Usher Hits Out Over Noel Blast

Noel Gallagher seems to have upset a lot of people by saying Jay-Z is the wrong choice to headline Glastonbury.

First, Glasto chief Michael Eavis criticised the Oasis legend on these pages. Now Usher has hit out.

I think Noel is right but the R&B superstar disagreed, telling me: “It really shocked me that he said that. Jay-Z is an incredible artist and headliner.

“I saw him perform at the Hollywood Bowl in LA, and you’re not getting better than that.”

Usher, who is due to arrive in the UK tomorrow to promote new album Here I Stand – which hits shops on May 26 – added: “When we got to work together on my new album, I was sitting there like a fan the whole time.”

If you’re an Usher fan and want to meet him, I’d start hitting London’s clubs.

Despite him marrying and becoming a dad last year, the singer has no intention of slowing his party lifestyle while he’s over here.

Party

A source says: “Usher has requested a list of London’s top hotspots for him and his 30-strong entourage. And he’ll also be throwing a huge celebrity party to launch the record.”

I imagine one Bizarre Lord, Noel Gallagher, won’t be on the guest list.

Meanwhile, Glasto boss Eavis is desperate to make sure Amy Winehouse plays this year’s festival.

Despite all her personal problems, he says the Back To Black singer even beats Jay-Z as his No1 pick for the June 27-29 event.

He told me: “We want Amy. I can’t say anything else at this stage except that she was my first choice when I starting to compile a list of artists.”

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Death In Vegas Demos & More Leak Online?

Several Oasis tracks reportedly recorded and produced with Death in Vegas Duo Tim Holmes and Richard Fearless back in 2004 have leaked on several file sharing sites and forums on the web.

The band was in the final stages of recording "Don't Believe The Truth" the follow-up to ‘Heathen Chemistry’, at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall with the DIV duo, the sessions didn’t work out and Noel ended up producing the Album himself.

Songs such as 'Turn up the Sun' , 'The Meaning Of Soul' , 'Love Like a Bomb' , 'Eyeball Tickler' , 'A Bell Will Ring' and a great rendition of 'Lord Down Slow Me Down' with Liam on vocals were downloaded in throngs.

The anticipated "Stop the Clocks" track has also surfaced, and more .

Source: L4E

Oasis And Smiths Legends Join Vinny Perculiar On Stage Last Night In Manchester

Vinny Peculiar had some special guests join him on stage last night at the 'Sounds From The Other City Festival' in Manchester last night.

Vinny was joined by former Oasis legend Bonehead on Bass and former Smiths Guitarist Craig Gannon.

They played four songs with Vinny and his band, Jesus Stole My Girlfriend, Revolt Into Style, Everlasting Teenage Bedroom and Greedy Scorpios.

They are planning on doing some more shows later this summer, you can now download Vinny's current single 'Lazy Bohemians' with all proceeds going to the Salford Lads Club.

Click here to listen to it, and here for more information on how to download it.

Bonehead will be playing accordion on a couple of tracks on Vinny's eighth studio album, that is due out later this year.

Source: Vinny Peculiar @ Pictures thanks to Craig's girlfriend.

All-Star Cover Band Camp Freddy Cover Oasis

All-star cover band Camp Freddy were joined on-stage by members of the Sex Pistols, Motorhead, Jane's Addiction and Alice In Chains for their show at the Roxy in Los Angeles on May 1 that kicked off their month-long residency at the legendary Sunset Strip club.

The band, which features Billy Morrison (The Cult), Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers), Matt Sorum (Guns N Roses, Velvet Revolver), Donovan Leitch (son of singer Donovan), and Chris Chaney (Jane's Addiction), performed cover songs by their guest performers as well as Blur, Led Zeppelin and Oasis.

"We're going to bring on half of the Sex Pistols for their song 'EMI' -- now I can die and go to heaven," Morrison said when the legendary punk band's guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook took the stage.

"What can we do to top that?" Morrison asked at the end of the Sex Pistols number before introducing Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister who sang his band's hit 'Ace Of Spades'.

The evening's guest parade also included Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme, Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, Steven Perkins of Jane's Addiction and Warren DeMartini of Ratt.

For their grand finale, the band brought on nearly all their guests as well as scantily clad dancing women for a cover of The Stooges' 'I Wanna Be Your Dog'.

They played:

Cheap Trick- 'Hello Ladies and Gentleman'
Blur-'Song 2'
Killing Joke-'Eighties' w/Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray)
Oasis-'Rock ‘n’ Roll Star' w/Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
Led Zeppelin-'Good Times Bad Times' with Poe, Bettencourt
Adam Ant-'Ant Music' w/Steven Perkins (Jane’s Addiction)
David Bowie-'Suffragette City' w/Warren DeMartini (Ratt)
Ratt-'Round and Round' w/DeMartini, McGrath
Thin Lizzy-'Jailbreak' w/Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), McGrath
Sex Pistols-'EMI' w/Steve Jones, Paul Cook (Sex Pistols), McGrath
Motörhead-'Ace of Spades' w/Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead)
Eddie Cochran-'Something Else' w/Kilmister, Jones, Corey Parks (Nashville Pussy, Die Hunns)
The Stooges-'I Wanna Be Your Dog' w/Kilmister, Parks, Jones, Bettencourt, McGrath

Camp Freddy will continue their residency at the Roxy with different guest performers each Thursday for the rest of May.

Source: www.nme.com

Cardiff City's FA Cup Song In Stores Today

James Fox, the UK representative in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, will release a new single to celebrate Cardiff City Football Club's success in reaching the final of the FA Cup.

The song Bluebirds flying high is written and performed by James Fox. Bluebirds flying high, best described as a football anthem, is being played on local radio stations in Wales as part of the build up to the official release taday and ahead of the FA Cup final against Portsmouth on May 17th.

The song is in stores today, If the 30,000 at Wembley buy it then the club could have a number one and the FA Cup hopefully to go with it.

Oasis Pair In A Jam With Paul Weller

Now that’s a supergroup I’d like to see in action. Lords Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer and Steve Cradock belting it out in a tiny club would be awesome.

This exclusive snap was taken shortly after the four rock titans came together to record a track.

The song, Echoes Round The Sun, was the result of a boozy recording session between the Oasis duo, the Jam legend and Ocean Colour Scene guitarist Cradock – and Noel’s still clutching his can of beer.

It will be out as a double Aside with Paul’s Have You Made Up Your Mind on May 26 and will be the first release from Paul’s forthcoming double album 22 Dreams.

It’s a great collection of tracks and by far the most varied from the Woking-born singer.

It’ll surprise fans expecting another Heavy Soul-style Mod rock set, but it’s good to see there’s plenty of tricks left in Paul yet.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Happy Star Wars Day

Happy Star Wars Day, May The Forth Be With You......

Noel Gallagher On Manchester City And Their Future

Oasis star and Manchester City fan Noel Gallagher gives Soccer AM his thoughts on his beloved Manchester City and their future.

Click here to watch the video.

Source: www.skysports.com

Noel Gallagher Talks About The New Oasis Album

Noel Gallagher talked to DJ Bookie from the Edge yesterday afternoon. Here are a few notes from the very brief interview.

-New Oasis album out in September, no date set yet.

- Noel has seven tracks on the album

- The new songs are the "Most current" and "Fresh"

- Regarding Coldplay, Noel said "Chris is a top geezer" and "loves Coldplay"

- Believes there's too much music given away for free.....

EDIT: Click here to listen to the interview.

Source: The Edge via L4E

Eavis In Glasto Blasto At Noel

Defiant Glastonbury chief Michael Eavis has hit back at Noel Gallagher for criticising this year’s bill.

The Oasis legend added his words to the Glasto debate and said booking Jay-Z to headline was a mistake.

But dairy farmer Michael has now stuck the Wellington boot back into the rocker.

He blasted: “Why did he need to get involved? It was a bit weird, to be honest.

“He should give someone else a chance. He needn’t have said that and I was disappointed he did.

“He said it’s a place for guitar bands — but there are loads of guitar bands playing.”

However, I reckon Noel has every right to make his feelings known and was only saying what most music fans were thinking.

It wasn’t personal, as Noel is actually a pal of Jay-Z — he was just saying Glastonbury wasn’t the best stage for a big hip-hop act. And he’s right.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Robert Plant Snubs Liam Gallagher

British rocker Robert Plant was unimpressed when Oasis star Liam Gallagher visited his dressing room unannounced - and sent him on his way.

The Live Forever hitmaker made a surprise visit to Plant's dressing room as he took a break from a Led Zeppelin gig last year (07).

But as Gallagher handed Plant a series of compliments, Plant ordered the star out of his dressing room.

He says, "The Gallaghers came by the dressing room and leaned against the door. And Liam said, 'You're the f**king business you are, aren't you? You're the one.'

"And I said, 'Of course I am, I always knew that. It's just that you never switched on. You need the next door - down there on the left.'"

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Oasis Be@rbrick Update

The Oasis Bearbrick's that I have previously posted about, have started appearing on EBay and other auction sites for around £25-£30.

I have also been told that a eleven-inch version of one of the Bear's is currently in development, and is scheduled for release later this year.

# Size: each Bearbrick is 2.75" tall.
# Packaged in a window gift-box.

Pictures and information thanks to Linny.

You can now order the Oasis Bearbricks from a reputable firm www.mech-a.com or by clicking here.

The OASIS Bearbricks will be arriving in store from Japan either late May/early June.

They shall be getting a lot of these in, but they will sell out incredibly fast.

They offer products on pre-order so we can order appropriately and there is a great demand already for this product worldwide.

Britain's Top 50 Music Millionaires

The Times 'Rich list' reveals the Top 50 Music millionaires in Britain. Madonna was the highest ranking female with £300m and Oasis brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher are worth a cool £45m. David and Victoria Beckham were worth £87m in a "Chav List" published in October 2006, but now the celebrity couple have jumped in value to £125m.

01 = Clive Calder £1,300m
02 = Lord Lloyd-Webber £750m
03 = Sir Paul McCartney £500m
04 = Simon Fuller £450m
05 = Sir Cameron Mackintosh £450m
06 = Madonna and Guy Ritchie £300m
07 = Guy and Julia Hands £250m
08 = Sir Elton John £235m
09 = Sir Mick Jagger £225m
10 = Robert Stigwood £212m
11 = Sting £200m
12 = Keith Richards £190m
13 = Sir Tom Jones £170m
14 = Olivia and Dhani Harrison £160m
14 = Jamie Palumbo £160m
16 = Sir Tim Rice £155m
17 = Eric Clapton £140m
17 = Phil Collins £140m
17 = Ringo Starr £140m
20 = David and Victoria Beckham £125m
21 = Robert Bourne and Sally Green £120m
21 = David Bowie £120m
21 = Barry and Robin Gibb £120m
21 = Rod Stewart £120m
25 = Simon Cowell £112m
26 = Roger Ames £110m
26 = Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne £110m
28 = Robbie Williams £105m
29 = Chris Blackwell £100m
29 = Charlie Watts £100m
31 = George Michael £95m
31 = Roger Waters £95m
32 = David Gilmour £85m
33 = Moya Doherty and John McGolgan £80m
34 = Robert Plant £80m
35 = Engelbert Humperdinck £79m
36 = Brian May £75m
36 = Jimmy Page £75m
38 = Mark Knopfler £70m
38 = Roger Taylor £70m
38 = Chris Wright £70m
42 = John Deacon £65m
43 = Judy Craymer £58m
44 = Nick Mason £55m
44 = Van Morrison £55m
46 = Sir Cliff Richard £50m
47 = Noel and Liam Gallagher £45m
47 = Bernie Taupin £45m
47 = Prince Rupert Loewenstein £45m
50 = Mick Hucknall £42m

Source: The Times Rich List

Liam Gallagher

A recent picture of Liam Gallagher who was spotted out and about yesterday in North London.

Source: www.celebrity-babies.com

Gallagher Goes Sven-tal For City

In a matter of months Sven Goran Eriksson has gone from managerial genius and dead cert for my Bizarre Lord title to the verge of the sack.

The Sun revealed yesterday how Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra is plotting to axe the ex-England boss at the end of the season.

But current Bizarre Lord and Man City fan Noel Gallagher has launched the Save Our Sven campaign — and I’m right behind him.

The Oasis legend said: “Shinawatra has come in and I think he is a bit of a nutcase. If he gets rid of Sven after the best season we’ve had in living memory, it’s ridiculous, ludicrous.

“He obviously doesn’t know a great deal about football if he gets rid of Eriksson. The only thing that will get him off the hook now is if he has JOSE MOURINHO lined up.

“Shinawatra is living in cloud cuckoo land and if I saw Sven in the street, I’d give him a big kiss and say, ‘You know what, you take him to the cleaners’.”

Noel was so angry about The Sun’s story he phoned BBC Radio Five Live to vent his feelings.

And he added: “Any manager worth his salt won’t take interference from the owner and if he wants to buy players, then that’s wrong.

“City fans don’t want Ronaldinho anyway. If he won’t pull his finger out at Barcelona, he’s not going to do it at West Brom away next season is he?

“I’d be amazed and equally appalled if I met a City fan that felt that getting rid of Eriksson would be a good thing. We all love him.

“He has given the City fans pride. The minute’s silence for the Munich air crash at Old Trafford was a reflection of his personality. He is a graceful, dignified man and that summed it up.

“The style of football is fantastic but if Shinawatra comes in and thinks he is going to get Champions League football straight away, he’s tripping!”

I’m with Noel. The Premier League without the hotel-dwelling Swede will be a much duller place.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Sacking Sven Is "Ludicrus"

Oasis star Noel Gallagher tells BBC Radio Five Live that Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra is "a nutcase" and "living in cloud cuckoo land" if he thinks sacking manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is a good idea.

Listen to Noel calling into the Radio Show HERE

Source: www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive

Bonehead To Join Vinny Peculiar Onstage In Manchester

Sounds From The Other City Festival.

May 4th. The Salford Arms, 146 Chapel St. Manchester M3 6AF.

HEY!MANCHESTER@The Salford Arms Presents.........

Vinny Peculiar playing live with Bonehead(bass), and Craig Gannon (guitar). Other bands T.B.A.

£10 ticket, loads of bands in different venues

Source: www.myspace.com/boneheadoasisdj

Oasish Set To Rock Glastonbudget

Music festivals. Once upon a time, we couldn't get enough of them. Tens of thousands of tickets would sell out in a matter of hours, and all the best bands would queue up to play.

Fast forward to 2008, and it's a very different picture.

Now, critics dismiss them as over-priced, over-hyped and over-commercial, and that's even before the challenges of the unpredictable British weather.

The fans too seem to be weary of the annual mudbaths and the burgers which cost £5.

In 2007, Glastonbury tickets sold out in less than two hours.

Tickets for this year are still available now - three weeks after they went on sale.

Glastonbudget - absolutely no relation to Glastonbury - is reversing that, having doubled its ticket sales year-on-year since it began in 2005 as the brainchild of Nick Tanner, landlord of The Harrow Inn in Thurmaston, and his old schoolmate Chris Dunn.

"Nick noticed that whenever he had a tribute band on, it drew three times the crowd.

This year's line-up includes many familiar-sounding names - The Kaiser Thiefs, Crowded Out, The Jamm, Let's Zep, and the Ded Hot Chilis.

One of the few acts to have played every Glastonbudget so far is Oasish - the tribute version of a certain well-known Manchester group.

Paul Higginson is the lead singer, Oasish's own Liam Gallagher.

"On the calender of gigs for us, Glastonbudget's one of the top gigs of the year, definetely," he says.

"I think there's only us and two other bands who've been back there every single year since it started, and it's quite a privilege to be asked back every year."

When I suggest to him that there must be dozens of other Oasis tribute bands, he answers with a swagger worthy of the real Liam.

"There's lots of tribute bands that'll do a gig for cheaper than what we would, but if you're gonna pay £30 for a jeans-and-t-shirt band, a £30 jeans-and-t-shirt band are gonna turn up and deliver a £30 jeans-and-t-shirt show.

"That's why Glastonbudget are getting bigger and bigger crowds each year, they're not scrimping on the quality of the bands."

Indeed, ticket sales for this year's festival are 40% up on last year, with fans known to be arriving from as far away as Denmark.

The organisers hope it might even be a sell-out with all 5,000 tickets taken.

"We've never actually broken even," says Nick ruefully. "It would be fantastic if we could do that."

:: The event begins at Turnpost Farm, Wymeswold, Leicestershire on May 23.

Read the full article here, for more information on Oasish visit www.oasish.co.uk

Source: www.news.sky.com

Vote For Oasis' Top 20 Songs On Phoenix FM

Anna Patching and Tom Earle will be playing listeners' top 20 OASIS songs on Saturday 7 June, 10pm UK time - only here on Phoenix FM.

During the show they will be mentioning listeners' favourite charts and other Oasis facts and figures.

How can I vote?

Easy - click here and scroll down the page and you'll see the voting form.

We need you to choose your TOP TEN songs in order. The votes will then be added up (1st=10pts, 2nd=9pts etc) and a full chart will be shown on the page after the show - on which we'll be playing the top 20 as voted by YOU.

Where can I hear it?

If you're in Brentwood and Billericay - tune your wireless to 98.0FM.

If you live outside the area (or even if you don't) you can listen on the Internet by clicking here.

That's enough questions ... now vote!

Source Email from Anna Patching @ Phoenix FM

Noel On Russell Brand's Show Again

Noel Gallagher yet again joined Russell Brand on his weekly BBC Radio 2 show in the studio for the usual shenanigans.

They talk about a number of diverse subjects that include Phil Collins retirement, Mikey Mouse, Roald Dahl, Billy Idol, Scientology, Wombats, Robbie Williams and more.

Noel told Russell that he is returning to Los Angeles next week, to remix one track from the Oasis new album.

Click here to listen again or download the podcast (from Tuesday).