Noel Gallagher - What's In My Bag?

Noel Gallagher, contrary to what he says, is not the bass player for Coldplay. He is the guitarist and songwriter for Oasis. Check out what Noel has to say about the cool things he found at Amoeba during a recent shopping trip.

Videos From Oasis In Brussels

Half The World Away



Waiting For The Rapture



Champage Supernova

Thanks to Brieuc Materne

Oasis In Brussels Setlist

Last nights setlist from the Forest National, Brussels, Belgium.

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'
Half The World Away
I'm Outta Time
Wonderwall
Supersonic
Don't Look Back In Anger
Falling Down
Champagne Supernova
I Am The Walrus

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Next stop Dresden on Thursday...

Dig Out Your Soul In The Streets

Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul In The Streets


From Wednesday 14th January MySpace Music and Oasis' MySpace profile page will be premiering an exclusive 18 minute Oasis documentary shot by The Malloys. It will mark the first HD debut of a documentary in the history of MySpace Music.

The Malloys - who have directed numerous White Stripes videos - followed Oasis last September in the lead up to the release of their number one album, 'Dig Out Your Soul'.

Liam, Gem and Andy travelled to the City of New York (nycgo.com) where they taught street musicians to play a number of the new songs. The selected street musicians came from all parts of the city, and had a variety of different ethnic, musical and creative backgrounds. The street musicians rehearsed and then performed the previously unheard new songs at locations throughout the City including MTA approved subway station platforms at Grand Central, Times Square, Penn Station and Astor Place, subtly premiering the album before it came out.

The Malloys followed Oasis and the street musicians through the process and created the 18 minute black and white documentary.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Bonehead To DJ In Italy

Saturday 24th January 2009

SUPERSONIC NIGHT 2009 in ROMA with very special guest BONEHEAD (OASIS)
proudly presented by Wonderwall - The Italian Oasis Fan Club.

For more information click here.

Oasis For Charlestown?

If rock brothers, Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis accept a civic reception, agreed by Mayo County Council yesterday (Monday), it is highly unlikely that Cllr Johnnie O’Malley of Ballina will be serving any Champagne Supernova.

More likely he will be looking back in anger at his town’s Mayor Michelle Mulherin’s address to the chamber, which convinced councillors of every hue to agree to her proposal for the civic honour.

However, he will be happy that his motion for the Council to examine the protocols around the hosting of such receptions. After a rather colourful debate – during which retiring Cllr Johnny Mee admitted his punk rock predilections – Des Mahon proposed that the reception may be held in Charlestown.

The sons of Peggy Sweeney of Charlestown, Noel and Liam have been regular visitors to the east Mayo town. The famous Mancunians were particularly close to their maternal grandmother Margaret, who died in 2000, and have often referred in media interviews to their memories of picking blackberries and chasing cows on summer visits to Charlestown in the 1970s and 1980s.

Mayor Mulherin observed that the duo represent ‘the story of the Irish dream going abroad’ and underpinned an aspect of the epic tale of the Irish diaspora. She also said that when the Gallagher brothers play on the stage of Slane later this year they will attract around 80,000 fans.

“By according them a civic reception we are claiming these sons of emigrants back,” she said.

Cllr O’Malley remained unimpressed, referring to a row in which the brothers were involved in Munich when Liam lost his teeth.

“I don’t think Liam and Noel Gallagher are of iconic stature or are two people I would hold up to my sons as examples. I’m saying, I’m sorry I won’t agree with it,” said Cllr O’Malley.

Despite his belligerence, one councillor after another supported Mayor Mulherin’s proposal.

A clear case of wonderwall as opposed to stone wall.

Source: www.mayonews.ie

Oasis In Nantes Setlist

Last nights setlist from the Forest National, Brussels, Belgium.

The Importance Of Being Idle was dropped from the setlist, and replaced with Half The World Away.

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'
Half The World Away
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?

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Next stop Dresden on Thursday...

Oasis To Play Hong Kong

Oasisinet is pleased to announce that Oasis will be playing the AsiaWorld Arena in Hong Kong on April 7th as part of their forthcoming tour of Asia.

This will be the band's third visit to Hong Kong having previously played there in 1998 and 2006.

Tickets go on sale Tuesday 13th January from www.hkticketing.com or (+852) 31 288 288 (General Bookings) / (+852) 2629 6240 (Corporate Bookings)

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Oasis World Tour Continues In France Today

After a short break for Christmas the Oasis World Tour continues at the Zenith, Nantes, France later today (12th January).

The band's tour then moves on to the following places throughout Europe.

Forest National - Brussels (Belgium) - 13th January
Messehalle - Dresden (Germany) - 15th January
Sporthalle - Hamburg (Germany) - 16th January
Arena - Berlin (Germany) - 18th January
Philipshalle - Dusseldorf (Germany) - 19th January
Heineken Music Hall - Amsterdam (Netherlands) - 21st January
Heineken Music Hall - Amsterdam (Netherlands) - 22nd January
Forum - Copenhagen (Denmark) - 24th January
Scandinavium - Gothenburg (Sweden) - 25th January
Spektrum - Oslo (Norway) - 27th January
Globe - Stockholm (Sweden) - 28th January
Zenith - Lille (France) - 30th January
Medoquine - Bordeaux (France) - 31st January

Datchforum - Milan (Italy ) - 2nd February
Palacio de Deportes de La Comunidad - Madrid (Spain) - 12th February
Pavello Olimpic de Badalona - Barcelona (Spain) - 13th February
Atlantico Pavillion - Lisbon (Portugal) - 15th February
Zenith - Toulouse - France - 17th February
Le Dome - Marseille (France) - 18th February
Palalottomatica - Rome (Italy) - 20th February
Palaverde - Treviso (Italy) - 21st February
Palaonda - Bolzana (Italy) - 23rd February
Mandela Forum - Florence (Italy) - 24th February
Stadthalle - Vienna (Austria) - 26th February
Zenith - Munich (Germany) - 27th February

Hallenstadion Arena - Zurich (Switzerland) - 1st March
Bercy - Paris (France) - 3rd March

Tickets are still available for some dates, visit the official site here for more details.

Are you going to any of the above gigs send in your pictures to scyhodotcom@gmail.com and I will add them to tour archive and use them on the site.

On This Day In Oasis History...

"All Around the World" is a song by British rock band Oasis. Released on 12 January 1998, the track peaked at Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart; it is the longest single ever to do so. It went Silver in the UK.

"All Around the World", nearly ten minutes long, is embellished with string and horn pieces, and is followed by a two-minute-long instrumental, "All Around the World (Reprise)". Upon its release the reviews were generally positive. It is in keeping with many Oasis songs, such as "Whatever", "Acquiesce", "Live Forever" in that it preaches the belief that "it's gonna be okay". It also features a backing vocal in the coda remarkably similar to the corresponding section in The Beatles' song "Hey Jude".

History

The song was one of the first to be written by Noel, and there are recorded sessions of the band rehearsing it at the Boardwalk club as early as 1992. However, despite Noel's fondness for the song, it did not appear on their first two albums, Definitely Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, as he wanted to wait until the band could afford to produce the song in the extravagant manner in which it was to eventually appear. From time to time, Gallagher has claimed that this is one of the best songs he has ever written.

As early as Spring 1994, the final production sound for this song was envisaged. On the interview Wibbling Rivalry, Noel Gallagher said of the song, "With Supersonic, I worried I was never going to write another song after that 'cos I thought, 'It sounds that good'... Two days later I superseded it by about 50 fuckin' times. The reason we haven't recorded that song is because there isn't enough money in Creation Records' bank balance to pay for the production of that record. When we do that record..." Noel also added when asked if there would be an orchestra on it, "Orchestras, man? It's not got to be one, it's got to be two".

Video



Keeping with the feel of the song, the video was also a lavish affair. Featuring the band in a yellow spaceship, the animated piece saw them travel through a world akin to The Beatles' Yellow Submarine film. The video was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and apparently took 24 computer animators 6 months to make. The video itself is not as long as the song, lasting just over seven minutes. The part of the song that was cut out is mostly towards the end.

Description

Noel described the song shortly before the release of the album- "I wrote this one ages ago, before Whatever. It was twelve minutes long then. It was a matter of being able to afford to record it. But now we can get away with the 36-piece orchestra. And the longer the better as far as I'm concerned. If it's good. I can see what people are going to say, but fuck 'em, basically."

"The lyrics are teeny-poppy. But there are three key changes towards the end. Imagine how much better Hey Jude would have been with three key changes towards the end. I like the ambition of it, all that time ago. What was all that about when we didn't even have our first single out? Gin and tonics, eh?"

B-Sides

The B-Sides of "All Around the World" were two Noel sung songs, The Fame and Flashbax. Oasis also recorded a cover version of a Rolling Stones song, "Street Fighting Man".

Trivia

When it was suggested that Oasis take legal action against pop band Hear'Say for their first single's ("Pure and Simple") uncanny similarity to "All Around the World", Noel simply laughed at the hypocrisy of such an act from a man who was famous for "borrowing" from other artists.

The harmonica pieces on the track were performed by Mark Feltham. Noel and Liam's then wives, Meg Mathews and Patsy Kensit and The Verve's front man Richard Ashcroft sang backing vocals.

Portions of the song's chorus were used as background music for AT&T's advertising campaign for "The New" AT&T.

The photograph on the front of the single was taken on Bournemouth beach in Dorset, England.

Track listing

CD CRESCD 282
"All Around the World" - 9:38
"The Fame" - 4:35
"Flashbax" - 5:07
"Street Fighting Man" - 3:54

7" CRE 282
"All Around the World (Edit)"
"The Fame" - 4:35

12" CRE 282T
"All Around the World" - 9:38
"The Fame" - 4:35
"Flashbax" - 5:07

Cassette CRECS 282
"All Around the World (Edit)"
"The Fame" - 4:35

This was the last Oasis single to be released on the Creation Records label.

This was the last Oasis single to include 3 b-sides on the CD version.

The Days Of The CD Single Could Be Numbered

The days of the CD single could be numbered after Hit40UK announced it will only count downloads and airplay in its chart from this weekend.

Bosses claim it is no longer worth including CD releases because the digital market accounts for 96 per cent of all sales.

Source: The Sun

Reminder: Noel Gallagher To Guest DJ On Los Angeles Radio Tonight

Noel Gallagher will be the Guest DJ – playing whatever he wants for a full hour – on LA radio station 100.3 The Sound later tonight (1/11) at 6 PM Pacific Time (2am Monday UK time).

The station streams online at www.thesoundla.com

Oasis & The Verve's Art Director 'Brian Cannon' Designs The Websites New Logo

In Brian Cannon's own handwriting several attempts at the new sites logo can be seen in the scans .

The words with the red asterisks marks bits were used, he then scanned and compiled them, adjusting the levels to ensure it look like one take before inverting them to white out of black.

For those of you that are unfamiliar with the name, Brian Cannon was the art director for all Oasis work from Definitely Maybe right through to The Masterplan.

Noel Gallagher approached Brian Cannon after seeing the work he had done for The Verve.

Visit Brian's ebay shop here, with prices from £1.99 there are items available for all budgets.

Russell Brand Joins Noel Gallagher For A Night Out

He has spent most of the past two months Stateside, but as his partner in crime prepares to return to work it appears Russell Brand is also returning to his old ways.

The actor and comedian joined fellow hellraiser Noel Gallagher of Oasis for a night out at the Groucho Club in London.

It was just like old times as the two left to return home at around 2.15am, with Brand handing a £10 note to a pleased homeless man.

Brand resigned from as a presenter at Radio 2 in October over the phone calls row involving comedian Jonathan Ross and Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs.

Ross is currently preparing to return to screens following his three-month suspension with Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on 23 January.

His first show will feature comedians Stephen Fry and Lee Evans. Franz Ferdinand will also perform their new single Ulysses live in the studio.

Brand, 33, is back in Britain after keeping himself busy filming The Tempest alongside Dame Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons in Hawaii.
After the unexpected demise of his radio show he has focussed on building his career in Hollywood, with his latest film Bedtime Stories at cinemas now.

He is also rumoured to be appearing in the next Pirates Of The Caribbean film as Johnny Depp's brother.

Photos here

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Hints At Solo Album Again

Noel talks with "Josh T. Landow", he answers some questions and hints that he'll put a solo album out before the next Oasis record.

Source: Via YouTube Thanks to GoWaysis

Noe Gallagher's Oldham Taunt

Oasis star Noel Gallagher has sparked a storm by claiming Oldham Athletic supporters are really Manchester City fans who `just live too far from the ground'.

The rock legend, a lifelong Blue, made the comments in an exclusive interview in this month's City magazine.

But Simon Corney, 36, one of Latics' trio of owners, has hit back in spectacular fashion by claiming that Oasis followers are in fact frustrated Beatles fans.

In a frank chat about the band's roots Noel, 41, talks about his time as a roadie with the iconic Oldham outfit Inspiral Carpets.

He says: "I think (guitarist) Graham Lambert was an Oldham fan, as most of the band was. Keyboardist Clint Boon wasn't that bothered as I recall, but I always think of Oldham fans as virtually City fans anyway.

"I don't think I've ever met an Oldham fan who didn't say, `Well, I'm really a Blue anyway, I just live too far from the ground'." That `revelation' prompted a sharp response from Mr Corney.

He said: "It's funny Noel should say that because I was speaking to an Oasis fan the other day. He told me all their fans were really Beatles fans - it's just they can't go and watch them any more for obvious reasons."

Other Latics fans were less courteous.

Anthony Williamson, 40, from Watersheddings, said: "What a load of rubbish. City? If they were playing in my back garden I'd close the curtains."

Andy Buckley, 31, from Shaw, said: "Although we only have five to six thousand turn up every week they are Oldham through and through. There are plenty of wannabe Mancunians in this town but they're not Latics fans."

But some Oldham fans had sympathy for outspoken Noel. Season ticket holder Dermot Butler, 39, from Leeds, said: "It's got to be tongue-in-cheek. I'd say most of us like to see City do well. I certainly prefer them to that red shower down the road."

Burnage-raised Noel tells the magazine about his 35-year love affair with the Blues, why former chairman Franny Lee tried to sign him and which Oasis record was penned with City in mind.

The City magazine is out now, priced £2.50

Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Noel Gallagher To Guest DJ On Los Angeles Radio Sunday

Noel Gallagher will be the Guest DJ – playing whatever he wants for a full hour – on LA radio station 100.3 The Sound this Sunday (1/11) at 6 PM Pacific Time (2am Monday UK time) .

The station streams online at www.thesoundla.com

Also a reminder that Noel Gallagher is on XPN Radio, In a few hours more information here.

The Vortex Tipped For Big Things In 2009

The Vortex

You can always put your trust in Manchester music and the Vortex are set for big things. Peter Hook is down with them, and they've been setting their controls for the heart of the northern anthem as if Kasabian never existed. Plus, the new demos have been surpassing all expectation: pure anthems for party people. Oh yeah, they just added Bonehead (of Oasis fame) on guitar.

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Brian Cannon's eBay Store

For all the Oasis collectors out there, Brian Cannon has an eBay store dedicated mainly to Oasis and The Verve.

For those of you that are unfamiliar with the name, Brian Cannon was the art director for all Oasis work from Definitely Maybe right through to The Masterplan.

Noel Gallagher approached Brian Cannon after seeing the work he had done for The Verve.

Visit Brian's ebay shop here, with prices from £1.99 there are items available for all budgets.

He currently has a Oasis, Definitely Maybe original logo artwork - limited edition print up for auction.

Signed by Oasis designer Brian Cannon and individually numbered by hand.

Comes complete with correspondingly numbered certificate of authenticity Number 1 of 100 only, worldwide. Visit the auction here.

Noel Gallagher On XPN Radio Friday

Oasis just recently played in the Philadelphia area at The Susquehanna Bank Center, and while they were here, Y-Rock's Josh T. Landow caught up with Noel Gallagher for a Radio Takeover.

Tune in to hear Noel's musical picks and his revealing interview this Friday night at 8pm (1AM UK TIME SATURDAY MORNING) on the radio at 88.5 XPN or Online here.