Oasis And The Saturdays Joins A Host Of Big Names At Free, Month-Long iTunes Festival

Oasis, The Saturdays and Paolo Nutini are among the varied line-up at this year's iTunes festival.

The month-long event will see live music performances for free every night of July at the Roundhouse in Camden, north London.

It kicks off tonight with gigs from Jamie T and Slow Club.

It is the third anniversary of the festival, which has moved from the nearby venue Koko and now features more bands and a longer run than in the past.

Bloc Party, Mika, Snow Patrol, Flo Rida and Kasabian are also on the bill, which boasts more than 60 acts.

Continuing the trend for tours from bands that were hits in the Eighties, rock group Simple Minds and Norwegian pop sensations A-Ha will perform.

La Roux, currently at number one in the UK charts with single Bulletproof, will fly the flag for up and coming acts.

Tickets cannot be purchased, but can be won for free.

Those who want to attend one of the gigs should register with iTunes, find the band they want to see and hit the 'win tickets' button.

Each performance will be recorded and available for download on the iTunes site, and there will be live audio broadcasts on Facebook.

This year could be the time to shine for The Saturdays, who are performing at the festival on Monday, July 27, as fellow girl group Girls Aloud take a year's hiatus to pursue solo projects.

The girl band are making plans already, with Sarah Harding and Nadine Coyle hoping for acting careers.

Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts are bidding to become businesswomen, and X Factor star Cheryl Cole hoping for solo success.

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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Oasis Fans In Ricoh Arena Car Park Warning

Car parking tickets are selling fast for the Oasis gig at the Ricoh Arena on July 7.

Fans are being urged to make arrangements before the concert next Tuesday. Anthony Mundy, for the Ricoh, says spaces are being snapped up at the venue.

“It would be appreciated if people could pre-book their parking.”

Tickets for park and ride and park and walk cost £10 and can be bought from www.seetickets.com or on 08444 124 634 before 12pm on Wednesday.

Tickets for arena car parks cost £15. Log on to www.seetickets.com or call 0844 873 6514.

Source: www.coventrytelegraph.net

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Iconic Oasis Prints To Be Auctioned Today (July 1)

Jill Furmanovsky's pictures are going to Christies

A number of iconic photographs of Oasis are set to be sold at auction in London today (July 1).

The collection of 22 photographs were taken by Jill Furmanovsky around 1996, and were originally featured in her 'Was There Then' exhibition (for which Noel Gallagher came up with the title).

They are set to go under the hammer at Christies.

The 22 images are being sold as a collection with a reserve price of £16,500.

The collection comes with the original programme signed by Oasis, and a copy of Furmanovsky's exhibition-accompanying book 'Oasis: Was There Then', which is now out of print.

Source: www.nme.com

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Noel Gallagher To Join Jonathan Ross On July 11th

Jonathan Ross

Listen here: BBC Radio 2

Saturday 11 July, 10.00am (UK)

Jonathan Ross and Andy Davies are joined by Honor Blackman and Noel Gallagher. There's also music from Kasabian.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

The videos shown are from a interview on 'Friday Night with Jonathan Ross' that was broadcast on the 10th September 2004.

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On This Day In Oasis History

Heathen Chemistry is the fifth studio album by English rock band Oasis, first released on July 1st 2002. It sold over 1 million copies in the UK, ending up in the top ten best selling albums of 2002, and about 4 million worldwide as of 2005.

Heathen Chemistry was received more warmly than the previous Oasis album, Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, by both fans and critics alike. It spawned four singles, each of which made the top three in the UK charts: "The Hindu Times", their sixth number one single in the UK, "Stop Crying Your Heart Out", a song made famous as it was played on the BBC when the English football team were knocked out of the World Cup, the Double A-Side, sung by Noel — "Little By Little/She Is Love" — and "Songbird", the first single written by Liam.

This album was the last one to feature the band's longtime drummer, Alan White, who left in early 2004, with Noel Gallagher claiming White's commitment to the band wasn't up to scratch. He was effectively replaced with Ringo Starr's son, Zak Starkey.

Album History

The title of the album, according to Noel, came from a t-shirt he bought in Ibiza which featured a logo reading, "The Society of Heathen Chemists". Similarly, the name of the first single, "The Hindu Times", originated from a logo on a t-shirt that read the same thing, which Noel saw during a photo shoot for GQ's 100 Greatest Guitarists edition. The name was given to the track when it was just an instrumental, as all the instrumentals of this album were given actual titles as opposed to "Instrumental 1", etc., and the name stuck once the track was finished.

The album was recorded during 2001–early 2002, and was the first studio album written and recorded with the two new members, bassist Andy Bell and rhythm guitarist Gem Archer. Bell and Archer wrote one track each, and Liam Gallagher contributed three, thus the album signalled the end of Noel Gallagher songs dominating Oasis albums (though Liam had contributed "Little James" to Standing on the Shoulder of Giants).

The release of the album was overshadowed by an internet leak of all 11 tracks almost three months prior to release. However, listeners of the commercially released album heard slight differences to two tracks, "Little By Little" and "Better Man".

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Track listing

01: "The Hindu Times"
02: "Force Of Nature"
03: "Hung In A Bad Place"
04: "Stop Crying Your Heart Out"
05: "Songbird"
06: "Little By Little"
07: "A Quick Peep"
08: "(Probably) All In the Mind"
09: "She Is Love"
10: "Born On A Different Cloud"
11: "Better Man"

Release Date: 1 July 2002

Highest Chart Position: No 1 in the UK

Written By: Tracks 1,2,4,6,8,9 by Noel Gallagher. Tracks 5,10,11 written by Liam Gallagher. Track 3 written by Gem Archer. Track 7 written by Andy Bell Creations Songs Ltd/ Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Produced By: Oasis

Recorded At: Wheeler End and Olympic Studios, England

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Glasvegas Guitarist Rab Allen Had To Restrain His Mum From Flirting With Liam Gallagher

Glasvegas guitarist Rab Allen had to restrain his mum when she flirted with Liam Gallagher, 36.

The Scottish rockers have been supporting Oasis and took their mums to watch them.

Rab told me: “My mum put on lipstick specially. It was a little embarrassing as she sat backstage flirting while queues of people waited to talk to Liam.”

Meanwhile, frontman James Allen, 29, reckons he can learn something from the Manc brothers.

He said: “They waited in the corridor for us to go on. I wouldn’t do that for any band.”

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk

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Top 20 Oasis Sites Update

A few weeks ago I posted the top 20 Oasis sites and forums from around the world (here) one of the sites The Soapbox has moved to a temporary address that can be found by clicking here.

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Bogus Oasis Shirts Go To Charity

Hundreds of unofficial Oasis T-shirts which were sold outside the band's Manchester gigs are being donated to an international aid project.

Trading standards officers at the city council seized more than 1,300 counterfeit tops from illegal traders during the three gigs this month.

The council said they are being sent to International Aid Trust charity.

The charity removes logos before sending them to needy people in Eastern Europe, Africa and India.

A further 654 counterfeit posters will also be recycled.

The city council's trading standards officers have seized more than 56,000 counterfeit items since April, with many recycled.

CDS and DVDs are wiped and re-used and bottles with counterfeit vodka are recycled.

The Oasis concerts were the biggest events at Heaton Park since the Pope's visit in 1982.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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More People Than Parkas • Pre-Order Now

Dear Pretty Green Member The Pretty Green Parka, as worn by Liam Gallagher on the current Oasis World Tour, is of the highest quality, hand woven and hand finished, using the finest materials available.

Global interest in this garment is exceptionally high to the point that we are completely over subscribed against the number of Parkas available.

Be sure to get one and pre-order your Parka weeks before the official launch date.

Orders placed today will receive 4 limited edition picture postcards from the Brighton film shoot.

Click here to pre-order & secure your limited edition Pretty Green Parka. Please note: Delivery of the Parka will commence the last week of July .

Source: www.prettygreen.com

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Apple iTunes Festival Tops 1 Million Ticket Applications

Apple has announced one million applications, so far, for a chance to see a series of free gigs throughout July featuring Oasis, Snow Patrol, Kasabian and many others.

The third iTunes Live: London Festival ‘09 to be held at the legendary The Roundhouse, Camden, London between 1st and 31st July.

Free tickets are available via a dedicated new Web site www.ituneslive.co.uk and Facebook. T

hose taking part include:

02 July: Fightstar + In Case 0f Fire
03 July: Jack Penate + Golden Silvers
04 July: Flo Rida + Ironik
05 July: Snow Patrol + Silversun Pickups + Animal Kingdom
06 July: Franz Ferdinand + Passion Pit
08 July: David Guetta
10 July: Paolo Nutini + Marina and the Diamonds + Milow
11 July: La Roux + Dan Black
14 July: Placebo
15 July: Friendly Fires + Magistrates
16 July: Simple Minds
17 July: Noisettes + Skint & Demoralised
18 July: Calvin Harris + Miike Snow
19 July: Bat For Lashes + Polly Scattergood
20 July: Bloc Party + Delphic
21 July: Oasis + The Enemy
22 July: Kasabian + Twisted Wheel
23 July: Graham Coxon + Esser
26 July: Madeleine Peyroux + Imelda May
27 July: The Saturdays + Sophie Ellis-Bextor + Girls Cant Catch
28 July: Amadou & Mariam 29 July Simian Mobile Disco
30 July: The Hoosiers
31 July: Mika + Erik Hassle

Each performance will be recorded and sold exclusively on all 22 iTunes Stores worldwide.

Select performances will be broadcast on ITV2, ITV1, XFM, Capital Radio and Choice FM, with ITV already running regular trailers.

Source: www.sharecatalog.com

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BBH New York Wins A Titanium Lion For 'Oasis Dig Out Your Soul'

Innovative album launch wins big at the Cannes Lion International Advertising Festival.

New York is thrilled to announce that their integrated campaign, "Oasis Dig Out Your Soul," took home one of the top prizes at the Cannes Lion International Advertising Festival when it was awarded the Titanium Lion.

"Oasis Dig Out Your Soul" was an integrated campaign that resulted from a partnership with Warner Bros. Music and BBH New York client, NYC & Company. BBH New York was approached by Warner Bros. Music and asked to help launch a new album by the legendary rock band Oasis.

The agency conceived of the idea of a reverse album launch and they arranged for Oasis to teach over twenty New York City street musicians the unreleased songs from their new album, "Dig Out Your Soul."

After learning the new songs, the musicians - all members of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Music Under New York Program - then took to the streets of New York to perform the songs while the acclaimed directors, The Malloys, documented the entire event.

The campaign fundamentally re-invented the album launch so that new music started out on city streets by design, rather than winding up there by happenstance.

"Winning a Titanium Lion takes me back to the first moment I heard this idea, and it confirms exactly why I was so excited by it," said Kevin Roddy, CCO of BBH New York. "Our NYC & Company client and Warner Bros. Music were incredibly brave to go forward with us on this idea and I am thrilled that their bravery was rewarded."

The "Oasis Dig Out Your Soul" campaign has had an amazing award season and the Cannes Titanium Lion joins The Grandy award, the Next Award from the AICP and a gold pencil from the One Show. The campaign won another major prize earlier in the festival when it was awarded a Gold Lion in the Outdoor category and a Silver Film Lion.

The success of "Oasis Dig Out Your Soul" is a result of the totally integrated nature of the campaign and the innovative use of social media and on-line tools.

Oasis fans were able to find the live performances of the street musicians thanks to a special page on the NYC & Company website that used Google Maps and Earth to track where the performances were happening in the city.

Fans were encouraged to film the street musicians using their own recording devices and to post the user generated content on a unique You Tube channel dedicated to the Oasis album launch.

The campaign was a huge success and helped the Oasis album debut at number one in the UK and number five in the US, making "Dig Out Your Soul" Oasis' first top 10 album in ten years.

"Oasis Dig Out Your Soul in the Streets" was the first HD documentary to debut on MySpace Video. The full documentary can be viewed at the following MySpace Video here:

Source: www.newswire.com

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Liam Gallagher Interview

Short interview with Liam Gallagher for German TV.

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Tickets Rubbished But Fans Didn't Skip Concert

The general consensus was that British rock band Oasis took Slane Castle by storm last weekend and it is expected that Boyzone will do something similar in Cork next weekend.

So, it would seem strange to think that somebody might decide to throw away a perfectly good pair of tickets for the two much sought after events.

But, that's exactly what happened to two visitors to Roscrea this week when they discovered their error some hours before departing for the Slane gig.

And amazingly, having re-traced their steps they managed to recover the precious tickets from a rubbish bin in Dublin following an early morning dash and messy trawl through the contents of the bin.

Joe Feighery, a native of Roscrea but now living in Basingstoke, Hampshire in the UK was awakened at an un-Godly hour by his daughter Hazel who had just discovered that her tickets for the big Slane gig were missing. And, upon further investigation, she also discovered that the Boyzone tickets were gone too.

Having thought the whole thing over, Hazel and her Dad came to one conclusion - they had thrown the tickets into the bin in Dublin when they discarded some rubbish on their way down to Roscrea.

But rather than 'skip' the two big summer events, they made a quick dash to Dublin, donned the rubber gloves and did a forensic examination of the contents of the rubbish bin, much to the surprise of many on-lookers who surely thought the recession was really taking it's toll.

"I got a wake up call that we had to rush to a rubbish bin in Dublin to try and find the missing tickets. It was not a very pleasant task so early in the morning but we were very fortunate to find the tickets just a few minutes before the bins were emptied.

It was a real stroke of luck," said Joe who was back in Tipperary to celebrate the 60th wedding anniversary of his aunt and uncle Jack and Sally Feighery.

Hazel added, " I bought him a big bottle of handwash for Father's Day to say thank you for searching through the rubbish bin.

We were so thrilled to have found tickets and we were able to go and enjoy the concert in Slane. We also have our tickets for Boyzone for next weekend and we are really looking forward to it," added Hazel who was accompanied by her pal Lisa Mills.

Joe is a regular visitor to Tipperary - he endeavours to get home 2/3 times a year and loves to catch up with his many friends and family members in the Roscrea/Toomevara area. Hazel is currently taking in some of the sights of the country and has travelled around extensively before heading back home after the Boyzone concert at the weekend.

One wonders if Noel and Liam Gallagher and the gang from Boyzone really appreciate the efforts their fans ( and their Fathers!!!) go to in order to attend their big gigs.

Source: www.tipperarystar.ie

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Liam Gallagher's Latest Twitter

For everyone asking if they can purchase pretty green clothing from South America, China and Russia, yes online at prettygreen.com

Follow Liam on Twitter by clicking here

Source: www.prettygreen.com

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Jo Whiley: "It's Noel Gallagher's Fault I Was Pregnant'

The ScotsMan sat down with Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley, here's a small excerpt from the interview.

Liam and Noel Gallagher think she's one of the "coolest" women of their vast female acquaintance. When I mention this to Whiley, she laughs and exclaims: "Yeah, but you can never be cool to your kids!"

"Actually, you know, Noel Gallagher's responsible for Coco. I bumped into him and his girlfriend Sara, shopping in Selfridges. He was looking radiant. He and Sara had their new baby boy, Donovan, with them. Little Donovan was just weeks old, and Noel and Sara were so happy, and made it look so easy, cosy and fun, that I decided then and there that the day had come. In fact, when I announced I was pregnant I texted Noel and told him it was all his fault!"

Read the full interview by clicking here.

Source: thescotsman.scotsman.com

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Oasis Bootleg Artwork Update

I have added more CD Bootleg Artwork's from the 'Dig Out Your Soul' World Tour to the site.

Visit the 2008 gallery here and 2009's here, thanks to Marcos and Jacob for the excellent artworks during the tour to date.

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Scans Of Your Old Oasis Concert Tickets Wanted

Do you have any scans of Oasis tickets that you have attended and that are not featured in the gallery (here)

Then please submit them to scyhodotcom@gmail.com for the whole Oasis fan community to enjoy.

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Win Tickets To See Oasis At The iTunes Festival

Oasis recently announced that they will be playing the iTunes festival on 21st July at The Roundhouse, Camden with support coming from The Enemy.

Don't forget to visit iTunesLive.co.uk for your ticket registration.

For all iTunes Live updates you can join the Facebook community Here.

Gig tickets are NOT available to buy. For the chance to see your favourite artists up-close and for free, click here to visit the festival profile and follow the ticket application instructions.

There are hundreds of of gig tickets on Facebook to be won, but if you do not have a Facebook account you could win a limited number of tickets here.

Highlights of Oasis' show are set to be broadcast on ITV2 this summer.

You can also win a pair on the Official Oasis Site by clicking here.

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Happy Birthday Tony McCarroll

Anthony "Tony" McCarroll (Born June 27 1972) (age 37) was one of the founding members of English rock group Oasis, as their drummer from 1991 to April 1995.

Born in Levenshulme, Manchester, England, McCarroll joined pre-Oasis incarnation The Rain in 1990, replacing their drum machine, and linking up with rhythm guitarist Paul Arthurs, bassist Paul McGuigan and singer Chris Hutton. Hutton was later sacked, and replaced by Liam Gallagher. Liam's brother Noel soon joined with a bag full of songs that were to make Oasis famous.

Perhaps McCarroll should have noticed the growing tensions between himself and the rest of the band when they buried him alive in the 1994 video for "Live Forever." This tension soon grew greatly between himself and Noel. McCarroll had been angered by the "£1,000 incident", as the band called it, which occurred after Creation advanced them that sum to purchase new equipment.

Having already spent £600 of his own money on drums, McCarroll found that Noel refused to spend any of the cash on drum skins and instead bought a new guitar. He felt Gallagher was intimidated by him. For his part, Gallagher made his feelings clear with his favoured trick of pretending to forget McCarroll's name during interviews. Noel has since been blatantly derogatory about McCarroll's skills as a drummer.

McCarroll was asked to leave the band in 1995 after rumours of a punch-up with Liam. McCarroll has since denied this. His last job with the band was their first performance of Some Might Say (the last Oasis song he played on) on Top of the Pops.

On the last day of April 1995, McCarroll's departure was announced and soon the fight was abandoned as the main reason - instead, Oasis explained, his drumming just wasn't up to it. "I like Tony as a geezer but he wouldn't have been able to drum the new songs," explained Noel. McCarroll was replaced by Alan White.

After leaving the band, McCarroll travelled over the world for some years.

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Oasis Print Collection

New set sale

A series of evocative prints of Oasis in their Britpop pomp are set to be auctioned soon by Christie's.

Try as they might, Oasis cannot escape the magnetic pull of their mid 90s glory. Despite replacing the entire band, the Gallaghers are continually reminded of their effortless rise to fame, more than a decade on from the release of 'Definitely Maybe'.

Perhaps it was their visual appeal. The band's blend of Mod and Casual fashion both echoed and influenced street fashion, with Liam Gallagher in particular becoming an idol to almost an entire generation.

Photographer Jill Formanovsky was granted permission to shoot the band on an almost daily basis. As Oasis toured the world she was there, with her lens recording some pivotal moments in the band's history.

Gathered as the collection 'Was There Then' an exhibition in 1997 showed her work to the world. Formanovsky seemed capable of capturing unique moments of chemistry within the band, focussing on the dynamic relationship between the Gallaghers.

Now images from that collection are set to be auctioned by Christie's in London. Containing twenty two images the set are all original prints from Furmanovsky’s ground-breaking ‘Was There Then’ exhibition originally shown in the Roundhouse London and Tramway in Glasgow in 1997.

The new collection comes with a program signed by the band themselves, as well as a copy of the book ‘Oasis Was There Then’ which is long out of print.

The massive prints result in one of the most complete photographic documents of Oasis available. With a reserve price of £16,500 this may well be out of the price range of most fans, but we can dream can't we?

Discussing her work with Oasis the photographer said of Noel Gallagher that "I think both Gallaghers are extremely attractive in different ways, but Noel is looking seriously like Steve McQueen or Paul Newman these days. Very strong face, very direct gaze - a man not a boy".

Also in the sale is an A0 Iris print of Pink Floyd’s The Wall 1980, and a silver gelatin fibre print of Johnny Ramone and Johnny Rotten circa 1977.

Jill Furmanovsky's vintage Oasis print collection is due to be sold by Christie's in London on July 1st.

Source: www.clashmusic.com

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