Noel Gallagher On Samir Nasri

Click here to listen to a snippet of an interview with Noel Gallagher, that will be broadcast on 'Rock 'N' Roll Football Live' on Absolute Radio this Saturday afternoon from 1.30pm (UK time).

Listen to the show online at www.absoluteradio.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Interview To Be Broadcast Friday

An interview with Noel Gallagher will be broadcast on Friday on the Jo And Sparky show at 6pm (UK Time) on BRMB, listen to it online by visiting www.brmb.co.uk.

A snippet from the interview can be heard here.

Beady Eye Announce First Show In Vienna

Beady Eye are pleased to announce they have added a date in Vienna to their forthcoming European tour. The band are confirmed to play Vienna's Gasometer on 13th October. The gig will mark the band's debut in Copenhagen.

The ticket details are:

Vienna, Gasometer - Thursday 13th October:
Tickets on sale from 9am (local time) on Monday 22nd August through www.musicticket.at and 0043 1 96 0 96

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

Noel Gallagher's Daughter Hasn't Forgiven Him For Turning Down The X Factor

Noel Gallagher has revealed he has no regrets about turning down the chance to be a judge on X Factor - but his daughter won't ever forgive him for it.

The ex-Oasis star said his daughter Anaïs was upset with him after he said no to X Factor guru Simon Cowell.

Cowell offered him the role after he left the UK version to work on the launch of the show in America.

Judging regulars Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole also departed leaving more vacant places on the panel alongside Louis Walsh.

Gallagher told The Sun: 'I told him he didn't really want me on there.'

'He insisted he did. I insisted harder that he didn't and he gave up asking. My 11-year-old daughter has never forgiven me.'

Instead, Gallagher has been busy launching his new solo project called Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

He will be playing a sold out three-date tour in October to promote his debut solo album, also called Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

Gallagher added: 'Money was never mentioned.'

His place on the panel was taken by Take That star Gary Barlow who joins newcomers Tulisa Contostavlos and Kelly Rowland.

The X Factor launches this Saturday, August 20 at 8pm on ITV1 and the boot camp stage of the competition is expected to begin airing in several weeks.

Source: www.metro.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Jokes About Liam Gallagher's Looted Pretty Green Store

Noel Gallagher has laughed off the looting of his brother Liam's Pretty Green store in Manchester.

The Beady Eye singer's shop on King Street was ransacked during the riots earlier this month, with thieves stealing an estimated £270,000 worth of stock.

Asked about how he reacted when he heard the news, Noel told The Sun: “Every cloud and all that, eh?”

The Gallagher brothers have not spoken since Noel quit Oasis in 2009 following an altercation before a festival appearance in France.

Liam has since gone on to launch Beady Eye, while Noel Gallagher is currently preparing to release his debut solo album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'.

Source: www.gigwise.com

Beady Eye Announce First Show In Copenhagen

Beady Eye are pleased to announce they have added a date in Copenhagen to their forthcoming European tour. The band are confirmed to play the city's Vega venue on 16th October. The gig will mark the band's debut in Copenhagen.

The ticket details are:

Copenhagen, Vega - Sunday 16th October:
Tickets on sale from 10am (local time) on Tuesday 23 August through www.billetnet.dk
More gigs are set to be announced so keep checking back to www.BeadyEyeMusic.com for all the details. The current itinerary for the band's European tour is below:

Rome, Atlantico - 7th October
Padova, Gran Teatro Geox - 8th October
Munich, Tonhalle - 10th October
Zürich, Volkshaus - 11th October
Berlin, Columbiahalle - 14th October
Copenhagen, Vega - 16th October
Amsterdam, Heineken Music Hall - 18th October
Offenbach, Stadthalle - 19th October

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

Noel Gallagher Talks Robbie Williams, Manchester City, Oasis And More To The Sun

Noel Gallagher has been limbering up for his solo career with some verbal sparring.

The former Oasis star, 44, who releases debut solo single The Death Of You And Me next week, yesterday faced a volley of questions from Sun readers.

He is going to be a full-time frontman for the first time in his life with new band High Flying Birds - and he's not afraid to admit it's a big step.

Noel says that if he could have written any album other than his own, it would have been Sex Pistols classic Never Mind The Bollocks.

And the married dad of three, who refused to confirm or deny if he was a member of a secret society, thanked God that Manchester City had sold their soul. He even joked about his brother Liam's shop being emptied in the Manchester riots.

Noel's days of sprinkling drugs on his Cornflakes are long gone. But his sharp-tongued mischief remains as potent as ever - as these answers prove.

Q How do you go about telling Simon Cowell you don't want all the money in the world to do X Factor?

JON AITKEN, Scotlandwell, Scotland

A Money was never mentioned. I told him he didn't REALLY want me on there. He insisted he did. I insisted HARDER that he didn't and he gave up asking. My 11-year-old daughter has never forgiven me.

Q Are you planning an autobiography in the future? What would you call it?

THOMAS DOUZIS, Greece

A It's very much in the pipeline. It's gonna be called Sad But True... The Rise And Fall Of Noel Gallagher.

Q Has the way you write songs changed since you became a dad?

DONNA, Kent

A Nothing has changed really except maybe I get less time than usual to write. "A good thing too," some Guardian readers might comment.

Q Aside from The Beatles, what band do you wish you could have been in and why?

TOM POWELL

A Men Without Hats! (Canadian Eighties synth band who had minor success.)

Q You said a few years ago that you were a fan of Meerkat Manor. What's on more in your house - Sky Sports News or CBeebies?

GOUDIE, Scotland

A It's 50/50 I'd say.

Q Which decade was better for you professionally and personally - the Nineties or the Noughties?

PAUL WRIGHT, London

A What? Is that a serious question? Professionally The Nineties, of course. Personally, the Noughties. I hate that term.

Q What is the best football song/chant you have heard?

STUART SNAPE

A Dunno about the chant but you would be hard pushed to beat the Poznan.

Q Would you ever get more involved at Manchester City - like joining the board of directors?

LEIGH MACFARLANE, Newcastle

A Nah. They're doing a magnificent job up there. I wouldn't mind being a mascot for the day though.

Q If there was one album written by someone else that you could claim as your own, what would it be?

JAMES KIRK

A Never Mind The Bollocks.

Q Will you do more radio shows with Russell Brand in the future?

HENRY GOLD, London

A I'd love to. There have been rumblings between Russ, Matt Morgan and myself. It's pretty much up to Brandy boy, though. We'll see.

Q You were at the Arthur premiere to support your pal Russell. Did you walk out? If not, why not?

AMY JONES, Nuneaton, Warwickshire

A I couldn't possibly comment.

Q What was your reaction when you heard that the Pretty Green store had been ransacked in Manchester during the riots?

MARK CROSSLEY, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

A Every cloud and all that, eh?

Q What did Robbie Williams' email say the other week?

SARAH ROBERTSON, Sunderland

A Can't remember. Words to the effect of: "I'm sorry for being such a knob."

Q What would it take you to go on I'm A Celeb? And what's your dream line-up?

ALISTAIR ROSS, Wapping, East London

A Could Shaun Ryder's appearance ever be beaten? What would it take? £5million and all the Star Bars I could eat.

Q Who is the first person, other than "the missus", who you play new music to?

GARETH MCDONALD, Leeds

A No one in particular.

Q Are you member of a secret society?

PHIL MORRIS

A No comment.

Q Have you been invited to stay with the King Of Tonga yet?

JAY ROBERTS, Kinnesswood, Scotland

A Nope, never actually met him. I could only feel his presence.

Q If your lads started a band when they are teenagers, would you encourage them or tell them to get a proper job?

TONY FLINT, Surrey

A I'd say go for it. Music is a wonderful thing.

Q Was there ever a moment in Oasis when the band were making demos or recording and you said to yourself "I'll have that song for my solo album"?

PAUL, Belfast

A No.

Q Would you ever consider collaborations on your future solo albums? What about Damon Albarn appearing with High Flying Birds? Or Noel Gallagher on a Gorillaz record?

KHAMALL YAHYA

A I'm open to offers.

Q What A Life is a dance track - what will that be like on stage without a guitar for protection?

TOM PARFITT

A It'll be like that scene from The Office. Not the bit where David Brent does his dance. The bit before that where his new boss cuts some serious rug. I've got moves that are gonna destroy.

Q Have you learned to drive yet?

GARY BROWN, Birmingham

A Nope but I'm thinking of having a right good crack at it. I quite fancy a little bubble car.

Q How are you getting on with your iPad? We hear you are beginning to embrace technology beyond just text messages.

ANDREA BARNES

A If I'm being honest, I wish I'd never bothered. There's a lot of unnecessary nonsense that comes with computers that I could have done without knowing - like the language. None of it makes any sense.

Q Do you own any hip-hop records? Do you rate artists like Tinie Tempah and Plan B?

HARRY WRIGHTON, Bristol

A Old school hip-hop pre-Nineties is more my kind of gear. My kids love Tinie.

Q Are you looking forward to getting out on tour?

DANNY ROGERS

A I am and I'm not. I am because my record is great and I think people will like it. And I have an obligation to play the songs live. I'm not because I have to learn how to be a front man.

Q Have you given up wild nights out for peach fizz and the healthy lifestyle?

JONATHAN MOWATT, Wythenshawe, Manchester

A Put it this way, laughing boy. On any given night I'll be having it more than you.

Q Is it true you have a personal trainer?

MIKE JONNS, Chingford, Essex

A Yes. His name is Tuff Levi. He invented the "reggae, reggae work-out". The world will witness the fitness on the tour come October 23.

Q Is Sergio Aguero the best ever to wear a Man City strip? Mario Balotelli would make a decent drummer. He's bananas. Which players' names have your kids got on their shirts?

JAMES BARRON, Watford

A Best player was the mighty Jo. I love Super Mario. Total force of nature and style icon. My kids don't wear football kits. When they ask, they can have one. Not before.

Q Have Manchester City sold their soul?

STEVE ANDERSON, Inverness

A Yes - thank God.

Q Would you go for drinks at No10 if David Cameron invited you?

GARETH SHAW, Brixton, South London

A Oh yes - no question. Those Bullingdon boys look like a bloody good laugh.

Q Someone described you as the Manchester Eliza Doolittle (from My Fair Lady, not the ditsy singer). How do you react?

TERRY CARLISLE, Edlesborough, Bucks

A I've never seen My Fair Lady. So I'm not sure what that means. Who said that anyway - Gordon Smart?

Q Will you send your sons Donovan and Sonny to private school?

CALEB BOND

A Yes.

Q It's 15 years since Knebworth. Sum up your life since then.

FIONA STODDART

A Up and down.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Video: Beady Eye In Japan

The videos below are from Beady Eye's Japanese festival appearances in Toyko and Osaka.

TOKYO





OSAKA

On This Day In Oasis History...

The videos below are from August 18th 1994, when Oasis played at Camden Studios in London.

Beady Eye Roll Into St. Polten

Beady Eye will play at the Frequency Festival in St. Polten, Austria today (August 18th). 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.
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Liam Gallagher Says Eye’m Sorry

Liam Gallagher apologised to Viva Brother at a festival in Japan.

Beady Eye were on the same bill at the Summer Sonic event and Liam used the opportunity to make up for previously calling them "little posh boys with tattoos".

The ex-Oasis star burst into their dressing room and said: "I was only winding you boys up. You're a proper rock 'n' roll band."

Bet the Britpop-obsessed group loved that.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Hard-Fi On The Gallagher's And Beady Eye

Taken from an interview with Hard-Fi from Digital Spy, read the full article here.

Have you managed to work with any of your musical idols yet?

"I've been lucky enough to work with Mick Jones from The Clash. Obviously when you're working with someone you try to play a little bit cooler! Meeting and working with Mick has been amazing and he's now become a friend of the band and joined us on stage a few times. He's been there and done it and so you learn so much from him. When I was younger I really bought into the Oasis album and got my hair cut like them and everything. So when I finally got to meet Liam and Noel that was amazing too."

What do you make of the Gallagher brothers' material since Oasis split?

"I must admit I still have to check Beady Eye out - I've only heard their singles. My dad used to have the John Lennon Best Of solo album and used to play it really loud every morning and so I really like what I've heard of Beady Eye because it really reminds me of Lennon's solo stuff. I haven't heard Noel's music yet, but I've heard it's really good. The one thing I can't get away from personally is that they're at their best when Liam is singing Noel's songs. I always liked Oasis mark one because it had melody, attitude and energy. Hopefully they will sort out their differences one day."

Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Wishes Oasis Could Reform In 2015

Noel Gallagher hopes Oasis can reform in 2015 to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?', despite the problems between him and his brother Liam.

Noel Gallagher dreams about Oasis reforming in 2015 for the 20-year anniversary of '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'

The guitarist admits he regrets quitting the group in August 2009 following a huge backstage fight with his brother Liam as he had big plans to celebrate the release of the band's seminal album - which has sold over 14 million copies worldwide and contained the classic tracks 'Wonderwall', 'Don't Look Back In Anger' and 'Champagne Supernova' - but he hasn't completely given up on his idea.

Speaking about the night of the breakup in Paris - which culminated in Liam attacking him with a guitar - he said: "Well I regret when I was sat in the car and I kind of made a snap decision, really, if I had my time again I'd have thought about it a bit more and gone back, done the gig, done the next, there was only two gigs left on the tour.

"It was a hasty decision I've got to say, and we could maybe have all gone off and done other things for a few years, in my own head the 2015, 20-year anniversary of 'Morning Glory' is looming and we could have maybe come back, made a new album and played that album in its entirety and gone and been the greatest thing ever, but there you go."

Noel is currently gearing up for the release of his debut solo album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' and a small solo UK tour but he admits he is nervous about hitting the road without his former Oasis bandmates - Liam, Gem Archer and Andy Bell who have since gone on to form new group Beady Eye.

In an interview on the Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio, he said: "I like the physical act of touring, it's amazing, it's one of the great perks of the job is to travel around on aeroplanes and visit different places and all that. I mean, I've been in a band for the last 20 years, I've never done a gig without Liam for 20 years, more or less, and with Gem and Andy for like 10 years, that's going to be the most difficult aspect of it. I'd have thought one of two things is going to happen, it'll be around the 12th gig, I'll be sat in the dressing room and after the gig I'll be thinking, `Do you know what, I think I'm up there with Elvis, as a performer I think I'm as good as it gets these days. I mean, who's better than me? Nobody, right?' Or I'm going to be sitting there thinking, `Right, how do I break a thumb and get out of this tour, because I don't like it, I don't like it, I want to go home.' "

Source: www.list.co.uk

Noel Gallagher's Interview With Christian O’Connell Full Transcript

Full transcript of an interview with Noel Gallagher from Christian O’Connell's Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio, listen to the interview or download the podcast on www.absoluteradio.co.uk.

Noel Gallagher: Bloody hell, eh, all this technology, seriously though.

Christian O’Connell: What year are we in?

Noel Gallagher: Who am I speaking to, is this Norfolk Nights?

Christian O’Connell: Hello, mate, its Christian here, how are you?

Noel Gallagher: I’m very well, how are you?

Christian O’Connell: Yeah, very good. It must be a dream come true to spend the day speaking to DJs again about your new material?

Noel Gallagher: Oh I don’t mind, I don’t mind, you know, brightens up your day and everybody else’s.

Christian O’Connell: Oh thank you very much for speaking to the nation, Noel.

Noel Gallagher: Yeah.

Christian O’Connell: So listen, how does it feel now coming out and talking about new material when it’s your own, does it feel more pressurised?

Noel Gallagher: No, because the material’s already in the bag. This is not live is it?

Christian O’Connell: No.

Noel Gallagher: No, hang on a sec. [To someone else] Can somebody switch the phone off because it’s coming through on this. I’m just getting everybody to turn their phones off here, could you hear that your end?

Christian O’Connell: Yes we could, and thank you. Can you make sure they’re fired?

Noel Gallagher: I will. No, I can’t do that. Alright, so it feels, well the material’s already done so there’s no pressure there, and I didn’t put any pressure on myself in the studio. I wouldn’t call it pressure, the pressure will come when I’ve got to play live, because I was in one of the greatest live bands, you know, and to try and recreate that with four or five different people is going to be a challenge, to say the least, not only for me but for the people that come and see us I guess.

Christian O’Connell: And also the tour you’re doing, these are smaller venues than the stadiums you’ve been playing for quite a few years now, do you feel more exposed when you do a smaller, intimate thing like that?

Noel Gallagher: Yeah. To be honest I’ve had bigger after-show parties than most of these gigs, so yeah, I don’t really like the little gigs, you tend to get into inane conversations with people about your shoes and stuff, ‘Where do you get those shoes? Oh, Dolcis? Where do you get your headband? Top Man? Nice one’. So I prefer the bigger gigs where you kind of get less nervous, I would get less nervous at Wembley than I would, say, at Hammersmith Apollo, do you know what I mean?

Christian O’Connell: Yeah, and are you excited about getting the new songs out there, to sort of show what you can do now as a soloist singer and writer?

NG: If I’m being honest I’ve not got that fist clenching, air punching mentality about me anyway, you know, I’m not really that fussed about being a front man, I’m not that fussed about… you know, I’ve got no moves. People are coming, I hope people are not coming to see anything because there’s nothing to see, you know.

Christian O’Connell: I love the way you’re really bigging this, you should call the tour Don’t Come Expecting Anything.

Noel Gallagher: Well, just pay your respects, then leave. I’m not really, you know, because front men, they have 20 years experience of this kind of thing, you know what I mean, even a new band, before you would see a new band with a front man he’s been dancing in front of the mirror for 10 years. So, I mean, I’ve got to learn how to do this in front of a paying, expectant crowd, and the years of me, you know, my young manhood has gone, do you know what I mean, so I’m kind of like ‘Look, let’s just play the songs’. I hope against hope that the songs will carry the night through and I don’t look too grumpy on stage.

Christian O’Connell: And how do you feel now about the split, Noel? Are you in a happy place with it, are you kind of at peace with it all, are you sick to the teeth talking about it?

Noel Gallagher: No. I mean, I’m cool with it, you know, it’s not an ideal situation for me to be in, to kind of start again at my age, 27, but I enjoy writing songs and making records, so therefore I’m obliged to get out on the road and make some more money for my missus to buy shoes with, and I will give it the best shot that I can muster. Yeah, I’m alright with it.

Christian O’Connell: Do you have any regrets about the split now, do you think ‘Oh crikey, if only we’d done this or that’, do you think the band still had more to give or was that heading to an end anyway?

Noel Gallagher: Well I regret when I was sat in the car and I kind of made a snap decision, really, if I had my time again I’d have thought about it a bit more and gone back, done the gig, done the next, there was only two gigs left on the tour, you know what I mean? It was a hasty decision I’ve got to say, and we could maybe have all gone off and done other things for a few years, in my own head the 2015, 20 year anniversary of Morning Glory is looming and we could have maybe come back, made a new album and played that album in its entirety and gone and been the greatest thing ever, but there you go.

Christian O’Connell: Does the end, you know, speaking to Liam a couple of months ago and he said things and I’ve read interviews with you, and I don’t want to dig it all up and get into all that again, but it felt like some kind of Spinal Tap ending, whatever happened, but did it involve some plum?

Noel Gallagher: Well, my version of events is on YouTube for everybody to see, but I don’t really want to diss any particular fruit because one man’s plum is another man’s peach.

Christian O’Connell: It’s going to be one of rock and roll’s greatest ‘what if’ isn’t it, like Colonel Mustard with the lead piping.

Noel Gallagher: If only it had been a banana.

Christian O’Connell: Bananas are funnier than plums.

Noel Gallagher: Said the actress to the bishop.

Christian O’Connell: And how is married life now, you got married a couple of months ago, is your missus looking forward to you getting out the house now and doing a bit of touring?

Noel Gallagher: Yeah, yeah, yeah, there’s all that, but I was saying to her the other day, I was saying ‘Do you know’, I looked at her the other day and I said to her ‘It’s uncanny, but I think you’ve got better looking since I married you’. Seriously. We was at a party the other night and I was like ‘Oh God, she’s beautiful’. I mean, she’s blooming since she married me. I might give it a go in a few years, marrying myself. Seriously, she’s come on great, she’s an amazing woman.

Christian O’Connell: How long do you think it’s going to be to get back out on the road, is that a ball ache to go back out touring again?

Noel Gallagher: No, I like the physical act of touring, it’s amazing, it’s one of the great perks of the job is to travel around on aeroplanes and visit different places, blah blah blah and all that. I mean, I’ve been in a solid band for the last 20 years, I’ve never done a gig without Liam for 20 years, more or less, and with Gem and Andy for like 10 years, that’s going to be the most difficult aspect of it. I’d have thought one of two things is going to happen, it’ll be around the 12th gig, I’ll be sat in the dressing room and I’ll think, after the gig I’ll be thinking ‘Do you know what, I think I’m up there with Elvis, as a performer I think I’m as good as it gets these days. I mean, who’s better than me? Nobody, right?’ Or I’m going to be sitting there thinking ‘Right, how do I break a thumb and get out of this tour, because I don’t like it, I don’t like it, I want to go home’.

Christian O’Connell: With the lamest excuse for a tour cancellation, a broken thumb?

Noel Gallagher: I would like to add a disclaimer to that, if I do break my thumb accidentally please don’t bring this up, don’t bring this up again. Yeah, I could fake my own disappearance, that would be easy enough wouldn’t it?

Christian O’Connell: I’m going to go and put a £1,000 on the 12th gig you’re going to cancel due to a broken thumb, the bookies are going to go ‘You got insider knowledge, mate?’

Noel Gallagher: Yeah.

Christian O’Connell: So the new material, how different is that, of the solo stuff we’ve heard you do before, with Oasis and your own little solo songs and that, Noel, is it going to be…?

Noel Gallagher: Little solos?

Christian O’Connell: Do you like that?

Noel Gallagher: Your own little solo songs? That’s like something you’d say to your child isn’t it, ‘Oh have you written a little song, oh well done. Go and play it to your mom, there you go’.

Christian O’Connell: That’s how I introduce your songs, always go ‘Here’s another little solo song from…’

Noel Gallagher: And here’s Noel Gallagher’s little High Flying Birds’.

Christian O’Connell: Yeah, there you go. No, but is it a different feel to it, is it more melancholic, what’s the kind of feel to the new stuff?

NG: I mean, there’s echoes of Oasis in there because I wrote most of the songs, so the choruses are quite euphoric and the verses are quite miserable, yeah. It’s good though, you’ll like it. It’s really difficult to talk about your own music isn’t it other than to say that each track is well worth 79p of anybody’s money.

Christian O’Connell: And as you become a little bit older and you become happier…

Noel Gallagher: 28, 28.

Christian O’Connell: 28? I thought it was 29 earlier, you’re getting younger.

Noel Gallagher: No, no, stopped at 27.

Christian O’Connell: You’re like Benjamin Button, at the end of this interview you’ll be 10. As your life goes on and you’re obviously happily married now, do you find it harder to write songs?

Noel Gallagher: The actual physical, no, I don’t find it difficult. When I start it’s great because I’m inspired by music, but I don’t have like a study at home or a music room or anything, so I rarely get a chance to sit and play a guitar for like five minutes without someone walking into the room and going ‘Look, dad, I spotted her, whey!’ and it’s just like ‘Oh wow, I was just doing this’, my son going ‘Are you doing a little song?’ ‘Yeah, I’m doing a little solo song, yeah, just go and play with your brother please’. So it’s finding the time, you know, it’s finding the time, and then I kind of do a lot of writing when I’m… I do a lot when I’m on tour, but then the words I’ll kind of cobble together on the way, but it works for me, it’s always been that way.

Christian O’Connell: Are you excited about getting the new stuff out into the world and for people to hear it?

Noel Gallagher: Yeah, I’m excited. The record’s great, it’s the best I could have done, you know, with what little talent I have, and I think people are going to like it, there’s something on there for everybody, apart from heavy metal fans, I think people will like it. You know, the track that’s out there at the minute, The Death of You and Me, is not like the next track, that’s going to be before the record, which is not like the third single, do you know what I mean? It’s all quite varied, but they’re all very memorable tunes, I’ve got to say.

Christian O’Connell: And what new stuff have you heard recently that excites you, because I know you’re into your new music and champion new bands?

Noel Gallagher: I like the Arctic Monkeys album, I’ve got to say, it seems like they’re back. The new Kasabian record which is coming is pretty good. What else? Contemporary new records? Yeah, I don’t think I’ve heard one for a while to be honest, but the new… oh, some of the new Coldplay stuff is good, I’ve got to say.

Christian O’Connell: Crikey, look at that, everyone’s getting grown-up now, people are being nice to Coldplay again, everyone’s being nice to Chris Martin, that’s nice.

Noel Gallagher: I’ve always been a fan of Coldplay, I’ve liked them since I heard that track, Yellow. I do like them, the new stuff’s good I think.

Christian O’Connell: Have you played anybody else, any other fellow musicians, your new stuff?

Noel Gallagher: Not famous ones, I’ve got friends who are kind of scrambling round the bottom of the musical ladder, I’ve played it to them, you know, yeah, but everybody seems to like it. But let me leave you with these words, I played it to a person, they said ‘Good God, that’s so good, that’s probably the best stuff you’ve ever done, this easily puts you in the same bracket at Bowie, McCartney and Elvis Costello’. And do you know who said that? My mom.

Christian O’Connell: And that’s all the validation you need.

Noel Gallagher: And she would know because she’s heard all my stuff.

Christian O’Connell: Listen, Noel, thank you very much for chatting to us, hopefully we’re going to see you in October when the new album is out.

Noel Gallagher: Alright, mate.

Noel Gallagher Says New Album Is The Best He Could Have Done

Noel Gallagher has said he's excited about getting the new stuff out into the world, and that it’s the best he could have done during an interview on Absolute Radio by Christian O’Connell on the Breakfast Show earlier today.

Christian O’Connell: Are you excited about getting the new stuff out into the world and for people to hear it?

Noel Gallagher: Yeah, I’m excited. The record’s great, it’s the best I could have done, you know, with what little talent I have, and I think people are going to like it, there’s something on there for everybody, apart from heavy metal fans, I think people will like it. You know, the track that’s out there at the minute, The Death of You and Me, is not like the next track, that’s going to be before the record, which is not like the third single, do you know what I mean? It’s all quite varied, but they’re all very memorable tunes, I’ve got to say.

Listen to the interview on www.absoluteradio.co.uk

Noel Gallagher's Mum Compares Puts Him On The Same Level As Bowie, McCartney And Elvis Costello

Noel Gallagher mother Peggy has said her sons music is on the same level as David Bowie, Paul McCartney And Elvis Costello , in an interview on Absolute Radio by Christian O’Connell on the Breakfast Show earlier today.

Christian O’Connell: Have you played anybody else, any other fellow musicians, your new stuff?

Noel Gallagher: Not famous ones, I’ve got friends who are kind of scrambling round the bottom of the musical ladder, I’ve played it to them, you know, yeah, but everybody seems to like it. But let me leave you with these words, I played it to a person, they said ‘Good God, that’s so good, that’s probably the best stuff you’ve ever done, this easily puts you in the same bracket at Bowie, McCartney and Elvis Costello’. And do you know who said that? My mom.

Christian O’Connell: And that’s all the validation you need.

Noel Gallagher: And she would know because she’s heard all my stuff.

Listen to the interview on www.absoluteradio.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Praises Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian And Coldplay

Noel Gallagher has praised the Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian And Coldplay, in an interview on Absolute Radio by Christian O’Connell on the Breakfast Show earlier today.

Christian O’Connell: And what new stuff have you heard recently that excites you, because I know you’re into your new music and champion new bands?

Noel Gallagher: I like the Arctic Monkeys album, I’ve got to say, it seems like they’re back. The new Kasabian record which is coming is pretty good. What else? Contemporary new records? Yeah, I don’t think I’ve heard one for a while to be honest, but some of the new Coldplay stuff is good, I’ve got to say.

Christian O’Connell: Crikey, look at that, everyone’s getting grown-up now, people are being nice to Coldplay again, everyone’s being nice to Chris Martin, that’s nice.

Noel Gallagher: I’ve always been a fan of Coldplay, I’ve liked them since I heard that track, Yellow. I do like them, the new stuff’s good I think.

Listen to the full interview at www.absoluteradio.co.uk

Listen/Download An Noel Gallagher Interview From Absolute Radio

Click here to listen or download an interview with Noel Gallagher from Absolute Radio's Breakfast Show earlier this morning. Noel chats about his solo album and taking to the stage without his brother on his upcoming tour.

Noel Gallagher Says His Wife Has Got More Beautiful Since She Married Him

Noel Gallagher says his wife has got more beautiful since she married him.

The musician tied the knot with his long-term partner Sara MacDonald in June and he has claimed she has never looked better since becoming 'Mrs. Gallagher'.

Noel - who has two sons, three-year-old Donovan and 10-month-old Sonny, with Sara - told Christian O'Connell on his breakfast show on British station Absolute Radio: "Do you know, I looked at her the other day and I said to her, 'It's uncanny, but I think you've got better looking since I married you.' Seriously. We were at a party the other night and I was like, 'Oh God, she's beautiful.' I mean, she's blooming since she married me. I might give it a go in a few years, marrying myself. Seriously, she's come on great, she's an amazing woman."

The former Oasis star also joked he only decided to make a solo album, 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', and go on tour again so he earn more money to buy Sara shoes.

Noel - who wrote the Oasis songs 'She Is Love' and 'Waiting for the Rapture' about Sara - joked: "I'm cool with it, you know, it's not an ideal situation for me to be in, to kind of start again at my age, 27, but I enjoy writing songs and making records, so therefore I'm obliged to get out on the road and make some more money for my missus to buy shoes with, and I will give it the best shot that I can muster."

The 44-year-old songwriter releases his album on October 17 and he kicks off his tour on October 23 in Dublin, Ireland.

Source: www.jacarandafm.com

The Vaccines Cancel Belsonic Appearance

The Vaccines have been forced to cancel their scheduled appearance at the Belsonic Festival in Belfast due to doctors' concerns about Justin's voice.

The Vaccines were scheduled to support Beady Eye on Saturday August 20.