Christmas Gift Hell For Lord Noel

The picture sum up how every man in Britain is feeling today.
Thousands of blokes will sympathise with Oasis lord Noel Gallagher when they see these snaps of him doing his last-minute shopping for the missus.

This is the face of a man who knows his wallet is about to take a very big hit.

His other half Sara Madonald will be glad to know they weren’t taken at the local garage.

And the identity of the Ann Summers shop he was splashing the cash in will be kept secret.

Don’t worry lads, it will all be over soon.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Photo Credit: Mr Paparazzi

Santa Claus Making Candy Canes

Santa Claus explains the fine art of handmade candy canes and visits Nelson Candies in Wilton, NH, USA.

Santa Claus is popping back again this year, but till then watch the video he made for the site last year by clicking here.

Visit his website at www.kuwlyule.com and watch a interview with the man himself by clicking here.

Noel Gallagher's Line Of Enquiry

When: 26 Dec 2008, 17:00 on BBC Radio 2

Kate Thornton and Noel Gallagher will be taking your calls and questions in Line of Enquiry, a special Radio 2 programme to be broadcast on Boxing Day.

Visit the microsite here for more details.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Gorillaz Have Most 'Friends' On MySpace

Gorillaz have topped a list of the year's most popular music acts in the UK - on MySpace.

The animated band has nearly 700,000 'friends' on the social networking site.

Damon Albarn's group is followed in popularity by metal band Bullet For My Valentine, who have just under 600,000 pals on the site.

Amy Winehouse is not far behind, with Coldplay coming in fourth place.

Lily Allen, known to be keen on blogging, is the next most popular, with just shy of half a million friends.

Maddona's Four Minutes was the most watched music video on MySpace this year, followed by The Verve's Love is Noise.

Most popular musical acts on MySpace in 2008:

01. Gorillaz - 682,875 friends
02. Bullet for my Valentine - 596,885 friends
03. Amy Winehouse - 542,268 friends
04. Coldplay - 525,110 friends
05. Lily Allen - 462,159 friends
06. M.I.A. - 399,858 friends
07. Oasis - 353,484 friends
08. Imogen Heap - 351,484 friends

Biggest music videos on MySpace in 2008:

01. Madonna - 4 Minutes
02. The Verve - Love is Noise
03. BPA - Toe Jam feat. David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal
04. Justice - DVNO
05. Oasis - I'm Outta Time
06. Dragonforce - Heroes of our Time
07. Sigur Ros - Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur
08. The Raconteurs - Old Enough

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere

Taken from Noel's Tour Diary for oasisinet.com

So that's that then. What a tour! Been to Vegas twice. Carried Ricky Hatton's belts out. Met David Beckham. Met Sly Stallone and that guy that says, "Let's get ready to rumble!" at the big fights. Seen a great Beatles tribute band. Got shit-faced with Ricky in 2 different countries. Watched Tall Scratch set a new world record for speed dj'ing. Hung out with a Sex Pistol and an ex-Smith. Met up with old Russ' in Vegas. Seen De La Hoya get his face smashed in. Got more shit-faced with Ricky. Witnessed an actual miracle in the Playboy Bunny Club. Gasped at the glory of the mountains out in the big country. Froze at least one of my bollocks off in the arctic wastelands in the middle of nowhere. Met up with our old hippy brothers, The Black Crowes. Dj'd at a couple of radio stations. Seen Neil Young and we smashed it at the Garden.

Purchased:
1 Organ.
2 amps.
6 fx pedals.
2 pairs of trainers.
1 pair of jeans.
2 scarfs.
1 leather jacket.

Bought a book on The Who and read a book by that Jack Kerouac. Listened to a lot of cosmic space music from the cosmic juke-box. And fell in love with one truly great, great album (seriously - buy that 'Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble' record. NOW! Do it NOW!)

Like I say.. WHAT A TOUR!!

See you next year. Thanks for listening.

GD.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere

Taken from Noel's Tour Diary for oasisinet.com

Now then. Been lost in the city for the last few days. Lots to tell. Where do we start?

Neil Young was fuckin' awesome. Outrageous even. The last true living legend. 63 years of age and he fuckin' smashed it. He finished his set with not one single string left on his axe! NOT ONE!! Immense.

Snowing again here. Had a sore head yesterday. Proper drink the night before. At the Beatrice Inn. Nice gaff. Typical NYC bar though. Pitch black. Strange people. Very tall.

I met a guy. French he was. Comes up to me and sez in a perfect Inspector Clouseau accent, "Do you remember me? We met in Camden town 15 years ago. I asked you for a light and you punched me in the throat and said, 'Go and fuck yourself, you fuckin' tourist!!' You don't remember?"

My missus is in town. Done a bit of freewheelin' round the Village yesterday. Got serenaded with Stevie Wonder's "Just Enough For The City" by a homeless (pretty good version actually). Shopped a bit for various kids.

Met up with Cool Prophet and Tall Scratch. Few drinks in the hotel bar and bedways.

Just leaving town for Philadelphia. 2 more gigs and that's it.

Looking forward to getting home. City are in crisis. They need me.

In a bit.

GD.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Oasis Salutes Its Musical Influences

Liam and Noel Gallagher, the fitfully feuding brothers at the core of Oasis, have never been ones to camouflage their influences. The scruffy, working-class lads from an English industrial town set out to be their generation's Beatles, studding their lyrics with references to their ostensible forebears.

(If you've ever wondered what a "Wonderwall" might be, the name comes from a George Harrison album.) Their penchant for appropriation has landed them in court on more than one occasion, and even songs that aren't vulnerable to legal action stir up a sense of déjà vu. Is that "Cigarettes & Alcohol" or "Bang a Gong"? "Lyla" or "Dancing in the Streets"?

What distinguishes Oasis from any number of pastiche artists is the breadth of their sound: stacked guitars and earth-rattling drumbeats, topped by Liam's slurry rasp. Noel, the band's guitarist and primary songwriter, has taken plenty of flak for his lyrics, but the crowd at the Susquehanna Bank Center on Friday night bore out the wisdom of favoring sound over sense. Heaven only knows what "Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball" means, but it's great material for thousands of people to sing at the top of their lungs.

A good thing they did, too, since Liam made a practice of cutting short the elongated vowels that once turned "sunshine" into a three-syllable word. In a green army jacket and round sunglasses, he bobbed at the microphone like a hungry bird, snatching his head back between lines. Although he thanked the crowd for being "mega," he was almost diffident on stage, instead quelling the crowd's anticipation by introducing songs that quite literally needed no introduction.

The energy markedly went up when Liam stepped offstage and Noel took over vocal duties. The tension between the brothers was once the stuff of tabloid headlines, but these days matters have reached a comfortable equilibrium. Noel's voice is plainer but purer than his brother's and well suited to plaintive songs such as "Don't Look Back in Anger" and "The Masterplan." On "Falling Down" and "Waiting for the Rapture," both drawn from the band's seventh album, Dig Out Your Soul, Noel ventured into more aggressive vocal territory, encroaching ever so slightly on his younger brother's turf.

Strange as it was for the band's lead singer to quit the stage for large chunks of time, his absence gave the songs an extra charge. Better not tell Liam though; that's a good way to start a fight.

Source: www.philly.com

Boys Making Good Music: Oasis and Ryan Adams

Demon seeds have always made the best rock stars. The Patriot Center's Saturday night double bill of Oasis and Ryan Adams was packed with bad actors and stunning musical moments.

Image was everything when Oasis broke out of Manchester, England, in the early 1990s. Singer Liam Gallagher's drunkenness and brawling with guitarist/brother Noel helped the band whup its less tabloid-friendly rivals, Blur, in the two-band battle for U.K. pop supremacy.

But Oasis hasn't stuck around this long because of its tabloid antics. Now it's about the songs, and Oasis rolled out a bevy of beauties for the packed Fairfax arena. The singalongs on oldies "Lyla" and "Don't Look Back in Anger" gave the venue a soccer-stadium feel. The melodic guitar wash of "Morning Glory" and "Champagne Supernova" still typify the Manchester sound.

Not that the boys are all grown up. Noel lamented that D.C. isn't the "murder capital of the world" as it was during his group's earliest visits to the area. And Liam, dressed like John Lennon in beat-up fatigues and sunglasses, was aloof and obnoxious, occasionally to a delightful degree.

Before the set-ending cover of Lennon's "I Am the Walrus," Liam told the crowd, "You've been great!" But before anybody could be fooled into thinking he's become a good guy, Liam added: "But not as great as us!"

Like many rockers before him, opener Ryan Adams wants to be Neil Young. Unlike the rest, he's got all the tools.

For 50 minutes, Adams stood in front of a cartoonishly oversize Fender amplifier reproduction (the same prop Young used on 1979's "Rust Never Sleeps" tour) and sang songs that were at once sad and beautiful and noisy as all get out -- much sadder, more beautiful and noisier live, in fact, than on record. For "I Taught Myself How to Grow Old," Adams, backed by the Cardinals, wore out his guitar strings and wailed in a Youngish falsetto.

Adams's addictions and oddball behavior get as much attention as his musical brilliance. On this night he was annoying whenever he wasn't singing or strumming, and he babbled nonsense and giggled like a stoned college kid between every song.
"This song is about my favorite dune buggy," he mumbled before his recent gem, "Natural Ghost," which isn't about a dune buggy. But then the music started, and, oh boy, the world was a better place.

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Album Chart Update

Oasis' album Dig Out Your Soul is at number 32 on The Official UK Album Chart this week.

Noel Gallagher On 101.9 RXP

Via Youtube Thanks to GoWaysis

Oasis In Washington Setlist

Last nights setlist from the GMU Patriot Center, Washington, USA.

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

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Oasis On Kerrang! Radio Listen Again

Kerrang! Radio broadcast a gig and put little bits of interviews between the songs, not much though.

Thanks to GoWaysis.

Twisted Wheel Support Dates For Oasis

Jan 12th - Nantes at Zenith Nantes
Jan 13th - Brussels at Forest National
Jan 16th - Hamburg at Sporthalle Hamburg
Jan 18th - Berlin at Berlin Arena
Jan 19th - Dusseldorf at PhilipsHalle
Jan 21st - Amsterdam at Heineken Music Hall
Jan 22nd - Amsterdam at Heineken Music Hall
Jan 30th - Lille at Zenith de Lille
Jan 31st - Bordeaux at Medoquine
Feb 02nd - Milan at Arena

For more information about the band click here.

New Guitar Hero World Tour DLC Announced

Activision has announced another month's worth of downloadable content for Guitar Hero World Tour which will be released weekly right through to the end of January 2009.

This latest batch of DLC includes an eclectic mix of tunes from the likes of country superstars Brooks and Dunn to Australia's own Silverchair, Wolfmother and The Vines. The biggest chunk of DLC comes in the form of the previously announced Oasis album "Dig Out Your Soul" which will be available for 1520 Microsoft Points (or $19 US) on January 29.

PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners will have the choice of buying individual songs for $2 US (160 Microsoft Points) or snagging the entire bundle for $5.50 US (440 Microsoft Points). Wii owners will be able to purchase individual tracks for 200 Wii Points each, but no bundles will be available on the Wii Shop Channel.

The Guitar Hero World Tour DLC release schedule for December - January will look a little like this:

Untitled Track Pack (Released December 23)

Hinder - Use Me
Nickeback - Because of You
Rev Theory - Light it Up

Country Rock Track Pack (Released January 8)

Rascal Flatts - Me and My Gang
Brad Paisley - Ticks
Brooks & Dunn - Hillbilly Deluxe

Travis Barker Track Pack (Released January 15)

Blink 182 -"What's My Age Again
+44 - Lycanthrope
Flo Rida - Low (Travis Barker Remix)


Australian Rock Track Pack (Released January 22)
Silverchair - Tomorrow
Wolfmother - Dimension
The Vines - Outtathaway!

Oasis' Dig Out Your Soul (Released January 29)

Bag It Up
The Turning
Waiting for the Rapture
The Shock of the Lightning
I'm Outta Time
(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady
Falling Down
To Be Where There's Life
Ain't Got Nothin'
The Nature of Reality
Soldier On

Source: palgn.com.au

Oasis In Camden Setlist

Last nights setlist from the Susquehanna Center, Camden, USA.

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

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Versus Cancer Stages Christmas Party In Manchester

Versus Cancer, the charity set up by ex-Smiths bassist Andy Rourke, celebrated a successful year last night (December 18) with a hometown christmas party.

Held at Manchester’s Moho Live, the evening saw a blend of new and established talent, DJs and comedians all help raise money for the Christies Cancer Charity.

Headlining was Starsailor's James Walsh, who played an acoustic set.

The set mainly featured tracks from Starsailor's back catalogue, as well as two new songs from the band's forthcoming fourth album 'All The Plans' - the title track and 'Tell Me It's Not Over'.

Walsh also blended in songs by The Killers, Primal Scream and Gorillaz' 2005 Number One 'Dare' - which he dedicated to a Starsailor fan who died this year.

Walsh also played covers of John Lennon’s 'Jealous Guy', John Mellencamp's 'Wild Night' and Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'.

Introducing the cover, Walsh told the crowd: "Apparently this ['Hallelujah'] is now a Christmas song and someleague one Leona Lewis has stole it from Jeff Buckley."

played:

'Alcoholic'
'Four To The Floor'/'Dare'
'All The Plans'
'Jealous Guy'
'Silence Is Easy'/'All These Things That I've Done’
'Hallelujah'
'Good Souls/'Movin' On Up'
'Tell Me It's Not Over'
'Tie Up My Hands'
'Wild Night'

The event also saw ex-Oasis guitarist Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs play with his band The Vortex.

Also on the bill were The Jessie Rose Trip, Karima Francais, The 66, Jersey Budd and Working For A Nuclear Free City.

Source: www.nme.com

Vote For Oasis At The Shockwaves NME Awards 2009

The Shockwaves NME Awards are back and only your votes can decide the winners.

Vote now to decide the nomination shortlists to be unveiled in January.

You'll also be entered to win tickets to the Awards ceremony in London and the NME Big Gig, headlined by The Cure.

Click here to cast your vote for Oasis.

Cage Fighter 'Coolest Man Of Year'

A champion cage fighter has crushed rivals such as Daniel Craig, David Beckham and Lewis Hamilton to be named Coolest Man of the Year in a shock result.

Michael Bisping, an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter, came out top in a poll of the 100 Coolest British Men of the Year by Zoo magazine.

Around 50,000 Zoo magazine readers and web users voted in the online survey. While he is not exactly a household name, Bisping, 29, from Clitheroe in Lancashire, won two huge bouts this year in Birmingham and has featured in the magazine.

Bisping is a former light heavyweight champion and has only been defeated once in his career. He said of his award: "I am totally shocked, but honoured to be voted the coolest man in the UK by Zoo readers."

Paddy Power bookie's favourite Hamilton finished just behind Bisping in second place. Last year's winner, Noel Gallagher, is still a favourite among young men as he finished third ahead of big screen action heroes Jason Statham, who came fourth, and Bond actor Craig, who was fifth.

This year's top 10 is filled by Britain's so-called hard men with undefeated world champion boxer Joe Calzaghe in sixth place, adventurer Bear Grylls seventh and Noel's younger brother, Liam Gallagher, at number eight.

At number nine, Liverpool's Steven Gerrard was deemed football's coolest bloke ahead of Arsenal's wonder kid Theo Walcott, Beckham and Wayne Rooney. England captain John Terry dropped 61 places from last year to 75. Harry Redknapp was voted Britain's coolest manager at number 44.

Editor of Zoo magazine Ben Todd said: "Although most people will be surprised at this year's winner, the result reveals the growing influence that UFC is having on young men in Britain - with the sport now seriously rivalling boxing in the popularity stakes.

"Intriguingly, the poll also suggests a resurgence in respect for hard men, perhaps due to the harsher economic times, and the death of the metrosexual with Bisping, Calzaghe and Bear Grylls all featuring in the Top 10."

Following the recent BBC prank calls row, Russell Brand was named Britain's coolest comedian at number 10, ahead of James Corden, Russell Howard and Ricky Gervais. Jonathan Ross, who was also involved in the furore after he and Brand made lewd calls to Andrew Sachs, was at number 57 in the poll.

Source: The Press Association

On This Day In Oasis History

"Whatever" is a single by British rock band Oasis, written by the band's lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. It was released 19 December 1994 as a stand-alone single bridging the gap between Oasis' debut album, Definitely Maybe, and their second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. "Whatever" entered the UK Singles Chart at #3, their first single to enter the top 5, something every single released since, up to 2005's Let There Be Love, has also accomplished. The strings were played by the London Session Orchestra, arranged by Nick Ingham and Noel Gallagher.

The song joins the infectious pop-rock melodies of Definitely Maybe with the more sophisticated lyrics of (What's the Story) Morning Glory, preaching universal tolerance and the acceptance of all ideas and beliefs in a typically straightforward, Mancunian way. The first lines ("I'm free to be whatever I/Whatever I choose/And I'll sing the blues if I want") may have been Noel's reaction to his father's insistence that he join the building trade.

"Whatever" was released as a contender for the coveted position of Christmas #1, 1994
It is a testament to Noel Gallagher's all-conquering self confidence that he should predict "Whatever"'s success before he was even given a record contract, saying "In the beginning, there was a masterplan, to the extent that I knew that 'Whatever,' one of the first songs I ever wrote, would be a Christmas Top Five hit, but I think anyone who heard the song could have told you that."



When Oasis performed the song for Top of the Pops, they mimed and one of the cello players from the symphony was replaced by Bonehead, who clearly had no idea how his instrument is supposed to be played. Towards the end of the song, he gave up the pretense and started using the bow to conduct. A woman plays his rhythm guitar. The song was introduced by Damon Albarn of Blur who would later famously feud with Oasis. As Albarn introduced the song, the Gallagher brothers made hand gestures behind him, which only served to heighten the feud between the bands.

"Whatever" has been performed live by Oasis many times, sometimes with the ambitious symphony which accompanies the single version, sometimes without. They often end live versions of the song with lyrics adapted from the Beatles song "Octopus's Garden." They have also been known to add the lines "All the young blues....carry the news...", in reference to the Mott the Hoople song "All The Young Dudes". The "blues" are the fans of the Gallaghers' beloved Manchester City F.C.. At their famous performances at Knebworth in August 1996, the song was accompanied throughout by harmonica player Mark Feltham and is generally regarded by fans as one of the highlights of their set.

The B-Sides of "Whatever" were quite famous as well. One of them, "Slide Away" was already featured on their debut album, Definitely Maybe. The other two - "(It's Good) To Be Free" and "Half the World Away" - were later featured on The Masterplan, a collection of Oasis's best b-sides. "Slide Away" and "Half the World Away" would also be featured on Oasis' 2006 "best of" album Stop the Clocks, although "Whatever" itself was not included.

'Whatever' spent a total of 50 weeks in the UK Singles chart, more than any Oasis single to date. In 2007 Coronation Street's Charlie Stubbs was murdered while 'Whatever' played.

Source: Wikipedia