The Making Of 'The Shock Of The Lightning

Oasisinet is pleased to give you an insight into how the band's forthcoming single 'The Shock of the Lightning' was written and recorded.

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Last Nights Oasis Setlist

Rock & Roll Star
Lyla
Shock of the Lightning
Cigs & Alcohol
Meaning of soul
To be where there's life
Masterplan
Songbird
Slide away
Morning Glory
Aint got nothin
Importance of being idle
Wonder wall
Supersonic
Dont look back in anger
Falling Down
Champagne Supernova
I am the walrus

Pictures and Video's to follow

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Sun Readers' Top Acts Revealed

Yesterday I asked you to send me your Top Ten bands of all time after Oasis lord Noel Gallagher posted his definitive list online.

The Beatles, topped his choice and unsurprisingly they also ran away with No1 in the Bizarre readers’ Top Ten as well.

But Noel will be pleased to hear his own band were voted No2.

Queen came third, followed by The Rolling Stones then Led Zeppelin.

The Who took the No6 spot with The Jam and Pink Floyd coming seventh and eighth respectively. Ninth were The Stone Roses and The Beach Boys were No10. Bands to narrowly miss out included T-Rex, The Smiths and Muse.

A special mention for reader Danny Carter, who was so torn over his tenth spot he shared it between two bands — Kula Shaker and The Zutons.

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Are Oasis Set For Italy?

Nikki of Radio Deejay in Italy, announced earlier today that they will be having Oasis in the studio on September 25th in Milan.

Several Italian forums are buzzing with rumours of a show in the city the same night.

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Liam Gallagher Interview

Hi Liam! You're abit older now, so have you given up fighting the paparazzi?

I've calmed down, man. But it depends how close they get to me. If they're in my f***ing space then they're going to get a dig! Sometimes, they come up and take the p*ss and that's when I react.

Do you regret any of the mad stuff you have got up to in the past?

No, I'd do it all the f***ing same, man. Even the bad times were worth it because I'm still alive. I've got f***ing money in the bank, I've got a nice house and my family are f***ing happy. It could be f***ing worse, couldn't it? It's all good. How crazy was it to be in Oasis when you first started? I can't remember much about that whole f***ing thing - I was very drunk a lot of the time. I'd read some things and think, "Did that really happen?" and then I'd see the pictures. It was wild. It was life on the f***ing edge. But we weren't "Guns N' Roses wild" because were a different kind of band. We never fell over drunk because we like our clothes too much. And I've never poured Guinness or Jack Daniels on my head because we're not f***ing Beavis and Butt-head. But we had a good time. Oh yeah, man!

What about drugs? Was there lots of that going on?

Yeah, but none of us ever done f***ing smack and none of us have ever been in the f***ing Priory, like all these little f***ing idiots today. They have one little line and they are all in the Priory.

What do you think of the current music scene?

There's too much of it - its fast food music. You make one f***ing hit and everyone thinks, "Yeah, they're f***ing great". Its like having a McDonald's - by the time you've finished, you feel guilty because it weren't that f***ing good. I'm like, "Where's the Sunday roast?" I like my records played more than once.

Whats the most extravagant thing you've ever bought?

I bought a Bristol, which is one of the last hand-made English cars ever. It's a top car. I've got a nice apartment and a gaff in the country. But apart from that I am not really that bling.

Do you still think Oasis are the biggest and best band ever?

Well, when we said that, that was us just being cocky little b*stards, wasn't it. Maybe we're not the f***ing best ever but we're one of the greatest bands of the last 10 years. I don't see anyone who's set it alight more than us for the last 10 years. We burnt the candles at both ends, had some f***ing sh*t things happen to us, but we got through it. To me, that's what it's all about. Half the stuff that goes down in other bands these days is nothing. They play it too f***ing safe. So, yeah, we're the b*llocks and we remain the b*llocks.

Whats been the highlight of your career so far?

It's got to be the City of Manchester stadium gig, when we played three nights in front of people we went to school with - people who'd rip your f***ing head off if they got you on your own, but who still loved the music. To play in front of your own f***ing crowd, with 60,000 people coming to see you, is pretty special. But getting a record deal was the f***ing most important thing because that allowed us to drive your own car.

What would you be if you weren't a musician?

F**k knows! I did want to be a footballer, but I didn't have the discipline to give up the fags or booze. And I couldn't see the point of making all that money and not being allowed to get off your f***ing head. Apart from that, be God, maybe? That'd be a good job. That's the next highest one, isn't it? Being in Oasis, then f***ing being God!

Well, didn't you once say you wanted to change the world?

I don't think we said we'd change the world, I think we just said we're the best f***ing band in the world. And I don't think we've changed the world, because look at the state it's in! But we have changed our world, changed our lives and changed quite a few other people's f***ing lives, too. Even to this day, there are loads of people out there that come up and say, "You changed my f***ing life." That's nice, man. I'm happy with that.

Source: Nut's Magazine

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Lord Don't Slow Me Down Blu-ray Release Date

Specifically, for you music fans, we've just learned that Universal Music Enterprises will be releasing four new Blu-ray Disc titles on October 21, including ABBA: The Movie, B.B. King: Live, Oasis: Lord Don't Slow Me Down and Michael Apted's Sting: Bring on the Night. Also coming that day are two more music titles on standard DVD, including The Four Tops: Reach Out and Johnny Cash: Cash for Kenya - Live in Johnstown.

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'The Blues Run The Game'

Latest entry from Noel Gallagher's blog on www.oasisinet.com

Fuck me!! That fortune cookie actually worked. Woke up to 19 text messages. Man City have been bought out by an Arab prince! Rock the fuckin’ Casbah! They’re buying everything that moves in the transfer market. It’s beautiful madness. WE MUST ALL BOW TO THE NEW MECCA OF ENGLISH FOOTBALL, THE MIDDLE-EASTLANDS!!! What a way to start the day. Breakfast has never tasted so good (even if was shit!)

It was boiling hot here yesterday. Today it’s fuckin’ freezing. How can that be? I’m reading in the local press that Gerry and the Pacemakers are in town next week!! Got ‘Walk On’’ in my head now, or is it called “You’ll Never Walk Alone”? Either way, what a tune.

Only 7,000 people tonight. Feels more like a warm up. Crowd are a bit subdued. Maybe they’re leaving some in the tank for Gerry, eh?

To be honest, the gig pales into insignificance against the news coming out of Manchester. It is simply staggering. For our club to go from being a laughing stock to the richest club in England in a matter of moments is ludicrous!! AND WE’VE SIGNED ROBINHO!!! It’s like the end of the world or summat. We celebrate accordingly. And get on this.. the iPod’s on shuffle, and guess what tune comes on as we’re toasting the Arabs? A tune by Jackson C. Frank called “The Blues Run The Game’! Perfect.

In a bit.

General Dread.

P.S – The gig got 3.5 stars in the Winnipeg Free Press. THAT’S NEARLY 4!! (and that’s almost perfect)

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Liam Gallagher To Buy A Home In The Dakota Building?

Liam Gallagher plans to move into the same New York building where John Lennon lived.

The Oasis frontman - who idolises the late Beatles legend - has already announced his plans to quit the UK for the Big Apple, but a friend says he plans to be as "close to Lennon's spirit" as possible by setting up home in the Dakota building.

The pal said: "Liam has always been fascinated with everything about John Lennon and has long fantasised about having an apartment in the Dakota building like he did.

"He loves that part of New York and feels he'd be very much at home there."

Lennon's widow Yoko Ono still lives in the building - which is close to Central Park - where the musician was shot dead by deranged fan Mark Chapman in 1980.

The friend added: "Liam would feel close to Lennon's spirit living there."

Liam has previously visited Yoko at the building, and said afterwards he felt inspired and "couldn't stop writing songs".

Earlier this week, the rocker - who is married to former All Saints singer Nicole Appleton - said he gets a "buzz" from being in New York.

He added: "Nic' was born in Canada, but then she lived there for five years. That's the next step for me. I want to go to a place where I can just be me."

Source: www.myparkmag.co.uk

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Toronto Vigin Festival To Be Broadcast On XM

The Verge brings you live performances and coverage of the Toronto Virgin Festival from the mainstage action to the Molsen Canadian Rocks Zone with exclusive live performances from Oasis, Paul Weller, Bloc Party, The Fratellis, Stereophonics, Against Me!, The Weakerthans and lot's more.

Broadcast Schedule:
Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7 beginning at 1 PM ET

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

Click here for more details, I posted all the set times for the weekend can be found here.

Source: www.xmradio.ca

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'You Never Know If You’re Gonna Meet A Preacher Or A Serial Killer.'

"I love truck stops. You never know if you’re gonna meet a preacher or a serial killer. This one is pure David Lynch gear."

Noel has been in touch again to keep us up-to-date on life on the road.

To find out about the truck stop and discover what Noel's favourite guitar string is, click here or register to read them here!

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Noel Gallagher On Computer Games

Guitar Hero better than "somebody getting their f***ing head chopped off with a samurai sword while getting f****d by a goblin up the arse with a laser"

Oasis man Noel Gallagher has been speaking to MusicRadar about his upcoming album and he touched upon the Guitar Hero phenomenon, giving us the best quote of the week.

Speaking about Guitar Hero he said, "If it puts little plastic guitars into kids' hands and fires their imaginations, I think that's a good thing. It's harmless fun, innit."

Then he said, "I'd rather that genre of videogames than somebody getting their f***ing head chopped off with a samurai sword while getting f****d by a goblin up the arse with a laser. Do you know what I mean?"

Not really Noel. Well, kind of but we don't know what games you've been playing. We'll ask him next time we walk past him in the street or he's in the pub up the road from the office (true story).

Gallagher has previously said games desensitise kids from crime: "People say it's through violent video games and I guess that's got something to do with it. If kids are sitting up all night smoking super skunk and they become so desensitised to crime because they're playing these video games, it's really, really scary."

Source: www.computerandvideogames.com

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Zak Starkey's New Band Set For 'This Feeling' Later This Month

We are typing this with shakey hands and blurred eyesight…last Friday was huge! One of the best This Feeling’s yet. Rob Harvey from The Music was mesmeric. Have a lil’ look what you missed if you weren’t there and click here. And September promises to be just as big…and if you book before Monday you can get in for £6.

TF London 26th September @ Parker McMillan, London
£6 this week only / £8 adv / £10 door
We’ve got Zak Starkey’s new band Penguins! playing.

Now, not only is Zak the best drummer in the world and we’d pay money to purely to watch him hit drum skin (did anyone see Zak at Glasto 2 years ago? Wow!), but his band are pretty damned mega. We’ve also got Scotland’s best new band Sergeant, who have been described as the new La’s. That’s great news seeing as Lee Mavers has been sat in his boxers for the last 15 years. The Fins and Strawhouses, both with singles out, also showcase their talents. You’ll also be able to win promo goodies provided by Shoot Music and watch an exclusive advance screening of The Clash “live” at Shea Stadium DVD.

Cheap adv tickets here

TF Manchester 27th September @ MOHO, Manchester £6adv / £8 door

Zak’s Penguins! and Sergeant are playing the debut TF in Manc. We’ve also got another ex Oasis man in the mix and a Stone Rose too…The Vortex have Bonehead and The Logicals feature Aziz. Room 2 features Tom Hingley of Inspiral Carpets and they’ll be plenty more going on. Adv tickets here.

BOSH!

TF Towers

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Noel Gallagher : Blues News Unbelievable

Oasis star Noel Gallagher has offered to play a gig for the prospective new owners of Manchester City.

The "staggered" Blues fan heard about the takeover while in Canada at the start of his band's world tour.

And he says he's stunned by the millions Arab businessman Dr Sulaiman Al-Fahim is prepared to pay to bring players to the club.

"Well, can I just throw my hat in the ring here and tell him that I'm available for any after-show parties he wants me to play at, if he's throwing that kind of money around," said Noel.

He told BBC Radio Five Live: "It'll be nice to know that every gallon of petrol a Man Utd fan buys will be going into City's transfer kitty."

Speaking from Ottawa, where Oasis play tomorrow, the lifelong City fan said he woke up earlier this week to discover 19 text messages.

"I was kind of laughing at first. I still really can't believe it. And to top it all off, just before we went on stage, they signed Robinho, which is just staggering.

"It's unbelievable. I can only assume they must have offered him a fortune.

"But I'm also quite made up that we managed to swindle United out of a few million as well by their having to pay over the odds for Berbatov."

Asked about Dr Al Fahim's plans to bid £120m for United's Cristiano Ronaldo, Noel replied: "The one place in the world Ronaldo won't be going is to our place. He's going to Real Madrid."

The Burnage-born singer celebrated news of the takeover by buying champagne all round.

"What a day. It was unbelievable, going from a cult football club that all black cab drivers in London, all like, they patronise you - to being the richest club in the world in a matter of hours. It's staggering."

Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Noel's Mad Fer Obama

Just one day after Liam Gallagher admitted he plans to quit London for New York in a few years time - brother Noel has been getting excited about the American elections.

The Oasis lord — currently in Canada on tour — has been mesmerised by US Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama.

And he admits he was bowled over by his recent acceptance speech.

He documented on Oasisinet.com: “I managed to catch that Barack Obama's speech to the Democratic rally, impressive stuff. Spellbinding in fact. Wish he was one of ours.

“Why do Americans believe they’re electing the president of the world, though?”

Noel’s also been chatting on his site about how he’s been able to track down proper fish and chips while on tour so we don’t need to worry about him getting carried away by all things American.

There could be a vacancy at the top here soon.

Noel for Prime Minister anyone?

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Greatest Oasis Song Ever?

NME.com are running a poll to find the greatest Oasis song ever.

The current top ten are...

10) The Importance Of Being Idle
09) Whatever
08) Acquiesce
07) Wonderwall
06) Slide Away
05) Rock'N'Roll Star
04) Supersonic
03) Don't Look Back In Anger
02) Champagne Supernova
01) Live Forever

Cast your votes by clicking here.

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Liam Sparks Oasis Revival

The new Oasis album is being hailed as their finest in years, but Liam Gallagher is still struggling to get to grips with the title.

Dig Out Your Soul finds the Manchester legends in ­psychedelic mode, but Liam isn’t reading too much into the cryptic title.

The straight-talking frontman said: “It means f***-all to me. It’s only a lyric. If you use ‘dig’ and ‘soul’ you can’t go wrong.”

Oasis chief songwriter Noel Gallagher believes allowing his brother to write more tunes for them over the years has saved the band from imploding.

Noel, 41, explained: “I told him, ‘You’re gonna have to put your money where your mouth is now and see how you like it when people are f***ing slagging you off.’

“It saved the band in a way. I don’t think I could do it any more – write 12 songs for an album, six B-sides or extra tracks. I didn’t want to drive it any more.”

Now the lads can see Oasis lasting the distance. Well Liam can, at least.

The mouthy singer, 35, said: “I am Oasis. Not saying the others aren’t, but I live it and breathe it every day.
“I’ll do it for ever, the way the Rolling Stones have.”

Over the years, slating the latest Oasis record has become a national pastime and it’s made Liam more sensitive.

He admitted: “It hurts when people say we don’t change or we’re boring.”

At least Noel is as self confident as ever.

He told this month’s Q magazine: “I don’t give a f*** what spotty, divvy little indie bands think about me.

“I don’t give a f*** what some c***sucker from The Wombats thinks of Oasis, or anyone from The Last Shadow Puppets.

“I’m not arsed about any of them. They’re so beneath me it’s unbelieveable.”

Dig Out Your Soul hits the high street on October 6.

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk

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The Definitive Top 10

"In the dressing room the traditional debate has started about 'The Top 10'. This means the top 10 bands of all time. No solo artists allowed. No female artists allowed. No collectives allowed (Public Enemy etc.) This is the 1,000th time we’ve been here with this. It never gets any less interesting for me. For the record, THE DEFINITIVE top 10 is.."Oasisinet has been sent the latest dispatch from Noel for his 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere'To find out what Noel's 'Definitive Top 10' is, click here or register to read them here!

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Bad Boys Do Good

Bickering Gallaghers on their best behaviour at MTS Centre

It's been almost 15 years since they first "arrived" in North America, riding the same wave of critical adulation that accompanied our short-lived love affair with Britpop.

But despite the passage of time -- and the infamous sibling rivalry that's always threatening to overshadow their music, if not sink them outright -- the Manchester-born members of Oasis are still going strong.

Though they've long since put their more controversy-courting antics to rest, bickering brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher still have quite the reputations as two of rock's most prominent bad boys.

But the sibs were on their best behaviour last night at MTS Centre, delivering a no-nonsense set that doubled as a tutorial on how best to survive genre fads and fickle-fan backlashes. Opener Rock & Roll Star -- from the band's 1994 debut Definitely Maybe -- found frontman Liam striking a familiar, cocksure pose, hip jutted out ever so slightly and mono-browed eyes trained menacingly on the crowd.

He traded spiky, assured vocals with Noel on the more recent hit Lyla and drew cheers for The Shock of Lightning -- the lead single from the band's pending new disc Dig Out Your Soul -- before ceding lead vocals to Noel for The Masterplan, first released as a B-side from the mid-'90s.

Guitar-heavy tracks like Slide Away and What's the Story Morning Glory fared slightly better than jangle-pop numbers like Songbird, though fans had to wait for the latter half of the show (which we missed, on account of an early deadline) for singalong anthems like Wonderwall, Don't Look Back In Anger and Champagne Supernova.

Now in theory, opening act Ryan Adams & the Cardinals -- with their alt-country stylings and folksy jam band tendencies -- might seem the antithesis of Oasis' grizzled arena rock.

But as fans know, the two acts share many a hard-edged musical parallel, plus no less an expert than Noel has said he "never got his head around" Wonderwall until he heard Adams' cover version.

The former Whiskeytown frontman wisely chose not to try to beat the Gallaghers at their own game yesterday, but he and the Cardinals did deliver an hour-long set that found them deftly straddling the line between country and rock.

In between mumbled bits of banter, the hyper-prolific troubadour led his band through tunes culled mostly from the last four years, weaving from the haunting, strobe light-enhanced Off Broadway to the nakedly plaintive Please Do Not Let Me Go; from steel pedal-infused country numbers like Let It Ride and Mockingbird, to borderline rockers like Come Pick Me Up and Everybody Knows.

Prior to Adams' set, fellow opener Matt Costa proved he harbours no ill will against Winnipeg, despite the fact some $25,000 worth of his equipment was stolen the last time he played here back in February.

Perhaps hoping to safeguard against another heist, the indie-rocker performed with just a guitarist and a drummer this time, turning in a coffeehouse-appropriate half-hour set.

Source: winnipegsun.com

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Oasis Record Demos With GarageBand

Prior to the release of Dig Out Your Soul, Noel Gallagher has spoken to MusicRadar about the band's new demo-recording process. Following the "four and a half year" struggle to record Don't Believe The Truth, the Oasis guitarist reveals how he's ditched his elaborate home studio in favour of Gem's bedroom and his "little GarageBand computer".

"I had my own fully functioning recording studio with an EMI II desk and a really cool Neve desk. But I kind of got sick of it because the demos were starting to sound better than the records," Noel told MusicRadar's US Editor Joe Bosso. "We actually do our demos now in Gem's bedroom on his little GarageBand computer".

"We fell into this trap of recording a load of demos for a record, then going to America to make the record, preferring the demos and trying to marry the two. That's why Don't Believe The Truth took about four and a half years – it was a struggle".

We can definitely see where Noel's coming from with this complaint. Large parts of the Gas Panic demo, among others, ended up making the cut in the final Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants album mix.

You can listen to or download the full Noel Gallagher interview right here.

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Oasis Gig Winnipeg 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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