Vote For Beady Eye And Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds For The Xfm New Music Award 2012

Xfm's New Music Award is back! Every January, Xfm names the Best British Debut Album of the last year, celebrating the diverse and impressive selection of new music and new artists across the country.

All you have to do is choose your favourite THREE albums. The album you pick as your favourite will be awarded three points. The second favourite will get two points and the third favourite will bag one point. Once all the points are collated, we'll whittle them down to ten contenders. Then it's up to a panel of Xfm and industry experts to decide on who'll win the coveted Xfm New Music Award 2012. One voter will also be selected at random to be part of the voting panel and have their say on the final winner.

What are you waiting for? Have your say here! Remember that they have to be by BRITISH artists, have been released in 2011 and have had airplay on Xfm. And to add an incentive for you to get involved, TEN voters will be picked at random and each one will pocket 100 iTUNES DOWNLOADS!

To cast your vote click here.

Source: www.xfm.co.uk

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's Land In Tokyo

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play a second gig at the Tokyo Dome City in Tokyo, Japan later today (January 17th).

If you are going to the show, and you are able to scan your ticket or send in pictures email them to us @ scyhodotcom@gmail.com.

You can also tweet us pictures and updates @scyhodotcom

Watch Beady Eye Live In Paris On German TV Tonight

Fans in Germany can watch footage from Beady Eye's gig at the Casino de Paris in March 2011.

You can watch it later today at 6pm local time, and again on January 21st 2012 at 5.05pm local time on ZDF Kultur.

Noel Gallagher Interview In 'Rockin'On' Magazine Next Month

Fans in Japan can read an interview with Noel Gallagher in 'Rockin'On' magazine, that goes on sale February 1st.

Details can be found here (in Japanese), the link also includes a recent picture of Noel.

Thanks to Mari

Vote For Beady Eye And Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The 2012 NME Awards

Voting is still open for the 2012 NME Awards.

Beady Eye and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are eligible in quite a few of the categories so if you have a few minutes free, why not head on over to the voting page HERE to cast your vote.

You can vote for any artist you like at this stage, as long as they are eligible in the relevant category.

Video: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Tokyo

Below are a number of videos from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan earlier today.

Example: Noel Gallagher Had All The Talent In Oasis

Example has praised Noel Gallagher, claiming that he had all 'the ideas' in Oasis.

In an interview with the Daily Star the rapper said he hoped Noel will win the Brit Award for Best British Male Solo Artist next month.

''When you hear Noel's album, and you heard the Beady Eye stuff, it's plain to see Noel was the talent, the songwriter. Liam is a star and an amazing frontman, but the ideas were all Noel's'', said Example.

Meanwhile, Noel Gallagher has spoken about today’s current music scene, stating that Oasis and Blur were the last alternative bands in the charts.

The singer, who released his debut album last year, said he was not impressed with the ‘rubbish’ that’s in the charts.

Source: www.gigwise.com

Noel Gallagher's Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere (Vol.2) Part Twenty Four

From Noel Gallagher's 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere' tour diary.

es…

Well, the promo stuff wasn't too painful. Quite enjoyable actually. Apart from one guy, who sounded like a coffee percolator when he spoke, it wasn't too taxing.

I was asked many questions on many diverse subjects, such as…

- The environment.
- Politics.
- New music, or the lack of it.
- The Music Bizness… (it's a bit shit at the minute apparently… can't say I'd noticed!!).
- Time travel (for real!!).
- The earthquake.
- Lady Gaga?
- The Stone Roses.
- Cream cakes.
- Manchester City (obviously).
- Mario Balotelli (naturally).
- And somewhat predictably… the Japanese people (they're obsessed with what people think of them).

As you can see all very interesting stuff.

One guy showed me the magazine I'm doing an interview for and I have to say, if I didn't know any better, I'd have thought it was a porn mag judging by the cover!!

Did a bit of rehearsing last night. Haven't played for nearly five weeks now. Just blowing off the cobwebs, so to speak. I tend to forget the guitar solos if I have any significant time off. Good job we did mind as a shit-load of cobwebs had grown!!

Bit of a grey day today. I'm under orders from The Mighty I to go find him some toys. Specifically, and I quote, "Robots that walk and talk without batteries or remote control." Does he mean actual real blimmin' robots??? Good luck with that, eh??

ONWARDS.

GD.

Source: www.noelgallagher.com

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Return To Japan In May

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds play the first dates of 2012 tonight with the debut shows in Japan, at Tokyo Dome City Hall on 16th and 17th January.

Following the great success of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' debut album and massive demand for tickets www.NoelGallagher.com is pleased to announce three more concerts in Japan to take place in May 2012, including a show at Tokyo’s legendary Budokan in Tokyo.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds confirm:

23/05/12: TOKYO, Budokan
24/05/12: NAGOYA, Aichi Prefectural Art Theater
26/05/12: OSAKA, Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium

Tickets go on general sale on Saturday 18th February through:

- Ticket PIA
- Lawson Ticket
- e+
- SMASH pc / Mobile

To keep up to date on all Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds tour dates sign up to the mailing list HERE!

Source: www.noelgallagher.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's Land In Tokyo

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Tokyo Dome City in Tokyo, Japan later today (January 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.

You can also tweet us pictures and updates @scyhodotcom

Noel Gallagher's Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere (Vol.2) Part Twenty Three

From Noel Gallagher's 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere' tour diary.

Comrades… Let me start by wishing all of y'all a happy, happy new year.

I'm in the great city of Tokyo, in the great nation of Japan.

Got a couple of gigs here before I move on to Australia and New Zealand. Somewhat predictably it's freeeeeeeezing.

Did manage a little bit of kip last night which is always a nice bonus out here.

Looking forward to this 2012 business. If this year is half as good as last year then I might actually retire. What would be the point in carrying on??

And in any case, ain't the world supposed to end this year?? Fuck the Mayans, I say!!!

You currently find me watching the NFL play-offs. Mega game. 49'ers - Saints. Japanese commentary!! Very mad!!!

ONWARDS.

GD.

Source: www.noelgallagher.com

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Phillip Schofield Bumps Into Liam Gallagher During Shopping Trip

TV presenter Phillip Schofield bumped into Liam Gallagher during a shopping trip in a London supermarket yesterday.

He posted on his official Twitter account @Schofe "As I was leaving the supermarket, Liam Gallagher gave me a hug and asked if I'd paid! :)"

On This Day In Oasis History...

Below are few videos from January 14th 2001, when Oasis played at the Rock In Rio Festival in Rio De Janerio, Brazil.

Listen To Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Amsterdam Again Tonight

If you missed Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' recent live stream from Amsterdam, you can listen to it again tonight on Radio 2.

You can listen to the broadcast from 20:00 (UK Time) by clicking here.

Thanks to frjdoasis2

Manchester City's Top 10 Bloopers Of 2011 Featuring Noel Gallagher And More

Below is a video of bloopers featuring Noel Gallagher posted by Manchester City yesterday.

Noel Gallagher, Coldplay, Rihanna, Adele And More To Perform At The Brits Next Month

We were at the BRITs launch party last night to hear the list of nominees and artists who will be performing live at the BRIT Awards 2012 at The O2 on Tuesday 21 February.

We can confirm that Coldplay, Rihanna, Adele, Blur, Florence and the Machine, Noel Gallagher, Ed Sheeran, Olly Murs and Bruno Mars are all set to perform live on the night.

Source: BRIT Awards 2012

Noel Gallagher Is Nominated For A Brit Award

Noel Gallagher has been nominated for 'Best British Male' at this year's BRIT Awards for his 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' release.

Noel has previously won six BRITs with Oasis including the awards for 'Outstanding Contribution To Music' in 2007 and 'BRIT Album Of 30 Years' in 2010 for '(What's The Story) Morning Glory'.

This year's BRITs will be hosted by James Corden at The O2 on Tuesday 21st February. The ceremony will be broadcast on ITV1 in the UK.

Source: www.noelgallagher.com

On This Day In Oasis History...

"All Around The World" is a song by British rock band Oasis. Released on the 12th of January 1998, the track peaked at Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart; it is the longest single ever to do so. It went Silver in the UK.




















"All Around the World", nearly ten minutes long, is embellished with string and horn pieces, and is followed by a two-minute-long instrumental, "All Around the World (Reprise)". Upon its release the reviews were generally positive. It is in keeping with many Oasis songs, such as "Whatever", "Acquiesce", "Live Forever" in that it preaches the belief that "it's gonna be okay". It also features a backing vocal in the coda remarkably similar to the corresponding section in The Beatles' song "Hey Jude".

History

The song was one of the first to be written by Noel, and there are recorded sessions of the band rehearsing it at the Boardwalk club as early as 1992. However, despite Noel's fondness for the song, it did not appear on their first two albums, Definitely Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, as he wanted to wait until the band could afford to produce the song in the extravagant manner in which it was to eventually appear. From time to time, Gallagher has claimed that this is one of the best songs he has ever written.

As early as Spring 1994, the final production sound for this song was envisaged. On the interview Wibbling Rivalry, Noel Gallagher said of the song, "With Supersonic, I worried I was never going to write another song after that 'cos I thought, 'It sounds that good'... Two days later I superseded it by about 50 fuckin' times. The reason we haven't recorded that song is because there isn't enough money in Creation Records' bank balance to pay for the production of that record. When we do that record..." Noel also added when asked if there would be an orchestra on it, "Orchestras, man? It's not got to be one, it's got to be two".

Video



Keeping with the feel of the song, the video was also a lavish affair. Featuring the band in a yellow spaceship, the animated piece saw them travel through a world akin to The Beatles' Yellow Submarine film. The video was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and apparently took 24 computer animators 6 months to make. The video itself is not as long as the song, lasting just over seven minutes. The part of the song that was cut out is mostly towards the end.

Description

Noel described the song shortly before the release of the album- "I wrote this one ages ago, before Whatever. It was twelve minutes long then. It was a matter of being able to afford to record it. But now we can get away with the 36-piece orchestra. And the longer the better as far as I'm concerned. If it's good. I can see what people are going to say, but fuck 'em, basically."

"The lyrics are teeny-poppy. But there are three key changes towards the end. Imagine how much better Hey Jude would have been with three key changes towards the end. I like the ambition of it, all that time ago. What was all that about when we didn't even have our first single out? Gin and tonics, eh?"

B-Sides

The B-Sides of "All Around the World" were two Noel sung songs, The Fame and Flashbax. Oasis also recorded a cover version of a Rolling Stones song, "Street Fighting Man".

Trivia

When it was suggested that Oasis take legal action against pop band Hear'Say for their first single's ("Pure and Simple") uncanny similarity to "All Around the World", Noel simply laughed at the hypocrisy of such an act from a man who was famous for "borrowing" from other artists.

The harmonica pieces on the track were performed by Mark Feltham. Noel and Liam's then wives, Meg Mathews and Patsy Kensit and The Verve's front man Richard Ashcroft sang backing vocals.

Portions of the song's chorus were used as background music for AT&T's advertising campaign for "The New" AT&T.

The photograph on the front of the single was taken on Bournemouth beach in Dorset, England.

Track listing

CD CRESCD 282
"All Around the World" - 9:38
"The Fame" - 4:35
"Flashbax" - 5:07
"Street Fighting Man" - 3:54

7" CRE 282
"All Around the World (Edit)"
"The Fame" - 4:35

12" CRE 282T
"All Around the World" - 9:38
"The Fame" - 4:35
"Flashbax" - 5:07

Cassette CRECS 282
"All Around the World (Edit)"
"The Fame" - 4:35

This was the last Oasis single to be released on the Creation Records label, and also the last Oasis single to include 3 b-sides on the CD version.

Noel Gallagher On Shaving, Willpower And More

Football fans are, by and large, optimists – and none more so than Noel Gallagher, the one-time guitarist and songwriter with Oasis.

At the time we spoke, the 44-year-old – now a chart-topping solo artist – was full of hope that his beloved Manchester City would win a clean sweep of trophies in 2012.

Fate – and Manchester United – intervened in the FA Cup, nevertheless the rest of his dream – that City win the Premier league, the Carling Cup and the Europa league – is very much alive.

“I hope the world doesn’t end – because they say it might,” he added. “It would be nice if they could delay the end until City have won the league.”

2011 was certainly a year in which Gallagher himself surpassed many expectations. Two years after abruptly quitting his own band moments before a concert in Paris, the 44-year-old emerged with a new musical guise, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, and an album which garnered his best reviews since Definitely Maybe and (What’s The Story) Morning Glory, at the highpoint of Britpop.

After 18 years consumed in band politics, Gallagher enjoyed the freedom of being his own boss. “In the studio, yes [it was creatively liberating],” he recalled, “because I could work at my own pace, which is important for me.” If he wanted to work three days in a row, he could; if he wanted a break he could take one. With Oasis, he had to be ever-present.

Read the full interview here.

Source: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Official Japanese Tour Merchandise

Below are the official items that will be sold at Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's sold out gigs in Japan later this month.
























Thanks To Mari