Bookies Slash Odds On Oasis Reunion

Whoever said breaking up is hard to do was telling porkies.

First Oasis split and now there are shocking rumours that the Pussycat Dolls are set to follow (cat)suit.

This is awful news because my bedroom is a shrine to the Dolls. I have a Pussycat Doll on each of my walls and a blow-up one in my bed.

A Doll break-up was on the cards. When you get five gorgeous girls in such proximity you can always bank on cattiness and bitching. You can also bank on naked mud-wrestling, at least in the movies I rent.

Hills quote 5-6 for the Dolls still to be together on Christmas Day and 5-6 to have split by then. In other words, it's take your pick - in which case I'll pick Nicole.

Oasis have split following reports the Gallagher brothers have failed for years to hit it off - the 'it' presumably being the head of the other.

But bookies believe the tiff is only temporary - Ladbrokes have slashed from 2-1 to evens the odds for Liam to sing with Noel again before the end of the year.

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Oasis Split Divides Loyalties

The bitter split between Liam and Noel Gallagher has left their famous friends torn between the two rowing brothers.

Kasabian lead singer Tom Meighan is determined to stay neutral after he became close to the pair while supporting Oasis on their latest tour.

'It's not very nice because I'm friends with both Noel and Liam,' said Meighan, 28, talking exclusively to me just hours before the brothers' final bust-up in Paris.

'They're going to have some time out now to re-evaluate the situation,' he said. Some Oasis band members have already staked their loyalty with Liam, 36.

Bassist Andy Bell was pictured holidaying with Liam and his wife Nicole Appleton, 34, in Italy at the weekend. Noel announced he was leaving the band on Saturday.

'I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer,' the 42-year-old said on the Oasis website.

Meanwhile, Kasabian are performing at Guinness's 250th anniversary music festival in Dublin next month.

Source: www.metro.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Was Right To Quit Oasis, Says Midge Ure

Ultravox star Midge Ure says he respects Noel Gallagher for walking away from Oasis.

Midge, who played Retrofest at the weekend, believes Noel's decision to split from brother Liam and the band was "admirable".

The Scot said: "I respect Noel Gallagher for being big enough to stand up and say enough is enough.

"That sparring brotherly love-hate relationship is what drove Oasis on and kept the engine running - maybe it got to the point that is was so painful.

"You can't go on stage with someone pushing all your buttons all the time and can't go on and pretend it doesn't affect you." Midge believes Noel had wrestled with the decision for years.

He said: "The writing may well have been on the wall.

"It was maybe not that surprising. After all, when Alan McGee first saw them and signed them to his label, they had a fight that night.

"I don't know the guys but I imagine that's how it was.

"Liam seems quite a difficult character to get along with and I don't think it matters about the details of how it fell apart."

Like McGee, Midge, who met the band at the Brits, reckons Oasis may well reform in five years.

He added: "It's a very personal thing between brothers as to what's going on. When you are family, things come and go."

Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk

The Office's Rainn Wilson: Ryan Adams Should Join Oasis

I don’t normally pay attention to the Twitter musings of actors, but we need to keep a keen eye on The Office’s Rainn Wilson because the guy’s attempting to meddle in music for the second time in recent memory and last time Weezer ended up with a quite unfortunate album title. As we all know by now, Noel Gallagher has quit Oasis following a last straw row with his brother, Liam, and the band has split. Here’s what Wilson had to tweet on the subject:

“Liam. You should grab Ryan Adams. He does y’alls songs better.” He then posted a link to Adams’ Grammy-nominated cover of “Wonderwall,” by Oasis.

I’m sure he’s joking, but nerdy rockers are sometimes powerless against Wilson’s charms. Here’s what Rivers Cuomo said just the other day on how Weezer named their 7th LP (via Pitchfork): [Rainn Wilson] has a super-rock persona. When it came time to find a title for the Weezer album, I asked him what he thought the ultimate album title would be, and he said ‘Raditude.’”

A collaboration between Ryan Adams and one of the Gallagher brothers wouldn’t be that random actually, as Adams did join Oasis for a successful (read: drama-free) tour last year, but he seems like more of a Noel man to me. I’ll spare you my opinion, but once I’m on a hit show, I’ll be tweeting all about it.

Source: www.twentyfourbit.com

Hitler's Reaction To The Oasis Split

Boy so politically incorrect but yet so funny...had to post ....sorry guys

At Least Nic Loves You, Liam

Yesterday I asked who you are backing in the Oasis break-up - and the results are in.

An incredible 88 per cent of you voted in favour of Noel, which bodes well for his future solo career.

That leaves just 12 per cent backing Liam.

Noel fled to London after quitting Oasis just before the Rock en Seine festival in Paris on Friday and hasn't been seen since.

But Liam headed to Lake Como in Italy with wife Nicole Appleton and bass player Andy Bell on Saturday and he's been looking happier than he has for a long time.

Yesterday he and Nicole were kissing and knocking back rosé next to the pool.

Louis Walsh is staying just up the road and has invited Liam to help out on The X Factor offering advice to contestants - but don't hold your breath.

Meanwhile, Xfm listeners have voted Live Forever Oasis's greatest ever song.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Oasis Hit Voted 'Greatest Song'

Oasis may have reached the end of the road following the departure of Noel Gallagher - but they can take comfort from one of their early singles has been named the greatest song of all time by XFM.

Their 1994 track Live Forever - only their third single - topped a poll of music fans, with three of their songs figuring in the top four.

Don't Look Back In Anger was placed third and Wonderwall came fourth in the international poll in which listeners were asked to choose the best tracks ever.

01: Oasis – Live Forever
03: Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger
04: Oasis – Wonderwall
19: Oasis – 'Some Might Say'
34: Oasis – 'Slide Away'
41: Oasis – Champagne Supernova
55: Oasis – Supersonic
61: Oasis – Rock 'n' Roll Star
68: Oasis – 'The Masterplan'
78: Oasis – Whatever
92: Oasis – Cigarettes & Alcohol

See the full list here.

What Next For Noel G?

What next for Britpop's most conspicuous under-achiever asks John Tatlock. Maybe Amorphous Androgynous point the way forward

It’s 1992, down a Manchester city centre back-street called Little Peter Street. You are leaving The Boardwalk, a combined rehearsal room and gig venue, where local bands play to small crowds alongside better known alternative acts from further afield – Sonic Youth, Husker Du and the like – while Fridays are given over to ex-Hacienda DJ Dave Haslam’s superb Yellow night, a no-rules mish-mash of soul, house and guitar bands. Maybe you’ll be up there later; you often drag the rest of the lads along too.

You turn left, then left again, then right onto Whitworth Street and observe the queue snaking along the opposite corner and into The Hacienda, perhaps past its peak, but still pumping out cutting edge dance and techno sounds to packed crowds. You walk straight ahead and pass The Venue on your left, a gnarly indie / punk club and The Brickhouse on your right, still hosting an assortment of cracking disco and soul nights.

Cross Oxford Road and arrive at the entrance of India House. You put down your guitar case and fumble in your pocket for your keys. You are Noel Gallagher and your walk home from rehearsal through the city centre has taken around four or five minutes, maximum. Maybe you could stay in tonight, or maybe head out for a drink a couple of minutes away in any of the venues you’ve just passed. Or head on out to the student boozers down Oxford Road for some indie sounds, or up to Legends (where the Mondays filmed the video to ‘Wrote For Luck’), or maybe even out to one of the new mixed gay / straight bars that appearing in Canal Street round the corner for a bit of cheesy Italo house.

You don’t mind a bit of that stuff, there are some great tunes; especially ‘Feel The Groove’ by Cartouche, brilliant. You’ve had the band rehearsing a cover version of that lately, just a repetition of the “Better let you know / it’s time for you to go” line over a mental wall of My Bloody Valentine feedback and Stooges riffing, but none of them like it, and it’s soon to be dropped from the set.

Anyway, whatever you decide to do, there’s pretty much any kind of music you can think of being played loud within a short walk, and you’re into it all.

Cartouche – 'Feel the Groove'

Oasis cover version – demo recording

Noel Gallagher has always been great at spinning a myth, and Oasis’s four-or-five-ordinary-lads-from-Burnage-who-shook-the-world back story has certainly played well in the papers over the years. The thing is, while that’s a roughly accurate description of the rest of the band, it barely describes Noel, who had got out of the (actually quite leafy and pleasant) suburb and right into the city centre music-biz action years previously.

India House was, and remains, something of a key institution for sharp youngsters on the make in Manchester. Adapted from an old warehouse into social housing flats, long before the current fad for city centre living, it provided a means of being right in the middle of the city action, but incredibly cheaply and with a landlord sympathetic to the fluctuating incomes of people struggling away in bands, promoting club nights and working in the theatre. (All of which could be supplemented with signing on the dole and a bit of low level drug dealing, if so desired.)

The flats themselves are not palatial, but are a much nicer proposition from the kind of high rise horror it’s all to easy to end up in in such circumstances. There are some nutters in there for sure, but the tenant list over the years has somewhat suspiciously favoured the city’s well-connected hipsters, including members of The Doves and Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown. The whisper around town has always been that if you know who to ask, and how to ask, you can get bumped up the waiting list.

Whether there’s any truth to that rumour or not, there was a certain cut-price boy-or-girl-about-town bohemian lifestyle to be had, and Gallagher grabbed it with both hands. By ‘91 he was well connected with many Manchester music scene movers and shakers (if not quite aristocracy). Having worked regularly as part of the Inspiral Carpets road crew, he’d travelled widely with them and befriended people like Johnny Marr – an important early champion of Oasis – and Mark Coyle, the Carpets’ sound man who later go on to produce Oasis’s first album.

The point of all this, of course, isn’t to suggest that Noel is hiding some kind of privileged past, as you can do all the above and still be horribly skint. It’s rather to point out that there’s always been something somewhat frustrating about Oasis’s self-imposed we-only-make-proper-songs-on-proper-instruments-for-the-milkman-to-whistle stance, especially when you know what broad musical exposure and taste the elder Gallagher actually has.

In an odd piece of serendipity, at more or less exactly the moment on Friday 28th of August that Noel Gallagher was announcing his departure from Oasis, the presses were rolling out the following day’s Guardian Guide, containing an interview with Jay Z, in which Gallagher’s musical broad-mindedness was discussed.

Referring to the storm in a tea cup surrounding Jay Z’s headlining performance at the 2008 Glastonbury festival, and Gallagher’s petulant complaint that “Sorry, but Jay-Z? Fucking no chance. Glastonbury has a tradition of guitar music. . . I'm not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It's wrong.” Jay Z avoided a war of words with the Oasis man, simply electing to hand Gallagher’s ass to him by turning in an all-time festival highlight show, cheekily opening with Oasis’s ‘Wonderwall’:

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Pete Doherty Covers Oasis In Russia

Pete Doherty plays Wonderwall from Oasis together with the audienceat a recent gig in Russia.

The X Factor 2009 - The Michael And James Audition

Oasis - Just How Rubbish Were They?

Over in the Daily Mail today I have a go at Oasis, the popular beat combo which has just split up. (Or so Noel Gallagher says, and since he’s the only one in the band who can write songs, that’ll be it till he changes his mind for the lucrative reunion tour).

To be honest, I probably don’t loathe Oasis quite as much as I make out in that article. When you’re writing polemic there isn’t much room for nuance like - “Well if someone put on Champagne Supernova right now I’d probably feel a pleasant nostalgic twinge for my lost youth” - which is more or less what I really think about Oasis: I’d never ever put on one of their records myself, but if someone else did I wouldn’t necessarily feel an intense urge to kill him.

But I very much stand by my main point which is that Oasis were derivative and overrated. Their second album (What’s The Story) Morning Glory remains the third bestselling album (after The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper and Queen’s Greatest Hits) in British pop history. Does anyone out there seriously still thinks it deserves a place even in the top 50? Personally, I wouldn’t even put it in my top 100.

It’s not that I don’t like Liam’s son-of-Lennon vocals (and I also like, incidentally, that way he had of placing his mic way too high so that he had to keep craning his neck upwards like a Gerenuk feeding on an acacia tree); and I do agree that a lot of Noel Gallagher’s compositions are very catchy. But there’s a reason for the last bit and it’s very simple: they all sound quite a bit like songs you already know, most of them written by the Beatles.

You might argue that originality is a much overrated virtue in pop, given that from Led Zeppelin borrowing from the blues and every heavy rock band ever borrowing from Led Zeppelin pop has always fed on itself. But to me a truly great band is one that disguises or alters the sound of its influences to the point where you no longer go: “Ohmygod, that is SUCH a rip off.” My true greats would definitely include Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, The Smiths, New Order, Kraftwerk and the Pet Shop Boys. They wouldn’t include Oasis.

So how did Oasis ever get to be quite so massive. Well hype, quotability and attitude clearly had a lot to do with it. But by far the most interesting theory on this is in a new book on the history of recorded sound (which I highly recommend: trainspotterish but lively and compulsively readable) by US journalist Greg Milner, called Perfecting Sound Forever.

Oasis’s career, he argues, coincided with the Nineties trend in studio recording techniques for “loudness” at all costs. By “loudness”, he means music which has been heavily “compressed” in the studio - removing most of the loud/soft dynamic range and instead making it sound like the kind of muddy wall of noise which comes across well in a crowded pub. It’s actually a form of musical brainwashing: stuff recorded like this is designed to lodge in the brain and achieve massive and overwhelming cultural domination. Which Oasis did most effectively.

But the effect this had on pop music generally was disastrous. As one muso purist - a Vermont studio engineer called Chris Johnson - has tried to demonstrate scientifically by comparing the most “culturally significant” albums of all time, the music we really like (as opposed to the stuff that is bombarded at us relentlessly till we succumb) is the stuff which has the greatest dynamic range . The top ones on Johnson’s list - led by the Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 and Led Zeppelin IV - are the ones with the biggest contrast between really loud and really soft. Oasis took us down a wrong alley. On the back of their success, every major label wanted to imitate that big, sludgy sound, in much the same way publishing companies try to replicate Dan Brown novels. Good commerce, maybe; but dreadful art.

James Delingpole

Source: Telegraph Blog

Noel Gallagher Flees To South America

AY CARAMBA! Noel Gallagher is fleeing the UK after spectacularly quitting Oasis.

The moody Mancunian, 42, below, will swap his guitar for a sombrero as he jets off halfway round the world to Mexico.

He’s planning on kicking back with a couple of cervezas with girlfriend Sara MacDonald, 42, and kids Anais, nine, and Donovan, two.

The band broke up on Friday after a sibling spat that ended in front-man Liam smashing Noel’s guitar.

The gruesome twosome are famed for their massive spells of PMT, but have always managed to kiss and make up in the past.

Fans may be holding out for a reunion, but Noel’s had enough and wants to get the hell out of town.

The guitarist growled: “Me and Sarah have got quite fond of Mexico.

“It’s the time for a little adventure before the little one has to go to nursery.

“Seeing as I’ve completed all my adventures in music, it seems like a cool thing to do.”

The wise old owl also predicted the band would split in the wake of the Dig Out Your Soul world tour.

He said: “I don’t think we’ll last now this tour is over. We’ve never made plans as a band ever.”

The split came just days after Oasis pulled out of the V Festival in Chelmsford last week.

Noel wrote on the band’s website that he could not cope with “verbal and violent intimidation” and “lack of support and understanding” from bandmates and walked.

We hope once he’s had his fill of enchiladas he will see sense and come home.

Meanwhile, in Italy it looks like Liam, left, couldn’t give a monkeys about the end of the band he once called “bigger than Jesus”.

The yawny younger Gallagher, 36, smooched his missus Nicole Appleton, 34, inset, apparently unfazed by the break-up.

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk

I Was There When Oasis Went Supernova

Noel Gallagher was my near neighbour when Oasis burst on to the scene in 1993. I interviewed them first, but even then you could sense this combustible band might not live for ever

New bands can be extremely delicate. Some local chancers had decided they weren't ready for press (in the Manchester Evening News? Oh, perr-leeze), leaving me with no lead feature. The pub beckoned. On the way, I bumped into one of my neighbours. I'd seen his band recently, and asked what he was up to.

"Guess what happened in Glasgow last night?" he replied. It was Noel Gallagher, and the band were Oasis.

Noel told me how Alan McGee had barged backstage after their now-legendary gig at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, and signed them on the spot. I threatened him with battery if he was lying. I interviewed a still-reeling Noel that day, alongside an admittedly unpredictable but otherwise sweet and pleasant Liam, who tempered his obvious glee by striding around in a show of brash, comedy bravado.

There were no fraternal fisticuffs, just some genial ribbing, as Noel – clearly in control and articulate as ever – reined in the overexcited Liam. I remember Noel's exquisite but compact music collection, including the Stones (Noel used a photo of a young Mick Jagger on his backstage photo-pass and nobody noticed) and early REM (I don't remember seeing any Beatles). The result was the first full article on Oasis to run anywhere.

The signs were already there. A friend rented the rehearsal room next door. He'd hear a massive Gallagher bust-up, sullen silence, and then they'd play I Am the Walrus ad infinitum.

I witnessed their live debut. No matter what you think of them, they had the tunes, and even for an audience of roughly 25, Liam exhibited that trademark swagger, as if he was headlining Glastonbury, not the Boardwalk. Geoff Travis of Rough Trade checked out the long-forgotten support band, leaving soon after. My snippet in the MEN was headlined: "Oasis Are Going Places". They were, and they did.

Everything got silly. I sent a mutual friend in America the ridiculous Oasis Xmas wrapping paper, free with the NME. Liam became red-top gossip fodder. Previously, I'd seen him at the Hacienda, already targeted by several adventurous ladies. Noel's then girlfriend (who apparently said: "Your music's shite/ It keeps me up all night.") whispered, "That boy's heading for trouble - Noel's warned him."

I will always remember those first gigs, where Oasis sparkled, but the magic is long dead. It was an amazing journey to watch, but I wish they'd stopped after (What's The Story) Morning Glory? – remembered as legends, not flawed and faded icons.

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Brandon Flowers Urges Oasis To Reunite

The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers is urging warring Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher to put their feud behind them for the sake of their fans.

Guitarist Noel quit the band on Friday night after a vicious fight with Liam backstage at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris, France. Noel later explained his decision, revealing he had suffered "verbal and violent intimidation," and insisting the atmosphere in the group had become "intolerable."

The star's departure has thrown the band's future into doubt and The Killers singer Flowers is devastated by the news.

He is convinced the brothers should try to work through their issues so they can continue working together.

He says, "(It's) such a shame. They were a great band, iconic. The brothers should deal with their problems.The ones who pay are the fans."

Source: www.yahoo.com

Liam Gallagher Escapes To Lake Como After Oasis Split

Liam Gallagher sails away from the storm surrounding Oasis's shock split - on an impromptu holiday in Italy.

After his guitarist brother Noel stormed out on Friday, saying he could no longer work with Liam, the 36-year-old frontman flew to the swish resort of Lake Como.

Although he was snapped waving at the cameras and kissing his wife Nicole Appleton, at unguarded moments he looked glum. And no wonder - this latest spat in the Gallagher brothers' on-going feud has cost Oasis around £4.75million.

They have lost out on appearance fees and merchandise sales due to noshows at last weekend's V Festival, Friday's gig in Paris and upcoming shows in Germany and Italy.

A source close to the band said: "Liam has taken Nicole away for a few days and hopefully he can put things into perspective.

"He has been putting a brave face on things - as has Noel.

"The tension between them is still very high. And only time will tell if they can overcome their differences."

The band split on Friday amid reports that Liam smashed a guitar backstage and told Noel: "You're no brother of mine." Their fight is said to have become so violent that an ambulance was called.

Oasis had been together since 1991.

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Oh Brother! Not Again...

Oasis follow a fine tradition of sibling rivalry in rock.

The Everly Brothers had massive success in the 1960s. But Don came on stage drunk for what was billed as their last performance in 1973.

Philsmashed up his own guitar in a rage and stormed off stage. They didn't speak for ten years.

Ray and Dave Davies from The Kinks often used to fight on stage.

Dave said recently: "I can hate him, but never not love him."

Barry and Robin Gibb from the Bee Gees were constantly squabbling over who was lead singer.

Robin even quit the band in 1969 but came back a year later. Last year, Ali Campbell quit reggae band UB40 after 28 years alongside older brother Robin.

The only brothers who seem to get on are Craig and Charlie Reid from The Proclaimers.

They are still playing and performing together after forming back in 1983.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

What’s The Story ... ‘Moron’ Fury

Noel Gallagher branded brother Liam a "f***ing moron" after quitting Oasis for good -then took a swipe at Liam's new fashion label.

Guitarist and songwriter Noel walked out of the band on Friday night after one final nasty backstage fight at the Rock en Seine in Paris.

He told a pal later that night: "They say never work with children and animals. No one mentioned f***ing morons though, did they?"

"I think all that modelling malarkey has gone to his head. It's a pleasure to give him time and space to work on his autumn/winter collection."

Noel headed back to London soon after Friday night's bust-up and has kept his head down at home ever since.

But frontman Liam - who recently started his new clothes label, Pretty Green - has been treating the aftermath as one big holiday. And he's relieved it's all over too.

Shame
The singer headed to Lake Como in Italy on Saturday with wife Nicole Appleton, Oasis bass player Andy Bell and his girlfriend.

Clearly, Andy is taking Liam's side in the split.

Yesterday, Liam and Nicole looked very happy and were kissing and cuddling as they messed about on the water.

It's a shame it all had to end this way, but Noel has found the last year on the road with Liam pure hell.

A source told me: "Liam has been drinking heavily for the duration of the tour and regularly got very abusive and personal.

"He has taunted Noel's girlfriend, Sara, other band members and the crew. People have been frightened to go near him.

"He is one very angry man who needs to sort his issues out."

The long-simmering tension came to a head backstage in Paris when Liam - who was unaccompanied - turned up for the show completely drunk.

He had taken the Eurostar on his own to Paris and arrived... steaming.

I've heard he'd been on a bender for days since pulling out of the V Festival a week ago.

Noel was disappointed that no one from management or security had the guts to challenge Liam's drinking.

So he confronted Liam about being unprofessional.

But Liam exploded in rage and started saying horrendous things about Noel's kids.

Liam hurled his acoustic guitar at Noel. It was a gift from his missus Nicole and had a personal message on it.

Noel then stamped on the guitar, smashing it into pieces and walked out - never to return.

Maybe that moment will go down in music history as a fitting end, with the band being so driven by the brothers' conflict.

Let's face it. There was never going to be a fairytale ending with this pair walking towards the sunshiiiine together.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Click here to see pictures of Liam in Italy.

Your Views On Noel Leaving Oasis

Noel Gallagher leaving Oasis could be just what the band needs to pull itself out of its rut.

His departure gives the rest of the band chance to expand on their writing, hopefully moving into new areas. Or it could be that Noel who will surprise us. His work with Goldie, The Chemical Brothers and Cornershop shows he's not afraid to experiment. Maybe it will prove to be Oasis that was holding him back. Simon Franklin

Noel Gallagher quits Oasis, after the band falsely claimed him to be ill - isn't that how Geri Halliwell left the Spice Girls? They didn't last without her, and the Noel-free Oasis are also on a hiding to nothing. Dionne Jones

About five years ago, there was a story that Oasis were splitting up and Liam Gallagher would form a band with John Squire. If this story belatedly turns out true, Oasis with Squire would be interesting. Lefty G

The break-up of Oasis must be the biggest shock in showbiz since Peter Andre discovered that Katie Price enjoys taking her clothes off in front of other men.

I give them 18 months to allow Noel to get his solo albums out of the way, then they'll have the reunion tour. Perhaps Andy Bell could give us a Hurricane #1 reunion to keep us going, with Gem Archer reforming Heavy Stereo. DJ Gordy

I'd expect Liam Gallagher to continue Oasis. It was originally his band, before Noel came along and took the reins. My bet is Guigsy and Bonehead rejoin as the old team, while Gem joins Noel in his solo career and Andy Bell to reform Ride.

Liam's songs have improved over the years. Little James is embarrassing, but Songbird and Love Like A Bomb show talent. As one of Oasis' biggest fans, I'm gutted, but not surprised. DJ Dave

I'm in disbelief that Noel Gallagher has quit. At least maybe now we'll get twice the amount of albums from Noel solo and Oasis - it's the only plus I can think of. Aaron O'Neill

Oasis splitting up is terrible news. Or that's what I would have said if it had happened after Definitely Maybe. But as everything they've done since 1995 has been rubbish, it's great news. Bye, Noel, please don't bother to come back. Disco Stu

Source: www.teletext.co.uk

Rock Band Oasis Turned Away From Darwen Pub

Rock group Oasis were turned away from a Darwen hotel and restaurant - because staff mistook them for “four scruffy lads”.

The Manchester band, whose hits include Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back in Anger, turned up at the Whitehall Hotel in Park Road.

Noel Gallagher announced his decision to quit the band on Friday, but he can be seen before the breakdown with his brother Liam and other members Andy Bell and Gem Archer on CCTV footage asking a waitress for the bar and restaurant to be opened.

Manager Nick Parker said: “They walked into reception and were seen by one of the young waitresses who didn’t know who they were.

“They asked if the restaurant was open and she said no because we were having a wedding on, so they asked if the bar was open, and she said no for the same reason.

“Then they asked if the bar could be opened, so she came and asked me.

“She said that there were four scuffy lads in reception asking for the bar to be opened, so I told her I would sort it out.

“By the time I got down there, Liam was coming out of the toilet and the others were getting into a limo-type van parked outside.

“I said “you ok?” to Liam but he just grunted at me.

“I followed him out and said to them all that I would open the bar for them, but they didn’t even answer me and drove off.”

Mr Parker said the incident happened on 1.30pm on Saturday, August 22. That evening the band played at the V festival in Staffordshire.

Source: www.thisislancashire.co.uk

More pictures of the band leaving Paris can be found by clicking here.

A Sneak Preview Of Liam Gallagher's Autumn Range For Pretty Green

As you know, stopcryingyourheartout.com was invited to an exclusive preview of the new Autumn Winter 09 collection from Liam’s Pretty Green clothing label. For the past 4 weeks, the industry’s top retailers have been viewing the range and along with 20 ‘Premium members’ of the brand, we were given access to the new range.

Developments over the past 48 hours have brought new interest into Noel and Liam’s extra curricular activities and over the coming weeks, Pretty Green will be under the spotlight more than ever before. It seems that if ever there was a time to launch properly into the fashion community beyond simply being ‘Liam’s side project’ then this is the time. And to say fans won’t be disappointed is an understatement.

When people first heard Oasis, it was something completely new, with a nod to retro styles and ideas, Liam and the band created something fresh and exciting that hadn’t been heard or seen in years. After an introductory glimpse this summer into what Liam is offering in the way of clobber, the new Autumn Winter collection will do just that to the world of fashion. We were simply blown away the new lines that are on offer. Not only were we given a preview of the up and coming AW09 range, we also saw what will be on offer to fans in the New Year from the Spring Summer range.

Firstly, when you see what’s coming out in October, you’ll see this isn’t something Liam has simply put his name to and let others take control of, as promised in the early promotional videos released on the site, he won’t put anything out unless he’d wear it. This doesn’t mean simply OK’ing a few jackets now and again but designing each and every item from scratch, from the earliest stages of design to the finished product. This is one of the main factors that separate Pretty Green from other celebrity endorsements. Having been a millionaire since his early 20’s, Liam has spent A LOT of money on clothes, so he knows what he’s talking about, e.g. when working with designers, he describes exactly what he wants in every detail. When pressed about this, PG talked about Liam pin pointing precisely what he wanted in terms of shape, design, materials etc. If you’re going to start a high end men’s clothing line, you can’t get away with not knowing your stuff.

Without giving too much away before you can see for yourself, the quality and finish to the items is amazing. One of the main things reported back by fans from the first batch that went on sale this year was the quality of the materials used, you don’t have to be a fashion guru to appreciate fine clothing when you see it and whatever sceptics might make of a celebrity endorsed clothing brand, no one can argue about the strength of what’s on sale. One stand out piece; a winter jacket we were shown was designed by Liam as a nod to the Italian C.P. clothing label (an early incarnation of Stone Island), after designers literally scoured the world for the right materials, it took 3 attempts before Liam was finally happy with the finished product. It’s this attention to detail and dedication to every item that makes Pretty Green stand out and it becomes obvious why they do it when you see the finished versions.

Other stand out pieces include leather jackets (so finely made there’s no inner lining to avoid creases), tone on tone long sleeve shirts and a new selection of men’s tees. If you thought the first collection was maybe a bit safe, then you’ll be stunned by what’s coming up this October. The range has been snapped up by major high street retailer Selfridges and will be available in their Manchester and London stores as well as selected retailers around the UK, it will be the first time fans will get to see the range before purchase. In the New Year the Spring Summer collection will come out, this takes things up another gear, stand out items include an old fashioned 3 button hand-me-down style mod suit and a new line of polo shirts woven from silk, cotton and cashmere.

We were inundated with questions for Pretty Green and received answers from them for all our queries; on the subject of underwear, we were told that this is Liam’s call and will be discussed along with other areas such as socks etc in the near future as will belts, bags, sunglasses and other accessories, the reception to the initial lines has been overwhelmingly positive so there seems to be no limit to how far the label can extend. Jeans will be available from October as part of the AW09 collection and footwear is in the pipeline. For those of you wondering if the camo jacket Liam wore at Man City last weekend was from the label, you’ll be pleased to know it will be on sale as part of the Spring Summer collection from January/February next year. PG told us the collections are being made available all over the world and retailers from cities in most major countries have shown an interest in stocking the new lines. As mentioned, there are leather jackets in the new collection as well as shirts.

All in all everything we saw looked and felt fantastic, it was a real buzz just to see something developing that Liam is obviously really passionate about. The gallery had pictures of Liam from the Brighton photo shoot hanging on the walls and to be honest, you needed them up there to remind you it was Liam’s label, whilst being shown the items we forgot why we were there and got a bit lost just admiring the gear! There’s something for everyone in the autumn range and people like us who became fans of the label through Liam will get a real eye opener into quality men’s fashion. It’s still top to toe Liam but not in a way you’d expect, you’ll have to see for yourself what we mean but ultimately you’ll start to see it as a clothing brand in its own right as apposed to something you like simply because of Liam. The collections we saw today were simply stunning, they’re an unprecedented step up from the amazing first batch that most of us are currently wearing and if you’re into your clobber, you’ll want to buy the lot come October!

Thanks again to Pretty Green for giving us a quick peek at what’s coming this autumn.

Extra special thanks to Tom, who went along on on the sites behalf at such short notice.