Noel Gallagher Sings On Miles Kane's Debut Album

Wirral singer songwriter Miles Kane's debut album will feature harmonies sung by Noel Gallagher.

The Oasis star sings on the track My Fantasy on Kane's first solo album, Colour Of The Trap.

The album, released on 9 May, also features two tracks produced by Super Furry Animals' musician Gruff Rhys.

Kane, formerly of the Last Shadow Puppets and Wirral band The Rascals, is currently supporting Liam Gallagher's new project Beady Eye on their UK tour.

He told the BBC that working with Noel Gallagher was a spontaneous collaboration.

"I was mixing my album, he came down for a coffee, I was gonna put these harmonies on and he ended up doing it. Simple as that."

Kane admits that working with the biggest names in the industry has helped him to develop his solo career.

"It's great to have this kind of support at such an early stage."

"During my first week of recording as a solo artist he [Gruff Rhys] really boosted my confidence. I can't think him enough and I'd love to work with him again.

"He's a lovely guy and he has a great aura about him."

Kane's album also worked with San Francisco-based hip-hop producer Dan 'The Automator' Nakamura on the album, and says as he has adapted to writing on his own, his work has become more emotional.

"There's a lot of feelings on this record. And I wasn't afraid to put them on there because I thought, 'if I'm going to do it, then I'm going to let it all out there'. I've laid it all on the line."

Mile Kane will be performing at St Georges Hall for Liverpool Sound City on 20 May 2011.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Oasis' Bonehead In Basingstoke Tonight

In a great coup for the town’s music scene, Oasis founder member Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs will play Karma tonight as part of a stunning One Hundred Percent Music line-up.

He’ll be in Basingstoke in a new four-piece – fronted by Scottish musician John Mackie – and he tells me in a quick chat over the phone that he can’t wait for the tour to start.

Paul enthuses: “It’s going to be good because I haven’t done anything for a while. John’s been around on the Manchester scene for a few years as a solo artist and he’s pretty well known.

“We lost the singer in our old band (The Vortex), and we got John in. Then when that split and fizzled out, we just got stuck into doing some recording, me and John.

“We just seemed to gel together workwise and in the studio, so we just thought we’d make a go of it so we recruited a bass player and drummer just before Christmas. I have a very good feeling about it and can’t wait to get out on the road, actually.”

Basingstoke’s One Hundred Percent Music has assembled a superb rock and indie triple bill consisting of Sevesa, ElleKaye and Bluefire Messiahs – who’ll be seen at Basingstoke Live – to perform on the night too.

So, is Paul’s new material in the indie vein?

“Indie yeah, but big powerful songs written by John,” Paul replies. “Big life stories, pretty emotional songs, quite personal to John, but what everyone can share and make something of – really powerful words.”

The new group hope to record with the legendary Owen Morris, who produced the first three Oasis albums in addition to The Verve’s Northern Soul and The View’s debut release.

Paul explains: “We are going to record with him once he can find some space but I’ve got a recording studio at home, so for the moment we’re just doing it there. We have no plans yet but it will be good when it happens – if we can contain him, but that’s another story.”

And now for the inevitable Oasis questions. Credit to him, 45 year-old Paul deals with them in extremely good grace, clearly in complete understanding of the awe in which the band were, and still are, held.

He says: “People ask me a lot about Oasis, how it was and how it is now. But I get nothing but good reaction from Oasis fans in general in the street or out in town.”

Obviously, he left in 1999 before the lesser material of the later years and the friction between the Gallagher brothers eventually caused the bitter end of Oasis.

Dare I ask if he was glad to have been proved wise in hindsight by leaving before it all went wrong and the quality of their output sharply declined?

Impressively, he refuses to say a bad word about anyone connected with the group.

“You’re speaking to the wrong man because I am Oasis’ number one fan and always will be. I am off up to Glasgow to see Liam’s first gig with Beady Eye so that’ll be good.

“I am never gonna put Oasis down but I do think I got out at the right time. I have always said that I do think we should have bowed out at Knebworth, come off stage and said, ‘Thank you, goodnight, we were Oasis’. That would have been a fitting ending to the whole dream, and that’s my perspective.”

When Paul decided to make a break from the band, he cited the need to spend more time with his family, especially his two children who were just toddlers at the time.

What’s it like now that they’re old enough to attend his gigs and critique the old man? Do they understand the legacy he has been a part of?

“My daughter came to see us last year and she absolutely loved it. They do seem to understand – they are both big music fans in their own right and they have good taste in music.”

“Although,” he adds with a laugh. “It tends to be my kid’s mates’ parents who are a bit giddy that I was in Oasis.”

Source: www.basingstokegazette.co.uk

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There Is Life After Oasis For Beady Eye

Nobody seriously thought that when Noel Gallagher left Oasis in 2009 we had seen the last of him or "our kid" Liam. Few though expected Liam -hardly a songwriting powerhouse, nor seemingly the more together Gallagher - to make the first move.

But Liam's Beady Eye have their debut album - Different Gear, Still Speeding - tucked snugly under their belts and last night they made their London debut before an audience including ex-All Saint Nicole Appleton (Mrs Liam), plus assorted Arctic Monkeys, Kasabians and Kaiser Chiefs.

That there wasn't an Oasis song heard or demanded hardly mattered. After all, Beady Eye songs are sung by Oasis's singer and played by Oasis's band (minus Noel), so there were no prizes for guessing who those songs might resemble.

Although Oasis's later albums will not be remembered fondly, they spent their final summer playing arenas and stadiums to delirious crowds.

It wasn't broke and Liam was never going to attempt to fix it. So the more things change, the more they stay the same. Now 38 and in the most commanding vocal form of his career, Liam still seemingly does nothing on stage yet, courtesy of the charisma that courses through his DNA, he remains one of the great frontmen. As in Oasis, he stood statuesque, his sweat-drenched Parka remaining stubbornly buttoned up. Hands locked behind his back, knees bent and legs bowed Max Wall-style, he somehow remains the perfect rock star.

Yet, there was a subtle difference. Gallagher still swaggered, he's still not one for lengthy discourse and he did spend much of the closing Sons Of The Stage (a cover of long-lost scamps' World Of Twist's finest moment) glowering at the audience like a security guard. But, perhaps a little insecure after leaving the Oasis cocoon, he thanked the audience for coming and applauded them. There was even gentle musical evolution: for all its hideously clichéd title, there was a new-found sweetness to The Beat Goes On. And, more surprising still, sweetness rather becomes Liam Gallagher.

The Morning Son may yet become Beady Eye's Don't Look Back In Anger; Four Letter Word was built around a tsunami of electrifying riffs and Three Ring Circus was a thumping stomper which literally shook the Troxy balcony. Beady Eye may be conservative, but that doesn't mean they don't thrill. For Liam Gallagher, there is life after Oasis. Your move Noel...

Beady Eye's show at the Troxy tonight is sold out.

Source: www.thisislondon.co.uk

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Beady Eye In London Live Updates And Photos

Setlist

'Four Letter Word'
'Beatles And Stones'
'Millionaire'
'For Anyone'
'The Roller'
'Wind Up Dream'
'Bring The Light'
'Standing On The Edge Of The Noise'
'Kill For A Dream'
'Three Ring Circus'
'Man Of Misery'
'The Beat Goes On'
'The Morning Sun'
'Sons Of The Stage'

Live updates from the Troxy in London.

Spotted in the crowd Tom Meighan, Alex Turner, Matt Helders and Alexa Chung.

Gem Archer And Liam Gallagher Interview

Liam Gallagher and Gem Archer discuss Beady Eye and more on Drivetime with Simon Mayo..

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Carlos Tevez At Beady Eye's Gig In Manchester

Argentinian footballer Carlos Tevez was one of the guests at Beady Eye's show at the Apollo in Manchester on Sunday (6th March).

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Liam Gallagher Talks Beady Eye, Oasis And More

Liam Gallagher's new band is Oasis without the sibling drama, writes Cameron Adams.

It's a cold morning in a posh hotel in London. The rain is expected, the early arrival of Liam Gallagher for an interview, well, not so much.

Yet these days, Gallagher is a man on a mission. The inevitable split of Oasis finally came in August 2009, following the umpteenth altercation between brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher. While Noel walked, stating, "I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer", Liam, instead, went to the pub with Oasis bandmates Andy Bell, Gem Archer and drummer Chris Sharrock.

In a matter of hours they had formed Beady Eye. While Noel is still off the radar, Beady Eye's first album Different Gear, Still Speeding has been unleashed. It sounds, not surprisingly, like Oasis.

Liam says the band had toyed with keeping the name Oasis (which he coined before Noel joining) before deciding to avoid the soft option.

"There's no point," he says. "I don't want to be up there singing those songs Noel wrote. We're well capable of writing our own stuff. It might not be as big as Oasis, it might not be a phenomenon, but who knows? I think we're good enough to turn heads, to get people buzzing about music."

While Beady Eye's creation may have been swift, for Liam there was no other option.

"This is the best thing you could ever do, music. You've been given a talent, you just got to go for it. It's not hard, is it? It's f---ing great, man," he says.

The formation has caused heated debate. Even the name has been analysed.

"I didn't think people would give two f---s what we were called," Liam says.

Guitarist Archer is more succinct.

"The grieving process starts when you call the band something else, but people have to start coming to terms with the fact that that was then ... ," he says.

"Imagine if it's a band you're a fan of, it hurts. We've all been there. I had it when The Jam split up. You look forward to their new records, then the band split. But you've still got the records. People have got Beady Eye now."

After tales of dysfunctional Oasis recording sessions, where the Gallagher brothers would deliberately stay away from each other, making Beady Eye's debut was a breeze.

Liam hints at Noel pushing him to breaking point while recording Oasis albums.

"With Beady Eye, we'd do four or five takes, we'd get it and move on. Mentally that's good for your head. With Oasis, he'd give me 30 takes towards the end. You think, 'What's all this about? What's going on?' Some days, you'd just want to knock it on the head," he says.

Noel remains the elephant in the room during Beady Eye interviews. Liam's relationship with his elder brother is as distant as ever; at least they now no longer have to share a room - or a band. Archer and Bell remain friends with Noel, even if they've professionally joined Team Liam.

Ask if Noel has heard Beady Eye and there's silence before Liam says merely, "Dunno".

While the album has received favourable reviews, many state it's better than anyone expected. That sticks in Beady Eye's collective craw.

"Did they think we were suddenly going to turn s--- overnight?" Archer asks.

"It was a band before, it's a band now."

Liam takes slightly more time to respond.

"There's no f---ing way Noel Gallagher was carrying all us lot. I'm not having that. I do find that a bit of an insult, but you have to let it go, because there's more important things in life," he says.

"People who go, 'I think it will be s--- without Noel', have not seen us on stage. They would know we've got passion and we know what we're doing. They're trying to wind us up."

Liam says he's read the occasional review.

"You want people to like it, don't you?" he says.

"You don't want people to f---ing hate it. But they're still not going to knock us off our perch at what we do. We're not going to go back and go, 'OK, our next record will be a dance record' or what's hot this week. We'll still write that kind of music."

To wit - new single The Roller sounds like John Lennon's Instant Karma.

"People have said that," says Archer, who wrote it.

"It's that descending piano line. I'll take that as a compliment. I'm not on the run from my love of Lennon. It's why I'm here. You're eight years old, you see all that and you think 'I want a bit of that'."

Archer says once Liam sang his lyrics, The Roller fell into place.

"When he sings them, they come alive," Archer says.

"It feels natural," Liam says of singing the Beady Eye material. "Like when Noel used to give you a song. It feels like they're mine, I can get really into them. I don't find it hard. That s--- is in me."

Where Oasis records - and live shows - would see Noel singing a handful of tracks, Beady Eye is strictly Liam.

Tell him it's nice to hear his trademark voice on a full album and his trademark modesty kicks in.

"It f---ing is nice, isn't it?" Gallagher says. "It's my job, singing. All that going on and off at the gigs, you'd get dizzy."

He's also nonchalant when asked about how he takes care of his voice.

"I take a little bit of care of it, but you've got to live, haven't you? Who wants to drink honey all day? You'll turn into a bee," he says.

Liam wrote a handful of Beady Eye tracks, including The Morning Sun, with the grammatical clanger "the morning sun has rose".

"It's not f---ing Shakespeare, but it is what it is," Liam says.

The next frontier for Beady Eye is live shows. They've just played their first major gigs in the UK, with a setlist that includes the entire album and a cover by relatively obscure band World Of Twist.

"We know what we're doing," Liam says. "The album sounds better live than on record. There's no doubting our ability to play live."

And, like recording, touring is less dramatic without the Gallagher sibling rivalry.

"It was a massive operation before (with Oasis); this is a debut we'll do in theatres and clubs," Archer says. "That's how we're approaching it. It's not like we're reaching for the skies yet, there's time for that."

Unlike most new bands, they have a ready-built audience.

"When you put tickets on sale and they sell out straight away, obviously that's not like a new band," Archer says.

"But it's the same reaction, they'll have the album, they'll have to get it in their hearts and heads and souls, it's all going to hit them at once as opposed to the (Oasis) greatest hits tour you do after eight albums."

Again Liam rants about anyone expecting Oasis songs at Beady Eye gigs. "Noel's going to have to do Oasis songs, and rightly so - they're his songs - but we're not living off the past," he says.

"The past was good to us, but we're drawing the line and going forward. People will have to get used to it. And they will, by the time the gigs are over, they'll be musically satisfied. I'm sure some f---ing clown will shout for Oasis songs to get a reaction."

Liam remains cautious about playing Oasis songs that Beady Eye members wrote in their set.

"Maybe in the future. I doubt it, but we're proud of those (Oasis) songs. Who knows man? At the moment, no way," he says.

There are still no Australian dates for Beady Eye, but Liam has his beady eye set on a certain festival.

"We always miss that Big Day Out, that big holiday where you play a few f---ing tunes and get a sun tan. That'd be perfect."

Liam hasn't lost the ability to give good confident quote.

"We'll see if people buy into Beady Eye. If they don't like you, they f---ing don't. You can't force people to like you. But they'll get it.

"There's f--- all else about and I'm not just saying that. You take Beady Eye out of the picture and what are you doing? Sitting around waiting for Noel (to release something)? It'd be really s--- if you take us away.

"We're the only ones who mean anything right now."

Source: www.adelaidenow.com.au

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Liam Gallagher Moves On From Oasis, Swagger Intact

Life after the death of Oasis begins for Liam Gallagher with his new band Beady Eye. Metro chatted with the 38-year-old musician, who declared "he is starving for success and fears no one."

Are the beginnings of Beady Eye as exciting as they were for Oasis?
Of course. Any beginning is exciting. Our songs are just crazy, and we feel just great. We’re going to kill everything. We’ve got what we need for that.

The album sounds very spontaneous. It sounds like a response to Oasis, a band who became maybe like a routine to you.
When you’re in a big machine like Oasis, it works by itself. Everything is becoming a routine, so it gets sometimes boring. We needed to create something new and fresh. That’s why it sounds spontaneous.

What was your inspiration for Different Gear, Still Speeding?
Rock ‘n’ roll. Nothing else. We just wanted to have fun. And that's rock ‘n’ roll: no brains, just feelings. It’s as simple as that.

People will compare Beady Eye to Oasis. How are you prepared to respond to your fans and critics alike?
We are Oasis. Oasis became big because of the people who were in the band. We can do the exact same thing with Beady Eye. We are starving for success and we do not fear anyone. Our music is universal, and people will like it whether they live in Peru or in Paris. And if some people don’t like it, it doesn’t matter.

There is a huge electro-pop scene in England. Are you interested in that sound?
I don’t care. Why would we play dance music? It would be against our influences, against rock ‘n’ roll and against the Beatles. We’re not going to play dance music just to be in fashion. It would be like wearing a dress. To me, those bands are just shit.

On this tour, you’re going to play in small venues. Are you tired of stadiums?
We’re a new band and new bands play in small places. We have only released one album. We’re not going to play in a stadium – it’s not adapted for the way we play.

That’s courageous. You could have chosen to play Oasis songs in a stadium.
Maybe we’re not as arrogant as people think. We play it cool. Everything has its time.

In the English press, not a week goes by without an article on Beady Eye and Oasis.
It’s amazing how Oasis makes its own publicity on the back of Beady Eye. People have never been so interested in Oasis since it finished.

You have the reputation to appreciate no other band. Is there not one band that you like at the moment?
Nothing new interests me, but we agree with Beady Eye to say that Miles Kane (of The Rascals / The Last Shadow Puppets fame) makes really good music.

You’re well known for your thundering declarations. What would you say about this album. That it’s the best album of the year? The album of the century?
No, I won’t say that. I let you say it.

Source: www.metronews.ca

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Beady Eye Roll Into London

Beady Eye will play at the Troxy in London tonight (09/03/11) and tomorrow.

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Liam Gallagher Is On The Front Of Italian 'Vanity Fair' Magazine

Liam Gallagher is on the front of the Italian 'Vanity Fair' magazine, click here for a closer look.

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Liam Gallagher Thinks Lady Gaga Is Great

It has been eighteen months now since Oasis broke up following an argument between singer Liam Gallagher and his guitarist brother Noel at a show in Paris, France. That’s a long enough period of time for Liam to form a new band, Beady Eye, with Oasis members Andy Bell, Gem Archer, and Chris Sharrock, and for that act to record their debut CD, Different Gear, Still Speeding, which was released March

1. However, a year and a half is apparently not a lengthy enough period for the Gallagher brothers to have kissed and made up. In fact, Liam says that he hasn’t spoken to his brother since the argument in Paris, and that there wasn’t a lot of “speaking” going on then. “We screamed at each other,” he recalls. “It wasn’t speaking, but sort of shouting at each other. And that was it. Never mind.”

Liam and Andy Bell talk about the debut Beady Eye CD, the royal wedding, and Lady Gaga.

Entertainment Weekly: What’s the mood like in the Beady Eye camp?

Andy Bell: It’s pretty good, man. We’re doing rehearsals, we’re doing interviews, we’re building up to the big day when we start playing live. We’re actually very excited about doing some gigs.

I read you’ll be playing all new material at the shows. Are you sticking with that?
Liam Gallagher: Oh yeah. We’re playing the album a couple of b-sides, and maybe a cover… of “Wonderwall.”

A cover of your own song? Well, not your song, but an Oasis song?
LG: No, I’m joking, mate. We’re doing a cover of “Sons of the Stage” by World of Twist. Great tune. And that’s about it, really.

How different was the atmosphere while you were making this album compared to the last Oasis album?
AB: Well, I mean you didn’t have Noel there directing things, which was a big change. But we’re into the same music we always were. We’re still a guitar and rock’n’roll band.

Liam, on the track “Beatles and Stones” you sing “I’m going to stand the test of time like Beatles and Stones.” That’s fighting talk.

LG: Well, that’s the name of the game, innit? You don’t want to be listening to your music in five years down the line and it’s sounding s—. You want it sound as good as all them old classics, you know what I mean?

Do you think that’s something you’ve achieved with the album?

LG: Yeah, definitely. That’s our opinion, anyway. Otherwise we wouldn’t have put it out. We wouldn’t be talking to you about it. If other people feel the same, great. If they don’t, never mind.

The name Beady Eye does put you next to the Beatles in the three record stores that are left in the world. Was that deliberate?

LG: Yeah. The name Beady Eye looks great on paper. You have to call yourselves summat. Whatever we had called ourselves, some people would have turned their nose up at it. So you just had to do it, put it out there. It all depends on the music. If the music’s good, people will come round to the name.

Obviously Oasis had their ups and downs over the years. When did you realize that it was definitely over this time?

LG: When we were making the record. When we started demoing the new songs. I’d kind of seen it coming. All good things come to an end I suppose. But there you go, no one died.

That’s true. Has Noel heard the Beady Eye CD?

LG: I’m not sure, but we’re all on the same management, and we’ve all got the same people working for us. Maybe he’s sort of just washed his hands with the whole thing and doesn’t care. But, if he’s a music lover, then I think [he'll] want to know what we’re doing. We don’t really care whether he’s heard it or not. Not interested.

Will you be watching the royal wedding?

LG: I think we’ll be on tour, mate.
AB: I think we’re going to be away, yeah.
LG: We’ll put it on the news I suppose. See what happens. Why not, man? Two people in love, can’t be a bad think, can it?

Any thoughts on Lady Gaga?

LG: Yeah. She’s great. Seriously, man, we like her. She’ s the only one out there who’s got balls. I like her. She can play instruments. She can sing. She can dance. She’s weird. She’s shocking people. I like her. I like the Gaga, man.

Source: ew.com

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Beady Eye Return To Ireland To Play Oxegen

Beady Eye are pleased to announce they will be heading back to Ireland this summer to play the Oxegen festival.

Tickets are available to buy now through the Oxegen website HERE!

Other acts performing at the festival include Foo Fighters and Arctic Monkeys.

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

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Beady Eye Already Planning New Record

Beady Eye are already planning their second album, even though their debut, 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' has just been released.

Beady Eye are already planning their second album.

'The Roller' group – featuring all the former members of rock group Oasis apart from guitarist Noel Gallagher –can't wait to start work on their next record even though their debut, 'Different Gear, Still Speeding', was only released last month.

Speaking on the UK's BBC Radio2, singer Liam Gallagher said: "We've got lots of songs man, as soon as the tour wraps up we're gonna write another record. We're not going to stop.

"Our musical path carries on, we feel we're getting better. We're not getting any younger, but we want to be out there making music - sitting at home talking about it doesn't do it for me."

Liam, 38, also said his new group won't play any of his old band's material – most of which was written by his brother - as it would be too "weird".

He added: "'Wonderwall', 'Don't Look Back In Anger', 'Live Forever' – I can't play them anymore, it feels weird – it wouldn't feel like the right thing to do - jumping from Oasis to Beady Eye tracks would be very strange."

Beady Eye are currently touring Europe throughout March and April.

Source: www.tourdates.co.uk

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Beady Eye Interview

Liam Gallagher's post-Oasis band Beady Eye has released their debut album 'Different Gear, Still Speeding'. RTÉ TEN's Taragh Loughrey-Grant grabs a word with Noel's little bro and his band mates to talk hard work, new sound and going solo.

Perhaps it was the lack of renowned tension between the two Gallagher brothers, but Liam and drummer Chris Sharrock and guitarist Andy Bell were in great form, with friendly camaraderie on tap.

Taragh Loughrey-Grant: Do you think people appreciate your work ethic? When Oasis fell apart you went straight into Beady Eye, you have your own clothing range 'Pretty Green' and you're married with three kids.

Liam: I don't think I work that hard really, to be quite honest. I just do me thing, at me own pace. When you get a bit of time, you do something with it. As long as you're doing it well, that's the thing, innit?"

What's your motivation because at this stage it's not money?

Liam: No man, I just like to keep busy. I'm a creative kind of dude and I just like to get things done instead of talking about it.

Out of the Oasis' ashes Beady Eye was born. How did it happen?

Andy: We didn't really think things through that much, we kinda looked 'round the room after the Oasis split happened and just sort of said 'Shall we just carry on making music together?' That met with a round of nods and then we came back to London and started doing it.

Liam: That met with a round of drinks actually!

Whenever you are linked to something controversial, the media often bring up your Irish background Liam.

Yeah, they don't realise I'm half Yugoslavian!

Are you still 'mad for it' and will you still be looking for crazy riders on this tour or are you more green tea and 'Coronation Street' these days?

I've always been that man. We've calmed down a little bit but not too much, we just pick and choose when to have a good time, know what I mean? But we're not in a nursing home!

Perhaps not a good time to bring up the fact that he's turning forty next year.

Sharrock joined Oasis in 2008 and Noel said at the time in an interview for MOJO: "Liam is still not happy about Chris Sharrock, because he's Robbie Williams' drummer. I went home and thought about it and it was just too much of a temptation to p**s Robbie Williams and Liam off in one phone call."

Chris you used to be the drummer for Robbie Williams and does Liam still hold that against you?

No, not at all, I don't think I'd be here if he did. That was just a gig that was just a job in a band, this is something else.

How would you describe the overall 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' sound?

Liam: I think it's pretty colourful man, the album as a whole it's colourful, it's not black or white record, it's not dull and it's very melodic as well.

Andy: If I had to describe the differences in style between Oasis and Beady Eye, I'd say we sound a little more uplifting on this record in comparison to the later Oasis stuff. It's a hard one to call, because we're inside it and we were inside Oasis too.

Chris: I think Andy being on the guitar is a major difference, sound wise.

Liam: And we're still having it man, we're loud and we're still gonna kick ass without a doubt.

'Bring the Light' is a good example of that - along with a couple of other tracks on the album it has a very 60's, psychedelic feel to it that will surely play well in your live gigs.

Andy: When we were recording the album and playing it round our houses after the pub some nights, when we'd come back to someone's house and put the record on in its unfinished state - 'Bring the Light' was always the one that we'd tear up the room to.

There's an f-word discreetly dropped in there - do you ever worry about that restricting air play?

Liam: I don't think about it, swearing is one of my great pass times.

While you're at it, what's your favourite curse word?

Liam: Are you ready for this? [Big pause for effect.] Feck!

All the lads have a good laugh at this revelation.

The first track on your debut album 'Four Letter Word' is very cinematic.

Andy: It didn't strike us at the time but I definitely know what you mean and other people, like mates of mine have said the same thing, they think it [the album] sounds like a film soundtrack.

There are some interesting lyrics in 'Kill for a Dream', simple yet relevant such as "Life is too short not to forgive" - is that a little throw-back to the rift that ultimately led to the dissolution of Oasis?

Andy: It's a true line, whatever situation it came out of, it still applies to a lot of situations, that's what I was getting at.

Liam, there was a story recently where you told a curious fan, who asked about your lyrics, that you'd no idea what they mean!

Well I know I haven't got a clue what I'm on about. I think Andy knows what he's talking about but believe you me, I have no idea what I'm on about. I am winging it, big style.

Noel wrote most of the Oasis songs and the spotlight is on you now as you've picked up the pen. Are you enjoying it?

I am, I don't really sit around thinking about it too much. As we said, my life is pretty busy as it is but when it comes to writing a song, I find lyrics pretty hard. I clear my head and write the first thing that comes, if it rhymes with the next bit and gets me to the end of the song it's a sense of relief.

Would you ever go solo?

No, Never. Only when I go to the toilet!

At this stage in your careers, you've played some of the biggest stages and events in the world, including Knebworth, whether together as Oasis or with other groups. How does it feel to be starting out again?

Chris: It happens to us all.

Andy: Our audience is just getting more selective!

Is it exciting though to play the more intimate gigs, like your upcoming concerts in the Olympia in Dublin or is it 'Here we go again?'

A chorus of passionate 'No's followed by Andy's: 'Even in the Oasis days we would look forward to the two or three thousand sized venues which we would do regularly. We'd do a few of them on each tour and they're always the most exciting gigs. We're basically making a virtue of it. We can't come out with a new band and start booking stadiums because no one knows our music yet.
Liam: It's gonna be great man, it's what we're looking forward to. We're not doing this because we have to, we're doing it because we want to. There's plenty of time for the stadiums."

Given the fact that Oasis enjoyed 22 consecutive Top Ten hits and Beady Eye's debut single 'The Roller' entered the UK charts at no 31, where do you see Beady Eye going?

Andy: We'd love to see it going everywhere. The UK and Ireland are quite close to our hearts but I mean anywhere that wants and likes it.

How about America?

Liam: Yeah, they'll do an' all! We just want to keep making music, everything we put out we just want to be great, getting people excited and that but we don't have a real big plan. We just want to make another record as soon as poss.

You joked about your roots earlier Liam but how do you feel about Ireland and your Irish heritage?

I love Ireland, Ireland is top. I love going there and having a good time and that and I can't wait to get back there and play some gigs and having the craic!

The second before we go Andy blurts out..

And I'm married to an Irish lady, Shiarra.

All going well with this album and tour, that could be the paddle to float the next group interview with Beady Eye.

Fans shouldn't expect to hear any cries answered for Oasis favourites answered because it ain't going to happen. Instead get your hands on the new Beady Eye album, 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' and get practising.

Source: www.rte.ie

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Miles Kane Supporting Beady Eye At The Royal Albert Hall

Miles Kane will be supporting Beady Eye as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust series of show at the Royal Albert Hall in London on March 25th.

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Pre-Order 'Upside Down - The Creation Records Story' Now

Pre- order of the DVD and Blue-Ray for 'Upside Down - The Creation Records Story' is now available.

Click here for the DVD and here for the Blue-Ray.

Upside Down will premiere in the USA at this year’s prestigious South by South West event.

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On This Day In Oasis History...

Oasis appeared on The Late Show With David Letterman in New York, on the 8th of March 1995 and played the classic Live Forever.

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Liam Gallagher: Beady Eye Is 'The Best Band On This Planet'

Noel and Liam Gallagher rarely backed away from proclamations of genius as the guitarist and lead singer of Oasis, and the latter still speaks in absolutes when discussing his new band, Beady Eye.

"I feel I'm in the best band that is on this planet, right here today," he tells Billboard.com.

Fortunately for Gallagher -- who formed Beady Eye with three of his former Oasis bandmates -- the feedback on the band's debut album, "Different Gears, Still Speeding," has been nearly as favorable as his own assessment. Released Mar. 1 on Beady Eye Records/Dangerbird, the album debuts at No. 3 on the U.K. albums chart this week. The band is currently showcasing their first set of songs in Europe and will play a trio of North American shows in June at Chicago's Metro (June 18), Toronto's Sound Academy (June 20) and New York's Webster Hall (June 23), with tickets going on sale this Friday.

"We are excited," Gallagher says. "We want people to fucking like it as much as we like it, but realistically, not everybody's gonna like it as much as we do. We're interested to hear what people think about it. But it's not gonna make or break our day."

Gallagher wasted little time getting the new band together after playing with Oasis for 18 years and spending most of that time publicly feuding with brother Noel, who quit the group in August 2009. Liam says he never considered halting his musical output or retiring.

"I retired the day I joined the band. I retired the day I left school," Gallagher says. "I said, 'I ain't working for that bullshit. I'm gonna join a band.' I am retired. I've never worked in my fuckin' life. I've been in a band… It ain't about 'What are you gonna do when you retire?' Do fuck-all and sit there like a vegetable? Don't think so man. I'm gonna keep moving."

Calling on guitarists Andy Bell and Gem Archer, with whom he had played in Oasis for 10 years, and drummer Chris Sharrock, who toured with them in 2008, the group began demoing in London in fall 2009 and had six songs completed by Christmas.

"By that time, [producer] Steve Lillywhite called our management," recounts Bell. "He called almost straight away when [Oasis] broke up and said, 'Look, what's happening?' He heard we were getting a band together and said, 'I want to do an album or at least put my name in the hat.'"

Bell says they played Lillywhite demos of "Beatles and Stones," "Millionaire," "The Roller," "Kill For A Dream" and "Bring The Light," and the famed producer (U2, Dave Matthews Band) liked what he heard.

"And we liked him," says Bell. "So we said, 'Look, when we go in we'll go in with you.' We went back in to our demo studio and did the rest of the demos. We did 13, put them in the right order, and then when we went in with Steve we just recorded in that same order."

Some of the lyrics on "Different Gear" -- "You go your way and I'll go mine," from album closer "The Morning Sun," for example -- could be interpreted as referring to Gallagher's relationship with his brother. While Gallagher says that he just hopes the album "means something, if [listeners] get it wrong or they get it right," Bell doesn't think the album dwells on their frontman's fraternal strife.

"There's more to life than Liam and Noel's soap opera," Bell says. "There's bigger things to worry about, things that are actually life-and-death important. That's more what I hope, that someone that is having a bad time in their own life can listen to it too and it's going to uplift them. That's what I hope for it."

So does Gallagher ever get tired of having a public feud with his brother?

"No," he says. "I kind of like it, actually."

Source: www.billboard.com

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Tickets Still Available For Beady Eye's Teenage Cancer Trust Show

TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE....

Beady Eye will be headlining this year's Teenage Cancer Trust on Friday 25th March at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Teenage Cancer Trust is a long established charity set up to help young people fight cancer. You can read more about the charity and make donations at their website HERE.

The band have been keen supporters of Teenage Cancer Trust through the years with Liam, Gem and Andy having performed at the event in 2002 with Oasis and both Liam and Gem making several appearances between them through the past decade of gigs.

Tickets are on sale now through the following ticketing agencies:

www.teenagecancertrust.org
www.gigsandtours.com (0871 230 7136)
www.ticketmaster.co.uk (0844 844 0444)
www.royalalberthall.com (0845 401 5030)
www.hmv.com and in selected HMV stores (London area only)

Pretty Green has teamed up with the Teenage Cancer Trust to create a new limited edition T-shirt in an effort to raise funds for the charity.

Speaking about the exclusive design, Gallagher says, "I've always been a massive supporter of Teenage Cancer Trust. This collaboration is only just the start."

The exclusive limited edition t-shirt will be available to purchase from 14th March online and in-store for £45 with £20 from each sale donated directly to the Teenage Cancer Trust.

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Watch Beady Eye's Soundcheck In Milan

Beady Eye's gig in Milan, Italy is coming soon...

Wonderwall.it and Sounday.it are proud to present a special competition RESERVED to all the Milan gig ticket holders.

The gig is on March 16th, four lucky ticket holder can have a closer look at Beady Eye's soundcheck and receive a special gift from Wonderwall.it with fanzines and other Beady Eye promotional stuff.

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