On This Day In Oasis History...

Familiar to Millions is a live album by Oasis from their July 21, 2000 concert at Wembley Stadium and was released on 13th November 2000. Familiar to Millions debuted at a respectable #5 in the UK charts with 57,000 copies sold in the first week. To date Familiar to Millions has sold around 310,000 copies in Britain alone (Platinum) and has estimated world sales of 1 million. The album was initially released simultaneously on six formats: DVD, VHS, Double CD, Double Cassette, Triple Vinyl and MiniDisc.

Track listing
All tracks written by Noel Gallagher, except where noted. Times are taken from the Double CD edition of the album.

Fuckin' In The Bushes (intro tape) – 3:04
Go Let It Out – 5:32
Who Feels Love? – 5:59
Supersonic – 4:30
Shakermaker – 5:13
Acquiesce – 4:18
Step Out (Gallagher/Wonder/Cosby/Moy) – 4:05
Gas Panic! – 8:01
Roll With It – 4:43
Stand By Me – 5:49
Wonderwall – 4:46
Cigarettes & Alcohol – 6:52
Don't Look Back in Anger – 5:27
Live Forever – 5:09
Hey Hey, My My (Young) – 3:45
Champagne Supernova – 6:32
Rock 'N' Roll Star – 7:26

Video Version (DVD / VHS)

As well as the whole show the DVD features the following:

45 minute documentary shot in and around Wembley by Grant Gee including backstage interviews and fans footage.

Multicamera angles on the track "Cigarettes & Alcohol".

Live screen films for "Go Let It Out", "Supersonic", "Live Forever" and "Rock 'n' Roll Star".

Complete Discography (inc. international releases) with audio clips and artwork.

Stunning Dolby 5.0 stereo sound.

CDRom element - links to an exclusive page on the Oasis website with as-yet unseen photos and Songplayer module where fans can teach themselves to play 'Live Forever'.

'Tambourine' icon - click it and it takes you to and from the documentary in real time. A first for a non-film release.

The VHS features the whole show and a 20 minute documentary (entitled 'Mad Fer It') featuring exclusive interviews with Liam and Noel Gallagher. This documentary is unique to the VHS format.

Audio Version (CD / Vinyl / Cassette / MiniDisc)

The CD features a extra bonus track, a cover of The Beatles' song "Helter Skelter", which was recorded at the Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA on April 16, 2000.

A highlights CD was released on October 1, 2001 to celebrate Oasis' tenth anniversary as a band. "Fuckin' In The Bushes", "Step Out", "Stand By Me", "Hey Hey My My", and "Helter Skelter" were all ommitted.

As Liam didn't bother to sing the choruses of "Wonderwall" and also changed the words to other parts of the song ("By now you should have somehow... realised not to sniff glue" / "And all the lights that light the way are... doin' me fuckin' 'ead in!") at the July 21 gig, the version on the various audio formats features a different vocal track to the original one recorded at Wembley. This also applies to Noel's backing vocals. Most of these overdubbed vocals were recorded live at Oasis' gig at the Yokohama Arena, Tokyo, on March 5, 2000. Only one line: "I'm sure you heard it all before, but you never really had a doubt", is from the actual Wembley gig, as Liam slightly messed up this line in the Tokyo performance.

The audio version of the album is also missing various bits of between-track banter.

Other Trivia

A promo video of the Wembley version of "Gas Panic!" was distributed to music channels. The video featured visuals from throughout the gig and was slightly edited down to 6:57.

A "Gas Panic!" promo CD was issued in Brazil to promote Oasis' appearance at the Rock In Rio festival on January 14, 2001. The 2-track CD included the album version and an edited version of the Wembley track, which was edited down to 4:28.

The live album came about after the chaotic Wembley gig of July 22, 2000. This concert was being broadcast live to dozens of countries across the world but was hampered by an extremely drunk Liam Gallagher, whose out-of-tune singing and general ranting made it into an unappealing showcase of Oasis' live capabilities in the eyes of Sony BMG, who were worried about a large number of bootleg recordings being distributed.

Each of the six different formats (plus the 2001 highlights CD) had a different colour for its own cover art.

Source: Wikpedia

More Pictures Of Bonehead On Stage With Vinny Peculiar Last Week

Had some more exclusive pictures today, this time from Vinny Peculiar from his show in Barrow last week.

Website: http://www.vinnypeculiar.com

MySpace: www.myspace.com/vinnypeculiar

Special thanks to Damian Morgan (Bonehead's Agent) for arranging the photos with Vinny and Bonehead for the site, they are most appreciated.

Top 10 Selling Music DVDs In The UK

01: Westlife - Back Home DVD - (S)
02: Various Artists - Concert For Diana (Universal)
03: Oasis - Lord Don't Slow Me Down (Big Brother)
04: Sigur Ros -Heima (EMI)
05: Queen - Rock Montreal(Eagle Vision)
06: Cast Recording - High School Musical - The Concert (Walt Disney)
07: Amy Winehouse - I Told You I Was Trouble - Live (Island)
08: AC/DC - Plug Me In (Columbia)
09: David Gilmour - Remember That Night - Live At The Royal (EMI)
10: Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live At Monterey (Universal)

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Oasis And Smiths Legends Together On Stage

Former Oasis guitarist Bonehead and Mike Joyce, the drummer out of The Smiths, joined Vinny Peculiar and his all-star band onstage at a gig in Barrow last week.

This exclusive picture was sent in from Mark @ A Different Friction, and has more to follow, so keep checking back here.

Source Mark @ www.adifferentfriction.com

'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' Drops Out Of The Top 40

Oasis' first ever digital only single 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' has dropped out of the top 40 on The Official UK Singles Chart.

Last week the track was at 31 in the charts, the week before the track entered the charts at number 10.

The track, and accompanying video is taken from the DVD of the same name, which follows the band on their colossal world tour of 2005/6.

Caught Live: The Verve

A few things you should know about The Verve, for those not familiar with this phenomenal recently-reformed indie rock band, who got the Roundhouse audience chucking pints over themselves with glee.

First up, kooky frontman Richard Ashcroft taught Stone Rose Ian Brown all he knows about weird punchy swaying dancing, and everything Oasis singer Liam Gallagher knows about swagger.

Oasis even wrote Cast No Shadow about Richard on their hit second album (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

Fomerly known as Mad Richard, Mr Ashcroft has carved a niche for himself in the rock firmament as a latter-day Syd Barrett, only without actually going bonkers and hiding in a semi in Cambridge.

And the thing is, Richard ruled with his psychedelic rock and stage presence that hasn't been seen since the Stone Roses were still viable.

What the Verve do, and always did, is build a bridge from the UK's experimental shoegazing scene to its jaunty tunes of Britpop.

All right, The Verve sometimes have a lack of tunes, but they make up for that with sheer noise.
The Verve always specialised in squally, feedback-laden guitar licks, coupled with an appreciation of psychedelia bred with top tunes that few bands held true at the time.

And this was what stunned. And thank God for that. The elegiac Bittersweet Symphony made your reviewer cry with its swelling beauty, and old Verve favourite and rarely-played History made my gig buddy boo-hoo too.

This was epic indie rock that never failed to please.

SET LIST
This Is Music
Space And Time
Gravity Grave
Weeping Willow
Life's An Ocean
Sonnet
Sit And Wonder
Velvet Morning
Already There
Stormy Clouds
Let The Damage Begin
On Your Own
Rolling People
The Drugs
Don't Work
Bittersweet Symphony

ENCORE
A Northern Soul
History
Lucky Man
Come On
Man Called Sun

Source: www.sundaymirror.co.uk

Bid For A 10 Foot Gibson Les Paul Signed By Noel Gallagher

For any Noel Gallagher fan, this is your chance to own a piece of rock 'n roll history. Gibson Guitartown London, the capital’s most vibrant summer public art exhibition announces that all 61 unique hand painted and signed Gibson guitars are now available to bid online exclusively at Ebay.

This is your opportunity to bid exclusively for Noel Gallagher’s personally signed 10 foot Gibson Les Paul replica guitar. The giant fibreglass guitar called “A Good Education” was designed by the visual artist Pete McKee and displayed publicly around More London on London's South Bank by City Hall, SE1 from June 2007 to September 2007 and attracting over 2.5 million visitors.

Gibson Guitartown London is a charity inspired campaign bringing the power of music together with art to raise money for Nordoff- Robbins Music Therapy, The Prince’s Trust and Teenage Cancer Trust. All money raised from the sale of the guitars at auction will be split equally between the three designated charities.

Other hand painted Gibson Guitartown London guitars signed by rock legends such Sir Paul McCartney, Paul Weller, Rod Stewart, Bruce Dickinson, Brian May, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Robert Plant, Roger Waters, Mark Knopfler and Ronnie Wood are available to bid exclusively at Ebay.

The Gibson Guitartown London charity auction will take place in IndigO2 at The O2 on Tuesday 20th November 2007.

Bid now for Noel Gallagher’s 10 foot Gibson Les Paul guitar here

For more information on Gibson Guitartown London, please visit www.londonguitartown.com

To order an auction catalogue please visit www.juliensauctions.com/londonguitartown

Source: Jeremy Singer, UK PR Manager, Gibson Musical Instruments

David Hasselhoff To Cover Oasis?

SPOOF News report from New Zealand's #1 news presenter Mike Binis of Triangle Television Ltd....

Mike talks about Oasis, Natasha Bedingfield, The Rakes Radio One's Sara Cox, The BT Music Awards, David Hasselhoff and the release of Lord Don't Slow Me Down...

Thanks to Mike Benis of Triangle Telivision Ltd, for taking the time and effort to make the video.

Tony Wilson/Alan McGee Factory/Creation Documentary

I found this excellent documentary on Alan's MySpace page, visit his page here.

They Were 'Mad For It' Years Ago

It has been aimed at public figures from former footballer Paul Gascoigne to comedian Johnny Vegas. But the terrace chant "who ate all the pies?" was first sung more than a century ago, new research has found.

The phrase was first coined by Sheffield United fans in 1894 to honour goalkeeper William "Fatty" Foulke.

He weighed an imposing 24st and even made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the heaviest-ever footballer.

But it is not just sports fans who are recycling catchphrases. Researchers have also found that "mad for it" - an expression associated with Manchester and Noel and Liam Gallagher of rock band Oasis - dates from documents published in 1670.

It was used in much the same context as today, to convey excitement, according to Dr Julia Cresswell, author of The Cat's Pyjamas: The Penguin Book of Cliches.

The academic sifted through documents and records at Oxford University, where she teaches, in a bid to find the first recorded use for many phrases.

Source: www.theherald.co.uk

Graeme Le Saux On Oasis And More

Best player you ever played with?
Gianfranco Zola. In terms of skill and he was just a great role model. He was one of the few players that both home and away fans would cheer at the same time. He brought out a certain chivalry out of football supporters, something you would have seen when my Dad watched the game. And he was great round the training ground too, [sighing with nostalgia] he drove a great big Range Rover and sat perched on a cushion because he couldn't see over the dashboard without it.

Shall we talk about music? Small Talk understands you've been to a few gigs in your time.
Oh yes, Interpol are always brilliant.

Yes, Int...But for atmosphere Oasis at Maine Road was electric, like a homecoming gig. I was at the side of the stage because I know [namedropping shamelessly] Alan McGee and just looking out at the crowd took your breath away.

But, Oasi... Then there was the Stone Roses at Alexandra Palace back in the day. That might be my all-time favourite, musically. I saw Ian Brown a while back and I think I remembered more of it than he did!

The thing about Ia... I haven't been to Glastonbury. I'd love to go.

Don't bother, Graeme, it's full of Guardian types these days with their BlackBerrys' and social consciences and what not. What album does it for you?
Ooh, anything by Radiohead. [Has a little think] The Bends probably, although Kid A is pretty good, Hail to the Thief was too experimental though.

Well, it's a lot better than saying Snow Patrol, which is what 98.64% of sportsmen/sportswomen say...
[Sadly] Yeah, their first album was good but then like a lot of bands that taste success they got more poppy and staid.

Read the full interview here

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Let Ride Have Their Place In Music History

Writing in The Guardian, Alan McGee thinks we should give Ride their due:With the resurgence of shoegaze - or nu-gaze - and Panda Bear, Animal Collective, Deerhunter and No Age all referencing them as an influence in interviews, I feel it's time to look back at one of the all-time underrated Creation bands, Ride.

In '91, Ride had the critical and commercial world at their feet. Their full-length debut Nowhere marked them out as teenage saviours of rock'n'roll. The Nowhere cover pictured an ocean wave, a knowing tribute to the wall of sound they were creating. And what a wall of sound: Andy Bell and Mark Gardener's guitars and harmonies underpinned by Steve Queralt and Loz Colbert's eight-mile-high bass-and-drum dance groove.

Nowhere fused Byrds and Sonic Youth influences with the exuberant spirit of their contemporaries, the Stone Roses and the House of Love. It epitomised the feeling that something was happening in independent music beyond twee C86 and third form baggy. However, by the time they released the follow-up, Going Blank Again (an album that originally had the title of Prog Rock), a year later, they were up against it.

Critics accused them of having nothing to say. Their influence had spread - now they were competing with a hundred shambolic versions of themselves. Despite this, they triumphed with the lead-off single which went to the top ten - the first Creation single to do so.

Leave Them All Behind was no longer the sound of shoegaze but full-blown psychedelic stadium rock. Their second single, Twisteralla, was played non-stop on Radio One. Going Blank Again demonstrated how powerful a group Ride had become. The sound they explored on Nowhere had coalesced into classic songs. The album's success kept Creation Records going during the My Bloody Valentine aftermath. Their sound was a revelation.

Read the full article here

Source: The Guardian via www.sendmedeadflowers.com

Oasis Are Back In The Studio

Monday 5th November saw Oasis re-enter the studio to continue work on their seventh studio album with producer David Sardy in London.

Look out for updates on their progress on oasisinet.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Nicky Byrne: 'Liam Gallagher Told Me To F**k Off When I Met Him'

They have sold 40million albums and this week are on course to notch up their seventh No1 album with new release Back Home.

But Westlife heart-throb Nicky Byrne insists it is their boss who is the real star — a certain Simon Cowell.

In an exclusive interview Nicky, 29, told me: “Simon is bigger than Brad Pitt in America. Ever since he started American Idol he’s become a megastar.

With 14 UK No1 singles, the boys are behind only Elvis and The Beatles for chart-topping successes — a record they have every chance of beating.

And they are still going strong after ten years, an incredible achievement in the fickle pop world.
In the past I’ve made no secret of the fact I’m not a fan of the cheesy cover songs they’ve put out.

Last year I launched a campaign to “Stop The Cocks” beating Oasis in the album charts, in reference to Oasis’ greatest hits album Stop The Clocks.

Needless to say Westlife’s army of fans bought The Love Album by the bucketload, beating Oasis hands down and forcing me to concede defeat.

But Nicky reckons, despite the knocking the lads sometimes take, he’d never want to swap lives with Oasis’ wildman Liam Gallagher.

He explained: “I love Oasis, they are proper musicians and songwriters and I’m a fan of their music.

“But I’d never want to be Liam — I could never be as obnoxious as him and I couldn’t lead his lifestyle.

“I met him once. We’d only just started out and we assumed all pop and rock stars would be nice to each other. We were naive.

"We were at the opening of a Tommy Hilfiger store in London and we saw Liam and said, ‘We’re from Westlife, Ronan Keating’s new band’.

“He looked at us, and just went, ‘F*** off’. Nowadays I’d probably give something back but I was just left speechless.”

But the lads could get one over on the likes of Liam by going on for years to come.

Click here to read the full interview

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

NME's Cool List Is Full Of OAPs

NME’s annual list of the world’s 50 coolest people is its oldest ever.

Forty-somethings dominate the music mag’s rankings — with the total age a grand 1,389.

The list includes former Stone Roses singer Ian Brown, 44, Prince, 49, and Oasis star Noel Gallagher and Radiohead's Thom Yorke, both 40.

Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards, 63, rose 16 places to 10 after confessing to snorting his dad’s ashes.

Brit punk singer Frank Carter, 23, topped the list while Amy Winehouse, 24, was eighth for keeping her “beehive in place” in a drug-ravaged year.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

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The Fratellis To DJ In London Later This Month

The Fratellis to play DJ set in London

Scottish rockers will man the decks later this month

The Fratellis will pay a DJ set at the This Feeling club night in London's Parker McMillan venue, on November 23.

The band follow in the footsteps of Tom Clarke of The Enemy and Andy Bell of Oasis, who have played DJ sets at the club night earlier in the year. Kasabian, Noel Gallagher and The Twang are also regular attendees.

The night will also feature acoustic performances from Figure 5, Sergeant, The Shayians and Exit Calm.

For more information, or to order tickets click here

Source: www.nme.com

Liam Gallagher Party's With Kate Moss And Friends Until 4.30am

The Primrose Hill lot were out in force on Monday night, presumably staying ahead of the pack by trying to make it their new Saturday.

It all started with those high-living stalwarts Kate Moss, 33, and Davina Taylor at the Clifton pub near Abbey Road in north London.

There they were joined by Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, 35, no doubt drawn in by the famous Beatles landmark - but left ahead of him to head back to 29-year-old Davina's gaff.

He followed and when Kate's new fella, Jamie Hinch, 39, arrived with a guitar a party was born.

Liam Gallagher stayed at the party until 4.30am

Source: Daily Star

The Cool List 2007

The Cool List of 2007 is in this weeks copy of the NME on sale now!

Noel Gallagher is a new entry at number 16 in this years chart.

16 - Noel Gallagher, Oasis

In a relatively quiet year for Oasis, their mainman has still found time to tango with Beth Ditto at their Brits aftershow, play some spellbinding solo shows and give birth to a son who he recently told us is "gonna take over the world, just like his dad did". Not that we should have to qualify his position in the list: It's Noel Gallagher.

The Top 10

10 - Kieth Richards, The Rolling Stones
09 - Beth Ditto, The Gossip
08 - Amy Winehouse
07 - Kate Nash
06 - Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys
05 - Lethal Bizzle
04 - Ryan Jarman, The Cribs
03 - Lovefoxx, CSS
02 - Jamie Reynold, The Klaxons
01 - Frank Carter, Gallows

See the full list in this weeks magazine.

Source: NME Magazine

Contest: Win The New Oasis Single 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' On LTD Edition Vinyl

Oasis dropped a new DVD today called “Lord Don’t Slow Me Down” and NinjaDude.com is giving away a vinyl single of the track to 2 lucky winners.

Watch the new video for the song here, or download the exclusive single on iTunes now. As usual, simply leave your e-mail address in a comment (which will be added to the Oasis newsletter list) and you will be entered to win the vinyl below.

2 random winners will be chosen next week! click here to enter...

Source: www.ninjadude.com

Oasis - Lord Don't Slow Me Down Single Review

Oasis

Lord Don't Slow Me Down
Single Review

The Gallagher's have seemingly jumped on the band wagon in the shape of a "Download Single" OR the official story that Lord Don't Slow Me Down has been released to promote their DVD. So here is the real truth behind the track (or is it?) Lord Don't Slow Me Down was didn't fit within the last album, so naturally as soon as there was an opportunity to release it in some shape or form this seemed the ideal time.

The new Single to come from Oasis Lord Don't Slow Me Down is a Noel singing track so little brother Liam is just waving his tambourine around just so he feels part of the track. The one thing that does stand out is that it would have fitted in with the last album. Everything about it has that feel to it. This could of even been one of those tracks they would play to give Liam a breather and shine the limelight onto the rest of the band members.

There is always one thing about Oasis and that is once the first chord is played you recognise that it is them straight away. What ever the reasoning behind the latest release (Don't forget though there is a new edition in Noel's household) it is still Oasis showing that they are still around and have no intention of slowing down.

Mark Moore

Source: www.contactmusic.com