Leona Lewis On Covering Oasis' Stop Crying Your Heart Out

What made you want to cover Oasis's 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out'?

"I just like doing covers and singing great songs. I wanted to do a song by a band and I love Oasis. I love Snow Patrol as well which is why I covered 'Run' for the repackage of Spirit. But the idea to cover 'Stop Crying My Heart Out' came from Simon. He said, 'Why don't you try this song?' and we both loved it, which is probably why he keeps getting people on The X Factor to sing it!"

Read the full interview here.

Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk

Pretty Green Launches Autumn Winter 2009 Collection

Pretty Green have just launched the brand new Autumn Winter 2009 collection and have re-designed it's website....

Visit it by clicking here.

Ask Liam Gallagher - Josh

Ask Liam is back - www.prettygreen.com - Liam is answering your questions via video.

Todays question is from Josh:

Here in the States men's clothes are a joke. Our gear is shit. For a working man not wanting to look like a dandy faggot, there's not much to get excited about. When I've got a bit of money I like to buy somethin and I want it to be top. So when can I expect to see Pretty Green in the shops round my way? Josh Heisner

You can ask your own question - either email askliam@prettygreen.com, tweet it adding #askliam, or post it on youtube as a video question.

Manchester City's Ultimate Celebrity Fans

Noel Gallagher has been KO'd by his boxer mate Ricky Hatton in a poll to find Manchester City's ultimate celebrity fan.

Noel came second in the all-time Top 30, featured in the club mag, behind The Hitman.

But he'll be glad brother Liam only came in third.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

New Clothes From Liam Gallagher's Pretty Green Can Be Viewed From Tuesday

New clothes from Liam Gallaghers' Pretty Green clothing range can be viewed from Tuesday the 17th November at www.prettygreen.com.

Liam will also appear instore at Selfridges in London at the end of the month.

Creation Records Founder Alan McGee Discusses Oasis And The Britpop Years

Oasis will get back together because the warring Gallagher brothers love each other but won’t admit it, according to the man who launched them to rock stardom.

Creation Records founder Alan McGee, whose label has sold 60 million records and signed Oasis in 1993, has moved from London to enjoy an “early retirement” in a retreat near Hay-on-Wye, Powys.

As their mentor, Glaswegian McGee compared his shock on hearing about the band’s split in August to the death of Michael Jackson.

But he said he is still in regular contact with Liam and Noel – separately – and is confident that they will reform in the future.

“It is hard for them but we still get on great,” he said.

“I saw Noel last week and Liam the other month and I’m big mates with Bonehead (former guitarist Paul Arthurs),” he said.

“Yeah, I see Marcus Russell (manager) who owns Ebbw Vale’s Rugby Club and Owen Morris is a talented producer.

“At the moment, there is no chance of Oasis getting back together and I don’t want to go into it. But the brothers love each other. They are great people.”

McGee signed Oasis as Britpop began to rise and form the backbone of the cultural movement known as “Cool Britannia”.

But after being invited to a high-profile Britpop party by former Prime Minister Tony Blair in the 1990s, he now says he feels cheated by Labour.

“I can’t forget Britpop but we were all conned,” he said.

“After 17 years of the Tories, we needed to get them out.

“We thought we were getting a Labour like a mix of Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan – but in Blair we really got another Margaret Thatcher.

“Me and 13 people were conned. This Government has committed crimes against humanity in Iraq, destroyed our civil liberties with CCTV and given us a nanny state which is serving the banks.”

But he is full of praise for Brecon and Radnor Liberal Democrat MP Roger Williams, who called at his house after he complained about access problems.

“Roger gets my vote,” he said. “In London I didn’t even know the name of my MP.”

At the end of the 1990s, the Creation empire crumbled after a hangover from a decade of drug abuse which saw McGee suffering from debilitating cocaine-related breakdowns.

He says his “well-documented bad behaviour” will feature in the film Upside Down: The Story Of Creation Records, which is released in March.

But McGee stresses that his days of drink and drugs are now well and truly over for the sake of his two children, aged 21 and nine.

“I don’t drink or take drugs anymore. At 49 years old, I did eventually grow up,” he said.

“People keep wanting me to get back into the record business, offering me crazy jobs like getting involved in an internet project, funded by the Chinese. But kind of like just being a dad.

“I spend most of my time DJing with Death Disco in London and Hay-on-Wye and on the computer – I’m a turning into a virtual recluse, an eccentric,” he joked.

“It is undignified when you have kids to be a ‘cano’ or an alcoholic. With kids it’s different; I want them to be proud of me.

“And me and the kids are happier than we’ve ever been in Hay-on-Wye, and the missus is getting there.”

Source: www.walesonline.co.uk

Creation Records founder Alan McGee Discusses Oasis And The Britpop Years

Oasis will get back together because the warring Gallagher brothers love each other but won’t admit it, according to the man who launched them to rock stardom.

Creation Records founder Alan McGee, whose label has sold 60 million records and signed Oasis in 1993, has moved from London to enjoy an “early retirement” in a retreat near Hay-on-Wye, Powys.

As their mentor, Glaswegian McGee compared his shock on hearing about the band’s split in August to the death of Michael Jackson.

But he said he is still in regular contact with Liam and Noel – separately – and is confident that they will reform in the future.

“It is hard for them but we still get on great,” he said.

“I saw Noel last week and Liam the other month and I’m big mates with Bonehead (former guitarist Paul Arthurs),” he said.

“Yeah, I see Marcus Russell (manager) who owns Ebbw Vale’s Rugby Club and Owen Morris is a talented producer.

“At the moment, there is no chance of Oasis getting back together and I don’t want to go into it. But the brothers love each other. They are great people.”

McGee signed Oasis as Britpop began to rise and form the backbone of the cultural movement known as “Cool Britannia”.

But after being invited to a high-profile Britpop party by former Prime Minister Tony Blair in the 1990s, he now says he feels cheated by Labour.

“I can’t forget Britpop but we were all conned,” he said.

“After 17 years of the Tories, we needed to get them out.

“We thought we were getting a Labour like a mix of Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan – but in Blair we really got another Margaret Thatcher.

“Me and 13 people were conned. This Government has committed crimes against humanity in Iraq, destroyed our civil liberties with CCTV and given us a nanny state which is serving the banks.”

But he is full of praise for Brecon and Radnor Liberal Democrat MP Roger Williams, who called at his house after he complained about access problems.

“Roger gets my vote,” he said. “In London I didn’t even know the name of my MP.”

At the end of the 1990s, the Creation empire crumbled after a hangover from a decade of drug abuse which saw McGee suffering from debilitating cocaine-related breakdowns.

He says his “well-documented bad behaviour” will feature in the film Upside Down: The Story Of Creation Records, which is released in March.

But McGee stresses that his days of drink and drugs are now well and truly over for the sake of his two children, aged 21 and nine.

“I don’t drink or take drugs anymore. At 49 years old, I did eventually grow up,” he said.

“People keep wanting me to get back into the record business, offering me crazy jobs like getting involved in an internet project, funded by the Chinese. But | kind of like just being a dad.

“I spend most of my time DJing with Death Disco in London and Hay-on-Wye and on the computer – I’m a turning into a virtual recluse, an eccentric,” he joked.

“It is undignified when you have kids to be a ‘cano’ or an alcoholic. With kids it’s different; I want them to be proud of me.

“And me and the kids are happier than we’ve ever been in Hay-on-Wye, and the missus is getting there.”

Source: www.walesonline.co.uk

Russell Brand's New Project Will Be With Noel Gallagher

Russell Brand has told the Telegraph his next projects would be producing a series of podcasts with friend Noel Gallagher which he promised would be a ''laugh and mucking around.''

Russell Brand Scandalous Live at the O2 DVD is in stores now.

How To Reunite Oasis By Russell Brand

Jedward mania has given me a novel idea of how one could reunite Oasis - give the band a new name that's a combination of the Gallagher brothers' names.

Niam or Loel? Could that work?

The Jedward phenomena has passed me by a bit. All I know is if I was in a band, the name of which was a composite of the two members, I'd be cheesed off if I only got one letter and my brother had his whole name in.

Edward must be the more dominant twin - in fact, if they go solo he'll flourish while J will struggle to get a J-ob. I think maybe J was originally conjoined to Edward's nut-bag and was grown in a petri dish.

I have no evidence to back this theory - it's what we journalists call a hunch. Noel's "too good" girlfriend Sara is with Bizarre Lord Noel for all the right reasons.

Noel revealed to me that when the pair were viewing houses he was vexed by Sara's indifference to his work. He asked the estate agent for a property with a study for him to write music in.

"I've never seen you write any music?" said Sara. Baffled Noel responded: "You do accept that I do write music though?"

She retorted: "I've never seen you."

The exchange ended with the wrinkly Mancunian rocker dragging his gorgeous Scots bride down to Our Price to marvel at his back catalogue.

Oh well, at least she's not with him just because he's famous - it must be the eyebrows, which look suspiciously like they may have been trimmed of late.

The day after that was revealed I had an extraordinary encounter.

I like to go running on London's Hampstead Heath of a morning and am keen to maintain my trademark black clobber while I burn the calories in preparation for my next film Arthur, in which I'm inexplicably naked fifty per cent of the time.

I wear these tight black leggings when I run, which I like to think make me look like Spider-Man when he goes evil. But just might actually make me look a bit of a ponce.

Especially as they don't leave much to the ol' imagination - sex-organ-wise.

Imagine my horror, then, when on one of my morning sprints I heard: "All right big b*ll*cks", shouted by an approaching runner. The terror was compounded when close inspection revealed it to be Hampstead's rowdiest keep-fit fanatic Liam Gallagher.

Thankfully he was wearing the Exact same costume as me.

Who had the bigger package? Well we didn't stop to compare, but I left the encounter with a real spring in my step.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Gran Swears At Liam Gallagher

Foul-mouthed former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher was left stunned when he tried to help a gran with her shopping - and she swore at him.

The shocked singer, 37, said: "I was trying to help this old lady with a big picture she was carrying.

"I offered to help and she told me to go f*** myself - twice.

"I said, 'I beg your pardon?' and she said, 'You heard, f*** off'.

"I was only trying to do a good deed - that's the last time I try and help an old lady."

Liam told of the tongue-lashing on Italian radio yesterday.

He also blamed brother Noel for splitting up Oasis in August.

He claimed Noel, 42, had over-reacted to a barney as an excuse to walk out on the group.

The Champagne Supernova star added: "We had an argument which wasn't that big.

"He wanted out, he wanted to do something different and he hadn't the balls to tell the band or the fans."

The star vowed to get back on stage within two months with a new band - but said he would never again perform with his brother. He said: "Oasis is done."

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Liam Gallagher's New Band 'To Gig Within A Couple Of Months'

Liam Gallagher will be performing live with his new band within a few months.

The former Oasis singer revealed during a radio interview that he's already working on material with the rest of his old band - Andy Bell and Gem Archer - and minus brother Noel.

"I'll be back doing that within a couple of months." Liam told listeners of Italian station Radio Deejay, when asked when we can expect to see him performing live again. "I've just done a tour, I always miss singing songs. I miss the people."

"We're sort of doing things at the moment. Not Oasis, Oasis is done. Everyone except for Noel."

When asked if there was any truth that he smashed Noel's guitar during their big bust up (which caused the guitarist to quit the group in September), Liam said "I didn't smash it on him. I wish I had, man."

"He sort of... treated my guitar poorly, which was a present off my wife" Gallagher explained. "So I thought it was only fair to pay the compliment so I smashed one of his. It sounds ridiculous, like a pair of old women."

Liam then went on to suggest that Noel used the row as an excuse to quit, and that he'd wanted to leave Oasis for a while.

"To be quite honest, I think our kid wanted out. But you'll have to ask him when he comes in and does his little solo thing."

"We had an argument - but we've had bigger ones, about more important people. Basically, I think he wanted out, wanted something different, but he hadn't got the b******* to tell the band or the fans."

Source: angryape.com

Liam Gallagher And Paolo Maldini

Liam confirms he has a new band during interviews in Italy today, and meets Italian footballing legend Paolo Maldini.

Source: www.prettygreen.com

Liam Gallagher Interview From Italy

Liam Gallagher On DeeJay Radio Later Today

Later today Liam Gallagher will be Linus' and Nicola Savino's guest on Deejay Chiama Italia.

The show is broadcast between 10-12AM (local time), 09-11AM (UK Time) for times for other countries click here.

You can listen live by clicking here or here in low-fi with no plugins.

On This Day In Oasis History...

Familiar to Millions is a live album by Oasis from their July 21, 2000 concert at Wembley Stadium and was released on 13th November 2000. Familiar to Millions debuted at a respectable #5 in the UK charts with 57,000 copies sold in the first week. To date Familiar to Millions has sold around 310,000 copies in Britain alone (Platinum) and has estimated world sales of 1 million. The album was initially released simultaneously on six formats: DVD, VHS, Double CD, Double Cassette, Triple Vinyl and MiniDisc.

Track listing
All tracks written by Noel Gallagher, except where noted. Times are taken from the Double CD edition of the album.

Fuckin' In The Bushes (intro tape) – 3:04
Go Let It Out – 5:32
Who Feels Love? – 5:59
Supersonic – 4:30
Shakermaker – 5:13
Acquiesce – 4:18
Step Out (Gallagher/Wonder/Cosby/Moy) – 4:05
Gas Panic! – 8:01
Roll With It – 4:43
Stand By Me – 5:49
Wonderwall – 4:46
Cigarettes & Alcohol – 6:52
Don't Look Back in Anger – 5:27
Live Forever – 5:09
Hey Hey, My My (Young) – 3:45
Champagne Supernova – 6:32
Rock 'N' Roll Star – 7:26

Video Version (DVD / VHS)

As well as the whole show the DVD features the following:

45 minute documentary shot in and around Wembley by Grant Gee including backstage interviews and fans footage.

Multicamera angles on the track "Cigarettes & Alcohol".

Live screen films for "Go Let It Out", "Supersonic", "Live Forever" and "Rock 'n' Roll Star".

Complete Discography (inc. international releases) with audio clips and artwork.

Stunning Dolby 5.0 stereo sound.

CDRom element - links to an exclusive page on the Oasis website with as-yet unseen photos and Songplayer module where fans can teach themselves to play 'Live Forever'.

'Tambourine' icon - click it and it takes you to and from the documentary in real time. A first for a non-film release.

The VHS features the whole show and a 20 minute documentary (entitled 'Mad Fer It') featuring exclusive interviews with Liam and Noel Gallagher. This documentary is unique to the VHS format.

Audio Version (CD / Vinyl / Cassette / MiniDisc)

The CD features a extra bonus track, a cover of The Beatles' song "Helter Skelter", which was recorded at the Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA on April 16, 2000.

A highlights CD was released on October 1, 2001 to celebrate Oasis' tenth anniversary as a band. "Fuckin' In The Bushes", "Step Out", "Stand By Me", "Hey Hey My My", and "Helter Skelter" were all ommitted.

As Liam didn't bother to sing the choruses of "Wonderwall" and also changed the words to other parts of the song ("By now you should have somehow... realised not to sniff glue" / "And all the lights that light the way are... doin' me fuckin' 'ead in!") at the July 21 gig, the version on the various audio formats features a different vocal track to the original one recorded at Wembley. This also applies to Noel's backing vocals. Most of these overdubbed vocals were recorded live at Oasis' gig at the Yokohama Arena, Tokyo, on March 5, 2000. Only one line: "I'm sure you heard it all before, but you never really had a doubt", is from the actual Wembley gig, as Liam slightly messed up this line in the Tokyo performance.

The audio version of the album is also missing various bits of between-track banter.

Other Trivia

A promo video of the Wembley version of "Gas Panic!" was distributed to music channels. The video featured visuals from throughout the gig and was slightly edited down to 6:57.

A "Gas Panic!" promo CD was issued in Brazil to promote Oasis' appearance at the Rock In Rio festival on January 14, 2001. The 2-track CD included the album version and an edited version of the Wembley track, which was edited down to 4:28.

The live album came about after the chaotic Wembley gig of July 22, 2000. This concert was being broadcast live to dozens of countries across the world but was hampered by an extremely drunk Liam Gallagher, whose out-of-tune singing and general ranting made it into an unappealing showcase of Oasis' live capabilities in the eyes of Sony BMG, who were worried about a large number of bootleg recordings being distributed.

Each of the six different formats (plus the 2001 highlights CD) had a different colour for its own cover art.

Ask Liam Gallagher - Weargas - Pretty Green

Liam Gallagher is answering your questions via video.

Todays question is from Weargas:

Whats the chances of starting a line for the little fella?? Hes 3 now and its time his mam stopped dressing him like he just fell out of ASDA. Time I started taking over his style but I need some nice threads man.

You can ask your own question - either email askliam@prettygreen.com, tweet it adding #askliam, or post it here on youtube as a video question.

Source: www.prettygreen.com

Serge Pizzorno Believes Rock And Roll Is Dying Out

Kasabian rocker Serge Pizzorno believes rock and roll is dying out and his band and the Arctic Monkeys are the only real rock bands left in the country.

The Kasabian rocker bemoaned the state of the British music industry, insisting his group and the Arctic Monkeys are the only "proper" rock bands left after the split of Oasis earlier this year.

He said: "We never actually said we were the biggest band in the UK but what we did say is that now, with Oasis splitting up, there aren't many proper rock n roll bands left. Can you name one?

"There are only us and the Arctic Monkeys. All the rest of them have released s**t albums or didn't care enough in the first place."

The 'Fire' hitmakers are currently on their biggest UK tour to date but Serge insists they aren't intimidated by the size of the crowds.

He added: "I'm not scared at all about playing arenas but it's a difficult thing - you've got to be careful. They're big buildings so you've got to put on a show but also keep the vibe going.

"I think it gives us more of a chance to do everything bigger - make it a real psychedelic trip. It will be a beautiful show."

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Ricky Hatton Admits He Chinned Liam Gallagher

At the weekend Hatton - who's said to be worth £40million - attended the launch of his mate Liam Gallagher's new clothing line in London. But he admits he chinned the Oasis frontman for ripping off his own fashion range.

Ricky laughs: "I couldn't believe how similar Liam's stuff was to mine. It's all typical Mancunian clothes with floppy hats and the likes. Liam calls me his fashion rival - but he's not in my class."

Read the full interview by clicking here.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Liam Gallagher's Latest Twitter

It's been a while, I'm sure your arsed, but if you are, you can follow me at @prettygreenltd or http://www.prettygreen.com/... LG

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Liam Gallagher: I'd Smack X Factor's Jedward Twins

Liam Gallagher has waded into the Jedward row.

The Oasis singer, who is estranged from sibling Noel, said: "I know all about annoying f****** brothers. But nobody comes close to them. How do you not smack them? What the f*** is happening to British music?" Liam, who was at South Kensington's Gore Hotel, added: "And what are those things on their heads?"

Source: www.mirror.co.uk