Toronto V Festival Set Times

For all you people going to the V Festival in Toronto this weekend.

Oasis will take to the stage at 9:10PM until 11:00 PM after sets earlier in the day by Paul Weller, Stereophonics and more.

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Oasis The Best Act Ever? Vote For Them At The Europe Music Awards

Let your voice be heard and vote now for your 2008 Europe Music Award nominees.

The band are in the shortlist for Best Act Ever, Rock Out and Best Album categories at this years awards to be held in Liverpool.

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The five artists with the most votes in each category will become the official 2008 EMA nominees.

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Pictures Of Oasis In Vancouver

The first pictures from the Oasis show in Vancouver have started arriving in my inbox.

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Oasis Actually Enjoying Itself

Beatles influence still present but band re-energized

Each in their own way, the three acts were psychedelic Wednesday night at GM Place. They wore Technicolor coats that might not have been obvious but were there to be seen just the same.

First came Matt Costa playing in front of few people and with only his guitarist accompanying him. Costa's folky side came to the fore but there was also a fragility that hinted at a Syd Barrett eccentricity.

Ryan Adams and The Cardinals were next. The quintet arrived on stage unannounced but from its first doomy chords made an impression. If Adams is the titular head of the band on the marquee, he is more one part of the Cardinals on stage.

The first song had the first hint of the gospel harmony the Cardinals would come back to a few times. Guitars coil and strike, the pedal steel screams, the drums insinuate seduction.

The band went from a funereal dirge to Bo Diddley frenzy. Along the way they created drama and a mystique. It echoed the past and created its own atmosphere. The last song was reminiscent of '60s West Coast acid rock that ended in a psychedelic strobe-like confusion.

In the past, an Oasis concert has been anticlimactic at best, just plain dull at worst. But the new Dig Out Your Soul album, which will be released in October, indicates the band is trying hard to reclaim lost ground. The Manchester band previewed a little of it last night. It isn't overly psychedelic but does invoke a bygone era at times that could be termed psychedelic. The Beatles influence is apparent anyway and tomorrow never knows.

The band started with "Rock 'N' Roll Star," which was probably the first song most people heard by Oasis, which was fitting. But over the years the track has acquired extra dynamism while the band of Liam and Noel Gallagher, Andy Bell, Jem Archer and Chris Sharrock now punches out the song like a rude boxer.

There's a little of Keith Moon in Sharrock that adds to the band's attack and makes Oasis more exciting for it.

Noel Gallagher's riffs seem to bite down harder and Liam's singing seems more energized. It was definitely the best show by Oasis I've seen.

A new song such as "Bag It Up" displays a more integrated sound rather than a riff with Liam singing over top. There's more substance now. It speaks of a band that has rediscovered itself and is revelling in sharing what it has found.

Source: www.canada.com

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Metallica Inspired To Give Up Cocaine By Oasis

Lars Ulrich quits drug with Noel Gallagher's help

Metallica's Lars Ulrich used Noel Gallagher as an inspiration to give up cocaine.

The drummer set he decided to quit the drug a few years ago, and took the Oasis guitarist as an inspiration.

"A couple of years ago I was like, 'You know? Enough of this. I don't need it'. It was literally something that happened one morning, like 'Y'know? Fuck that'," he told The Quietus.com.

He added: "I was very impressed with Noel Gallagher. As you know, I'm an Oasis fanatic, and Noel was like [adopts Mancunian accent] 'You know what? No more cocaine!' (Gallagher quit in 1998) and I thought, 'If he can do it, everybody else can do it'.

"I had my fun with it, it was always more of a social thing. We were never like rolling around and spending days in bathroom stalls, and peeking out the keyholes of doors for days."

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Oasis Vancouver Gig Setlist

01.- Rock & Roll Star
02.- Lyla
03.- The Shock Of The Lightning
04.- Cigarettes & Alcohol
05.- The Meaning Of Soul
06.- To Be Where Theres Life
07.- The Masterplan
08.- Songbird
09.- Slide Away
10.- Morning Glory
11.- Ain't Got Nothin
12.- The Importance Of Being Idle
13.- Wonderwall
14.- Supersonic
15.- Don't Look Back In Anger
16.- Falling Down
17.- Champagne Supernova
18.- I Am The Walrus

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Tickets Still On Sale For Some Oasis UK Tour Dates

Tickets for some of the Oasis shows in Liverpool, Sheffield, Birmingham and Glasgow are still on sale at seetickets.

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Oasis Opens A '90s Rock 'N' Roll Time Capsule

"It is so cool," North Carolina singer-songwriter Ryan Adams said as he took the stage Tuesday night, "to be here with one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands of all time."

Such a bold claim (Oasis? One of the greatest of all time? Really?) might have caused some head-scratching outside WaMu Theater, but inside nothing could have been more obvious to the sold-out crowd.

Concertgoers stomped and whistled their approval as Adams and his band referenced a host of bands that could give Oasis a run for their GOAT-money -- Television, The Replacements, the Stones, the Grateful Dead. There are countless bands arguably better than Oasis, but like many songwriters (Rivers Cuomo of Weezer and Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne, to name two), Adams is mesmerized by the effortlessness of the Brits' driving songcraft. Famously, Cuomo has scholarly binders dedicated to unlocking the mystery of Oasis' hits, something Adams probably would do if he had anything of the scholar in him.

Adams' songs, such as "Cold Roses" and "Rescue Blues," will never achieve "Champagne Supernova"-level radio play, but they are fine pop specimens nonetheless. The Cardinals' melodies and amphitheater rock tunes furthered the work of warm-up act Matt Costa, a honey-voiced Californian whose affable set echoed Jack Johnson as much as the Fleet Foxes.

After a short intermission, a backlit Liam Gallagher strutted on stage in an ascot and leather jacket, still very much the rock star given to preening and posing. As a group of bewhiskered blokes in the crowd began chanting "O-a-sis, O-a-sis," running back and forth trying to start a wave, the band launched into "Rock 'n' Roll Star" from the 1994 album "Definitely Maybe."

Hearing such a throwback felt like being at a strange historical re-enactment, an exhibit called "When Oasis Roamed the Earth." Even though Gallagher's countrymen Coldplay are the current saviors of the record industry, they'll never approach the level of fame Oasis had in the mid-'90s. Oasis' monolithic anthems were inescapable then, causing much of the overheated British press to believe the band was bigger than The Beatles. That seems so strange 15 years on, but the band has a certain power.

Now, Oasis' music can sound as much like Motley Crue as the Fab Four, especially when it's unmoored from '90s nostalgia. On Tuesday, the band churned through 10 songs ("How many albums do they have?" an incredulous fan behind me asked) before launching into a few songs from "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?"

That album has to make the band a little bit bonkers, since it's not all that different from the subsequent albums -- singalong choruses and major-scale melodies abound -- but no band could ever hope to achieve the success of "Wonderwall" once, let along again. That pop masterpiece is Liam and Noel Gallagher's "Freebird," and they dutifully played it near the end of the set, sending lighters up throughout the crowd as Liam's nasally voice rang out, "I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now."

Source: www.seattlepi.com

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Kaiser Chiefs On Oasis

Ricky Wilson and Nick Hodgson from the Kaiser Chiefs played down recent comments made by Noel Gallagher on the Chris Moyles breakfast show describing them as "The Monkees going under a different name".

Speaking on the Chris Moyles show this morning "I think he's really clever because every interview I've done in the last week has mentioned Oasis," Ricky said.

"So I'm answering questions about their new record and he ends up in everybody's interviews. He is a publicity machine."

Nick added: "When I've seen him we've always had a good time. We saw him one time in Australia and had a good time. What a lovely man."

The Kaiser Chiefs drummer also said he once dressed up as Liam Gallagher when he was presenting the now defunct Channel 4 music progamme Popworld.

"I once remember Liam Gallagher apologising to us when we played on Top Of The Pops," Nick explained.

"It was the first time we ever did it and we were a bit nervous of Liam because he'd been slagging us off. But then we'd been presenting Popworld and I dressed up as Liam Gallagher and did an impression of him.

"He comes up to me and goes; 'So yeah right the reason I said stuff about you was because I saw you on that programme doing me and I was just about to put my biscuit in my tea and I left it in for too long and it ruined my biscuit'.

"I ruined his biscuit so he started slagging us off. That's alright isn't it?"

The pair also said they refuse to slate other bands because they always end up meeting them at some point.

Nick added: "The big problem is when you slag people off, which we used to do a lot in the old days, you always end up meeting them and it's always embarrassing."

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Oasis Digs Down To Basics On New Album

British rockers Oasis will make eight stops across Canada this summer including Vancouver, Aug 27; Edmonton, Aug. 29; Calgary, Aug. 30; Winnipeg, Sept. 1; Ottawa, Sept. 4; Montreal, Sept. 5; Toronto, Sept. 7; and London, Sept. 9. This is the first Canadian tour for the Manchester band formed by brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher.

British band Oasis gets back to its stripped-down rock roots on its upcoming album, "Dig Out Your Soul."

Due October 7 via Big Brother/Warner Bros., the 11-track set from the famously sparring Gallagher brothers is led by the strident rocker "The Shock of the Lightning," which is already racking up airplay well ahead of its late September release date.

The album begins with the two-chord dirge "Bag It Up," harking back to "Columbia," from the band's 1994 debut, "Definitely Maybe." It's followed by the insistent "The Turning," which winds its way down to "Blackbird"-style finger-picking and the sounds of passing traffic and car alarms.

The sludgy, Noel Gallagher sung-"Waiting for the Rapture" nods to the Beatles' "Come Together," while the clap-and-stomp blues rock of "(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady" and the boogie vibe of "The Nature of Reality" extend the back-to-basics feel of the album.

Elsewhere, the Liam Gallagher-penned "I'm Outta Time" incorporates an audio excerpt of a John Lennon BBC Radio interview just days before his 1980 death, and the Noel-sung "Falling Down" nods to the beats from his collaboration with the Chemical Brothers, "Setting Sun." Fans who pre-order the new album on iTunes will receive this track as an immediate download.

Noel penned six of the first seven songs on "Dig Out Your Soul," with Liam responsible for three others and bassist Andy Bell and guitarist Gem Archer handling one each.

Oasis began there short North American tour with Ryan Adams last night (Aug 26) in Seattle.

Source: www.canada.com

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Oasis' World Tour Opens With A Bang In Seattle

Bathed in violet light, the stage of Seattle's WAMU Theater was set last night for an evening of prodigious musicianship from fabled Britpop stalwarts Oasis, who began the North American leg of their world tour to a sold-out audience.

Solo artist Matt Costa, with his raspy yet beautifully crisp vocals and understated acoustics, opened the show, followed by Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, who took the stage for an all-out detour from Adams' alt-country style into fully-fledged rock territory, replete with drilling drums, dueling guitars, and tremendous, gospel-eque harmonies. Adams' wistful vocals and melodic guitar playing threatened to steal the entire night's show -- but as proved later, no one can take the limelight from the Gallagher brothers.

With a frenetic blast of beautiful noise, Oasis began their lightshow-infused set with "Rock'n'Roll Star," reminding the audience just who the night's headliners were and why. Though known for being aloof, Liam Gallagher belted out his vocals with gusto, providing energetic counterpoint to brother Noel's lilting melodies. Liam fronted favorites like "Cigarettes and Alcohol," "Slide Away," and "The Meaning of Soul," while Noel took center stage and offered gorgeously lush vocal and acoustic guitar arrangements on "The Masterplan" and "Wonderwall."

New material, including "The Shock of the Lightning" off the forthcoming album Dig Out Your Soul, was interspersed throughout the set, showcasing the band's masterful subtlety and restraint coupled with their unparalleled exuberance for loud, feedback-laden rock.

The show concluded with a cover of the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus," bringing a fitting end to a show that sparkled from start to finish. On opening night, Oasis' proved themselves to be an ever-evolving band whose talent and skill never fails to awe and amaze..

pictures from the gig by Jamee R. Smith can be found here

Source: www.spin.com

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Oasis Warn Drummer Not To Get Comfortable As Tour Begins In Seattle

Oasis' Noel Gallagher jokingly warned the bands new drummer not to get too comfortable as they kicked off their world tour in Seattle last night (August 26th).

Chris Sharrock, who took over from Zak Starkey earlier his year, was playing his first live show with the band at the Wamu Theatre.

After introducing Sharrock at the end of last night's set, Gallagher told the crowd that the band were “trying to break Spinal Tap's” record for drummers.

Oasis previewed a host of songs from their new album, 'Dig Out Your Soul', during the show, including 'Falling Down' and the LP's lead single 'The Shock Of Lightning'.

Source: www.gigwise.com

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First Visitors To The Sites Pictures From Last Nights Gig

The first pictures from visitors to the site have started arriving in my inbox, including the pre gig setlist.

Thanks to the people who have sent in pictures so far, and I hope it continues for the full tour.

I wll add all the pictures to the Fan Photo Archive here, as and when I get them.

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New Oasis Tour Memorabilia

Pictures of the new Oasis Tour Memorabilia: A new Jacket (front and back shown), red t-shirt, tour book and poster.

Thanks to Ethan at oasiscollectors

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Videos From Oasis In Seattle

More videos here thanks to Importance Of Whatever

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Pictures And Set List From The Opening Night Of The Oasis World Tour In Seattle

01.- Rock & Roll Star
02.- Lyla
03.- The Shock Of The Lightning
04.- Cigarettes & Alcohol
05.- The Meaning Of Soul
06.- To Be Where There's Life OR Waiting For The Rapture (don't know which one of these as i never heard them before)
07.- The Masterplan
08.- Songbird
09.- Slide Away
10.- Morning Glory
11.- Ain't Got Nothin
12.- The Importance Of Being Idle
13.- Wonderwall
14.- Supersonic
15.- Don't Look Back In Anger
16.- Falling Down
17.- Champagne Supernova
18.- I Am The Walrus

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Kings Of Leon On Oasis

Julie Cullen from BBC Radio 6 show The Music week, was speaking to Caleb Followill from the Kings Of Leon about Oasis.

"Speaking of famous friends Noel Gallagher is always talking about Kings Of Leon and telling everybody who will listen. There new album is out soon are you fans of there's."

Cleb "I was a fan of Wonderwall and all that stuff, that's when I was a Junior/Senior in High School so it was huge. I did my fair share of making out or crying to a couple of those songs.

But once again another band that have stood the test of time, and still doing it there way. All these bands kind of have a theme to them that like us, so hopefully they can see themselves in us. And we can have the same kind of career path".

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Win A VIP Trip To See Oasis At The Eden Project!

Following the rapid sell-out of their UK arena tour this coming autumn, the Gallagher brothers and co have announced that they will be playing a special open air show at the Eden Project.

Despite recording twice at Sawmills studio at Golant, near Fowey, in 1994 and again 10 years later, the band have never played in the county.

The gig will take place on Saturday, September 27, and will be filmed for global broadcast by none-other than MTV!

Here at MTV though, we've got a very special treat for you indeed! How would you fancy going to the gig VIP style?! Stupid question?! Well we've got a VIP trip for two to give away including travel, two nights bed and breakfast and £200 spending money!

All you have to do is answer the Oasis related question here, and submit your details.

Easy as that. We'll see you there!

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Oasis To Play Exclusive Show For Their Fans At Cornwall’s Eden Project

Following the rapid sell out of their UK Arena tour this coming Autumn, Oasis have announced that next month they will be playing a special open air show at the Eden Project in Cornwall. This show comes before their UK Tour gets underway and the release of their new album 'Dig Out Your Soul'.

Oasis’s first ever gig in Cornwall will take place on Saturday the 27th September and will be filmed for global broadcast by MTV. Tickets for this event WILL NOT be available through the usual outlets. Instead applicants will have to register online at Oasisinet to go into a draw for the chance to purchase up to two tickets for this very special concert. Registration opens at midday Friday the 29th August until midday Friday 5th September. Successful applicants will be notified on Monday the 8th September and will have a period of four days to purchase their tickets.

Oasis last played the UK in February 2006.

'Dig Out Your Soul' is released on the 6th October, the single 'The Shock Of The Lightning' is released on September 29.

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Oasis World Tour Starts Today In Seattle

The Oasis world tour starts today at the WaMu Theater in Seattle (USA), before moving on to Cananda.

This is the set list that the band played on August 14th, to some very lucky competition winners in London.

Rock 'n' Roll Star
Lyla
The Shock Of The Lightning
Cigarettes And Alcohol
The Meaning Of Soul
To Be Where There's Life
Waiting For The Rapture
The Masterplan
Songbird
Slide Away
Morning Glory
Ain't Got Nothing
The Importance Of Being Idle
I'm Outta Time
Wonderwall
My Big Mouth
Supersonic
Don't Look Back In Anger (Acoustic)
Falling Down
Champagne Supernova
I Am The Walrus

The set list included six new songs taken from the bands new album Dig Out You Soul.

The Shock Of The Lightning, To Be Where There's Life, Waiting For The Rapture, Ain't Got Nothing, I'm Outta Time and Falling Down.

Also included in the set list for the first time in years were My Big Mouth, Slide Away, Supersonic and the return of the colossal I Am The Walrus.

You can read various reviews from the gig, and the first reviews of the new album that were played to the winners before the gig over at stoptheclocks.org

Will fans be treated to the same set list tonight?

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