Oasis UK Tour

Oasis will return from North America to play a major UK Arena tour in support of the release of their eagerly awaited new album “Dig Out Your Soul”. The tour gets under way in Liverpool on October 7, the day after “Dig Out Your Soul” hits the streets. It will continue for a full month with the band playing 18 shows across the UK, and is the second leg of their 14 month world tour.

Tickets for all shows go on sale at 9.00am Wednesday 20th August through www.oasisinet.com and the Oasis lo-call 24hr ticketline 0844 412 4638. Ticket purchasers using the band's web site will also be able to pre-order the first single from the album; “The Shock of the Lightning”.

Full itinerary and box office details follow:

Tuesday 07 & Wednesday 08 October - Liverpool Echo Arena
0844 8000 400 / www.accliverpool.com

Friday 10 & Saturday 11 October - Sheffield Arena
0144 256 5656 / www.sheffieldboxoffice.com

Monday 13 & Tuesday 14 October - Birmingham NIA
0844 3388 000 / www.theticketfactory.com

Thursday 16 & Friday 17 October – London Wembley Arena
0844 815 0815 / www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Monday 20 & Tuesday 21 October - Bournemouth BIC
0844 576 3000 / www.bic.co.uk

Thursday 23 & Friday 24 October - Cardiff INT. Arena
029 2022 4488 / www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Wednesday 29 & Thursday 30 October - Belfast Odyssey Arena
0870 243 4455 / www.ticketmaster.ie

Saturday 01 & Sunday 02 November – Aberdeen Exhibition Centre
0844 477 9000 / www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Tuesday 04 & Wednesday 05 November - Glasgow SECC
0870 040 4000 / www.seccxtra.com

A limited number of tickets will available to personal callers at venue box office with no booking fee for cash. Maximum of 4 tickets per household (per show)

Source: Oasisinet

Oasis Fan Only Gig Review

stoptheclocks members on the secret Oasis gig last night...

Els on the gig

We arrived, they bussed us to the location, gave us wristbands, put our phones into named envelopes, and gave us three drinks tokens and ear plugs.

Then we arrive in the studio, a surprise, they played the entire dig out your soul album to warm up! SO heavy and, moody is the word??

Lots of oasis family there. Sara, Nicole, Paul G, Marcus, Phil etc. And gene g!

Oasis come on straight after, rock and roll star! Here's what I remember of the setlist:

Rock and roll star
Lyla
Shock of the lightning
Cigs and alcohol
Ain't got nothing
My big mouth
Slide away (liam sung)
Falling down
Importance of idle
Don't look back (slow and acoustic)
Supersonic
Champagne supernova
Liam's new one about Lennon (I'm Outta Time, I think altho not 100% sure)
The masterplan
Wonderwall
Songbird
Supersonic
I am the walrus to finish

Probably more but I can't remember!

Set ended with liam walking through the crowd- prolly 100 people- and kissing Nicole by the bar.

Liam on great form, good voice!

On the bus driving home!

I had a quick chat to Marcus Russell, I asked him if they'd do another knebworth he said massive shows next year but not another knebworth as too big for everyone concerned!!

King Eric The Second on the gig

Just got back, just an incredible night. It's kind of hollow in a way, because I'm never going to see my favourite band like that again. I was pretty much at the front, I'm not exaggerating when I say I could reach out and touch Liam.

The new album sounded pretty good on first listen, pretty rocky start. Bag It Up sounded pretty heavy. There's a bit in it which goes 'More, More, Mooore' just before the chorus, sounded like Lady Marmalade! Stand outs from the album for me were Bag It Up, The Turning, Waiting For The Rapture (which was like a more refined Force of Nature), Shock of the Lightening, I'm Outta Time (which is a perfect single, should be huge) and Falling Down. Some of the others are probably growers, not instant hits.

The gig was perfect, Liam sounded fucking spot on, the best he's sounded in years. The new stuff was excellent live, Slide Away was done to almost perfection, couldn't believe it when they played My Big Mouth, although like someone said, it wasn't as heavy as the album version. They also played Waiting For The Rapture live, which wasn't on the setlist above. Nicole brought the little un down the front for Lyla, and was pretty much stood next to us. Also spotted the blonde one from Sugababes, Dave Berry her fella, and Tamsin whatsername from Eastenders. When Liam left the stage at the end I managed to shake his hand, won't be washing that tonight.

All in all, just a mental experience. Like Noel said at one point 'Next time you see us live you'll be miles away'. I never thought I'd see Oasis that close, and I don't think I ever will again.

Source members of stoptheclocks

Oasis Limited Edition Of Album To Contain 9 Extra Songs

Oasis are pleased to announce that for the first time ever they will be making available a special, fully-loaded limited edition box set of the new album, 'Dig Out Your Soul'. This amazing looking set contains four heavyweight 12" vinyl discs, two CDs, a DVD and hardback book all housed within an embossed hardback box. In fact this is the only way to get the album and the complete set of all 9 bonus songs, remixes and films that were recorded during the album sessions. This unique collectors item will be available for purchase exclusively through the band's website, and can be pre-ordered now, for worldwide delivery on Oct 6 Click Here open in new window to find out more and order while stocks last!

“The Shock of the Lightning”, the first single to be taken from the band's new album, will be released on September 29th. CLICK HERE to pre-order now and receive instantly the Chemical Brother remix of 'Falling Down'. The album “Dig Out Your Soul” is released on October 6th on Big Brother Recordings worldwide.

Oasis UK Tour To Start In Liverpool

OASIS will open their mammoth world tour in Manchester’s rival city.

The band are to play the first night of their huge tour in Liverpool’s new Echo Arena on October 7.

A source revealed: “They are proud of their roots, but they dig Liverpool too and thought they would kick it off there.”

Some fans will be surprised to hear NOEL and LIAM GALLAGHER have picked Liverpool to launch their record-breaking stint on the road.

But the band are fans of the city’s culture and music. It’s the home of THE BEATLES after all.

Oasis are mates with THE CORAL and new drummer CHRIS SHARROCK used to play with THE LA’S.

Man U misery GARY NEVILLE won’t be happy. But that’s good news.

The tour will be a marathon one going on for nearly 18 months — as revealed in Bizarre last week.

After kicking off in Liverpool the day after the release of new album Dig Out Your Soul, the tour goes to Sheffield, Birmingham, London and Bournemouth.

It will then head to Cardiff, Belfast and Aberdeen before ending its first leg in Glasgow on November 5.

ON yer marks...! Tickets for all shows go on sale at 9am on Wednesday, August 20 on oasisinet.com or the Oasis 24-hour ticketline 0844 412 4638.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Noel Gallagher On The Chris Moyles Show This Morning

Chris Moyles will have Noel Gallagher on his show on Friday morning to play the new Oasis single The Shock Of The Lightning.

The song is scheduled to be played at 8:15am (UK), listen to the show from 6am (UK) on Friday at www.bbc.co.uk/radio1. the song is scedualed to be played at 7:45am (UK) as well as announcing Oasis UK tour plans.

Tune in or listen again after the show, Chris has recently lost 500,000 listeners and I'm sure that he will appreciate the extra listeners.

Oasis Album Details Released

Dig Out Your Soul
Release Date: 6 October 2008

Written By:
Tracks 1,2,3,4,6,7 written by Noel Gallagher Track 5,9,11 written by Liam Gallagher Track 8 written by Gem Track 10 Written by Andy Bell

Produced By:
Produced and Mixed by Dave Sardy
Engineered By Ryan Castle

The Band:
Liam Gallagher- Vocals
Noel Gallagher- Vocals, Electric Guitar, Drums, Keyboards and electronics
Gem- Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Andy Bell- Bass, Electric Guitar, Keyboard and tamboura
Zak Starkey & Noel Gallagher on Drums for tracks 1 and 3
Zak Starkey on Drums for tracks 2,4,5,6,7,8,9
Noel Gallagher on Drums for track 11

Recorded At:
Studio 2 at Abbey Road Studios, London & Hillside Manor. Mixed at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles.

Additional Information:
Other versions avilable include Limited Edition CD/DVD, LP Gatefold Sleeve (2x LP Heavyweight Vinyl

Tracklist:
01 Bag It Up - 04:39
02 The Turning - 05:05
03 Waiting For The Rapture - 03:03
04 The Shock Of The Lightning - 05:00
05 I'm Outta Time - 04:10
06 (Get Off Your) High Horse - 04:07
07 Falling Down - 04:20
08 To Be Where There's Life - 04:35
09 Ain't Got Nothin - 02:15
10 The Nature Of Reality - 03:48
11 Soldier On - 04:49

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ALSO EMAIL FROM OASISINET

For the past few months everyone here at Oasisinet has been involved in a top-secret mission to redesign the Oasisinet website.

Many sleepless nights later, we're very pleased to unveil the brand new site. One of the many new features of the site is an extended community section.

Oasis To Give Away Free Album Track From Today

To fans who pre-order 'Dig Out Your Soul'...

Oasis fans who pre-order a copy of the band's new album 'Dig Out Your Soul' via iTunes will receive an exclusive album track.

The instant gratification track, 'Falling Down', is one of eleven songs that features on the band's new album, which is released on October 6th.

The promotion for the song will begin via the music store later. For more details about the track, click here.

As previously reported on Gigwise, a Chemical Brothers remix of 'Falling Down' will appear as the b-side to the to the album's first single, 'The Shock Of Lightning'.

Source: www.gigwise.com

Oasis To Announce UK Tour And Premiere Single Tomorrow (August 15)

Oasis are set to announce details of a full UK tour tomorrow morning (August 15).

The band are set to make their return tomorrow by premiering comeback single 'The Shock Of The Lightning', and then will confirm their touring plans.

NME.COM will have news of the tour first, so make sure you're back here to get all the details.

The single – released on September 29 – will get its global first play on radio at 8am (BST) after which the song will feature on NME Radio, so you can check it out all day.

The single itself will feature Oasis' first ever official remix after Noel Gallagher and co allowed The Chemical Brothers the tinker with album track 'Falling Down' – both the remix and a clean version of the track have appeared on online previously.

The band's seventh album 'Dig Out Your Soul' is released on October

Source: www.gigwise.com

Liam's Looking A Haircut Above

Here's Liam Gallagher yesterday after finally sorting out his rubbish haircut.

For a while his barnet looked like a German Second World War helmet.

The Oasis frontman was snapped leaving his north London home for a band meeting.

There’s no chance he was off to rehearsals for the their upcoming tour, Liam has a rule that he doesn’t sing on Wednesdays.

Only he could get away with that.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Japanese iTunes Offers Album Version Of Falling Down

The official Japanese iTunes store is listing the album version of the new Oasis track Falling Down for download in its store.

The Chemical Brothers remix version was recently premiered on various radio stations world wide.

It is not yet known if this is a mistake or a marketing decision by the Japanese to release the song a day before the new single The Shock of the Lightning gets its first spin on the Chris Moyles show on BBC radio 1.

The track is currently being traded on various forums and fan sites.

Source: L4E

On This Day In Oasis History...

"Roll With It" is a song by British rock band Oasis written by their lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. It was released 14 August 1995 as the second single from their second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory, reaching #2 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1995 in British music).

"Roll With It" received a great deal of attention when Food Records, the label of chief Britpop rivals Blur, moved the original release date of single "Country House" to clash with it, sparking what came to be known as "The Battle of Britpop". The British media had already reported an intense rivalry between the two bands and this clash of releases was seen as a battle for the number one spot. The media sensation was spurred on by verbal attacks from the respective camps (in particular Noel and Liam Gallagher, Damon Albarn and Alex James), that extended beyond the music industry to the point where the two bands were regularly mentioned on the evening news. In particular, public imagination was sparked by the contrast between the gritty, working class Oasis and the artsy, middle class Blur. In the end, Blur's "Country House" single sold 274,000 copies to Oasis' 216,000 copies of "Roll with It". The singles charted at number 1 and number 2 respectively however many believe Blur won tactically selling their single for £1.99 compared to Oasis £3.99 single price.



In the week of its release, Damon Albarn was asked what he thought of the song. He dubbed the band as "Quoasis" and sang "Down, down, deeper and down" in reference of the song's likeness to Status Quo's 1975 hit Down Down [1]. At this time in their careers Oasis were often criticised for 'borrowing' samples from 60s and 70s bands; this was one such song containing 'borrowed' music.

The song is like several other songs, such as "Supersonic", in that preaches the importance of being yourself. Due to its combination of a catchy tune and positive lyrics, the song ranks amongst Oasis' most popular songs and is a standard at their live performances. Noel Gallagher does not like the song at all however, and described it in a 2005 interview as "appalling".

Trivia

The song was featured on All-Star Family Fortunes aired 23rd December 2006.

In the live performance on the Familiar to Millions DVD, Liam Gallagher changes the lyrics from "don't let anybody get in your way" to "don't let any fucker get in your way".

The cover photograph was taken at the beach in Weston-super-Mare. The five television sets the band members are looking at are shown on the inner sleeve, and feature Ian Botham (watched by Guigsy), Noel Gallagher from the "Cigarettes & Alcohol" music video, snooker player Alex Higgins (after winning the World Snooker Championship in 1981), Peter Sellers in a scene from The Party, and the Who's Keith Moon.

Source: Wikipedia

Noel Gallagher On The Chris Moyles Show This Morning

Chris Moyles will have Noel Gallagher on his show on this morning to play the new Oasis single The Shock Of The Lightning.

The song is scheduled to be played at around 8am (UK), listen to the show from 6am (UK) on Friday at www.bbc.co.uk/radio1.

Tune in live as Chris could do with the extra listeners after his show lost 500,000 listener's in the last quarter. Noel is also reported to be announcing UK tour dates on the show.

In This Week's NME

This week's NME (13/08/08)

Find the answers to the following teasers in the new issue of NME, on sale across the UK from Wednesday August 13.

Have The Verve blown it with their big comeback album, 'Forth'?

Who are the bands that have influenced Crystal Castles?

Why is Mike Skinner of The Streets looking so glum?

HOW did Bloc Party go down at Lollapalooza?

Muse's exclusive South American tour diary, complete with candid private photographs.

Oasis: the Gallaghers finally go electro.

My Chemical Romance: Gerard Way tells us why he's taking a break.

All this and more can be found in the new issue of NME, on sale from Wednesday August 13.

Source: www.nme.com

Jay-Z's Attack On Noel Gallagher 'Jockin Jay-Z' Leaks In Full Online

The final edit of 'Jockin Jay-Z', the first track from US rapper Jay-Z's forthcoming Blueprint 3 album, has leaked in full online.

The song, which has been produced by Kanye West, was aired for the first time last week when Jay-Z joined West on stage in New York.

The finished version of the track includes Jay-Z's attack on Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher, where he raps: "That bloke from Oasis said I couldn't play guitar/Somebody should have told him I'm a fuckin' rock star."

He then mocks the Oasis track 'Wonderwall', singing: "Today is gonna be the day that I'm gonna throw it back to you.”

The rapper also voices his support for US democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama in the song.

West is one of a number of producers who are expected to contribute to Blueprint 3, which is due to be released next year.

As previously reported on Gigwise, Timbaland recently suggested that he was behind the whole production.

But Jay-Z played down Timbaland's comments, calling them “premature” in an interview with Rolling Stone.

Source: www.gigwise.com

Liam Gallagher’s River Dance

The second single from the next Oasis album will be Liam Gallagher's ode to John Lennon called I’m Outta Time.

It’s been picked to be the second release from forthcoming CD Dig Out Your Soul.

Liam has been making a splash in sleepy Cotswolds village Bourton-on-the-Water while making the promo for the song.

Part of the filming involved him wading through a river strapped to a parachute. Liam’s ballad is obviously so moving only getting waist-deep in cold water would do it justice.

He was overheard saying: “I wish I hadn’t written this music now.”

Even Noel has been raving about Liam’s songwriting contributions on the new album and has put his money where his mouth is by giving him the second single slot.

The first single from the collection will be The Shock Of The Lightning, out on September 29.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Noel Gallagher On The Chris Moyles Show On Friday

Chris Moyles will have Noel Gallagher on his show on Friday morning to play the new Oasis single The Shock Of The Lightning.

The song is scheduled to be played at 8:15am (UK), listen to the show from 6am (UK) on Friday at www.bbc.co.uk/radio1.

Oasis Day On Virgin Radio Xtreme

Look out, our kid, it's Oasis Day here on Xtreme this Friday (15 August) between 9am and 6pm.

"Alright people, It's Oasis Day this Friday (15th August) on Virgin Radio Xtreme between 9am and 6pm. There's loads going on, we'll be playing the new single "The Shock of the Lightning" as well as all the old classics. On top of that there'll be exclusive live sessions, B-sides and a whole bunch of rarities. As if that wasn't enough for you die hards, we'll be airing their legendary set from V2005 as a build up to this years V Festival weekend! If you're an Oasis fan you DO NOT want to miss this. 'Ave it large with us this Friday from 9am.

Source: Virgin Radio Xtreme

The Shock Of The Lightning - Single Details

Oasis return with the first single from their forthcoming seventh studio album, ‘Dig Out Your Soul’ on 29th September. ‘The Shock Of The Lightning’, is regarded by principal song-writer Noel Gallagher as one of the band’s most instant songs “because it was written dead fast. And recorded dead fast. ‘The Shock Of The Lightning’ basically is the demo. And it has retained its energy. And there’s a lot to be said for that, I think. The first time you record something is always the best.”

The eagerly awaited new album is released on 6th October on the band’s own Big Brother label across the world.

The B-side to the single is the sought after Chemical Brothers remix of ‘Falling Down’, another song from ‘Dig Out Your Soul’. The Chemical Brothers remix is a psychedelic, acid-tinged take of the track which has been climbing club and radio charts after Big Brother sent it to a handful of DJ’s around the world.

This is the first time an Oasis single has been backed with a remix and fans purchasing downloads of ‘The Shock Of The Lightning’ via the band’s own web site at Oasisinet or www.itunes.co.uk will also have the option of buying the video for the single. This is only available via those two web portals.

A strictly limited edition 7" vinyl collector’s box will be made available separately for fans from both Oasisinet.com and select retailers to enable fans to collect all the 7" singles from the forthcoming album campaign.

All formats are as follows:

CD: ‘The Shock Of The Lightning’ / ‘Falling Down’ (Chemical Brothers remix)

7”: ‘The Shock Of The Lightning’ / ‘Falling Down’ (Chemical Brothers remix)

iTunes / Oasisinet EXCLUSIVE: ‘The Shock Of The Lightning’ / ‘Falling Down’ (Chemical Brothers remix) / ‘The Shock Of The Lightning’ video

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Oasis' The Shock Of The Lightning Artwork

Here's a world exclusive first look at the artwork for upcoming Oasis single The Shock Of The Lightning. You can hear it for the first time on my website and the radio from Friday.

Out on September 29, it’s the first single from album Dig Out Your Soul, out a week later.

The B-side is The Chemical Brothers’ psychedelic remix of Falling Down.

Liam Gallagher’s beautiful ballad tribute to John Lennon, I’m Outta Time, is almost certain to be the band’s follow-up single.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Happy Birthday Andy Bell

Andrew Piran Bell (born 11 August 1970 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh musician, and former member of the early 1990s shoegazing band, Ride, and later, Hurricane #1. He currently plays bass guitar and is a songwriter for Oasis. However, on latest albums, the band have taken less clearly defined roles and Bell was able to contribute guitar on his tunes.

Ride

Bell formed Ride with Mark Gardener (guitarist), who he met at Cheney School in Oxford and Laurence Colbert (drummer) and Steve Queralt (bassist), who he met doing Foundation Studies in Art and Design at Banbury in 1988. While still at Banbury the band produced a tape demo including the tracks "Chelsea Girl" and "Drive Blind". In February 1989 "Ride" were asked to stand in for a cancelled student union gig at Oxford Poly that brought them to the attention of Alan McGee. After supporting The Soup Dragons in 1989 McGee signed them to Creation Records.

With Ride, Bell released three EPs between January and September 1990, entitled "Ride", "Play" and "Fall". While the EP's were not chart successes, enough critical praise was received to make Ride the "darlings" of music journalists. The first two EPs were eventually released together as Smile in 1992, while the "Fall" EP was incorporated into their first LP, Nowhere, released in October 1990, which was hailed as a critical success and the media dubbed Ride "The brightest hope" for 1991. This was followed in March 1992 with Going Blank Again. The twin rhythm guitars of Bell and Gardener, both distorted, both using Wah-wah pedals and both feeding back on each other was seen as the highlight of the album's critical and chart success.

Despite having a solid fanbase and some mainstream success, the lack of a breakthrough contributed to inter-band tension, especially between Gardener and Bell. Their third LP, Carnival of Light, was released in 1994, after shoegazing had given way to Britpop. Carnival of Light was oriented towards this new sound, but sales were sluggish and the shift in musical tastes devastated much of their original audience. The band were joined at Creation Records by Oasis, who shot to fame in 1994 with their groundbreaking debut Definitely Maybe. As label mates, Bell came to know the bands Gallagher brothers quite well and often shared in their partying, if not their success.

1995 saw the dissolution of the band while recording fourth album Tarantula due to creative and personal tensions between Gardener and Bell. The track listing of Carnival of Light gives an indication of the tension that was mounting between the two guitarists, with the first half of the album being songs written by Gardener and the last half of the album being songs written by Bell - one or both had refused to let their songs be interspersed with pieces written by the other. Bell penned most of the songs for Tarantula, one of which - "Castle on the Hill" - was a lament for the band's situation and contains references to Gardener's self imposed exile from the group. The album was withdrawn from sales one week after release.

Since the break-up, both Bell and Gardener have been able to be more reflective on the reasons why the group disintegrated, with Bell especially admitting his own part in the process. It appears that they had just been too young and too stubborn and had no real idea of where the band was heading when they changed their style.

Hurricane #1

Bell returned in 1997 with Hurricane #1, another Creation signing. Aware of his own vocal fragility, Bell had drafted in a more gutsy singer, Alex Lowe, who would sing the songs Bell wrote for him. The same year, they released their first album, also called Hurricane #1. Their first single, "Step Into My World", number 29 in the UK charts (a re-mix of reached number 19 that year), and other less successful singles "Just Another Illusion" and "Chain Reaction".

Their second album, Only The Strongest Will Survive, was released in 1998 and the title track was released as a single reaching number 19.

Hurricane #1 drew criticism, bordering on ridicule, for their similarity to Oasis. Bell himself said "Hurricane #1 is not so much influenced by Oasis, it's inspired by Oasis". Ill-advisedly, they let one of their songs be used on a TV ad campaign for The Sun. Their albums did not sell well and in 1999 Bell took time out to tour as guitarist with the band Gay Dad.

Oasis

Bell has been good friends with Magnus Carlson, the lead singer in Swedish band, Weeping Willows. Together they have embarked on some musical projects. The two run and DJ at the club, Bangers ’n’ Mash. During the autumn of 2006 Carlson and Bell teamed up (with Janne Schaffer) and performed at an event dedicated to the late 1970s singer-songwriter, Ted Gärdestad.

The Weeping Willows released their fifth studio album Fear & Love with Bell as producer in February 2007. Bell played a number of instruments on eight of the album's twelve tracks ranging from glockenspiel, piano and guitar. Weeping Willows has always drawn upon early Roy Orbison and The Smiths as their main influences. On Fear & Love Bell brought some English folk music influences, and a some 1960s styled British Invasion sounds. The album was more or less recorded live in the studio, by playing the songs until the band got them right with minimal digital post production. Weeping Willows last two albums relied on a lot of post-production and remix styled studio techniques. Scandinavian music critics have given the album a warm welcome and compared some songs to The Verve, Talk Talk and Oasis.

In 2003 Bell collaborated with the Stockholm based Irish-Swedish electronica/acid house duo, DK7, on the tracks “Heart Like a Demon” and “White Shadow” for their Disarmed album.

He has also performed solo gigs at smaller Swedish summer festivals.

Source: Wikipedia