Noel Gallagher On German TV Next Weekend

Noel Gallagher will be playing 'If I Had A Gum' on German TV show 'Schlag Den Raab' on channel ProSieben.

The show starts at 8:15pm (local time)on Saturday 15th October.

Thanks to CoolProphet

Noel Gallagher Picks His Favourite Videos For GOTV In Austria

Noel Gallagher will be picking his favourite videos for GOTV in Austria later today, the show starts at 11am (local time).

The show will be repeated on the 14/10 at 21:00 and 15/10 at 16:00.

Noel picked

Arctic Monkey - Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
Kasabian - Switchblade Smiles
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Pumper
Beck - E-Pro
Rolling Stones - Undercover Of The Night
David Bowie - John, I'm Only Dancing
Zoot Woman - Grey Day
Bob Marley -Could You Be Loved
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - The Death Of You And Me

Video: Beady Eye 'In The Bubble With A Bullet' Live In Italy

Below is a video of Beady Eye playing 'In The Bubble With A Bullet' for the first time live in Rome yesterday.



Thanks to frjdoasisfan

Noel Gallagher On Daybreak Next Friday

Noel Gallagher will be a guest on Daybreak on ITV 1 on Friday 14th October (UK Only), the show is broadcast between 06:00 and 08:30 (local time).

Noel Gallagher To Be A Guest On The Jo Whiley Music Show On Sky Arts

It's been reported that Noel Gallagher will be a guest with Jo Whiley on her new show 'The Jo Whiley Music Show' on Sky Arts 1 HD, on October 21st.

The Jo Whiley Music Show will be a lively series of discussion and debate on the issues that really matter within the music industry. Host Jo will be joined by a series of musicians, journalists and commentators on the show, which will also feature bands performing two songs per episode. Each programme will be accompanied by a 30 minute show, Jo Whiley Live, where the bands featured in the main show will play extended sets.

Jo Whiley: “Doing a show like this with Sky Arts is a hugely exciting project for me. Performance is going to be a big part of both shows; getting on the established acts but also the opportunity to give new bands a showcase on the channel. I’m delighted to be part of a programme that gives a forum to debate the complex issues facing the music industry today, and I’m looking forward to giving our guests the opportunity to really speak their mind.”

This series will premiere on Sky Arts 1 HD in October 2011.

Beady Eye Add New Songs To Their Setlist In Rome

Below is the setlist from Beady Eye's gig in Rome yesterday, also included are a few videos.

'World Outside My Room' and ' In The Bubble With A Bullet' were played live for the first time.

I have yet to come across a video for 'In The Bubble With A Bullet', when I do I will post it.

Intro (Yellow Tail)
World Outside My Room
Four Letter Word
Beatles And Stones
Millionaire
Two Of A Kind
For Anyone
The Roller
Bring The Light
In The Bubble With A Bullet
Standing On The Edge Of Noise
Kill For A Dream
The Beat Goes On
Three Ring Circus
Man of Misery
The Morning Son
Wigwam
Sons Of The Stage

Noel Gallagher And Beady Eye Interviews To Be Broadcast Tonight In Japan

Interviews with Noel Gallagher and Beady Eye will be broadcast later today in Japan.

The show is called Space Shower TV 'International Flash' and is on from 8:30pm-9pm (local time)

The show will be rebroadcast on October 17th from 2am-2:30am (local time)

Details can be found here and here.

Thanks to Raspberry_mr

Another Gallery: Beady Eye In Rome

Click here for another gallery of Beady Eye in Rome yesterday.

Thanks to AG_foto

Snippet Of Noel Gallagher Interview For 3FM

Below is a short video of the interview that's being broadcast next week.

Monday 10th October is the start of 'Noel Gallagher week' on the 3FM radio station in The Netherlands.

Between the hours of 19.00 and 22.00 (local time) DJ Michiel Veenstra will broadcast parts of an interview with Noel.

For more details click here.

Beady Eye Roll Into Padova

Beady Eye will play at the Gran Teatro Geox in Padova, Italy later today (October 8th).

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 standingontheedgeofthenoise.com by clicking here.

Gallery: Beady Eye In Rome

Click here to see a gallery of Beady Eye from yesterdays gig in Rome.

Noel Gallagher To Appear On The Jonathan Ross Show

Jonathan Ross has confirmed on Twitter that Noel Gallagher will be one of his guests on 'The Jonathan Ross Show' on ITV on October 22nd.

Thanks to Bella Ferri

Listen To 30 Second Clips Of Track's From Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Click here to listen to 30 second clips of each track from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

Noel Gallagher Interview To Be Broadcast All Of Next Week On 3FM

Monday 10th October is the start of 'Noel Gallagher week' on the 3FM radio station in The Netherlands.

Between the hours of 19.00 and 22.00 (local time) DJ Michiel Veenstra will broadcast parts of an interview with Noel.

For more details click here.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Album Review From The BBC

Songwriters who listen to too many records can struggle to come up with fresh ideas for their own. They’re too cowed by their own taste, too aware of pantheons and precedence, and too easily influenced by old and dusty sonic blueprints.

It’s hard to say whether this is a greater problem for the artist or the listener. Certainly it would be easy to provide a list of reference points for Noel Gallagher’s pugnacious solo debut, some of which come from his old band – two songs reference Wonderwall. But that’s missing the point.

Which is: Noel’s got his confidence back. After years of watered-down Oasis albums, where anyone with a band membership and a silk scarf could throw an authentically scuffed tune into the pot, this is not a tentative recovery, nor does it bluster and huff. It rests on a bed of quiet authority, that sense of calm over turmoil, which comes from Noel’s mournfully bullish voice. Or to put it another way, this is the sound of a man who no longer has to give a stuff what the rest of the band thinks.

You can divide the songs into three categories: one, the jazzy shufflers – Dream On, The Death of You and Me, Soldier Boys and Jesus Freaks. Two, the Oasis throwbacks – If I Had a Gun, AKA… Broken Arrow, (Stranded On) The Wrong Beach. And three, the big rock anthems – Everybody’s on the Run, (I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine, Stop the Clocks. The exception is AKA… What a Life, which takes Noel out of his traditional comfort zone and into a disco, albeit a very lean and spartan sort of disco. It suits him well, and he knows it.

Jazzy interludes aside, there’s nothing particularly new here, and certainly nothing that will change anyone’s mind about the music of Noel Gallagher: he’s listened to a lot of records and he knows what he likes. But, finally freed of the burden of his old band, their hot streak and their lead singer, he can concentrate on making enjoyable records for other people to enjoy.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Noel Gallagher's iTunes Playlist

Noel Gallagher has done a playlist on iTunes, click here to view the tracks.

Review: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

“I’m free to be whatever I, whatever I choose and I’ll sing the blues if I want”. Never have the lyrics to Oasis‘ 1994 single ‘Whatever‘ sounded so pertinent.

Now liberated from the restraint of the Oasis vehicle, which to an extent became a redundant medium for Noel’s songwriting output in recent years; the chief is now free to flex his creative muscles and experiment with ideas that we only ever saw glimpses of in his former band. It doesn’t feel as if they’ve been gone that long as we became accustomed to the dreaded gap between album releases, and coincidentally we’d be almost due a new record from them by now.

Instead, we’re on the cusp of Noel’s debut solo release and there’s something in the air that makes this the most exciting build up to a new record involving a Gallagher since 1997′s ‘Be Here Now‘. Why? because we’ve been waiting for what feels like an eternity for it, and this will be the first record consisting solely of Noel Gallagher penned tracks since that aforementioned album.

The dust still hasn’t settled since the events of over two years ago in Paris. Noel and Liam have continued to air their dirty laundry in public with constant bickering back and forth in the press. Accusations of plum throwing and “high flying turd” quips have dominated the column inches, but it’s all gone a bit quiet on the war of words front since Liam upped the ante by getting lawyers involved after comments Noel made about him during a press conference.

The brothers will no doubt reconcile at some point down the line, but whether they’ll ever record together again is another question. The PR machine for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds is in full swing now, and attention has refreshingly turned back to the music.

The demise of Oasis might have been hard to swallow, but on the flip side Noel has broken free from the shackles of a band that since 2005 – a period that sparked a resurgence in his songwriting, held him back from putting out a wealth of material that will inevitably feature on his forthcoming solo albums. ‘Don’t Believe The Truth‘ and ‘Dig Out Your Soul‘ featured some of their finest material since ‘…Morning Glory‘, but it’s frustrating to imagine how much better they might have been if Noel had written every song on those albums.

The democracy in songwriting may have been healthy for the band’s chemistry, but as Noel reacquainted himself with his love for writing he could probably have filled those records with all his own tracks without sacrificing any quality. Via his own admission, he had also built up a stock pile of songs that sat around collecting dust in the vaults because they never fitted in with the ‘Oasis sound’.

All being well, Noel’s solo album could have been sandwiched between the standard 2-3 year period between Oasis’ records, but this idea would never have sat well with Liam who once said of solo album rumours after Noel’s walkout of their Giants tour in 2000: “If you’re not thinking about Oasis when you’re in Oasis, then you shouldn’t be in Oasis”. Beady Eye silenced a lot of their critics with a satisfactory debut effort, but it was always going to be Noel’s record that the majority of fans anticipated the most. After all, he wrote the songs that mattered, the ones which have become part of the fabric in British society. It might have taken blood, sweat, tears and lawyers to get here but perhaps this was just a rite of passage Noel had to endure for him to finally reach this inevitable point of his career. The trademark cocksure arrogance we’ve come to expect from Noel in the run up to a new release has been notably diluted. He’s been making far less noise about this one. So does the music speak loud enough for itself?

Opening the album in spectacularly grandiose fashion is the dramatic ‘Everybody’s On The Run‘. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology this one has been floating around the internet for a while in the shape of a soundcheck, but now it’s been given the Dave Sardy treatment and the results are astonishing. The first few seconds of coughs and some incoherent mumbling are soon bulldozed by a marching beat and choir. Taking a deep breath it then slows down, fades out and makes way for Noel, who roars like a tenor from the depths of his stomach. “You can’t fight the feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelin”. The string’s really take off by the fourth minute and provide an epic finale to what is arguably the finest song on the album.

‘Dream On‘ is care free, pure pop indulgence. It’s also the first example of several tracks that carry a very strong Kinks influence. A moody piano contrasts an upbeat, stomping rhythm which makes this unashamedly brilliant, pub jukebox fodder. Should it have been the first single? Well, certainly in terms of commercial viability it ticks all the boxes, but musically it is inferior to ‘The Death Of You and Me‘, which has much more layers to devour. Its irresistible catchy bridge glides beautifully into a big chorus of “Dreeeeeeeeam on..” Noel hasn’t sounded like he’s had this much fun in years.

Dark, moody and beautifully haunting; ‘If I Had a Gun‘ is also responsible for producing one of the most memorable hooks of the album. “Excuse me if I spoke too soon..” is made of the stuff that Noel’s earliest songs were sprung from. It’s a ballad that follows a chord structure that he may have revisited several times before, but if the method isn’t broke then why try and fix it? The decision to give this track the full electric treatment might divide fans who have been drooling over a live acoustic version on YouTube for the last two years. The full band approach does strip away some of its appeal, but the song is so good that it doesn’t suffer from it.
Noel has clearly been listening to The Kinks. A lot. It’s no surprise as they did inspire one of the best compositions to come out of the latter half of Oasis’ career – ‘The Importance Of Being Idle‘, and their influence on his songwriting is scattered all over this album. ‘The Death Of You And Me’ bleeds The Kinks and shares a lot in common with the aforementioned Oasis track, but manages to find its own identity in the shape of some mild experimentation. A brass solo which had jaws dropping with both excitement and bewilderment when the track was first premiered sounds right at home on this album.

The first of two tracks Noel has stated were intended for previous Oasis albums begins with ‘(I Wanna Live In A Dream) In My Record Machine‘. It’s not a great deal different to the demo version that has been doing the rounds on the internet for a good while now, but it bites alot harder; slightly faster than the demo and with a more impassioned, aggressive vocal from Noel.

Dave Sardy has polished the track and given it a very shiny spark, it also features a rare commodity on the album – a guitar solo. “You can’t give me a reason, I don’t need one to shine” is on par with the bridge in ‘If I Had A Gun’. Spine tingling stuff. Despite all its merits – could Noel have done more with this track? Probably. Perhaps ‘Be Here Now’ is the devil on his shoulder, holding him back from really going out on a limb and fleshing this one out. An Amorphous Androgynous take on the track might be a little more fruitful.

At the midway point of the album we arrive at ‘AKA…What A Life‘, not quite the huge step out of his comfort zone that many might have expected. Within the context of the album, and the journey it takes us on, it fits perfectly and glues the two halves of the record together. After three mid paced tracks it’s a revitalising slap in the face. It remains to be seen whether this will also feature on the Amorphous record as it does lend itself to a more experimental sound that could be manipulated no end. Developed a bit more and perhaps a neat little guitar solo thrown in toward the end, this could have been one of the best on the album. Criticism aside, it’s one of the most refreshing songs on the record and boasts a ridiculously catchy melody.
‘Soldier Boys and Jesus Freaks‘ steers us back into Kinks territory with a ‘Dead End Street‘ vibe and even a lyrical nod toward to one of the band’s albums. “All the people on the village green have gathered round their TV screens..” Guitars make way for trumpets which dominate the track and the mood turns to more serious subject matters after taking tigers outside for a ride.. Its chorus of “on and on weeeeeeee go..” is not like anything Noel has written before.

‘AKA…Broken Arrow‘ may very well be the one above all others on the album that splits opinion. A heavily acoustic driven, mid paced number with bongos that lacks the immediacy of the preceding tracks. Lyrically it is ‘Stop The Clocks‘ counterpart, sharing the same themes.”If I die in a dream, then let me live my life..” It marks a turning point in the record that sounds less hopeful than the previous tracks. Doubt, insecurity and darker subject matters are embarked on. It is the weakest song on the album, but this is not a huge criticism when taking into consideration the overall standard of the songs. New b-side ‘Let The Lord Shine A Light On Me‘ might have been a smarter move. Nevertheless, Noel’s been quite careful with quality control and there isn’t a stand out dud on the entire album.

Never mind all that talk of ‘AKA…What a Life’ being disco – what about ‘(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach’? This is a sleazy slice of pop and far removed from the Noel Gallagher of old. Goldfrapp meets The Kinks with a subtle, moody, glam stomp, and there’s a continuation in the lyrical theme that has taken a U-turn somewhat in the latter half of the album. “Pour me one for the road, its a long journey baby, and where it’s gonna take me just depends on the weight of my load”. It’s glaringly obvious example of a song that would have never made it onto an Oasis album. It closes with the lyrics “sinking in the quick sand, stranded on the wrong beach, come and rescue me” and ends with sounds of the ocean.

Once described as the best song he’s ever written, later demoted to one of the best song’s he’s ever written, ‘Stop The Clocks’ closes Noel’s debut solo album, and what a wait it has been to finally hear a finished version of a track that’s been talked about for nearly ten years. There are allegedly up to six versions of it in the vaults, and that bestows a mammoth weight of expectation on this one. Noel’s homage to The La‘s ‘Looking Glass‘ has been worth the painful wait.

Fresher and with more vigour than the demo version, it also includes female backing vocals which are a subtle yet sweet addition to the song. It builds and builds until its explosive eruption of squealing guitars and a less defined guitar solo than the demo that is much more Matt Bellamy than Noel Gallagher. If it is true this won’t be played live, it is a crying shame that the dying moments of this track are not witnessed on stage as it’s one of the few moments on the album where Noel really lets loose with his guitar. Remember ‘Champagne Supernova‘ at Earls court 1995? There’s no doubt fans would kill to see Noel give the same sort of treatment to this song, stretching it out for 10 minutes and tearing his strings to pieces.

This is an album not short of variety. A healthy mix of classic Noel interspersed with fresh ideas and experimentation with new sounds which make this a very rewarding listen. The production is rich, glossy and inventive as the record is peppered with different sounds that make it quirky and unpredictable. Noel dips his toe into unfamiliar territory, particularly on the second half of the album, and it proves to be a healthy leap forward in his songwriting. He draws from the same old influences, but with a new twist by diversifying his use of instruments and thinking outside the box a little bit more. Guitars take on a less paramount role and make way for trumpets and piano and unsurprisingly the entire album is bursting at the seams with melody and hooks. The first half of the record is undoubtedly better than the second, but it does redeem itself with ‘Stop The Clocks’.

Satisfying, and at times unbelievably good, it’s the kind of album that doesn’t tell the full story the first time round, but it’s a journey that warrants the repeat button again and again.

(Matt Humphrey)
* Released: 17 October 2011
* Label: Sour Mash
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download

Source: www.live4ever.uk.com

Steve Lamacq Talks About Noel Gallagher In His Blog

Taken from Steve Lamacq's blog that can be found here.

A day later, Noel Gallagher walks into our studio with a hangover, rubbing at his forehead. He’s been out the previous night to the theatre – to see a friend in a play – and then onto the opening of a new private members club in London.

He is, as always, a terrific raconteur. Although this is a slightly different NG to the old one: this one is musically single for the first time in his career and – if you can read anything into the lyrics of his new High Flying Birds album – more reflective than on past records.

He says he doesn’t like explaining the words to his songs but does admit that several of them were written in the aftermath of the Oasis split, which might have coloured them a little.

And when did you first feel lonely after Oasis ended?

“We made a video for the single in the desert and I was sitting in my trailer on my own…(he does a bored whistle)…I thought about phoning Gem up and finding out what he was doing.”

He also has a new neighbour, who you really couldn’t make up. But that’s another story….

Interview finished we wander outside for the obligatory promo picture when he says: “You’ll never guess who I was drinking with last night.”

“There we were, going ‘What was all that Britpop stuff about. How did all that happen’.” There is a grown-up spark in his eye, which – like parts of his record, suggests a certain sense of closure.

Looking up, with an almost baffled smile, he concludes: “It was only Damon Albarn.”

You can hear the Noel Gallagher interview in full (including the stuff about his neighbours and life on tour with the Inspiral Carpets) on 6Music on October 11.

Beady Eye Roll Into Rome...

Beady Eye will play at the Atlanico in Rome, Italy later today (October 7th).

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 standingontheedgeofthenoise.com by clicking here.

First Listen Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's

Everybody’s On The Run

The potential of this song, everyone has known since the low-fi mobile phone version was getting hundreds of thousands of plays on YouTube and being shared online amongst fans. Even Noel’s biggest fans couldn’t have predicted how ‘epic’ he could get this song to sound. It’s far more complex than its simple acoustic version could have suggested and is a simply brilliant opener to the album fans have been waiting for since Oasis first started.

Dream On

Dream On is arguably the stand out track of the whole album. You wonder why songs this good didn’t make Oasis albums and can only assume this was written recently. It sounds anthemic without needing Liam which is something Noel has questioned in interviews since coming back, the song plays out with horn overtures with the line ‘Shout It Out For Me’, reminiscent of songs like Round Are Way and All Around The World.

If I Had A Gun

Another song that has been around for a few years since it was recorded by a fan at a soundcheck on the Dig Out Your Soul tour, the ‘demo’ suggested a delicate acoustic song but the finished version is certainly beefier in sound. A brilliant first single (if only in the US). With reverby acoustics, this will sound brilliant live.

The Death Of You And Me

The first single released from the album, TDOYAM surprised a lot of people with its waltzy-retro sound and falsetto vocal. In the context of the album it is a perfect follow up to If I Had A Gun and changes things up a bit after the first three quite full-on tracks.

(I Wanna Live In A Dream) In My Record Machine

The new album version of this song is virtually the same as the demo that came out in the spring of 2008 but has much more refined production and feels a lot ‘warmer’ than the demo. It has more emphasis on the contrast between the verse which is really soft and the epic build up/ending. Not quite the ‘9 minute’ epic Noel once talked about but sat in the middle of the album it works perfectly. It’s a shame it has been around for so long because if you were hearing it for the first time it would be arguably the most memorable song of the album.

AKA…What A Life

This song represents unchartered territory for Noel, it doesn’t sound like anything he has done before and is kind of a metaphor for the whole album. It is essentially a dance track and could easily have a house beat over the top and get played in clubs. If this was 1996 the single would probably have about 6 remixes as b-sides. As it is, it represents Noel trying something different out of the framework of Oasis and will be an impossible track to skip. Another (another!) stand out track even if you’ve been playing it non-stop over the last few weeks.

Soldier Boys And Jesus Freaks

This should be a highlight in the live sets. A soft TIOBI style organ and cymbal-snare beat under a choir and horn section. A lot of reviews so far have focused on the lyrics and their political content which does stand out (in a good way). It’s difficult to pin down, sounds a bit like a theme tune to a cop-drama and something closer to Noel’s DBTT era songs.

AKA…Broken Arrow

An up-tempo ballad if that makes any sense? Could imagine this song being sung slow with an acoustic guitar, as it happens this version is quite up-beat and has some percussion in the background. Understated but will be a grower after people have digested the ‘singles’ on this album. No specific influences spring to mind, like with the best Oasis songs. Could describe it as ‘Brit Pop’?!

(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach

The most interesting vocal on the album. An intricate melody and another track that doesn’t sound like anything Noel has done before. Has a sinister tone and although it’s not as instantly memorable as some tracks its far from being a filler. Will be some people’s favourite song on the whole album. Has a slight guitar solo at the end. Will sound mega when it’s being played live in a big venue.

Stop The Clocks

As good as the ‘demo’ was, this is still an improvement. It’s hard to release a track in 2011 that has been in the public domain since 2003 but this first ‘official release’ is fantastic. A perfect album closer, something that finishes what ‘Everybody’s On The Run’ started. Book ends a brilliant collection of songs and next time If Noel releases another album you’d think it will be 10+ new songs. This album is a greatest hits of his stuff that’s gradually come out over the past 10 or so years and having this at the end is a brilliant way to sum up the journey. Some scratchy strings and probably Noel’s most un-hinged and ‘out there’ guitar solo gives an eerily hint of what’s to come with the Amorphous Androgynous album.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is released on October 17th, visit www.noelgallagher.com for more details.