Xbox 360's Xtival Event Detailed

Microsoft has detailed its next virtual Xtival event, which is going down on Xbox Live next weekend, November 28th to 30th.

The online festival will include chats with bands like The Prodigy, music to download from Franz Ferdinand and Oasis, plus the usual gaming tournaments on Rock Band 2, Gears and FIFA 09.

Goods up for grabs include gig tickets, games, music downloads and, oh yes, t-shirts with Avatars printed on them.

Source: www.computerandvideogames.com

Oasis, Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse Memorabilia To Go On Show

The British Music Experience will also feature items from David Bowie, Blur and Paul Weller

Amy Winehouse, The Rolling Stones and David Bowie have loaned memorabilia to a new exhibition set to open in London.

The British Music Experience, which will open at the 02 Arena in March 2009, will chart the history of British pop music and feature famous costumes and instruments, reports BBC News.

Artefacts on show will include Mick Jagger's Ossie Clark-designed '70s jumpsuit, the dress Amy Winehouse wore in the video for her 2007 single 'Tears Dry On Their Own' and the clown suit David Bowie wore in the promo for his 1980 UK chart-topper 'Ashes To Ashes', plus his classic Ziggy Stardust costume.

Oasis' Noel Gallagher's Union Jack guitar will be on show, along with guitars played by Blur, Paul Weller and T-Rex's Marc Bolan.

A range of artists, including Dizzee Rascal, have also been filmed in conversation with other musicians, to be screened as "fantasy dinner parties" at the exhibition.

"It will be like nothing seen before - an interactive and cutting edge exhibition which will bring the history of music and its influence on all of us to life. This is just the beginning of an exhibition that will constantly evolve as much as music does and will educate even the most avid music fans," curator Paul Lilley told BBC News.

Source: www.nme.com

Oasis Exhibition Opens In London

Snap Galleries is currently showing an exclusive exhibition of Oasis photographs by Michael Spencer Jones . Michael's images appear on the covers of Oasis’ first three studio albums: Definitely Maybe, What’s the Story Morning Glory? and Be Here Now and eleven of their early singles, from Supersonic through to All Around the World.

For the first time, Michael is bringing together and exhibiting photographs from every one of his Oasis albums and singles sleeve sessions, a new limited edition book, a lavish portfolio box set of 15 individual window mounted photographs, a new collage featuring over 100 different Oasis photographs, and if all that wasn’t enough, some other surprises as well.

The portfolio box is a really beautiful piece of work - a 21st century update on David Bailey’s 1965 Box of Pin-ups project, with a price as keen as mustard. It won’t stick at the launch price forever, but we have set it very much with the credit crunch in mind. Limited editions are available to purchase, with prices from £95 to £13,950.

The exhibition is currently running at our showroom in Covent Garden in London up until Christmas and will run in our Birmingham gallery at Fort Dunlop from Saturday 6 December 2008 until Saturday 28 February, 2009.

For more information check out the Oasis section of our website - Snap Galleries

This Months Mogo Magazine Mojo Goes Behind The Scenes With Oasis

OASIS: “Bring it on, you little dicks! On the road and behind the scenes with the biggest band in the land, MOJO’s Pat Gilbert enters the inner sanctum of Oasis’s sold-out UK tour to discover the secret story at the heart of Dig Out Your Soul. “We’ve been to the dark side,” reveals a typically candid Noel Gallagher.

In the latest issue of MOJO magazine (on sale Tuesday) Oasis’s Gallagher brothers unveil the latest and possibly the strangest of their infamous spats.

Involving Liam’s sudden flit, in the middle of sessions for Dig Out Your Soul, to get married without warning, it would prove to have massive repercussions on the record they were making.

If nothing else, the contretemps illustrates that almost 15 years since Oasis began their triumphant march into British music history their fire burns as fiercely as ever. Band members have come and gone, decade-defining songs have been locked into the public consciousness, but that fractious relationship between Noel and Liam Gallagher remains the propellant force behind a seventh Number 1 album, a sold-out UK arena tour and the prospect of three sold-out nights at Wembley Stadium next summer.

MOJO magazine’s tour piece – for which writer Pat Gilbert was allowed unprecedented backstage access – is haunted by the after-effects of the September 7 attack on Noel Gallagher at Toronto’s V Festival which left the guitarist with three broken ribs and a reliance on powerful painkillers ("It's like walking on sand," he admits). But, as MOJO can exclusively reveal, the boat had already been rocked by a decision made earlier in the year.

At mixing sessions for Dig Out Your Soul in Los Angeles in February singer Liam Gallagher had yet to record a single vocal, and the atmosphere was edgy. Then, as Valentines Day loomed, the Oasis frontman split for London and a surprise wedding, splicing with partner Nicole Appleton after eight years and two children together. Yet he invited none of the band, and informed none of them of his plans.

“I was f**king furious about it,” Noel tells MOJO. “I don’t give a shit about the fact he didn’t invite me to the wedding; but when it affects our work it infuriates me.”

The impact was critical as two tracks slated for inclusion on the record – one described by Noel as “an epic Champagne-Supernova song with backwards Are You Experienced-type rhythms” – were left incomplete. Consequently, Dig Out Your Soul hit the shelves with reduced psychedelic potency, and two tracks – Get Off Your High Horse Lady and Ain’t Got Nothin’ – originally intended as B-sides.

As usual, Liam remains defiant. “It was private,” he tells MOJO. “Our Kid should get over it. I wouldn’t be upset, I wouldn’t want to go to his wedding anyway.”

With some observers concerned that Oasis had swopped inspirational mayhem for pipes and slippers, the palaver is strangely reassuring, and the revelation is unlikely to harm their revitalised career. Plus ça fookin’ change, say the experts, plus c’est la fookin’ même chose.

LIVE & DANGEROUS! To read our mammoth 13-page world exclusive Oasis tour report, be sure to pick up a copy of MOJO – on sale from Tuesday, November 25!

PLUS! Follow this link through to our Oasis online extravaganza where you’ll find video playlists, competitions, an exclusive gallery and much more!

Liam Gallagher And Nic To Love Forever

Liam Gallagher and wife Nicole acted like a pair of loved-up teenagers as they frolicked in the back of a cab last night.

The married duo – who have been an item since 2000 – had just enjoyed a romantic meal out at Nobu when charitable Liam slipped a homeless Big Issue seller some spare change.

After hailing a black taxi, Liam and Nic burst into hysterics as they hugged and tickled each other playfully in the back.

Their excitable antics were similar to those performed by hyper kids on long journeys with mum and dad.

Still, the sight of a longterm celeb couple still giddy with happiness is a rare one these days.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk Photo credit smart photos

Oasis Lads Seeing Red & Liam Gallagher's Builders Bum

The Gallagher brothers can strike fellow Mancunian Mick Hucknall off their Christmas card list.

The Simply Red frontman has launched a scathing attack on the Oasis stars — complaining they are making a monkey out of all Mancs.

The flame-haired singer believes Liam and Noel’s mad-fer-it behaviour is a blight on anyone from the North West.

This from a man who has done as much good for tourism in Manchester as foot and mouth. I’d even go as far as to say he’s more irritating than Gary Neville, who plays for Mick’s beloved Man Utd.

When asked why he thought Noel was pushed off stage by a crazed fan in Canada in September, Mick spat: “Was that for making the North sound stupid?

“I love that Harry Enfield sketch when Kathy Burke comes back from a weekend in Manchester walking with a Liam gait and goes, ‘F***in’ sound. Bangin’. They’ve made a cliché out of presenting Northerners, especially Mancunians, like that.”

I reckon the ouburst in Q magazine from the least soulful soul star ever is because Mick is simply green. He has never made the roll-call of great bands from his home town.

Oasis continue the tradition of Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths, Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses but Mick’s soul-pop merchants have never been held in the same esteem.

The Gallaghers have moved on and matured while not losing their grip on rock ’n’ roll — and on the right are the perfect pictures to sum up their new lifestyles.

It’s Liam showing off his builder’s bum on Wednesday after a night out with wife Nicole at London’s Nobu restaurant.

Mercifully, Mick has retired multi-million-selling Simply Red. Sadly, that doesn’t mean no more music from him — he’s intending to release new material under his own name.

That’s gonna make a monkey out of all of us.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Photo Credit: www.gotchaimages.co.uk

Liam Gallagher Gives To The Needy

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher gave money to a homeless man after eating out in London last night (November 19th).

The singer was surrounded by photographers as he handed over a collection of notes.

Gallagher had been to the capital's popular Nobu Berkley restaurant before being stopped by the man.

As previously reported on Gigwise, Oasis will embark on their biggest ever UK stadium tour next year in support of latest album 'Dig Out Your Soul'.

Coventry trio The Enemy and Kasabian will act as support on the tour, which includes three night residencies in London and Manchester.

Source: www.gigwise.com

This Week's Gonzo Podcast - Oasis

MTV TWO locked the four members of Oasis in a studio with Zane Lowe and refused to let them out until they had told him all about new album Dig Out Your Soul plus all about that time that Liam woke up in Marylin Manson's house with Nazi paraphernalia in his pockets.

Seriously guys - if you like Oasis at all, you have to watch this.

And do you know what... even if you don't... they are bloody funny fellas.

Watch the first part of the four-part interview right here, right now and then click on subscribe to get your grubby mitts on the following three parts!

For more information to download or to subscribe to the Gonzo Podcast click here.

Source: www.mtv.co.uk

Oasis Special On 4Music Tonight

4Music is on digital channels Freeview 18, Sky 360, Virgin 330 (UK ONLY)

Sunday 23rd November (tonight)

6:00pm: Oasis: From The Beginning

From their blistering debut Supersonic to their brand new album, featuring a few line-up changes along the way, this is the Oasis video history.

8:00pm: Standing on The Edge of The Noise.

Intimate film documenting a gig which Oasis played for a handful of fans, as they finished preparations for their World Tour. Includes classics alongside new songs from their album Dig Out Your Soul.

9:05 PM Oasis: Lord Don't Slow Me Down

Lord Don't Slow Me Down was compiled during a years worth of filming with Oasis on their mammoth Don't Believe the Truth world tour 2005/6. It follows one of the world's greatest rock n roll bands behind the scenes and in front of the fans across the globe.

Standing on The Edge of The Noise will aslo be shown on Terestial TV on

Channel 4 - November 29th at 12:20am and also on Channel 4 HD - November 29th at 12:20am.

On This Day In Oasis History...

Stop the Clocks is an album by British rock band Oasis made up of Oasis' favourite songs and moments of their career so far and was released on November 20 2006. “Unlike most albums of this nature, Oasis have sat down and undertaken the almost impossible job of picking what they consider to be their finest moments ever. So 'Stop The Clocks' is imbued with the sort of willfulness that has helped make Oasis the favourite band of millions of people worldwide and its running order will no doubt provoke equal parts adulation and bar discussions from the millions of Oasis fans worldwide. Could it ever be any other way?” . It released in November 2006. The "retrospective collection" is an 18-track double album with the featured songs chosen by Noel Gallagher. It went 3x platinum in the UK with sales as good as any album there since Be Here Now.

The album has come about due to the end of Oasis' recording contract with Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Noel Gallagher has gone on record before on numerous occasions saying that Oasis wouldn't release a greatest hits album unless the band were about to split up. However, in an interview with news.com.au in December 2005, he hinted that Sony were planning to release one anyway, and that despite his misgivings, he would have to get involved with it otherwise it'd be "shit". This was clarified in September 2006, when he told the NME that when he made it clear to Sony that the band were not going to re-sign to them, the record label decided to release a greatest hits album. Gallagher then explained that he insisted that it had to be a 'best-of' because he felt a compilation of the best singles, album tracks and b-sides would produce a stronger album than a compilation of singles.

To address some fans' concerns that the release of a greatest hits album was a sign that the band were about to finish, based on some of Noel Gallagher's previous comments, the press release for the album confirmed that they are merely taking "a well earned sabbatical prior to starting work on new material, destined for similar levels of success in the future. As such, this is not a full stop, but merely a time out; a dream set list, and a chance for the world to review the immense contribution that Oasis have made and continue to make to rock 'n' roll."

To celebrate the release of the album, the band will be unveiling their first full-length film - Lord Don't Slow Me Down, shot during the Don't Believe the Truth world tour, from May 2005 to March 2006, the film was shown in November 2006 around the world in selected picture houses, theatres and cinemas to winners of fans competitions and the press. It was also broadcasted on Channel 4 in the UK.

The album debuted at #2 in the UK charts selling over 50,000 copies in its first day of release and 216,000 in its first week of release, surprisingly not selling enough to knock off the top spot to The Love Album, by the boy-band Westlife. It also debuted at #89 on the U.S. Billboard 200, starting with 18,000 units sold. It did however enter the Japanese Oricon album charts at #1, selling 87,462 copies in its first week.

In Japan, a box set was also released of all their singles to coincide with the album.

The Songs

Stop the Clocks focuses heavily on the band's most popular albums, Definitely Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, with each contributing five tracks, plus four B-sides (also included on the band's other compilation album The Masterplan) from this era. Only two tracks appear from Don't Believe the Truth, and one track each from Standing on the Shoulder of Giants and Heathen Chemistry, whilst Be Here Now is overlooked completely.

When the release of Stop the Clocks was first announced in July 2006, speculation was rife that the unreleased song of the same name would be included on the record as a bonus track. However, Noel Gallagher told fans at a Q&A session that the song was considered for inclusion, but they weren't happy with any of the many versions they have recorded.

Gallagher also confirmed that the title was chosen to sum up what was described in the initial press release as being "merely a time out; a chance for the world to review the immense contribution that Oasis have made and continue to make to rock 'n' roll." Noel Gallagher revealed in an interview in April 2005 that 'Stop the Clocks' was the original title for the band's early recorded material in early 2004, which turned eventually into Don't Believe the Truth.

Gallagher revealed to Billboard that he was approached about including some new songs on the album as well, but that he opted not to "because it takes the focus away from what you're actually trying to say with a retrospective."

Gallagher told the NME in September 2006 that he picked the tracks on the album, and there were about eight songs that "should be on there, but aren't". He explained that his original vision was for a 12-track album on one CD, but, after whittling down from an initial 30+ tracks, the track-listing was finalised. He admitted that he's had arguments with people about the tracklisting but that "someone has to pick the tracklisting, and I've picked it and that's the end of it. But that must mean we're pretty good, if people are arguing about what's not on it, it's brilliant!"

During an interview on Radio 1 in October 2006, and later during a question and answer session with The Sun, Liam Gallagher, who got a songwriting credit with his "Songbird", claimed that he was happy with the tracks Noel had selected for the album, although he said that he would have liked "Rockin' Chair" and "D'You Know What I Mean?" to be included. Noel, however, admitted that "D'You Know What I Mean?" was to be included on the album up until the moment it was being mastered, explaining that the length of the song "upset the flow of the album".

In the special boxed-edition of 'Stop the Clocks' at the end of the 'Lock the Box' interview, when Liam was told 'Whatever' was not on the track-listing he said "Thank fuck for that".

Track listing

All songs written by Noel Gallagher except "Songbird", written by Liam Gallagher

Disc one
"Rock 'n' Roll Star" (from Definitely Maybe)
"Some Might Say" (from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?)
"Talk Tonight" (from The Masterplan)
"Lyla" (from Don't Believe the Truth)
"The Importance of Being Idle" (from Don't Believe the Truth)
"Wonderwall" (from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?)
"Slide Away" (from Definitely Maybe)
"Cigarettes & Alcohol" (from Definitely Maybe)
"The Masterplan" (from The Masterplan)

Disc two
"Live Forever" (from Definitely Maybe)
"Acquiesce" (from The Masterplan)
"Supersonic" (from Definitely Maybe)
"Half the World Away" (from The Masterplan)
"Go Let It Out" (from Standing on the Shoulder of Giants)
"Songbird" (from Heathen Chemistry)
"Morning Glory" (from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?)
"Champagne Supernova" (from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?)
"Don't Look Back in Anger" (from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?)

Cover

The cover was designed by Sir Peter Blake, best known for his design of the sleeve for The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, but also well recognized within the genre for his work on the cover of Paul Weller's Stanley Road album.

According to Blake, he chose all of the objects in the picture at random, but the sleeves of Sgt. Pepper's and Definitely Maybe were in the back of his mind. He claims, "It's using the mystery of Definitely Maybe and running away with it." Familiar cultural icons which can be seen on the cover include Dorothy from Wizard of Oz, Michael Caine (replacing the original image of Marilyn Monroe, which couldn't be used for legal reasons) and the seven dwarfs from Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.

Blake also revealed that the final cover wasn't the original one. That design featured an image of the shop 'Granny Takes A Trip' on the Kings Road in Chelsea, London.

Source: Wikipedia

Courtney Love's' Liam Gallagher

Although Liam Gallagher did not manage to make the The 100 Greatest Singers list in Rolling Stone Magazine's recent poll of fellow peers he can always count on Courtney Love's approval going his way. Rolling Stone published 25 voting ballots for a behind the scenes peek on who some of the stars picked as their favorite singers. Liam ranks a high #18 in Courtney's heart......

Source: Rolling Stone

Mick Hucknall Has Some Words For The Gallagher Brothers

Mick Hucknall has risked reopening a war of words with Oasis after claiming the Gallagher brothers have made northerners look like a “cliché”

In an interview for the new edition of Q, out on November 25, the Simply Red star accused Noel Gallagher of making the north “sound stupid”.

His comments come after the dust had settled on a ten-year-old dispute between the Hucknall and Oasis which saw the singer brand Noel “a dickhead” in an interview and reportedly led to a scuffle with Liam.

But in the interview for Q’s regular “A Round With ….” Feature, Hucknall revisits their feud. Asked if he had seen the footage of Noel being attacked on stage in Toronto, Hucknall said: “No. Was that for making the North sound stupid?”

Asked to explain, he added: “I think it’s fair comment. I love that Harry Enfield sketch when [Kathy Burke as Perry] comes back from a weekend in Manchester walking like this [affects cocky Liam Gallagher gait] and goes, ‘F***kin’ sound. Bangin’!’. They’ve made a cliché out of presenting Northerners, especially Mancunians, like that.”

Source: www.q4music.com

MOJO4MUSIC.COM Is Turning Oasis-Tastic Next Week

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We thought you might be interested to know that MOJO4MUSIC.com is turning Oasis-tastic next week.

Also, there’s a new issue of the magazine on sale very soon.

Think you might be interested in our cover stars...

I'm Outta Time - Video Now Available On iTunes!

The video for Oasis' new single 'I'm Outta Time' is now available to buy on iTunes. The video for the Liam-penned single features him on a surreal journey through a moon-lit English landscape. Subtly psychedelic!

To buy the video, click HERE.

The video is only available through the UK, Irish and French iTunes stores

'I'm Outta Time' is released on the band's Big Brother Recordings label on December 1st and features 4 previously unreleased tracks split across 2 x 7"s, CD and Digital. To pre-order the single and receive a free poster, click HERE!

Source: www.oasisinet.com

On Monday I posted about the 'I'm Outta Time' Demo here, It has since been confirmed to me that it is a mistake and will be taken down soon.

Noel Gallagher: 'I'm Not Ashamed Of Anything I've Done'

The rampant ego, unapologetic hedonism and regular punch-ups—these are the reasons everybody loves Oasis. But with the group’s seventh studio album, Dig Out Your Soul, trading the usual assortment of drab pub-rock anthems for lush grooves and far-out melodies, people are once again paying attention to the brothers Gallagher for their music.

Even a few days after getting attacked by a crazed stage-invader in Canada, the Britpop group’s guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher, 41, remains typically defiant: “My glass is half full at all times!”

You called the album Dig Out Your Soul but it’s not this huge confessional epic, is it?

No. That title is there out of necessity because I couldn’t think of a decent one. Ironically enough, as soon as the albums were printed I came up with six in half an hour. I don’t know what it means but the album is not hugely confessional, no. I have no confessions left at my age.

Was there a time when you did?

No, because to confess anything it means you’re ashamed of it. I’m not ashamed of anything I’ve done or said or wore. Confessions would lead one to believe that one believes in some sort of redemption from some sort of god or another and I don’t live in that world. I shouldn’t apologize for anything I’ve done.

Do you see music as an emotional outlet, say, if you have a particularly bad day?

I have to say, and this goes right back to my youth, I don’t have bad days. Never. I mean, I’m going through a pretty shit bit at the moment because I have a few broken ribs. Other than that, I don’t have bad days. I don’t say that to be a smart-ass or trick you in any way. It’s like, what could possibly ruin a day?

You obviously have a different disposition than the general songwriting population.

Well, yeah. Thank god, eh?

Do you think music should be about escapism?

To me, that’s what it’s about. My favorite bands were always at their best when they were singing songs about people that didn’t exist and situations they never got into. As soon as they started singing about how shit it was being a heroin addict I was like, “I’ve had it with this fucking whining bit.” You know what I mean? Let’s move on. I ain’t into all that. So your mother left you when you were a child? Join the fucking club.

What were the bands that made you want to pick up a guitar?

It started with The Beatles and then went into Sex Pistols and then The Smiths and The Jam. I fucking loved The Smiths. But I’m not as literal as Morrissey and didn’t envision ever becoming half the guitarist Johnny Marr was. When I saw The Stone Roses it was like, I could do that. The songs they were writing didn’t seem to come from another planet. They spoke to me. A door opened and that was it.

With the exception of The Stone Roses, all those bands broke up while they were still at the top of the pile. Do you ever think Oasis should have called it quits after the massive Knebworth concerts?

It would have been super fucking cool to announce it onstage and then get in a helicopter and fly off and that would be it. But then it would have spoiled everybody’s day. Looking back on it, we were all addicted to one thing or another. You’re addicted to the attention that fuels the drugs that fuel the ego that kind of thinks you can go on and do it forever. In the cold light of day, I can sit here and say we probably should have just disappeared. Instead, what we did is went in the studio and tried to make another record while [(What’s the Story)] Morning Glory was still on the charts. It was insane. But those were great crazy fucking days.

Didn’t you think you were going to make 12 classic records?

Oh, absolutely. I still think we’ll make 12 classic records. It might take us 25 albums to get there but we’ll get there in the end.

Source: www.relix.com

Noel Gallagher Saves Former Bond Girl Caroline Munro's Dog

We never had Noel Gallagher down as a Bond figure, but he scared the Living Daylights out of a gang of wannabe dognappers.

The Oasis star stepped in when he saw the lads, who wore hoodies, trying to steal a black labrador belonging to a former Bond Girl.

Noel gave them a right ear-bashing and threatened to take them all on leaving them shaken and stirred. Give the man a Dog Licence to Kill!

Noel, 41, was near his s2.5million mansion in central London when he saw the youths trying to nab a dog tied up outside a supermarket.

Having seen the pedigree pooch going walkies with owner Caroline Munro, 58 buxom star of The Spy Who Loved Me he barked at the thieves. The gang fled instantly, with their tails between their legs.

A neighbour tells us: Noel was so brave the blokes could have been carrying knives but he just didnt care.

Hes a tough bloke and he doesnt like people taking what isnt theirs.

So he tackled them and they quickly did one.

The lucky lab was then reunited with Caroline who played ill-fated helicopter pilot Naomi in the 1977 Bond movie. She showered Noel with thanks after the incident, earlier this month.

We hear: The dog is the cutest little thing and wears a red neckerchief.

Caroline takes him everywhere even to the pub.

So she was ever so grateful for what Noel did. Shed have been devastated to lose him.

It is not the first time that Bond-fan Noel has tried to muscle in on the fictional spys patch.

At the Electric Proms in Londons Camden, Noel told Daniel Craig: Get me the next James Bond theme tune, instead of dopey Americans.

He could do a new version of Wonderwall Thunderwall, anyone?

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

The Soul Of Noel Gallagher

Oasis leader Noel Gallagher digs deep to chat about the band’s latest album.

It may have been a long time coming, but Noel Gallagher is a new man these days. At 41, the Oasis leader is older, wiser, and altogether calmer – a far cry from the hard-partying hedonist who frequently got into fistfights with his vocalist kid brother, Liam, both onstage and off. Now a mature father of two, the guitarist has not only come a long way from the band’s Britpop-defining 1994 debut, Definitely Maybe, but is now prone to penning deep, reflective processionals like those featured on Dig Out Your Soul, the latest set from Oasis, which instantly topped charts around the world upon its recent release.

After a few surreal wake-up calls of late – including the horrific experience at Toronto’s recent V-Fest where a crazed audience member angrily attacked him onstage for no apparent reason – Gallagher has revamped his life philosophy. “I don’t have an ‘all are welcome’ kind of policy,” he notes soberly. “My own thing now is that I know what’s best for me. Other people can tell me what’s best for them, but to me it’s all live and let live. But I don’t let people into my life, and I don’t try to walk into their lives. As long as I know who I am and stay true to my self, then everything’s cool with me.”

Gallagher may have changed, but get him talking, and that old sardonic snarkiness starts to resurface. Oasis diehards wouldn’t have it any other way.

The Wave: On the new album’s bonus-disc track, “Lord, Don’t Slow Me Down,” you sing “I’ve got a habit that the cat won’t lick.” What bad habits do you still have?
Noel Gallagher: Smoking and drinking, I still do that. But apart from that, not many.

TW: You look remarkably slim and healthy for your age. Did you change your diet, start working out?
NG: About three years ago, I suffered real bad back problems. I went to see a guy in London, and he sent me to a sports therapist, who said, “If you don’t start doing some exercise, in about five years you’re gonna be f***ed.” I’ve always shied away from exercise, pretty much because of the clothes, the gear you have to wear when you do it. But I got so addicted to it, I kept it going. I went and actually did boxing – I put the gloves on. So we did a bit of that, and just getting on these fairly complicated machines that strengthened my back. But I got so into it, I was doing it three days a week. I think the key is, if you exercise, you can eat whatever you want, so I haven’t changed my diet in any way.

TW: When you were boxing, did you go a round or two with anyone?
NG: No, it wasn’t real boxing. It was just gentle sparring. And I’ve got to say, I wasn’t very good at it. The thought of it is better than the actual doing it. I’d get my face smashed in if I was in the ring – I don’t have the killer instincts.

TW: Are you still recovering from the incident in Toronto where you were tackled on stage?
NG: No, no, no, it’s all fixed, it’s all gone – and it’s been two months now, really. He broke three ribs and bruised another five. Why? I dunno. He’s been up in front of a judge in Canada and the case was adjourned, so nobody’s heard his explanation yet. But he hasn’t got an explanation – he’s just an idiot. There is no logical explanation for why people do things like that.

TW: You’ve often said that you’ve learned a whole new way of walking through urban environments, where you stare straight down at the sidewalk and never make eye contact with potential nutcakes like that.
NG: I live right in the middle of the West End in London. It’s surprising how much privacy you get when you’re just surrounded by millions of people. I don’t get noticed at all. So I guess being in the eye of the hurricane, that’s where the calm is.
If I was to be the famous rock star down at the end of a leafy street in the suburbs, you’d get more hassles because everybody would know where you lived. But I live right off a main high street, and nobody bats an eyelid at me.

TW: I thought you’d moved to rural Buckinghamshire.
NG: I’ve got a place there, too, but I moved because I kinda missed the heartbeat of the city. There are only so many months of the year you can spend in solitude. I like to hear police sirens; I like to hear the choppers overhead. I like to hear traffic, because it gives me a sense that I’m part of something. But I’m lucky enough to have two places, so when I get pissed off at the city, I can go live in the country for a while. But I’m always drawn back to the city, because that’s where it’s at. I like to be surrounded by people.

TW: Dig Out Your Soul touches on death, religion, and the question of the hereafter. Those are some heavy issues.
NG: A lot of people have said that. I’m not a morose person that would think about mortality a great deal. But for my own part, I find writing about God and religion interesting.... I’m not really a believer in any sense, but I’m curious about the imagery of it all. And I’m fascinated by people who are so into religion in a big way. You live in America and I live in England, but you know the religion I’m talking about.

TW: Well, it’s only the fundamentalists who demand that you believe just as they do.
NG: You just hit the nail on the head. You can worship whatever you want, but you can’t then say that I’m not allowed to worship nothing. It’s like, “You just be cool and be happy with who you are, and I’ll be cool and be happy who I am, and the world will be a better place.” That’s my ideal for living. If you believe it and it makes your day-to-day existence better, if you can insert that kind of thing into your life and it works for you, then brilliant. Personally, I don’t need to believe that I will find redemption or that there will be a God who will judge me at the end of all of that. I believe that you get one shot at this, and it’s on Earth, so I’m not waiting for a second chance when I walk into the light. When they finally put me in the ground, that’s it. It’s over for me, done. I will rest in peace.

TW: So when you say “Dig out your soul,” do you believe you actually have one to dig out?
NG: Liam’s always bangin’ on about soul and blah, blah, blah, but I’m confused as to what it means. To me, it’s music. I listen to Motown and think, “Well, that’s got soul,” but I don’t know what that fu**ing means. The line comes from one of Gem’s [Archer, band guitarist] songs, and it’s actually when you’re at a party and someone’s putting on a record, it’s like, “Can you put a soul record on? Dig out your soul!” Like in a DJ type of sense.

TW: The new album has that hip-shaking, vintage-soul groove all the way through.
NG: That wasn’t the plan going into the studio. We’ve got more British rock ’n’ roll songs in the bag that we intended to record, but our producer, Dave Sardy, heard two or three songs that had that groove and said, “I need some more songs like this – do you have any?” And I said, “Well, not really, but I’ll write some!” And it was the first time we ever let him direct the whole piece. I wrote the bulk of my songs in the studio, and we’ve hit on the novel idea that every other band’s been doing for the last 15 years: “Hey, let’s let the producer produce it!”

TW: Returning to what we were initially discussing, it’s not so bad to actually slow down a little, right? You’ve got kids now – you need to stick around.
NG: Oh, yeah, totally. It’s not cool to be into drugs when you’ve got children, no matter which way you look at it. You have a responsibility to see them grow up, and then you have a responsibility for them to see you as a role model, I guess, in that this is how one lives one’s life. I mean, I don’t want my kids to grow up and think I was never there, physically or mentally. I want them to see me as… as just plain old dad.

Oasis plays Oakland’s Oracle Arena on Dec. 3. Tickets available from www.oraclearena.com.

Source: www.thewavemag.com

Oasis Piano Covers

Supersonic



Some Might Say



Slide Away



The Stone Roses - Made of Stone (Added this as it's simply beautiful and I love the song also)

These Piano Covers have been done by R - Thomas, visit the YouTube channel here.

Wacky Music Vids For Deaf Are Web Hit

A wacky music lover has become a huge hit on the internet after using sign language to make pop videos for the deaf.

Hundreds of thousands of people have viewed Tyrone Whittle’s unique interpretations of classic tracks by The Arctic Monkeys, Oasis, and The Smiths, which he performs in public.

The 43-year-old can be seen signing the lyrics to the songs as he strikes some unusual dance moves in public places ranging from trains stations to shopping centres.

Tyrone has built up a massive repertoire of other hits on YouTube by bands such as The Verve, The Cure and Coldplay.

The smooth mover started performing his routines after a life-long interest in using movement to communicate and in a bid to impress his former partner.

After learning sign language through a book, and refusing to allow his lack of dance practice to hold him back, his reputation blossomed.

He said: “My ex-wife complained that I never did anything romantic for her.

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“I know it sounds strange but I decided I would impress her by learning sign language and performing a dance for her using signing.”

More than 40,000 web users have viewed his performance filmed on a train platform of I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor by The Arctic Monkeys.

And Don’t Look Back In Anger by Oasis has attracted 20,000 hits, while I Know It’s Over by The Smiths has gone 5,000 better.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Oasis Announce Japanese Tour

Oasisinet is pleased to announce that Oasis will be touring Japan in March 2009. The tour will mark the band's first Japanese performances since November 2005. The tour kicks off in Nagoya on March the 18th, then the band visits the city of Sapporo the capital of Hokkaido for the first time and then culminates in Osaka and Tokyo.

Tickets are available to Pre-Sale Reserve on 22nd Nov at 10am until 11pm on 30th Nov.

General Sale begins on Saturday 13th December from 10am through Ticket PIA, Lawson Ticket, e+, Smash and Smash-Mobile.

The full details of the tour are below:

Wednesday 18-Mar-09 - NAGOYA Nihon Gaishi Hall (ex. Rainbow Hall)
Sunday 22-Mar-09 - SAPPORO Makomanai Ice Arena
Tuesday 24-Mar-09 - OSAKA Intex
Wednesday 25-Mar-09 - OSAKA Intex
Saturday 28-Mar-09 - TOKYO Makuhari Messe, Hall 9
Sunday 29-Mar-09 - TOKYO Makuhari Messe, Hall 9

Source: www.oasisinet.com