Park Gears Up For Oasis

Heaton Park has seen nothing like it since Pope John Paul II's 'gig' in 1982.

This week 210,000 followers of home-grown rock superstars Oasis will turn up to worship their heroes.

And it could mean the start of a new era for the council-owned park as a world-class outdoor concert venue to rival the likes of Manchester United's Old Trafford, Glastonbury and even the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado.

Six months of planning for the three Oasis concerts by Manchester council and other agencies have meant improvements to the park which make it a contender for future large-scale events.

The Gallagher brothers will perform on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at the biggest concerts ever staged in the park.

Concert promoters SJM Concerts selected Heaton Park, one of Europe's largest municipal parks, as the hometown location for the band's biggest ever tour of open-air venues.

A temporary arena is being constructed in the park to host the 70,000 ticket holders for each concert. Visitors will be able to take advantage of a special park and ride scheme as well as shuttle buses to and from the city centre which have also been arranged to complement the existing public transport to make travel easier for fans and to cause minimum impact to the local community.

Coun Mike Amesbury said: "This three-day event clearly positions Heaton Park as an attractive alternative to other venues in the region.

"We have worked hard with Bury and Rochdale councils, Greater Manchester Police, GMPTE, concert promoters SJM and the local community to ensure minimum disruption and are looking forward to welcoming visitors to what promises to be a real milestone event."

A community information hotline is also in place for the duration of the concerts for anyone with any queries. Call 0161 954 9003. The hotline will be open June 3 2.30pm - 8.30pm; June 5 8.00am - 8.00pm; June 8 8.00am - 12noon and concert days - June 4, 6, and 7, 8am - 1am.

Click here to view a gallery of the stage set up.

Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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The Ones That Got Away

What makes someone walk out on their bandmates at the very height of their success? Dave Simpson talks to four musicians who turned their backs on money and fame

'My daughter was two days old and I was jumping on a plane'
Paul Arthurs, aka 'Bonehead'
Guitarist, Oasis, 1991-1999

Arthurs is one of five people who know what it's like to perform on stage at the biggest concert in British history: 250,000 people over two nights at Knebworth in 1996 (there were a record 2.5m ticket applications). He walked away just three years later.

I formed Oasis [as Rain] with a couple of mates. Liam [Gallagher] came in, we changed the name, then Noel - and the rest is history. The first songs Noel played us were Live Forever and All Around the World. The first time he played Champagne Supernova on the tour bus, I cried.

Oasis was like a steam train. We went from playing the Duchess of York in Leeds, in front of two people who argued over a kebab and stormed out, to playing our first arenas. I remember Liam sat in the seats at the opposite end, shouting, "How are we going to fill this?"

It was the best job in the world, but by the time we recorded Standing on the Shoulder of Giants [in 1999], it wasn't enjoyable. My daughter was two days old and I was jumping on a flight. We'd made our money. We had big cars. We were renting out Christian Dior's mansion in the south of France. That should have been a fun time, but it wasn't. Liam was on a drinking ban and I wasn't helping by not sticking to it. Noel had his own problems, maybe.

I wasn't feeling it any more. I would have been lying to the band and the fans. There were a lot of frantic phone calls and visits, but I'd made my mind up. I always thought we should have bowed out after the second night at Knebworth. Walking out on that stage is a feeling I can't explain: a sea of people. Big!

Afterwards, there was a void. You don't jump off a ride like that and stay the same person. It took me two years to get back to who I was - where you don't think you need to ring up management to ask for a car to get somewhere.

I made a more-than-tidy pile, but recently I've started playing again in a band called the Vortex. I feel the way I did in 1992. When I was in Oasis, I used to wonder what it would be like to be in the crowd, watching. Last year, I got on the guest list for an Oasis gig in Birmingham. It was exciting, but strange. I'd never rejoin them - not that I'd be asked. But for one gig? Absolutely. I still know the chords to Rock'n'Roll Star.

Read the rest of the article by clicking here.

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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Extra Metros For Oasis And Take That Gigs

Huge traffic management plans are under way to cut out chaos as thousands travel to see Take That and Oasis.

To cater for the thousands of people who will be travelling to the Stadium of Light to see the two acts, Sunderland AFC has teamed up with Sunderland City Council, Nexus and Northumbria Police to ensure the roads run smoothly.

SAFC has given cash to Nexus so it can keep the Metro running until 1am when Take That play on Friday and Saturday and Oasis the following week.

The council is also putting on a park and park and ride service to help fans get to and from the gigs.

Gary Hutchinson, SAFC's concert project manager, said: "The club has worked hard to ensure the provision of safe, effective and efficient transport options for the thousands of concert-goers who will be flooding into the city."

Nexus boss Bernard Garner added: "The extra Metro services will be vital and mean people can park throughout the Metro network in Tyne and Wear to get to the stadium."

The bus park and ride service, costing £5 per car, will run on all three concert dates from Fulwell Quarry, the location used for the Sunderland Air Show park and ride service, to the stadium from noon to 8pm and 11pm to 12.30am.

Traffic travelling along the A19 from the south will be signposted along the A1018 to the southern radial route into the city centre.

All city centre car parks will be open 24 hours, including Debenhams' multi-storey car park.

Timetable information can be found at www.nexus.org.uk.

Source: www.shieldsgazette.com

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Creation Records Doco-Film trailer

Click here to watch the trailer for Upside Down: The Story Of Creation Records, starring The Jesus And Mary Chain, Oasis and some Scottish bloke called Alan.

The film is being made by Document UK, who have the full permission by McGee and others involved.

Source: www.drownedinsound.com

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Listen To Kasabian's Album 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum' Now On MySpace

With Kasabian about to support Oasis on the bands UK Stadium Tour, this is a opportunity for fans to hear the new material before the shows kick off in Manchester later this week.

Listen to the new album 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum' in full before it's released to the public by clicking here.

Kasabian's new single 'Fire' is out now and the album follows on the June 8th.

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Liam Gallagher Speaks About Forthcoming Hometown Gigs

Oasis' Liam Gallagher has claimed that his band's forthcoming shows at Manchester's Heaton Park may better their infamous 1996 gigs at Knebworth.

On August 10 and 11 that year Oasis played two Knebworth shows before a combined audience of 250,000, and are set to play the huge Heaton Park in their native city on Thursday (June 4), Saturday (6) and Sunday (7).

Gallagher told the Manchester Evening News that he was confident the new gigs would match up to last decade's landmark shows.

"In total seriousness, I reckon these gigs have the potential to be even better than the Knebworth shows," he said.

He added: "It's been a top year for the band, and we're approaching these gigs at the top of our game. My mind is totally on it. With those Knebworth gigs, we were off our heads and we totally sped into it.

"With these Heaton Park gigs, we're more breezing into these gigs. It's not so chaotic. We're a miles better band than we were at Knebworth and Maine Road (the former Manchester City ground where they played in April 1996), and we'll show it. People will have their heads blown off."

Following the Manchester shows Oasis will play further UK gigs in Sunderland, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Coventry and London.

Source: www.nme.com

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New Liam Gallagher Song And More Details On Pretty Green

Members of the Pretty Green community are able to order from around the world on June 4th on www.prettygreen.com all items will be limited availability and only available until September, so good to get in the order quick.

Delivery in the UK and international will be shipped from around 19th June.

The white with red colourway which Liam is wearing in the new shot on the website is from the exclusive Japanese collection and comes in a really cool limited packaging box.

All items come in bespoke packaging which is colour co-ordinated to the clothes you buy, as expected the clothes are really high quality, stuff that Liam would actually wear - Egyptian cotton and none of the rip off tees you'll be able to get outside the stadium shows....

There is also a new Liam penned song 'Man Of Misery' that will feature in the Brigton video that is launched on Thursday.

There's another clip of the song if you go to the Pretty Green homepage.

For more details visit www.prettygreen.com

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Oasis In Manchester Stage Times

We can exclusively reveal the stage times for Oasis and support at Heaton Park, Manchester on the 4th, 6th and 7th of June are as follows:

14.00: Gates Open
17.45 -18.15 - Twisted Wheel
18.30 - 19.10 - The Enemy
19.30 - 20.30 - Kasabian
21.00 - 22.50 - Oasis

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Liam Gallagher's Latest Twitter

Watch a teaser of the Pretty Green Brighton Film launching on the 4th June at 0921hrs. Also check out the new homepage: www.prettygreen.com

Follow Liam on Twitter by clicking here.

Source: www.prettygreen.com

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Liam Gallagher's 'Pretty Green' Brighton Film Teaser

A short clip of the film to be released soon!

Source: www.prettygreen.com

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You Could Be Heading Off To Every Single iTunes Festival Show For Free!

Access All Areas is go! Yes, Xfm will be giving away tickets to the greatest live shows in the world... ALL SUMMER LONG!

It's a new month, so here's something very, very special for today's AAA. We're giving away a pair of GOLDEN TICKETS to this year's iTunes LIVE festival. Taking place at The Roundhouse in Camden between July 1 and 31, the excellent line-up this year includes Oasis, Kasabian, Snow Patrol, Franz Ferdinand, Bat For Lashes, Jack Penate and many more to be announced. For more info, see www.ituneslive.co.uk

The golden tickets mean that you'll have access to evey show throughout the month of July!

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is to listen out for the competition Xfm on Monday June 1... You're listening out for a double shot of Kasabian.

Good luck!

Please note: winners must be aged 18 years or over. For full competition terms and conditions, see www.xfm.co.uk/terms.

Source: www.xfm.co.uk

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Oasis Summer Stadium Shows Support

In addition to Kasabian & The Enemy, ticket holders for Edinburgh, Sunderland and Wembley will also have the pleasure of seeing Reverend and the Makers complete a stellar line up of Britain’s finest.

In Manchester and Coventry, Twisted Wheel will be bringing their punk charged guitar anthems to the stage, while in Cardiff, Rhys Ifan’s rock n roll circus The Peth will add a local flavour to the proceedings.

Kasabian www.kasabian.co.uk



The Enemy www.theenemy.com



Reverend and the Makers www.iamreverend.com



The Peth www.thepeth.com



Twisted Wheel www.thetwistedwheel.co.uk



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Oasis & Take That Concerts To Bring A Welcome Boost To Sunderland

The two Take That concerts and the Oasis gig is set to boost Sunderland’s economy by at least £3.5m this summer.

The gigs at Sunderland Football Club’ Stadium of Light are the largest concerts ever held in the North East.

The venue will play host to the opening nights of Take That's Circus Live Tour, as well as the Oasis gig on June 10.

Each performance will have a capacity of up to 53,000, which in total will see almost 160,000 music fans visit the city in six days.

SAFC Marketing and commercial director Lesley Callaghan said: “This is great news for Sunderland and the wider region as we expect many people who come to the area for the concerts to go shopping or to a restaurant before the show and to sample the city's nightlife afterwards.

“Many businesses are extending their opening hours on the days of the concerts to cope with the anticipated extra demand for their services.”

The club has also spent thousands of pounds and is employing almost 1500 members of staff for the massive logistics exercise of hosting the concerts.

A special aluminium trackway in the area of the stage in the South Stand and the rest of the pitch has also been covered by a special Supertrack surface.

Peter Weymes, facilities manager at the Stadium, says: “Everyone is looking forward to it. It’s always exciting in the build up to a football match and this has similarities, but also differences. The staff are generally fans of the team and are passionate about working for the club, so it’s nice for them to get involved in something like this.

Source: www.sundaysun.co.uk

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Oasis At Heaton Park Information For Ticket Holders

Heaton Park, Manchester June 4th, 6th &7th 2009

Access

Access to the venue will commence at 2.00pm. Patrons can enter the park via entrances on Middleton Road and Bury Old Road. There are no parking facilities available as the park is within a residential area with parking restrictions.

We therefore advise that you either plan your route using public transport or use the Park and Ride facility.

Venue

The venue will be a fenced off area within the park. There is no cover for the audience, so please take appropriate clothing for the expected weather conditions. The concert will be cancelled in the event of extreme inclement weather. Please note that there will be no cloakroom facilities. You should also be aware that these are 3 separate concerts and not a Festival, there is no camping available and it is strictly prohibited to camp anywhere within Heaton Park, campers will be removed. We would also like to point out that the park is used by families and would therefore ask that you do not take your own alcohol into the park, you should also be aware that Glass is not permitted in the park for this event.

Refreshments

A range of catering facilities offering a variety of food and drink (both alcoholic and soft drinks) will be available in the arena when the ates open. Please note that credit cards will not be accepted. You are not permitted to take in your own food & beverage into the arena other than 500ml sealed plastic bottles of water. Please note that C allenge 21 will be strictly enforced at all bars. The following forms of ID will be accepted as proof of a e; Passport, Driving Licence or PASS accredited proof of a e card.

Greater Manchester Police would like you to enjoy your visit to Heaton park and would therefore recommend that you plan your journey to arrive in plenty of time. T e Police ave also advised patrons to drink sensibly and warned that the arena is a licensed premise and anybody who appears to be drunk will be refused entry. They ave also warned t at searches will take place on all patrons before they enter and illegal substances are strictly prohibited.

Travel

If you are travelling via public transport to and from Heaton Park please plan your forward and return journey before you leave. If you are using Metrolink, Heaton Park station will be closed at the end of the concert and you will have to use Bowker Vale station. There will be Shuttle buses available at the end of the concert - Stewards can direct you to their location. The following bus services stop either at or close to Heaton Park; 51, 59, , 9, 135, 137, 13 , 149, 167 & X35.

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Kaiser Chiefs Andrew White Wants To Poke Noel Gallagher In The Eye

Kaiser Chiefs are breakfasting in West London and attempting to make sense of the latest attack on them by Noel Gallagher. Having previously dismissed the Leeds five-piece as ‘indie rubbish’, Gallagher has now threatened: ‘If I’m at a celebrity football match and I’m up against somebody from Kaiser Chiefs then they’re going to hospital and that’s the end of that.’

When asked how he would react if Gallagher walked into the room right now, Andrew ‘Whitey’ White, the band’s lead guitarist, says, ‘I think that I would poke him in the eye.’

Lead singer Ricky Wilson is more relaxed. ‘You’ve got to hand it to Noel,’ he says. ‘He is a genius at getting people talking about him.’

Nick Hodgson, drummer and chief songwriter, nods. ‘I don’t think it’s worth getting riled about,’ he says.

‘Every time Noel puts out a record he has a rant at some band. With his last few records it happens to be us in the firing line. I just see it as a bit of sport. I’ve learned to enjoy all the abuse that’s levelled at us. We should be used to it by now.’

Taking their name from a South African football club, Kaiser Chiefs made it big in 2005 – but had already been together seven years. Their album, Employment, spawned major hits in I Predict A Riot and Modern Way. Their follow-up, Yours Truly, Angry Mob, gave them their first No 1 in Ruby and a No 2 with The Angry Mob.

Their recent third album, Off With Their Heads, is another triumph, shot through with the Kaisers’ irrepressible melody and wit. Though Noel Gallagher might well take issue with that...

There’s a widespread belief that musicians lie about in bed all day, but nothing could be further from the truth. If you’re touring there’s always an early flight to catch. There’s nothing I hate more than an early start. I was saying that to Liam Gallagher once and he said to me, ‘I don’t mind the early mornings and I don’t mind the long nights. It’s the afternoons I hate.’ Maybe he’s referring to the moment when the hangover kicks in.

Read the full interview here.

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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The Enemy Want Peace Before Playing On Oasis Home Turf

The Enemy rushed to make peace with Oasis yesterday...just days before joining them on tour.

The chart-topping trio - singer Tom Clarke, bassist Andy Hopkins and drummer Liam Watts - will walk into the lions' den when they open for the Manc rockers on their home turf.

It is their first show with the Gallagher brothers, Liam and Noel, since a bust-up.

Liam dubbed Tom Clarke "a little f****r" after The Enemy frontman reportedly said: "I don't think Noel needs to do it anymore."

Yesterday, drummer Watts said it was all a misunderstanding and claimed his band would not exist if it wasn't for Oasis.

He insisted he cannot wait to meet Liam backstage to shake his hand and thank him.

He said: "What Tom said was meant as a massive compliment, we are massive fans and being asked to support Oasis is the biggest compliment we have ever had. They are the reason we started a band.

"I remember the first time I heard their music. My older brother played their 1994 debut album Definitely Maybe at home when I was still at primary school. I thought it sounded amazing.

"Oasis were the soundtrack to my life. We identified with them and thought, if they can do it, maybe we can too."

The Enemy support Oasis in Manchester on Sunday and will also open for the band at Murrayfield on June 17, with Kasabian.

But we can reveal they have confirmed a UK headline tour with gigs at Edinburgh Corn Exchange on November 10 and Glasgow's O2 Academy the next night.

Watts said: "We can't wait to play for our own fans. We know them so well we recognise the front row at every gig.

"When we supported The Rolling Stones and Stereophonics, we had to work the crowd but that's the challenge."

On June 22, they release new single Sing When You're In Love from their stunning Music For The People album.

It is the follow-up to 2007 debut We'll Live And Die In These Towns, which features hits 40 Days And 40 Nights, Away From Here and chart-topper It's Not Okay.

Watts added: "If we'd tried to remake the first album we would definitely have fallen on our a***.

"We went into the studio with a bunch of songs which just sounded bigger. As long as you've got a bit of fire in your belly you'll make great music."

Watts can pinpoint the moment he realised The Enemy would make it.

He said: "In 2007, I was listening to Radio One in my car and Zane Lowe was doing his Fresh Meat slot where he plays three new bands and listeners vote for their favourite.

" When he played the first two I thought: ' We're much better than them.' I couldn't believe it when I heard the opening drum fill of 40 Days And 40 Nights come on next. We went on to win it."

Tickets for the November tour go on sale on Thursday. See www.gigsinscotland.com or call 08444 999 990.

Source: www.sundaymail.co.uk

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Oasis Overtaken By Web

Oasis will be replaced by the internet, claim Kasabian.

Guitarist Serge Pizzorno insists modern technology is preventing musicians from becoming popular because the public are saturated with too much information and choice.

Serge said: 'I don't think there's room for a band like Oasis anymore, you'll never get a phenomenon like that again. The internet dilutes everything. You can't just see a band on the TV once a week and then have to invest in buying the single.

'We used to go out and find a new song on a Monday morning, then you'd open the cover and read everything about it. That just doesn't exist anymore. It's a shame. If you never had it, you'll never miss it but when you've got the last of it you go, 'That was good, wasn't it?' '

Singer Tom Meighan believes people are transforming into humanoid robots that will need computers to help them reproduce.

He said: 'We're turning into cyborgs, can you imagine in another 20 years plugged into that f**king thing on the screen? Can you imagine another 50 years? No one will give a f**k anymore. People will make children on the internet. They'll pick the colour of their eyes. It's going to happen, I'm telling you.'

Source: www.msn.com

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On This Day In Oasis History

Don't Believe the Truth is the sixth studio album by Oasis, released on 30 May 2005. It reached #1 in the UK Albums Chart with first week sales of just under 238,000, and is the 32nd fastest selling album ever in the UK. The album entered the U.S. charts at #12, with 65,000 copies sold in the first week, the highest any Oasis album has reached there since 1997's Be Here Now, although its chart stay was brief. Don't Believe the Truth went triple platinum in the U.K. in the first week of 2006 (900,000+ sales), and in the U.S. has sold more than 200,000 copies. As of November 2008, Don't Believe the Truth has sold around 5 million copies worldwide.

Every member of the band contributed to the writing of tracks for the album, and the album is the first where all duties were divided between the band members. On some of the tracks regular bass player Andy Bell handled guitar, while Gem Archer and Noel Gallagher contributed bass to other songs. Don't Believe the Truth is the first Oasis record to feature the drumming of Zak Starkey, who replaced Oasis' longtime drummer Alan White.

Liam Gallagher also had a larger impact on the album by his developing songwriting. Noel has said that this album is his favourite of Oasis' last four, because all members have contributed to it. This, he claims, has given it a different feel to a typically Noel-written Oasis album.

The band embarked on a massive worldwide tour that started off at the London Astoria for their Don't Believe the Truth Tour, visiting 26 countries and playing to 2 million people at a total of 113 concerts. This resulted in the making of Lord Don't Slow Me Down, a film later released on DVD.

Recording

The recording process for Don't Believe the Truth was prolonged. The album was originally supposed to be released around summer/autumn 2004, with an initial 3-4 week session produced by Death in Vegas. The recording finally began after Alan White's departure in January 2004 at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall, though the group wasn't satisfied with the results, as Noel said "Unfortunately, after the recording process we decided we didn't like anything we had played/recorded during those three weeks, and because of commitments with Death In Vegas, Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes couldn't find any more time to give to the project."

Noel has commented since on numerous occasions that there was no problem with the work done by Death In Vegas, but he felt the songs they were working on were simply not good enough to form a record, and felt a break was needed in which new material would have to be written. In Noel's words: "We were trying to polish a turd". Around 10 songs were worked on with Death In Vegas of which, according to Noel, 6 were "not even good enough to make the b-sides". Four of the tracks which eventually appeared on the album were worked on with Death In Vegas, those songs being: "Turn Up the Sun", "Mucky Fingers", "A Bell Will Ring" and "The Meaning of Soul", although all of these had extra work done to them or were re-recorded before being released.

After a short break in which many new songs, including "Let There Be Love", "Lyla" and "Part of The Queue" were written, the band reconvened at their Wheeler End Studios with Noel as producer. The band were joined on these sessions by The Who's drummer Zak Starkey. In June 2004, Oasis debuted two new songs from these sessions, the Liam-written "The Meaning of Soul" and the Gem-written "A Bell Will Ring" at two live shows in Poole and at the Glastonbury Festival.

After hearing of the band's production problems from Oasis manager Marcus Russell, American producer Dave Sardy expressed interest in taking over production duties. Sardy was given tapes of existing recording sessions to mix, and after his work was praised by the band, he arrived in the UK to oversee new recording sessions at Olympic Studios in London. These sessions did not last long before he asked the band to travel to Los Angeles and re-record most of the album there, as he felt more comfortable working in a studio closer to home. With the band eventually agreeing to this, recording sessions began at Capitol Studios in October 2004 with the band spending around 9 weeks there.

Release

The decision to have the lead-off single, "Lyla", on the album was a controversial one, prompted by the label's feeling that there wasn't a suitable lead single among the tracks originally presented. As a result, the decision was taken to record "Lyla", a song which Noel had written and demoed a year previously, but which wasn't recorded by the band during the previous recording sessions. It was decided that Dave Sardy would remix Noel's original demo with Liam recording a set of lead vocals and Zak adding a fresh drum track. "Lyla" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and number nineteen on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. After having initial reservations about the choice of the first single being taken out of the hands of the band, Noel, who initially wanted "Mucky Fingers" to be the first single, has now reluctantly conceded that the song has indeed "done the business".

In April 2005, four tracks from a promo disc leaked: "The Meaning of Soul", "Mucky Fingers", "Keep the Dream Alive", and "Let There Be Love". The full album found its way onto the Internet on 3 May 2005, when Apple Inc. accidentally put the album up early for sale on their iTunes Music Store service in Germany. While there was no official comment by Apple or by Oasis management, it was speculated that Apple simply got "May 30" confused with "May 03" or "May 3".

Reception

Considered a rebirth for the band, Don't Believe The Truth received extremely positive reviews. The album won two Q Awards: a special People's Choice Award and Best Album. Critics praised the new sound and the straightforwardness of the drumming of Zak Starkey after a decade of the drumming presence of Alan White.

During interviews, the band has commented very positively on the album about the creation of it, have complimented Archer and Bell on their creativity and contribution of their multiple tracks making the record sound, described by Noel as "Fresh and a Breath Of New Life for Us all." Noel Gallagher said to NME: "The finished album is my favourite one of the last four. Because we're all contributing to the songwriting there's a different feel to it. In fact, the only songs that sound like Oasis are Andy Bell's funnily enough." On 'Rock Profiles' Interviews, both Gallagher and Bell had commented that during their hiatus in 2004, that they had to make a record for their fans and to inspire the people who had become interested in them in the first place. Stating that they had nothing to lose since most of their fans and critics had been displeased since the release of Be Here Now, they could make a new and defining record.

In 2008, Don't Believe the Truth was voted the 14th best British album of the last 50 years by a poll conducted by Q Magazine and HMV.

Track listing

"Turn Up the Sun" (Andy Bell) – 3:59
"Mucky Fingers" (Noel Gallagher) – 3:56
"Lyla" (N. Gallagher) – 5:10
"Love Like a Bomb" (Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer) – 2:53
"The Importance of Being Idle" (N. Gallagher) – 3:40
"The Meaning of Soul" (L. Gallagher) – 1:43
"Guess God Thinks I'm Abel" (L. Gallagher) – 3:25
"Part of the Queue" (N. Gallagher) – 3:48
"Keep the Dream Alive" (Bell) – 5:46
"A Bell Will Ring" (Archer) – 3:08
"Let There Be Love" (N. Gallagher) – 5:29

Bonus tracks

"Can Y'see It Now? (I Can See It Now!!)" – 4:19 (Japanese CD release)
"Sittin' Here in Silence (On My Own)" – 2:00 (N. Gallagher) (Japanese CD release, and available as a b-side on the "Let There Be Love" single)
"Pass Me Down the Wine" – 3:50 (L. Gallagher) (U.S. iTunes release, and available as a b-side on the "The Importance of Being Idle" single)
"Eyeball Tickler" – 2:47 (Archer) (UK and Canadian iTunes release, and available as a b-side on the "Lyla" single)

Special editions

A limited edition version of the album was released in the UK which included a 30 minute DVD featuring interviews with the band and other staff who worked on the album, the promo video for "Lyla" and additional cover artwork. These features were released in the U.S. on the DualDisc edition of the album.

As part of a promotional spot for Oasis' latest lp "Dont Believe The Truth" Best Buy stores released an exclusive, limited edition, free live 5-song cd enclosed in copies of D.B.T.T. This features music from their 1994 Metro Club Show in Chicago Il. USA. Track listing includes: 1. Rock and Roll Star 2. Columbia 3. Live Forever 4. Cigarettes and Alcohol 5. Supersonic.

Music Videos



Lyla



The Importance Of Being Idle



Let There Be Love

Tickets are still available for a number shows on Oasis' largest-ever UK Stadium tour, click here for availability of tickets.

Happy Birthday Chris Sharrock

Chris Sharrock (born 30 May 1964 (45 Today) in Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, England) is a British drummer. Currently a member of Oasis, Sharrock has a long history of being an official member of many noted British bands, including The Icicle Works, The La's, World Party and The Lightning Seeds.

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Tickets are still available for a number shows on Oasis' largest-ever UK Stadium tour, click here for availability of tickets.

Countdown To Oasis At The Stadium Of Light

It's just over a week until Oasis play the Stadium of Light as part of their UK tour. Oasis will also be supported by special guests Reverend & The Makers, Kasabian and The Enemy.

The Stadium of Light is looking forward to welcoming close to 160,000 music fans in one week and has planned to make attending the concerts as enjoyable an experience as possible.

A special concert website has been designed to help you enjoy your visit to the Stadium of Light www.safcconcerts.com and we'd encourage you to visit this before you come to the concert to familarise yourself with the site map and other key information.

The website includes information on the band as well as a city visitors guide if you're intending arriving earlier in the day to event information including maps, safety information, lost and found and conditions of entry, FAQ's and a comprehensive travel guide, which details all you need to know about public transport, parking and road closures.

Enjoy your visit to the Sunderland Stadium of Light

Thanks To Michael

Tickets are still available for a number shows on Oasis' largest-ever UK Stadium tour, click here for availability of tickets.