On This Day In Oasis History...

'Echoes Round The Sun' was the result of a boozy recording session between Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer and Ocean Colour Scene guitarist Steve Cradock.

It was released as a double A-side with 'Have You Made Up Your Mind' on May 26 2008. It was the first single be the first released from Paul’s double album '22 Dreams'.

Weller's gig at London's Royal Albert Hall this Thursday (May 27) is to be streamed online.

The gig is Weller's fourth out of a five-night run at the historic venue, and will see him showcase new album 'Wake Up The Nation', along with tracks from his back catalogue.

As well as being broadcast live from 8:45pm (BST), Weller's performance will be repeated several times over the following days.

Visit www.paulweller.com for more details.

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Happy Birthday Alan White

Happy Birthday to former Oasis drummer Alan White who is 38 today.

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Liam Gallagher Names New Band

Beady Eye (Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock) are in the studio with Steve Lillywhite, working on their way of looking at the world.

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Liam Gallagher Interview With Nylon TV

Liam Gallagher talks with Nylon TV about his clothing label, Pretty Green.

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Noel Gallagher On The 2010 World Cup

Noel Gallagher talks to Tim Lovejoy about the 2010 World Cup

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Spartacus 'Fresco' Features Liam And Noel Gallagher

Paul Karslake's new work depicting comtemporary heroes and villains shows the X-Factor judges fighting while Noel Gallagher beheads his Oasis bandmate Liam.

Geordie television presenters Ant and Dec watch and smirk from the sidelines as the carnage unfolds in the arena.

On the right of the 7ft by 5ft painting, actresses Joanna Lumley and Angelina Jolie pout while a surprisingly aggressive Rocket Man-era Elton John charges about wielding a shield and sword.

Karslake's painting, unveiled at Camden Market, marks the launch of Bravo's controversial TV show Spartacus: Blood and Sand.

At its centre is star of the show Andy Whitfield, who stands over two of his victims, one of them former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Welsh-born Whitfield is a man who epitomises courage both on and off-screen as he portrays the rebellious warrior slave Spartacus and in real life battles non-hodgkins lymphoma.

Describing his inspiration for the painting, Karslake said: "After watching several episodes of Spartacus, I was struck by how contemporary society holds just as much sex, violence and deception as it did in Roman times.

"Every day, modern day gladiators vie for our attention and are held up for our entertainment in a bid to win our affection, ratings or votes.

"If Simon Cowell had been around in Ancient Rome, would he be running Gladiatorial schools or does Gordon Brown's demise bear any resemblance to emperors of the past?"

Spartacus: Blood and Sand airs exclusively on Tuesdays at 10pm from Tuesday May 25 and stars Scottish actor John Hannah and Lucy Lawless.

Hannah, who plays Batiatus, owner of the Gladiator arena said: "I think we all like that historical world.

"We want to know where our society has come from and who we are, and what we were without the constraints of civilization.

"I think those kind of people still exist - they're just dressed in suits and pinstripe shirts now. I can see the modern parallels."

Historian and writer Natalie Hayes said: "Ancient Rome is no different from the modern world.

"We no longer watch chariot races or gladiatorial fights but we watch races just like Romans did - for us the chariots have become Formula 1 cars.

"Let's not pretend we don't watch with the same guilty excitement there might be a crash.

"And as for the gladiators? We watch plenty of battles today - whether it's the FA Cup, or the Wimbledon Men's Final - someone has to win, and someone has to lose.

"We bet money on the outcome, just like Romans. And the gladiatorial nature of our world isn't limited to the sporting arena: it's why Prime Minister's Questions is compelling TV - one man battling with another, as a crowd bays for more.

"It's why we watch Big Brother, as a crowd outside the house boos and cheers their favourite characters within.

"We're watching Spartacus: Blood and Sand for the sex, the violence, the swearing, the swords and the sandals.

"But we're also watching it because we see ourselves in our Roman ancestors."

The painting will be on show to the public at Marylebone Station all day Monday, protected by two fearsome gladiators.

Passers by are invited to admire the work and donate to The Lymphoma Association or Help for Heroes.

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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Wayne Rooney Still Has His Manchester City Gibson Guitar

Rio Ferdinand revealing interview with Wayne Rooney appears in his No 5 online magazine tomorrow.

Here is a little piece from it.

Rio: Is it true Noel Gallagher sent you a guitar for your birthday?

Wayne: Yeah, he did. Colleen asked him. I'm a big fan of Oasis, she bought the guitar and then sent it to them to sign for my birthday. I was happy with the guitar he gave me but a bit disappointed with his comments afterwards. He said I gave it away to charity but I've still got it in the house.

To watch Rio's video interview in full log on to www.rioferdinand.com/5mag

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Noel Gallagher Gets The Drinks In

Noel Gallagher gets the drinks in, after he presented Paul Weller with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Ivor Novello Awards earlier this week in London.

Source: Scan from taday's Daily Star

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Bombay Bicycle Club: 'We're Glad Liam Gallagher Insulted Us'

Band thank the former Oasis man...

Bombay Bicycle Club have said it was “a good thing” that Liam Gallagher criticised them.

In March, the former Oasis star slammed the band, and took specific aim at their name.

However, in an interview with XFM, singer Jack Steadman said they were unfazed by Gallagher’s remarks.

“We were thinking about changing the name of our band before he said those things,” he said.

“It was a quick solution. We didn’t think we’d ever have to worry about it or defend it – we were playing a gig and we just needed a name.”

Steadman said that the insult also proved that Gallagher had noticed the group.

“It’s a good thing to be insulted by Liam Gallagher. We’ve made it now,” he said.

“We’re on his radar. He doesn’t say anything nice about bands. It’s good to get a mention.”

Bombay Bicycle Club are set to release a new acoustic album, entitled 'Flaws', on July 12.

Source: www.gigwise.com

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Oasis Time Flies - Exclusive Noel Gallagher Interview Clips & Competition!

“We’re not arrogant, we just believe we’re the greatest band in the World.” (Noel Gallagher, 1995)

“The fact that we kept it together for so long is testament to our love of the music. It’s from the heart.” (Noel Gallagher, 2010)

Over the next couple of weeks Big Brother Recordings will be releasing a series of exclusive internet-only video interview clips with Noel Gallagher.

Speaking to veteran broadcaster Gary Crowley, Noel gives his take on writing and recording the tracks on the forthcoming singles collection 'Time Flies… 1994-2009', reminisces about career milestones such as the first time he heard Oasis on the radio, choosing the first Oasis single, fan and band favourites such as “lost single” 'Whatever' and much more.

There are a total of 23 clips featuring never-before-seen interview footage that will only be available to view online here at Oasisinet, the band's official YouTube channel and select partners. Each clip features Noel playing the raconteur and takes us on a charming, intimate and witty trip through the band's history.

Today also marks the start of a new competition over at the Oasis Facebook page. We've made up a quiz to test your knowledge about the band's history and the prize is a pretty special one. The fan who wins the competition will receive 'Time Flies... 1994-2009' album artwork, we'll frame it for you... and if that wasn't enough, we'll get the guys to sign it and personalise it to you! Check it out HERE!

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Noel Gallagher Has A Pop At Annie Lennox At Ivor Awards

Lord Noel Gallagher was on reliably mickey-taking form at the Ivors as he had a sly pop at Annie Lennox.

Eurythmics legend Annie presented Brit singer Imogen Heap with the International Achievement award.

And Annie used her time on the podium to say what a hard time female artists have in the male-dominated music industry. She said the most patronising question she was ever asked was about what it was like to be a woman in the rock world.

Later, former Oasis axeman Noel could not resist a dig at Annie as he presented Paul Weller with the Lifetime Achievement award.

He declared: "I am a man. A man in rock. People ask what it's like to be a man in rock and I say, 'It's aaaalllright'."

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

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On This Day In Oasis History...

On May 21st 2001, Noel Gallagher was interviewed in Toronto, Canada for 'Much Music'.

The band were in North America for 'The Tour of Brotherly Love' featuring Oasis, The Black Crowes, and Spacehog. The three rock bands featured pairs of brothers: Noel and Liam Gallagher, Chris and Rich Robinson, Royston and Antony Langdon. The tour's title is a nod to the fact that all three pairs of brothers have been known to fight, sometimes physically, sometimes even publicly.

Originally scheduled for 21 dates across the United States and Canada, the three bands performed to capacity crowds in medium-sized arenas and concert halls, including a three-night stand at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

Noel Gallagher and Gem Archer of Oasis and the Langdon brothers of Spacehog joined The Black Crowes on stage at the end of most shows on the tour, performing covers of songs by Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Pink Floyd and The Rolling Stones. Oasis drummer Alan White missed the tour with a thumb injury and was replaced by older brother Steve White.

Also broadcast on this day was 'MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch', click here to watch the fight.

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Noel Gallagher Presents Paul Weller With Lifetime Achievement Award

Noel Gallagher was on hand to present the Lifetime Achievement Award to Paul Weller, at the 55th Ivor Novello awards that were held earlier today.

Paul has found success across three decades with The Jam, The Style Council and his acclaimed solo work.

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Adidas Originals - The Street Where Originality Lives (Extended Version)

Noel Gallagher features in a new extended commercial for Adidas Originals' 2010 Global Campaign.

Welcome to the street where originality lives; the Adidas Originals neighborhood. This is where athletes, musicians, skaters, artists, entertainers and more all come together to show their colors, their style and their originality.

The Advert features Adrienne Bailon, Agyness Deyn, Ana Ivanovic, Calle 13, David Beckham, DJ Neil Armstrong, Fernando Verdasco, Hyori Lee, Ian Brown, Jay Baruchel Jeremy Scott, Louise Roe, Mr. Hudson, N-Dubz, Snoop Dogg, Tallulah Morton, Whitney Port, Dee Edwards.

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Noel Gallagher: It's A Travesty We Have Only Had It Once

Fabio Capello yesterday said England was the "best country to host the World Cup".

The England boss joined the 4,000 people who have backed The Sun's campaign to save the nation's 2018 bid.

Click here to sign The Sun's E-petition.

The Italian, 63, said: "This is the best country where you can play football. The transport, the fans, the stadiums, the hotels, everything is good.

This is why I think it will be fine for England."

The Sun launched Save Our Bid this week, calling on FIFA to ignore former bid chairman Lord Triesman's corruption claims.

Boxing ace Ricky Hatton, 31, joined our crusade - which you can support by signing the e-petition, above - saying: "England is where the beautiful game began. Bring it on."

Oasis star Noel Gallagher, 42, speaking at the launch of Umbro's I'm In campaign, said: "England should win. It's a travesty we have only had it once."

Other celebs backing our bid included former England captain Alan Shearer, TV host Adrian Chiles and Fatboy Slim star Norman Cook.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

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Oasis’ 'Time Flies' US Release Details

As previously reported, Oasis are releasing Time Flies…1994-2009, a lengthy compilation of their singles, on June 15. Legacy Recordings, which is handling the distribution of the set, issued a release detailing all the iterations of the set that can be purchased.

The set exists in three forms. The standard double-disc set will include 26 of the band’s U.K. singles plus U.S. hit “Champagne Supernova” (the U.K. edition will include all the proper singles, including “Sunday Morning Call” in place of “Supernova”). A four-disc edition will exist as an import, with the U.K. version of the set, a DVD of 38 promo videos and a bonus disc of the band’s final concert in 2009. Finally, the set will be released as a five-LP set with the U.K. track list intact.

Oasis – Time Flies 1994-2009 (Big Brother Records/Legacy)

Disc 1

Supersonic
Roll with It
Live Forever
Wonderwall
Stop Crying Your Heart Out
Cigarettes & Alcohol
Songbird
Don’t Look Back in Anger
The Hindu Times
Stand by Me
Lord Don’t Slow Me Down
Shakermaker
All Around the World

Disc 2 *

Champagne Supernova
Some Might Say
The Importance of Being Idle
D’You Know What I Mean?
Lyla
Let There Be Love
Go Let It Out
Who Feels Love?
Little by Little
The Shock of the Lightning
She is Love
Whatever
I’m Outta Time
Falling Down

Disc 3 – DVD **

Supersonic
Supersonic (U.S. Version)
Shakermaker
Live Forever
Live Forever (U.S. Version)
Cigarettes & Alcohol
Whatever
Some Might Say
Roll with It
Wonderwall
Don’t Look Back in Anger
D’You Know What I Mean?
Stand by Me
All Around the World
Go Let It Out
Who Feels Love?
Sunday Morning Call
The Hindu Times
Stop Crying Your Heart Out
Little by Little
Songbird
Lyla
The Importance of Being Idle
Let There Be Love
Lord Don’t Slow Me Down
The Shock of the Lightning
I’m Outta Time
Falling Down
Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
Morning Glory
Champagne Supernova
Acquiesce (Live)
Don’t Go Away
Where Did It All Go Wrong?
Gas Panic! (Live)
Little by Little (Live)
The Masterplan
Acquiesce

Disc 4 – Live from the iTunes Festival, The Roundhouse, London – 7/21/2009

Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
Lyla
The Shock of the Lightning
Cigarettes & Alcohol
Roll with It
The Masterplan
Songbird
Slide Away
Morning Glory
Half the World Away
I’m Outta Time
Wonderwall
Supersonic
Live Forever
Don’t Look Back in Anger
Champagne Supernova

* U.K. version of Disc 2 omits Track 1 and adds “Sunday Morning Call” as Track 14. Japanese version adds “Don’t Go Away” to the end of Disc 2.

** Each video features audio commentary from Noel and Liam Gallagher

Disc 1 Tracks 1, 3, 6 and 12 from Definitely Maybe (Creation, 1994)
Disc 2 Track 12 is a non-LP single (Creation, 1994)
Disc 1 Tracks 2, 4 and 8 and Disc 2 Tracks 1-2 from (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (Creation, 1995)
Disc 1 Tracks 10 and 13 and Disc 2 Tracks 3 and 14 (Japan) from Be Here Now (Creation, 1997)
Disc 2 Tracks 7, 8 and 14 (U.K. only) from Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (Big Brother, 2000)
Disc 1 Tracks 5, 7 and 9 and Disc 2 Tracks 9 and 11 from Heathen Chemistry (Big Brother, 2002)
Disc 2 Tracks 3, 5 and 6 from Don’t Believe the Truth (Big Brother, 2005)
Disc 1 Track 11 is a non-LP single (Big Brother, 2007)
Disc 2 Tracks 10, 13 and 14 from Dig Out Your Soul (Big Brother, 2008)

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What's The Best Oasis Song Written By Liam Gallagher?

This month the poll in the right side menu is for the best Oasis song written by Liam Gallagher.

The choices are

'Little James' from Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants

'Songbird' from Heathen Chemistry
'Born On A Different Cloud' from Heathen Chemistry
'Better Man' from Heathen Chemistry

'Love Like A Bomb' from Don't Believe The Truth (co-written with Gem Archer)
'The Meaning Of Soul' from Don't Believe The Truth
'Guess God Thinks I'm Abel' from Don't Believe The Truth

'Won't Let You Down' from Lyla single (B-Side)

'Pass Me Down The Wine' from The Importance Of Being Idle single (B-Side)

'I'm Outta Time' from Dig Out Your Soul
'Ain't Got Nothin' from Dig Out Your Soul
'Soldier On' from Dig Out Your Soul

'Boy With The Blues' from Dig Out Your Soul (Bonus Track)
'I Believe In All' from Dig Out Your Soul (Bonus Track)

Liam Gallagher Tops Up His Tan In Cannes With Wife Nicole

Here's Liam Gallagher enjoying the sunshiiiine in Cannes.

The Oasis frontman was topping up his tan alongside wife Nicole onboard a flash yacht.

It's been a while since we've seen Liam minus his Parka and leopard-print loathers.

But he manages to pull off these chequered shorts.

Well, I never had him down as a Speedos man.

Check out the pictures here.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

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Crumbs, It’s ... Noel Gallagher

Here's Bizarre lord Noel Gallagher as you have never seen him before - in a picture made from breadcrumbs.

Artist Lennie Payne came up with the technique after earning cult status for doing portraits by blow-torching toast.

Lennie has used the breadcrumb technique for portraits of Ian Brown and Howard Marks as part of a new deal with donnelly24.com, who are hosting an exhibition tomorrow at the Maverik Showroom in London's Shoreditch.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

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Liam Gallagher: The Movie Mogul

Liam Gallagher jets into Cannes in his new guise as a movie mogul. He's got the smoky shades and the Superfly gait. His leather coat is buttoned to the throat and he lopes across the beachfront terrace wearing a pair of fluffy, leopard-print loafers he might have plucked from a pensioner's feet. The press aren't sure what to make of him. "He's become a caricature," one whispers to me. "He should be in a Mike Leigh film."

It's unlikely Gallagher will act in a Mike Leigh film – he says his favourite recent movie is Avatar. Instead, the Oasis frontman has teamed up with Revolution Films to adapt The Longest Cocktail Party, the 1972 memoir by Richard Di Lello, an American teen who became the "house hippie" at Apple records; the story views the Beatles' break-up from the wings. "The Beatles aren't going to be in this film," cautions Gallagher. "There's gonna be no one auditioning for John, Paul, George and Ringo. And there'll be no wigs." I see a foreign journalist duly note this down: no wigs.

Apple, explains producer Andrew Eaton, was ahead of its time: a multimedia enterprise that branched into film, fashion and retail, before collapsing at the start of the 1970s. "But I like that," Gallagher says. "I like the failure, the sadness of something being so great. It's life – shit happens. You've got to pick the good bits and mix them with the sad bits, or the horrendous bits."

This project, he adds, is a one-off. The film business is just like the music business, full of people talking bullshit: he can't be taking it from two sides at once. "I'm doing this one thing and then that's it, I'm back on the dole. I'm not gonna be doing films about whales or unkempt eyebrows."

The reporter drags me aside. "Did he say whales or Wales?" he asks, notebook at the ready. It could conceivably be either. The singer has gone and he leaves us with a mystery. Whales or Wales? We stare blankly out to sea, pondering the profound implications of the film Liam Gallagher will never make.

Click here to watch another short interview with Liam.

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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