Liam Gallagher Says His Party Days Are Well And Truly Over

Liam Gallagher has turned to God.

Liam Gallagher reckons his party days of booze and drugs are well and truly over.

And now his life is about religion, playing golf and listening to birds tweeting.

Gallagher, 38, said: “In me pram I was a rock star. But I’m older now. I don’t wanna grow up like a d**k.”

The star has had a true sex, drugs and rock ’n roll life.

He famously had a drunken fight with Gazza, 43, branded the England football team “gay boys” and called Robbie Williams, 37, a “drama queen”.

The rocker, who has been wed twice and has three children, has also had a public bust-up with his brother Noel, 43, which resulted in him leaving the band.

But the singer said he was keen to clean up his act because he will turn 40 next year.

And Liam, who used to go to church with his mum Peggy when he was younger, has now turned to God.

He said: “I’m a spiritual kinda guy. I’m not wearing a sheet and walking down the street banging a tambourine. And I’m not turning into f***ing Bono. It’s private. But I’m connected, man. To something.”

Gallagher also likes to jog and eat salad.

He added: “I don’t want to sound like a hippy but it’s great. I run. World to myself. Birds. Trees. No hassle from eejits.

“With golf, I love making proper contact with that ball. I’m still on the fish. Sardines or salmon. Salad. I feel good. It’s only the ciggies that really stand in me way.”

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk

John Mackie Featuring Bonehead Updated Tour Dates

April 15th - Flappers - Birmingham
April 27th - Death Disco - Notting Hill

May 6th - The Horn - St Albans
May 7th - tbc Liverpool
May 12th - New Roscoe - Leeds
May 14th - Moho - Manchester
May 20th - Friends of Mine Festival - Cheshire

June 4th - Playground - Whitehaven
June 24th The Cellar Southampton

July 9th - Globe - Cardiff

August 12th - Beckfest - Cumbria

Visit John's Facebook page here for ticket information, and pictures from a number of gigs they have done to date.

Photo Credit: Shirlaine Forrest

On This Day In Oasis History...

On April 10th 2000, Oasis appeared on 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno', and performed 'Where Did it All Go Wrong' from 'Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants'.

The show was recorded in Los Angeles, click here to watch the video.

Extra Videos From Beady Eye 'On Later'

Beady Eye's live performances of 'Bring The Light' and 'The Roller' on BBC Two's 'Later'.

The show will also be available to view for a limited period on the BBC iPlayer for fans in the UK.

Beady Eye Interview From The Liverpool Echo

He may have been born and bred in Manchester, but some of Liam Gallagher’s earliest gigs were down the M62 in Liverpool.

Of course, there was Oasis’s infamous sell-out gig at the Royal Court in December 1994, when they were emerging as the biggest band in the country. But their connection goes a lot further back than that. The Gallagher brothers had well-documented friendships with Liverpool bands Smaller and The Real People.

Some of their very first gigs were in the city, at clubs like Le Bateau and The Lomax – in fact, legend has it that a little bit of Liam Gallagher graffiti still graces the latter venue.

So it’s somehow fitting that Liam wanted to bring the band he created from the ashes of Oasis to Liverpool for one of their first big gigs.

Liam, arguably one of the best vocalists Britain has ever produced, wasn’t known for his songwriting prowess, while Andy Bell and Gem Archer who, along with Liam and Scouse drummer Chris Sharrock comprise new outfit Beady Eye, hadn’t penned more than a handful of songs between them during their decade or so in Oasis.

As far as fans and the press were concerned, Noel was the brains of the band – writing swathes of the 90s-defining songs and selling more than 70 million records will justifiably give that impression – leaving Liam’s talents largely untested, until now.

“No, expectation was not very high,” begins Liam. “People didn’t think we could walk or talk without Noel.”

Anyone who thinks the siblings’ spat was a sham for the benefit of the media has clearly never heard Liam talking about Gallagher Sr.

“We knew what we were doing though,” continues Liam. “Gem’s been playing guitar since he was nine,” he says, in reference to his bandmate and Beady Eye guitarist Colin ’Gem’ Archer.

“I’ve been doing this 18, 19 years, so I know what I’m doing in my department. Andy too, Chris, everyone – we know how to make a record. The only doubt would be whether it would connect with people and whether they wanted it.”

Beady Eye’s debut, Different Gear, Still Speeding, entered the chart at No 3 behind Adele and Jessie J.

They’re back out on the road in the coming weeks for a larger tour, which has also sold out. All proof, if it were needed, that there’s still very much an appetite for Liam and the band.

“The best thing is, and I’m not making excuses here, most of us were all flued up, so it was great reading these amazing live reviews knowing that we were only at 50%. We should get sick more often.”

“We’ve stepped through another door with this record,” says Archer, piping up for the first time. “Everyone’s welcome to come with us, and to their credit lots have chosen to already.”

“There were a few nerves before the shows,” admits Liam. For someone whose career was grounded in unshakeable self-belief, that’s something of a stunning revelation.

“Like anxious nerves,” he adds, restoring normality. “Not because I’m scared or anything.”

The main thing, he says, is that there have been no troublemakers, ready to declare their allegiance to Team Noel.

“There’s been none of that – no chanting for him or the old songs, so that was good.”

Mention how his voice sounded better on the recent Beady Eye tour than it had in the past and he embarks on another Noel-themed diatribe.

“I’ll tell you why that is. I’ve been using in-ear monitors for the last 10 years,” he begins, referencing the small headphones he wore on stage while performing.

“It’s like being on Mr and Mrs. I’d spend all day with the band and then when the show came I’d have to go off and put these things in my ears.

“It was a bit like him saying ’You eff off over there while I turn my guitars up’. Our kid had his guitars so loud it’s rude, you know, like ’I’m-not-even-in-this-band’ levels, and the amps were pointing at me, so I’d have to wear in-ears to be able to sing, or shout over that.

“So, I’ve stopped using the in-ears and what I’m hearing on stage is what everyone else is hearing.”

It must sometimes occur to Liam that he sang some of the best songs in a generation, and doesn’t need the money, so why carry on?

“Are you talking about ’the legacy’? What, am I supposed to sit at home and count my money all day?” he asks.

“People think when you’ve got money it just stays in a big pile forever, but you spend it, don’t you? You’ve got to work and keep busy, or you’ll go mad.

“And I’m not doing this because of money, it’s because I love it, and I don’t have a choice. I didn’t think I’d like to join a band’ and then join one - it happened to me.

“Not getting all cosmic, but there’s something bigger up there telling us all to get out and do something. People want to hear us play music. We’re part of a much bigger picture.”

Beady Eye play the Liverpool Guild of Students on Tuesday. Tickets are now sold out.

Source: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

Liam Gallagher: "I'm Not In It For The Money"

Liam Gallagher has revealed he has to keep making music - or he'd go mad.

The singer, who parted ways with brother Noel and created new band Beady Eye with his fellow ex-Oasis bandmates, wouldn't be content just resting on his laurels.

"People think when you've got money it just stays in a big pile forever, but you spend it, don't you? You've got to work and keep busy, or you'll go mad," he said.

"And I'm not doing this because of money, it's because I love it, and I don't have a choice. I didn't think 'I'd like to join a band' and then join one - it happened to me."

Beady Eye are fresh from a series of sold-out gigs across the UK while their debut record, Different Gear, Still Speeding, entered the chart at number three.

Liam said he was delighted with the response the band had received.

"Not getting all cosmic, but there's something bigger up there telling us all to get out and do something. People want to hear us play music. We're part of a much bigger picture."

Source: The Press Association

Oasis Feature On 'Upside Down' Soundtrack Album

Oasis, Primal Scream, Super Furry Animals and The Jesus And Mary Chain are among the bands who feature on the soundtrack album of Creation Records documenrtary Upside Down.

The film features features new interviews with label founder Alan McGee, Noel Gallagher and Primal Scream and is released on DVD on May 9. The two-disc soundtrack will come out on the same day.

The movie was directed by Danny O'Conner - watch the trailer by clicking above.

The soundtrack tracklisting is:

Disc One

The Jesus And Mary Chain – 'Upside Down'
Oasis – 'Rock N Roll Star'
Primal Scream - 'Loaded'
Ride – 'Leave Them All Behind'
House of Love – 'Shine On'
BMX Bandits – 'Serious Drugs'
Teenage Fanclub – 'The Concept'
Telescopes – 'Perfect Needle'
Biff Bang Pow – 'There Must Be A Better Life'
Slowdive – 'Souvlaki Space Station'
Slaughter Joe – 'I'll Follow You Down'
Jasmine Minks – 'Think'
The Boo Radleys – 'Lazarus'
Revolving Paint Dream – 'In The Afternoon'
Sugar – 'If I Can’t Change Your Mind'
Momus – 'What Will Death Be Like?'
Swervedriver – 'Son Of Mustang Ford'
Super Furry Animals – 'Something 4 The Weekend'

Disc Two

Oasis – 'Wonderwall'
Ride – 'Taste'
Primal Scream – 'Swastika Eyes'
Swervedriver – 'Duel'
Teenage Fanclub – 'Mellow Doubt'
Biff Bang Pow – 'It Makes You Scared'
Slowdive – 'Alison'
Slaughter Joe – 'So Out Of Touch'
Revolving Paint Dream – 'Flowers In The Sky'
BMX Bandits – 'I Wanna Fall In Love'
House of Love – 'Destroy The Heart'
Jazz Butcher – 'Girl Go'
Telescopes – 'Flying'
The Creation – 'Creation'
Momus – 'Murders, The Hope Of Woman'
Primal Scream – 'Imperial'
The Boo Radleys – 'Wake Up Boo!'
The Jesus And Mary Chain – 'Some Candy Talking'

Source: www.nme.com

Beady Eye's Artwork For 'Millionaire'

Beady Eye have posted the artwork for The 7" of 'Millionaire' that will be available to pre-order from Monday 11th April from the band's store and comes with 'Man Of Misery' on the b-side.

Watch Beady Eye's Video For 'Millionaire' Now

The video for Beady Eye's new single 'Millionaire' is being premiered at the band's Facebook page now. It was shot in Spain whilst the band had a day off between the Milan and Madrid dates on their recent European tour.

The video traces a coastal road between Cadaqués and Figueres, taking in a Salvador Dali pilgrimage en route.

Andy told us:

'The song "Millionaire" was written in 2007. I wrote it after a trip to Spain. It was springtime, it was still snowing in Sweden, and I happened to be talking to my mate Iain, who I know from years back in Oxford. He'd moved out to Barcelona a few years before, and he just said get yourself over here for a week...'

To read the rest of the story behind the song, head on over to Beady Eye's Facebook page.
Andy created a playlist for the band's drive and has kindly let us have a copy. You can check it out at Beady Eye Records' Mixcloud page HERE!

The 'Millionaire' premiere will be the first in a short series of videos set to run exclusively on the band's Facebook page leading up to the release of the single on May 2nd. The other clips will feature the band discussing the making of 'Different Gear, Still Speeding'.

The 7" of 'Millionaire' will be available to pre-order from Monday 11th April from the band's store and comes with 'Man Of Misery' on the b-side.

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

Noel Gallagher Solo Album Tracklisting Revealed?

A music blog has published what it claims is the tracklisting for Noel Gallagher's debut solo album.

Sourmash Music reports that the as-yet-untitlted album will be released on October 3 and preceded by the single Come On It's Alright' on August 29.

The tracklisting for the album includes two songs – 'Stop The Clocks' and 'I Want To Live In A Dream In My Record Machine' – that already exist as demos.

'Stop The Clocks' was also the name given to Oasis' best of collection.

Meanwhile, Gallagher has reportedly turned down a big money offer to replace Simon Cowell as a judge on The X Factor.

The reported tracklisting is:

'The Magic Can’t Be Right'
'Stop The Clocks'
'Freaky Teeth'
'Mile High Moon'
'Come On It’s Alright'
'God Help Us All'
'Don’t Stop Being Happy'
'Red, White And Blue'
'If I Had A Gun'
'I Want To Live In A Dream In My Record Machine'

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Morning Parade Talk Liam Gallagher & Lady Gaga

Liam Gallagher is "an arsehole," but "in a good sense" according to Morning Parade.

The 'A&E' group want to see more great eccentrics in rock music, following in the footsteps of groups like KISS, Queen and the outspoken former Oasis singer, because today's pop stars are taking over.

Guitarist Chad Thomas told BANG Showbiz: "I think with Lady Gaga - she's not like that as a real person but it works.

"I think rock's gone a bit sterile, it's been too clinical and I think I would be good to get some more of that charisma and wackiness in rock stardom - as long as you've got something to back it up with.

"Like in the old days with Oasis and stuff, Liam Gallagher was a complete arsehole, but in a good sense because he could back it up with brilliant music. It's good to have a bit of that attitude."

Chad was a big fan of Oasis - who split following a fight between Liam and his guitarist brother Noel in 2009 - but thinks the singer's new band, Beady Eye, also have much to bring to today's music scene.

He added: "I loved Oasis, but I'd probably had enough of that, I think I've done my duty, for Liam I think Beady Eye are great lyrically and songwise, and he's brought back the Mod scene, relighting that again - someone's got to do it!"

Morning Parade's debut album is set for release later this year.

Source: www.music-news.com

Noel Gallagher Says No To X-Factor

Noel Gallagher is thought to have turned down more than £1million to replace Simon Cowell on X Factor.

Music mogul Simon told the former Oasis guitarist to "name his price" to fill his judging slot on the hit ITV talent show.

But Noel, 43, said he did not need the cash and wanted to focus on his music career instead – because he had "a duty" to stop brother Liam's band Beady Eye "stinking up the bottom of the charts".

A source revealed multi-millionaire Si, 51, offered a "head-spinning amount of cash", adding: "Noel could name his price.

"Simon promised global fame and a crack at the US panel in future years. He was setting it up for him to make the show his own and fill his boots."

But Simon also wanted Noel to put his music career on the backburner to focus full time on X Factor. And with his first solo material on the horizon, Noel refused.

The future of judges Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh is still undecided, although both are expected to return.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Pengu!ns To Play An Intimate London Gig

Ex-Oasis drummer Zak Starkey's band Pengu!ns are set to play an intimate London gig on Saturday (April 9).

The band will play the Queen Of Hoxton for the This Feeling clubnight.

Starkey is the son of ex-Beatles sticksman Ringo Starr, and is The Who's touring drummer. His band is completed by singer Sharna Liguz aka Sshh.

He played on Oasis' 2005 album 'Don't Believe The Truth' and 2008's 'Dig Out Your Soul'.

Pengu!ns are set to play UK support days with Beady Eye later this year.

See Thisfeeling.co.uk for more information.

Source: www.nme.com

Thank You From Beady Eye

Last Sunday Beady Eye were one of several acts to perform at a benefit to raise money for the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal. The Coral, Graham Coxon, Paul Weller, Kelly Jones, Primal Scream and Richard Ashcroft all played sets to a sell out crowd at Brixton Academy.

Beady Eye would like to thank all the fans, artists and everyone who made the day possible. The event raised £163,262.97 for the appeal.

Beady Eye have also recorded a cover of The Beatles track 'Across The Universe'. Proceeds from the track, which is available to download until Sunday 17th April, will also go to the benefit. Fans can download the track HERE!

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

Noel Gallagher Camp Divided Over New LP?

Noel Gallagher has reportedly collaborated with Amorphous Androgynous on his upcoming solo material.

However, online blogger Peter Cornish-Barlow of Sourmash Music has claimed that the ex-Oasis guitarist disagrees with his management over the tracks.

Writing about the recording sessions on Twitter, Cornish-Barlow said: "He left LA to get away from his management because they don't like the work he is doing with Amorphous Androgynous

"No-one, apart from Noel likes the reworked material AA have done! Its causing problems in camp, so I am told. (sic)"

He added: "Also the feeling is that he won't get his way, and he will most likely [release] the album that did the rounds last year!

"The one [Ex-Creation boss Alan] McGee has heard. He has two albums worth of material too apparently."

Amorphous Androgynous are Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans, also known as The Future Sound Of London. The duo produced a 22-minute remix of the final Oasis single 'Falling Down' in 2009.

It's been reported that Gallagher has also been working in Los Angeles with Jon Graboff, formerly of Ryan Adams & The Cardinals.

Graboff reportedly revealed on his Facebook page: "Heading back to NYC today after an awesome session yesterday with Noel Gallagher in LA."

Source: Digital Spy

Liam Gallagher Is Just A Regular Fella

The rock star Liam Gallagher tells the National why he's 'just a regular fella'

I'm not going to get all sentimental," says Liam Gallagher. "I've got too much still to do. You get your hanky out if you want to. Not me. I'm a busy man."

Liam Gallagher - still sporting the round bowl haircut that his estranged brother, Noel, memorably dubbed "the Ann Widdecombe" - is sitting in the boardroom of his management company in Marylebone, central London. We are looking at the framed photographs, which have lately been removed from the walls, of Noel and him in their Oasis heyday. Boxes of merchandise promoting his new band, Beady Eye, have arrived to be unpacked. It feels odd, spooky even. Like the sad day after a rancorous divorce when one member of the embittered couple moves out and the other tries to move on.

"It don't feel strange at all," he insists. "It's people like you that need to get over it. Don't need pictures and gold discs and what have you. It's all in here." He taps his head. "I've got the greatest rock 'n' roll movie playing in me 'ead. All the time."

When a partnership as seminal as that of the Gallagher brothers splits, you might expect the one who brought the looks, charisma and singing but little meaningful songwriting to the equation to approach a new band with some trepidation. But Liam Gallagher is positively beaming today. Here is a man at last in full control of his destiny. He is dressed in items from his own Pretty Green clothing company. He has come hot foot from tour rehearsals at a studio down the road.

In fact, Beady Eye is Oasis minus his brother and the fulfilment of an old dream. Oasis played their first show 20 years ago this year. It was famously Liam Gallagher's band until his elder brother stepped in. Once Noel assumed songwriting duties he propelled them to a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the most successful UK band of the 1995-2005 decade after selling over 70 million albums.

Now, though, after two decades of often pantomime sibling rivalry culminating in a catastrophic falling-out in Paris in 2009, Liam Gallagher has got his band back.

"People go on about there being a power struggle but I don't really see it that way," he says. "We didn't get on. We never have. And in the end it became unbearable. And whatever was written about me being the c*** I know what happened and what it was like.

"People can believe what they want to believe about me but you know what? I'm all right. I'm OK to be around and I do my job. The band (Andy Bell, Gem Archer and drummer Chris Sharrock) followed me out the door, remember. Not the little fella. That tells you all you need to know."

In August 2009 Oasis were still one of the biggest live acts in the world when their tour reached Paris's Rock en Seine festival. Backstage before the show, there was a row - hardly a new occurrence; Liam is known to have attacked his brother with a tambourine as far back as 1993 - but Noel issued a statement claiming "verbal and violent intimidation" from his brother towards himself and his family had reached intolerable levels. He didn't sound like a rock star. He sounded like a man reporting a serious domestic violence incident. Liam scoffs at the suggestion that he was the cause of the split. As he tells it, in fits and starts:

"It all kicks off backstage just before the gig in Paris... Our kid f***s off. We others went back to the hotel and had a couple of beers. No tears, mind. We kind of seen that coming. I ask them... 'What do you want to do? Stay a band?' Agreed... We'll meet in a couple of months and book a little studio and do some tunes. That was August. We were meant to meet in November but... We couldn't wait that long. That says a lot, doesn't it? We met the following week... That's it... We started a new band and it was all nice and easy and it happened like that because there was no aggro and there was no f***ing tantrums and there was no boss throwing his f***ing weight around."

He paints a rosy picture of the working practices of Beady Eye. He could almost be an idealistic youngster celebrating the fall of a dictator. There is no leader as such, he says. They all pitch in ideas and it becomes obvious when they are not heading in a productive direction. But one thing they agreed on is the fact that the 1960s, when The Beatles and the Rolling Stones and The Who held sway in UK rock culture, were the greatest days there have ever been. It is the spirit of these times that underpins everything Beady Eye does, whether it be the haircuts, the moody photo shoots in leather jackets or indeed the music; that spirit was the underpinning of a lot of Oasis music, too.

"Just 'cause it's a new band don't mean we've changed our tastes in music," says Gallagher. "We know what's great."

It's hard to overstate how important the preservation of the Beatles/Sixties sensibility is to Gallagher. One of the formative moments in his songwriting career came after he was invited to visit Yoko Ono's apartment in New York's Dakota apartment building a few years ago. The visit was arranged by a manager, and Ono greeted him at the door.

"It were dead spooky the feeling I got in that place," he says. "She was top. She made the tea. But I was a bit weirded out by being in there. In a good way though. I felt his [John Lennon's] presence. And afterwards I was writing loads of tunes. It was inspiring. They just came out of me 'cause of being in that apartment."

The new album, Different Gear, Still Speeding, features a track called Beatles & Stones, which pretty much formalises a manifesto that has riled critics but delighted fans for years: the Sixties were the greatest music decade ever, and there's no point trying to improve on it.

"We're not doing anything new," says Gallagher. "We are the first to admit that. I haven't got time to be experimenting. I just want to f***ing rock 'n' roll. We do the Beatles-y, Stones-y, Kinks-y sound better than anyone and I'm not pretending it's anything that it isn't. We are still a band that are going to get a lot of kids off their arses. I'm proud of that."

He shifts in his seat and rubs his knuckles. This is familiar territory. Oasis has been one of the most bankable British band for 20 years and yet save for the flowering of Britpop they have been critical kicking boys for much of that time, too. "Music for van drivers", "pub rock" - the plaudits saved for peers such as Radiohead and Damon Albarn's Blur have rarely come their way.

"I don't want to break new ground," Gallagher snarls. "I don't. I've heard what goes on on the new ground and it sounds like **** to me. F***ing Radiohead. I mean I really truly don't get it. A band goes out of its way to make things hard for the f***ing listener and the critics are stroking their chins and loving it. But... I've grown up. I'm not getting into knocking anyone. To me music is all about the feeling it gives you. You can't beat where The Beatles took us and I like to think that we can bring some of that back to the kids today. End of."

Gallagher says he is getting to do things he did not have a chance to do when his brother was in charge. For one, they can make decent videos (he says his brother didn't care enough about them). Secondly, they can take charge of photo shoots. And finally, he says he is not being forced to scream his vocals over the dense sound his brother preferred. Beady Eye is a softer proposition. More light and shade. Lyrics that you can understand (these are in part the contribution of Bell and Archer.) In short, he has been released from the tyranny of "the little fella".

"People have said that they can hear me singing properly for the first time since... right back at the start of Oasis," says Gallagher. "With Oasis I'd be shouting and screaming to be heard over the top. With this album Andy and Gem encouraged me to sing first over acoustic guitar and drums, and a lot of them were keepers. I got in there first and it gave me a bit more room to breathe and so yeah... I hope it shines through. I'm working with people now as opposed to being wheeled on to sing over something. There's more of me in it."

Gallagher feels he has been a rock star for 20 years now. You would have expected him to have been a casualty given his past appetite for drink and drugs. When several of his teeth were knocked out in a Munich bar fight 10 years ago it seemed par for the course. And yet here he is, nearing 40 and the picture of contentment.

"I am a rock star. Born a rock star," he says. "But that don't mean I act like a ****. I don't do premieres or hang out with young bands trying to be the big man. That's pathetic."

Each morning he wakes up at 5:59. He likes to beat the alarm, which is set for 6am. He dons his running gear and canters onto Hampstead Heath near where he lives with his wife, the Canadian pop singer and actress Nicole Appleton, and their nine-year-old son, Gene. Gallagher will then run for around 90 minutes. No headphones, no music. When he gets home he might make breakfast and then he takes Gene to school. He gives a detailed and convincing description of the little plastic school chairs he has to cram into on parents' evening to review his children's work.

"I do it all. I'm just a regular fella... who happens to be a rock star," he says.

As well as his clothing line and his new band he is about to launch a career as a film producer. It doesn't come as any great surprise to discover it is a Beatles-related project. His production company has begun work on the adaptation of The Longest Cocktail Party: An Insider's Diary of The Beatles, Their Million-Dollar Apple Empire and Its Wild Rise & Fall written by the Apple records insider Richard DiLello in 1972.

Perhaps change the rather quaint reference to a mere million dollars and there are irresistible echoes in that title. Will Oasis ever re-form?

"What for? What would be the point? Me and our kids ain't going to change," Gallagher says. "I'll miss them songs but they are in me 'ead. They are in my life deeply already. In my DNA. But Beady Eye can't start banging out f***ing Live Forever, can they? It would be like Simon Cowell going on holiday with all his ex-wives. It's f***ing wrong, man. Leave it alone. It's not right."

Source: Thenational.ae

Beady Eye's 'Andy Bell' 5-10-15-20

Welcome to 5-10-15-20, where we talk to Andy Bell about the music they loved at five-year interval points in their lives.

Maybe we'll get a detailed roadmap of how their tastes and passions helped make them who they are.

Maybe we'll just learn that they really liked hearing the "Dinomutt Dog Wonder" theme song over and over when they were kids. Either way, it'll be fun.

Click here to see what Andy picked, including The Beatles, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Oasis, Jay-Z and more.

Source: pitchfork.com

Watch Beady Eye On 'Later' Now

Beady Eye's interview and live performance of Millionaire that was broadcast last night on BBC Two's 'Later'.

The show is repeated with extra performances at 11:50pm on Friday 8th April and Sunday 10th April at 12:30am.

The show will also be available to view for a limited period on the BBC iPlayer for fans in the UK.

Beady Eye 'Japan Disaster Benefit' Footage And Interview

Broadcast in Peru, the video contains footage from Sunday Night's Japan Disaster Benefit at the Brixton Academy, London.

Yoko Ono Thanks Liam Gallagher

Yoko Ono has thanked Liam Gallagher for his support he has given to the people of Japan, following the devastating Tsunami that hit the country last month.

Yoko Tweeted earlier today today: 'Thank you, Liam. It's nice to know that you are there with us. Love, yoko http://bit.ly/ATUjap @Beady_Eye AcrossTheUniverse £→BritRed+'.

She included a link to download Beady Eye's cover of The Beatle's 'Across The Universe', which they performed live during Sunday Night's Japan Disaster Benefit at the Brixton Academy in London.

The concert also featured The Coral, Graham Coxon, Paul Weller, Kelly Jones, Primal Scream and Richard Ashcroft. Beady Eye closed the show with their first ever performance of 'Across The Universe'.

The day before the charity event, during an 8 hour session, Beady Eye went into RAK studios to record and mix their version of the song from The Beatles' 'Let It Be' album.

Beady Eye have made the track available for a limited period to download through their website.

You can download the single here.

All proceeds from the sale of the track after VAT, credit card fees and mcps (62p) will go directly toward the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal.

A number of pictures of Liam with Yoko from 2005 can be found here.