Video: Noel Gallagher's Full Press Conference

Noel Gallagher's complete, unedited press conference from July 2011, in which Noel reveals details about his new album (Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds), plus speaks for the first time in explosive detail about the Oasis split, and about the actions of his brother, Liam.

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will embark on a tour this Autumn and Noel told Xfm fans can expect, unlike at Beady Eye gigs, to hear Oasis songs in his set.

"They're my songs and I wrote them all by myself and I'm proud of them and I'm proud of what they mean to other people and I'm proud of where they sit with what I've done now," he told Xfm's Sunta Templeton.

"You've really got to be on stage and see the reaction of crowds when you play Don't Look Back in Anger and The Masterplan and stuff like that. Unfortunately them songs are like drugs to me and I don't think I'd ever play a gig without them"

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Noel Gallagher Goes Solo: 10 Things We Learned From His Press Conference

At a press conference in west London today (6 July) Noel Gallagher finally announced details of his forthcoming solo album, and broke his silence for the first time on Oasis' split.

To be called Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - "The High Flying Birds are
air hostesses," he joked - the album will be released 17 October on Gallagher's own Sour Mash Records.

It was recorded in London and Los Angeles in 2010 and 2011 with co-producer Dave Sardy and a band that includes former Zutons bassist Russell Pritchard and David "Macca" McDonnell of Liverpool's The Sand Band.

Surprisingly, Gallagher also announced that an as-yet untitled companion album recorded with producers Amorphous Androgynous which will follow in 2012.

Looking trim and appearing uncharacteristically humble (he refused to compare himself to Paul McCartney at one point), the former Oasis leader arrived just before 1pm and declared, "Let battle commence".

Here are ten things we learned from an audience with "The Chief"

1. Recording a solo album is less stressful than recording with Oasis...
"It's different because there are different musicians on it, and it's all my songs, and I'm singing them so I didn't have to explain to anybody how [the song] went or what it was about or what the delivery should be. The box of teabags lasted longer too."

2. High Flying Birds will appeal to Oasis fans...
"The first [album], the High Flying Birds one, people who are fans of what I do will hear echoes of Oasis in there, but there isn't a guitar solo until the sixth track. It's not very Guitar Hero...

3. "If I Had A Gun... sounds great played on an acoustic guitar. AKA... What A Life! is, for want of a better term, dance music..."
"The songs are not Oasis songs - it's not stadium rock. There's an electric kettle on there, and a double bass and a washboard. When I write a song, I'm not thinking, 'I have to do something different because of what I've done in the past'. We're all there to serve the song. The first track you're going to hear doesn't sound like anything I've done before. But that's not a conscious thing, it's just the way these songs are written. Some of these songs were demoed on the last Oasis album and I wasn't planning on leaving then, so subconsciously I wasn't thinking of doing something different."

4. The second of his two albums will be a bit more surprising...
"The other one, it's fucking far out, man. [Producers] The Amorphous Androgynous worked on a remix for the last Oasis record and managed to stretch 23 minutes out of one song. The album's got 18 tracks on it. Some of it's Vaudeville, some of it's actual space jazz, some of it's Krautrock, some of it's soul, some of it's funk... and that's just the first song. It's the furthest out I've ever been, put it that way."

5. Noel will be going on tour the week after the album comes out - and he'll be playing Oasis songs
"Ten songs on an album would last for 46 minutes and 12 seconds, and that ain't long enough to charge people 75 quid. Not that I'll be charging 75 quid. But I'm going to be playing Oasis songs. They're my songs and I wrote them all myself and I'm proud of them, I'm proud of what they mean to other people, I'm proud of where they sit with what I've done now... Those songs are like drugs to me, and I don't think I'd ever do a gig without playing them.

"We're going to start off small in small theatres and if it's deemed good enough to get bigger than that then it'll get bigger than that. I don't think there'll be a huge great big tour this year because I've got to do stuff around the rest of the world... The first gig is Dublin in Ireland on the 23 October, and then all the usual places: Manchester, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Warmington-On-Sea..."

6. Liam's says he's better off without Noel, but Noel is not sure if the opposite is true...
"I'm sure he is [better off]. Am I better off? What, financially? Musically? I don't want to put a downer on it, but I've never really seen myself as a frontman, and I can see it being a major pain in the arse for me. I've done gigs for charity but in my head I was thinking, 'I'm doing someone a favour, so fuck 'em'. Now I've got to stand in the middle of the stage and that's going to be weird. He's probably better off with me; it remains to be seen whether I'm better off without him... I'd perfected that role of that guy who stood on the right and played lead guitar, did backing vocals and sang the odd acoustic track. It took me 18 years to do that and I was brilliant at it."

7. Liam's Pretty Green clothing label caused the argument that ended Oasis...
"I never had enough of Oasis. Our whole relationship was never as bad as people made out... It kind of all started to unravel when [Liam] started his clothing label. He demanded that he be allowed to advertise it in the Oasis tour programme and I was against it. I didn't think it was right to be flogging his gear to our fans, and there was a massive row about that. It went back and forward for a bit and in the end I said, 'If you want to advertise in the programme, how much [are you going to pay]?' And he couldn't get his head around that. It all went downhill from there."

8. Liam skipped the band's second 2009 V Festival appearance because of "a hangover" forcing the slot to be cancelled...
"Liam didn't turn up to the V Festival gig because he had a hangover. He claims he had laryngitis, but whatever."

9. What really happened in Paris on 28 August 2009, according Noel...
"The night in Paris, [Liam] was quite violent. It was a bit like WWE wrestling and he was Macho Man Randy Savage. I'll never forget, there's all this to-ing and fro-ing going on and I'm looking at Andy, who's sat there counting how many shoes he's got on, not saying a word. Liam was saying, 'Fuck you and fuck you' and he storms out of the dressing room. On the way, he picked up a plum and threw it across the dressing room and it smashed against the wall. Part of me wishes it did end like that, because that would have been a great headline: 'Plum Throws Plum'.

"So then he goes out the dressing room and for whatever reason he goes to his own dressing room and comes back with his guitar, wielding it like an axe. I make light of it because it's what I do but it was a real unnecessary violent act. He nearly took my face off with it. [The guitar] ended up on the floor and I put it out of its misery. There were people in the band not saying anything. We were all involved but no-one was saying anything. So I said, 'You know what, I'm out of here...' I got in the car and sat there for five minutes and said, 'Fuck it!' I regret it really, because we only had two gigs left. If I'd have gone back and done the gigs, that gig would have been dreadful because he was out of his mind, but we'd have done that gig and the next gig and we'd all have gone away and discussed what we were going to do. We may never have split up; we may just have taken a hiatus. Liam always said he would bring down Armageddon in the end."

10. Noel hasn't listened to the Beady Eye album...
"I know most of the songs anyway because they've been going around for a few years for Oasis albums. I've read a few of the reviews and it got better reviews than any of you fuckers gave to Oasis albums. You can't begin to imagine how annoying that was."

PLUS: Liam wasn't at the press conference, but we also know what he thinks of Noel going solo too...
"SHITBAG" (via Twitter).

Source: qthemusic.com

Liam Gallagher In Twitter 'Sh*tbag' Outburst As Noel Gallagher Discusses Oasis Split

Liam Gallagher has taken to Twitter on the same day his brother, Noel, announced details about his debut solo album.

Liam, who rarely posts on the micro-blogging website, wrote the message: “Sh*tbag” shortly after lunchtime today (July 6).

His tweet follows his brother's decision to speak about Oasis's split at a press conference in London today, although it is not known whether his comment is directed at Noel.

As previously reported on Gigwise, Noel Gallagher announced details of two new solo albums, including his debut 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' earlier.

When asked by journalists about his relationship with former bandmate and brother Liam, Noel said: ''I never had enough of Oasis, I had enough of him and our relationship but it was never as bad as people made out.

“It all unravelled when he started his clothing line (Pretty Green) and wanted to advertise it on our tour and I didn't agree with that.''

'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' is released on October 17.

Source: www.gigwise.com

Noel Gallagher Video: Why Did Oasis Split Up?

While speaking about his new album, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Noel Gallagher finally explains exactly how and why Oasis broke up, and reveals the explosive details of what happened with his brother Liam that night in Paris...

Oasis Split 'Came Fom Liam Ad Row'

Noel Gallagher has revealed that one of the most infamous splits in rock and roll stemmed from a row about an ad in an Oasis tour programme.

The guitarist, launching his solo album, finally broke his silence about his departure from the band, explaining that it spiralled from a squabble about brother Liam's demands for a free plug for his clothing range.

Noel quit the group in 2009 after years of tension between the pair.

He said that on the night of his departure - which led to the cancellation of a headline slot at a Paris festival - Liam stormed into the dressing room wielding a guitar like "an axe".

"He nearly took my face off with it," he said.

Noel said he regretted the way the band ended, splitting with just two shows to play. He added that if the group had finished the tour and had time to reflect, "we'd never have split up".

Noel is to launch his post-Oasis career with a new album, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, on October 17, the first of two albums which have been completed. The second will follow next year.

Noel revealed that tensions had been heightened on the night of the Paris showdown because the band had been forced to cancel a headline slot at the UK's V festival because Liam had failed to show up due to "a hangover". The official cause of the cancellation was Liam suffering from laryngitis.

The climactic row in France also led to Liam throwing a plum at his brother, which splattered against the dressing room wall, shortly before they were due on stage.

"Part of me wishes it did end like that - 'plum throws plum'," said Noel.

Source: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Gallery: Beady Eye At The iTunes Festival

Click here for a gallery from last night's Beady Eye performance at the iTunes Festival.

Noel Gallagher Will Never Do A Gig Without Playing Oasis Songs

Noel Gallagher has promised to play songs by his former band Oasis when his sets out on a solo tour later this year.

The singer and guitarist announced his comeback with the album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' at a press conference in London today (July 6).

It marks his first return to the limelight since he quit Oasis in 2009 following a row with his brother Liam, whose new band Beady Eye refuses to play the group's songs live.

Noel is due to tour in the autumn and sked whether he would perform Oasis songs live, he said: "I'll never do a gig without playing them, they're like drugs to me.”

Source: www.gigwise.com

Noel Gallagher Album Official Details

Noel Gallagher has confirmed today at a press conference in London that his brand new album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' - the first of TWO recently completed albums - will be released through his own label, Sour Mash Records, on October 17th (this date will vary slightly internationally). 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' features ten new songs and was recorded over the past year in London and Los Angeles. It was co-produced by Noel and David Sardy, who Noel has worked with previously.

Noel said his band, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, will tour this autumn after the release of the album.

Noel also revealed in the press conference that he has completed a second album which is a continuation of his collaboration with Amorphous Androgynous. This as-yet untitled album will be released in 2012.

The tracklisting for 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' is below:

1. Everybody's On The Run
2. Dream On
3. If I Had A Gun...
4. The Death Of You And Me
5. (I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine
6. AKA... What A Life!
7. Soldier Boys And Jesus Freaks
8. AKA... Broken Arrow
9. (Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
10. Stop The Clocks

Sour Mash Records tweeted from today's press conference. You can check it out at Noel's official Twitter page HERE!

The entire press conference will be available to view later today here at noelgallagher.com as well as his official YouTube channel, Facebook and MySpace pages.

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Noel Gallagher: 'Liam's Better Off Without Me'

So, we've just been chatting with Noel Gallagher at his press conference in West London (where he's just announced he's releasing not one, but two, new albums – more of that in a minute) and he's very humbly admitted that he thinks Liam is better off without him.

"He's probably better off without me because he's in charge now," Noel laughed. "But it remains to be seen whether I'm better without him. I've never really seen myself as a frontman."

But with Liam currently gigging with Beady Eye, we're quite interested to see just how Noel will do on his own – and whether he can step up to being a frontman. His debut solo LP is called High Flying Birds and will be out on 17 October, and the next one (not yet named) is out next year. Plus, Noel says he'll be gigging straight after the first album comes out (he also promises he'll do some Oasis songs, saying, "I'll never do a gig without playing them, they're like drugs to me").

Talking of why the boys are no longer pals and why Oasis are no more, Noel revealed how, on his last night in the band, Liam threw a plum across the room before things came to a head and they both walked out. "If only it ended there, a plum throwing a plum," he joked.

"It took me 18 years, but I f***ing mastered being that guy standing on the right playing the guitar. But he [Liam] doesn't like me. And there's no point being in a band where you don't get on," he explained.

So, are you excited about seeing what Noel has to offer? Should he (and Liam) have stuck to the Oasis stuff? Or are they both just past it and should give it up now? Do tell.

PS Noel cracked loads of jokes and made us laugh at least 16 times in half an hour. He's not as 'ard as he makes out. Fact.

Source: www.heatworld.com

Noel Gallagher Admits He Could Struggle Without Liam

Noel Gallagher has offered a characteristically honest assessment of his impeding solo future without younger brother Liam, admitting life as a frontman will be a tough challenge.

Speaking at today’s London press conference, where he unveiled debut solo album ‘Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds‘ and a new backing band of the same name, Gallagher was asked whether he is better off without Liam and, according to the Daily Telegraph‘s Neil McCormick’s Twitter, replied:

“Probably not. I’ve never seen myself as a frontman and can see it being a right pain in the arse.”

After outlining some regrets regarding the circumstances of Oasis‘ demise, Noel also claimed Liam will be better off without him as he is now ‘in charge’, but hinted he is not much of a fan of Beady Eye, the band formed by Liam and Noel’s ex-Oasis bandmates Gem Archer and Andy Bell. “Out of respect for the friends I’ve still got in the band, I’d rather not say – it’s alright,” he is quoted as saying.

‘Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ will be released on October 17th, with a second album recorded with Amorphous Androgynous due to follow next year.

Source: www.live4ever.uk.com

Noel Gallagher First Gig Is In Dublin, And Oasis Songs Will Be Played

Noel Gallagher first concert will be in Dublin on October 23, and it's been reported he will play Oasis songs.

Listen To The Demos Of Noel Gallagher's New Songs

Listen to four of the songs from Noel Gallagher's debut album, the tracks are demos and two are from Oasis sounchecks. The tracks are set to appear on Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds that is released on 17 October 2011.

Speaking at a London press conference today, Gallagher remarked that the album didn't contain any guitar solos until track six, and "isn't a Guitar Hero album" Noel is set to tour in October.

Click in the links to listen to Stop The Clocks, I Wanna Live In A Dream In My Record Machine
, If I Had A Gun and Everybody Is On The Run.

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On This Day In Oasis History...

Above is a video from June 6th 2000, Oasis played the Quart Festival in Norway. At the time Noel Gallagher had decided to quit overseas touring with Oasis.

Noel Gallagher's 'High Flying Birds' Tracklisting

Noel Gallagher's debut solo album will be called Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

Here is the tracklisting:

Everybody's On The Run
Dream On
If I Had A Gun...
The Death Of You And Me
(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine
AKA...What A Life!
Soldier Boys And Jesus Freaks
AKA...Broken Arrow
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Stop The Clocks

The former Oasis guitarist will release his first self-titled project under the name Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds on October 17.

The second, an as-yet-untitled companion LP, will be released in 2012 and is the result of Gallagher's continued work with Amorphous Androgynous.

'High Flying Birds' was recorded in London and completed in Los Angeles during 2010 and the first half of this year.

It features ten new songs and was produced by Gallagher and Dave Sardy. The album includes guest appearances from the Crouch End Festival Chorus and The Wired Strings.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will tour this autumn.

Noel Gallagher Announces Two Solo Albums

Former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher has just announced details of his first album since the split with brother Liam in 2009. Noel Gallagher And The High Flying Birds will release a self-titled album on October 17th - the first of two albums already in the can, according to the guitarist, who is speaking at a press conference in London.

The albums were recorded in London and LA. Very interestingly as far as we're concerned, the second LP is a collaboration with the deeply cosmic Amorphous Androgynous.

Musicians on the record include drummer Jeremy Stacey, keyboard player Mikey Rowe, Becky Byrne, pedal steel guitarist Jon Graboff, Portuguese percussionist Luis Jardim and American percussionist Lenny Castro. Further details shortly.

Source: thequietus.com

Liam Gallagher Prepared For Noel's 'Party Political Broadcast'

Liam Gallagher is prepared for his brother Noel's "party political broadcast" today (06.07.11).

The Beady Eye frontman couldn't resist taking a swipe at his former Oasis bandmate - who has called a press conference this morning, where he is expected to announce the details of his debut solo album - as his band performed at the iTunes Festival in London last night (05.07.11).

As Beady Eye prepared to launch into their track 'Bring The Light', Liam told the crowd: "Are you ready for the party political broadcast tomorrow? Are you? Well we like rock 'n' roll."

Beady Eye features four of the five members of Oasis when they disbanded in 2009, with Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock joining Liam.

The band refuse to play any Oasis songs live and Liam has claimed his split with Noel - which caused the breakup of Oasis - is final and he doesn't feel the guitarist will be as successful without him.

He said: "The people that go, 'Oh, Beady Eye is not Oasis,' well, I'll tell you what - you wait until you hear Noel's music because that ain't gonna be Oasis either. It might remind you of it but there'll be something missing. And what'll be missing is f**king me."

"I had a great time singing Oasis songs, without a doubt. But I think Oasis is beatable, man. With Oasis we did experiment but Noel was holding back the reins a bit."

At their iTunes show, Beady Eye played tracks from their debut album 'Differnt Gear, Still Speeding', including 'Millionaire' and 'Wigwam', ending their set with their cover version of Word of Twist's 'Sons of the Stage'.

Source: entertainment.stv.tv