind Blur," Gallagher told Mojo. "I'm over it [the rivalry]. It was a laugh man, that's what you do when you're young."

He added: "When I see Damon Albarn, I buzz off him. If I was still caught up in it now I'd be a right wanker."

The singer's comments follow those of guitarist Noel Gallagher, who told NME.COM earlier this year that he respects his rivals as musicians.

"You know Damon, bless him, I've got a lot of respect for him. This never comes across in interviews, but I really do mean it," Noel said. "Because I'm indifferent to Damon, he thinks that I think he's a cunt. Our Liam will talk to him. I won't because he's just another singer in a band to me, but I don't think he's a cunt. Good luck to him."

Blur, meanwhile, are set to consider reuniting for a new record next week. Bassist Alex James has said all four members will have lunch together to discuss working again following guitarist Graham Coxon's departure from the band in 2002.

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Liam Gallagher: I Sounded Like Tweetie

Liam Gallagher always said Oasis were the biggest and best band in the world.

But now the gobby frontman has confessed most of their early material makes him cringe — because he says he sounds like Tweetie Pie.

He said: “I hate my voice on all them records. I sound like f****** Tweetie Bird.

“I mean, they were good at the time, it’s the best I could do, but I prefer it the way it is now.

“When I hear Slide Away, I think, ‘That’s a vocal’. Supersonic, that’s all right.

But certain songs, Live Forever, some of the high bits I just think (head in hands), ‘Aw, f*** that’. I was young. I hate that vocal on Whatever. I despise it. It’s s***.”

So, I got my graphics whizzes to do Tweetie up with a Liam haircut.

Even so, I reckon he’s being tough on himself. The Manc legend turned 35 last week and has clearly mellowed, admitting, “I'm not too shy to give love, man.”

The way he talks about sons Lennon and Gene — by his ex Patsy Kensit and his missus Nicole Appleton — is a far cry from his Britpop hell-raising days

Of six-year-old Gene, he said: “His hair is like, golden blonde. My kid’s got the best haircut in the world, man. I do it every day. The comb is your friend! I think I’m a top dad. Haven’t got a nanny, none of that.”

Describing a typical day in the life of Liam, he said: “Get up, tea, relax and watch Jeremy Kyle give it everyone. I love Jeremy Kyle, he’s a geezer.

“One day he's gonna lose it and proper have it with someone (mimes headlock) and I'm mad for that on live TV.

“Followed by Loose Women. The Loose Women are having it, man.”

The reformed rocker also opened up about his fears about the day Oasis split. He said: “I’d go insane, wouldn’t I? ’Cos it’s your life.”

“I'm dreading the day if that's the way it's gonna be. But who knows what it's gonna be?

“Just concentrate on one year at a time. One day at a time.”

Music certainly wouldn’t be the same without him.

Read the full interview in the new issue of Mojo.

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First Listen Lord Don't Slow Me Down

From the whimsical acoustic version Noel plays on the tour bus in the film 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' has grown into a full-blooded, hard-living, rock 'n' roll stomper.

Its pounding drums and bluesy guitars provide yet more evidence of how Oasis are evolving - no, really this time!

Roll on the next album...

Source: NME Magazine

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The Coral Speak About There Friendship With Oasis

The Coral are a peculiar band. Not as people – a nicer bunch of lads you couldn’t wish to meet – but if they wanted to be, they could be some of the most recognisable faces in music.

Instead, they’re rather anonymous, much preferring to let their excellent music – on CD, such as their new album Roots And Echoes, and live (they go on tour this autumn) – do the talking.

As the story goes, lead singer James Skelly was once sitting in the Kop at Anfield, home of his beloved Liverpool FC, and overheard the lad sitting next to him telling a friend how much he liked the band, but failed to notice the singer sitting inches away.

The album was recorded at Wheeler End studio, owned by one Noel Gallagher. Their invitation to work at the studio came when the band were partying with Oasis at their hotel in Scotland.

“I nipped out onto the balcony to have a ciggie,” Ian recalls. “Liam was out there too, and he said we should go and do some tunes at Wheeler End as they weren’t using it at the time. ”

“It’s a great studio. There’s loads of vintage gear in there,” James says. “I’d definitely work there again.”

Ian recounts how they repaid the Oasis main man for letting them use the studio: “We bought this tiny model of a Gibson Flying V and all signed it. I swear it wasn’t meant to seem as cheeky as it looked!”

Even though they can count Noel as a friend rather than an idol these days, they can’t help nervously making fools of themselves when he’s around. “I behave like an idiot, and say such stupid things,” cringes keyboard-player Nick. “He’s a cool guy though, Noel. He’s really mellow, and dead down to earth.”

Read the full interview here.

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Noel Gallagher Features On New Live Lounge Compilation Album

One of the most popular radio stations in England - Radio 1 feature many new bands each week, speak to some of the biggest bands around at the moment and are generally notorious for providing excellent music, presenters, new music and interesting features such as the live lounge.

The concept behind the live lounge is to provide listeners with especially recorded live versions of their favourite bands tracks. This was a huge success and what became even more popular was recording of artists covering other artists, some of similar style other of something completely different and unexpected.

The album is highly successful in taking familiar and popular songs and giving them a very interesting twist from the eyes and ears of other popular artists.

There are 42 tracks on this album in total featuring the more popular live lounge sessions up until late 2006. About a third of the songs are artists recording their own songs live and the other two thirds, very interesting live covers of other artists songs.

This album is very different but very enjoyable and highly listenable. There is a wide range of content, but it all runs smoothly as any album should. With such a range of content, there will undoubtedly be some songs you do not like, however there will equally be a number of songs you especially do like.

This is a must have cd, whoever you are, whatever your music taste is.

Track Listings

Disc: 1
01. Amy Winehouse - Valerie
02. Corinne Bailey Rae - Sexyback
03. Fratellis - Whistle For The Choir
04. Editors - Acceptable In The 80's
05. Nelly Furtado - Maneater
06. Mark Ronson - Stop Me
07. The Kooks -You Don't Love Me/Roxanne/Naive
08. Pigeon detectives- Girlfriend
09. Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone
10. Reverend & The Makers - Heavyweight Champion
11. Bloc Party - Say It Right
12. The Enemy - Hung Up
13. Girls Aloud - Love Machine
14. Beyonce - Work It Out
15. Faithless - Bombs
16. Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats
17. Holloways -Generator
18. Calvin Harris - Girls
19. Paolo Nutini - Rehab
20. Gossip - Standing In The Way
21. Take That- Everyday I love You Les and Less

Disc: 2
01. Arctic Monkeys - You Know I'm No Good
02. Lily Allen - Naïve
03. James Morrison - You Give Me Something
04. Snow patrol- Your All I Have
05. The Fray - How To Save A Life
06. The View - Same Jeans
07. Akon- The take Ovetr, The Break's over
08. Foo Fighters- Everlong
09. Kings Of Leon- Fans
10. Mika - Grace Kelly
11. Razorlight - America
12. Kasabian - Empire
13. The Zutons - Valerie
14. K T Tunstall - Fake Plastic Trees
15. Damien Rice - Cannonball
16. Streets - Never Went To Church
17. Maximo Park - 500 Miles
18. Kaiser Chiefs - Everything Is Average
19. Natasha Bedingfield - Chasing Cars
20. CSS - Let's Make Love
21. Noel Gallagher - Don't Look Back In Anger

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Andy Bell To DJ In London Tomorrow Night

Andy Bell from Oasis is testing his DJ skills tomorrow night at the This Feeling club in Shoreditch, East London.

He joins The Rifles and Lea Shores on the line-up.

Regular faces include Serge Pizzorno, Noel Fielding and up-and-coming Jersey Budd.

Source: The Sun Newspaper

Additional Information

Location: Parker McMillan
47 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4SB
Opening Hours: 9.00pm - 3am
Next Night: Friday 28 September

Cost : £8advance / £10 on door

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Oasis Star Noel Talks Babies And Football

He Talks Football At Son's Birth

IT looks like footie mad Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher got his priorities a bit mixed up during the birth of his new son.

Noel was playing the dutiful boyfriend to a tee when he accompanied girlfriend Sara to the delivery suite to see Donovan Rory arrive into the world on Saturday.

But the Manchester City nut soon spoiled his new man image by asking her to make sure the tot arrived before his favourite football show finished.

Noel revealed his clanger during a chat with Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles.

He told him: "I just stood there in my leather jacket, nodding and going 'It will be alright, just get it out before Soccer AM finishes'."

Noeland Edinburgh-born Sara picked the middle name Rory after the baby's 72 year-old Scots grandad.

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The Boy's Don Good, Noel

Allow me to introduce Donavon Rory MacDonald Gallagher.

The little lad left London’s Portland Hospital on Monday, with dad Noel and mum Sara MacDonald.

And my exclusive snaps show he may have inherited his mum’s gorgeous looks.

The legend’s beloved Man City have already moved to add another Gallagher fan, with a gift pack of junior membership, a baby City kit and a Baby Blue On Board car sign.

A club source said: “We wouldn’t want him becoming a United, Arsenal or Chelsea fan – I’m sure his old man agrees.”

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RockStarRadios - Bid For Charity

"Planet Rock, PURE, Marshall Amplification and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy have joined forces to host a major online charity auction -- "RockStarRadios" with the chance to bid on special edition DAB Digital radios all signed by rocks royalty.

Rock and music legends from around the world have all been getting involved to make their mark on the PURE EVOKE -1XT Marshall edition DAB radios. The digital radios will be auctioned off at www.rockstarradios.com for the whole month of October and the highest bidder will win each radio.

Bruce Dickinson is one of the featured artists that have signed a digital radio, and we would like to know whether you would like to promote this auction on your website. Other artists featured include Noel & Liam Gallagher, Alice Cooper, Phil Manzanera, Gene Simmons, Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman, Joe Walsh to name a few.

Anyone can bid and quite simply, the highest bidder for each radio will win a piece of rock history. The more money that is raised for NRMTC, the longer they can support ongoing research and provide music therapy and the training of future music therapists across the UK."

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Recieved A Email From The BT Music Awards

Recieved this email today from Louise Stevens, Event Director at the BT Digital Music Awards 2007.

Thanks again for all your votes so far...

Keep those votes coming, with not long left to go till voting ends and every vote for the site is very much appreciated.

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Stars Giant Guitars For Sale

Noel Gallagher and Carl Barat's giant guitars up for sale

Hard-Fi and The Kooks' mega axes also up for grabs

Over the past few months Gibson Guitars have paid homage to all things rock'n'roll, by bringing together musicians and visual artists to create a public art exhibition at More London and the O2 Arena.

'Gibson GuitarTown London' has seen the likes of Noel Gallagher, Kasabian (both pictured) Dirty Pretty Things, The Kooks and Hard-Fi team up with visual artists such as Sir Peter Blake and Gerald Scarfe to create giant guitar exhibits.

Now the axes have been put up for sale on eBay and will go to the highest bidder.

Money raised from the sale of the guitars will go to Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy, The Prince's Trust and Teenage Cancer Trust.

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Noel's guitar made by Artist Pete Mckee, can be found here.

Description:
Acrylic and emulsion paints on fiberglass, signed by Noel Gallagher.
3100 mm by 1070 mm

The emotional impact of McKee's work cannot be underestimated - like a faded photograph found at the back of a drawer - the artist's work brings to life people, places and characters that time has all but erased. Mods, rockers, British seaside holidays, chopper bikes, working men's clubs, factory girls and teddy boys are just some of the subjects that live on in the world of Pete Mckee. Since his first exhibition in a Sheffield pub in 2005 Pete has had over ten solo exhibitions, showing in New York, London, Dublin, Brighton and Saltaire.- www.petemckee.com
Of the process the artist says:

"It was great to Have Noels direct involvement with the guitar and he was very keen to make sure all the records and bands he chose reflected his influences as a lad learning to play guitar, to the point that underneath a couple of the sleeves lie rejected choices only he and I know about."

Gibson GuitarTown London is a community art project aimed at bringing the community of London together through art, music and charitable giving. Through The Gibson Foundation, the proceeds from ticket sales to the event on Thursday, November 8th, and the sale of the guitars at auction will benefit three non-profit organizations. The benefiting organizations are: The Prince's Trust, Teenage Cancer Trust and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy. Thank you for your generous support of these organizations by participating in the auction and attending the event.

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lorddontslowmedown.com And Where To Watch The YouTube Premiere

www.lorddontslowmedown.com is now open, the official site to help promote the new Oasis DVD, Lord Dont Slow Me Down in stores October 29.

Also This coming Monday, you can watch the new video for the Digital Single Lord Don't Slow Me Down by clicking here.

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Hear The New Oasis Single Now!

You can hear the new Oasis track 'Lord Dont Slow Me Down' in full on Xfm on Monday, but get a sneak preview of the track right here, right now...

The band will release ‘Lord Don’t Slow Me Down’ as a download-only on October 21 through the band’s official website but you can get a taste of the Noel-led rocker right now before it's debut on Xfm on Monday morning.

To hear the sampler, you need to copy an HTML code and paste it onto your website, MySpace profile or other website. For the full codes click here

The 30-second clip will then appear on a special Oasis player as a warm-up to the main event at 10:31am on Xfm on Monday (October 1) morning. It'll look something like this...

The track - the Gallagher brothers' first ever digital only single - is accompanied by a video taken from their forthcoming documentary DVD of the same name, which follows Oasis on their massive 2005/2006 world tour. The download will also include two b-sides; live versions of ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ and ‘The Meaning of Soul’ from their gig at City Of Manchester Stadium earlier this year.

You can pre order the track now by texting LDSMD to 78789 or online by clicking here.

Alternatively you can pre order the exclusive digital bundle - which includes the live tracks 'The Meaning Of Soul' and 'Don't Look Back In Anger' - by clicking here.

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Oasis To Release New Single In Three Weeks

The Gallaghers embrace the digital age with 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down'

Oasis have broken their vow to have a year off and will release a new single in three weeks' time.

The Noel Gallagher fronted track from their first ever digital-only release on October 21.

The song will be available from the band's website www.oasisinet.com, and comes bundled with two live songs from their City Of Manchester Stadium gigs in 2005. A video for the song will appear on YouTube from October 1, the same day the song debuts on radio.

Noel explained he felt the song was good enough to go on a album, but included it in the documentary instead. "It's good and rocking - just 12 bar blues really," he said. "It's got left off the last album as it was the same verse all the way through, but it's kind of locked into that now as it appears at the end of the film."

The song's bluesy feel reflects the Oasis leader's current listening tastes. "I probably listen to Neil Young and Bob Dylan more than any other artists," he explained before revealing how his songwriting process works these days.

"One day you hit a chord - let's say A minor, the saddest chord of all and it won't mean f**k all. The next day you're in a different head space and it will sound completely different," he said. "Usually I start with a chord on the guitar and if the first line pops into your head you realise you're going to make a fortune soon!"

Meanwhile, the DVD of Lord Don't Slow Me Down will be out on October 29. Noel explained that the documentary was an accident, as Oasis had only intended to make one video with director Baillie Walsh.

"Baillie started making a video for 'Let There Be Love' and he thought the stuff was so great he convinced us to let him come on the road for nine months, " stated Noel. "I was concerned because the years of kissing the sky and drinking champagne out of cowboy boots at 10am are gone. He just said he'd tell it like it is - and this is it!"

Noel added that a film of the 'Be Here Now' tour would have been very different. "That's the greatest thing I've ever been involved in with the band, "he declared.

"We toured the globe as the biggest band in the world and everything you could possibly want you got two of!"

Source: NME Magazine

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Noel Gallagher Wore Leathers During Birth

Noel Gallagher reveals that he wore his leather jacket throughout his wife's childbirth at the weekend.

The Oasis guitarist told Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles that he just stood nearby and nodded while his wife was in labour with their son Donovan.

Gallagher commented: "I was there. It was all right for me but my missus was giving me a bit of stick afterwards, saying, 'You never took your jacket off all the way through!'

"I was in my leather jacket, nodding 'You’ll be all right - just get it out before Soccer AM finishes.' I think the worst thing is that you don’t have any specific role. You just stand there and nod."

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Noel Gallagher Reveals The Story Behind 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down'

Noel Gallagher has told NME.COM the history behind the band's forthcoming single 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down'.

As reported yesterday (September 24), Oasis are set to release their first ever digital-only single. The track will be released on October 21.

Speaking to NME.COM, Oasis leader Noel Gallagher declared that the track is not simply a throwaway song he had hanging around, but one that he was considering for an album before it got linked to the band's tour documentary of the same name.

"That got left off the last album because it was the same verse all the way until the end," he explained, "but it's kind of locked into that (the documentary) now because it appears at the end of the film."

Gallagher added that he was particularly pleased with the direction the song was taking the band.

"It's quite rocking," he declared. "It's just 12 bar blues really, but it's good."

Meanwhile the film 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' is released on DVD on October 29.

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