Dig Out Your Soul Versions

Found these today via various forums and via the official Oasis sites store.

Dig Out Your Soul (CD)
price: £12.99

Dig Out Your Soul: limited (CD/DVD)
CD/DVD in hardback book style package with 24 page booklet, suspended wallets at the front & back to hold cd & dvd, shrinkwrapped & stickered.
price: £50.99

Dig Out Your Soul (limited super deluxe version)
CD + DVD + Vinyl Limited Super Deluxe Version
Super Deluxe Version: Shoulder box to hold large quarter bound hardback book style package inc. 24 page book, 2 x cd, 1 x dvd, 4 x heavyweight LP, shrinkwrapped.
price: £100.00

Dig Out Your Soul (gatefold sleeve)
Double Vinyl LP
price: £19.99

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Liam Gallagher's Tribute Song To John Lennon

Liam Gallagher has written a tribute to his hero John Lennon on the new Oasis album.

And even brother Noel admits it’s brilliant.

I’m Outta Time is a beautiful ode to the late, great musician. It features a segment of Lennon talking in an old interview.

Liam isn’t exactly known as the sensitive type. He makes sure of that.

But he has now written two top songs for the greatest loves of his life — Lennon and wife Nicole.

Fans were stunned by the snarling frontman’s tender touch in his track for his missus, Songbird, which went to No3 in 2003.

Moody new ballad I’m Outta Time continues down that gentler path.

It will appear on the band’s seventh studio album, Dig Out Your Soul, out on October 6.

The track is his best yet and is a top candidate for a single.

Lennon is Liam’s second favourite subject — after himself. For many years The Beatles were the only thing he would put on his stereo.

Liam has even claimed he got into music after an out-of-body experience featuring the great man. And he still thinks he is being haunted by his ghost.

A source revealed: “Liam has so much passion for the subject.

“He’s obsessed. That’s why the song is so brilliant and poignant.”

Liam and Noel have never been the sort to shower each other with praise. But Noel has admitted his little brother is turning into a real songwriting force.

He told the NME: “He’s really good. The thing about Liam is you haven’t heard the half of it.

“If he could even be bothered to finish some of the songs he started.

“Honestly, they’re amazing. But he suffers the curse of the Gallaghers. It’s like: ‘F*****g hell, can’t finish it.’

“I’ve got demos of his at home with about 40 tunes which, if he could be bothered, would be amazing.”

I’m hearing good things about all three of the Liam-penned tracks on the upcoming album.

He’s come a long way from Little James.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Liam Gallagher 'Vanity Fair' Cover Up For Award

Classic shot included in 'best magazine cover' shortlist

The issue of Vanity Fair from 1997 – featuring Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit (pictured) – has been nominated to be crowned the best magazine cover of all time.

The Great Cover Debate awards are a part of Magazine Week and celebrate the diversity of the UK magazine industry. Magazine editors have made nominations for their favourite cover of all time and a judging panel of industry experts have whittled these entries down to a shortlist.

Cast your vote by clicking here.

Jay-Z Raps About Oasis' Noel Gallagher Glastonbury Spat

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Jay-Z has rapped about Oasis' Noel Gallagher live on stage - dissing the guitarist and mocking his hit, 'Wonderwall'.

The rapper delivered the lines during a show at New York's Madison Square Garden last night (August 6).

During the show Jay-Z rapped: "That bloke from Oasis said I couldn't play guitar/Somebody should have told him I'm a fuckin' rock star".

He then reprised a line from Oasis' 1995 hit 'Wonderwall', rapping, "Today is gonna be the day that I'm gonna throw it back to you".

A public spat has blown up between the pair since Noel Gallagher said Jay-Z was \"wrong\" for Glastonbury earlier this year. Jay-Z then opened his headline slot on June 28 this year with a cover of 'Wonderwall'.

However speaking in this week's issue of NME, out now, Gallagher played down any feud.

"I wasn't saying I was better than Jay-Z as a person or rock was greater than hip-hop," he said. "I said what I said, and it was wrong, or it was taken wrong, and now all this [media furore]."

Gallagher also claimed that Jay-Z liked 'Wonderwall', despite his mock version. "Jay-Z said recently 'Wonderwall' is always the last song of the night at his restaurant in New York," he said. "I'll have a beer with him one day and it will be fine."

To read the full interview with Noel Gallagher get the new issue of NME, on sale now.

Source: www.nme.com

Noel Gallagher: I Considered Making Oasis Tour Free

Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher says he was toying with the idea of making their world tour free.

He explained to NME: "They're free to get in, but you've got to pay 75 quid to get out. That'd be great at Wembley, wouldn't it? I didn't spend a year in a recording studio to go 'Yeah, you can f****** have it.'"

Noel, who tells the mag that Grease star Kenickie pulled a knife on him in LA, also said he didn't want to keep going on about his rumoured criticisms of Jay Z before Glastonbury.

He said: "I never dissed him. There's no point in going on about it, because you end up sounding like Heather Mills."

Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Noel Gallagher: I Didn't Diss Jay-Z

Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher says his comments about Jay-Z performing at this year's Glastonbury festival were taken the wrong way.

The singer/songwriter created a stir in the lead up to the famous festival when he criticised Jay-Z appearing at the festival as its headline act.

At the time Noel, the older of the two brothers Gallagher, said: "I'm sorry, Jay-Z? No chance.

"Glastonbury has a tradition of guitar music...I'm not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It's wrong."

But in this month's NME, the rocker - in a reference to John Lennon's explanation for comments relating to The Beatles being more popular than Jesus Christ - says: "I wasn't saying I was better than Jay-Z as a person or rock was greater than hip-hop as a thing or whatever it is.

"I said what I said and it was wrong, or it was taken as wrong, and now all this."

He then added: "My single went back in the charts, Jay-Z's profile went through the roof. Everyone's a winner.

"He knows that I was misrepresented, as I guess he was, so let's move on."

Noel also admitted that we watched Jay-Z's Glastonbury performance of Oasis' Wonderwall.

He said: "For my own part I can sit here and say I never dissed that guy. I never would.

"But there's no point in going on about it, because you end up sounding like Heather Mills: 'I said this! I meant that!'"

Mr Gallagher added that he was sure he would "have a beer" with Jay-Z at some point and that "it'll all be fine".

Oasis headlined the Pyramid Stage at the festival in 1995 and 2004, with tickets selling out on both occasions.

Source: www.sky.com

Watch Out For The Curse Of Oasis

If the Gallaghers ever ask you to be on the cover of one of their records, think twice - you could end up being struck by the curse of Oasis.

Weston-super-Mare's Grand Pier is just the latest to have fallen foul of the dreaded hoodoo.

The 104-year-old iconic landmark that appeared on the Oasis cover of their 1995 single burned down last month. Days later, infamous London record shop Sister Ray went into administration - 13 years after appearing on the front of (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

Football legend George Best was pictured on the band's debut album Definitely Maybe in 1994. The Manchester United ace later died of liver failure. And New York's Twin Towers featured on Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, released in 2000 - 18 months before they were destroyed by terrorists.

A source close to Oasis said: "It is a bit of a coincidence."

Luckily, no building or person can be struck by the curse over the band's new album Dig Out Your Soul - the cover is a psychedelic collage.

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Manc Singer Is Liam Galloper

Liam Gallagher even jogs like a Rock ’N’ Roll Star – with a bit of swagger and a lot of gobbing.

The snarling Oasis frontman was snapped going for an early morning lung-burner near his north London gaff.

He’s trying to get match fit for the forthcoming world tour.

Word reaches me that he has even managed to knock the fags on the head so his pipes are in top form for the marathon tour.

A wise move when you consider he might have to roar out the band’s classics twice a week for the next 18 months.

He’s no Haile Gebreselassie but if he carries on like this it won’t be soul he’ll be digging out, it’ll be his 32in Levi jeans from 1995.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Oasis Tour Dates TBA August 19th

Radio One DJ Zane Lowe said on his show tonight, that Noel Gallagher will be joining him in the studio on August 19th.

To talk about the new album 'Dig Out Your Soul' and that he will be announcing the tour dates on his show for the Oasis tour.

Source: Radio 1:thanks to shakermaker

More On The New Oasis Album

A track by track description from this week's NME.

01: Bag It Up (Noel-written) - Mid-paced stomp featuring the repeated line "Everything I believe in/Is telling me that I want more."

02: The Turning (Noel written) - Floats along on a drum beat similar to The Zombies 'Time Of The Season.'

03: Waiting for the Rapture (Noel-sung) - Almost White Stripes heavy. Lyric ("revolution in the head")

04: Shock of the Lightning - like a massively improved version of It's Getting Better Man. Chorus (Love is a litany/a magical mystery)

05: I'm Outta Time - Beautiful, beautiful Liam balled (complete with Lennon sample) that pips Songbird has his finest songwriting hour.

06: Get Of Your High Horse Lady (Noel-written) - Brief Wild Honey Pie-esque Noel curio.

07: Falling Down - Lyrics: (I tried to talk to God/But to no avail.)

08: To Be Where There’s Life (Gem-written) - Where the new found love of 'The Groove' is most apparent.

09: Ain't Got Nothing - Indeed the track we all heard a few months back. Says it features a. all-new chorus, but the lyrics it prints are ones in the early version.

10: The Nature Of Reality (Andy-written) - Strung out psychedelia.

11: Soldier On - (Liam-written) - Final marching band mantra.

Thanks to Mr Monobrow

Noel also tells a story about meeting and slagging off the bassist from Maroon 5 and how he ended up at his house, the Marylin Manson story and then spends 3 quarters of a page defending himself over Jay Z gate...

The NME watched their rehearsal where they did Supersonic, The Importance Of Being IdleI and The Shock Of The Lightning.

Noel says they were contemplating allowing free entry into their gigs for the whole tour, but then you'd have to pay £75 to get out of the gig.

Read the full interview in this week's magazine.

Noel Gallagher: Guardian Spotty Herberts Piss Me Off

After backing down from his Jay-Z dissing, Noel Gallagher has found a new name for his pain - and it's Guardian and Observer journalists whose parents 'voted for Thatcher'

I'm not having the Guardian in my newsagents. No way. It's wrong."

Ok, so they're not exactly the words that tumbled out of the Oasis man's mouth in today's interview with NME, but he's undoubtedly got a new target to mouth off about. And this time it's, er, us lot at the Guardian and Observer.

Here's what Noel did say, when asked about the Jay-Z debacle: "If people in the fucking Observer and the Guardian wanna get on their high horse about it, there's not a great deal I can do."

He then realises that he's overstepped the mark and backtracks with a nervous apology. Only joking. "It really pisses me off," he continues, "all these spotty herberts whose mams and dads voted for Margaret Thatcher all those years are now sitting on some moral fucking high chair."

Ouch! A quick email circular around the Guardian/Observer music desks provoked a (mild-mannered) storm of protest.

"My parents were fully active members of the Labour party, and I had to go out bloody canvassing with my dad, but if Noel Gallagher wants to get on his high horse about it, there's not a great deal I can do about it," said the associate editor of the Observer Music Monthly.

"My family come from Wales, so the chance of them voting for Thatcher is roughly the same as a cat in hell," came the response from a Guardian subeditor.

"Um, I've always had pretty clear skin," was my contribution. Take that, Noel!

Actually, it's not the only time I've encountered the wrath of the Gallaghers. The first time I met them, Noel told Radio 1's Zane Lowe that he'd been tricked into making a series of outrageous comments because NME had sent "an edgy kid" to interview him. The second interview, meanwhile, ended with Liam staring at me for a good full minute before deciding "You're a fookin' weirdo you are ..." He then went on to list a series of music videos he'd seen me appear in, which was a surreal experience to say the least.

Now, we could go on about Noel's rather Thatcherite ideas here ("If you want [our album] for nowt, you can have it - but you're paying £70 to come and see us live," froths the multi-millionaire at one point).

But really, if he's prepared to back down on his Jay-Z dissing (and let's face it, that's what he's doing here, what with referencing the time he went to see the Def Jam tour in the 90s), we'd like to call a truce, too. After all, phrases such as "moral high-chair" would instantly earn Gallagher a job on these desks. And if we could see a bit more of that, and a little less "True perfection has to be imperfect/I know that that sounds foolish but it's true" on the next Oasis record, the world would be a better place.

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

In This Week's NME

This weeks issue of the NME magazine features a world exclusive interview with Oasis Legend Noel Gallagher.

What happened when NME got Noel Gallagher to tell them a story about God, Glasto, Heather Mills and of course the new album, ‘Dig Out Your Soul’?

Oasis Inet Competition

Oasis are giving a small number of their UK fans the chance to go behind the scenes with the band and be the very first to see the band play songs from their new album live. For the first time ever the band will be inviting fans to be there when they perform in the rehearsal studio. They have spent the past two months preparing for their forthcoming world tour and will be celebrating the last night of rehearsals prior to going on the road. The performance is being filmed and may be used for later broadcast.

All you need to do, to be in with a chance of being part of this exciting evening is send an email to thefans@oasisinet.com with TICKETS LONDON OASIS as the subject of your email. You will need to include your full contact details, and that of a friend (your PLUS 1) ,including a mobile number, and dates of birth, as you will both need to be over 18 to apply. You will need to get yourselves to a Central London rendezvous on the afternoon of Thursday 14th August.

The closing date for entries is Monday 11th August and people will be notified by email if they are one of the lucky ones!

Source: Email from Oasisinet

Oasis To Kick Off World Tour In October...

Oasis will kick off a massive world tour in October, I can reveal.

The lads are due to announce their plans in the next few weeks — and the tour will be their boldest yet.

The band, who had a 1994 hit with Live Forever, will start their dates in the UK this autumn, head off for more gigs, then return more than 12 months later to wrap things up at home.

Wembley and their beloved Manchester City’s home ground will be among the UK venues.

And some lucky fans will be able to see them play at the intimate Roundhouse in London for a filmed BBC special.

The start of the tour will coincide with the release of seventh studio album Dig Out Your Soul, on October 6.

A source revealed: “The tour is bigger than anything the band have done before.

“They will be on the road for more than a year — possibly pushing 18 months.

“The dates could easily run into three figures and will take them around the world.

“It is on the kind of scale you would expect from The Roliing Stones. The fellas who have hatched the plan are very proud and excited.”

Scraps

I hope the Oasis lads have their hard hats ready.

It’s a hell of a long time for volatile brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher to spend together on the road.

The band have had a fair few scraps on their travels.

On a 1996 tour of the US the band nearly split up as Liam and Noel’s fighting reached new levels.

And they haven’t mellowed quite yet either.

Noel showed how he can still dish it out with a cutting jibe at ex-drummer Tony McCarroll.

Talking to the NME magazine about how new sticksman Chris Sharrock was fitting in, Noel said: “The first few weeks I felt for him because he’s got to drum like four people.

“He’s gotta play like our old drummers Tony McCarroll, Alan White and Zak Starkey and, of course, himself.

“To play drums in Oasis is deceptively difficult. You can’t play like The Who's Keith Moon, particularly on the older stuff, because it wasn’t about drums.

“On Lyla and tracks like that you can pretend to be Moon.

“But the older stuff you’ve got to pretend you’re Tony McCarroll.

“Sit there and be crap with a s**t haircut.”

Let the fun and games begin . . .

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Oasis Legend To Join The Vortex In Manchester Next Month

Former Oasis axeman Bonehead, 43, is to play with newcomers 'The Vortex' next month at Manchester venue Academy 3.

For more information about tickets and the band click here.

Win tickets to see Bonehead & Pete Macleod acoustic tour later this year by clicking here.

Two New Versions Of Noel Gallagher's Collaborations With The Chemical Brothers Out Soon

The Chemical Brothers are going to be back with some more of those (old) block-rockin' beats.

The band wraps up 14 previously released cuts and a new track on its upcoming greatest-hits set, Brotherhood, which arrives in stores Sept. 2 from Astralwerks.

New track "Midnight Madness" features stripper-club gems such as "Block Rockin' Beats" and two -- yes, two -- cuts that feature Oasis' Noel Gallagher.

Brotherhood's track listing is:

Galvanize
Hey Boy Hey Girl
Block Rockin' Beats
Do It Again
Believe
Star Guitar
Let Forever Be
Leave Home
Keep My Composure
Saturate
Out Of Control
Midnight Madness
The Golden Path
Setting Sun
Chemical Beats

Source: www.aversion.com

Oasis' Noel Gallagher: 'My Night With Marilyn Manson And Kenickie'

Noel Gallagher has spoken about a wild night out – that saw him hanging out with Marilyn Manson and 'Grease' character Kenickie – while mixing Oasis' new album in Los Angeles.

The Oasis leader was over in America working on 'Dig Out Your Soul' with producer Dave Sardy when he and brother Liam Gallagher ended up on a very unlikely wild night out.

In an this extract from NME's exclusive with the guitarist, Noel Gallagher reveals how the self-styled God Of Fuck invited him to a show, after which the Jeff Conaway, the actor who played Kenickie pulled a knife on him.

Check out this extract below, but for the full interview featuring Gallagher on Jay-Z, Maroon 5 and the new Oasis album get this week's issue of NME on UK newsstands from Wednesday (August 6)...

Noel: "Don't ask how, but we know his [Marilyn Manson] bass player, Twiggy."

NME: Twiggy Ramirez. The guy who wears the leather skirt, right?

Noel: "…and he wears a witch's hat as well. Don't ask. So anyway, they're doing a gig, and he says, 'Manson wants you to come up and see him.' He's a massive Oasis fan: 'Be Here Now' is his favourite album because it was recorded on a fucking mountain of charlie. The plan was to get there ten minutes before he comes offstage. Now, along the way the message got garbled and we got there ten minutes before he came onstage…"

NME: So you had to sit through a Marilyn Manson show?

Noel: "We get marched to a spot behind the mixing desk, and there’s all these American goths, and the gig's going on, it's all screaming and shouting, rape and pillage and all that fucking shit. Before one song he goes, '(adopts booming dark lord voice) I WANNA DEDICATE THIS SONG TO THE TWO BIGGEST FUCK-UPS IN ENGLAND!' Me and our kid are looking at him, and looking at each other going, 'He means you, 'cos Lord knows he don’t mean me.' Then he's going, 'OASIS ARE IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT!', and he starts doing 'Cocaine Supernova' and screaming, 'THESE TWO GUYS FROM ENGLAND, THEY'RE BIGGER FUCK-UPS THAN I AM!' Anyway, so we go back after the gig and we just got fucking absolutely… beyond pissed on absinthe. That's when Kenickie from 'Grease' fucking pulled a knife on us.

"He comes into the dressing room, and Liam's been watching 'Celebrity Rehab' so he's going, 'Ah, there's fucking Kenickie!' So we get him over and we're all pissed, so we're like, 'Why are you on a fucking walking stick, you lightweight!?' He's going, 'My back's fucked. Fucking John Travolta in 'Grease' – he's so fucking short, they made me stoop over and that's when I invented the famous Kenickie walk!'

"We were going, 'What?! The famous Kenickie walk?' He started doing this walk so we're giving him a bit of stick. And he says, 'Hey, I'm fucking still young enough to pull a knife on you!' and he whips out this flick-knife. We just laughed, like, 'You silly old man!' That was a great night – we all got more drunk on absinthe and argued in the van all the way home about some Kinks fucking B-side."

For the full interview get this week's NME, on newsstands nationwide from Wednesday (August 6).

Source: www.nme.com

Tom Meighan On The New Oasis Album

With their mutual appreciation society, have Kasabian let the Gallagher brothers hear any of the new album?

"No, which is mad," admits Tom. "Now we're back in Leicester, we don't see nearly so much of them. I haven't seen Liam in probably six, seven months.

"I speak to Noel more, I saw him for a drink when I was up in London a couple of weeks ago. It was a civilised night, no major carnage to report."

At least Tom has heard the new Oasis album, which he's very keen on.

"It's going to take a lot of people by surprise," he enthuses. "It's their best record in years, incredible rock & roll and raw as f***. It's mega.

"It's one for us to live up to, but I know we're Publish Postup to the task. It's hard, as I know how incredible our next album is - and I wish it was out there, so people could agree!"

Read the full interview here.

Source: www.teletext.co.uk

Noel Gallagher On Russell Brand's Show Last Night

Noel Gallagher joined Russell Brand on his weekly BBC Radio 2 by phone during the last twenty minutes of the show for the usual shenanigans.

They spoke about the The Radio Show Live at Bloomsbury Theatre on Friday night, and a few other subjects.

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

Upcoming Interests

August 15
BBC 6Music (UK)/Edge 102 (Canada) (More to be confirmed)
8:15am
The Shock Of The Lightning radio premiere.

August 17 BBC Radio 6Music 1pm - 2pm

Noel Gallagher chats about the new Oasis album in an exclusive interview for The Music Week.

Noel takes Julie Cullen through the making of their "biblical" new LP, explaining how Oasis went glam and from where the band now draws its inspiration.

All times are for UK only, listen online by visiting www.bbc.co.uk/6music

Thanks to Mr Monobrow