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.

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The NME Want Your Questions For Noel Gallagher!

Ever wanted to ask the ex-Oasis man something?

We're going to be hooking up with 2012 Godlike Genius Noel Gallagher soon for a quizzing session – and we want your questions for him.

The most interesting, probing, thought-provoking and funny questions will be put to the former Oasis man and we'll then print the results in a future edition of NME magazine. So leave your questions in the comments box below – and remember to include your name, age and location too or we won't be able to use it.

Noel Gallagher will be presented with the Godlike Genius Award at this year's NME Awards. The guitarist will pick up the gong at the ceremony on February 29 at London's O2 Academy Brixton.

Previous recipients of the award include last year's winner Dave Grohl, The Clash, Paul Weller, The Cure, Manic Street Preachers, New Order and Joy Division.

A special collectors' issue dedicated to Noel Gallagher is coming next month. Produced by the teams behind NME and sister title Uncut, the magazine will feature Gallagher's greatest interviews, unseen photos and a competition to win albums signed by the man himself. The issue will be available on newsstands and digitally from February 2.

Source: www.nme.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's Confirmed To Play Benicassim

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are confirmed to play this year's Benicassim Festival on the east coast of Spain. The festival will take place over the weekend of 12th-15th July. Other bands confirmed for the festival include The Stone Roses, Florence And The Machine and The Vaccines.

Tickets are available to buy now through the festivals website HERE!

Source: www.noelgallagher.com

Win Tickets To See Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Indianapolis

Click here to win tickets to Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds gig at Old National Centre in Indianapolis, USA on April 4th.

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Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The Enmore Theatre

Click here for a number of pictures from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The Enmore Theatre in Sydney, Australia yesterday.

Gallery/Review: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The Enmore Theatre

By Nathan Jolly

It’s always good to play in front of a home crowd, and even though Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds were half the world away, a cursory glance around the Enmore Theatre more than confirmed that this was a crowd heavily made up of Englishmen - the large number of sentences that ended in ‘innit’ or ‘dyawhatimean?’ gave the game away. This is Gallagher’s first solo jaunt, and, more vitally, his first outing as the frontman of a band. Unlike Beady Eye, who forged ahead with defiance and a brand new set of songs after the Oasis split, the elder Gallagher wasn’t afraid to look back, with almost half the set made up of Oasis songs – though as Gallagher told our sister publication THE BRAG last week, they were never Oasis songs, they were his songs. Which stands to reason, and there were certainly no arguments from the audience members when he dipped into his enviable back catalogue.

On a purely technical level, Gallagher has assembled a righteous crew to back him up; the band is easily the equal of latter-era Oasis (which is impressive considering that band featured an ex-Ride member and Ringo’s son) and halfway through the set it struck me that this marks the first time Noel has had anyone to harmonise with his lead vocals during a set – in Oasis days Liam would exit the stage when Noel took the lead. These harmonies were provided by Zutons bassist Russell Pritchard – who blagged his way into the group through a mix of moxie and proximity; The Zutons were recording in the same studio as Gallagher when he offered to play bass for him – and help the band achieve that 1966 sound that Noel always aimed for but couldn’t achieve with Liam’s full throttle snarl.

Understandably, the newer tracks weren’t received with anything approaching the furor given over to the Oasis numbers, but neither was the induction of Obama. Wonderwall came early in the set, with Gallagher performing the Ryan Adams rendition of the song, something he has done since Adams breathed life back into the song in 2003. ‘I don’t believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now’ is still such an achingly beautiful line that literally billions* of spins haven’t smashed it into dull submission. Oasis’ first single Supersonic was given the acoustic treatment, and despite the lyrics being pure gibberish, Gallagher’s perennially mournful vocal gave this song a new solemn weight. Talk Tonight was given the opposite spin, the intimacy of the original (in which you can actually hear Gallagher taking off his watch) forsaken for a full band version. Halfway through the set Gallagher unleashed a new song, possibly from his forthcoming second record, most likely something he whipped up backstage between drinks with Kasabian (who were lurking sidestage for most of the set). A dense, drone-driven song, it points towards further psychotropic adventures for Gallagher and co. As with the entire set, it’s already on YouTube, captured in iPhone glory.

The most extraordinary thing happened as Gallagher and co. left the stage prior to the inevitable encore; the entire theatre morphed into a football stadium, an impromptu football chant began, and I’m pretty sure it rained lager, too. The three-song encore more than sated the rowdy football crowd. The Importance Of Being Idle, which Gallagher claims is among his top five songs, but in actuality would barely scrap into the second eleven (still stretching the football analogy) deadened the mood before the final song; in which the audience rose from their seats as if for the national audience. If you’ve ever heard a stadium full of Oasis fans chant the chorus of Don’t Look Back In Anger, this may as well have been the case.

*Obviously, this isn’t too literal, but who knows. Maybe? Definitely maybe.

Click here to see a number of pictures from the gig.

Source: www.themusicnetwork.com

Beady Eye, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's, Radiohead Score Best Selling Vinyl Singles Of 2011

Beady Eye scored the biggest selling vinyl singles of 2011, with three of their singles featuring in the top five of the year's best sellers.

The band's debut single 'The Roller' was the biggest selling vinyl single of the year, with its follow-up 'Millionaire' not far behind. Morrissey's one-off release 'Glamorous Glue' was third, with Beady Eye at Number Four again with the 'The Beat Goes On' and the ex-Oasis' men's former bandmate Noel Gallagher at Number Five with 'The Death Of You And Me', reports The Official Charts Company.

Arctic Monkeys were sixth with 'Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair', while Noel Gallagher was at seven with '…AKA What A Life', Beady Eye were also at Number Eight with Miles Kane and the Manic Street Preachers occupying the other two places in the top 10.

Radiohead had the biggest selling 12" singles of the year, with their split single 'Supercollider'/'The Butcher' taking the top spot. Behind the Oxford band in Number Two was Paul Weller with 'Starlite', then the Tuff Productions' single 'Always Searching'. Radiohead were also at Number Four and Six with Kasabian inbetween them at Number Five.

Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Rhythm Robbers and Burial made up the rest of the Top Ten.

In terms of vinyl album sales, Radiohead's 'The King Of Limbs' came out on top, just ahead of Noel Gallagher at Number Two and Adele at Number Three. PJ Harvey was fourth with 'Let England Shake', while Arctic Monkeys were fifth with 'Suck It And See'. Bon Iver, Beady Eye, Kate Bush, Alex Turner and Pink Floyd's re-released 'Dark Side Of The Moon' made up the rest of the top 10.

The Top 10 selling vinyl singles of 2011 were as follows:

1. Beady Eye - 'The Roller'
2. Beady Eye - 'Millionaire'
3. Morrissey - 'Glamorous Glue'
4. Beady Eye - 'The Beat Goes On'
5. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - 'The Death Of You And Me'
6. Arctic Monkeys - 'Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair'
7. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - '...A.K.A What A Life'
8. Beady Eye - 'Four Letter Word'
9. Miles Kane - 'Come Closer'
10. Manic Street Preachers - 'Postcards From A Young Man'

The Top 10 selling 12 inch vinyl singles of 2011 were as follows:

1. Radiohead - 'The Butcher/Supercollider'
2. Paul Weller - 'Starlite'
3. Tuff Productions - 'Always Searching'
4. Radiohead - 'Morning Mr Magpie'
5. Kasabian - 'Days Are Forgotten'
6. Radiohead - 'Little By Little'
7. Arctic Monkeys - 'Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair'
8. Kasabian - 'Re-Wired'
9. Rhythm Robbers - 'Plastic Dreams'
10. Burial - ' Street Halo'

The Top 10 selling vinyl albums of 2011 were as follows:

1. Radiohead - 'The King Of Limbs'
2. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'
3. Adele - '21'
4. PJ Harvey - 'Let England Shake'
5. Arctic Monkeys - 'Suck It And See'
6. Bon Iver - 'Bon Iver'
7. Beady Eye - 'Different Gear, Still Speeding'
8. Kate Bush - '50 Words For Snow'
9. Alex Turner - 'Submarine OST'
10. Pink Floyd - 'The Dark Side Of The Moon'

Source: www.nme.com

Gallery/Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The Enmore Theatre

Below is the setlist and a number of pictures from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds gig at The Enmore Theatre Sydney, Australia that took yesterday.

Setlist

(It's Good) To Be Free (Oasis cover)
Mucky Fingers (Oasis cover)
Everybody's on the Run
Dream On
If I Had a Gun
The Good Rebel
The Death of You and Me
Freaky Teeth
Wonderwall
Supersonic
(I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine
AKA... What a Life!
Talk Tonight
Soldier Boys and Jesus Freaks
AKA... Broken Arrow
Half The World Away
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Little By Little
The Importance of Being Idle
Don't Look Back In Anger

The pictures below were sent in by site visitor Kirsty, check out more pictures on our Twitter page here.

Noel Gallagher Puts Drugs, Girls And Cash In His Preferred Order

Noel Gallagher sat down with Nova FM's Fitzy and Wippa for a chat ahead of the show with his High Flying Birds on 23 January 2012 at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney.

Limited 12" White Label Of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Remixed By UNKLE More Copies Available!

Another chance to order the vinyl can be found here and here.

Strictly limited white label pressing.

A. AKA What A Life! (UNKLE Rework
B. Let The Lord Shine A Light On Me (UNKLE Rework)
Cat Number: JDNC12T
Info correct on: 20/1/2012

Closing out an exceptional debut year for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, the band’s most recent single “AKA…What A Life!“ and its B-side “Let The Lord Shine A Light On Me” have been remixed by pioneering electronic producers UNKLE.

Stretching each track out to 8 minutes plus UNKLE, the brainchild of James Lavelle, have reimagined the two tracks as leftfield, psychedelic epics perfect for both the dancefloor and at home afterwards.

Already being supported by the likes of Radio 1’s Zane Lowe and Pete Tong, the remixes will be pressed up on highly limited white label 12” vinyl, before being released digitally late February 2012.

These remixes mark the second time that UNKLE have crossed paths with Noel Gallagher, having previously produced the Oasis track “Weight of the World”.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's Announce Gig In Las Vegas

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are confirmed to play The Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas on 20th April. The gig will mark Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' debut show in 'Sin City'.

There will be a fan pre-sale available to all North American registered members of NoelGallagher.com from Wednesday at 10am (local time). If you're not already a member of the website you can sign up HERE! The pre-sale password will be mailed out Tuesday evening.

Tickets go on general sale from 12pm (local time) on Friday 27th January through:

- Ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster locations
- The Pearl Concert Theater box office
- Charge by phone: 702.942.7777

The gig at The Pearl Theater, Las Vegas falls between Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' appearances at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festivals on the 14th and 21st April.

Source: www.noelgallagher.com

Noel Gallagher To Be Crowned Godlike Genius At NME Awards 2012

The Manchester icon follows in the footsteps of Dave Grohl, The Clash, Paul Weller and The Cure.

Noel Gallagher will be presented with the Godlike Genius Award at this year's NME Awards.

As announced by Zane Lowe on his BBC Radio 1 show earlier this evening (January 23), the singer, guitar-player and frontman of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will pick up the gong at the ceremony on February 29 at London's O2 Academy Brixton. Of his win, Gallagher has said: "I would like to thank NME for bestowing upon me such a great accolade. I have dreamt of this moment since I was 43 years old. I accept that I am now a genius, just like God".

Previous recipients of the award include last year's winner Dave Grohl, The Clash, Paul Weller, The Cure, Manic Street Preachers, New Order and Joy Division.

Of the former Oasis man's win, NME editor Krissi Murison says: "For the best part of two decades, the voice of one man has dominated the pages of NME more than any other. That man is Noel Gallagher. Opinionated, intelligent, passionate and always hilarious – Noel walks and talks it better than any other musician out there, and it's just one of the reasons why the British public loves him so dearly."

She continued: "That he keeps pushing boundaries as a solo artist proves that there's a long way to go in the story of one of the most talented musicians Britain has ever produced."

Meanwhile, a special collectors' issue dedicated to Noel Gallagher is coming next month. Produced by the teams behind NME and sister title Uncut, the magazine will feature Gallagher's greatest interviews, unseen photos and a competition to win albums signed by the man himself. The issue will be available on newsstands and digitally from February 2 - click here to pre-order your copy.






















Source: www.nme.com

Adele Equals Oasis And Queen's Album Chart Record

Adele has equalled the album chart records of Oasis and Queen.

According to The Official Charts Company, 21 is now in its 20th non-consecutive week at number one since its release twelve months ago.

Adele has now spent a career total of 21 weeks at number one, with her debut album 19 spending one week at the top.

This now puts her on a par with Oasis and Queen in the number of weeks spent at the top of the album chart.

But where Adele has achieved this with her first two albums, Oasis took eight albums to notch up 21 weeks at the top and Queen nine albums to reach the same feat.

And 21 is the longest running number one album for a solo artist in UK chart history and sixth longest running overall, with only Simon & Garfunkel and The Beatles surpassing the record.

Source: www.musicrooms.net

Win! A Pair Of Tickets To See Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Sheffield

Brit award nominated Noel Gallagher and his band High Flying Birds are set to showcase their debut platinum selling album at Sheffield Motorpoint Arena on 19th February. The critically acclaimed self-titled album, released in October last year debuted at number one in the chart and has gained plenty of impressive reviews.

As well as the successful debut single ‘The Death Of You And Me’ – released back in August – the album boasts an array of quality tracks, identidiable as Noel Gallagher compositions, but leaps ahead of latter-day Oasis releases. Other tracks to look out for are the catchy ‘AKA…What a Life!’ which was released for digital download only in September alongside ‘If I Had a Gun…’

The band performed all three singles on Live with Jools Holland in November and have also appeared on the Jonathan Ross Show. The album has now gone global with dates confirmed in Australia, New Zealand and Japan. It seems that this is one Brit-pop legend that will continue to make great music for a long time to come.

To enter the competition click here and scroll down the page (SIGN UP REQUIRED).

Source: www.leedsguide.co.uk

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.

Gallery/Review: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The Enmore Theatre

Noel Gallagher headlined his first ever solo show in Australia last night before a sold-out crowd at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney and he didn't disappoint.

The UK singer-songwriter with his new outfit Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played a terrific set of tunes featuring a nice mix of tracks from his self-titled debut album and hits from his old band Oasis.

Triple M's Becko was in attendance and said the combination of stellar musicianship and great songs played in a small venue made it a night to remember.

"It was a brilliant gig," he raved after the show. "It was a real treat to see Noel in such an intimate venue."

""If I Had A Gun" will be the next single," he predicted. "Plus Noel's versions of [the Oasis classics] "Wonderwall" and "Supersonic" were total highlights. Noice one brutha!"

Besides the great songs there were some funny moments as well including a bit of banter between Noel and a fellow in the crowd who had a tattoo of Noel's autograph on his arm.

Click here for a number of pictures from the gig.

Source: www.triplem.com.au pictures from the gig can also be found on our Twitter page here.

Noel Gallagher Lifts The Roof In Sydney With His show at the Enmore Theatre with High Flying Birds

Noel Gallagher proved there is a very good life after Oasis at the Enmore Theatre last night.

From the minute he strode on stage with his new band High Flying Birds, Gallagher incited a deafening level of adulation and participation from a fanatic audience which was undoubtedly swelled by expatriates.

And they didn’t just want the Oasis tunes either, although the ones he played - he refers to them as “my songs” rather than belonging to his former band - lifted the roof.

Fans lifted their voices just as enthusiastically on several of the tunes from the self-titled Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds record including Everybody’s On The Run, If I Had A Gun and The Death Of You And Me.

These songs felt instantly familiar even if they haven’t enjoyed the same pelting on the airwaves as the Oasis tunes.

Gallagher was clearly enjoying the goodwill of his Sydney fans.

While he is more of a workman-like frontman courtesy of guitar duties, between songs the concert turned into a Conversation With Noel Gallagher as he bantered with individual fans and muttered a couple of “I love you too”s to the shout outs.

The finale Don’t Look Back In Anger was one of those great concert moments when the crowd out-sings the band and Gallagher was happy to let them have their moment.

“It’s been an absolute pleasure to play for you tonight, Sydney,” he said.

The pleasure was all our’s.

Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au

Click here for two pictures from the gig.

Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Auckland

Click here for a number of pictures from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds apperance at The Big Day Out in Auckland, New Zealand.

Listen Again: Noel Gallagher’s Triple J Interview At BDO Gold Coast

Click here to listen to Noel Gallagher's interview with Triple J At Big Day Out Gold Coast in Australia.

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The Amity Affliction Respond To Noel Gallagher’s ‘Dead Turd’ Comment

Last night Noel Gallagher described The Amity Affliction’s music as sounding “like a dead turd” live from the Big Day Out on triple j radio station. Now The Amity Affliction have responded with a post on their Facebook page:

Noel Gallagher hates our band. Mum, we made it!!!

Gallagher has entered the triple j tent backstage to conduct an interview while one of The Amity Affliction’s songs were playing on the station. Gallagher asked the triple j presenter “Whats this?”, to which the presenter replied “The Amity Affliction: a little bit of melody, little bit of screaming and some triggered kick drums”.

“Sounds like a dead turd”, Gallagher replied.

Source: musicfeeds.com.au