Reverend And The Makers Take To The Streets

Jon McClure busks at the Electric Proms

Reverend And The Makers took the 2007 BBC Electric Proms to the streets in London tonight (October 26) for a special busking performance.

Lead singer Jon McClure performed an impromptu gig outside the Barfly in Camden following a 60 minute gig inside the venue.

The frontman rolled through a series of classics by The Beatles, Bob Marley and Oasis with his acoustic guitar as fans gathered around to sing along.

Earlier, the Reverend played an intimate set inside The Barfly which comprised of tracks from his debut 'The State Of Things'.

Source: www.nme.com

Bonehead's Club Dates

Bonehead (Oasis) & Mike Joyce (The Smiths) DJ Set @ JAMM
Sat 3rd Nov 8pm Till 4am £8 On the door
JAMM ,261 Brixton Rd, London SW9 6LH
www.brixtonjamm.org

Bonehead (Oasis) DJ Set @ Dirty South
Sat 17th Nov 8pm Till 2am £8 on the door
Dirty South, 162 Lee High Road, London SE13 5PR
www.dirtysouthlondon.com

Wayne Rooney To Get Revenge On Noel Gallagher

Man Utd's Wayne Wayne Rooney is taking revenge on Noel Gallagher for spraying his birthday guitar sky-blue — the colour of arch-rivals Manchester City.

The Sun revealed earlier this week that Oasis star and Blues fan Noel played a cheeky prank on the England ace by giving a guitar he was sent to sign for Roo’s 22nd birthday a Man City makeover.

Guitarist Noel repainted the £2,000 Gibson in City colours with the lyrics to club anthem Blue Moon before sending it back to Wayne with the message “Happy birthday, Spongebob” scrawled on the face.

But Rooney is taking his revenge by sending Noel pictures of him celebrating after scoring against his Manchester rivals.

A source said: “Wayne has been scheming a suitable way to retaliate to Noel’s prank.

“He got his new guitar on Wednesday night and has been thinking about something he can send back ever since. He decided to send two of his favourite pictures that will rub a dyed-in-the-wool City fan like Noel’s nose in it.”

It’s the second time Noel has wound up a United player. He signed a guitar for Gary Neville with the message “Happy birthday, knobhead”.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Music Mogul Alan Slams Madonna Deal

The man who discovered Oasis, Alan McGee, has likened 360 degree record deals, similar to that given to Madonna, to 'raping and pillaging' artists.

Madonna recently signed her recording, tour, merchandising and appearance rights for the next 10 years to Live Nation.

Now Poptones boss Alan says: "The record industry's demand for bands to sign over a portion of their merchandise and tour revenues as part of a recording contract is an admission that selling music is not a sustainable business model.

"I understand business. It is not always win/win, some lose and some win. But I don't understand raping and pillaging in business."

He added: "It raises the question of legality. If you want a record deal you have to give up money from other endeavours. Isn't this a form of extortion?

"Because music is free and the traditional record industry model obsolete doesn't give the industry the right to move into promoters and merchandisers. What next? Will oil companies own our cars?"

Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Liam Gallagher's Lift Rage

Liam Gallagher once left a group of Argentinean businessmen stuck in a hotel after he "destroyed" the lift.

The Oasis singer was staying in a 50-floor Buenos Aires hotel while on tour and "completely destroyed" the only working lift after a drug-fuelled all night party, leaving all the guests to queue for the stairs.

Former NME writer Paolo Hewitt revealed: "I followed Oasis for the whole of the 'Be Here Now' tour in 1997 and when they played in Buenos Aires there was a big party in my hotel room and everyone left about 6am.

"The next day I got up and there was a big queue of businessmen in the hall. Turned out Liam had lost his temper on the way back to his room and had completely destroyed the lift. There was barely anything left of it. A full hotel, with 50 floors and no lift!

"God knows how much money they paid them not to chuck us out on the street."

Source: www.monstersandcritics.com

Getting Hot Under The Collar

Mighty Boosh star Noel Fielding got very cosy with the Razz at Transmission With T Mobile as he offered to rub his furry-collared coat on our bodies.

Noel, who was at the gig in Glasgow's Film City with Pete Doherty, Amy Macdonald and Sons And Daughters, said: "Sean Lennon tried to buy it off me for £2000. But I bought it in Montreal and love it. I wouldn't sell it, not even if he added another zero."

Noel also revealed that he and Noel Gallagher are full of mutual respect for one another.

He said: "Noel came up to me and said we were the only two relevant Noels. He said: 'I'm relevant Noel 1 and you're relevant Noel 2'." Guess Noel Edmonds doesn't get a look in.

Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk

What's It Like To Be On The Road With Oasis?

What's it like to be on the road with Oasis? All these people know, so sit back and enjoy some of the best tour stories ever told.

Robbie Williams
Who: Fat dancer formerly of Take That
When: June 23-25, 1995
Where: Glastonbury
"I nicked 16 bottles of champagne from this do, stuck them in the back of this blacked-out Jag and arrived like a nonce at Glastonbury. I pulled up, saw Liam walking towards me and he goes, 'Take f**king what?' and I thought, 'Right, that'll do for me,' popped the hood and there's all this f**king champagne in there. I was at Glastonbury for a reason."

Liam Howlett, The Prodigy
Who: Liam Gallagher's old-rave brother-in-law
When: August 11, 1996
Where: Knebworth House, Hertfordshire
"I remember Liam popping his head out of the portakabin as we came of stage, shouting 'What the f**k was all that noise? Turn the f**king bass down!' Later he said the whole portakabin was shaking, so, y'know, we'd done our job properly..."

Tom Meighan, Kasabian
Who: Empirical party-starter
When: 2005-2006
Where: Various venues worldwide
"The best memory I've got of being on the road with Oasis, is the night of Liam's birthday when the midgets turned up. Suddenly the doors burst open and there were these midgets there. There were three of them and they just run in with this birthday cake, it was absolutely magical - mind you, we were all of our heads at the time, which made it even more special. I was on acid that night, it was fabulous - it was blowing my mind! I hugged one of them too! The other thing that springs to mind is playing football with Noel backstage at our gig at Ally Pally in 2006. The area looked awful, there was beer and piss everywhere and in the end people were playing with a crushed can, until someone kicked a ball over. It was like 20-odd a side at one point - I think Noel was playing on both sides!"

Richard Ashcroft, The Verve
Who: He casts no shadow
When: 1993-1997
Where: Various UK Venues
"The first time I saw them I went, 'This is amazing, this is bonkers!' They shifted the whole rock'n'roll thing almost overnight. I remember we played a gig with them down in Southend, and it was such a young audience, it was incredible. Noel loved the idea of us going on before them. It wasn't like a patronising thing. It was literally, like, 'Wow! I'd love to have The Verve on before us, playing to all these kids, 'cos it'll blow their minds.' Much later we played with them at Earl's Court, and that was like, 'Jesus, wow.' I'll always be thankful to Noel - he went out of his way to help us. It was just pure, like. We were genuinely his favourite band. He loved us, you know?"

Andy Burrows, Razorlight
Who: Anvil-jawed sticksman
When: December 10, 2005
Where: Millenium Stadium, Cardiff
"Noel walked past us onstage when we did our little bit. We got a Noel escort from the dressing room to the stage! Afterwards there were several aftershows. Johnny got invited to the Oasis one but I wasn't. I remember being at the bar talking to actor Ralf Little while Carl [Dalemo, bass] was passed out on the sofa. That was bizarre. I've only met Noel though - I don't want to meet Liam. I saw him in town the other day and it freaked me out. Don't meet your heroes!"

Steve Cradock, Ocean Colour Scene/Paul Weller
Who: The Modfather's right hand man
When: 1995-1996
Where: Various UK and European venues
"We were playing a festival in Spain with Paul Weller and Oasis were on the bill. The gig wasn't that remarkable, but as we were leaving the site our tourbus was behind Oasis'. We were going over this bridge and suddenly there was this huge commotion. Liam had climbed out of the skylight on top of the bus and was standing on the roof, with no shirt on, draped in a Union Jack. That's Liam - he's a legend. There were some funny scenes at Knebworth too. Liam had been up all night and was driving this golf buggy about. Then he wouldn't do the soundtrack. At Knebworth! But the gigs were phenomenal."

Read this weeks copy of the NME for four pages of the best Oasis tour stories ever told.

Source: NME Magazine

Thank The Lord....Oasis Are Back !

Review: 5 Stars

OASIS – LORD DON’T SLOW ME DOWN:

It’s not before time that Oasis release their first-ever tour DVD – and somewhat surprising that they haven’t made one before now.

How much more entertaining and debauched it would have been had it been made during the Be Here Now tour in 1997 is anyone’s guess.

Fast-forward a decade and both Gallagher brothers have babies, and the days of bragging about drug-taking and throwing punches at photographers are few and far between.

But that’s not to say this documentary does not have its fair share of hedonism and swaggering.

The band are followed as they travel 26 countries on their biggest world tour to date, playing to a total of two million people. The concert footage is as good as you’d expect from one of the world’s greatest bands.

But perhaps more interesting are the scenes cut in between of the lads warming up for gigs, relaxing afterwards, or seeing the sights as they travel to Australia, Japan, and the US.

The brothers are as cocky as ever – check out Liam bombing around Sydney harbour in a speedboat with a bottle of lager.

Press conferences are equally amusing as Liam and Noel in particular use the opportunity to show off and try to make fools of the journalists.

Another hilarious scene has a tipsy Charlotte Church introducing her friends over and over again to Noel, who looks on with a smirk and a raised eyebrow.

As well as the more amusing moments, there’s also semi-serious chat about the music and the band’s history.

Extras are plentiful and are among the highlights here.

There’s a bonus audio commentary, a full concert from the City Of Manchester Stadium shot in July 2005, and outtakes from the DVD.

But the best of the extras has to be the Noel Q&A session with fans, where the great man is on typically witty, arrogant form.

Emma Cox, The SUN

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Win An Oasis Vinyl Single

US Only I think

On November 6th, rockers Oasis will release the new DVD Lord Don't Slow Me Down, a chronicle of their massive 2005 world tour. To celebrate, 411 is giving away limited edition vinyl copies of the band's latest single, "Lord Don't Slow Me Down". All you have to do to enter is send an email with the subject "Oasis" to ask411music@hotmail.com. The contest runs until midnight, Novemeber 1st. Three winners will receive a copy of the "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" single on vinyl. All entrants will be signed up for Oasis' mailing list.

Source: www.411mania.com

Oasis - Lord Don't Slow Me Down Track Review

While some are sitting back and letting the brothers Gallagher bask in the glory they've somehow amassed after a generation decided to look back in their most rose-tinted of spectacles, others (i.e. us) are left wondering when the decision was made to transform in to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

The riff is pure Status Quo, the attempt at any kind of drawl reminiscent of Bobby Gillespie's cowboy hankerings on Primal Scream's last record. And yet, for all the puzzled expressions in the world - if this were just another dad-rock single we'd probably at least understand - it's probably going to be lapped up. Remember, this is Oasis. In the eyes of the 'new establishment' they can do no wrong - these are the same people who deem Suede single-handedly responsible for Britpop.

If said Lord could slow this down any further he'd be listening to Editors. And that's a fate one would wish on very few people.

'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' is released as a single through Big Brother on 21st October 2007.

Emma Swann

Source: www.thisisfakediy.co.uk

Oasis Videos: Friday Afternoon Top Ten

Watch classic Gallagher action on NME.COM now

It's Friday again, which means it's time to stop working and start counting down the hours until the weekend starts.Here in the NME office we're all feeling a bit 'Oasis', what with their new documentary DVD, 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down', coming out on Monday.

So we've collected together some cracking Oasis videos for you to watch now on the NME Office Blog.We're guessing you're already quite familiar with the music of the Gallagher brothers by now, so we've concentrated on digging out the band's best interviews through the years.

We've got Oasis' first ever TV interview in 1994, Liam on S Club Juniors and Craig David, classic Noel on TFI Friday and much more.

All the videos are available to watch now on the NME Office Blog, so head over and have a watch.

Don't forget to leave your own YouTube links to share your own favourite Oasis videos.

Source: www.nme.com

Noel Gallagher Blames Fatherhood For Lack Of Rehearsal Time

Oasis star Noel Gallagher has blamed his new baby boy for not giving him enough time to rehearse for his performance at the BBC electric proms.

The singer/guitarist joined fellow rockers The Coral at London's Roundhouse for the concert on Wednesday night (24Oct07), but insists fatherhood is taking its toll on his working life.

He says, "I was supposed to rehearse yesterday but, as I have recently become a dad, my little lad put pay to that the night before by keeping me up all night, so I was knackered (tired)."

Gallagher's girlfriend Sara MACDonald gave birth to the couple's son Donovan last month (Sep07).

However, Gallagher still managed to wow the crowds, despite the lack of rehearsal time.

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Oasis Giveaway

In honor of the November 6 DVD release of new Oasis documentary Lord Don't Slow Me Down, we've got two vinyl records for the band's new single (of the same name) to give away.

To enter, just drop a line to newrecords@gmail.com with the name of your favorite Oasis song. (Note: entering this contest does also sign you up for Oasis email updates.

Source: newusedrecords.blogspot.com/

You've Gotta Stroll With It

It's not easy looking hard while visiting Disney World.

But Liam Gallagher and Liam Howlett gave it a try as they and their families hit the Florida resort.

Prodigy star Howlett made a particular effort to look tough with his dyed black hair and tattoos.

However, riding on the merry-go-round in those ghastly white Crocs slightly shattered the image.

Oasis singer Gallagher wore more suitable holiday kit — but didn’t lose his trademark snarl.

Both Liams are on a break with Gallagher’s partner Nicole Appleton and her sister Natalie, Howlett’s wife, and their kids.

It’s a far cry from Liam G’s hellraising days in the Nineties. How times have changed.

You’ve gotta roll with it, I suppose...

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Wayne Rooney's Blues Guitar

Getting a signed guitar from Noel Gallagher for your birthday is the ultimate lads’ gift — unless you happen to be Wayne Rooney.

The Sun revealed earlier this week that Man Utd star Roo’s fiancée Coleen had asked the Oasis legend to sign a guitar for his 22nd birthday.

She didn’t think that idea through.

Man City diehard Noel was rubbing his hands with glee when Coleen served up a perfect chance for a prank by sending him the instrument to sign.

And I’ve got my hands on the pictures of the finished masterpiece.

Noel and Oasis guitarist Gem Archer took pride in repainting the £2,000 tiger flame, cherry sunburst Gibson Les Paul Classic.

They splashed out on a tin of sky blue paint and some Tippex to spell out the chorus of City anthem Blue Moon.

I would love to have seen Roo’s face when he received his surprise present at a family dinner in Manchester on Wednesday.

The Old Trafford ace was in stitches when he peeled off the wrapping and read the birthday wishes to “Spongebob”.

But it won’t take pride of place in Roo’s home — he’s going to auction it off for charity.

I can also reveal the striker got a Second celeb guitar on his big day — from Sir Paul McCartney. Coleen arranged for Macca to sign the instrument.

A source close to the couple said: “Like any other Scouser, Wayne’s proud of The Beatles so getting a guitar off Macca will make his day. He enjoyed Noel’s gag but he can’t have City colours at home.”

Coleen also bought the United star a dartboard with a set of personalised quills.

She gave them to him at his birthday dinner in his fave Chinese restaurant Wings in Manchester
I’ll bet Roo will try and get his own back. Noel will be up for that — as long as the revenge doesn’t come next time Wayne lines up against City.

A spokesman for Roo said: “Wayne thought it was a great laugh. He looks forward to catching up with Noel after Man City next play United.”

After all of Noel's efforts, it’s a shame Roo didn’t respond with a message.

He’s got a decent sense of humour, shame he hasn't used it...

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Win An Epiphone Guitar And A Copy Of Oasis' New DVD!

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What Is Former Oasis Member Bonehead Up To These Days

These exclusive photos of Bonehead taken at his home were sent into stopcryingyourheartout.com by Bonehead's and Phil Smith 's (Official Oasis Tour DJ) agent Damian Morgan.

Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs now lives in Hale where he has built a studio under his house, and keeps himself busy on the thriving local music scene with a popular radio show. The programme goes out live on Saturday nights on BBC Radio Manchester with Terry Christian, Natalie-eve and Michelle Hussey. The show is Manchester Music and has had fellow Manchester Music artists as guests including members of Happy Mondays, The Smiths and The Charlatans.

In between radio and TV appearances Bonehead has kept crowds happy by traveling up and down the country rocking indie dancefloors as a DJ. He has been playing DJ sets in clubs all over the UK. His play list heavily features Oasis classics like Live Forever, and collaborations between the Gallagher brothers and artists like Death in Vegas and The Chemical Brothers.

Bonehead has certainly kept himself busy since leaving Oasis 8 years ago.

In 2004 Arthurs teamed up with Thai superstar Sek Loso to play rhythm guitar alongside Loso's new English bandmates.

In early 2007 Bonehead had a visible presence in the North West of England showing his support for Andy Rourke's Versus Cancer fundraising concert , which saw the pair busking together in Manchester's Cathedral gardens to raise Cancer awareness and to fund-raise for Manchester's Christies Hospital. On March 30, 2007, the Versus Cancer concert was held at Manchester's MEN arena. Bonehead played bass guitar (rather than the trademark rhythm guitar from his Oasis days) in a two-song-set early in the night. He was in a band billed as Electric Milk Band, which also featured former members of Happy Mondays.

He is also about to do a one-off date with highly-rated Mancunian singer/songwriter Vinny Peculiar at the Dalkeith Street club on Thursday November 8. Tickets for the gig, which is promoted by A Different Friction, are now on sale at The Nines, in Bar Five, £8, and also at www.ticketline.co.uk

Bonehead will be Djing at Dirty South, 162 Lee High Road, Lewisham, SE13 on Nov 17th , cost tbc

Phil Smith is at the Official Oasis DVD Launch Party tomorrow night that sold out in hours and on the 08 Dec 2007 he will be at the KU BAR, 256 High St. West, Sunderland, Northeast SR1 3DH Cost: Free B4 12!!

For DJ booking or more information visit Bonehead's/Phil Smith's agent at www.brave-music-agency.co.uk

Oasis And Smiths To Play Nines Gig

If you were told that former Oasis guitarist Bonehead and Mike Joyce, the drummer out of The Smiths, were set to play Barrow, you could be forgiven for thinking it was April 1st.

But that is the scoop pulled off by Barrow live music venue The Nines next month.

The pair have joined the band of highly-rated Mancunian singer/songwriter Vinny Peculiar and are set to play a one-off date at the Dalkeith Street club on Thursday November 8.

Alongside the Gallagher brothers, Noel and Liam, Bonehead was a founder member of Oasis in the early 1990s.

He played on both of the classic first two albums Definitely Maybe and (What’s The Story) Morning Glory, and then travelled the world as their success went global following a string of hits, including Live Forever, Some Might Say and Wonderwall.

He was still playing rhythm guitar in the band when Oasis played to 250,000 people over two nights at Knebworth at the height of their fame in 1996 – gigs seen by many as their finest hour.

Bonehead has switched to bass in the Vinny Peculiar band and is one half of the rhythm section with Joyce, who played with Morrissey and Johnny Marr for the whole duration of The Smiths’ stellar and hugely influential 1980s career.

Joyce was behind the kit on all the classic Smiths albums, including Meat is Murder, The Queen is Dead and Strangeways Here We Come, and played drums on all the iconic singles such as This Charming Man, Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now and Bigmouth Strikes Again.

Now the pair are continuing their music career with Vinny Peculiar, whose satirical pop and observations have seen him dubbed as ‘The Tony Hancock of the North’.

The music press have long championed the much underrated Peculiar, who is promoting his new album on this tour of the UK. Joining Vinny and his all-star band is Ben Knott on keyboards, who enjoyed success in Britain with his band Jeep.

Tickets for the gig, which is promoted by A Different Friction, are now on sale at The Nines, in Bar Five, £8, and also at www.ticketline.co.uk

Support on the night comes from Barrow’s brilliant songwriter Jon Byrne, and all the way from Chicago, the very talented comedic singer/songwriter Nice Peter.

Source: www.nwemail.co.uk

Noel Gallagher: 'I Winged Coral Guest Spot'

Oasis man admits he skipped practice for Electric Proms performance

Oasis' leader Noel Gallagher admitted he winged his appearance with The Coral at the BBC Electric Proms last night (October 24).

As previously reported, the guitarist joined the band on their track 'In The Rain' as they supported Mark Ronson at The Roundhouse in London.

"I was supposed to rehearse yesterday but, as I have recently become a dad, my little lad put pay to that the night before by keeping me up all night, so I was knackered," Gallagher told BBC 6Music of his lack of preparation. "So I just couldn't do the soundcheck."

However, the Oasis man, who played a solo on the song, said he was happy with the performance.

"You know, I am a musician, I know what I am doing, I listened to the song a few times, Bill [Ryder-Jones, guitar] sorted me out the chords and that was that," he declared. "That was the third time we played it."

To see pictures from the night click here to see the special gallery now.

Plus, read news reports on Mark Ronson, Sigur Ros and Editors' performances on the opening night of the 2007 festival.

Source: www.nme.com

Rhys Ifans Planning Music Comeback

North Wales star Rhys Ifans is to relaunch his music career – with an album that already has a rival “quaking in his boots.”

The Ruthin-born actor was one of the first members of the Super Furry Animals when they formed.

And now he has returned to his roots by recording an album with one of the group’s members.

Rhys has already sounded out one of his rock star friends, Oasis star Noel Gallagher, and has been given an encouraging response.

Rhys, 39, was, for a brief period, lead singer of the Super Furries when they formed in the Bangor area in the early 1990s.

After abandoning Rhys for current lead singer Gruff Rhys, they went on to international success, after signing as Oasis’ label-mates on Creation Records.

Rhys, meanwhile, went on to stardom thanks to his role as Hugh Grant’s scruffy housemate in the 1999 international hit Notting Hill.

Almost 15 years on, however, and he has returned to music, working alongside Super Furries drummer Dafydd Ieuan on his side project The Peth (Welsh for The Thing).

A 15-track album has already been recorded, but a release date has not yet been pencilled in.

Rhys, who starred in the award-winning video for Oasis’ single The Importance Of Being Idle, said: “I played it to Noel Gallagher and the boy’s quaking in his boots.

“It’s wild rock music and I do the singing. I play a bit of guitar, too, but I’m not very good.”

Dafydd, also 39, was the drummer for Welsh band Catatonia before joining the Super Furries and forming The Peth.

In a recent interview, he said: “I have a band called The Peth, and we’ve spent some of the time recording an album, which is being mixed at the moment for a summer release next year.

“We’ve got the actor Rhys Ifans on vocal duties which brings things full circle, as he sang on a couple of early Super Furry Animal tracks.

“This was in the very early days, Gruff was still living abroad and as far as I know those tracks have never been heard outside the band.

“Rhys was a school friend of ours and I’ve known him for 25 years. I wouldn’t say he’s a frustrated vocalist – I would say he’s a lunatic, but in a nice way.”

Rhys is rumoured to be dating top actress Sienna Miller, with the pair photographed together. But Rhys’ dad Eirwyn, a former teacher from Ruthin, told the Daily Post in August there was “not a word of truth” in the rumours.

Source: www.dailypost.co.uk