Vote For Oasis As The 'Greatest Act Of The Last 25 Years'

This year marks Q’s 25th birthday, to celebrate, Q – in association with BlackBerry is launching a nationwide vote to determine The Greatest Act Of The Last 25 Years.

The winner will be announced at the Q Awards on 24 October.

Find out more info at qthemusic or vote for Oasis here (CLICK ON THE CREATE YOUR 25 BUTTON).

Noel Gallagher Interview In French Voxpop Magazine

A seven page interview with Noel Gallagher, features in the current edition of the French music magazine Voxpop.

Noel Gallagher Interview In German Magazine Musikexpress

A four page interview with Noel Gallagher, features in the current edition of the German music magazine Musikexpress.



Thanks to Sandra

Noel Gallagher To Feature In The New German Rolling Stone Magazine

Noel Gallagher will feature in the next edition of the German Rolling Stone Magazine, it will in stores on September 29th.

Full details to follow, thanks to Sandra.

Liam Gallagher On Playing A Tent In The Middle Of The Desert?

A Beady Eye gig in Abu Dhabi in the aftermath of the Arab Spring (and very much in the middle of the Arab summer)? Andy Buchan finds out if Liam Gallagher and company can take the heat...

'I'm playing a tent in the middle of the desert?' asked Liam at 6am as he drove past Abu Dhabi's admittedly tent-like Flash Forum soon after landing. With the temperature already soaring past 30 degrees and the rumour mill suggesting that ticket sales have been slower than a hungover sloth, it's not the most auspicious of starts, for what should really be a dream gig for Liam.

His beloved team, Manchester City, have got Sheikh Mansour's billions to thank for their footballing ascension, and with event organisers Flash state owned, he's effectively playing a home gig. And let's not beat around the bush here - as much as Beady Eye have been garnering impressive reviews this summer, in the relative musical backwaters of Abu Dhabi, the pre-gig hype is fully focussed on Liam's shoulders.

And it seems to be showing - with the crowd swollen to a respectable 3,000 people thanks to a raft of complimentary tickets, the band quietly enter the backstage area. Where once Liam might have shadow-boxed with Noel, or swigged from a bottle of JD, he's now pacing a furrow into the concrete floor, nervously supping from a cup of tea and half-stretching and meditating.

While it might be a new band name, it's an instantly familiar reaction once he's onstage and in that familiar pose with his knees bent, throat arced upwards, the words forced not into the mic, but through it. But for the opening two songs, '4 Letter Word' and 'Beatles and Stones', it's all a little underwhelming: the growl-sung vocals are too high in the mix and Liam - shock, horror - looks less than his over-confident self. Maybe it's the heat; maybe it's being at the fag-end of a long tour.

By the time 'The Roller' kicks in, though, Liam is strutting around the stage like a peacock on day release, poking his tongue out at the front row. And his exertions (and the swampy, 80% humidity) are showing as his not-so-pretty-green jacket is now rocking a sweaty, patchy, camouflage look.

From there, the band hit the heights: 'Bring The Light' is extended into a honky-tonk work-out that Jools Holland would be proud of, there's sing-a-long euphoria ('Kill For A Dream') and cosmic, sixties rock ('Wigwam'). The only low-point is 'The Beat Goes On' which falls flat, partly as, at best, it's a bad pastiche of a Beatles B-side and partly due to the crowd - front row tickets cost well over £ 100 making this the poshest pit in history, with pristine Louboutins politely rubbing toes with sandy Converse.

As they've done all summer, their cover of World of Twists's 'Sons Of The Stage' closes proceedings, with Liam offering virtually his first words of the night: 'Nice one for coming out tonight, nice one.' It might not be a classic statement, or a classic finale, but the baggy beats are tailor made for the largely over-30 crowd, as grown men are foisted onto shoulders and dance moves that were already out of date in '95, drunkenly thrown. Wipe the sweat from your eyebrows and close your eyes, and, just for a second, this could have been prime-Oasis territory, and not Beady Eye in a tent in the middle of the desert.

Source: www.clashmusic.com

Noel Gallagher Interview And Live Performance On RTL 102.5 This Sunday

Noel Gallagher will be a guest on Italian radio station RTL 102.5 this Sunday (25th Sept), he will be talking about and playing a few acoustic tracks from 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'.

The show is broadcast live from 17.30 (local time).

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'AKA... What A Life!' UK Chart Position

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have entered the UK Charts yesterday with 'AKA... What A Life!' at number 20 on the Official UK Singles Chart.

Gallery: Beady Eye In Abu Dhabi

Click here and here for a number of photographs from Beady Eye's gig in Abu Dhabi.

Watch Beady Eye's Full Set From The Lowlands Festival

Click here to watch Beady Eye's full set from the Lowlands Festival, that took place last month in The Netherlands.

Thanks to AG_foto

Fans Pack Yas Venue For Beady Eye

The award to the sweatiest man at the Beady Eye concert goes to… Liam Gallagher.

Despite the impressive air conditioning in the huge Flash Forum tent on Yas Island on Friday night, the outspoken singer's outfit choice of a zipped up jacket was still rather daring. And just quarter of an hour after swaggering onto the stage, hands behind his back, in his own unmistakable fashion, the tell-tale damp patches were beginning to show around his shoulders.

An hour later, having blasted through almost the entire content of Beady Eye's debut (and only) album, Different Gear, Still Speeding, and come on for an encore, the battle between light and dark on Gallagher’s coat had been lost altogether.

"The heat was a bit of a shock when we first arrived on Thursday," said Andy Bell, Beady Eye's guitarist speaking before the gig, admitting that the band had spent their brief time in Abu Dhabi living in constant refrigeration. Thankfully, the temperature wasn't enough to ward off the crowd, who began arriving slowly to the 5,000 capacity venue but had nearly packed it out by the time Beady Eye arrived on stage, following support from local band Beat Antenna.

And although there weren’t any Gallagher-esque cagoules or parka jackets on display, among the masses there were a few Manchester City football shirts and least one T-shirt with a picture of John Lennon.

Having opened with the track Four Letter Word, Beady Eye blasted straight into Beatles and Stones, a song whose title almost defines the band’s sound, blending two of Gallagher’s strongest musical influences. And, as promised, throughout the entire set, absolutely no Oasis was played.

Usually somewhat verbose on the subject, Liam opted to keep quiet regarding his former band, which broke up in 2009 after his older brother Noel left. Liam went on to form Beady Eye with the remaining bandmates, while Noel has gone on to pursue his own solo career, something that Liam has also poured scorn upon.

"I don’t actually know Beady Eye that well," said one member of the crowd, Ian Dickenson, from inside the Flash Forum's fan pit. "I’m really just here because of Oasis."

Thankfully, there were enough people singing along to the words to indicate that not all were here to celebrate Gallagher's previous musical endeavours.

However, there were some there who had no idea what they were listening to. "Beady who?" asked the man next to me after I'd enquired whether he was a fan. "Beady Eye. The band on tonight. It’s fronted by Liam Gallagher. From Oasis." I fired back, hoping to jog his memory. "Never heard of him. I’m just here because someone gave me their ticket."

Source: www.thenational.ae

Videos And Pictures Of Beady Eye In Abu Dhabi

Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher entertained in his usual trademark style, complete with a mix of smiles and attitude, at Yas Island's Flash Forum on Friday night.

The lead single of new band Beady Eye hit the capital to a Brit-heavy crowd of more than 3,000. It took a few warm-up numbers but by the time the Manchester lad starting pumping out the vocals for The Roller, proceedings got underway.
Dressed in army green, Gallagher made an effort with his grateful crowd, pointing, winking and shaking a few hands.
tabloid! snatched a few minutes with guitarist Andy Bell who played with Gallagher and his brother Noel in Oasis.

"It's great to be here," he said backstage. "We only wish we could stay longer but we fly out in three hours."

Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher makes an effort with his grateful crowd in the UAE.

Click here to see the photographs.

Source: gulfnews.com

Beady Eye In Abu Dhabi

With arms behind his back, Liam Gallagher stumbled onto the stage in his own unmistakable fashion at Abu Dhabi's Flash Forum on Yas Island last night to an awaiting audience.

The crowd had gathered slowly, but by the time Gallagher and his band Beady Eye picked up their instruments, the 4,000 capacity tent - shaped like a dark zeppelin hangar - was nearly packed. And after the quick courtesy of a "good evening", they burst into Four Letter Word, one of the tracks from the band's debut album.

"It's the first time we've come here. It's great to visit somewhere new," said the guitarist Andy Bell shortly before the band took to the stage, after admitting that the heat had been something of a shock.

Bell claimed that they'd been kept free from sweat by living in "a refrigerator" since they'd arrived on Thursday evening. Liam - who had apparently spent his brief time backstage meditating with a cup of green tea - was taking on the heat with a somewhat daring zipped-up jacket.

Beady Eye were formed in 2009 by Liam and fellow members of Oasis after Noel Gallagher left the hugely successful band that his brother and he had formed in 1991.

The new band's first album, The Roller, was released this year, and peaked at number three on the UK charts.

"I don't actually know Beady Eye that well," said Ian Dickenson from the Flash Forum fan pit. "I'm really just here because of Oasis."

Judging by the crowd's reaction as Beady Eye ploughed through their album tracks, it didn't really matter who was there for Oasis or not.

Source: www.thenational.ae

Watch Footage Of Beady Eye At The Summer Sonic Festival

Click here to see Beady Eye perform Millionaire and The Roller at the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan last month.

Noel Gallagher: `My Solo Songs Would Never Make An Oasis Album`

British rocker Noel Gallagher has said the songs on his new album would never have featured on a record by his former band Oasis.

Noel says he was writing from a different place when compiling the tracks for his upcoming High Flying Birds.

The 44 year-old told Spin magazine: 'These songs never would have ended up on an Oasis record. I directed everything that went on in that band but Oasis were a stadium rock band so I wrote stadium rock music.'

Gallagher added: 'Now it's different. Doing the new solo album was great. It was serene. I could take it at my own pace.'

Source: www.monstersandcritics.com

Win Tickets And More To See Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Dublin

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' first ever show in Dublin sold out within minutes of going on sale but NoelGallagher.com and Noel's label Sour Mash Records have got together to make it possible for one lucky fan and a friend from anywhere in the UK or Europe to get to see the show!

To be in with a chance to win the tickets (which include flight and hotel) head on over to the Competitions section of the official website HERE!

Liam Gallagher Photograph By Mitch Ikeda

Click here for a new photograph of Liam Gallagher by Mitch Ikeda.

Beady Eye Interview From Japan

Below is an interview with Beady Eye from the Summersonic Festival in Japan that took place last month.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Concert In Cologne Is Now Sold Out!

Tickets have now sold for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds debut concert in Germany at the Palladium in Cologne on December 4th.

Beady Eye Roll Into Abu Dhabi

Beady Eye will play at the Flash Forum in Abu Dhabi later today (September 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 Beady Eye fan site http://www.standingontheedgeofthenoise.com/ by clicking here.

Tickets Go On Sale Today For Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Second Nights In New York And Los Angeles

Tickets go on general sale today for extra shows in New York and Los Angeles visit www.noelgallagher.com for more details.