Noel Gallagher Reveals Why He Quit Oasis

Dearly beloved, it is with a heavy heart and a sad face that I say this to you this morning.

As of last Friday the 28th August, I have been forced to leave the Manchester rock'n'roll pop group Oasis.

The details are not important and of too great a number to list. But I feel you have the right to know that the level of verbal and violent intimidation towards me, my family, friends and comrades has become intolerable. And the lack of support and understanding from my management and band mates has left me with no other option than to get me cape and seek pastures new.

I would like firstly to offer my apologies to them kids in Paris who'd paid money and waited all day to see us only to be let down AGAIN by the band. Apologies are probably not enough, I know, but I'm afraid it's all I've got.

While I'm on the subject, I'd like to say to the good people of V Festival that experienced the same thing. Again, I can only apologise - although I don't know why, it was nothing to do with me. I was match fit and ready to be brilliant. Alas, other people in the group weren't up to it.

In closing I would like to thank all the Oasis fans, all over the world. The last 18 years have been truly, truly amazing (and I hate that word, but today is the one time I'll deem it appropriate). A dream come true. I take with me glorious memories.

Now, if you'll excuse me I have a family and a football team to indulge.

I'll see you somewhere down the road. It's been a fuckin' pleasure.

Thanks very much.

Goodbye.

NG.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

The Courteeners’ Liam Fray: 'Oasis Aren't Finished'

Frontman adds that the Gallagher's split means The Courteeners are now Manchester's biggest band.

The Courteeners frontman Liam Fray has given NME.COM his reaction to Noel Gallagher’s decision yesterday (August 28) to quit Oasis, saying he doesn’t believe the band is finished.

Fray, who is onsite at Reading Festival and due to play on the Main Stage this afternoon (August 29), also pointed out that with the Gallagher brothers seemingly not working with each other, The Courteeners are now Manchester’s biggest band.

“I can’t see it being the end [of Oasis],” he said. “They’ve always been ambiguous, haven’t they? Will they, wont they? It’s strange though. I’m pretty shocked and I’m upset. But, you know, it just makes us the biggest band in Manchester now, doesn’t it?!”

Despite his bravado, the frontman said he was saddened by the appearnet split, and paid tribute to Oasis by saying they were the reason he started playing music as an adolescent.

“I’m really, really upset, because they were a big part of my life growing up. Noel’s the reason why I picked up the guitar when I was 11-years-old - trying to learn ‘Wonderwall’. And Liam, as he is, is a fantastic singer. [I’ve] got a lot of respect for them both.”

Source: www.nme.com

Oasis: Is This Really The End?

Could Noel Gallagher be serious about leaving Oasis? If so, this is the end of Britain's greatest ever rock'n'roll band.

Late last night, Noel Gallagher dropped a bombshell. After one scrap too many with brother Liam he announced that he'd had enough of life in Oasis. "It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight," he posted on Oasisinet.com. "People will write and say what they like but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer."

Critics will indeed write what they want, but there's no escaping the fact this probably signals the end of arguably Britain's greatest ever rock'n'roll band. It's telling that Noel ended his note not with a further dig at his brother, but with an apology to the fans for the two forthcoming gigs that will be cancelled. At the end of the day, Oasis were always a band for the fans rather than the many critics who've sniped at them since they formed at the start of the 1990s.

To a seasoned music critic, it was pretty easy to point out the uninspired chord patterns, the lumpen trad rock arrangements, the daft lyrics. To a 14 year old yet to be introduced to the way rock music could make you feel 600 foot tall, none of this mattered. Oasis – their music and their antics - changed the lives of an entire generation of young music fans like myself. Too young for the despair and nihilism of grunge, they arrived to show us how music could lift you up, inflate your ego, temporarily remove you from the grimness of your mundane surroundings. Rock'n'Roll Star, the opening track of their debut album Definitely Maybe, distilled this manifesto to perfection: "I live my life for the stars that shine/People say it's just a waste of time … Tonight, I'm a rock n roll star"

This was music that understood the importance of escape. And it's also telling that none of the songs Noel wrote after he'd escaped himself, from a life stuck in working class Burnage, came close to matching those early euphoric highs. Noel's lyrics on Definitely Maybe matched the mood of the country perfectly in the mid 90's. With the Tory stranglehold on politics loosening, we wanted to feel good about ourselves. We wanted to Live Forever, to get wasted on Cigarettes and Alcohol. Noel knew what it felt like to be trapped in a dead-end job but to still hold dreams that you could wriggle free to somewhere bigger and better.

I don't think I've genuinely liked an Oasis song since that early batch of songs. Their third album Be Here Now was a coke-bloated definition of the word overblown, and the band's subsequent clinging to the same trad-rock template ever since has been depressing. Oasis became a byword for predictability, for lack of invention. Yet they've still retained the same magic as a live band, and their interviews were frequently hilarious. I still laugh recalling how Liam told me that Bloc Party looked more like a panel on University Challenge than a band. Or how Noel quipped that the problem with Keane was that "the three biggest twats in any band are the singer, the keyboardist and the drummer".

Of course, not everyone's convinced Oasis are all over. I'm currently at Reading festival (this has been the year of big music stories breaking at festivals – have they no consideration for our reduced broadband capabilities?) and when the news spread some fans were convinced that this was nothing more than a brother's tiff. No doubt, they say, it was a rash decision, posted whilst Noel still gripped with rage. Yet nothing – not even the time Liam walked out on the eve of a critical US tour – has ever seemed as official as this. Back then, the band and the media revelled in the carnage. Now, Noel just seems fed up. And one thing is for sure, Oasis can't continue with just one Gallagher. We may just have lost one of the best rock'n'roll bands the world will ever see.

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Bloc Party's Kele Okereke Calls Noel And Liam Gallagher 'Inbred Twins'

Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke called Noel and Liam Gallagher “inbred twins” after announcing live on stage at Rock en Seine that Oasis had pulled out last night (August 28).

Okereke and co. were promoted to the headline act at the French Festival after Oasis pulled out.

The Gallagher brothers had a huge rift, of course, which resulted in Noel sensationally quitting Oasis for good. It's alleged that Liam smashed Noel\'s guitar in the Parisian fracas.

On stage, Kele Okereke seemed highly amused at the news and told the crowd sarcastically: “So I'd like to take this moment to say \'ah that\'s a shame isn\'t it guys?' So I guess by default we are headlining.

“I'd like to to dedicate this next song (Mercury) to those who wanted to see, ah, those inbred twins (Noel and Liam).”

In 2007, Okereke called Oasis “the most overrated band of all time” and “luddites”.

He ranted to Uncut magazine: "They have had a totally negative and dangerous impact upon the state of British music... They claim to be inspired by The Beatles but - and this saddens me - they have failed to grasp that The Beatles were about constant change and evolution. Oasis are repetetive Luddites."

Source: www.gigwise.com

Noel Gallagher Quits Oasis

From ITN News

Alan McGee Speaks Exclusively To ZANI

ZANI – It’s just half past midnight and news is slowly slipping through about the Oasis split

Alan McGee - It’s like the stones or something, it is probably because they have been through so much, they just thought they were never going to call it a day. But I think that the times we are living in, there seems to be a change in Consciousness whether they feel it or not, whether it seems to be happening

To the individual is immaterial nobody does anything they don’t want to do anymore. And if they are doing it, they must feel pretty bad because the majority of people would rather do something out of love than for the money. That seems to be from everybody from a electrician to a rock 'n' roll star. There is a change of Consciousness in the world, and things are falling away.
We are in a different era then in the nineties and eighties, with things that would have Oasis together, and this era that we are approaching that is a reawakening of the consciousness. At the end of the day, if no one is enjoying it, then you break the band up, and I don’t see that Oasis are any different from anybody else , if they are not getting on then they are going to pull the plug.

ZANI – Do you think Oasis went on longer then they should of done, or do you think they had a little bit more longevity?

Alan McGee – To be honest, I thought that Oasis should have been in the Mercury top ten records. I think Glasvegas should win it, I think their last album was their best since Morning Glory. I like "Be Here Now"

ZANI – I loved "You Know What I Mean" and in fact "Don’t Go Away" is in my opinion one of the greatest love songs ever written, up there with Fly by The Jam

Alan McGee - Amazing song, but it won’t surprise me if they don’t get together in five years time and another stadium tour, but there is going to be a big break now. When you see Noel doing the acoustic stuff a couple of years ago in Manchester, and 17,000 Mancs singing along to "Don’t Look Back In Anger", you can see what it is all about and Noel can personally see that he has that power. Liam has also has that power, and they can both do it on their own. It’s of the moment, you’ve got Oasis splitting up and Michael Jackson dying, you can see they are not connected, but they are part of these changing of the times.

ZANI – What do think Liam will do?

Alan McGee – I think they will both be massive stars, I really do, Liam will be Liam and Noel will be Noel. What you do think?

ZANI – I think Noel will work on collaborations, like he did with Goldie and The Chemical Brothers, and I think Liam will be reflective and perhaps travel , and just chill out for a while.

Alan McGee – Liam is really switched on , My friend was at the Rock-en- Seine festival near Paris tonight, and she called up and said that they had split up, and I said are you sure? Now it’s official because I have looked at their website. Personally I am gutted, because one of my favourite ever bands has gone. Is there an upside? Yes, it knocks the ball into the park for Glasvegas to go and become the biggest band in the world, because they are the true inheritors of the Oasis ' spirit, they are the only soulful band that have come out with soul and a spark since Oasis, the same way The Jam, The Smiths and Oasis had.

ZANI – Do you feel it was like a JFK moment when the news had been announced?

Alan McGee – Of course, we wouldn’t be doing an interview at 00.30 if I didn’t. It’s huge, like Michael Jackson dying. But I am glad I am doing this interview with ZANI.

ZANI – Thank you. Do you feel they were your baby because you nurtured them?

Alan McGee – You know I am not nostalgic, but their body of work is so good.

ZANI – Do you feel like you have lost a son?

Alan McGee – I am sad of course, but I am very understanding of it, because changes happen whether it is jobs or relationships, things happen. Things are that meant to come to an end, do.

ZANI - Do you think Liam and Noel will talk again?

Alan McGee – Not for a while, but they will , they love each other

ZANI – What song do you think sums up Oasis’ career as a whole?

Alan McGee – "You Know What I Mean"

ZANI – Thank you

Source: www.zani.co.uk

Oasis Split

Oasis finally split after a huge punch-up in Paris last night.

It's a sad, sad day for British rock history as the two brothers' brawling marked the end of The Summer Of Bigness - and the end of an era.

Noel and Liam Gallagher like so many times before in their lives, came to blows before a gig, this time at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris.

It all went wrong before their headline slot had even started with a furious backstage argument.

A witness in the Oasis camp said: "It all kicked off after a few jibes were thrown back and forward between them. It got totally out of hand very quickly and all the pent-up anger just exploded.

"Noel has been so mild-mannered and above it all, but everyone has a breaking point.

"The fight was split up quickly but Liam smashed up one of Noel's guitars to make his point.

Farewell

"That was it. The last act of anger that Noel could put up with. He just doesn't need the hassle any more."

Any hopes for a reprieve were dashed when Noel made an official farewell announcement on the Oasis website.

He said: "It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.

"Apologies to all the people who bought tickets for the shows in Paris, Konstanz and Milan."

But last night Liam was insisting to pals that he would keep Oasis going without his older brother.

A spokesman for the band said: "We are all just so sad that it has come to an end."

I took no pride in telling you earlier this week that relations between the siblings were at an all-time low and the band's days were numbered.

With my heart in my throat I said that the V Festival gig at Weston Park, Staffs, was the last time the band would play on home soil together.

I didn't expect it to be their last live date EVER.

Liam's no-show at the Chelmsford leg of V on Sunday went down like a lead balloon with his older brother.

Viral laryngitis was blamed - but bushy eyebrows were raised about the snarling frontman's late nights leading up to the illness.

An old-school punch-up was the only way they would ever be able to settle their differences.

It eventually happened - and the last scrap sadly signals an end to their incredible career.

Scots singer Amy Macdonald, who was at the French gig, said on Twitter: "Oasis cancelled again with one minute to stage time!!! Liam smashed Noel's guitar, huuuge fight"

The man who first signed the band, Alan McGee, then chipped in on Facebook.

He said: "Just got phoned by somebody at Rock en Seine that Oasis have just split up an hour ago and manager or tour manager made the announcement to 50,000 fans. Madness are now playing 2 sets as they played already at festival. f*** knows..."

In ten years' time, if the money is right and Liam finally calms down from his permanent rage then maybe, just maybe, they will play again.

I hope they do. But it is going to take a long time for this one to blow over.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Bloc Party Announcing Oasis Have Cancelled Festival Appearance

Steve Hargrave On Oasis Split

It's Official Noel Gallagher Has Left Oasis

"It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.

"Apologies to all the people who bought tickets for the shows in Paris, Konstanz and Milan."

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Oasis Cancel Paris Concert After Gallaghers Fight

British rock group Oasis cancelled a scheduled appearance at a music festival near Paris at the last minute on Friday after a fight between Noel and Liam Gallagher, organisers said.

The management of the Rock en Seine festival claimed that the group "no longer exists" after the alleged fight between its founding members, but there was no announcement from the band on their official website.

Several minutes before they were due to take to the stage in Saint-Cloud on Friday, a spokesman for the organisers announced to the crowd that Liam and his brother "had a fight backstage."

The spokesman added: "The group no longer exists. They will not play tonight and they are cancelling the rest of their European tour."

Oasis also pulled out of a concert last Sunday at the V Festival in Britain, with organisers saying Liam Gallagher had lost his voice, but there were rumours that he and his brother were having the latest in a string of feuds.

On Monday, Liam used his Twitter feed to rubbish rumours that the band were splitting up.

Source: AFP

Oasis to split? Definitely... maybe

Oasis have cancelled their second gig in the space of a week because of "an altercation within the band", it was announced.

They were expected to play the Rock en Seine festival in Paris but the crowd were told by Bloc Party, who were due to perform before Oasis, the Manchester band would not be taking the stage.

Many of the crowd thought it was a joke - until the big screens at either side of the main stage showed the message "As a result of an altercation within the band, the Oasis gig has been cancelled".

Source: The Press Association.

Oasis Concert Cancellation Fuels Split Rumours

Oasis have cancelled their second gig in the space of a week because of “an altercation within the band”, it was announced tonight.

They were expected to play the Rock en Seine festival in Paris but the crowd were told by Bloc Party, who were due to perform before Oasis, the Manchester band would not be taking the stage.

Many of the crowd thought it was a joke – until the big screens at either side of the main stage showed the message “As a result of an altercation within the band, the Oasis gig has been cancelled”.

Ben Clover, 28, who travelled from south London for the festival said: “I was hoping to see the band on the top of their game – now I am not sure we will ever see them perform live again.

“There are a lot of British Oasis fans who have come over for this gig and they are very disappointed.”

Last weekend the band pulled out of the V Festival in Chelmsford which they were meant to headline.

The band pulled the plug on their show at the annual music event because frontman Liam Gallagher was struck down with viral laryngitis.

However, their non-appearance sparked rumours they were set to split.

Earlier this month Liam revealed his relationship with his brother, Noel, is so bad they no longer speak, travel separately on tour and only see each other onstage.

North London 80s favourites Madness – who played the festival earlier today - stood in for Oasis.

Source: breakingnews.iol.ie

Oasis' Show In Paris Cancelled?

It has been reported by several French sites that Oasis have has pulled out of tonight's show in Paris.

Singer Amy McDonald twittered earlier tonight, from the venue.

Oasis cancelled again with one minute to stage time!!! Liam smashesd noels guitar, huuuge fight!25 minutes ago from Tweetie

I'm gutted :-( feel so bad for all their fans!7 minutes ago from Tweetie

Several French sites here and here are reporting that it is the end of the band.

Stay tuned as we update this breaking news, SCYHO can not confirm any of the reports yet.

Oasis Are A Hit With Bridlington Fans

Better than Wembley!

That was the verdict of some of the 3,500 Oasis fans who packed out the Spa's Royal Hall last Thursday to watch the Mancunian rockers strut their stuff.

From the rousing opener Rock And Roll Star through to Noel's acoustic version of Don't Look Back In Anger, Oasis didn't disappoint.

Their set list was finely balanced between their early material and more recent hits and quieter moments such as Half The World Away proved as popular as the anthemic tracks including Live Forever and Roll With It.

Rumours that the volatile Gallagher brothers are not on speaking terms may have proved true as their interaction was at a minimum but that didn't take away from their performance as the crowd lapped up Liam's arrogant strutting and Noel's quiet workmanship.

A couple of lucky fans even managed to grab a real piece of the action as Liam flung his tambourine and microphone into the crowd before swaggering off stage towards the end.

Noel almost stole the show with an intimate acoustic rendition of Don't Look Back In Anger which had the whole crowd euphorically singing along.

Not to be outdone, Liam returned to launch into an epic performance of Champagne Supernova.

The show closed with I Am Walrus, which left the sweat-drenched fans at the front of the stage crying out for more.

Outside the venue an elated group of fans who had travelled from London to see the show claimed it was better than watching the band perform at Wembley stadium.

"It was sublime," said 21-year-old Londoner Riki Doyle.

"The whole night was amazing, the atmosphere in the town beforehand was fantastic and the venue blew us away.

"I watched them at Wembley but this was much better!"

His friend Liam Barton, 24, who had also made the long journey from London, agreed, saying: "I was on my friend's shoulders and Liam looked right at me and smiled. That just doesn't happen in the big venues. It was amazing."

Kayleigh Wales, 19, from Leeds, paid £200 on eBay for two tickets to the show and said it was well worth it. "It was fantastic. It was the first concert I'd ever been to and I just loved it."

Coun Jane Evison, portfolio holder for cultural services, housing and public protection for East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said bringing Oasis to The Spa Bridlington was a "massive coup".

Jo Clarke, the venue's sales and customer services manager agreed.

She said: "This was the biggest and best rock concert to come to Bridlington in the Spa's lifetime and from the minute the band came on, the roar of the crowd was amazing.

"The comments from the crowd showed that people were amazed to be in a room of that size with a band of that magnitude.

"People who had seen them up and down the country were saying this was the best venue they had been to because they were so close that they felt they could reach out and touch them rather than watching them on a screen."

Jo said the band loved the venue and the Spa is now looking forward to welcoming more big names including Paul Weller, Placebo, the Prodigy and The Specials.

For the gallery click here.

Source: www.bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk

Rock Band DLC Alert

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a five pack of songs from new wave rockers Talking Heads, as well as singles from Avenged Sevenfold, The Jam, Oasis and Rage Against the Machine will be available in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content next week for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.

Additional tracks from Tom Petty, Billy Idol, Fleetwood Mac and Judas Priest will be available in the Wii™ Rock Band Music Store bringing the number of downloadable tracks for Wii to 647, and tracks from Guns N’ Roses and Franz Ferdinand will be available for download for Rock Band Unplugged on PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system.

Rock Band DLC Additions for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 System

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Talking Heads add an additional five downloadable tracks to Rock Band, joining the already available “Psycho Killer.” The five-pack spans a good deal of Talking Heads’ career, including “Take Me to the River” from the band’s second album, More Songs About Buildings and Food; “Crosseyed & Painless” and “Once in a Lifetime” from the band’s fourth studio album, Remain in Light; “Girlfriend is Better” from the band’s fifth album, Speaking in Tongues; and “And She Was” from the band’s sixth album, Little Creatures. Additionally, singles from Avenged Sevenfold, The Jam, Oasis and Rage Against the Machine will be available in the Rock Band Music Store next week.

Tracks available on Xbox 360 (Sept. 1) and PLAYSTATION 3 system (Sept. 3):

Avenged Sevenfold – “Bat Country”
The Jam – “A Town Called Malice”
The Jam – “Going Underground”
Oasis – “Supersonic” (Live)
Rage Against the Machine – “Guerilla Radio”
Talking Heads – “And She Was”
Talking Heads – “Crosseyed & Painless”
Talking Heads – “Girlfriend is Better”
Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime”
Talking Heads – “Take Me to the River”

Source: www.teamxbox.com

Sunday's I-Day Festival Stage Times Milan

Stage times for Sunday's I-Day Festival in Milan.

22.30 - 00.00 OASIS
20.40 - 21.50 THE KOOKS
19.10 - 20.20 KASABIAN
18.10 - 18.50 TWISTED WHEEL
17.10 - 17.50 EXPATRIATE
16.25 - 16.55 THE HACIENDA

Thanks to OasisItalia

Questions For Pretty Green

Tomorrow we have been invited to London to have a sneak peak at the Pretty Green Autumn range.

Unfortunately Liam can't make it, but we'll be chatting to close members of his team - so if you've got a question you'd like to ask, send us an email us at scyhodotcom@gmail.com.

Liam Gallagher's Latest Twitter

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Source: www.prettygreen.com

Your Guide To Rock En Seine Festival

Friday, the 28th and Saturday, the 29th:
Doors opens at 2pm Gigs begins at 3pm

Sunday, the 30th:
Doors opens at 1pm Gigs begins at 2pm

Main Stage Times For Friday:

15:30 Just Jack
16:55 Asher Roth
18:20 Amy Macdonald
20:00 Vampire Weekend
22:00 Oasis

Coming to the festival
Download the access map: click here

The festival takes place just outside Paris, in the Domaine national de Saint-Cloud.
We highly recommend you to use public transport to get to the festival as the nearest metro station (Boulogne – Pont de Saint-Cloud) is just 5 minutes walking from the entrance.
The gigs are scheduled to enable you to use them for your return.

Public transport

Métroline 10 (Gare d’Austerlitz / Boulogne – Pont de St-Cloud), nearest stop Boulogne - Pont de St-Cloud. 10 minutes far from the entrance of the festival. Last departure for Paris at 1:47 on Friday and Saturday, and at 0:47 on Sunday.
Tram : T2 line : La Défense – Issy-Val de Seine, nearest stop : Parc de St-Cloud
Transilien : Paris Saint Lazare – la Défense – St-Cloud line, nearest stop Gare de St-Cloud, then go down on rue Dailly until the Pont de St-Cloud.
All schedule on : www.transilien.com
En bus
Buslines :
52 : Pont de St-Cloud – Opéra (last departure for Paris at 23:05)
72 : Parc de St-Cloud– Hôtel de Ville (last departure for Paris at 00:00)
126 : Parc de St-Cloud – Porte d’Orléans (last departure for Paris : friday 28 and saturday 29 at 1:44 ; Sunday 30 at 0:44)
Nearest stop : Parc de St-Cloud ou Pont de St-Cloud
Find your own way by public transport with: www.ratp.fr

Find your own way by public transport with: www.ratp.fr

By the Road
From outside Paris : Motorway A 13, outway n°4 : Ville d’Avray / Saint-Cloud.
From Paris : Follow the « Quais de Seine » or the « Périphérique » and go out at « Porte de Saint-Cloud ». Then follow « Domaine national de Saint-Cloud ».
Parking : 4 €.

Liam & Noel Gallagher Pop In

Click here to watch a video of Liam & Noel Gallagher, at the Eastlands Stadium last weekend.