Beady Eye Roll Into Berne

Beady Eye will play at the Gurten Festival in Berne, Switzerland today (July 17th).

If you are going to the show, 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 on the site.

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

Video: Beady Eye At The Melt Festival

Below are a number of videos from Beady Eye at the Melt Festival in Berlin, Germany earlier today.

Beady Eye Interview From Backstage At The Melt Festival

Below is an interview with Beady Eye from backstage at the Melt Festival.

Brian Cannon Talks Oasis, Noel Gallagher And More...

Taken from an interview with Sabotage Times, read the full interview here.

Meeting Noel Gallagher…

It’s true, I met him because of a pair of trainers. When I graduated in 1988 I moved to London immediately, then I got into house music and was travelling back every Friday afternoon to Manchester to go to the Hacienda. So I thought ‘fuck it,’ if I was there all the time I may as well move there, so I moved back. The scene was just remarkable. So I got an office in an old cotton mill that had been broken up into little business units. Mine was £20 a week and had no windows in it, which is a bit of a drawback if you’re doing visual stuff, but it was cheap as chips. I didn’t have a computer, I had a photocopier and a drawing board and that was it. And I was doing the early Verve stuff, I’d seen this guy knocking around. You take it for granted now that everyone wears adidas and what have you but back then it was a rarity and mainly ex-football hooligans, or current football hooligans for that matter, I’d been into the football for a while and it was exclusive for that group of people.

I was in Rome on holiday with me Mum in 1991 or 92 and I bought these Adidas indoor supers. I’d seen this bloke knocking around the building, but you’d walk around and I’d clock him and he’d clock me, both too cool for school to say hello. Anyway one day I was in the lift and he gets in and I had the trainers on, which you couldn’t get in England. First thing he said to me was ‘where the fuck did you get those trainers from?’ And that’s how we got chatting. He asked me what I did, I told him, he said ‘who’ve you done?’ so I told him I’d done a couple of Verve singles by that point and he said ‘no way, I think they’re really good.’ Then as he got out of the lift he says ‘I’m in a band and when, not if, when we get signed I want you to do the artwork,’ and that were it and he was good to his word.

Seeing Oasis live for the first time…

The first time I saw Oasis, and I think I’ve seen them play something like 70 times, was at the Hop and Grape bar at Manchester Uni, probably holds about 300 people. Noel had been fucking mithering me to come and watch them but you know what it’s like, we’d become friends by this point and if a mate of yours plays in a band your like ‘they’re bound to be shit aren’t they?’ He was cool but I thought they’d be shit, all bands are shit except for a handful over the past 20 years or whatever, and I was worried about what I’d say if they were shit. But I went along and they were amazing. I was with Marcus Russell (manager) and Johnny Marr who Marcus had persuaded to come. It was super early on this and there was no looking back after that, I became the biggest walking advert for Oasis that you had ever seen, people thought I had gone mad. I was just ranting ‘this band are fucking brilliant they’ll be bigger than Led Zeppelin,’ and people were like ‘what the fuck are you going on about?’

The live show was like a fucking juggernaut coming into the room it were just ace. Before they showed their arses in public they were rehearsing 7 nights a week they really put a shift in. All of them are really nice blokes, Tony gets a hard time but I got on really well with him, all of the time we used to have a laugh, just constantly laughing. A lot of bands these days, and this really pisses me off, they’ve just been signed and they think the world owes them a living and they just turn into knobheads. You’ve got to remember that before Oasis Bonehead who was the eldest was a fucking plasterer. He knew how lucky he was, he woke up every morning and just went ‘Yesssss’ because he didn’t have to plaster walls anymore. They just knew it was a gifted situation they were in and they were gonna grab it with both hands. It was just an amazing phenomenon to be involved with.

Creating the Oasis logo…

The first meeting I ever had with them as a band took place backstage at a gig at Sheffield uni, I believe they were supporting the BMX Bandits! Fucking hell, the BMX Bandits supported by Oasis. Any road, like I said I never normally referred to other sleeves when I was doing a sleeve because you run the risk of becoming derivative or doing pastiches which I’m not about. But on this occasion, because it was the first time I’d met them and wasn’t sure what they were about, I took a load of books with me of classic album covers and classic rock photography and they liked a lot of the early Stones albums like Out of Their Heads. But more importantly they used to have the Decca logo on the front, and it hit me like a ton of bricks in the meeting that it would look ace with Oasis like that on it. Everyone knows it as the definitive Oasis logo and it started to go all downhill when they changed it.

The Definitely Maybe cover…

I don’t remember much about the conversation for Definitely Maybe, we decided it was going to be a band shot and did it at Bonehead’s house. I saw on some website recently that some idiot in some debate about Oasis’ artwork said ‘I hate that cover’ and my first thought was ‘nobhead’ because it’s ace, it’s like someone saying that they don’t like The Beatles, get a fucking grip mate. So I asked him why, and he said ‘it’s so aspirational.’ Which it isn’t, the inference was that these guys were shitkickers from Manchester and they all live in slums and they’ve had their picture taken in this posh flat. That was offensive in the extreme. The idea was that it wasn’t posed but it was, we spent weeks before the shoot with me sitting in every position and being photographed to build up a composition.

On getting The Verve to use Oasis as a support band in 1994…

It was my idea, you can fucking print this, it was all down to me, this is rock and roll history. You’ve heard of the famous Oasis swirl cassette, there’s only ten in existence, the last one went for £2500 on ebay. Noel gave me one but I can’t find the cassette, but I suppose the box would be worth a fair bit. On that Verve tour I drove round in a Renault 5 playing the cassette to David Haliwell the Verve’s manager. And he said this is amazing, and I told Richard that he needed to have them supporting and I introduced them. That tour was something else, no separate dressing rooms, we all just mucked in. They played one in Edinburgh and the power went and the crowd was getting restless and Bonehead went out and played the spoons singing she’ll be coming round the mountain.

The Rock And Roll Lifestyle…

Do you know what, I say this a lot. There’s some things I can’t reveal and wouldn’t. There’s a cracking story about Noel at a fancy dress party at Ronnie Wood’s house, I can’t tell you the rest, not that Noel would give a shit but… fucking hell. We were all so normal and down to earth and what we got up to was no different than what you and your mates got up to. There was a lot of boozing, a lot of cocaine knocking about and a lot of laughing. It was just a fucking piss up, just having a laugh, they were that open about it that there aren’t really any hidden stories, we took drugs, so fucking what. Noel said it all when he said it was as normal as having a cup of tea because it was. We got pissed, got hammered and had a laugh. Nobody was raping virgins or slaughtering animals, it was just so exciting knowing that you were part of something that would be remembered forever. It’s a good job I didn’t know then what I do now it would’ve driven me round the bend. We weren’t blasé about it though, we knew it was super super special and we were all very privileged to be there

Putting a Rolls Royce in a swimming pool…

The Be Here Now album, which incidentally a lot of people slag off including Noel, is a fucking great record. The original idea was to shoot the individual band members at any location in the world of their choice to make a composite image. Noel wanted to go to the mountain from Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Guigs wanted to go to Jamaica but we changed our minds in the end, nothing to do with budget mind, we could’ve have done anything we wanted. Bonehead wanted to be shot next to a pool with a Rolls Royce in it to hark back to the Keith Moon story which never actually happened, so that was that and we set about finding a location that would let us put a car in their swimming pool. Despite what people think that wasn’t done digitally, that car is in that pool. It was scrapped with no engine and it cost us a grand. And all the props around the pool have no meaning whatsoever, I just took Liam and Noel down to a BBC props warehouse in White City and they picked loads of random stuff, it was total nonsense. It’s a sign of what was going on at the time, people say it was over-produced or whatever but it’s Be Here Now for fuck’s sake. It’s bollocks, it’s Oasis’ last great album…

On stopping working with Oasis…

There was no fall out, I worked again on the 10 year anniversary of Definitely Maybe DVD. It was a crazy time, half the band had left, Guigs had gone, everyone’s head was up their arse, Noel and Liam were falling out and Noel wanted to go in a new direction. I didn’t have a god given right to do it, Robert Freeman did four or five Beatles albums and didn’t do the rest, that’s the way it goes. As it happens it was probably best I didn’t do the others. Oasis was the best time of my life and I’ll always look back on it with incredible fondness and it certainly didn’t do my career any harm. No hard feelings, no animosity, no fallout.

On Noel’s album

Noel’s a genius songwriter and you don’t lose a talent like that. I haven’t heard any of the stuff but I hope it’s really, really, really good because if it is it will be ace and loads of people will get onto it. He’s an amazing person, top bloke to work for, genius songwriter and I’m expecting great things. But when you’ve got Definitely Maybe as a yardstick it’s difficult isn’t it?

Source: Sabotage Times

Beady Eye Roll Into Berlin

Beady Eye will play at the Melt Festival in Berlin, Germany today (July 16th).

If you are going to the show, 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 on the site.

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

Listen To A Session And Interview With Beady Eye On World Cafe NPR Now

In the 1990s, megahits like "Wonderwall" and "Champagne Supernova" made Oasis the most popular band of the Britpop era. Meanwhile, the group was plagued by disputes between its famously contentious leaders, brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher.

When Noel permanently split from the band in 2009, the remaining members reformed as Beady Eye, releasing their '60s-inspired debut Different Gear, Still Speeding in February.

On today's World Cafe, hear an interview with Beady Eye frontman Liam Gallagher and guitarist Gem Archer, including live versions of songs from their debut album recorded at Buddha Studios in London.

Click here To listen.

Source: NPR

Liam Gallagher Pictured In The New Manchester City Shirt

Below is a picture of Liam Gallagher in the new Manchester City home shirt, click here for two more pictures.

Tickets Go On Sale Today For Beady Eye In Germany & The Netherlands

Tickets go on sale today for Beady Eye gigs in Germany in October as part of their forthcoming European tour. The band are confirmed to play:

Munich, Tonhalle - 10th October
Berlin, Columbiahalle - 14th October
Offenbach, Stadthalle - 19th October

More details here.

Tickets also go on sale today for Beady Eye's show in Amsterdam as part of their forthcoming European tour. The band are confirmed to play at the Heineken Music Hall on October 18th.

More details here.

Tickets Go On Sale Today For Beady Eye In North America

Tickets go on sale today for Beady Eye's North American tour that's set to take place in November and December.

It will mark the band's return to North America following their recent sold out gigs and performance on the 'Late Show with David Letterman'.

The band are set to take in eight dates, check out the details here.

Video: Beady Eye Reveal Manchester City's Home Kit With A Surprise Cover Of Blue Moon

As he's a massive fan of Manchester City, we couldn't think of anyone better to reveal the new Manchester City home shirt than Liam Gallagher. Here, Liam and his band Beady Eye perform a special version of the City anthem Blue Moon before launching into their new single The Beat Goes On.

The new MCFC home shirt, which will be worn by the team for the 2011/12 season, features a sound wave of the fans singing Blue Moon as part of the design. For more information on the new Manchester City home shirt, take a look at www.umbro.com

Beady Eye have covered the Elvis classic 'Blue Moon' to help launch the new Manchester City football kit made by Umbro.

The new kit features a soundwave graphic across the front which was taken from a 19 second recording of the club's fans singing 'Blue Moon'.

Liam said, "I've been a City fan since I was a kid so to be involved with the launch of a new kit is colossal. Manchester City fans are known for having a lot of style and the new shirt looks mega. I love the soundwave idea and the Mod-inspired collar looks proper smart.

'Blue Moon is a top tune and has been City's song for as long as I can remember. It's been covered by loads of people but the only good one until now was the one Elvis did. I hope the fans buzz off our version and sing along to it at the stadium.'

Beady Eye Roll Into Hultsfred

Beady Eye will play at the Hultsfred Festival in Hultsfred, Sweden today (July 14th).

If you are going to the show, 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 on the site.

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

On This Day In Oasis History...

Below are a number of videos from July 14th 2002, when Oasis played at the Witness Festival in County Kildare, Ireland.

Review: Beady Eye At Somerset House

After Liam Gallagher recently claimed brother Noel was "breaking his heart" over the "absolute s**t" the former Oasis member had been spreading about the break-up of the Britpop kings. One half expected the 38-year-old front man, now leading the ‘diet Oasis' spin-off band Beady Eye (also consisting of ex-band members Andy Bell, Gem Archer, Chris Sharrock and former Gorillaz guitarist Jeff Wootton), to come out all guns blazing. And although there were several put downs to the exiled sibling, this was a performance that was all about Liam's new band, not his past glories.

Opening with the barnstorming ‘Four Letter Word', Liam immediately rediscovered his iconic swagger and even openly joked with the audience, giving nods to Italian tourists and unable to resist the occasional pop at his older brother and former band mate.

‘Bring the Light' was the outstanding performance of the night, finding an upbeat Liam on his best form. The rattling piano backing and booming guitar accompaniment rocked the crowd to its core in the stunning Somerset House backdrop.

Not every tune was executed as successfully. ‘Beatles and Stones' and ‘Millionaire' seemed to get lost in the surroundings, with Gallagher's signature Manc drone sounding like a rusty monotonous freight train, swallowing up the lyrics, which in no way could be deciphered amongst the more casual Beady Eye fan.

That said, it is another successful addition to a growing body of live work by the seasoned veterans. They may not be Oasis, but they still know how to rock ‘n' roll.

Source: Yahoo Music

Why Noel Gallagher's Album Needs To Be Brilliant

I felt a strange sensation at the press conference for Noel Gallagher’s solo album last week: anticipation. It’s a feeling I’ve not associated with the Gallaghers for, ooh… [checks watch]… 16 years now, although they’ve awoken plenty of other emotions, from impotent rage, through glazed frustration, to icy despair.

I just hope Noel realises how much is riding on ‘High Flying Birds’. If he cocks this one up, I’m walking away, faster than a fucking cannonball. How about you?

Oasis were national treasures. To criticise them feels unpatriotic, like tipping Stephen Hawking out of his wheelchair or wiping your arse on the Magna Carta. Circa 1994, Noel Gallagher’s songs genuinely changed British culture, but when was the last time you heard a new Oasis track, jammed your headphones into a mate’s ears and told them in a reverential whisper: “just listen to this…”?

To me, it feels like Noel stopped pushing himself from the moment he exchanged on Supernova Heights. It’s understandable. Slacking off is human nature in any profession. Who hasn’t nodded dilligently when the boss says, “I’m just nipping out to the post office…”, then recreated The Dam Busters on the fire escape with watercooler bottles? Trouble is, Noel’s placed too much importance on being idle: his lunch hour office dickabout has lasted over a decade.

In the context of Oasis, the faithful will always back Noel, like indulgent mothers or lower-league football fans, always predicting a return to form, even faced with ‘High Horse Lady’. But Oasis is over, and that’s why ‘High Flying Birds’ is so important. For the first time in years, Britain’s greatest modern songwriter has something to prove, maybe even something to say. I have faith he’ll deliver. This album feels like the shackles are off and the chippy dreamer from ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Star’ is back, slogging his way up on the club circuit, close enough to see the boredom on the front row’s faces if he plays a dud. That’s got to be healthy.

There’s another factor of course: Liam. Everyone says the Gallaghers can’t function apart, but I’d argue the opposite: their much-touted chemistry became a tedious millstone towards the end. Without Liam to keep things neanderthal, Noel might explore the more avant-garde side of his writing – see his Chemical Brothers hook-ups – rather than mine the same three-chord furrow that meant all late-period Oasis tunes sounded like ‘Roll With It’’s sickly, withered cousins. Granted, Beady Eye’s ‘Different Gear, Still Speeding’ is not so much a gauntlet being thrown down as a sock full of custard, but Noel will surely want to knock it out of the park.

Noel Gallagher is always most dangerous when he’s up against the wall. ‘High Flying Birds’ is his chance to come out shooting, and blow away the young pretenders with his songs, rather than sarky put-downs in magazine interviews. Prove me right, Guv’nor…

Source: www.nme.com

Beady Eye Have Recorded A Version Of Blue Moon

It's been reported by a number of Manchester City fan sites that Beady Eye have recorded a version of the classic 'Blue Moon' that is set to be released this Friday.

The track was previewed yesterday for the launch of Manchester City's home kit, for the 2011/12 season.

Blue Moon was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934. Blue Moon is commonly recognized as the "Theme Tune" of Manchester City Football Club.

No official word yet, but I will keep you informed.

Liam Gallagher Mocks Noel At Beady Eye Show In London

Liam Gallagher hit out at brother Noel Gallagher at Beady Eye's concert at Somerset House in London last night (12.07.11) mocking the guitarist's recent claims about why Oasis ended.

Liam Gallagher hit out at brother Noel Gallagher at Beady Eye's concert at Somerset House in London last night (12.07.11).

The rocker was performing with his band as part of the Somerset House Summer Series, and used the gig to attack his sibling, who has enraged him by blaming him for the demise of Oasis.

Noel claimed their relationship began to deteriorate after he refused the singer's request to advertise his Pretty Green clothing label in the Oasis tour programme and culminated with 'The Roller' hitmaker attacking him with a guitar backstage before a festival appearance in Paris in August 2009.

Before introducing the track 'Man of Misery' last night, Liam asked the crowd: "Have we got any Pretty Green in the house? Or are we not allowed to speak about Pretty Green?"

Earlier in the set during 'Beatles and Stones' he also changed the lyrics to "I can't be bought and sold - like some people" and made a hand gesture which seemingly was a reference to his brother's height.

And on the track 'The Morning Son' - which was written by Liam and is widely believed to be about Noel - he changed the lyrics from "you're blinded by what you idolise" to "you're blinded by what f***ing lies".

Earlier this week, the 38-year-old singer accused the guitarist of lying about what happened on the final Oasis tour and admitted the 44-year-old songwriter was "breaking his heart" with his accusations.

Liam said: "Them words, Pretty Green, have never come out of my mouth [to] Noel Gallagher. Ever. So all this about him saying I tried to get Pretty Green in an advertisement or Oasis tour programme is absolute s**t, saying it's the demise of Oasis, I'm not having it.

"He needs to know there's two people to blame for Oasis splitting up and one of them is sitting here right now talking, and the other one's Noel Gallagher. He's breaking my heart."

Beady Eye - which also features Andy Bell, Gem Archer, Chris Sharrock and Jeff Wooton - thrilled the crowd with their set, finishing with an encore of 'Wigwam' and their traditional closing cover of World of Twist's 'Sons of the Stage'.

The band's performance was witnessed by some famous faces including Paul Weller and 'The Inbetweeners' star James Buckley.

Source: www.contactmusic.com

T In The Park 2011: Revellers Cast A Beady Eye Over Liam’s New Band

Full of attitude, Liam Gallagher swaggered onto the Radio One/NME Stage on Sunday evening with Beady Eye.

With the line-up of Liam’s new band comprising all former Oasis members minus brother and principal songwriter Noel, it was surprising that the group performed in front of a vastly reduced crowd in comparison to previous act, rapper Tinie Tempah.

Before performing tunes from debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding, Liam paraded himself in front of the thousands of britpop enthusiasts who had braved wet and muddy conditions to catch a glimpse of the notorious frontman.

Erratic as ever, the Mancunian – wearing a green-parka, blue jeans, black trilby hat and a white towel wrapped round his right hand – stood staring at members of the crowd with his arms wide, spitting occasionally.

Tearing into Four Letter Word, the introduction of Liam’s distinctive snarling vocals led to rapturous applause from the fascinated crowd before drummer Chris Sharrock prompted a rendition of Beatles And Stones.

Approaching the microphone and clapping the crowd, Liam murmured: “It’s good to be back at T in the Park.

“Thanks for sticking around and watching.”

Under the gaze of animated wife Nicole – a former member of All Saints – long-haired Liam performed Millionaire before introducing anthem The Roller in his typically aggressive manner by criticising the lack of airplay Beady Eye have received.

He barked: “This is the only way we are gonna get on the f***in radio, so thank you. Radio One, this is the f***in Roller!”

The simple rock and roll of Bring The Light preceded Standing On The Edge of the Noise, Kill For A Dream and Three Ring Circus with dedicated fans in full-voice for each.

Before belting out Sons Of The Stage, Liam booted a bottle into the crowd and roared: “This is the last one and you have been the b***cks!”

Despite an impressive performance, Beady Eye were unable to attract a large T audience – a problem which Oasis never experienced.

Could they be missing the creative edge and sharp wit of estranged brother Noel?

Source: www.perthshireadvertiser.co.uk

Liam Gallagher's Hat Robber Found

Liam Gallagher's hat has been found safe and sound in Fife.

A guy called Rob Lockhart has owned up to being the cheeky fella who nicked the black fedora during Beady Eye's performance at T In The Park on Sunday.

Bizarre put out an appeal yesterday to find the barnet-topper after it was pilfered during the music festival's final day.

And the sneaky punter has still found time to have a final swipe at the ex-Oasis frontman - because it isn't a designer label.

He said: "I took it when he came down to sing to the crowd and I stuck it in my trousers.

"Liam looked at me and said, 'Please give it back', but I told him there was no way.

"He said, 'You'll pay for this,' then grabbed me and tore my jacket before security pulled him away. The hat's only from H&M, though. I thought it would be from his Pretty Green label or something."

Beggars can't be choosers, mate.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Click here to see a picture of Rob posing with the hat.

Noel Gallagher's First Major Interview Since Oasis Split In The NME July 20th

There's barely anything of note in the current NME magazine, the teaser for next week's says that it will include the first in-depth interview since Oasis Split.

Noel said that he did the press conference purely to try and address the Oasis break up in Paris and to get it out of the way so he's not asked about it a million times over.

The magazine is in stores July 20th

Noel Gallagher Interview In This Week's NME Magazine

Noel Gallagher is back! In the first part of our world exclusive interview, the ex Oasis man talks about his debut solo album, his live plans, and his brother Liam.