This week's NME is a special issue devoted to the most striking rock photography of 2008.
The NME Photo Yearbook is on sale across the UK from Wednesday December 31 and features 60 pages of eye-watering images.
Source: www.nme.com
Inside This Week's NME
This week's NME is a special issue devoted to the most striking rock photography of 2008.
The NME Photo Yearbook is on sale across the UK from Wednesday December 31 and features 60 pages of eye-watering images.
Source: www.nme.com
Liam Gallagher Praises New Oasis Drummer
Liam Gallagher has praised Oasis's new drummer Chris Sharrock for his drinking capabilities.
Gallagher said that he admires Sharrock, Oasis's fourth drummer, for drinking Stella and not being a "lightweight".
"It was cool when we went out the other night," the frontman is quoted as saying. "Chris didn't chew me ear off, he let me speak. He drinks Stella and he's not a f**king lightweight. He can handle his beverages and he can play the drums."
Gallagher added that he does not care about Sharrock's previous attachment to Robbie Williams's live band.
"F**k the Robbie Williams thing," he said. "F**k Robbie. Chris was the only thing that was good about that clown."
Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk
It's The Bizarre Awards 2008
Shove the Baftas, Brits, and Grammys, the only gongs that matter are the, er, Bizarre Awards.
Just ask Coldplay, who won Best Rock Band.
Take That, Oasis, Girls Aloud and Jo Wood were also among the winners
Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Gary Barlow were crowned the new Bizarre Lords.
The lads deserve the honour after another triumphant year.
And Sarah Harding was delighted with Girls Aloud's Best Pop award.
They keep getting better — and I’m not just talking about the music.
Album Of The Year was easy — Kings Of Leon produced rock ’n’ roll gold with Only By The Night and one million copies have been shifted in the UK.
Drummer Nathan Followill said: “Thanks to everyone for buying our record, man.”
And Best Single went to the X Factor Finalists for Hero.
Anyone who went to see Oasis on tour this year will agree there is still nothing to compare to the Gallagher firm.
Accepting Best Live Act, Noel said: “Respect to The Super Soaraway Sun — Britain’s No1 for making Oasis the best live band.”
Best TV Show goes to Gavin & Stacey with Ruth Jones the Best Actress for playing Ness.
Mat Horne and James Corden picked up the show’s award on Christmas Eve.
Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla is Best Film for a return to the magic of Lock Stock and Snatch.
Toby Kebbell, who played the lead, wins Best Actor.
Jo Wood is named Lady Of Bizarre.
Her half-wit hubby Ronnie has left her for a Camden tart but Jo has been larging it. A true Lady Of Bizarre.
Best Newcomers, Danish group Alphabeat, have brought a smile to our faces with their pop gems.
Sadly, the famous Bizarre Caner and Bizarre Shagger prizes were snubbed by the winners this year.
Welsh scarecrow Rhys Ifans, said of the Caner award: “It’s not what I want to be winning.”
Really Rhys? I wasn’t aware your mantelpiece was heaving with “honourable” silverware.
Russell Brand scooped Shagger Of The Year for the third consecutive year.
He was “too busy” to pick it up but the gong is still renamed The Russell Brand Shagger Of The Year Award.
Who’d have thought Russ agreed with the festive phrase, “It’s better to give than to receive . . .”
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Oasis Video Makes Rolling Stone Reader's Rock List
The video to Oasis' hit single The Shock of the Lighting was voted the 13th best Music Video of 2008 by it's readers in the Readers Rock List poll.
Top 20 Selling Albums In The UK This Year
01: Duffy - Rockferry
02: Take That - The Circus
03: Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
04: Leona Lewis - Spirit
05: Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
06: Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
07: Killers - Day & Age
08: Girls Aloud - Out Of Control
09: Pink - Funhouse
10: Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls
11: Nickelback - All The Right Reasons
12: Script - The Script
13: Stereophonics - Best Of - Decade In The Sun
14: Amy Winehouse - Back To Black - The Deluxe Edition
15: Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
16: Adele - 19
17: Il Divo - The Promise
18: Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns
19: Abba - Gold - Greatest Hits
20: Celine Dion - My Love - The Essential Collection
Dig Out Your Soul is number 23 on the Official Album Chart this week, climbing 9 places on the chart.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Oasis 'D'You Know What I Mean?' Piano Version
This Piano Cover of 'D'You Know What I Mean?' has been done by R - Thomas, visit the YouTube channel here.
Elbow Named Critics's Album Of Year
Rock band Elbow have rounded off a breakthrough year with their album topping an annual "poll of polls" list.
Their Nationwide Mercury Prize-winning record The Seldom Seen Kid came out top in the eighth such chart, which combines the choices of critics.
The HMV Poll of Polls is collated each December, adding up album of the year nominations from music writers across specialist press, national media and online sites.
The top 50 list is headed by the music writers' overall choice of album of the year.
Previous winners include Daft Punk, OutKast, Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem.
The Seldom Seen Kid pulled the most nominations across 35 publications, sites and organisations polled.
Elbow's triumph followed a close run with Portishead's long-awaited comeback album Third.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' Dig Lazarus, Dig was third, while debut albums from Fleet Foxes and Vampire Weekend completed the top five.
HMV's Rock & Pop Buyer, Damian Evans said: "The poll reflects an excellent, eclectic year in music with some exciting new artists featuring prominently.
"Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend, MGMT and Bon Iver have really made their mark with wonderful debut albums, underlining how vibrant the music scene is right now.
"Established artists such as Portishead, Nick Cave and Metallica have also returned to great acclaim, although I suspect few people would dispute that Elbow have given us the album of the year.
"They were popular winners of the Nationwide Mercury Prize, and they now deservedly top the HMV Poll of Polls as well."
This year's poll also showed big hitters like Coldplay and Oasis at 34 and 39 respectively, while Killers were at 48.
Duffy, whose Rockferry album has been the year's runaway biggest seller, with 1.5 million copies sold according to Official Charts company data, sat way down the poll at number 28.
Source: itn.co.uk
What Noel Gallagher Wanted For Christmas
The Oasis lead guitarist dumped his holiday wishes on rollingstone.com recently.
"I'd like an iPhone, a laptop, a new haircut and a Christmas card that didn't say (bleeping) "Noel" on the front. That would be (bleeping) nice. Just one year. I always get this (bleep), right. And people go, "Did you get my card?". And you go "I dunno, which one was that?". "Oh, you must've seen it. It had Noel written on the front". "Really, and how many of those cards do you think I get?" That's right. All of them..."Oh, there's a card with my name on it, brilliant! That's from my parents. I'll thank them again for that. (Bleeping) pair of idiots".
Source: Chicago Red Eye
Oasis Rumoured For Benicassim 2009 Kings Of Leon And Franz Ferdinand Confirmed
Kings of Leon and Franz Ferdinand have been confirmed as the first headliners for Benicassim 2009.
The Spanish festival's organisers also announced that Paul Weller will be playing the event next July. Oasis are rumoured to be one of the other headliners.
Last year's festival featured performances from Gnarls Barkley, Leonard Cohen and My Bloody Valentine.
Benicassim takes place on July 16, 17, 18 and 19. Tickets are currently on sale at 2008 prices.
Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk
Noel Gallagher On Radio 2
"Line of Enquiry" with Noel Gallagher presented by Kate Thornton.
Source: YouTube thanks to GoWaysis
Oasis Add Extra Tokyo Date To Tour
Oasisinet is pleased to announce that due to extraordinary demand Oasis have added an extra date at Tokyo's Makuhari Messe on Friday 20th March.
Tickets are available for Pre-Sale Reserve from 10am on Saturday 10th January until 11pm on Wednesday 14th January.
General Sale begins on Saturday 24th January through Ticket PIA, Lawson Ticket, e+, Smash and Smash-Mobile.
The full details of the Oasis Japan Tour 2009 are:
Wednesday 18-Mar-09 NAGOYA Nihon Gaishi Hall (ex. Rainbow Hall)
Friday 20-Mar-09 - TOKYO Makuhari Messe, Hall 8
Sunday 22-Mar-09 - SAPPORO Makomanai Ice Arena *Sold Out*
Tuesday 24-Mar-09 - OSAKA IntexWednesday 25-Mar-09 OSAKA Intex
Saturday 28-Mar-09 - TOKYO Makuhari Messe, Hall 9 *Sold Out*
Sunday 29-Mar-09 - TOKYO Makuhari Messe, Hall 9 *Sold Out*
Source: www.oasisinet.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.
Happy Christmas Oasis Fans
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas, we will be back on the 27th.
Special thanks to jgsanta for taking the time to make a video for the site, at such a busy time of the year.
New Website Coming Soon
I'm pleased to announce that a new and improved version of the website is under construction and due to be launched in January :)
More details to follow in the coming weeks...
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
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