Chris Martin Covers Oasis' Wonderwall At London Gig

Chris Martin put on a great show at a surprise gig in a small London pub last night.

The Coldplay singer was the special guest at a benefit held at the Boogaloo in Highgate.

Declan Donnelly and Edith Bowman crammed into the tiny boozer to watch the special three-song set.

The singer opened with new track Wedding Bells which he described as "soppy", followed by Oasis' hit Wonderwall in a jokey tribute to one of his harshest critics Liam Gallagher.

Click here to watch the video.

Beady Eye Return To Italy In June

Beady Eye have announced that they will be returning to Italy to play at the Saschell in Florence, Italy, on June 9th.

Tickets on sale from Saturday April 16th at 10am (local time) through www.ticketone.it

Pretty Green Spring/Summer Footwear Available To Buy Now

Pretty Green's Spring/Summer Footwear collection has arrived, click here for a closer look.

More footwear to be added this week.

EASTER OFFER FROM PRETTY GREEN'S FACEBOOK PAGE: Buy a Green Label Tee or Polo - spend over £100 - receive 15% discount on total order.

Use code: EASTER2011

You can add any other Green Label products to your basket to make up the £100.

Rod Stewart Gets Liam Gallagher ‘Pumped Up’

Beady Eye frontman and former Oasis star Liam Gallagher has told the BBC that he likes to listen to Rod Stewart’s 1978 song “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” to get himself “pumped up” before a gig.

Gallagher told BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe that the Rod classic was his song of choice before Beady Eye’s show at Liverpool Guild of Students this week.

When the Radio 1 presenter remarked that one of Beady Eye’s crew had requested a different song, Gallagher said: “Someone in our camp needs to get a sense of humor.”

Beady Eye Roll Into Dublin

Beady Eye will play the first of two nights at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Ireland today (April 14th).


If you are going to any of the shows, and you are able to scan your ticket or send in pictures email them to us @ scyhodotcom@gmail.com and I will do my best to get them all on the site.

Visit my newly launched Beady Eye fan site www.standingontheedgeofthenoise.com by clicking here.

Beady Eye Return To Germany

Beady Eye have announced that they will be returning to Germany to play at this year's Zeltfestival Ruhr in Bochum, Germany, on August 23rd.

Tickets are available now through www.zeltfestivalruhr.de, www.contrapromotion.com and www.eventim.de.

Beady Eye Interview

Check out an exclusive interview clip with Beady Eye at their Facebook page here, more to follow this week.

Review: Beady Eye In Liverpool

When Noel Gallagher left Oasis, fans eagerly waited to see what would appear from the void left by the break-up.

What emerged was simply Oasis minus Noel. Guitarist Gem Archer, bassist Andy Bell, drummer Chris Sharrock and frontman Liam Gallagher became Beady Eye.

Their album Different Gear, Still Speeding charted at number three and they made their live debut in Glasgow in March.

Last night's gig at Liverpool Uni Guild of Students may have been a sell-out, but was a far cry from the boys' arena appeal as Oasis.

Dressed in his trademark white trainers and buttoned-up- to-the-collar jacket, Liam was his ever-cocky self, strolling around the stage, nodding to the beat and chewing gum.

Tracks including opening number Four Letter Word, the aptly named Beatles and Stones, For Anyone and Kill For a Dream were greeted with a decent amount of applause.

Obvious favourites were The Roller and The Beat Goes On.

Liam kept chatter to a minimum between songs muttering something about a ladyboy and something else about John Lennon and £10,000.

He did introduce his encore track of Wigwam, about winning and losing, with the words "because of that beating you gave us last night" after Liverpool claimed victory over his team, Manchester City.

At previous Oasis, and now Beady Eye, gigs, it feels as if Liam Gallagher is not there to "entertain" his audience but rather to grace them with his music, and very kindly let them adore him.

Standing at the front on the stage with his chest puffed out, hands behind his back and chin cocked up in the air, he oozes confidence.

In the track The Beat Goes On, he claims: "Some day all the world will sing my song . . . Somewhere in my heart, the beat goes on".

However, other lyrics are less sure of themselves.

In The Morning Son, he sings "You'll never know unless you try, you're blinded by what you idolise . . . He's in my soul, He's even in my rock and roll" presumably referring to absent brother Noel.

Beady Eye is Liam Gallagher attempting to prove he's more than just Oasis, and even though the crowd chants his name and pays nearly £30 a ticket, that's still to be proved.

7@ Not quite an Oasis

Click here to see a number of pictures from the gig.

Source: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

Liam Gallagher Interview With Zane Lowe

Liam Gallagher talks with Zane Lowe ahead of Beady Eye's gig in Liverpool.

Thanks to frjdoasis3

Liam Gallagher On Zane Lowe's Show Tonight

Liam Gallagher will be talking to Zane Lowe on the telephone on BBC Radio 1 tonight.

Listen live to the show from 19:00-21:00 (UK Time) here.

Still Time To Buy Beady Eye's Beatles Cover For Japan Tsunami Appeal‎

The track is available to download until Sunday 17th April, to download your copy go HERE!

Beady Eye have released a cover of The Beatles' 'Across The Universe' which they performed live at the Japan Disaster Benefit at the Brixton Academy, 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 today made the track available for a limited period to download through their website. 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.

To download your copy go HERE!

The Japan Disaster Benefit has raised £163,262.97 for the British Red Cross Japanese Tsunami Appeal.

To read more about the Red Cross' work in Japan and to donate, click HERE!

Pretty Green Opens Its Second London Store

Liam Gallagher’s Pretty Green label has opened its second London pop-up store in Covent Garden.

The store opened to the public on Saturday 9th April, the store will be officially launched on Friday 6th May by Liam Gallagher.

Located in Covent Garden’s iconic East Piazza, on the Royal Opera House Colonnade the store is located on one floor with 1,914 sq ft of retail space.

Pretty Green draws its inspiration from the art, music and culture scene of the 1960’s and is renowned for its attention to detail with an emphasis on quality fabrics, cut and classic tailoring.

Since launching in 2009, Pretty Green has gone from strength-to-strength and now has four stores, including Carnaby Street, Manchester and Glasgow.

Liam Gallagher says: "I’m made up to be opening our fourth store in Covent Garden, it’s a perfect location for Pretty Green."

The new store will house both the Black and Green Label collections and feature iconic imagery from Liam’s latest shoot for the Pretty Green’s S/S11 collection.

As with each of the Pretty Green stores, Covent Garden will focus on providing monthly live music from a host of established and unsigned bands.

Review: Beady Eye, Rock City

"Liam, Liam, Liam," bellow the sold-out Rock City masses, hours before the last Gallagher standing even steps a foot on stage.

The man that once promised a generation that they'd live forever now returns to the fray under a new guise, but can the mouthiest Manc in rock and self-proclaimed John Lennon spirit guide live up to his own hype?

As the words 'Beady Eye' beam on to the back of the stage, Liam Gallagher leers over his adoring audience with his unmistakable menacing cockiness.

Brimming with that magnetic presence that only a true icon can pull off, he inspires a fanatic reaction from every corner of the room with a simple slow turn of his head.

"Sleepwalk away your life if it turns you on," growls Gallagher on opener Four Letter Word. Indeed, nothing would have been easier than for the remaining Oasis members to kick into auto-pilot following Noel's departure – and that's not a million miles from the truth.

At times, their set wanders into a bit of Brit-pop pastiche, but I daresay that's entirely the idea – this is everyman classic rock n' roll to touch that primal raw nerve that lies deep in the belly of your soul.

Charged with bravado but stripped of stadium anthemics, the same man who once told the world that he was going to live forever now stands before us biting back with a chorus of "nothing ever lasts forever."

"I'm gunna stand the test of time, like Beatles and Stones," he drones. Although he's already down in the history books, Gallagher will need to pull out something better than a few John Lennon clichés to re-enter them with Beady Eye.

The trick is to not overthink it. They're clearly a band designed for punters to just switch off and rock out to, and where's the harm in that? Bring The Light is little more than some pub-rock clichés strung together by an infectious Chuck Berry groove, but when played live it's charged with phat pounding bass and a thunderous old-school rock n' roll charm which sends the dads and lads wild, while the pedestrian plod-along The Roller is received as a near-biblical classic as if the crowd have never even heard John Lennon's Instant Karma.

With his trademark swagger and stone-faced persona, Gallagher patrols the Rock City stage less like he's performing and more like he's squaring up to everyone in the room, and they lap it up as the horizon becomes a haze of pumping fists and flailing crowdsurfers' limbs.

The set gets off to a dazzling start, but about a quarter of the way in it loses a momentum that it doesn't really regain until the encore – but Gallagher's disciples barely seem to notice or care.

In fact, the only negative response of the night is saved for him dedicating the monotonous and turgid Brit-pop karaoke dud Kill For A Dream to Man City – not wise in a room of Forest fans.

Tonight, fun as it may be, Gallagher's own legend precedes him, but the music sadly lags far behind.

It's just a bit of harmless fun though – they've not reinvented the wheel but they're still speeding. What is it they say? 'Let it be.'

Source: www.thisisnottingham.co.uk

Beady Eye Roll Into Liverpool

Beady Eye will kick-off their UK and Irish Tour at the Guild Of Students in Liverpool later today (12/03/11).

If you are going to any of the shows, and you are able to scan your ticket or send in pictures email them to us @ scyhodotcom@gmail.com and I will do my best to get them all on the site.

Visit my newly launched Beady Eye fan site www.standingontheedgeofthenoise.com by clicking here.

Beady Eye In Nottingham Videos And Pictures

I will edit in the setlist later today, click here and here for a number of professional pictures from last night's gig.

Gem Archer And Liam Gallagher Interview

Click here to watch a short interview with Gem Archer and Liam Gallagher from Germany, the interview starts at 01:26.

Video: Noel Gallagher In Los Angeles

Entertainment blogger KAT bumps into Noel Gallagher on an LA sidewalk.

Beady Eye: 'Millionaire' Pre-sale + 7" Collectors Box + New Merch

'MILLIONAIRE':

Beady Eye's second single 'Millionaire' is released through their record label Beady Eye Records on May 2nd. The 7" single is backed with live favourite 'Man Of Misery'. The digital bundle also comes with the video.

The limited edition numbered 7" vinyl is available to pre-order from now exclusively through the band's store HERE! A non-numbered 7" will be available to buy in shops from May 2nd.

Beady Eye's store will also be making available an exclusive limited edition 7" collectors box for fans to keep their 7"s from 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' in. The box is on sale now and comes with a free live download of 'Beatles And Stones (Radio Session)' available straight away. You can pre-order the collectors box HERE!.

The video for 'Millionaire' was shot in Spain on a day off between Beady Eye's recent Milan and Madrid gigs. After being premiered at the band's Facebook page over the weekend the video is now available to view at the band's YouTube channel. Beady Eye's Facebook will continue to premiere exclusive interview footage of the band in the 3 weeks leading up to the single's release on May 2nd. To check it out head over to the Facebook page HERE!

The video will be available to purchase as part of the single digital bundle from the band's store and iTunes from May 2nd.

ANDY'S 'RADIO CADAQUES':

The video for 'Millionaire' 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!

NEW MERCHANDISE:

A new full range of merchandise including all the shirts and other items you might have seen on Beady Eye's tour goes on sale from the band's store today. Included are t-shirts, hoodies, badges and a bowling bag.

Fans who have the Beady Eye 'BE Card' from the tour can register it at the store to receive their 10% discount and free download of 'Standing On The Edge Of The Noise (Exclusive Rehearsal Session Track)'.

Check the merch out at the store HERE!

JAPAN TSUNAMI APPEAL / 'ACROSS THE UNIVERSE':

Last Sunday 3rd April 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!

Beady Eye Records have three posters commemorating the event, designed by Gem, that will be given to three lucky fans chosen at random who download the track. The posters have been signed by the band. (No purchase is necessary to enter the competition. Please send an email to beadyeye@townsend-records.co.uk)

Fans can read more about the appeal and donate HERE!

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

Noel Gallagher Endorses Manchester Music 'Hall Of Fame'

Smiths, Oasis, New Order and Happy Mondays are expected to feature.

Noel Gallagher and New Order's Peter Hook are among the musicians giving their support to a new hall of fame-style venue celebrating Manchester's musical history.

The hall is being set up by London-based firm 3DTwin. It will feature memorabilia from Manchester's music scene and will honour the city's most famous artists, reports the Manchester Evening News.

The Smiths, The Bee Gees, Oasis, New Order, Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses and Take That are all expected to feature.

Speaking in support of it, Gallagher said: "Manchester has always punched above its weight musically and it's high time this was celebrated in a way that will act as an inspiration to the next generation of artists."

3DTwin founder Richard Abbot added that the building, which he hopes will be around the size of a football pitch, will include a live venue, restaurant, screenings room and mega-store. The company is currently vetting suitable venues in the city.

Source: www.nme.com

Beady Eye Roll Into Nottingham

Beady Eye will kick-off their UK and Irish Tour at Rock City in Nottingham later today (11/03/11).

If you are going to any of the shows, and you are able to scan your ticket or send in pictures email them to us @ scyhodotcom@gmail.com and I will do my best to get them all on the site.

Visit my newly launched Beady Eye fan site www.standingontheedgeofthenoise.com by clicking here.