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).
Thanks to CoolProphet
Noel Gallagher On German TV Later Today
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).
Thanks to CoolProphet
Noel Gallagher
Click here to watch an interview with Noel Gallagher and a performance of 'The Death Of You And Me' by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds on Skavlan.
Interview starts @ 44:50
The Death Of You And Me starts @ 54:55
Noel Gallagher Interview And Live Performance From Skavlaon
Click here to watch an interview with Noel Gallagher and a performance of 'The Death Of You And Me' by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds on Skavlan.
Interview starts @ 44:50
The Death Of You And Me starts @ 54:55
Beady Eye
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
He thinks he might have wasted his life. Not all of it, you understand. Certainly not two decades during which his old band Oasis sold 70 million albums, swigged from champagne flutes at the British prime minister’s Downing Street residence and played Wembley Stadium. No, the bit before that. From the ages of 17 to 27 to be exact. A complete lost decade. Noel Gallagher has been thinking about it a lot recently.
“When I was 17 I was a typical north-west scally, going to football matches, smoking dope and collecting my dole. I became a self-taught expert on Prisoner Cell Block H and WWF wrestling and the local guide for magic mushrooms. People say to me ‘Oh, but you must have been writing songs, getting your foot on the first rung of the ladder’. I didn’t even notice the ladder was there. The people I hung out with – if you had any ambitions you were seen as a bit of sissy so I didn’t even pick up a guitar.”
He’s been thinking about this time again because, since the acrimonious break-up of Oasis in 2009, he has in effect been unemployed again. There has been a long lay-off during which time he has had a third child, re-married, moved house and thankfully written some new songs. Now at last he has a new job too: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds are about to release their first album.
“I was better at being unemployed this time round,” he says. “I got more done. Didn’t stay up too late. No mushrooms.”
We are drinking coffee on a sunny café terrace in east London. An office block overlooks us and some female workers spot him and start waving and cheering. He waves back. When they go on a bit too long, he knots his eyebrows quizzically and you can see why some people used to call him “Parker” after the monobrowed Thunderbirds character.
Being instantly recognised, I say, after a long absence and the demise of the band that made him famous, must be reassuring.
“I don’t know about reassuring. I’m trying something new and you never know how people will react. I think there’s goodwill. But that soon disappears if you haven’t got the songs.”
His brother Liam’s rival band, Beady Eye, have had a six-month head-start and enjoyed a raft of “not as terrible as we all feared” reviews. But Noel Gallagher believes that he has the songs to put this rivalry to bed. Wisely, he has taken the precaution of recording them with a band with none of the personnel issues of the old one. Backed by unknown side-men and, as if to emphasise his post-Oasis creative liberation, the High Flying Birds have recorded two albums. The imminent High Flying Birds album and a psychedelic sister album recorded with the electronic dance rock pioneers The Amorphous Androgynous, which will be released in 2012.
“I’m easing everyone in gently,” Gallagher laughs. “You get the recognisable me first time round. And then next year you get the mind-blowing version.”
What drives the most successful British rock stars of the past 20 years? Well, classic post-divorce angst for a start. In the fall-out from the split with his brother it has become a point of principle to show just who the real talent was. Noel Gallagher is prepared to admit that Liam was the handsome, charismatic front man but he is at pains to prove that it was always he who wrote the Oasis classics. And if the melodies aren’t enough, then new song titles such as If I Had a Gun and The Death of You & Me surely tell their own story.
Gallagher realises that the High Flying Birds put him deeply out of his comfort zone for the first time in 20 years. He will once more be proving himself in venues where, as he says, he can see the “whites of people’s eyes”. He is hedging his bets a little: he will play small venues to begin with plus a smattering of Oasis songs. But he is adamant that the days of working with his brother are over.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE.
Source: www.thenational.ae
Noel Gallagher: 'All I Ever Wanted Was A Bigger Telly'
He thinks he might have wasted his life. Not all of it, you understand. Certainly not two decades during which his old band Oasis sold 70 million albums, swigged from champagne flutes at the British prime minister’s Downing Street residence and played Wembley Stadium. No, the bit before that. From the ages of 17 to 27 to be exact. A complete lost decade. Noel Gallagher has been thinking about it a lot recently.
“When I was 17 I was a typical north-west scally, going to football matches, smoking dope and collecting my dole. I became a self-taught expert on Prisoner Cell Block H and WWF wrestling and the local guide for magic mushrooms. People say to me ‘Oh, but you must have been writing songs, getting your foot on the first rung of the ladder’. I didn’t even notice the ladder was there. The people I hung out with – if you had any ambitions you were seen as a bit of sissy so I didn’t even pick up a guitar.”
He’s been thinking about this time again because, since the acrimonious break-up of Oasis in 2009, he has in effect been unemployed again. There has been a long lay-off during which time he has had a third child, re-married, moved house and thankfully written some new songs. Now at last he has a new job too: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds are about to release their first album.
“I was better at being unemployed this time round,” he says. “I got more done. Didn’t stay up too late. No mushrooms.”
We are drinking coffee on a sunny café terrace in east London. An office block overlooks us and some female workers spot him and start waving and cheering. He waves back. When they go on a bit too long, he knots his eyebrows quizzically and you can see why some people used to call him “Parker” after the monobrowed Thunderbirds character.
Being instantly recognised, I say, after a long absence and the demise of the band that made him famous, must be reassuring.
“I don’t know about reassuring. I’m trying something new and you never know how people will react. I think there’s goodwill. But that soon disappears if you haven’t got the songs.”
His brother Liam’s rival band, Beady Eye, have had a six-month head-start and enjoyed a raft of “not as terrible as we all feared” reviews. But Noel Gallagher believes that he has the songs to put this rivalry to bed. Wisely, he has taken the precaution of recording them with a band with none of the personnel issues of the old one. Backed by unknown side-men and, as if to emphasise his post-Oasis creative liberation, the High Flying Birds have recorded two albums. The imminent High Flying Birds album and a psychedelic sister album recorded with the electronic dance rock pioneers The Amorphous Androgynous, which will be released in 2012.
“I’m easing everyone in gently,” Gallagher laughs. “You get the recognisable me first time round. And then next year you get the mind-blowing version.”
What drives the most successful British rock stars of the past 20 years? Well, classic post-divorce angst for a start. In the fall-out from the split with his brother it has become a point of principle to show just who the real talent was. Noel Gallagher is prepared to admit that Liam was the handsome, charismatic front man but he is at pains to prove that it was always he who wrote the Oasis classics. And if the melodies aren’t enough, then new song titles such as If I Had a Gun and The Death of You & Me surely tell their own story.
Gallagher realises that the High Flying Birds put him deeply out of his comfort zone for the first time in 20 years. He will once more be proving himself in venues where, as he says, he can see the “whites of people’s eyes”. He is hedging his bets a little: he will play small venues to begin with plus a smattering of Oasis songs. But he is adamant that the days of working with his brother are over.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE.
Source: www.thenational.ae
Noel Gallagher
3FM have posted part three and four of an audio interview with Noel Gallagher, click here to listen to the interview.
Scroll down page and it's under 'The Death Of You And Me' video.
Thanks to AG_foto
Part Three And Four Of Noel Gallagher's Interview With 3FM
3FM have posted part three and four of an audio interview with Noel Gallagher, click here to listen to the interview.
Scroll down page and it's under 'The Death Of You And Me' video.
Thanks to AG_foto
Noel Gallagher
Click here to win tickets to Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds sold out show on November 14th.
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Win Tickets To See Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In New York
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Noel Gallagher is on the cover of the 'Rolling' Magazine in Chile, on sale now!
Noel Gallagher Is On The Cover Of 'Rolling Stone Magazine' In Chile
Noel Gallagher is on the cover of the 'Rolling' Magazine in Chile, on sale now!
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Noel Gallagher might have joined his brother’s band, Oasis. But he also eventually became its creative force.
His gift for writing hit songs put Oasis on the map in 1994. Their 1995 album, What’s The Story (Morning Glory)?, which featured the hits “Wonderwall” and “Don’t Look Back In Anger,” sold more than 14 million copies worldwide and propelled the band to international stardom.
But from the very beginning, brothers Noel and Liam fought -- usually in the public eye, often via the press. On September 5, 2009, Noel had finally had enough and called it quits. Oasis split into two, with the entire band (minus Noel, of course) joining Liam in the newly formed Beady Eye. Noel went solo.
Noel's debut album, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, which comes out November 8 via Sour Mash/Mercury Records, is distinctly "Noel Gallagher" in that its 10 tracks capture some of the brilliance of Oasis' early hits. In fact, “The Death Of You And Me” and “If I Had A Gun…” could fit nicely on any classic Oasis album.
Over the years, it hasn’t been easy to track down Noel. His not needing to do press is a luxury of being in a massive, internationally famous band. But now with a brand-new solo album, it’s a different story. Luckily, Guitar World grabbed a half-hour of his time during his recent visit to New York. We tried to play catch-up for a few decades of his work, right up to his new album.
GUITAR WORLD: When did you start working on Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds?
I don’t really have a set start date; I’m always writing songs. But the first day in the studio was Valentine’s Day. It was a momentous day because my wife called me at 3 o’clock that day and told me she was pregnant. It was as I was doing the drums for the first track, and I was like, “Wow.” I couldn’t tell you what year that was ... last year.
Do you have your own recording studio? In the past you've spoken about using Garage Band.
No, I don’t. I used to, but I let it go. It’s just a fucking waste of money. It’s counterproductive in the end. We would end up recording the album twice. But no, just a friend's studio in London; and then we finished it off in Los Angeles.
I know “Stop The Clocks,” which is on the album, is an unfinished Oasis song. Are there any other songs from Oasis days?
Yeah, “Record Machine.”
I've always wanted to ask you about the Oasis song “The Masterplan.” Was that finished or unfinished? I ask because it seems to be missing a verse.
The story of that song is, “Wonderwall,” the single, was coming out, and we didn’t have a B-side. My label hooked me up with a studio and said we need a B-side, so the night before I wrote it in my kitchen and I thought, “Fucking hell, that’s really good.” I didn’t really think anything of it at the time. I just thought it’s a really good song. We recorded it over a few days and then as the finished thing emerged, everyone was going, “Are you sure you want to send this out as a B-side?” And I was like, “What do you want me to fucking do? You asked me to write a song, there it is."
READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE.
Source: www.guitarworld.com
Noel Gallagher Discusses His New Solo Album, 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'
Noel Gallagher might have joined his brother’s band, Oasis. But he also eventually became its creative force.
His gift for writing hit songs put Oasis on the map in 1994. Their 1995 album, What’s The Story (Morning Glory)?, which featured the hits “Wonderwall” and “Don’t Look Back In Anger,” sold more than 14 million copies worldwide and propelled the band to international stardom.
But from the very beginning, brothers Noel and Liam fought -- usually in the public eye, often via the press. On September 5, 2009, Noel had finally had enough and called it quits. Oasis split into two, with the entire band (minus Noel, of course) joining Liam in the newly formed Beady Eye. Noel went solo.
Noel's debut album, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, which comes out November 8 via Sour Mash/Mercury Records, is distinctly "Noel Gallagher" in that its 10 tracks capture some of the brilliance of Oasis' early hits. In fact, “The Death Of You And Me” and “If I Had A Gun…” could fit nicely on any classic Oasis album.
Over the years, it hasn’t been easy to track down Noel. His not needing to do press is a luxury of being in a massive, internationally famous band. But now with a brand-new solo album, it’s a different story. Luckily, Guitar World grabbed a half-hour of his time during his recent visit to New York. We tried to play catch-up for a few decades of his work, right up to his new album.
GUITAR WORLD: When did you start working on Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds?
I don’t really have a set start date; I’m always writing songs. But the first day in the studio was Valentine’s Day. It was a momentous day because my wife called me at 3 o’clock that day and told me she was pregnant. It was as I was doing the drums for the first track, and I was like, “Wow.” I couldn’t tell you what year that was ... last year.
Do you have your own recording studio? In the past you've spoken about using Garage Band.
No, I don’t. I used to, but I let it go. It’s just a fucking waste of money. It’s counterproductive in the end. We would end up recording the album twice. But no, just a friend's studio in London; and then we finished it off in Los Angeles.
I know “Stop The Clocks,” which is on the album, is an unfinished Oasis song. Are there any other songs from Oasis days?
Yeah, “Record Machine.”
I've always wanted to ask you about the Oasis song “The Masterplan.” Was that finished or unfinished? I ask because it seems to be missing a verse.
The story of that song is, “Wonderwall,” the single, was coming out, and we didn’t have a B-side. My label hooked me up with a studio and said we need a B-side, so the night before I wrote it in my kitchen and I thought, “Fucking hell, that’s really good.” I didn’t really think anything of it at the time. I just thought it’s a really good song. We recorded it over a few days and then as the finished thing emerged, everyone was going, “Are you sure you want to send this out as a B-side?” And I was like, “What do you want me to fucking do? You asked me to write a song, there it is."
READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE.
Source: www.guitarworld.com
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher has got "nothing to say" to his fans when he plays live.
The former Oasis star is preparing to go on his debut solo tour but he insists anyone coming along shouldn't expect him to do much else but sing and play guitar.
He told BBC Radio 2: "I've got nothing to say to these people who are coming to see me apart from this song is called... I'm not really into audience participation. I wouldn't come down and look down at your computer while you're at work.
"They're here to listen to the music. You clap, I sing, good night, the end."
The tour will be Noel's first full run of shows he has played without his brother and former Oasis bandmate Liam singing with him, but he insists he isn't nervous about stepping on stage without his younger sibling.
Noel - who quit the 'Supersonic' rock band after having a huge bust-up with Liam before a festival appearance in Paris, France, in August 2009 - added: "I'm ready for it. I wouldn't say I'm overly excited. I wouldn't say I'm overly nervous. I'm a bit intrigued about what people expect."
Source: Bang Showbiz
Noel Gallagher Speechless For Fans
Noel Gallagher has got "nothing to say" to his fans when he plays live.
The former Oasis star is preparing to go on his debut solo tour but he insists anyone coming along shouldn't expect him to do much else but sing and play guitar.
He told BBC Radio 2: "I've got nothing to say to these people who are coming to see me apart from this song is called... I'm not really into audience participation. I wouldn't come down and look down at your computer while you're at work.
"They're here to listen to the music. You clap, I sing, good night, the end."
The tour will be Noel's first full run of shows he has played without his brother and former Oasis bandmate Liam singing with him, but he insists he isn't nervous about stepping on stage without his younger sibling.
Noel - who quit the 'Supersonic' rock band after having a huge bust-up with Liam before a festival appearance in Paris, France, in August 2009 - added: "I'm ready for it. I wouldn't say I'm overly excited. I wouldn't say I'm overly nervous. I'm a bit intrigued about what people expect."
Source: Bang Showbiz
Noel Gallagher
Click here to listen to an interview with Noel Gallagher from Irish Radio Station 'News Talk', skip forward to 11 minutes for the interview with Noel.
Thanks to AG_foto
Noel Gallagher Interview From News Talk
Click here to listen to an interview with Noel Gallagher from Irish Radio Station 'News Talk', skip forward to 11 minutes for the interview with Noel.
Thanks to AG_foto
Noel Gallagher
An interview with Noel Gallagher appears in this month's INROCK magazine in Japan.
Details can be found here, the magazine goes on sale October 15th.
Thanks to Raspberry_mr
Noel Gallagher Interview In This Month's INROCK Magazine In Japan
An interview with Noel Gallagher appears in this month's INROCK magazine in Japan.
Details can be found here, the magazine goes on sale October 15th.
Thanks to Raspberry_mr
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher Interview In This Month's Guitar Magazine In Japan
Noel Gallagher Interview In This Month's Guitar Magazine In Japan
An interview with Noel Gallagher appears in this month's Guitar magazine in Japan.
Details can be found here, on sale now.
An interview with Noel Gallagher appears in this month's Guitar magazine in Japan.
Details can be found here, on sale now.
Noel Gallagher
Whoever said we're a generous bunch got it spot on. Lay your claim to loads of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds stuff with our competition, in association with the good folk at Entertainment Architects.
The debut album for the former Oasis man's new High Flying Birds venture goes on sale today (Friday), and if the almost universally positive reaction to debut single "The Death of You and Me" is anything to go by, it looks certain to be one of the albums of the year.
The second single from the album, "AKA... What a Life", went on sale last month and an epic and brilliantly off-kilter video, starring Russell Brand, went live on the web over the past few days.
But for now, what we're really interested in is giving you loads of stuff - one winner will receive a great pack, including the album, t-shirt, badges and tote bag.
Click here to enter.
We'll also have four copies of the album to give away to ease the blow for four runners-up. Keep an eye on the Entertainment section on Tuesday, when all the winners will be announced.
Source: www.joe.ie
Win Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Album, T-shirt And Other Stuff
Whoever said we're a generous bunch got it spot on. Lay your claim to loads of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds stuff with our competition, in association with the good folk at Entertainment Architects.
The debut album for the former Oasis man's new High Flying Birds venture goes on sale today (Friday), and if the almost universally positive reaction to debut single "The Death of You and Me" is anything to go by, it looks certain to be one of the albums of the year.
The second single from the album, "AKA... What a Life", went on sale last month and an epic and brilliantly off-kilter video, starring Russell Brand, went live on the web over the past few days.
But for now, what we're really interested in is giving you loads of stuff - one winner will receive a great pack, including the album, t-shirt, badges and tote bag.
Click here to enter.
We'll also have four copies of the album to give away to ease the blow for four runners-up. Keep an eye on the Entertainment section on Tuesday, when all the winners will be announced.
Source: www.joe.ie
Noel Gallagher
Sara Gallagher
Noel Gallagher has admitted that his wife Sara Gallagher encouraged him to record his solo album after Oasis split up.
The guitarist and now solo star said he stayed in all day doing nothing following the band's acrimonious break-up in 2009.
Gallagher told the Press Association: "To be honest after Oasis I got back to London and sat in my house, smoked cigarettes, drank some tea and watched football -- and then it was my wife who said to me: 'When are you going back to work?'
"And I was like, 'Hum'. And she asked, 'When?' and I said 'I don't know'. And she said 'Well what about next week?' You know what women are like. As long as you're not in their house they like you even better!"
Gallagher said that when he went into the studio it was “great”, adding that it was a “completely different experience” from recording with Oasis.
Noel Gallagher's debut solo album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' is released on Monday (October 17).
Source: www.gigwise.com
Noel Gallagher: My Wife Encouraged Me To Record Solo Album After Oasis
Noel Gallagher has admitted that his wife Sara Gallagher encouraged him to record his solo album after Oasis split up.
The guitarist and now solo star said he stayed in all day doing nothing following the band's acrimonious break-up in 2009.
Gallagher told the Press Association: "To be honest after Oasis I got back to London and sat in my house, smoked cigarettes, drank some tea and watched football -- and then it was my wife who said to me: 'When are you going back to work?'
"And I was like, 'Hum'. And she asked, 'When?' and I said 'I don't know'. And she said 'Well what about next week?' You know what women are like. As long as you're not in their house they like you even better!"
Gallagher said that when he went into the studio it was “great”, adding that it was a “completely different experience” from recording with Oasis.
Noel Gallagher's debut solo album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' is released on Monday (October 17).
Source: www.gigwise.com
Noel Gallagher
Noel's label Sour Mash Records are pleased to announce they have teamed up with his preferred charity, Teenage Cancer Trust, and brand new currency for donating to charity, Blue Dot, to give lucky fans the chance to win one pair of tickets to each of the debut UK shows. In order to enter the draw for tickets you will need to redeem 5 blue dots - all the information you need about how to earn blue dots can be found HERE!
Sour Mash are delighted to be able to support both the Teenage Cancer Trust and Blue Dot with this new competition whilst at the same time giving fans the chance to see these historic debut shows as Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds head out on the road to play songs from their debut album, released in the UK on 17th October.
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Win Tickets To See Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Noel's label Sour Mash Records are pleased to announce they have teamed up with his preferred charity, Teenage Cancer Trust, and brand new currency for donating to charity, Blue Dot, to give lucky fans the chance to win one pair of tickets to each of the debut UK shows. In order to enter the draw for tickets you will need to redeem 5 blue dots - all the information you need about how to earn blue dots can be found HERE!
Sour Mash are delighted to be able to support both the Teenage Cancer Trust and Blue Dot with this new competition whilst at the same time giving fans the chance to see these historic debut shows as Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds head out on the road to play songs from their debut album, released in the UK on 17th October.
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Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher is on 'Soccer Saturday' tomorrow, the show starts at 12noon (UK) on Sky Sports News HD.
Fenners catches up with Manchester City's avid supporter Noel Gallagher, the former Oasis rocker and High Flying Birds frontman with plenty to say on his club's start to the season.
Noel Gallagher Interview On Soccer Saturday
Noel Gallagher is on 'Soccer Saturday' tomorrow, the show starts at 12noon (UK) on Sky Sports News HD.
Fenners catches up with Manchester City's avid supporter Noel Gallagher, the former Oasis rocker and High Flying Birds frontman with plenty to say on his club's start to the season.
Noel Gallagher
Click here to watch a 10 minute interview with Noel Gallagher, who is talking to the Metro from Sweden.
EDIT: Ten minute one can be watched here http://www.metro.se/nyheter/vi-har-inte-pratat-pa-tva-ar/EVHkjm!RuQHZOEiYhI/
Thanks to Danne
Video: Noel Gallagher On High Flying Birds And More
Click here to watch a 10 minute interview with Noel Gallagher, who is talking to the Metro from Sweden.
EDIT: Ten minute one can be watched here http://www.metro.se/nyheter/vi-har-inte-pratat-pa-tva-ar/EVHkjm!RuQHZOEiYhI/
Thanks to Danne
Noel Gallagher
Click here to listen again as Mr Noel Gallagher talks Xfm through his debut album track by track ahead of its release...
Oh we are good to you - and to prove it Noel Gallagher played out his debut album in full and talked Xfm's John Kennedy through it track by track - and you can listen again to the whole thing right here!
The elder Gallagher brother has made headlines with his public spat with sibling Liam but the drama has failed to eclipse the music as he prepares to unleash Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds upon the music buying public.
The album - which comes out on Monday (October 17) - features ten amazing tracks including singles The Death of You and Me and AKA... What A Life.
The tracklisting is:
Everybody's On The Run
Dream On
If I Had A Gun...
The Death Of You And Me
(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine
AKA... What A Life!
Soldier Boys And Jesus Freaks
AKA... Broken Arrow
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Stop The Clocks
Source: www.xfm.co.uk
Listen Again To Noel Gallagher On XFM
Click here to listen again as Mr Noel Gallagher talks Xfm through his debut album track by track ahead of its release...
Oh we are good to you - and to prove it Noel Gallagher played out his debut album in full and talked Xfm's John Kennedy through it track by track - and you can listen again to the whole thing right here!
The elder Gallagher brother has made headlines with his public spat with sibling Liam but the drama has failed to eclipse the music as he prepares to unleash Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds upon the music buying public.
The album - which comes out on Monday (October 17) - features ten amazing tracks including singles The Death of You and Me and AKA... What A Life.
The tracklisting is:
Everybody's On The Run
Dream On
If I Had A Gun...
The Death Of You And Me
(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine
AKA... What A Life!
Soldier Boys And Jesus Freaks
AKA... Broken Arrow
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Stop The Clocks
Source: www.xfm.co.uk
Johnny Depp
Liam Gallagher
The Beatles
They're the greatest pop/rock band in music history, yet somehow there haven't been a whole lot of films about The Beatles. No, Across the Universe does not count.
But that's about to change as Michael Winterbottom takes the helm of The Longest Cocktail Party. The film, which is based on the Richard DiLello book, showcases the most crucial moments in the band's career between 1967 and 1970.
Michael is also set to produce it with Andrew Eaton. But the whole project was given birth by the original producer and Oasis front-man Liam Gallagher. It was his idea to turn the book into a movie, and it is also his idea to cast Johnny Depp as Derek Taylor, the band's publicist.
Unfortunately, Andrew is feeling some creative differences there. He's not sure Johnny would be the best fit for the role, saying: Johnny in a way would be great. But the trouble is, Derek Taylor, who’s the main character, who’s the press officer, he’s from Liverpool, and he’s probably 32 or 33 in the story, whereas Johnny Depp is 48 or something, and American, so it’s more than just the age gap. There are other parts he could do, but whether he could be Derek. … I don’t know.
Okay, well first of all, who cares if he's American?!?! Have you never seen the man act? He can be British any day of the week.
And second, the age difference, okay. We can kind of get that (though we're sure the right make-up could alleviate the problem), but having Johnny aboard would be a marvelous thing for the film.
Fusing one of the greatest bands with one of the greatest actors? Come on, no brainer!
Source: perezhilton.com
Will Johnny Depp Star In Liam Gallagher's 'Beatles' Biopic?
They're the greatest pop/rock band in music history, yet somehow there haven't been a whole lot of films about The Beatles. No, Across the Universe does not count.
But that's about to change as Michael Winterbottom takes the helm of The Longest Cocktail Party. The film, which is based on the Richard DiLello book, showcases the most crucial moments in the band's career between 1967 and 1970.
Michael is also set to produce it with Andrew Eaton. But the whole project was given birth by the original producer and Oasis front-man Liam Gallagher. It was his idea to turn the book into a movie, and it is also his idea to cast Johnny Depp as Derek Taylor, the band's publicist.
Unfortunately, Andrew is feeling some creative differences there. He's not sure Johnny would be the best fit for the role, saying: Johnny in a way would be great. But the trouble is, Derek Taylor, who’s the main character, who’s the press officer, he’s from Liverpool, and he’s probably 32 or 33 in the story, whereas Johnny Depp is 48 or something, and American, so it’s more than just the age gap. There are other parts he could do, but whether he could be Derek. … I don’t know.
Okay, well first of all, who cares if he's American?!?! Have you never seen the man act? He can be British any day of the week.
And second, the age difference, okay. We can kind of get that (though we're sure the right make-up could alleviate the problem), but having Johnny aboard would be a marvelous thing for the film.
Fusing one of the greatest bands with one of the greatest actors? Come on, no brainer!
Source: perezhilton.com
Ian Brown
Liam Gallagher
Morrissey
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Expect psychedelia at Noel Gallagher’s 0lympia gig but no dance moves, he tells Eamon Sweeney, as he talks about Liam, learning to be a frontman and why he might still sing Oasis songs.
'It's no secret or coincidence that all the great songs in the world from the dawn of popular music up to now all deal with an emotion, whether it be loss, love, sadness, longing or happiness," says songwriter, guitarist, one-time member of the biggest band in the world and seasoned raconteur Noel Gallagher.
Once upon a time, you'd expect him to say something more along the lines of "we're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world."
If the tombstone reads 'Oasis 1991-2009', then 2011 is the year that the respective Gallagher brothers attempt to prove that there's life after being in one of the last of the gigantic super bands.
Taking time out from rehearsals in Bermondsey in Southwark, London, Noel is in typically sparkling and chatty form on a sunny patio outside the studio.
"I've never really sung about my life apart from the Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory era, when I had a life that was somewhat recognisable to the people who bought the records," Gallagher says.
"Then we went crazy and what have you got left to sing about? How great it is to pre-board and how good is first-class? I was in the wilderness for a while on what to write about, so I just wrote esoteric gibberish until about eight years ago when I came out of it. Even though I was successful and had money and all that shit, I still know what it is like to be sad or frustrated or want to run away. You write from a place of truth."
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (basically, whoever is around to play with him rather than a new band) is an album about a couple's love, hope, companionship and yearning to escape. "It could be a boyfriend and girlfriend, man and wife, father and son, mother and daughter, best friends, it doesn't matter," Noel elaborates. "I only realised it had a narrative when I typed the lyrics out for my publisher."
It's also the first of two albums, as Noel has collaborated with The Amorphous Androgynous, another alias for The Future Sound of London.
"I can't blow the kids' minds too early," he says laughing. "They'll think I've gone completely mad. It's jazz, space reggae. If my songs on the High Flying Birds album are slightly psychedelic in places, The Amorphous Androgynous project takes that and stretches it to its limit. I won't go any further out than this. There's nowhere further to go."
While Noel has made an accomplished debut, there's a little elephant on the patio in the shape of Noel's notorious younger brother with a more pronounced Mancunian accent and prone to singing "shiiiiiine".
A tabloid newspaper this morning is emblazoned with the front-page headline "Liam sues Noel". Of course, a bit of bickering between the brothers is absolutely nothing new. Liam has since reportedly dropped his action concerning a row over his clothing line Pretty Green and cancelling a concert due to laryngitis, but what's a little surprising was Ride, Oasis and Beady Eye guitarist Andy Bell wading in and accusing Noel of "spinning the press" and lying "about a lot of things".
"Andy is entitled to Liam's opinion," Noel says. "I know how things come out in the press and they look bad in print. I've done enough interviews where I've been misquoted, so I don't take things like that seriously. When they see them in black and white, they're up in arms about it. I've better things to worry about than what people say to me in the press. There's more to life. I've three kids. Rastamouse is on [an animated, reggae-singing mouse in case you didn't know] see you later! Life's too short. I've got no problem with anyone in that band or anything they've ever said."
What? Even Liam? "Yes, everyone's entitled to their opinion," Noel answers. "One situation will go down and 50 people might witness it and they'll have 50 different stories about what happened. That's life. It isn't right or wrong. It's just an opinion. The end. At the end of the day, no one gives a shit."
Oasis had millions of fans, surely they care?" They don't fucking care!" Noel laughs. "It's been two years. It's done. It's over."
Is it a relief or a hindrance that it's all over? "It was shit at the end and it wasn't a nice atmosphere, but if you're asking me if I'd rather be playing Wembley next year or the Olympia, I'd rather be playing the likes of Wembley or Slane," he answers. "It's a shame that Supersonic and all those great anthems will never be heard again. I have to learn to be a frontman and that's a pain in the bollocks."
What possibly isn't such a pain in the proverbials is Noel's newly found creative freedom. "It's a hard sell in a band to sell trumpets to people who are only into rock'n'roll," Noel says. "We were very set in our ways as a group and I was cool with that. Stadium rock is a great medium and I loved it. When I sat down to write songs I thought about playing them in stadiums and blowing the back walls off."
Noel is brutally honest when he admits to being a bit apprehensive on reassuming live duties without the Oasis circus. "It's already freaking me out doing rehearsals," he confesses. "My brain rules my entire being; my heart doesn't rule my head, my head rules my heart. Not a lot of people know this, but my monitor has never been switched on in 20 years. The first night in Dublin ain't going to be fucking easy for anyone, including the audience. I'm quite liable to go three songs in, 'this is shit isn't it? This is shit. How about I'll buy everyone a drink if no one mentions it ever again?'"
Noel has a little bit of previous in carrying the can. In December 1997 during a run of three shows at the Point Depot, he was forced to assume frontman duties. "A regular occurrence," he recalls. "Where's he [Liam] gone? Dunno. No reason. Just gone. What I have to my advantage is people recognise my voice. Johnny Marr and John Squire went solo. I can't think of many more guitarists who've gone solo. I'm a songwriter. I'm not a tunesmith and I write the whole song. People recognise my voice from Don't Look Back in Anger and The Importance of Being Idle, which were both number ones. They won't be going, 'Fucking hell! Is that what he sounds like? He sounds like a Rasta'."
Liam and Beady Eye have so far stayed true to their word that they won't play any Oasis songs, but Noel has different ideas in tackling the songs he's know for singing himself. "They're a band and they wouldn't want to turn into an Oasis covers band, that's for sure, but the songs that I play are not Oasis songs anymore, they're my songs," he says.
"I'm not like Morrissey, who co-wrote everything, or Ian Brown. I don't remember anyone being around when I wrote Don't Look Back in Anger or Wonderwall. Gradually, over the 10 years that Gem, Andy and Liam were writing songs, songs started piling up in the corner."
The Dame Street soiree will be a low-key live debut for a man who played to a quarter of a million people at Knebworth. "I could fill it with family alone," Noel agrees. "I've had bigger after-show parties than what I'm about to do in the Olympia."
Speaking of family, it's fitting that Peggy Sweeney's son is launching his tour on Irish soil. "I always find that the old traditional songs that I like particularly, like Dirty Old Town, there is a sense of strength in the sadness," he says.
"Every knows about a dirty old town, it's Dublin, it's Manchester, it's Leeds, it's Salford. Everybody knows it, even though you've never worked in the gasworks. There's strength in the sadness and only the Celts can do it. The Scottish, the Irish and the Welsh. It's no surprise that U2 are as big as they are and maybe Echo & the Bunnymen weren't. Some Might Say is probably the most Irish thing I've ever written. It's like, 'This is shit, but tomorrow might be great so let's just fucking have a drink and worry about it in the morning'."
Gallagher is slightly worried about the imminent live dates right now, whatever about the morning. "If the rehearsals that we've been doing here the night before the gig aren't right, I'll fake my own disappearance," he jokes.
"I'll vanish into a puff of smoke and never be seen again. It's going to be good, but my point is that I've got to learn to be a frontman in front of an audience, not in front of a mirror with a tennis racket. I'm too old for that now. In between songs, you'll get the inevitable, 'Where's Liam?' I'm liable to say something contentious and it'll become a headline and overshadow the gig."
Perhaps he shouldn't fret, as his solo debut is a suite of exceedingly fine tunes, notably AKA ... What a Life and Stranded On the Wrong Beach.
"I'm hoping the songs will carry me through," Noel maintains. "But tell your readers there's nothing to see. I haven't got any moves. I haven't got any jokes. I won't be doing amateur king fu like Ian Brown, and I won't be doing any David Brent dancing. It'll just be me strumming a guitar playing a song."
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is out next Friday. He plays the Olympia on Sunday, October 23. The album is reviewed on page 10
- Eamon Sweeney
Source: www.independent.ie
Noel Gallagher On Feuds And The Future
Expect psychedelia at Noel Gallagher’s 0lympia gig but no dance moves, he tells Eamon Sweeney, as he talks about Liam, learning to be a frontman and why he might still sing Oasis songs.
'It's no secret or coincidence that all the great songs in the world from the dawn of popular music up to now all deal with an emotion, whether it be loss, love, sadness, longing or happiness," says songwriter, guitarist, one-time member of the biggest band in the world and seasoned raconteur Noel Gallagher.
Once upon a time, you'd expect him to say something more along the lines of "we're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world."
If the tombstone reads 'Oasis 1991-2009', then 2011 is the year that the respective Gallagher brothers attempt to prove that there's life after being in one of the last of the gigantic super bands.
Taking time out from rehearsals in Bermondsey in Southwark, London, Noel is in typically sparkling and chatty form on a sunny patio outside the studio.
"I've never really sung about my life apart from the Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory era, when I had a life that was somewhat recognisable to the people who bought the records," Gallagher says.
"Then we went crazy and what have you got left to sing about? How great it is to pre-board and how good is first-class? I was in the wilderness for a while on what to write about, so I just wrote esoteric gibberish until about eight years ago when I came out of it. Even though I was successful and had money and all that shit, I still know what it is like to be sad or frustrated or want to run away. You write from a place of truth."
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (basically, whoever is around to play with him rather than a new band) is an album about a couple's love, hope, companionship and yearning to escape. "It could be a boyfriend and girlfriend, man and wife, father and son, mother and daughter, best friends, it doesn't matter," Noel elaborates. "I only realised it had a narrative when I typed the lyrics out for my publisher."
It's also the first of two albums, as Noel has collaborated with The Amorphous Androgynous, another alias for The Future Sound of London.
"I can't blow the kids' minds too early," he says laughing. "They'll think I've gone completely mad. It's jazz, space reggae. If my songs on the High Flying Birds album are slightly psychedelic in places, The Amorphous Androgynous project takes that and stretches it to its limit. I won't go any further out than this. There's nowhere further to go."
While Noel has made an accomplished debut, there's a little elephant on the patio in the shape of Noel's notorious younger brother with a more pronounced Mancunian accent and prone to singing "shiiiiiine".
A tabloid newspaper this morning is emblazoned with the front-page headline "Liam sues Noel". Of course, a bit of bickering between the brothers is absolutely nothing new. Liam has since reportedly dropped his action concerning a row over his clothing line Pretty Green and cancelling a concert due to laryngitis, but what's a little surprising was Ride, Oasis and Beady Eye guitarist Andy Bell wading in and accusing Noel of "spinning the press" and lying "about a lot of things".
"Andy is entitled to Liam's opinion," Noel says. "I know how things come out in the press and they look bad in print. I've done enough interviews where I've been misquoted, so I don't take things like that seriously. When they see them in black and white, they're up in arms about it. I've better things to worry about than what people say to me in the press. There's more to life. I've three kids. Rastamouse is on [an animated, reggae-singing mouse in case you didn't know] see you later! Life's too short. I've got no problem with anyone in that band or anything they've ever said."
What? Even Liam? "Yes, everyone's entitled to their opinion," Noel answers. "One situation will go down and 50 people might witness it and they'll have 50 different stories about what happened. That's life. It isn't right or wrong. It's just an opinion. The end. At the end of the day, no one gives a shit."
Oasis had millions of fans, surely they care?" They don't fucking care!" Noel laughs. "It's been two years. It's done. It's over."
Is it a relief or a hindrance that it's all over? "It was shit at the end and it wasn't a nice atmosphere, but if you're asking me if I'd rather be playing Wembley next year or the Olympia, I'd rather be playing the likes of Wembley or Slane," he answers. "It's a shame that Supersonic and all those great anthems will never be heard again. I have to learn to be a frontman and that's a pain in the bollocks."
What possibly isn't such a pain in the proverbials is Noel's newly found creative freedom. "It's a hard sell in a band to sell trumpets to people who are only into rock'n'roll," Noel says. "We were very set in our ways as a group and I was cool with that. Stadium rock is a great medium and I loved it. When I sat down to write songs I thought about playing them in stadiums and blowing the back walls off."
Noel is brutally honest when he admits to being a bit apprehensive on reassuming live duties without the Oasis circus. "It's already freaking me out doing rehearsals," he confesses. "My brain rules my entire being; my heart doesn't rule my head, my head rules my heart. Not a lot of people know this, but my monitor has never been switched on in 20 years. The first night in Dublin ain't going to be fucking easy for anyone, including the audience. I'm quite liable to go three songs in, 'this is shit isn't it? This is shit. How about I'll buy everyone a drink if no one mentions it ever again?'"
Noel has a little bit of previous in carrying the can. In December 1997 during a run of three shows at the Point Depot, he was forced to assume frontman duties. "A regular occurrence," he recalls. "Where's he [Liam] gone? Dunno. No reason. Just gone. What I have to my advantage is people recognise my voice. Johnny Marr and John Squire went solo. I can't think of many more guitarists who've gone solo. I'm a songwriter. I'm not a tunesmith and I write the whole song. People recognise my voice from Don't Look Back in Anger and The Importance of Being Idle, which were both number ones. They won't be going, 'Fucking hell! Is that what he sounds like? He sounds like a Rasta'."
Liam and Beady Eye have so far stayed true to their word that they won't play any Oasis songs, but Noel has different ideas in tackling the songs he's know for singing himself. "They're a band and they wouldn't want to turn into an Oasis covers band, that's for sure, but the songs that I play are not Oasis songs anymore, they're my songs," he says.
"I'm not like Morrissey, who co-wrote everything, or Ian Brown. I don't remember anyone being around when I wrote Don't Look Back in Anger or Wonderwall. Gradually, over the 10 years that Gem, Andy and Liam were writing songs, songs started piling up in the corner."
The Dame Street soiree will be a low-key live debut for a man who played to a quarter of a million people at Knebworth. "I could fill it with family alone," Noel agrees. "I've had bigger after-show parties than what I'm about to do in the Olympia."
Speaking of family, it's fitting that Peggy Sweeney's son is launching his tour on Irish soil. "I always find that the old traditional songs that I like particularly, like Dirty Old Town, there is a sense of strength in the sadness," he says.
"Every knows about a dirty old town, it's Dublin, it's Manchester, it's Leeds, it's Salford. Everybody knows it, even though you've never worked in the gasworks. There's strength in the sadness and only the Celts can do it. The Scottish, the Irish and the Welsh. It's no surprise that U2 are as big as they are and maybe Echo & the Bunnymen weren't. Some Might Say is probably the most Irish thing I've ever written. It's like, 'This is shit, but tomorrow might be great so let's just fucking have a drink and worry about it in the morning'."
Gallagher is slightly worried about the imminent live dates right now, whatever about the morning. "If the rehearsals that we've been doing here the night before the gig aren't right, I'll fake my own disappearance," he jokes.
"I'll vanish into a puff of smoke and never be seen again. It's going to be good, but my point is that I've got to learn to be a frontman in front of an audience, not in front of a mirror with a tennis racket. I'm too old for that now. In between songs, you'll get the inevitable, 'Where's Liam?' I'm liable to say something contentious and it'll become a headline and overshadow the gig."
Perhaps he shouldn't fret, as his solo debut is a suite of exceedingly fine tunes, notably AKA ... What a Life and Stranded On the Wrong Beach.
"I'm hoping the songs will carry me through," Noel maintains. "But tell your readers there's nothing to see. I haven't got any moves. I haven't got any jokes. I won't be doing amateur king fu like Ian Brown, and I won't be doing any David Brent dancing. It'll just be me strumming a guitar playing a song."
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is out next Friday. He plays the Olympia on Sunday, October 23. The album is reviewed on page 10
- Eamon Sweeney
Source: www.independent.ie
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