Oasis American Tour Starts Today

Oasis start the US tour tonight at the Oakland Arena, Oakland. The tour then moves to the following US cities.

04.12.2008: Los Angeles - Staples Center
06.12.2008: Las Vegas - The Pearl
08.12.2008: Denver - Broomfield Events Cener
10.12.2008: Minneapolis - Target Center
12.12.2008: Chicago - Allstate Arena
13.12.2008: Detroit - Palace Of Auburn Hills
17.12.2008: New York - Madison Square Gardens
19.12.2008: Camden - Susquehanna Center
20.12.2008: Washington - GMU Patriot Center

Tickets are still available for all US tour dates visit the official site here for more details.

Liam And Noel Gallagher's Brotherly Love

Put the date in your diary. It will go down in rock history.

Love and peace has broken out between Liam Gallagher and brother Noel.

The Oasis pair have had some of rock’s most infamous scraps.

But with family life now mellowing them, Liam seems full of brotherly love.

He told Loaded mag: “Me and Noel get on well now. Beautiful. It’s all right, man.”

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

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Oasis Could Record Solo Albums

Noel Gallagher tells Radio 1's Colin Murray that it was easier writing Dig Out Your Soul than 2005's Don't Believe The Truth, admits he can't remember the recording of second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? and says he'd like the four members of Oasis to record their own material.

Is Dig Out Your Soul better then Don't Believe The Truth?

Yeah, I think so. Don't Believe The Truth is a great collection of songs but it doesn't really hang together as an album. This is more like an album in the sense that Pink Floyd made albums. It probably won't have as many big singles on it as Don't Believe The Truth but that's not a bad thing.

Listen to Noel Gallagher talking to Colin Murray

Does it feel like a second album because Don't Believe The Truth was a bit of a rebirth critically?

It feels like a first one, because we're on our own record label now. Not that we ever got any interference from Sony but it's quite liberating to think, 'This is for us now'. We've fulfilled our commitment to them and we've left them to do their own thing and vice-versa.

I'm not saying you'd like to release a solo record, but have you got any tracks that you've recorded that you set aside or didn't get recorded?

I don't specifically put songs aside. There are songs that have just fallen by the wayside that are still great but have missed their moment. Like Stop The Clocks for instance. That needs to come out soon. At the end of this tour, I'd like everyone to do something separately. I think it would be interesting for our fans.

But I also think because we've ended up with this album at a place where we were working to for the last five years. It's kind of like, 'What do we do next?'. Liam's always the first person to start rushing things. I think if he wants to get back in the saddle that quick, he should do it for himself. He's got tonnes and tonnes of songs.

Is making records getting easier with age and perceived wisdom?

For a while. From Be Here Now to Don't Believe The Truth it was getting progressively more difficult. But this one was a bit of a breeze. We were working in London. We were going home every night. Our producer had this idea to make this kind of psychedelic, monotonous drone-rock album. We went along with it. It was just what we needed at our age, for somebody to say, 'Why don't you go away and wrote some songs like this'. We were like, 'OK'. Whereas usually we'd be flicking through CDs going, 'What about that one? We could do something with that one'. The previous one, Don't Believe The Truth, was a nightmare, an absolute nightmare.

Are you saying you needed somebody to say no?

No. It's nothing to do with that. I would assume control of most things. Halfway through Don't Believe The Truth I realised that I can only do one thing with Oasis, that's make it sound like it's sounded for 10 years. Once I finally got it in my head that I was going to let it go and let someone else do it, it was very liberating for me in a way.

The best Oasis songs have always been the ones that were quick to write. What were the 10 minute jobs on Dig Out Your Soul?

Shock Of The Lightening and Falling Down. We had a weekend off and my missus went up to Scotland with my little lad. I wrote the pair of them, one on a Saturday night and one on a Sunday night. The Importance Of Being Idle was pretty quick as well actually. Saying that though, I remember Rock 'n' Roll Star taking forever to write. Nine times out of 10 a quick song will be great and one that takes a week or two will be rubbish.

You said you were a fan who writes songs. Critics say you've plagiarised other people's music. As a songwriter is there a line you have to draw?

I'll lay it down on the line for you. What I actually do is I sit and listen to Beatles' records and I play along with them and then I gradually take the most obvious components of their songs, take them out and just put some of my own words in and hey presto, we've got a song. Of course not. I don't sit and listen, play along with them them and go, if I'm listening to This Guy's In Love With You by Burt Bacharach, call it The Sky's In Love With You. Who would know?

Have you started sleepwalking?

I woke up one morning on a different floor of my house than the one I went to bed in. I wasn't drunk and I hadn't been out the night before. I can't remember getting there. Sarah came down and she said, 'Maybe you've started sleepwalking'. I was like, 'If I started sleepwalking at 41, life just keeps getting better and better. This is incredible'. Where would you end up? You could end up anywhere. I haven't done it since though.

There was a great story when you signed to Creation that you told them you had 50 songs written but you only had six. Did you have all those songs?

When we signed at the Sony offices we were saying, 'We could complete this six-album deal in three weeks'. And they were going, 'How many songs have you got'. And we started writing down all these songs and it got to about 11 and we stopped and we just started making up stupid titles.

Are there a lot of things you can't remember?

'94 to '98. None of us have any recollection of recording Morning Glory. I don't remember any of it. When we were coming up here Don't Look Back In Anger was on the radio. It only took 12 days to record so they're basically a bunch of demos. There was a massive fight in the middle of that so we had to abandon the studio for a few days. None of us had any cameras, no-one had any mobile phones, it hasn't been documented and there are no different versions.

Noel Gallagher was talking to Radio 1's Colin Murray.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Oasis Ticket Prices Slashed To $19.50

Fans of British rockers Oasis will be able to attend the band’s Monday show at the Broomfield Event Center at reduced prices, promoters announced Tuesday.

Tour promoters AEG Live lowered some tickets to $19.50, plus service charges.

The cheapest tickets were $38, plus charges, when they went on sale Oct. 3.

Oasis, which is touring in support of its latest album, “Dig Out Your Soul,” will be joined by opening acts Ryan Adams & The Cardinals and Matt Costa.

Tickets at the reduced price can be purchased at any Ticketmaster vendor or online at www.ticketmaster.com.

Source: www.dailycamera.com

Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile Launches

Music games are among the most popular video games around right now and they are available on virtually all gaming systems form consoles to the PC. Mobile phone users that like to play games while on the go can also get into the action with a new Guitar Hero game.

Guitar Hero World Tour mobile is available now on all major carriers nationwide and will be debuting for the Android platform in January. The game offers real-time multiplayer gaming capabilities for players no matter what network their handheld device operates on.

The game offer 15 MP3 quality tracks that gamers can play on the guitar or drums. New bonus songs will be added to the set list monthly and will be available for multiplayer gaming. The set list for the game includes Oasis, Lenny Kravitz, Blondie, Skynyrd, Sublime, No Doubt and more.

Source: www.slipperybrick.com

Duffy Covers Oasis At The Manchester Apollo

It has been a remarkable year for Aimee Ann Duffy

From nowhere to No 1, the Bangor-born soul singer has managed to win over the UK with her soulish sound, quirky looks and unique vocals.

The cheers when she took the stage were breathtaking, and though she dances with all the grace of a Thunderbirds puppet, Manchester was charmed.

Her mannered vibrato on the likes of Rockferry, Rain On Your Parade and the ubiquitous Mercy had the Mancs roaring, and there was even a cover of Oasis classic Wonderwall as an encore.

Duffy’s bantering with the crowd occasionally fell short.

But it’s clear the slightly kooky blonde in the little dress is enjoying the spotlight.

Whatever 2009 might bring, these moments will remain precious ones.

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk

Wonderwall starts 2:30 into the video

Noel Gallagher On Radio 1

Noel Gallagher talking to Colin Murray last night on Radio 1.

Source: Via YouTube Thanks to GoWaysis

Wayne Rooney's Mad Fer It!

Manchester United ace Wayne Rooney admits he’s a huge fan of Oasis— supporters of bitter rivals City.

Rooney, 23, says the first CD he bought was by the Manchester City-mad brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher.

The England striker told club magazine Inside United: “I love Oasis and remember getting their CD (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? years ago.”

Rooney scored United’s winner in Saturday’s 1-0 victory over City, his 100th career goal.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Oasis: A Year On The Road Photography By Paul Slattery

February 1995 saw the band in what photographer Paul Slattery calls "cowboy country, where people drive around with shotguns on racks in the back of their pick-up trucks, and road signs are peppered with bullet holes".

This shot was taken onstage at the Academy in New York during the safer second leg of the North American tour, on March 8.

Get a sneak peak at Paul Slattery's behind the scenes shots as he toured with super stars Oasis here.

Pic: Paul Slattery / www.omnibuspress.com

Source: www.nme.com

Tales From the Middle Of Nowhere

Just waking up in Monterey. What a day! The sun has go his hat on. Beautiful sunrise.

Nervously waiting on this very phone for updates on the score of the Manchester derby. Can't see us getting anything today. 0-0 would be perfectly acceptable.

Done a photo shoot yesterday in some shady neighbourhood. Wot's-iz-name shit himself from start to finish. He doesn't seem to like being out on the streets even if we're surrounded by 6 armed guards.

BOLLOCKS!! Little Spongebob Rooney's just scored. Typical clown-ish behaviour in the box apparently.

Now here's a thing. In Mexico right, the hombres who flog the bootleg t-shirts etc. have been selling Man Utd shirts with their shit badge and the Oasis logo side by side on the front and GALLAGHER and a big no. 10 on the back?! MAN UTD SHIRTS!!!! That's out-fuckin'-rageous.

The gig was great - give or take the odd freestyle cock up.

Half time. Shit-cunts - 1. City - 0.

Flying back to LA today. Gonna be based there for a week. Cue torrential rain, no doubt. Gotta go via Dallas international airport. Immigration officials haven't taken too kindly to me the last couple of times I've been in transit there - what with me being an evil genius'n'all. I'm steeling myself for a game of cat and mouse with whoever they send to deal with me this time.

My missus is waiting for me in California with my boy so it'll all be worthwhile.

Adios Mexico.

Hasta luego, and all that.

GD.

PS - The match finished 1-0 to the squares.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Weezer To Tour With Oasis

On the heels of the release of the second volume of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo's home recordings, the group is now taking a look back into its own vaults.

Cuomo tells Billboard he has "no idea" when the tentatively titled "Odds and Ends" will be released, but describes it as "just another fun project to do. They're great songs, but for some reason they didn't make the final cut for [a] record. They span a vast period of time from the very beginning of our career in the early '90s right up to the present day."

Meanwhile, Cuomo says Weezer may tour next spring with Oasis, and is hoping to enlist Spike Jonze to direct a video for the song "The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived" from its recent "The Red Album."

And while the next Weezer studio album appears to be a ways off, the group recently recorded six Christmas carols that will be downloadable for the iPhone game "Tap Tap Revenge," including "Oh Holy Night." Says Cuomo, "They're the classics."

In addition, Cuomo recently wrote a song with sibling pop duo Aly & AJ, although it's unclear when it may see the light of day. "It was such a blast to remember how teenagers approach songwriting," he says of the experience. "Their minds just work so fast and they have no fear and no ego."

Cuomo's "Alone II: The Home Recordings" was released earlier this week by DGC/Interscope. The first installment came out in December 2007.

For an extensive Q&A with Rivers Cuomo, visit Billboard.com later today.

Source: www.billboard.com

Noel Gallagher's Back With Anger

You don’t slag off the Gallagher brothers and get away with it — as Mick Hucknall, Kaiser Chiefs and many more have found out over the years.

I told you on Saturday how Status Quo frontman Ffrancis Rossi accused the Mancs of not knowing the meaning of rock ‘n’ roll.

Francis reckoned Liam was miserable and looked “bored s***less” when on stage.

And now unimpressed Noel has responded with a few choice words of his own.

The Oasis axe lord said: “Normally I wouldn’t give a rat’s a******e what Status Quo have got to say about anything.

“But tell those ****s from me that when I go on stage at Wembley next summer, I won’t be wondering about what the poster boys for Help The Aged think.”

I reckon that’s 1-1.

Over to you, Francis.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Britney Spears Is Most Searched For Subject By British Web Users, Yahoo! Claims

Britney Spears is the UK's most searched-for subject on the internet, Yahoo! claims.

Interest in the troubled pop star propelled her to first place in the website's list of the top 10 searches for 2008.

Her profile seems only to have grown even as she became known more for her turbulent private life than her music.

She is now attempting a comeback as she releases her sixth studio album, called Circus.

The UK's other interests over the past year have been similarly showbiz-focused, with all top five positions filled by pop culture phenomena: the TV shows Big Brother and X Factor, the rock band Oasis, and Disney's multimedia hit High School Musical 3.

The enthusiasm for entertainment left the only news story in the top 10, the US election, in sixth place.

The real-life dramas of Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss also captured the public's imagination, but just one male celebrity featured in the list - the actor Heath Ledger, who died suddenly in January.

Oasis' inclusion in the list may be explained by the loyalty of their fans who spent much of this year looking forward to their seventh studio album, Dig Out Your Soul.

Kristof Fahy of Yahoo! Europe said: "It is fascinating to look back over the last year and see the stories, personalities and subjects that have captured our imagination, some of which are almost distant memories now, and some of which continue to be the hot topics of today."

:: The Yahoo! Top 10 Searches of 2008:

01. Britney Spears
02. Big Brother
03. X Factor
04. Oasis
05. High School Musical 3
06. US election
07. Amy Winehouse
08. Heath Ledger
09. Kate Moss
10. EastEnders

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Liam Gallagher's Coldplay Hate

Liam Gallagher doesn't "give a s**t" about Coldplay.

Despite the worldwide popularity of Chris Martin's group, the rocker insists Oasis are still the best band on the planet and wipe the floor with their rivals.

He fumed: "I don't give a s**t about Coldplay. We are the coolest band and we are the best f***ing band. We are the most important band. We may not be the biggest band in America but who would want that?"

Liam admits he is confused as to why Oasis are not bigger in the US, because their Stateside tours sell-out in record time.

He added to Loaded magazine: "We aren't as big as we could be in America because of our attitudes. We're miserable. The main reason is they obviously don't like us. But a lot of people over there do like us. We sold out Madison Square Garden in a minute and we tour there for a long time. But they don't buy our records. But America is not the be all and end all for Oasis. America is a country in a f***ing very big world, so if they don't like us, somewhere else will."

Oasis' latest album, 'Dig Out Your Soul', reached number 5 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart when it was released in October.

Source: www.myparkmag.co.uk

Oasis' New Single, 'I'm Outta Time' In Stores Today

Big Brother Recordings will release Oasis' new single, "I'm Outta Time" today.

The single, taken from the number one album "Dig Out Your Soul", comes in various formats, including two collectors edition 7" singles (to fill your 7" collector's box) which feature an exclusive remix of 'I'm Outta Time' by Marilyn Manson bassist, Twiggy with Dave Sardy, as well as previously unreleased remixes of album tracks by Neon Neon and Jagz Kooner.

The digital bundle also includes the previously unheard demo of 'I'm Outta Time'.

The formats available are:

CD Single
'I'm Outta Time' (Album Version) / 'I'm Outta Time' (remix) / 'The Shock Of The Lightning' (Jagz Kooner remix)

7" #1
'I'm Outta Time' (Album Version) / 'To Be Where There's Life' (Neon Neon remix)

7" #2
'I'm Outta Time' (Remix) / 'The Shock Of The Lightning' (Jagz Kooner remix)

Digital Bundle
'I'm Outta Time' (Album Version) / 'I'm Outta Time' (Remix) / 'I'm Outta Time' (Demo)

For more information click here.

The video for Oasis' new single 'I'm Outta Time' is now available to buy at iTunes UK, France and Ireland. The video for the Liam-penned single features him on a surreal journey through a moon-lit English landscape. Subtly psychedelic! To get the video, click here

You can also buy the song digitally for your nearest and dearest via the new 'Send to a Friend' function.

The Best Thing I've Heard All Year

The stars pick their best tracks of 2008

Noel & Liam Gallagher

Noel: The MGMT album, Oracular Spectacular. The video for 'Time To Pretend' was great. All the stuff about moving to Paris to shag supermodels and do heroin - not to condone heroin - it's like they want to own a Boeing 747 and be Led Zeppelin. Not plant trees at the local rabbit sanctuary. The Verve's single 'Love Is Noise', is the best thing they've ever done.

And Weller's album 22 Dreams! He takes such pride in what he does. He means it from the moment he gets up - it's scary. I was in the studio when some of it was recorded, and musically he does stuff I don't understand. It was mental. he and Steve Cradock talk in catchphrases. The only way anything makes sense is to get absolutely f**king arseholed.

Liam: The last album I bought was Duffy's Rockferry. That song 'Mercy', was alright. I like the Weller one; 'Push It Along' is a great tune.

I like The Last Shadow Puppets' album but it feels a bit grown-up.They're two young lads, but they look like little old men in Polo necks playing guitar, staring into each other's eyes like a couple of old farts. F*ck Off! I thought you were both in bands, anyway. Some of the tunes are all right.

Source: Mojo Magazine (This Months Mogo Magazine Goes Behind The Scenes With Oasis In Stores Now.)

Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere

Taken from Noel's tour diary for oasisinet.com

What happened there then? Seem to have missed a couple of days! That'll teach me to try keeping up with Ricky Hatton (safe journey home, lad - it's been a fuckin' pleasure!).

Been in Guadalajara for the last 48 hours (or is it 24? Fuck knows, I can't remember).

Met a woman at Mexico airport who asked me could I get her son any tickets for last night's gig.

"Tickets? Not my bag, love. I can put him on the guest list though?

"Tell him to bring i.d." I said. "Just in case there's any problemos".

"I.d.?" says the woman. "He has no i.d.. He's only 6!!"

SIX!!?

City won away in Europe. Wonders never cease, etc. Fuck that "orange" kit though. Actually, its official title is "Blaze"! Either way, it's horrible. Get rid.

Couldn't tell you what the show was like last night. The crowd were so loud I couldn't hear much of anything else. They seemed to enjoy it so it's all good, I expect.

Incidentally, I may have tasted the greatest can of Guinness of all time last night. Quite unbelievable.

Just about to fly to Monterey. Not the one where they had that festival in the 60s (that's in California), but the real one about 5 hours from here.

Gotta plane to catch.

Hasta luego.

GD.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Oasis In Monterrey Setlist And Videos

Masterplan.



Lyla, Cigarettes & Alcohol, The Shock Of The Lightning.


Last nights setlist from the Arena Monterrey , Monterrey, Mexico.

Fuckin' In The Bushes
Rock 'n' Roll Star
Lyla
The Shock Of The Lightning
Cigarettes & 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 Nothin'
The Importance Of Being Idle
I'm Outta Time
Wonderwall
Supersonic
Don't Look Back In Anger
Falling Down
Champagne Supernova
I Am The Walrus

Did you go to last nights gig or future gigs or even past gigs?

Send in your pictures to scyhodotcom@gmail.com and I will add them to tour archive.

Rock's Biggest Egos

It's time to admit the truth. You will never be a rock star. You care too much about what people think. Yeah, you make outlandish comments from time to time, but you do it under some pseudonym on a comment board to make it easy. You wouldn't go on national TV and say stuff like, "I'm the voice of this generation." That's the difference between your ego and a rock star ego. Your ego has a lowercase "e." People like Kanye West have E-G-O-S.

West claims he's the voice of his generation. He compares himself to Michael Jordan. He bitches loudly and publicly when he doesn't win awards. He's not afraid to use his real name. Whether or not he is his generation’s defining voice, it’s clear that he definitely has its biggest ego.

But should it be any other way? Of course not. Rock ’n’ roll is not about modesty. It's about being the loudest one in the room. If some stupid stuff gets said along the way, well, that's just the price of admission. Shoot the mouth off first, explain yourself later. Or don't. That's even better. Rock stars don't need to give any explanations.

Here are the five biggest egos in rock history. Why are they the biggest? Because I say so. I don't need to explain myself. I am the blogger of this generation.

The Top Five Biggest Egos:

BONO
Any dude who can meet with world leaders one weekend and then have two 19-year olds sit on his lap the next has a BIG ego. Bono's life is dedicated to bigness. He sings big anthems, not songs. He's out to save rock ’n’ roll and the world. He's not just a rock star; he’s a messiah, at least to himself. And, yes, I'm a little jealous.

JOHN LENNON
How huge was John Lennon's ego? He said his band was bigger than Jesus. What more proof do you need? Even Kanye hasn’t gone that far. By the way, this week the Vatican finally forgave Lennon for his 1966 dis. Those guys can hold a grudge.

NOEL & LIAM GALLAGHER
Oasis' brothers spent most of the '90s claiming they were the best band in the world and boasting how they saved British rock from ruin. They also spent a lot of time writing songs "inspired" by a lot of other British rock. It takes a big ego to remake Beatles songs and call them your own.

MADONNA
Madonna's ego is so big she believes that she can actually stop time. The Material Girl is on a never-ending quest to be forever twenty-something. Her bionic limbs are the first step toward immortality. Her insistence on pretending to be the teen pop star of the moment is the second step. The third? It probably will have something to do with her next boy toy.

TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY
You might not remember this late-'80s nouveau R&B artist. He made a debut album in 1987 that many thought was brilliant, especially him. D'Arby liked it so much he announced that he was going to be bigger than the Beatles. That's why you don't remember him. The Beatles saying they're bigger than Jesus? OK. Emerging R&B star saying he's bigger than the Beatles? Not OK.

Big Egos Honorable Mention:

ROBBIE WILLIAMS
He named his album The Ego Has Landed. In reality, Williams’ ego — and career — has landed everywhere but the U.S., where he remains largely a cult figure.

GENE SIMMONS
Is there anything Simmons won't slap a KISS logo on?

AXL ROSE
Two words: Chinese Democracy.

MICHAEL JACKSON
He dubbed himself "The King of Pop.” He made an album called Invincible. Both claims may still ring true in Bahrain, where Jacko recently lived. Go where the ego can stay big.

Source: www.yahoo.com