Online Campaign For Oasis Single

An Oasis fan site has launched an online campaign to get the band's single Wonderwall back into the charts after Noel Gallagher sensationally quit.

Noel announced he was leaving Oasis by writing on their official website "I simply could not go on working with [brother] Liam a day longer" following a row before the band were due to perform at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris, leading them to cancel their performance.

The Stopcryingyourheartout.com site appealed for other fan sites, forums, and Oasis fans to contribute to their attempt of reliving the band's glory days by downloading the single.

Source: www.webuser.co.uk

The End Of Oasis: The Truth

Guitar smashing and recriminations... The events and causes of the bust-up that ended with Noel Gallagher walking out

Like a Cassandra to his own Trojan war, it might just be that last year Liam Gallagher saw the events of the past few weeks advancing over the horizon and felt unmoved to avert them. If, as sources close to the band suggest, the rest of Oasis plan to continue beyond Noel Gallagher’s departure, then the Liam-penned final tune on last year’s Dig Out Your Soul will assume some prescience. “Who’s to say/You were right/And I was wrong?/Soldier on.” Would they dare to, though? What kind of an ego would it take to continue Oasis without their songwriter Noel Gallagher, the man who gave them Live Forever, Wonderwall and Supersonic?

There’s no shortage of anecdotal mater-ial to suggest that Liam has succumbed to many of the clichés that surround the pampered rock frontman. Own dressing room? Check. Boutique clothing range? Check. Personal security guard? Check. From here, it would be natural to infer a gulf that has Noel and the rest of Oasis on one side and Liam — who has long since relinquished even the need to be present at soundchecks — on the other. And yet it’s worth noting that — in the wake of the fight that nixed their appearance at Friday’s Paris en Seine festival — Liam and his wife Nicole Appleton high-tailed it to Lake Como in Italy with the Oasis bassist Andy Bell and his girlfriend in tow. According to one insider: “People are scared of Liam. And if he wants to carry on the band, Andy and [guitarist] Gem Archer will probably go along with it.” In the statement released hours after the Paris altercation, Noel pronounced himself disappointed with the “lack of support and understanding from my management and bandmates that left me with no other option than to seek pastures new”.

The history of brothers in bands — from the Bee Gees to the Kinks — is dotted with recriminations and subsequent reconciliations. Oasis have had their fair share, most seriously in Barcelona nine years ago, when Liam goaded his brother by casting doubt on the legitimacy of Noel’s daughter Anaïs. Wasn’t there every reason, then, to assume that these latest wounds would also heal? Their mother Peggy seems to think so. “They love each other,” she says. “They’ve had fights before and got over it.”

Mothers often know best, but mothers are also rarely able to view their children’s spats as, well, anything more than children’s spats. In the wake of Oasis’s no-show at the V Festival — attributed to Liam’s laryngitis — the singer had seemed similarly keen to play down rumours that the band’s future was in jeopardy. Bypassing the spellchecking software on his phone, he issued a reassuring tweet to his fans: “The voice may of disappeared, but I’m still here ... I’m gutted your gutted what can I say f*** all at the moment.”

Friends of the guitarist, however, were left with an altogether graver picture. Noel told friends that Oasis would never play a British show again, the implication being that if they could just see out their remaining European festival shows, he could walk away quietly. If Oasis had fulfilled the Paris obligation, they would have had just one more show left to play.

So what happened at Rock en Seine to tip Noel over the edge? Despite occupying the neighbouring dressing room, the New York band Vampire Weekend have kept their counsel, merely hinting at the weirdness of coming off stage following a triumphant set to encounter ugly scenes. The Scottish singer-songwriter Amy McDonald was less discreet: “Oasis cancelled again, with one minute to stage time! Liam smashed Noel’s guitar, huuuge fight!”

Speaking to The Times, a source close to Noel said: “The problems began even before Liam arrived in Paris. He travelled separately from the band, as he does these days, on Eurostar. By the time he got to the venue he was his usual confrontational self. He said things about Noel’s family and made pointed personal insinuations about Sara [MacDonald, Noel’s partner].” What we now also know is that the guitar smashing involved an acoustic guitar given to Liam by Appleton, to which Noel laid waste before walking away.

In any band of Oasis’s stature there are usually systems in place to stop the build-up of tensions. If pre-gig drinking has the potential to become an issue, management and the security staff employed by them can ensure that group members make it onstage in a state of relative sobriety. In the days when Liam Gallagher was merely the frontman with Oasis, such matters would have been dealt with by the group’s management company, Ignition. In 2009, however, things have ceased to be as simple. Accompanying Gallagher on Eurostar was Stevie Allen, Liam’s personal security guard and the business partner with whom the singer set up his clothing line Pretty Green. As anyone who has kept up with Liam’s Twitter updates this year will know, the singer’s enthusiasm for Pretty Green seems, at times, to have eclipsed his enthusiasm for his band.

Sources close to Noel say that he is furious at what he sees as Liam’s willingness to use the goodwill earned by Oasis’s music to sell clothes. The confusion between Liam’s band and brand was further heightened by the singer’s recent interview with NME, arranged through the PR he uses for Pretty Green. Parading various garments on his label, Liam confirmed that the pair were no longer on speaking terms, alleging: “It takes more than blood to be my brother.”

Others have questioned the wisdom of a band with Oasis’s fractious history committing to a ten-month world tour — not least because of issues around the recording of Dig Out Your Soul that were still not resolved before its release. After eight weeks of sessions at Abbey Road studios, Liam had yet to record a single vocal. Speaking to Q magazine, Noel revealed that Liam waited until mixing for the album commenced in LA before recording his vocals. Even then, halfway though the fortnight-long stay in LA, Liam fled to London, saying he had “some business to attend to”. This, it turns out, was his wedding to Appleton, to which none of his bandmates had been invited. As a result, Noel told Q, the band were forced to shelve two album tracks, including “an epic, Champagne Supernova song with backwards Are You Experienced-type rhythms” and a 50-piece choir. Anything but contrite, Liam tweeted: “A 50-piece choir on it ... more like 50 shit guitar solos on it.”

And that’s the way it’s been with the Gallaghers this year. “He’s constantly going on about how much soul he’s got,” Noel said. “I assume Bob Marley had soul ... I don’t see Bob Marley at the Rainbow [the scene of the famous Wailers concert in 1977] wailing about the colour of the napkins in his dressing room.”

Paul Rees, the editor of Q, remembers being struck by the way that, throughtout their interview, Noel kept bringing the subject around to his brother. “He seemed so tired,” Rees says. “People who have seen them on tour this year have noticed that he seems to be going through the motions.”

Beneath the weariness, however, is hurt. “He’s never seen my little lad [one year-old Donovan]. Just pictures,” Noel confided (a claim strenuously refuted by Liam). “If you were in the circle of people that we are in, you wouldn’t have him in the house if he spoke to you the way he speaks to me and my family.”

One bone of contention appears to be MacDonald herself, who Liam is said to have consistently sought to antagonise. “At the Brits in 2007 Liam snatched her glass of wine and allowed it to smash at her feet,” one insider alleges. And the source of the acrimony? “They move in different circles. Sara knows journalists and people in the media. He sees her as sleeping with the enemy. Liam seems to prefer celebrities. He’s friends with Gok Wan and Holly Willoughby. Noel, meanwhile, prefers the company of musicians.”

Rees echoes the sentiments: “Noel has always been keen to broaden his musical horizons — perhaps more than Oasis would allow at times.” The man who discovered Oasis, Alan McGee, reckons it’ll be less than five years before the brothers end up on the same stage together. Friends of Noel suggest that ten years is a more realistic assessment. But If Liam’s ego has spiralled out of control, Noel may want to stop and consider whether he inadvertently had a hand in the process. Seven years ago, when his younger brother brought his maiden songwriting effort Little James to the table, Noel encouraged him to write more. Now, with three creditable efforts on Dig Out Your Soul, it’s conceivable that Liam — who, lest we forget, started Oasis without his brother — feels bold enough to carry the burden of their reputation.

In a funny way, he may even have a point. In this divorce, Liam may come off surprisingly well — at least in monetary terms. It may not excite the critics, but an Oasis that functions as a travelling jukebox — Britpop’s first heritage act — may play in Liam’s favour. Hard to imagine? Go and see Oasis live and the beery mass you see bellowing the words to Wonderwall bear far greater resemblance to Liam than Noel. Will they mind if Oasis never record another note? Or do they just want to party like it’s 1995?

Source www.timesonline.co.uk

Andy Bell Features On New SPC ECO Tune 'Silver Clouds'

SILVER CLOUDS (Featuring Andy Bell)

This track was another revisited recording. I have known Andy Bell for many years and we thought it was time to do some long discussed and overdue recording. Sometime in 2008 I forget exactly when I recorded Andy playing a very odd electronic sitar drone machine and an old custom Dulcimer made by the same dude that made a similar one for Brian Jones back in the 60s, in fact it might actually be the same one, anyway, It's a four stringed instrument I noticed on Andy's wall when visiting him one time.

I recorded him making about 6 passes of the Dulcimer while he played along to a basic beat (which we ended up using) of Monti playing a very old pig skinned drum kit that Ian Dury had given him as a present which now lives with me. When Andy left the studio I then cut up and arranged the passes into something with more sections and melodic clarity. Adding a bass and a few extra drones n tones. I then sent it to Andy to check (which he loved).

He then came back with a vocal idea, which we recorded and it was left just like that. Many months later Quince Records in Japan requested an exclusive bonus track for the album so I went back and investigated the Andy track but with Rose singing instead. We completely reworked all the vocals then added a very cool Joey noise guitar. It ended up being yet another of my favourite tracks. It’s always the same with me when making an album.

You have a very inspired energy at the beginning of the record swiftly followed by a down beat soul searching middle then a flurry of creativity and energy at the end. This was one of those inspired connections Rose and I touched upon which led us to believe that we were actually very good at this shit. All those years of singing and messing about with mad recordings when Rose was growing up all make for the combination and connection we have now.

Trust me, the track is just awesome. We just have our fingers and toes crossed that the record is well received so we can plan for a fun filled tour of the major cities and noodle bars of Japan!!

Source: www.spceco.com

Listen to the track by visiting www.myspace.com/spceco

Oasis Split 'Sad But Inevitable,' Says Inspiral Carpets Front Man

While the Strabane faithful who made the trip to Slane Castle in June to see Oasis were still taking in the news of Noel Gallagher's acrimonious split from the group on Friday, one of Noel's former employers was in Strabane on Sunday for a very special gig of his own.

Tom Hingley, front man of nineties 'Madchester' favourites, The Inspiral Carpets, for whom Noel worked as a 'roadie' for a number of years before joining his brother Liam's band in 1991, wowed the Sunday Comedown Club' in Dicey Riley's on Sunday night with a dazzling acoustic set, and the Chronicle spoke to the singer afterwards to get his take on the most talked about story in the music world over the weekend.

"It was inevitable really," he told us. "Obviously it's sad that Oasis are finishing but I think it's probably a good thing. They were very much associated with 'Brit-Pop', the end of the Conservatives and the rise of 'New Labour', so it's probably quite a smart move to quit now before the Conservatives get back into Government again. I'm by no means saying that they did this deliberately but maybe now it means that they will be defined by that period of change.

"Very few bands will ever be as big or as successful or as significant as Oasis. In one way it's sad and in another sense it's not. All things have a certain life-span, then it ends. Brothers in bands will fight. Ray and Dave Davis of The Kinks used to punch each other's lights out, too. At the end of the day, it's only music. Family is much more important. I think, as brothers, Noel and Liam should try to get on a bit better and if that means not seeing each other for a couple of years then that might not be a bad thing," Tom suggested.

As everyone speculates as to what Noel will do next, Tom has his own opinion on what the singer-songwriter behind numerous anthems like 'Live Forever', 'Wonderwall' and 'Don't Look Back In Anger' should do.

"Noel will probably do that solo album he should've done about ten years ago," predicted Tom. "I do think that if he gets a load of famous musicians like Paul Weller to join him that would be very boring, though. I have no doubt that Oasis will play again somewhere down the line. I think it's possible in the future that they will get back with the original line-up of Liam, Noel, Tony McCarroll, 'Bonehead' and 'Guigsy'. I think a lot of people would love to see that and, to be honest, I've never really regarded any other of the later line-ups as being Oasis," Tom confessed.

Finally, it was put to Tom if Noel could have his old job back when The Inspiral Carpets tour again. "That's a question indeed! You'll have to ask Noel that one," he laughed.

Source: www.nwipp-newspapers.com

Liam Gallagher To Be Interviewed By Jonathan Ross

Liam Gallagher will be a guest of Jonathan Ross in a few weeks, it's not known yet if it will be on his weekend radio show or on his TV show that returns to BBC1 this Friday.

When asked on Twitter

@Wossy you should have Liam or Noel on one of your shows to tel us what happened

He replied

Liam is booked. Hope he still comes on. In about 3 or 4 weeks !

Thanks to Mr Monobrow

Liam Gallagher "Oasis Will Be Back"

Our insider Luca & Ale meet Liam Gallagher his wife Nicole and Andy Bell in Lake Como, Italy.

Liam has rekindled the hopes of the fans, saying that Oasis will return, and an announcment on the bands future will be made in January!

Source: www.radiosonic.it

Oasis? It's All In The Pasta

Liam Gallagher has ruled out any chance of an Oasis reunion with Noel, declaring: "It's over."

Speaking for the first time about the band's split, the rocker said there was "no way he'd get back with Noel".

His brother quit the band last week after another bust-up with Liam, who then headed to Italy's Lake Como with girlfriend Nicole Appleton and fellow band member Andy Bell.

They spent four nights at the exclusive Villa D'Este hotel before checking out yesterday morning and flying back to London.

But on Tuesday night the group enjoyed a boozy three-hour dinner at il Gatto Nero, a hilltop restaurant overlooking Lake Como, and where Liam spent his birthday last year.

There Liam, 36, opened his heart to waiter Vincenzo Della Corte as he served him his favourite pasta with black truffle, washed down with Cristal champagne and Antinori rosé wine.

Vincenzo, 32, told the Mirror: "I had to ask him what the future was and he said it was all over and there was no way he would get back with Noel.

"He said that Noel had his style of music and he had his and they would be going their separate ways."

The waiter said Liam was on top form despite the band's split - and seemed head over heels in love with Nicole.

"You hear all these stories about Oasis being real rock and rollers but Liam was really polite and was very happy to talk," revealed Vincenzo.

"There were fans outside and he went out to sign autographs and pose for pictures. He was with them for ages.

"What also struck me was how in love he is with Nicole. He was kissing and touching her all the time and his leg was always resting on hers - you could tell they adore each other.

"They were all having a good time and he didn't seem at all bothered about the fact he had caused one of the world's biggest bands to break up.

"But Nicole had a bit of a sore throat which she said she had got from swimming in the lake.''

Most of their fellow guests at the Villa D'Este were elderly American tourists who had no idea who they were. One hotel source said: "They were no trouble. They've been here before and are welcome any time.''

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Oasis v the Beatles: We Won’t Look Back In Wonder

Oasis modelled themselves on the Beatles - but their legacy won’t come close

This has been a week of the Beatles and Oasis, two bands linked across the decades. They were the most popular British bands of their respective eras and generations, the Swinging Sixties and Britpop Nineties, putting Britain at the centre of the global airwaves. But while the music business gears up for the last hurrah of the Beatles, with the release of their entire re-mastered back catalogue and a computer game (The Beatles: Rock Band), which aims to extend their appeal to another generation, Oasis came to a bitter end, bowing out not with a bang, but a wearyingly familiar apology. While tens of thousands of fans waited for their heroes to appear on stage as headliners at the Rock En Seine festival in Paris, a message flashed up on the screens: “As a result of an altercation within the band, the Oasis gig has been cancelled.”

“Altercation” barely does justice to the history of attrition, insult, argument and abuse that has characterised the relationship between the two key members of Oasis, brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher. After a 15-year recording career marked by constant internal conflict, during their recent 13- month tour, the brothers have travelled separately, only communicating through insulting interviews, blogs and tweets. With only three more dates to play, they fatally met up in the backstage dressing room half an hour before they were due on stage. Liam was allegedly drunk and not untypically belligerent. Provocative words were exchanged, it quickly got physical, Liam smashed one of Noel’s guitars and Noel decided that he had had enough. He released the following statement: “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.”

Liam can be an unpredictable character but that’s part of what makes him such a compelling frontman. The brothers are chalk and cheese, as is often the case with siblings, who grow up occupying different family roles. Noel is the older brother, the sensible, steady one. But for a smart, thoughtful, loyal, surprisingly humble and generally very considerate man, he has never understood or empathised with his younger brother.

He recently characterised Liam as “rude, arrogant, intimidating and lazy. He’s the angriest man you’ll ever meet. He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.” Which is very funny. But then you meet Liam, and he’s completely charming and friendly.

I have heard enough stories to know that he can be a handful, that his behaviour can be confrontational and obnoxious around Noel in particular, but it has always seemed to me that what he really wants is his older brother’s love and approval. When that is not forthcoming, he acts up, often outrageously. You can see the same dynamic in many families. But then, most of us don’t have to go on tour with our siblings.

The truth is that the end of Oasis is really no great loss for music. They have been one of the greatest ever British groups, but their moment came and went in the Nineties Britpop boom, and musically they have been treading water ever since. When they exploded on to a moribund scene with their debut album, Definitely Maybe, in 1994, they were a breath of fresh air. They had the insouciant streetwise swagger of a young, working-class gang, oozing self-confidence and entrepreneurial bravado. They arrived in a fractured musical landscape of acid house, techno, hip hop, trip hop and American grunge, and put loud guitars and big, singalong songs right back at the heart of the pop agenda. They inspired a whole generation of bands.

There were elements of Led Zeppelin (the bone-crushing hard rock rhythm section), the Stone Roses (the clubby swagger) and the Sex Pistols (the sneering, power chord attack) in the Oasis formula, but most of all there was the Beatles, the group both the Gallagher brothers revere. It was in the mop-top look of the band, the classic structure of the songs, the flowing melodies and elegant chord sequences. And it was a constant reference in their banter. “If you don’t want to be as big as the Beatles, then its just a hobby,” said Noel. Liam once claimed to be the reincarnation of John Lennon (“I think I was him. He’s me now”), despite being born eight years before Lennon’s death (logic has never been Liam’s strong suit).

Yet, while the musical debt was obvious, a connection emphasised by the kind of hysterical surge in popularity that accompanied both their rises, actually it would be hard to imagine two more different bands. The Beatles were musical revolutionaries, constantly driven to explore new horizons. Oasis were nostalgic reactionaries, their music a throwback to a very narrow and specific template, and they resisted change with Luddite belligerence.

Oasis essentially took the ingredients of Revolver, which was arguably the Beatles at their leanest, sharpest, most succinct and cohesive, and reworked them over and over again, managing just seven albums of diminishing returns in 15 years. They lasted twice as long as the Beatles, made half as much music, and never showed the least interest in progress.

Still, unlike the Beatles, Oasis built a long-lasting live career. I was privileged to see one of their last British gigs, at Wembley Stadium in July. And it was fantastic. Fifteen years of the same old chords and swagger never really affected the public’s love for them. Maybe it was a formula, but it was one that worked, because it was based on the primacy of the song, and the emotion of its delivery. During an encore, Noel came out to perform a solo Don’t Look Back in Anger, but he didn’t even have to sing a word, he just strummed his acoustic guitar while the crowd of 70,000 carried the whole thing, bellowing out every nuance of lyric and melody. It was the biggest choral karaoke session in the world, a moment of community that was astonishing to behold.

It is hard to imagine the world poring over every recorded utterance of Oasis 40 years after the break up, as we continue to do with the Beatles. But we might still be singing their songs.

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Oasis Feature On Match Of The Day Album

In Stores Now

Disc 1

Foo Fighters - Best Of You
Oasis - Supersonic
The Killers - Mr Brightside
MGMT - Time To Pretend
Stone Roses - Waterfall
Glassvegas - Geraldine
Script - Breakeven
The Enemy - We Live & Die In These Towns
Hard Fi - Living For The Weekend
Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
Specials - Gangsters
Pulp - Do You remember The First Time
Clash - Rock The Kasbah
Travis - Why Does It Always rain
Zutons - Valerie
The Coral - Pass It On
The View - Same Jeans
Embrace - Ashes
The Farm - All Together Now
Baddiel & Skinner featuring The Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions

Disc 2

Kasabian - Underdog ( From The Sony Bravia TV commercial)
Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
Doves - Black & White Town
Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
Primal Scream - Come Together
Metro Station - Shake It
Hoosiers - It's A Shame About Ray
Athlete - Wires
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Editors - Blood
Feeder - Buck Rogers
The Jam - Strange Town
Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
The Stranglers - Always The Sun
Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
Nickleback - Rockstar
Lightning Seeds - Life Of Riley
New Order - World In Motion

It includes 40 anthems and a bonus DVD, featuring 100 Premier League goals.

Oasis Song Voted Best Of All Time

'Live Forever' has been voted the 'Best Song Of All Time' by the listeners of XFM. The station joined forces with radio stations from around the world including KROQ (in LA) and Triple J (Sydney) to compile the chart.

'Don't Look Back In Anger' came third in the poll with 'Wonderwall' coming in fourth.

The Best 10 Songs Of All Time, according to the poll, are:

01) Live Forever – Oasis
02) Mr Brightside – The Killers
03) Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis
04) Wonderwall – Oasis
05) Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
06) I Am The Resurrection - The Stone Roses
07) Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
08) There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
09) Bitter Sweet Symphony – Verve
10) Plug In Baby - Muse

Oasis and XFM have a long history together with Manchester XFM's Pete Mitchell being the first DJ to play the band on the radio.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

No Looking Back In Anger For Noel As He Soaks Up Life After Oasis

Noel Gallagher seems to be revelling in his decision to quit Oasis and is enjoying a new life in the sun away from brother Liam.

Noel, 42, was spotted in Sardinia enjoying the sunshine with his long-term girlfriend Sara Macdonald and his son Donovan, 2.

He looked chilled and happy as he relaxed in the Italian sun - a far cry from the in-band rowing he said drove a wedge between him and Liam, 36.

Over in Italy's Lake Como, his younger brother was also snapped with wife Nicole Appleton soaking up the rays.

But while the brothers seem to have at least chosen the same country to holiday in, there's little else they appear to be able to agree on.

Noel shocked the music world last weekend by announcing he was walking out of Oasis, the band he formed with his brother Liam 18 years ago.

"The details are not important and of too great a number to list," he said in a statement, posted on Saturday.

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 bandmates has left me with no other option than to get me cape and seek pastures new."

Noel announced his departure from Oasis after getting into a fight with Liam just minutes before they were due to play in Paris.

Liam is reported to have smashed a guitar and shouted at Noel: "You're no brother of mine."

Now remaining band members Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock are deliberating whether there's any future left for Oasis.

An insider told The Daily Mirror: "They saw how Liam treated Noel, and don't know what will happen if he does the same to them. They have their doubts it can survive without Noel."

Liam has stated in the past that he and brother Noel "don't really have a relationship" and only spoke to each other when they're on stage.

Source: www.metro.co.uk

See the photos here.

Let's Get 'Wonderwall' Back In The Charts

With the sad news that Noel Gallagher has quit Oasis, lets all try and get 'Wonderwall' back into the UK chart this week.

We are asking Oasis fan sites and forums Worldwide to help out with this project.

The song never got to number one on it's release in 1995, it only needs a few thousand downloads to enter the charts on Sunday.

Fans from the UK can buy the song from iTunes, Outside the UK you can get the song from the Official Oasis store here.

MGMT Cover Oasis

As previously reported MGMT started their show at the V Festival, Hylands Park on Sunday 23rd August 2009, with a cover version of Live Forever.

It's All Champagne Supernover

Noel's left and now the remaining members of Oasis could be about to leave Liam high and dry.

Liam is holidaying in Italy's Lake Como with his missus Nicole Appleton but we're told any plans for a new-look Oasis could sink without trace.

Says our mole: "It was always on the cards that Noel was to quit - the other band members saw it coming the night before he walked out.

"Some have already started to look for pastures new - as they have no idea how the new format of Oasis would work. Now that Noel has gone, no one else knows how they'll put up with Liam's big gob." It's an uncertain time for band members Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock. Our mole adds: "They saw how Liam treated Noel, and don't know what will happen if he does the same to them. They have their doubts it can survive without Noel."

Noel announced he was walking out on the band after a punch-up with Liam just minutes before they were due to play in Paris.

Liam is reported to have smashed a guitar and yelled at Noel: "You're no brother of mine." However, their mum Peggy reckons they will reunite, saying: "Liam adores Noel." Funny way of showing it.

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Noel Gallagher vs Liam Gallagher - The War That Defined Oasis

It was August 1991 when Noel Gallagher, back in Manchester after a stint working as a roadie for the Inspiral Carpets went to see his younger brother's new band for the first time. As he would recall years later, "fucking cheers mate" was his thoughts as he saw his brother fronting a band and looking to forge his own way into the music world. Noel's status as world-touring roadie was in danger of being over-shadowed by his brother. The spotlight which Noel desired was now being sought by Liam as well. It was the start of the rivalry which would come to define Oasis when Noel joined.

It was apparent from the start that Liam Gallagher was well aware of the talents and virtues of Noel. The very act of asking his brother to join, no matter how much he has tried to downplay it in the past, shows he knew immediately that Noel on board was an opportunity he couldn't resist. But it meant giving up control of the band to his brother, another action which went along way to starting the inter-band conflict between the two. Also, Noel's acceptance and insistence on becoming the band's leader was an obvious sign that he desired to be seen as superior to his brother right from the start. The awkward, unofficial positions of the two brothers in the band had already sown the seeds of a rivalry which would last for the best part of twenty years.

To begin with, all was well. The brothers were united in a desire to escape from the city they had grown up in, and in doing so create a new life for themselves. The brothers, along with Paul Arthurs, Paul McGuigan and Tony McCarroll, would rehearse religiously and play any gig they could. Hugely committed to the band, their passion would materialise on stage, where they impressed all who saw them at the time with their power and intensity - the amount of people they were playing to was irrelevant. It was immediately clear that the fire that was burning inside Liam and Noel was powering the band on to inevitable success in the future. It had already become an integral part of Oasis.

When the band landed a record deal two years later, the clashes of personality and ideology between the two brothers began to become more apparent, as Noel Gallagher combined his own desire to live the rock n roll lifestyle with a determination to drive the band on, while his brother embraced all that a band on the road offers and began to lose sight of the underlying importance of the music and the gigs.

The first real display of strife came when Liam and Guigsy were detained on an overnight ferry heading to Amsterdam. With Noel tucked up in bed, his fellow band members got into a scrap with other passengers. Noel learned of the fight the next morning, and found his own plans being interrupted by his brother's antics. It was a story which would be played out many times in the intervening years.

Not long after, Noel abandoned the group for the first time. After a disastrous gig in LA in September 1994, Noel walked away from the band. Heading off to San Francisco in the middle of the night, Noel apparently had the full intention of leaving the band not long after they had begun to breakthrough in the UK. However, he was persuaded to rejoin after being tracked down by Creation man Tim Abbott, and after a short stay in Las Vegas, Noel returned and the band he was leading once again began to scale unprecedented heights.

By 1996, Noel's songwriting and fierce commitment to the band, coupled with Liam's emergence as the most dynamic, passionate frontman since Johnny Rotten, had propelled the group to super-stardom in Europe. Once more though, Noel was left to pick up the pieces after Liam pulled out of a planned MTV Unplugged appearance just moments before he was due to go on stage. Noel completed the gig, but his patience was being stretched to breaking point.

As their second album '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' began to make waves in the US on the back of the worldwide hit 'Wonderwall', the band were booked for a tour of the US in August 1996. However, Liam had other plans, and moments before they were due to board the plane, Liam turned away, saying he needed to "sort his house out" with his new bride Patsy Kensit. Once again, these were actions Noel interpreted as selfishness and against the good of the band, and the ever increasing bitterness between the brothers began to be played out more and more in the press as interest in the group hit fever pitch. It was a tension which undoubtedly helped give the band it's power, and helped to generate an interest in the group that was beginning to reach unprecedented levels.

After Liam's about-turn at the airport, Noel decided to continue without him, but when Liam rejoined the group a few weeks later, it wasn't long before Noel's patience had been snapped once more and he walked away from the band for the second time in two years. Not long after their generation-defining gigs at Knebworth, Noel had walked out of the band with the clear intention of not returning. Return he did though, and not only did the band continue the tour, they found themselves back in the studio shortly after.

In 1999, the future of Oasis was once again in doubt. Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs had announced his departure not long into the sessions for a new album, and was soon followed by bassist Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan. With the troubles that the brothers had suffered over the past few years, it was unclear whether the pair would be able to pull together and guide Oasis through this transitional period. However, the brothers showed their mutual passion for the band and vowed to continue, recruiting new members Andy Bell and Gem Archer to fulfill the world tour that had been booked to support 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants'.

Once on the road, it wasn't long before trouble had flared once again between the Gallaghers. After the band were forced to cancel a gig in Barcelona in 2000 due to an injury to drummer Alan White, the members spent the night drinking in their dressing room. Insults were traded between Liam and Noel and after another punch up, Noel walked once more. The reported events of the fight were the first public sign that the tension had moved on from the petty squabbling and differences of two young brothers, to the more personal attacks which would begin drive them apart. After the now infamous fight in Barcelona, Liam soldiered on without Noel, and the band fulfilled the remaining European dates with stand-in guitarist Matt Deighton.

Yet again, Noel returned, saying he felt a duty to new members Archer and Bell to record a new album, and the band completed their 2000 summer UK stadium shows with Noel back on board, and returned to the studio a year later.

2005 was perhaps the strongest year for the brothers since 1996. With a new album under their belts that had spawned two UK no.1 singles, they hit the road for their biggest world tour to date which included huge US shows at venues such as Madison Square Garden and Hollywood Bowl. The tour passed off without incident, and relations between the two seemed to be well.

However, when the band reconvened in the studio to begin a follow up in 2007, it wasn't long before Liam was again putting personal wishes ahead of the group in Noel's eyes. Leaving the studio to marry his long-time girlfriend Nicole Appleton, Liam interrupted plans to record a couple of tracks for the album, one of which Noel said had been eyed up as a potential future single. The remaining members were forced to change their plans and record different tracks without Liam, and being forced change his schedule to suit Liam yet again seems to have finally pushed Noel close to the edge

The resulting tour was disappointing. The stories of separate hotels, dressing rooms and tour buses indicates a whole new level of antagonism between the brothers, one that was only working against the band and now holding it back. The only communication between the brothers came via Noel's tour blog 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere' and Liam's Twitter account. Frankly, it was all rather embarrassing and the feeling that all the animonisty, which now seemed to be bordering on hatred, was becoming too much, was hard to resist. Eventually, all the pent-up emotion exploded on Saturday night in Paris with another dressing room brawl between the pair, resulting in Noel announcing his departure from the band for the fourth time. But was it the right decision?

One thing is clear, Oasis wouldn't have functioned, or at least to the heights they once did, without the two brothers on board. However, the past 18 months has revealed that the rivalry between Liam and Noel Gallagher was no longer working for the band, and was in fact acting detrimentally. It's one thing not communicating on tour, but once in the studio, and if Oasis were to continue as a viable entity they would have had to record eventually, all members need to be speaking and on the same page. Warring in the studio is only going to stifle creativity, and the last thing Oasis as a band needed was to carry on simply as a money-making touring machine. It would have been excruciating for the antics that have been played out on the 'Dig Out Your Soul Tour' to be repeated again and again on subsequent tours.

So if the tension and rivaly, which was once the driving force behind the band is now only damaging it, then Noel is right to walk away. Certainly the online squabbling between the two since Oasis went back on the road in 2008 is a million miles away from the impassioned tension of the twenty-somethings that managed to captivate the public so much so that a recording of their argument, 'Wibling Rivaly', managed to make the charts.

Will Oasis carry on without Noel? Can they? It's by no means unprecendented to see a band carry on after the departure of a major member, and even go on to new heights. Pink Floyd managed it, as did The Rolling Stones. However, rarely has one man been so integral to the success and direction of a band and carrying on Noel-less would surely only further weaken Liam's position in what has already been a fairly one-sided argument.

Team Noel or Team Liam? Let us know which side you're on by leaving your thoughts below.

(Dave Smith)

Source: www.live4ever.uk.com

Promoter Cool Over Oasis Split

The French promoter faced with paying a refund to each of the 30,000-plus music fans who turned up in Paris to see Oasis says he has no plans to take legal action against the band.

Salomon Hazot of Nous Productions, who has run the city’s Rock En Seine Festival for seven years, told Pollstar he believes he can work out an amicable solution with the act’s management.

“I think I am dealing with someone who is very straightforward and professional,” he said, four days after the Manchester band pulled out of its headline slot only minutes before it was due onstage.

“What is the point in paying lawyers, who already get so much for doing so little, and then everybody except them loses in the end? If we get money, then we wait one, two or even three years before it comes.”

Hazot was eating dinner in the festival’s catering area when he got the news that the act wouldn’t be playing. At first he thought it was a joke.

“What can I say about it now? I think the two brothers are still like 6-year-olds fighting over a toy,” he explained.

International news reports suggest there was a dressing room bust-up in which lead singer Liam Gallagher broke his songwriter brother Noel’s guitar.

The latter quit the band immediately and has since posted a note on the band’s Web site claiming his departure was due to “lack of support and understanding from my management and bandmates.”

He also apologised to those who bought tickets to see the band in Paris and who bought tickets for the previous week’s show at the U.K.’s V Festival in Chelmsford, although that date was pulled due to Liam Gallagher suffering from viral laryngitis.

The two brothers’ stormy relationship has been well documented since their first public bust-up, when Liam hit Noel over the head with a tambourine on stage in Los Angeles in 1994 during their first U.S. tour. Not for the last time, Noel threatened to call it a day.

This time his online comments about his brother suggest the Paris row may have finally put a finish to the band.

At press time it wasn’t possible to get comment from the band’s manager, Marcus Russell of Ignition Management, on what the act is prepared to do to facilitate the amicable solution with Hazot.

It’s the second year in succession that the French promoter has paid out refunds because a headline act didn’t play.

In 2008, when Amy Winehouse failed to make it to Paris, those who paid euro 70 for a two-day ticket or euro 42 to see her headline the second day got a euro 18 discount for this year’s festival.

The acts who turned up and also played at Rock En Seine Aug. 28-30 included Faith No More, The Prodigy, MGMT, Amy Macdonald, Macy Gray, Vampire Weekend, Madness and Bloc Party.

Source: www.pollstar.com

Pete McKee Manchester Show

Great news the Pete McKee show in Manchester titled ‘Great Moments in Music History’ has grown in size. The lovely people at oddest in Manchester are helping him tour the exhibition around their three bars in the city. The show will now run from Thursday 8th October all the way through till Thursday 14th January 2010 and will call at Odd, Odder and Oddest Bars. The full dates and venues are:

Oddest – Wilbraham Road: 8 October – 5 November
Odd – The Northern Quarter: 5 November – 7 December
Odder – Oxford Road: 7 December – 14 January

This will be his first show in Manchester and should be something special...

The exhibition is his way of celebrating the role Manchester’s music scene has played in helping sullen teenagers grow up to be Sheffield’s Guardian-reading social workers and teachers — or Tesco night line managers — or artists.

Keep your eyes on www.therealmckee.co.uk for some special announcements about the shows in the coming weeks.

Inside This Week's NME

In the new issue of NME, on sale across the UK from Wednesday 2 September, we reveal the truth behind Oasis' split and salute two decades of Gallagher bust-ups by naming our top 5.

Source: www.nme.com

Bloc Party React To Oasis Split

Bloc Party have revealed they had to tell fans that Oasis wouldn't be coming on after them in Paris last Friday. The band split just before they were due to play at the Rock en Seine concert. Bloc Party front man Kele and drummer Matt said they didn't know while they were on stage how serious it was.

I understand you had to break the news to the crowd in Paris that Oasis had split up the day before you played the Leeds Festival? Is that right?

Kele: We were playing our set and my tour manager came up to me and said that Oasis had cancelled and we had to play for longer. And I was like, 'Oh. OK', and we told the audience.

We didn't know that they'd split up. We were just told that they'd cancelled. We were told afterwards.

Read the full interview by clicking here.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Supergrass Singer Gaz Coombes Confident Oasis Will Reunite

Supergrass's Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey, who have a new band Hot Rats, say Oasis will reunite.

Danny told us: "You can't really split when you're brothers."

Watch the interview interview is at www.mirror.co.uk/celebs

Source: www.mirror.co.uk