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Oasis at Wembley Stadium, 9th and 11th-12th July 2009- Ticket Dispatch Update

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Oasis at the Ricoh Arena on 7th July 2009- Ticket Dispatch Update

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Edinburgh Oasis Gig Marred By Brutal Assault

A music lovers dream turned into a nightmare at Murrayfield stadium yesterday as a gang of thugs viciously beat a man during the build-up to an Oasis concert.

Shocked music fans watched in horror at the historic gig as a fight between two men escalated into a full-blown beating.

Overcome by three further attackers, the man, said to be in his mid-thirties, was punched and kicked in the head after falling to the floor.

He was left bloodied and unconscious by the attack which happened on the western part of the pitch just before 8pm during a performance from indie rockers Kasabian.

Eyewitness Jennifer Patterson, from Edinburgh, said that security staff simply watched as the fight escalated.

She said: “He was unconscious and bleeding on the ground for ten minutes and security just stood and did nothing.

“I’ve no idea how it started, there were pint glasses being thrown in the air then all of a sudden two men started going at it.

“Before I knew there were four or five guys beating him while he was on the floor.

“The main culprit who was putting the boot in just walked away – it’s a disgrace.”

Other eyewitnesses said that the man was taken away by ambulance crews for treatment after lying on the ground for several minutes following the assault.

St Andrew’s Ambulance service, who were providing first-aid support for the gig, were not available for comment.

Source: deadlinescotland.wordpress.com

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Oasis At Murrayfield

Tonights set list from Murrayfield, Scotland.

Fucking In The Bushes
Rock N Roll Star
Lyla
Shock Of The Lightning
Roll With It
Cigarettes And Alcohol
To Be Where There’s Life
Waiting For The Rapture
The Masterplan
Songbird
Slide Away
Morning Glory
My Big Mouth
The Importance Of Being Idle
Half The World Away
Wonderwall
Live Forever
Supersonic
Don't Look Back In Anger
Falling Down
Champagne Supernova
I Am The Walrus

Photo Credit aispeake

Oasis' next stop is Slane Castle in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday.

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Pretty Green Pictures

A selection of pictures from the items given to me during the interview with Liam Gallagher on Friday.

PLEASE NOTE THE OASIS BANDANA THAT THE ITEMS ARE PICTURED ON IS MY OWN AND NOT INCLUDED WITH ANY OF THE ITEMS.

For more details on Pretty Green visit the website here.

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Oasis Fans Warned On Drug, Alcohol Abuse

Superintendent Michael Devine from Navan Garda Station said anybody using illegal substances or abusing alcohol “stands a reasonable chance of winding up in court in Navan”. Special court sittings have been arranged for Saturday night and Sunday morning following the concert.

Supt Devine said there will be an alcohol ban on the streets of Slane though the pubs in the village will be open and nobody will be allowed to bring in alcohol into the venue.

Saturday's concert which will features The Prodigy and Kasabian is a sell-out and 80,000 people are expected to attend.

Slane Castle owner Lord Henry Mountcharles said the only trouble ever experiened at Slane Castle was when Bob Dylan played the venue 25 years ago and lessons were learned from that. “I say to members of the public, respect the people of Slane and realise that unsociable behaviour is unacceptable,” he said.

Gardaí have advised fans who are being dropped off at the venue by coaches to return to the designated coaches area which is on the N2 for fans returning to Dublin and the East Coast and the Navan and the Cullen roads for the rest of the country. At previous concerts fans have become lost when the coaches did not pick them up at the place where they were dropped off in the first place.

The traffic plan for Saturday's event is on the Garda website at www.garda.ie and motorists not travelling to the concert are advised to avoid the Slane area if possible.

The majority of cars will travel via the M1 motorway to dedicated car parks on the N51 Drogheda road, Slane. There will also be car parking on the N2 both north of Slane and on the Navan side of Slane on the N51. There will be car parking south of Slane on the N2.

Source: www.irishtimes.com

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Oasis Concert Could Be Cancelled Because Of Feuding Gallaghers According To Paddy Power

This Saturday’s Oasis gig at Slane Castle in County Meath could be cancelled according to bookmakers Paddy Power because the Gallagher brothers can’t even stand to be in the same room as each other!

Liam Might Not Turn Up
Liam and Noel have apparently been at each other’s throats for the last two weeks and Paddy Power are offering odds of 8/1 that Liam pulls out of Saturday’s gig and 9/1 that it gets cancelled completely because of the alleged feud.

Fight On Stage Is Possible
Even if the gig does start with Liam there, it is not guaranteed he will complete, Paddy Power offer 3/1 that he has a temper tantrum and storms off mid performance and you can even get 8/1 that Liam and Noel have an argument on stage.

Hotel Rooms To Be Trashed?
You can get 10/1 with Paddy Power that the pair trash their rooms after the gig in true rock n roll style whilst Liam is 50/1 to throw a TV out of their room!

First Cliché For Liam
Bets are even available on the first cliché that Liam comes out with first on the night. Howareya is the 3/1 favourite with Paddy Power whilst Mad For It is 7/2 with Paddy Power. For a full list of clichés you can bet on or to see what other Oasis specials are available at Paddy Power visit the Paddy Power website and click on Novelty Bets.

Source: www.online-betting-guide.co.uk

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Anger As Oasis Gig Shuts Primary School

An Edinburgh primary school has been closed early because of an Oasis concert being held at nearby Murrayfield Stadium.

Roseburn Primary was closed at 1215 BST following advice from police over the numbers of people gathering and drinking in the area.

Lothian and Borders Police said it expected 55,000 people with gates opening at 1400 BST.

Parents said it had caused problems over childcare.

Although Oasis were not due on stage until about 2030 BST, people were expected to start congregating much earlier to listen to the warm-up bands.

Single mother Angela McGregor, 30, said she could not afford to take time off work to collect her five-year-old son, Robert, at lunchtime. The school normally closes at 1445 BST.

She said: "It's ridiculous that the school had to close early because of the Oasis concert. My son Robert lost half a day's education.

"If it was the Queen coming then fair enough.

"I'm a single parent and I had to make other childcare arrangements.

"I had to ask a Sunday school teacher at St Nicholas Church to pick up my son.

"If I didn't have her I would have to take four hours off work to look after him, which I can't afford to do."

An Edinburgh City Council spokesman said: "We took the decision to close the school for the afternoon based on information we received from the police.

"We also know from past experience that the area will be very busy, access will be difficult and alcohol will be sold in the area."

A Lothian and Borders Police spokeswoman said: "We have a significant policing detail between ourselves and the council to maintain the needs of the residents in the area."

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Slane Castle Gets Set To Welcome Back Oasis

Some 14 years after their first performance at Slane Castle, Oasis are looking forward to a triumphant return to the Banks of The Boyne next Saturday where they will perform before a crowd in excess of 80,000.

For the eighth Marquis Conyngham (formerly Lord Henry Mountcharles), this will be a very special concert and a real local and family affair.

The Marquis (who inherited his title this year on the death of his father) will be joined by a large family circle but, most importantly, by his first grandchild, sixth-month-old Laragh, daughter of his son, Alex (now Lord Mountcharles) and his wife, Carina.

The Marquis, who still wants to be called Henry Mountcharles, and his wife, Iona, will be joined by a large family circle, godchildren and friends for the occasion. He said it will be an even bigger family affair for another local family – the Gallaghers.

Oasis frontmen Noel and Liam Gallagher have their roots in Duleek where their father, Thomas, grew up and where they spent many holidays as children. Thomas Gallagher’s family still live in Duleek and, at the press conference last year at which the concert was announced, Noel Gallagher recalled that the last time they played Slane, they had about 80 relatives in the audience. “But now they’ve grown up and have their own children, so there will be even more there on 20th June,” he said.

Mountcharles realls his first time to see Oasis live was in Manhattan. “I went to see them with Iona and Adam Clayton and was very impressed by them. There were only about 1,000 people at the show, but they put on a fantastic peformance.

“They were wonderful in Slane in 1995 when they supported REM and I have wanted them to headline Slane for a good number of years,” he said. “The fact that Noel came here in person for the press launch shows just how important this gig is on their tour. It is very much in the rock ’n’ roll tradition of Slane and the fact that Oasis has such local roots really appeals to me and to a lot of people.”

There has been an incredible amount of interest in this gig, but this isn’t unusual; Slane has featured in the Boston Globe, LA Times and the New York Times in the past and the Springsteen concert in 1985 featured on network television news in the US.

“DVDs of U2 and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers performing in Slane enjoyed phenomenal global sales and there are countless images of the Slane rock concerts on YouTube.

”Slane is not a conventional venue, it is not like a stadium, it has a different feel and the acts and performers like that. The history and nature of the venue, combined with the calibre of the acts, are what makes it so popular,” he said.

Preparation for this year’s concert, which also features The Blizzards, Glasvegas, Kasabian and The Prodigy, have been underway for some time but activity at Slane Castle has intensified in the past week or two.

For instance, last Wednesday there were hundreds of people on the concert site, erecting barriers and fencing, putting in a new roadway to improve crowd safety, upgrading existing roads and erecting marquees.

“We also have a lot of people involved in administration and co-ordination and handling media enquiries,” Mountcharles says. “We have been at it so long that everybody seems to know what they have to do.” He admitted the preperations would become more feverish as the day gets closer.

He also is very conscious of the disruption the concert causes in the local community and says they do everything they can to keep it to a minimum. “We didn’t have a show last year and people missed it. It brings life and economic activity to the village,” he said, pointing out that it also benefits business in Drogheda, Navan, Ashbourne and further afield.



“It doesn’t just benefit the area on the day of the concert. It heightens interest in the area,” he said.

Tragedy has stalked the concert in the past, particularly as a number of people have lost their lives in the Boyne at past concerts. Mountcharles said a river rescue operation, monitored by the Irish Coastguard, will be in place to prevent people from getting into the river.

“The Boyne is a beautiful river to look at but it is not for plunging into. I want to warn people to keep away from the river. It may look calm and placid but it is dangerous and it is not clever to go into it,” he said.

Mountcharles is already in negotiations for next year’s concert but, as usual, is remaining tightlipped about possible acts for that gig. He is also looking at other events for the castle. Apart from rock concerts and corporate events, weddings and other special events are held there regularly.

The Slane peer is really looking forward to the weekend and expects he will be absolutely “knackered” on Monday but feels, once again, it will be well worth it. He is urging concert-goers to respect the residents of Slane. “I need their support for the shows. So please follow directions from the Gardai and the road signage. Enjoy the show, but don’t spoil the day for anyone else,” he said.

Source: www.meathchronicle.ie

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On This Day In Oasis History

"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" is a song by British rock band Oasis. It was released as the second single from Heathen Chemistry on 17 June 2002, peaking at number two in the UK charts. It went silver in the UK.

The song is an "epic weepy" anthem in the spirit of "Don't Look Back in Anger", reassuringly advising that in times of hardship, simply get over it and get on with your life. Noel Gallagher explained the song saying "A friend of mine was going through a pretty bad time and I sort of wrote it with him in mind."

Noel Gallagher had great expectations for the song, saying "I hope it does for us what 'Don't Look Back In Anger' did... I didn't want it as a single because I thought we'd done all that before, but everyone's going, 'You're fucking mad.'". NME said, 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out' [is where] you really start rolling out the red carpet. A return to the long lost humanism of 'Don't Look Back In Anger', it's a reminder of Noel's knack of cheering up his audience just when they need it most." Q magazine held up the song as proof that "genius never completely left Oasis".

"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" was one of the songs played during the end credits of the movie, The Butterfly Effect, starring Ashton Kutcher and Amy Smart. It has been on the TV show Smallville too. The song also appeared after England's defeats in the 2002 Football World Cup and the 2006-07 Ashes. Noel Gallagher dedicated it to the English football team before playing it at the 2004 Glastonbury Festival. The song is also featured in the film Made of Honor, Starring Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan and appears towards the end of the film.

This website was named after the song.



Track listing

CD RKIDSCD 24
"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - 5:02
"Thank You for the Good Times" - 4:32
"Shout It Out Loud" - 4:20

7" RKID 24
"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - 5:02
"Thank You for the Good Times" - 4:32

12" RKID 24T
"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - 5:02
"Thank You for the Good Times" - 4:32
"Shout It Out Loud" - 4:20

DVD RKIDSDVD 24
"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - 5:03
"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" (demo) - 5:08
10 Minutes of Noise and Confusion - Pt. Two - 7:24
"10 Minutes of Noise and Confusion - Pt. Two" is the second part of a feature covering 48 hours on the road with Oasis during the Tour of Brotherly Love which took place in the USA with the Black Crowes during May and June 2001.

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Veronicas 'Are Like Gallaghers, Jonases'

The Veronicas have said that their relationship is like that of The Jonas Brothers crossed with Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis.

Pop duo Lisa and Jessica Origliasso told thelondonpaper that they are not strangers to sibling rivalry and have their differences despite being identical twins.

Jessica said: "[We're like] the Jonas Brothers mixed with the Gallagher brothers."

Lisa said: "If those brothers had love twins, they'd be us. We love each other, we're always together, but we're happy to throw a punch every now and then."

Jessica added: "We both have different inspirations, style-wise. Lisa really loves Penelope Cruz and that classic gypsy look, whereas I like trashy hot messes and '50s pin-up girls."

Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk

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Pete Macleod & Paul Gallagher Tour

Booking now! - dates in September and October.Liam and Noel’s big bro’ joins LA base Pete Macleod for a one-off tour.Paul very rarely DJ’s in the UK as normally DJs across Europe and Pete is making a return visit to these shores after his successful 2008 tour and the release of his widely acclaimed debut album.

For more details visit www.brave-music-agency.co.uk

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Liam Gallagher's Latest Twitter

Tom from Kasabian wearing Pretty Green http://twitpic.com/7jkyn ... (see the scarf http://bit.ly/pgscarf )

Follow Liam on Twitter by clicking here.

Source: www.prettygreen.com

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Oasis Fans Warned Against Forgeries

Music fans attending this weekend's Oasis concert at Slane Castle have been warned against buying tickets from unofficial sources, with stringent security checks promised to weed out forgeries.

Promoter MCD said every ticket would be checked and those with the counterfeit tickets face being turned away, or even prosecution.

Concertgoers were also issued with a list of dos and don'ts for the sold-out gig in Co Meath, including an impressive catalogue of banned items. Fold-up and blow-up chairs have made the prohibited list, along with garden furniture, fireworks, laser pens or pointers, umbrellas, spikes, studs and other dangerous items, glass, cans and alcohol of any kind.

Crowd-surfing is forbidden, overnight camping has been banned and no queuing is allowed before midday. Gates will open at 2pm on Saturday, with the first act, The Blizzards, taking to the stage at 3pm. Glasvegas are due to go on at 4pm ahead of Kasabian at 5.30pm and The Prodigy at 7pm.

Headline act Oasis, who last played at Slane as a support act for REM in 1995, are due on stage at 8.30pm.

Concertgoers have also been urged to pack their wellingtons, to deal with the unpredictable Irish weather, while warnings have again been issued against swimming in the River Boyne in the vicinity of the castle.

Bathing has been prohibited between Stackallen bridge and one kilometre downstream from Slane bridge, and fans have been reminded that there is no access to the castle from the river.

Security in the area has been tight, particularly since two people drowned at Slane in 1995 during the REM concert.

The usual long delays getting to and from the venue are predicted, with people urged to use public transport or car pool to help cut down on delays.

Dublin Bus will operate a service between noon and 4pm leaving from Parnell Square West in the city centre, departing every 20 minutes. Buses will return from Slane straight after the concert. Tickets are priced at €20 and can be bought online from www.dublinbus.ie and www.ticketmaster.ie.

For those who are driving, a traffic management plan has been put in place by gardaí. Those travelling from Dublin and the south of the country are asked to travel via the M50 and M1, while those coming from Drogheda, Navan and the west should use the N51. Travellers from the north of the country are asked to come via the M1 and take the Dunleer/Collon exit. Car parks will be open from noon, with an expected 20 to 30 minute walk to the venue.

Private coaches are to travel via the N2 rather than the M1, with no parking available for coaches or buses on the N51.

Parking for those with impaired mobility is available beside the concert site. Concertgoers requiring the use of these facilities will need a disabled badge or pass, and should arrive via the N51 from Navan.

Source: www.irishtimes.com

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DJ-ing Is My Oasis, Insists Ulster-Bound Gallagher

The DJ brother of rock’s most famous siblings — Noel and Liam Gallagher — has said he’s happy doing his own thing and has no regrets about not joining Oasis.

Paul Gallagher, the eldest of the three brothers and a successful DJ with a residency in a Belgium nightclub, said it was his love of music which influenced Noel and Liam when they were growing up and that he was never made to feel that he was in their shadow.

Paul will be in Northern Ireland this week to DJ in the run-up to the Oasis concert at Slane Castle this Saturday.

He’ll be DJing at Sandino’s in Londonderry tomorrow and the Duke of York in Belfast on Thursday before heading to Dublin on Friday night.

“I used to manage bands myself but gave it up after 10 years or so. It’s a fine way to lose money. I’ve a few other things in the pipeline but the DJing takes up most of my time. I have a residency in Belgium and DJ all over Europe.

“This will be my first time doing so many nights in Ireland though and I’m really looking forward to it.

“I never wanted to be in Oasis. I do my own thing and that’s fine by me. Other people try to wind me up by asking me how I feel about Noel and Liam living in another world from me but I point out that they’re living in another world from most people so it doesn’t bother me.

“I never felt like I was in their shadows at all. I do what I do, they do what they do,” he said.

Source: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Oasis At Murrayfield & Slane Stage Times

Stage times for Oasis and support at Murrayfield and Slane later this week

Murrayfield

Gates 16.00
17-17.40 Rev and The Makers
18-18.40 The Enemy
19-20.00 Kasabian
20.30 - Oasis

Slane Castle

12.00 Gates
15-15.30 The Blizzards
16-17.00 Glasvegas
17.30-18.30 Kasabian
19.00-20.00 The Prodigy
20.30 Oasis

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Oasis: From King Tut's To Global Domination

HANDCLAPS are easy, right? Two palms, slap 'em together, simple.

Apparently not.

"That's f***ing rubbish," declares Owen Morris. "Do it again."

Along with Noel Gallagher and half a dozen others, I'm gathered around a microphone in the aptly-named Loco Studios in South Wales putting the finishing touches - in the form of handclaps - to Some Might Say, the song that will become Oasis' first No1 single.

It's the wee small hours of the morning and the patent inability of anyone except Noel to grasp the basic concept of keeping time are driving even the usually upbeat producer to roars of frustration.

We try again. And again. And, oh yes, again.

By the time of the finished mix the hapless clatter of our contribution is buried discreetly in proceedings, but still there - just - an everlasting reminder of a while spent at the heart of a freshly forming hurricane, a band on their way to changing the face of British music.

Noel had first played me the demo of Some Might Say a couple of weeks earlier, at the house in Fulham, London, he was renting from ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.

Even in its basic state it was obviously a great song and I jokingly asked him what he'd ripped off.

Without pausing, he immediately admitted, "Ooh, La, La by The Faces. Top tune!"

That night he also confided that he'd got a song called All Around The World that would "f***ing walk the Eurovision Song Contest", a competition he'd always had a quiet hankering to enter.

Years later it was to be released as an Oasis single instead, becoming an immediate highlight of their set. And Eurovision's loss.

"I've got hundreds of songs," Noel told me that weekend in Wales. "And they're all classics."

True to his word, what he'd written by then formed the basis of their first two albums. Plenty more, some of which were recorded in impromptu sessions, have yet to see the light of day. There's one heck of an archive filed away for the future.

All this was back in 1995, but even then it was obvious Oasis had no intention of being a flash in the pan.

"We're going to be huge," Noel told me, even mapping out the dates of chart-topping singles for the year ahead. To this day I've never met anyone with such extraordinary self- confidence - and just about all of his masterplan seems to have come true.

On Wednesday, Oasis play Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium in front of 55,000 fans, many with a passion for the band stretching back 15 years.

And they'll be celebrating the fact that Scotland has played an essential part in their journey from Mancunian chancers with an extensive knowledge of The Beatles' back catalogue to global superstars.

It was way back in May, 1993 when Oasis turned up at King Tut's in Glasgow, muscling their way into a support slot with 18 Wheeler.

In the audience that night was Alan McGee, head honcho of Creation Records, who immediately sensed that the combination of Fab Four and Sex Pistols might just be capable of changing everyone else's world as thrillingly as his.

Urging me to investigate, he directed me towards The Boardwalk in Manchester, a dingy venue under which Oasis had commandeered a rehearsal room, complete with Union Jack flag and a heap of amplifiers.

And so, with just a couple of other people, I was treated to the wonder of a full set including Rock'N'Roll Star, Supersonic and even their extended cover of The Beatles' I Am The Walrus.

Liam, dressed immaculately in white, fixed me with the stare he's used to captivate crowds a million times since, while Noel hunched in the background at the core of songs that managed to sound like both everything from rock history and nothing else on earth.

Sonically it may have been pretty raw, but the tunes were startling and the almost casual cockiness with which they delivered getting on for a dozen songs that would later be captured on record was breathtaking.

A demo of Oasis during that period was rejected by several local labels before McGee put his faith in them. Even now, it still sends tingles down the spine.

I was hooked in seconds. And unsurprisingly a few months later they signed a record contract with McGee. The adventure had begun.

"Right from the beginning I never had any doubt about the quality of our songs," says Noel. "You look at the bands around then and even their best stuff we wouldn't have put out as B-sides."

This total self-belief has marked out Noel throughout the years, even leading him to say: "With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The only thing is, they got there before me. If I'd been born at the same time as John Lennon, I'd have been up there."

Equally, he was down to earth about the reasons for his success, telling me: "You pick up your guitar, you rip a few people's tunes off, you swap them around a bit, get your brother in the band, punch his head in every now and then, and it sells.

"I'm a great songwriter, but I'm not the most talented musician."

That said, the vision was always there. "I wasn't put on this earth to amass money or personal wealth," he confided. "I was put on this earth to play guitar and write songs. We dragged English guitar music out of the gutter." The King Tut's gig was only the 15th they'd ever played, but it marked the beginning of an enduring relationship with fans north of the border. "Scottish audiences have always been great," Noel revealed. "Right from the beginning they were always up for it."

A hint of what was to come took place at their appearance at T In The Park in 1994 when they blew away most of the better-known acts with a performance that saw them taking shape as an outfit that could both boss the stage and also be a band that fans could identify with.

As Noel told me: "Phil Collins sold five times as many records as I did. Does that make him nearly as influential as I am? Nope."

In 1995 they played two nights at Irvine Beach in Ayrshire - a couple of shows that remain up there with the finest they've ever played.

A gig at Loch Lomond in 1996 even saw one of their old heroes John Squire from the Stone Roses join them for Champagne Supernova, a symbolic passing of the baton to a group who continue to fill stadiums all over the world.

Oasis' original guitarist, Bonehead, recently commented that he thinks Oasis ought to have packed it in after their biggest outdoor gig of all at Knebworth in 1996, remembering: "It was all just people. People as far as you could see."

Knebworth was certainly undeniably massive and you could sense that the band themselves were gobsmacked by its enormity.

As they went through rehearsals in a London studio for the two nights that were to get into the record books as the largest gigs ever undertaken in the UK, even Liam was questioning their worth.

"It's mad," he told me. "Where are we going to play next? The moon?"

The backstage area at Knebworth was larger than some festivals, with Oasis transported around on buggies and a VIP tent that found Kate Moss rubbing shoulders with Jarvis Cocker, Stuart Pearce and a host of other celebs flown in by helicopter.

That night, the best-ever Oasis tribute band, No Way Sis, slept on my hotel room floor and, for that weekend, they actually seemed closer in spirit to the band that they were impersonating.

Knebworth was so overblown that it could have finished Oasis and, indeed you sense that the potential for falling apart is never that far from the surface. So what keeps them going after all these years?

The Gallagher brothers' relationship is certainly as volatile as ever with Noel's latest jibe about Liam being that "he's like a man with just forks in a world of soup", yet the recent Dig Out Your Soul album has been critically acclaimed as their best in a decade.

And Noel's ability to write great songs seems to have been reinvigorated with him admitting to have penned half a dozen new songs in recent weeks and one splendid new number called If I Had A Gun already doing the rounds on the internet.

A world tour that's going to take another huge chunk out of their nights on the sofa means that some of the important things are easy to lose track of - but Noel has taken advantage of a rare few days off to "avoid Britain's Got Talent and catch up on what's going on in Coronation Street and the football".

Unsurprisingly Barcelona's victory over Manchester United in the Champions League final warmed the heart of a lifelong City fan.

Indeed, Barca's semi-final victory over Chelsea prompted him to proclaim: "Is there a greater sight in world football than a p****d-off Didier Drogba? Hmm . . . a snivelling John Terry, maybe?"

He's also enthusiastically embracing the internet, with a regularly updated blog called Tales From the Middle of Nowhere available on the band's MySpace site.

Before last week's hometown show in Manchester's Heaton Park he was eager to put to bed any rumours about conflict between Oasis - which also features bassist Andy Bell and guitarist Gem Archer - and support band The Enemy. It was a reminder that he's as unwilling as ever to stand for idle troublemaking.

"There's been an attempt to try and start some juvenile, pathetic feud between the bands in the run up to these gigs," he wrote.

"Can I assure everyone that there is not and never will be anything between the working classes and its heroes."

Still ready to kick up a wonderfully righteous commotion then.

In fact, the first night of the Manchester show saw rather more drama than anyone could have predicted, with a power cut leaving them to have to exit the stage TWICE before even getting going.

When they finally got under way Liam announced that "it's a free gig from now on" and promised everyone they could get their money back.

It was a typically impulsive gesture and one that sets them apart from most of their peers. Would Bono have done the same? Perhaps the generator failure was a message from above, with Liam announcing onstage that the last time he'd been in Heaton Park was to see the Pope's visit, dedicating a song to him, but noting that Oasis had "more tunes".

Barring another electrical act of God, handclaps are going to come mighty easy at Murrayfield.

And there'll be 67,000 of them, gloriously, enthusiastically, inimitably heartfelt.

No matter what the producer thinks . . .

Source: www.newsoftheworld.co.uk

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Liam Gallagher's Latest Twitter

Pretty Green interview with Louise from stopcryingyourheartout - http://bit.ly/X4cX4

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Source: www.prettygreen.com

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Oasis In Vienne Setlist And Videos

Last nights set list from the Théâtre Antique de Vienne in France.

Fucking In The Bushes
Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
Lyla
Shock Of The Lightning
Roll With It
Cigarettes And Alcohol
To Be Where There’s Life
Waiting For The Rapture
The Masterplan
Songbird
Slide Away
Morning Glory
My Big Mouth
The Importance Of Being Idle
Half The World Away
I’m Outta Time
Wonderwall
Live Forever
Supersonic
Don’t Look Back in Anger
Falling Down
Champagne Supernova
I Am The Walrus

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Oasis' next stop is Murrayfield, Edinburgh in Scotland on Wednesday.

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Liam Gallagher 'Overawed' When He Met Yoko Ono

Liam Gallagher and Yoko Ono did not speak much when they met recently.

The Oasis rocker visited the widow of his hero John Lennon at her New York home, but Yoko admits they were so overawed they didn't engage in much conversation.

She said: "Our meeting was really very interesting. We didn't chat so much though. Instead we were just looking out of the window, because my apartment has beautiful views of the park."

Yoko, 76, also revealed she never leaves the house without wearing a badge carrying the slogan 'Imagine Peace'.

She said; "My badge today says 'Imagine Peace' in Arabic. I have 'Imagine Peace' on badges in 24 different languages and I just draw one out. It is very interesting because every region has a need for peace."

It was previously claimed that Liam - who is married to former All Saints star Nicole Appleton - was planning to set up home in the Dakota building where Lennon was shot dead outside of in 1980 and where Yoko still lives.

A source said: "Liam has always been fascinated with everything about John Lennon and has long fantasised about having an apartment in the Dakota building like he did.

"He loves that part of New York and feels he'd be very much at home there - he would feel close to Lennon's spirit."

Previously speaking about his meeting with Yoko, Liam insisted he felt inspired and "couldn't stop writing songs" afterwards.

Oasis' latest album, 'Dig Out Your Soul', features the Liam-penned track 'I'm Outta Time' which is a tribute to Lennon and features a snippet of him talking at the end.

Source: breakingnews.iol.ie

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Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere

Taken from Noel's tour diary for oasisinet.com

Good afternoon.

Last night was our 99th gig of this tour. NINETY-FUCKIN'-NINE!!

I have to say the people of Wales were right up there with the best. What a choir!!! You could hear them in the valleys.

Kasabian again were fuckin' outrageous. If they're not selling out stadiums within 2 years I'll eat Joanna Lumley's shit!!

Can't remember great swathes of the night. Ricky "The Hitman" and Rhys "The (S)hit(faced)man" were on board for the evening. Apart from some woeful dj'ing by Romeo the night was a good 'un, I think.

Off to the South of France tonight. Someone's booked a random gig for us in Lyon (is that in the South of France?). Weather's nice, apparently.

Tous-tous le monde 'n' all that.

GD.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

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