As Noel Gallagher is crowned NME Awards Godlike Genius for 2012, we look back at his remarkable career, from first picking up a guitar aged 13, to the debauched top-of-the-world aftermath of '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?'.
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
As Noel Gallagher is crowned NME Awards Godlike Genius for 2012, we look back at his remarkable career, from first picking up a guitar aged 13, to the debauched top-of-the-world aftermath of '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?'.
Video: Noel Gallagher The Ultimate Guide
As Noel Gallagher is crowned NME Awards Godlike Genius for 2012, we look back at his remarkable career, from first picking up a guitar aged 13, to the debauched top-of-the-world aftermath of '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?'.
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds performed live yesterday at Glasgow's Grand Ole Opry, check out a number of pictures here.
The intimate performance will be broadcast on radio through Clyde 1, Forth One, MFR, Northsound 1, Tay FM, Radio Borders, West Sound and West FM from 7pm on March 11th.
The gig will also be available from then to stream through www.IndemandScotland.co.uk
Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Acoustic Gig In Glasgow
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds performed live yesterday at Glasgow's Grand Ole Opry, check out a number of pictures here.
The intimate performance will be broadcast on radio through Clyde 1, Forth One, MFR, Northsound 1, Tay FM, Radio Borders, West Sound and West FM from 7pm on March 11th.
The gig will also be available from then to stream through www.IndemandScotland.co.uk
Noel Gallagher
The Stone Roses
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are confirmed to play this year's T In The Park festival.
The Stone Roses are also playing at the event which takes place Friday 6th until Sunday 8th July in Balado, Kinross-Shire Scotland.
Tickets go on sale at 9am (UK Time).
T In The Park 2012 Tickets Go On Sale Today
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are confirmed to play this year's T In The Park festival.
The Stone Roses are also playing at the event which takes place Friday 6th until Sunday 8th July in Balado, Kinross-Shire Scotland.
Tickets go on sale at 9am (UK Time).
Amorphous Androgynous
Noel Gallagher
Shoot A Hole Into The Sun, the first track from Noel's collaboration with Amorphous Androgynous, was given its exclusive debut on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show this evening. Listen to the new track below!
The song is the B side to new single Dream On which is available in the UK on digital from 11th March and on limited edition, numbered 12" vinyl and CD.
The vinyl and CD can be pre-ordered from the official UK store HERE.
Source: www.noelgallagher.com
Listen To Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'Shoot A Hole' Now
Shoot A Hole Into The Sun, the first track from Noel's collaboration with Amorphous Androgynous, was given its exclusive debut on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show this evening. Listen to the new track below!
The song is the B side to new single Dream On which is available in the UK on digital from 11th March and on limited edition, numbered 12" vinyl and CD.
The vinyl and CD can be pre-ordered from the official UK store HERE.
Source: www.noelgallagher.com
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have been confirmed to play at the Rock Werchter 2012 Festival on 1st July.
All tickets are inclusive of public transport within the Belgium borders from Thursday June 28th until Monday July 2nd 2012.
For information and ticket reservations:
www.rockwerchter.be
www.proximusgoformusic.be
Source: www.noelgallagher.com
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Confirm Rock Rock Werchter Festival Appearance
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have been confirmed to play at the Rock Werchter 2012 Festival on 1st July.
All tickets are inclusive of public transport within the Belgium borders from Thursday June 28th until Monday July 2nd 2012.
For information and ticket reservations:
www.rockwerchter.be
www.proximusgoformusic.be
Source: www.noelgallagher.com
Alan White
Bonehead
Guigsy
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Oasis, released on February 28, 2000. In 1999, the year preceding the final release of this album, Oasis had lost two founding members (Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs and Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan) and hired a new producer (Mark "Spike" Stent). As a result of these changes, the album's tone was more experimental, with electronica and psychedelic influences. The darker feeling and psychedelic tone of this album is a departure from earlier Britpop-influenced Oasis records.
Songs such as the Indian-influenced "Who Feels Love?", the progressive "Gas Panic!" and the electronica "Go Let It Out" depart from Oasis' old Britpop style. The album was the sixth fastest selling album in UK chart history, selling over 310,000 copies in its first week. Despite becoming their fourth number one album in the UK, it is one of the band's lowest-selling albums, selling only 3 million copies worldwide.
Trivia
The album's title was taken from the words of Sir Isaac Newton: "If I can see further than anyone else, it is only because I am standing on the shoulders of giants". Noel Gallagher saw the quote on the side of a £2 coin whilst in a pub and liked it so much he thought it would be a suitable name for Oasis' new album. He then wrote the name on the side of a cigarette packet whilst drunk. When he awoke in the morning, he realised he had written "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants — A Bum Title".
Due to the departure of Bonehead and Guigsy from the band whilst the album was in production, their parts had to be re-recorded, for legal reasons. Thus, the album only features the Gallagher brothers and Alan White. The sleeve of the album also features them.
The first track, "Fuckin' in the Bushes", is featured on the soundtrack for the film Snatch, and is regularly used in introductions for high-tempo events, due to its quick tempo and loud volume.
In the April 2006 issue of Q magazine, the album was the only Oasis record to feature in a countdown of the "50 worst albums of all time". It was placed at number 46 and described as "the low point of their fallow years", despite the fact that the album had been favourably reviewed in the magazine at its time of release and featured in the magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2000" list. In response to the Q feature, Noel has said, "Even though it wasn't our finest hour, it's a good album born through tough times. I worked harder on that album than anything before and anything since."
A notable B-Side was Lets All Make Believe. This song was on the Go Let It Out single and is said to be one of the bands finest songs. Q Magazine declared it the greatest ever "lost" track in the February 2007 issue and said that if it was on the album it would have carried "an extra star" on the review. Q gave this album 4 Stars back in 2000, meaning an extra star would be 5 stars. So with Lets All Make Believe on the album, according to Q magazine's logic, SOTSOG would have been a 5 star classic.
Track listing
01: "Fuckin' In The Bushes"
02: "Go Let It Out"
03: "Who Feels Love?"
04: "Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is"
05: "Little James"
06: "Gas Panic!"
07: "Where Did It All Go Wrong?"
08: "Sunday Morning Call"
09: "I Can See A Liar"
10: "Roll It Over"
Demos
A bootleg of demo sessions recorded for this album was leaked onto the internet in January 2000. Most of these songs were recorded by Noel Gallagher with the help of a couple of friends in his home studio at Supernova Heights and at Oasis' own Wheeler End Studios complex. All of the songs, apart from "Little James", were sung by Noel.
The tracklisting of the demo bootleg is:
"Carry Us All"
"Who Feels Love?"
"Fuckin' in the Bushes"
"Little James"
"Gas Panic!
"Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is"
"Sunday Morning Call"
"I Can See a Liar"
"Go Let It Out"
"Roll It Over"
"Revolution Song"
"Where Did It All Go Wrong?"
"(As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes in Hell"
"Just Getting Older"
"Let There Be Love"
At the time of the leak, four songs ("Carry Us All", "Revolution Song", "Just Getting Older" and "Let There Be Love") were not scheduled for release on either the album or as B-sides on the new single "Go Let It Out". These songs were also completely undocumented, apart from "Revolution Song", which had been mentioned by author Paolo Hewitt in his 1999 book Forever the People — Six Months on the Road with Oasis. As such, these four songs had made-up titles based on commonly-repeated phrases mentioned in the songs. Whilst "Carry Us All" and "Just Getting Older" were correctly guessed, the other two tracks were given titles which, in time, would prove to be incorrect. "Revolution Song" was given the title "Solve My Mystery" and "Let There Be Love" was given the title "It's a Crime". "Let There Be Love" was released on Don't Believe the Truth. Because Noel mentioned in a February 23, 2000 interview with Melody Maker magazine that "Revolution Song" had been demoed — but not released because Blur had recently released a similar sounding song — it can be assumed that these titles are correct.
Currently, only one song ("Revolution Song") remains commercially unreleased.
On This Day In Oasis History...
Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Oasis, released on February 28, 2000. In 1999, the year preceding the final release of this album, Oasis had lost two founding members (Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs and Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan) and hired a new producer (Mark "Spike" Stent). As a result of these changes, the album's tone was more experimental, with electronica and psychedelic influences. The darker feeling and psychedelic tone of this album is a departure from earlier Britpop-influenced Oasis records.
Songs such as the Indian-influenced "Who Feels Love?", the progressive "Gas Panic!" and the electronica "Go Let It Out" depart from Oasis' old Britpop style. The album was the sixth fastest selling album in UK chart history, selling over 310,000 copies in its first week. Despite becoming their fourth number one album in the UK, it is one of the band's lowest-selling albums, selling only 3 million copies worldwide.
Trivia
The album's title was taken from the words of Sir Isaac Newton: "If I can see further than anyone else, it is only because I am standing on the shoulders of giants". Noel Gallagher saw the quote on the side of a £2 coin whilst in a pub and liked it so much he thought it would be a suitable name for Oasis' new album. He then wrote the name on the side of a cigarette packet whilst drunk. When he awoke in the morning, he realised he had written "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants — A Bum Title".
Due to the departure of Bonehead and Guigsy from the band whilst the album was in production, their parts had to be re-recorded, for legal reasons. Thus, the album only features the Gallagher brothers and Alan White. The sleeve of the album also features them.
The first track, "Fuckin' in the Bushes", is featured on the soundtrack for the film Snatch, and is regularly used in introductions for high-tempo events, due to its quick tempo and loud volume.
In the April 2006 issue of Q magazine, the album was the only Oasis record to feature in a countdown of the "50 worst albums of all time". It was placed at number 46 and described as "the low point of their fallow years", despite the fact that the album had been favourably reviewed in the magazine at its time of release and featured in the magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2000" list. In response to the Q feature, Noel has said, "Even though it wasn't our finest hour, it's a good album born through tough times. I worked harder on that album than anything before and anything since."
A notable B-Side was Lets All Make Believe. This song was on the Go Let It Out single and is said to be one of the bands finest songs. Q Magazine declared it the greatest ever "lost" track in the February 2007 issue and said that if it was on the album it would have carried "an extra star" on the review. Q gave this album 4 Stars back in 2000, meaning an extra star would be 5 stars. So with Lets All Make Believe on the album, according to Q magazine's logic, SOTSOG would have been a 5 star classic.
Track listing
01: "Fuckin' In The Bushes"
02: "Go Let It Out"
03: "Who Feels Love?"
04: "Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is"
05: "Little James"
06: "Gas Panic!"
07: "Where Did It All Go Wrong?"
08: "Sunday Morning Call"
09: "I Can See A Liar"
10: "Roll It Over"
Demos
A bootleg of demo sessions recorded for this album was leaked onto the internet in January 2000. Most of these songs were recorded by Noel Gallagher with the help of a couple of friends in his home studio at Supernova Heights and at Oasis' own Wheeler End Studios complex. All of the songs, apart from "Little James", were sung by Noel.
The tracklisting of the demo bootleg is:
"Carry Us All"
"Who Feels Love?"
"Fuckin' in the Bushes"
"Little James"
"Gas Panic!
"Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is"
"Sunday Morning Call"
"I Can See a Liar"
"Go Let It Out"
"Roll It Over"
"Revolution Song"
"Where Did It All Go Wrong?"
"(As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes in Hell"
"Just Getting Older"
"Let There Be Love"
At the time of the leak, four songs ("Carry Us All", "Revolution Song", "Just Getting Older" and "Let There Be Love") were not scheduled for release on either the album or as B-sides on the new single "Go Let It Out". These songs were also completely undocumented, apart from "Revolution Song", which had been mentioned by author Paolo Hewitt in his 1999 book Forever the People — Six Months on the Road with Oasis. As such, these four songs had made-up titles based on commonly-repeated phrases mentioned in the songs. Whilst "Carry Us All" and "Just Getting Older" were correctly guessed, the other two tracks were given titles which, in time, would prove to be incorrect. "Revolution Song" was given the title "Solve My Mystery" and "Let There Be Love" was given the title "It's a Crime". "Let There Be Love" was released on Don't Believe the Truth. Because Noel mentioned in a February 23, 2000 interview with Melody Maker magazine that "Revolution Song" had been demoed — but not released because Blur had recently released a similar sounding song — it can be assumed that these titles are correct.
Currently, only one song ("Revolution Song") remains commercially unreleased.
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher reckons he hasn’t a clue why he’s still famous after 20 years in the music business.
The diehard rock ’n roller, 44, told us: “People say I am still around but I can’t say really why I am here. I just do what I do.”
He also admitted that he doesn’t think he’ll ever write the perfect song.
“I have written many, many, many good songs.But it don’t work like that.”
Source: www.dailystar.co.uk
Noel Gallagher Hasn't A Clue Why He's Still Famous
Noel Gallagher reckons he hasn’t a clue why he’s still famous after 20 years in the music business.
The diehard rock ’n roller, 44, told us: “People say I am still around but I can’t say really why I am here. I just do what I do.”
He also admitted that he doesn’t think he’ll ever write the perfect song.
“I have written many, many, many good songs.But it don’t work like that.”
Source: www.dailystar.co.uk
Noel Gallagher
Simon Cowell
Former Oasis star Noel Gallagher has joked he would be an X Factor judge for £1Million.
Naming his price, Noel, 44, said: "It's about six months' work, innit? I reckon it would have to be a million pounds after tax."
But he backtracked after realising the ITV show's boss Simon Cowell might take him up on his offer.
He told Radio Times: "I say that tongue-in-cheek."
Noel added: "I don't really want to do it. But a million pounds for six months' work? That's good money if you can get it.
"Even I don't earn that much."
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Noel Gallagher Would Be An X Factor Judge For A Million Pound
Former Oasis star Noel Gallagher has joked he would be an X Factor judge for £1Million.
Naming his price, Noel, 44, said: "It's about six months' work, innit? I reckon it would have to be a million pounds after tax."
But he backtracked after realising the ITV show's boss Simon Cowell might take him up on his offer.
He told Radio Times: "I say that tongue-in-cheek."
Noel added: "I don't really want to do it. But a million pounds for six months' work? That's good money if you can get it.
"Even I don't earn that much."
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher dedicated a song to his daughter at his concert at The 02 arena in London last night (26.02.12).
Before playing 'Little by Little' the rocker revealed he was performing it for his 12-year-old daughter Anais - his child with ex-wife Meg Mathews - because it used to be her favourite Oasis track.
He told the sell-out crowd: ''I'm dedicating this to my daughter ... she said it was her favourite song when she was nine.''
Noel thrilled fans by playing a set loaded with songs from his debut solo album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' and Oasis tracks and he and his band were backed by the Crouch End Festival Chorus and the Hertfordshire Chorus.
Highlights included 'Everybody's on the Run', 'If I Had a Gun...', '(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach' and 'Freaky Teeth'.
An acoustic version of 'Supersonic' prompted a mass sing-along, as did 'Half the World Away' and 'The Death of You and Me'.
After he performed Oasis B-side 'Talk Tonight' one emotional fan at the front told Noel he loved him ''more than David Beckham''.
The 44-year-old musician said: ''Are you all enjoying yourself? I'm enjoying myself, I bet you're having a right f***ing laugh out there. You love me more than David Beckham, that's pure love. I love you too mate.''
However, some cheeky fans jokingly heckled Noel to play songs recorded by his brother Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye.
Noel performed a four-track encore comprised of Oasis songs 'Whatever' - dedicated to the ''people at the back'' - Little by Little', The Importance of Being Idle' and 'Don't Look Back in Anger'.
Before playing his final song, Noel gestured to the 30-piece choir and said: ''I'd like a round of applause for the people at the back here. It's been an absolute pleasure to play for you. We'll see you somewhere down the road, thank you very much for coming tonight.''
Source: www.contactmusic.com
Noel Gallagher Dedicates Song To His Daughter
Noel Gallagher dedicated a song to his daughter at his concert at The 02 arena in London last night (26.02.12).
Before playing 'Little by Little' the rocker revealed he was performing it for his 12-year-old daughter Anais - his child with ex-wife Meg Mathews - because it used to be her favourite Oasis track.
He told the sell-out crowd: ''I'm dedicating this to my daughter ... she said it was her favourite song when she was nine.''
Noel thrilled fans by playing a set loaded with songs from his debut solo album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' and Oasis tracks and he and his band were backed by the Crouch End Festival Chorus and the Hertfordshire Chorus.
Highlights included 'Everybody's on the Run', 'If I Had a Gun...', '(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach' and 'Freaky Teeth'.
An acoustic version of 'Supersonic' prompted a mass sing-along, as did 'Half the World Away' and 'The Death of You and Me'.
After he performed Oasis B-side 'Talk Tonight' one emotional fan at the front told Noel he loved him ''more than David Beckham''.
The 44-year-old musician said: ''Are you all enjoying yourself? I'm enjoying myself, I bet you're having a right f***ing laugh out there. You love me more than David Beckham, that's pure love. I love you too mate.''
However, some cheeky fans jokingly heckled Noel to play songs recorded by his brother Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye.
Noel performed a four-track encore comprised of Oasis songs 'Whatever' - dedicated to the ''people at the back'' - Little by Little', The Importance of Being Idle' and 'Don't Look Back in Anger'.
Before playing his final song, Noel gestured to the 30-piece choir and said: ''I'd like a round of applause for the people at the back here. It's been an absolute pleasure to play for you. We'll see you somewhere down the road, thank you very much for coming tonight.''
Source: www.contactmusic.com
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have been confirmed to play at this year's V Festival performing in Chelmsford on 18th August and in Stafford on 19th August.
Tickets go on general sale at 10:00am on Friday 2nd March through the festival's website: www.vfestival.com
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are set to tour throughout 2012 with gigs so far confirmed for the UK, Ireland, Europe, North America and Japan. To keep up to date on all forthcoming touring activity head on over to the GIGS section HERE! or sign up to the mailing list HERE!
Source: www.noelgallagher.com
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Play V Festival
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have been confirmed to play at this year's V Festival performing in Chelmsford on 18th August and in Stafford on 19th August.
Tickets go on general sale at 10:00am on Friday 2nd March through the festival's website: www.vfestival.com
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are set to tour throughout 2012 with gigs so far confirmed for the UK, Ireland, Europe, North America and Japan. To keep up to date on all forthcoming touring activity head on over to the GIGS section HERE! or sign up to the mailing list HERE!
Source: www.noelgallagher.com
Noel Gallagher
Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert at the 02 Radio Arena in London yesterday.
(It’s Good) To Be Free
Mucky Fingers
Everybody’s On The Run
Dream On
If I Had A Gun
The Good Rebal
The Death Of You And Me
Freaky Teeth
Supersonic
(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine
AKA... What A Life!
Talk Tonight
AKA... Broken Arrow
Half The World Away
Solder Boys And Jesus Freaks
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Whatever
Little By Little
The Importance Of Being Idle
Don’t Look Back In Anger
A number of pictures from the gig can be found on our Twitter page here.
Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In London
Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert at the 02 Radio Arena in London yesterday.
(It’s Good) To Be Free
Mucky Fingers
Everybody’s On The Run
Dream On
If I Had A Gun
The Good Rebal
The Death Of You And Me
Freaky Teeth
Supersonic
(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine
AKA... What A Life!
Talk Tonight
AKA... Broken Arrow
Half The World Away
Solder Boys And Jesus Freaks
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Whatever
Little By Little
The Importance Of Being Idle
Don’t Look Back In Anger
A number of pictures from the gig can be found on our Twitter page here.
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the 02 in London, England UK later today (February 26th).
The concert sold out in a matter of hours but fans who were unable to buy tickets will now have a chance to see it live on the big screen as the performance will be directly broadcast via satellite in high definition and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound into select Vue Cinemas across the UK!
For more details click here.
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 High Flying Birds Land In London
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the 02 in London, England UK later today (February 26th).
The concert sold out in a matter of hours but fans who were unable to buy tickets will now have a chance to see it live on the big screen as the performance will be directly broadcast via satellite in high definition and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound into select Vue Cinemas across the UK!
For more details click here.
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
Oasis
Tony McCarroll
Former Oasis drummer Tony McCarroll is now on Facebook you can visit his profile here.
No word on a Twitter account yet, but I will keep you informed.
Former Oasis Drummer Tony McCarroll Is Now On Facebook
Former Oasis drummer Tony McCarroll is now on Facebook you can visit his profile here.
No word on a Twitter account yet, but I will keep you informed.
Noel Gallagher
Two days after his performance at the Brit Awards, Noel Gallagher was in Newcastle to perform a sell-out gig.
Although initially appearing on stage illuminated by a single spotlight, the former Oasis songwriter and guitarist wasn’t alone; he had his High Flying Birds with him. Bass, lead guitar, drums and keyboard were bolstered by a choir, the Hertfordshire Chorus, plus a three-strong brass section to recreate the sound on his chart-topping debut solo album.
But the 20-song set, which featured much swapping of guitars, kicked off with Oasis songs, (It’s Good) To Be Free and Mucky Fingers, before moving on to the new material with Everybody’s On The Run.
Claiming to be “sweating Champagne” after a night out that had continued until 5am that morning, Gallagher was in fine form. My brother, a veteran of Oasis concerts, reckons Gallagher senior doesn’t fill the stage like his little brother Liam, but he had no problems engaging the crowd.
There were football taunts and banter about the renamed St James’ Park but the audience forgave him, at one point breaking into chants of “legend”.
“To be a legend you’ve got to be dead for 20 years – at least that’s what my daughter reckons,” said Gallagher. “We’ll have none of this legend nonsense, now go and buy a T-shirt on the way out.”
He might have joked it was all about the merchandise not the music but the crowd would have disagreed. New song If I Had A Gun, about a quarter of the way through the set, had everyone singing, as did an acoustic version of Oasis classic Supersonic and Half the World Away.
The new material went down well, including the rocky Freaky Teeth which isn’t on the High Flying Birds album, but it was the well-loved Oasis tunes that had grown men flinging one arm around their mates, pointing at Gallagher with the other and singing their hearts out.
The encore of Little By Little, The Importance of Being Idle and Don’t Look Back In Anger – was pure Oasis, but given the strength of his solo material, it’s unlikely that will remain the case for long.
Source: www.journallive.co.uk
Another Review: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds In Newcastle
Two days after his performance at the Brit Awards, Noel Gallagher was in Newcastle to perform a sell-out gig.
Although initially appearing on stage illuminated by a single spotlight, the former Oasis songwriter and guitarist wasn’t alone; he had his High Flying Birds with him. Bass, lead guitar, drums and keyboard were bolstered by a choir, the Hertfordshire Chorus, plus a three-strong brass section to recreate the sound on his chart-topping debut solo album.
But the 20-song set, which featured much swapping of guitars, kicked off with Oasis songs, (It’s Good) To Be Free and Mucky Fingers, before moving on to the new material with Everybody’s On The Run.
Claiming to be “sweating Champagne” after a night out that had continued until 5am that morning, Gallagher was in fine form. My brother, a veteran of Oasis concerts, reckons Gallagher senior doesn’t fill the stage like his little brother Liam, but he had no problems engaging the crowd.
There were football taunts and banter about the renamed St James’ Park but the audience forgave him, at one point breaking into chants of “legend”.
“To be a legend you’ve got to be dead for 20 years – at least that’s what my daughter reckons,” said Gallagher. “We’ll have none of this legend nonsense, now go and buy a T-shirt on the way out.”
He might have joked it was all about the merchandise not the music but the crowd would have disagreed. New song If I Had A Gun, about a quarter of the way through the set, had everyone singing, as did an acoustic version of Oasis classic Supersonic and Half the World Away.
The new material went down well, including the rocky Freaky Teeth which isn’t on the High Flying Birds album, but it was the well-loved Oasis tunes that had grown men flinging one arm around their mates, pointing at Gallagher with the other and singing their hearts out.
The encore of Little By Little, The Importance of Being Idle and Don’t Look Back In Anger – was pure Oasis, but given the strength of his solo material, it’s unlikely that will remain the case for long.
Source: www.journallive.co.uk
Noel Gallagher
Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert at the SECC Hall 4 in Glasgow yesterday.
(It’s Good) To Be Free
Mucky Fingers
Everybody’s On The Run
Dream On
If I Had A Gun
The Good Rebal
The Death Of You And Me
Freaky Teeth
Supersonic
(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine
AKA... What A Life!
Talk Tonight
AKA... Broken Arrow
Half The World Away
Solder Boys And Jesus Freaks
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Whatever
Little By Little
The Importance Of Being Idle
Don’t Look Back In Anger
A number of pictures from the gig can be found on our Twitter page here.
Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Glasgow
Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert at the SECC Hall 4 in Glasgow yesterday.
(It’s Good) To Be Free
Mucky Fingers
Everybody’s On The Run
Dream On
If I Had A Gun
The Good Rebal
The Death Of You And Me
Freaky Teeth
Supersonic
(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine
AKA... What A Life!
Talk Tonight
AKA... Broken Arrow
Half The World Away
Solder Boys And Jesus Freaks
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Whatever
Little By Little
The Importance Of Being Idle
Don’t Look Back In Anger
A number of pictures from the gig can be found on our Twitter page here.
Noel Gallagher
Click here for a number of pictures from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert in Newcastle yesterday.
Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Newcastle
Click here for a number of pictures from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert in Newcastle yesterday.
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher had an eventful time at a packed out Metro Newcastle Arena last night.
As has been the case on previous visits he engaged in some ‘banter’ with the locals.
As a well-known Manchester City fan and not doing much harm playing the pantomime villain, spouting off about the relative merits of our teams, Noel lapping up the abuse.
Mr.Gallagher wasn’t quite as impressed though with the reaction when he was trying to be clever talking about how much he was looking forward to coming up to the, “Sports Direct Arena”.
Not only was Gallagher met with a torrent of abuse, there was also a (not of course that we condone any violence) well aimed shot (Shola was not believed to be involved) from the crowd as a bottle and Noel came together.
Noel then played the final song from the very back of the stage….
Source: www.themag.co.uk
Noel Gallagher Bottles It With NUFC
Noel Gallagher had an eventful time at a packed out Metro Newcastle Arena last night.
As has been the case on previous visits he engaged in some ‘banter’ with the locals.
As a well-known Manchester City fan and not doing much harm playing the pantomime villain, spouting off about the relative merits of our teams, Noel lapping up the abuse.
Mr.Gallagher wasn’t quite as impressed though with the reaction when he was trying to be clever talking about how much he was looking forward to coming up to the, “Sports Direct Arena”.
Not only was Gallagher met with a torrent of abuse, there was also a (not of course that we condone any violence) well aimed shot (Shola was not believed to be involved) from the crowd as a bottle and Noel came together.
Noel then played the final song from the very back of the stage….
Source: www.themag.co.uk
Blur
Oasis
Former music mogul Alan McGee is adamant the only reason a resurgence of Britpop bands is proving popular is because "modern music is rubbish".
At Tuesday's (21Feb12) Brit Awards, 1990s icons Blur and Noel Gallagher took to the stage to perform, while the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, also hugely popular in the late 1980s and 1990s, have announced comeback tours for later this year (12).
McGee, who discovered Oasis and ran Creation Records, is convinced music fans are turning back to bands from the Britpop era because new music is so boring.
He tells The Sun, "The Brit Awards used to be edgy and fun during their heyday. Then they'd bring out some old dude at the end like Phil Collins to bore the pants off you and collect a Lifetime Achievement Award.
"Now the ceremony is the bland bit and the band at the end are the best bit. I enjoyed Noel Gallagher's performance...
"The only reason Britpop is back is because all modern music is rubbish. I've lost all interest in it. It is amazing that The Stone Roses are coming back. They are right up there - one of the greatest bands of all time."
McGee is auctioning his collection of music memorabilia in Manchester on Saturday (25Feb12), including Oasis' original demo tapes.
Source: www.express.co.uk
Alan McGee: 'Britpop Is Back Because Modern Music Is Rubbish'
Former music mogul Alan McGee is adamant the only reason a resurgence of Britpop bands is proving popular is because "modern music is rubbish".
At Tuesday's (21Feb12) Brit Awards, 1990s icons Blur and Noel Gallagher took to the stage to perform, while the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, also hugely popular in the late 1980s and 1990s, have announced comeback tours for later this year (12).
McGee, who discovered Oasis and ran Creation Records, is convinced music fans are turning back to bands from the Britpop era because new music is so boring.
He tells The Sun, "The Brit Awards used to be edgy and fun during their heyday. Then they'd bring out some old dude at the end like Phil Collins to bore the pants off you and collect a Lifetime Achievement Award.
"Now the ceremony is the bland bit and the band at the end are the best bit. I enjoyed Noel Gallagher's performance...
"The only reason Britpop is back is because all modern music is rubbish. I've lost all interest in it. It is amazing that The Stone Roses are coming back. They are right up there - one of the greatest bands of all time."
McGee is auctioning his collection of music memorabilia in Manchester on Saturday (25Feb12), including Oasis' original demo tapes.
Source: www.express.co.uk
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Quite aside from 'Wonderwall' and all the songs he wrote for Oasis, Noel Gallagher is surely one of the most gifted ranters of his generation. Middle age, marriage, fatherhood and a successful solo career may have mellowed him, but still, when the 44-year-old songwriter is in full flow, it's the vituperative equivalent of the guitar solo from 'Live Forever'.
'Margaret Thatcher?' he spits, face creasing, eyebrows arching. 'I don't know what they're glorifying in that film. I f***ing hated her. We should celebrate when she dies. Serious. We're already talking between a few of my friends of doing a "Thatcher is Dead" gig.'
He won't reveal who else might be involved but does say they are 'prominent' musicians. 'She ruled the country with an iron fist. She started that thing that's been prevalent since, where politicians really only give a s*** about London. People say the Queen brings so much business to this country. No, no, no, she brings business to this city. How does the Queen benefit the people of Manchester, or Newcastle, or Leeds?'
Well, I'm glad we cleared that up. A recent interview in the Mail on Sunday painted Gallagher as a 'True Blue Conservative', after he said he preferred the music in Thatcher's day. Warming to his theme, he turns to the subject of David Cameron ('Let's be honest, he's just making it up as he goes along'), Nick Clegg ('No one gives a f*** what he thinks'), and Ed Miliband ('Nor him'). Oh, and modern music: 'I can't buy into bands nowadays, cos they're f***ing idiots. I read interviews and none of them have got anything to say. You're required to have a f***ing opinion.'
Gallagher takes this requirement very seriously, even if his opinions do usually end up a) contradicting each other and b) getting him into trouble. But looking lean, energetic, and unfussily dressed in a Paul Smith striped blazer, he seems happy. He may not like doing photo shoots - 'I'll never understand why 167 images have to be taken of one scowling middle-aged man' - but he has made the transition to solo artist gracefully since Oasis split in 2009.
His debut album, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, has done far better than anyone expected, going straight to number one late last year and hanging around the top ten for months after its release. It finds him branching out in ways many former Oasis fans gave up hoping he ever would: moving suspiciously close to disco on the single 'AKA… What a Life'; lobbing in a trombone solo on 'Dream On'. His tour has already been upgraded from theatres to arenas. 'If I'd have sat down on the first day of recording and wrote a script of how I'd have liked it to go… it's gone better than that,' he says.
His second album, likely to be released next year, is a collaboration with the psychedelic
duo Amorphous Androgynous. He is clearly revelling in his freedom. 'Oasis was a big cruise liner and now I'm like a Sunseeker speedboat. When you're out in LA, someone asks you to write a song for a film, and you can just do it,' he says. He can work at his own pace - fast - now. He can also put a trumpet solo on a song without first having to counsel his brother Liam.
Speaking of Liam... he eventually dropped his lawsuit against Noel on their mother Peggy's advice, and they're talking again, though Oasis, unlike Pulp, Blur and The Stone Roses, won't be re-forming any time soon. 'I'm tired of talking about it. That band isn't together any more. That's it. I've nothing more to say on the subject of a hypothetical reunion. 2015? Is that what we're talking about? I might have cancer! F*** off.' What does Noel think of Liam's new band? 'Beady Eye? I like them.'
Noel is in a good place. He married his long-term partner, Sara MacDonald, 39, a publicist, last year (they have two sons, Donovan, four, and Sonny, 16 months) and is fairly domestic these days in his new Maida Vale home. 'We've been together for 11 years. I just got to the point where I'd introduced Sara as my girlfriend one time too many. I was like, "I sound like Rod Stewart. We should all have the same surname in our house." ' His daughter Anaïs, 12, from his first marriage, to Meg Mathews, has recently been signed up (somewhat controversially) by the top model agency Select and has already been photographed by Mario Testino. Still, Noel ascribes his recent prolific output to needing to get out of the house. 'If I can give you any advice, it's this: every hour that you spend sat on the couch doing nothing, put it to good use, because when you have kids, an hour is like a lifetime.' His favourite hobby at the moment is shopping online at mrporter.com. He'll over-buy and then get his assistant to send 90 per cent of it back. For today's shoot he insists on dressing himself and on his blazer sits his latest purchase, a Lanvin pin.
Songwriting is a calling for Gallagher but he'll joke about everything else. 'Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better. Music got us through school, break-ups, whatever - so it's more than just entertainment, the way I see it. It's like, if you can write it, you should do. You've got a duty to the world to put it f***ing out there. There's not enough good things in the world. You've not got a duty to make more guns, or synthesise more drugs, or f***ing design more cars. But you've got a duty to make music. If you can, you should.'
When he describes the seven years he spent on the dole in the 1980s, taking drugs, his 'kids these days have it too easy' line makes a lot more sense. He used to have to traipse halfway across Manchester to be able to use a four-track recorder. 'I'd risk certain death if I was seen by any football hooligan: "Who do you think you are with a f***ing guitar, you f***ing poof?" ' The idea that you can now carry a recording studio around on your iPhone clearly troubles him; it's all too easy nowadays.
'Gone are the days when Virgin Records was owned by Richard Branson, a fan of music. Now they're all owned by some guy who bought it off some guy who bought it off some guy who wants a return on his investment,' he says. He refrains from slagging off Simon Cowell (he turned down an invitation to be an X Factor judge, much to Anaïs's disappointment), but he does say, 'With the greatest respect to him and that TV show, that's not music. It only works cos it's been on television and stupid people buy it.' And he believes the Brit School (alma mater of Adele and Jessie J) has made all chart acts the same.
'Fact of the matter is that great music died quite a while ago. Remember when there were all cool bands in the chart? Oasis, Blur, Pulp and The Verve. Manic Street Preachers could be in the top ten for a month! Now it's Jessie J and f***ing Duffy. Everybody's got records "featuring" somebody else: it's either a s*** rap about somebody's struggle, or just… f***ing s*** music set to some reggae backbeat sung in some trans-atlantic f***ing accent. And then they'll throw some Cockney in just to keep it f***ing "real".'
He narrows his eyes wryly. 'Still, saying that, when these kids make the music, I'm sure they're not trying to please a 44-year-old dad of three. You know what I mean? It's for kids, innit. We had our shot, it was f***ing great, and now it's different.' It's all warm nostalgia with Blur these days - back in 1995, he expressed a wish that Damon Albarn and Alex James die of AIDS. He is pleased they are due to win the lifetime achievement award at the BRITs this year. 'Aw, it's great. Their one will be designed by Peter Blake [the pop artist and designer of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper cover]. Our one just looks like a bubble-bath holder. I met Damon recently for the first time in about 15 years. We had a beer and a catch-up. We were actually talking about the state of music, like two old fellas.' Since the release of Noel's latest album he has won NME's Godlike Genius award, Q's Icon award and been nominated for British Male Solo Artist at the BRITs.
He holds his hands up when he considers Albarn's recent experiments with Chinese opera and Elizabethan ballads. When I ask about his own proudest achievement, he says, 'Knebworth. I'm really proud of that phase, what became known as Britpop. The fact that Definitely Maybe still gets voted in the top ten albums of all time, the fact that different generations discover it once every five years. I'm proud of not being Pete Doherty, do you know what I mean? Someone like him, who evidently has all the tools to be a great songwriter and a great lyricist, but is f***ing too busy getting off his head. I'm glad at one point, I said, "Drugs are a good laugh - but the art is better." '
Noel snorted his last line of cocaine in 1998, shortly after finishing Oasis's Be Here Now tour. 'There was one afternoon where I said, "You know what? No more." The initial plan was to go straight for two weeks. Two weeks turned into two months… two years…' He describes his wife Sara as the 'catalyst' who made it all work.
Our talk turns to current affairs - he is addicted to Sky News and has been glued to the Leveson Inquiry. He reckons his phone was tapped, back in the day. 'Why do the c***s not tap people's phones that work for us?' he wants to know. 'If you've got phone-tapping equipment, do some good with it! Phone-tap a f***ing vicar who's molesting children! Oh no, no, but Jordan's bought a f***ing Mini.' He is spitting mad at the riots, a variant on his 'kids have it too easy' theme. 'It was like a Monty Python sketch. There was all this doom and gloom on the telly, people saying the riots spread through Twitter. Isn't it amazing that the riots spread through really expensive technology, through £500 BlackBerrys?'
For someone who considers that what people took most from his songs was 'the spirit', he is fundamentally pessimistic. 'Protest, it's not going to change anything,' he says. 'It's like when they had that protest in Hyde Park when the second Iraq war was about to kick off. They were all marching through Marylebone, where I lived at the time, trying to get me to come along. I was going, "What are you marching for?" They were going, "Against the war, man!" I said: "Do you seriously think George Bush is going to stop his war machine because there's a lot of people in Hyde Park?" ' I don't know, I say, if you'd have taken your guitar down there, regaled the masses with a spot of 'Talk Tonight', who knows? 'Oh everyone would have had a good time. But Occupy Wall Street… what are they doing?'
Hang on, I say. Is this because you're part of the one per cent now? 'I don't give a f***. Whatever I got, I earned. Nobody gave it to me. I got it through going out and f***ing working. So if I am one of the one per cent, f***ing good. I didn't get it through robbing you. You bought my records. And for every pound I earned, I guarantee you, there's somebody else earned seven. Occupy Wall Street? Bring down the banking system? All right, well, what happens after that?' But Oasis was so much about empowering people - positive energy, get out and do something. 'Of course! But Oasis was about people changing their lives for themselves.' That's so Thatcherite, I say. And he bursts out laughing, reminding me why I stopped listening to Oasis, but also why I loved them so much in the first place.
Source: www.thisislondon.co.uk
Inside The Mind Of Noel Gallagher
Quite aside from 'Wonderwall' and all the songs he wrote for Oasis, Noel Gallagher is surely one of the most gifted ranters of his generation. Middle age, marriage, fatherhood and a successful solo career may have mellowed him, but still, when the 44-year-old songwriter is in full flow, it's the vituperative equivalent of the guitar solo from 'Live Forever'.
'Margaret Thatcher?' he spits, face creasing, eyebrows arching. 'I don't know what they're glorifying in that film. I f***ing hated her. We should celebrate when she dies. Serious. We're already talking between a few of my friends of doing a "Thatcher is Dead" gig.'
He won't reveal who else might be involved but does say they are 'prominent' musicians. 'She ruled the country with an iron fist. She started that thing that's been prevalent since, where politicians really only give a s*** about London. People say the Queen brings so much business to this country. No, no, no, she brings business to this city. How does the Queen benefit the people of Manchester, or Newcastle, or Leeds?'
Well, I'm glad we cleared that up. A recent interview in the Mail on Sunday painted Gallagher as a 'True Blue Conservative', after he said he preferred the music in Thatcher's day. Warming to his theme, he turns to the subject of David Cameron ('Let's be honest, he's just making it up as he goes along'), Nick Clegg ('No one gives a f*** what he thinks'), and Ed Miliband ('Nor him'). Oh, and modern music: 'I can't buy into bands nowadays, cos they're f***ing idiots. I read interviews and none of them have got anything to say. You're required to have a f***ing opinion.'
Gallagher takes this requirement very seriously, even if his opinions do usually end up a) contradicting each other and b) getting him into trouble. But looking lean, energetic, and unfussily dressed in a Paul Smith striped blazer, he seems happy. He may not like doing photo shoots - 'I'll never understand why 167 images have to be taken of one scowling middle-aged man' - but he has made the transition to solo artist gracefully since Oasis split in 2009.
His debut album, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, has done far better than anyone expected, going straight to number one late last year and hanging around the top ten for months after its release. It finds him branching out in ways many former Oasis fans gave up hoping he ever would: moving suspiciously close to disco on the single 'AKA… What a Life'; lobbing in a trombone solo on 'Dream On'. His tour has already been upgraded from theatres to arenas. 'If I'd have sat down on the first day of recording and wrote a script of how I'd have liked it to go… it's gone better than that,' he says.
His second album, likely to be released next year, is a collaboration with the psychedelic
duo Amorphous Androgynous. He is clearly revelling in his freedom. 'Oasis was a big cruise liner and now I'm like a Sunseeker speedboat. When you're out in LA, someone asks you to write a song for a film, and you can just do it,' he says. He can work at his own pace - fast - now. He can also put a trumpet solo on a song without first having to counsel his brother Liam.
Speaking of Liam... he eventually dropped his lawsuit against Noel on their mother Peggy's advice, and they're talking again, though Oasis, unlike Pulp, Blur and The Stone Roses, won't be re-forming any time soon. 'I'm tired of talking about it. That band isn't together any more. That's it. I've nothing more to say on the subject of a hypothetical reunion. 2015? Is that what we're talking about? I might have cancer! F*** off.' What does Noel think of Liam's new band? 'Beady Eye? I like them.'
Noel is in a good place. He married his long-term partner, Sara MacDonald, 39, a publicist, last year (they have two sons, Donovan, four, and Sonny, 16 months) and is fairly domestic these days in his new Maida Vale home. 'We've been together for 11 years. I just got to the point where I'd introduced Sara as my girlfriend one time too many. I was like, "I sound like Rod Stewart. We should all have the same surname in our house." ' His daughter Anaïs, 12, from his first marriage, to Meg Mathews, has recently been signed up (somewhat controversially) by the top model agency Select and has already been photographed by Mario Testino. Still, Noel ascribes his recent prolific output to needing to get out of the house. 'If I can give you any advice, it's this: every hour that you spend sat on the couch doing nothing, put it to good use, because when you have kids, an hour is like a lifetime.' His favourite hobby at the moment is shopping online at mrporter.com. He'll over-buy and then get his assistant to send 90 per cent of it back. For today's shoot he insists on dressing himself and on his blazer sits his latest purchase, a Lanvin pin.
Songwriting is a calling for Gallagher but he'll joke about everything else. 'Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better. Music got us through school, break-ups, whatever - so it's more than just entertainment, the way I see it. It's like, if you can write it, you should do. You've got a duty to the world to put it f***ing out there. There's not enough good things in the world. You've not got a duty to make more guns, or synthesise more drugs, or f***ing design more cars. But you've got a duty to make music. If you can, you should.'
When he describes the seven years he spent on the dole in the 1980s, taking drugs, his 'kids these days have it too easy' line makes a lot more sense. He used to have to traipse halfway across Manchester to be able to use a four-track recorder. 'I'd risk certain death if I was seen by any football hooligan: "Who do you think you are with a f***ing guitar, you f***ing poof?" ' The idea that you can now carry a recording studio around on your iPhone clearly troubles him; it's all too easy nowadays.
'Gone are the days when Virgin Records was owned by Richard Branson, a fan of music. Now they're all owned by some guy who bought it off some guy who bought it off some guy who wants a return on his investment,' he says. He refrains from slagging off Simon Cowell (he turned down an invitation to be an X Factor judge, much to Anaïs's disappointment), but he does say, 'With the greatest respect to him and that TV show, that's not music. It only works cos it's been on television and stupid people buy it.' And he believes the Brit School (alma mater of Adele and Jessie J) has made all chart acts the same.
'Fact of the matter is that great music died quite a while ago. Remember when there were all cool bands in the chart? Oasis, Blur, Pulp and The Verve. Manic Street Preachers could be in the top ten for a month! Now it's Jessie J and f***ing Duffy. Everybody's got records "featuring" somebody else: it's either a s*** rap about somebody's struggle, or just… f***ing s*** music set to some reggae backbeat sung in some trans-atlantic f***ing accent. And then they'll throw some Cockney in just to keep it f***ing "real".'
He narrows his eyes wryly. 'Still, saying that, when these kids make the music, I'm sure they're not trying to please a 44-year-old dad of three. You know what I mean? It's for kids, innit. We had our shot, it was f***ing great, and now it's different.' It's all warm nostalgia with Blur these days - back in 1995, he expressed a wish that Damon Albarn and Alex James die of AIDS. He is pleased they are due to win the lifetime achievement award at the BRITs this year. 'Aw, it's great. Their one will be designed by Peter Blake [the pop artist and designer of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper cover]. Our one just looks like a bubble-bath holder. I met Damon recently for the first time in about 15 years. We had a beer and a catch-up. We were actually talking about the state of music, like two old fellas.' Since the release of Noel's latest album he has won NME's Godlike Genius award, Q's Icon award and been nominated for British Male Solo Artist at the BRITs.
He holds his hands up when he considers Albarn's recent experiments with Chinese opera and Elizabethan ballads. When I ask about his own proudest achievement, he says, 'Knebworth. I'm really proud of that phase, what became known as Britpop. The fact that Definitely Maybe still gets voted in the top ten albums of all time, the fact that different generations discover it once every five years. I'm proud of not being Pete Doherty, do you know what I mean? Someone like him, who evidently has all the tools to be a great songwriter and a great lyricist, but is f***ing too busy getting off his head. I'm glad at one point, I said, "Drugs are a good laugh - but the art is better." '
Noel snorted his last line of cocaine in 1998, shortly after finishing Oasis's Be Here Now tour. 'There was one afternoon where I said, "You know what? No more." The initial plan was to go straight for two weeks. Two weeks turned into two months… two years…' He describes his wife Sara as the 'catalyst' who made it all work.
Our talk turns to current affairs - he is addicted to Sky News and has been glued to the Leveson Inquiry. He reckons his phone was tapped, back in the day. 'Why do the c***s not tap people's phones that work for us?' he wants to know. 'If you've got phone-tapping equipment, do some good with it! Phone-tap a f***ing vicar who's molesting children! Oh no, no, but Jordan's bought a f***ing Mini.' He is spitting mad at the riots, a variant on his 'kids have it too easy' theme. 'It was like a Monty Python sketch. There was all this doom and gloom on the telly, people saying the riots spread through Twitter. Isn't it amazing that the riots spread through really expensive technology, through £500 BlackBerrys?'
For someone who considers that what people took most from his songs was 'the spirit', he is fundamentally pessimistic. 'Protest, it's not going to change anything,' he says. 'It's like when they had that protest in Hyde Park when the second Iraq war was about to kick off. They were all marching through Marylebone, where I lived at the time, trying to get me to come along. I was going, "What are you marching for?" They were going, "Against the war, man!" I said: "Do you seriously think George Bush is going to stop his war machine because there's a lot of people in Hyde Park?" ' I don't know, I say, if you'd have taken your guitar down there, regaled the masses with a spot of 'Talk Tonight', who knows? 'Oh everyone would have had a good time. But Occupy Wall Street… what are they doing?'
Hang on, I say. Is this because you're part of the one per cent now? 'I don't give a f***. Whatever I got, I earned. Nobody gave it to me. I got it through going out and f***ing working. So if I am one of the one per cent, f***ing good. I didn't get it through robbing you. You bought my records. And for every pound I earned, I guarantee you, there's somebody else earned seven. Occupy Wall Street? Bring down the banking system? All right, well, what happens after that?' But Oasis was so much about empowering people - positive energy, get out and do something. 'Of course! But Oasis was about people changing their lives for themselves.' That's so Thatcherite, I say. And he bursts out laughing, reminding me why I stopped listening to Oasis, but also why I loved them so much in the first place.
Source: www.thisislondon.co.uk
Blur
Coldplay
Noel Gallagher
Olly Murs
From Noel Gallagher's 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere' tour diary.
Well… Can't remember when the last time was we spoke… To be honest I'm having trouble remembering anything after the BRITs! What a smash up!! Well enjoyed it. It'll probably be the last time I ever get nominated so we were pretty determined to rip it a new arsehole, and from what I can gather we had a right good crack at it too. It's all got a bit too slick that thing now though, it's treated with a bit too much respect, if you ask me… It is but a TV show with a few awards carved up and spread around… And if I'm not very much mistaken did I detect the faint whiff of a few wrong 'uns miming? I think I did… You know who you are and you should be ashamed of yourselves. I digged Coldplay though, and Blur and Olly Murs' dancers!! (Blimey!!!)
As for what went on after? Reports are still coming in. I remember going to a party on a boat. I remember going to another party in a posh gaff in the West End. I remember getting that comedian Rob Brydon to do his thing for us (which was fuckin' funny). I remember… well not much else, to be honest. Called it a day at about 10am!! Proper old school business. Didn't get home until 5pm the next evening and I'd somehow managed to nick a giant shoe and ended up with an £8,000 watch!!! And I don't even wear a watch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Felt as bad as I've ever felt yesterday. I was seriously thinking of phoning in sick. I needn't have worried though. Last night's gig here in Newcastle was mega… Might have been the best one yet. Had a top laugh with the crowd. A great night. If you were there, I thank you.
ONWARDS.
GD.
Source: www.noelgallagher.com
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Noel Gallagher's Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere (Vol.2) Part Forty
From Noel Gallagher's 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere' tour diary.
Well… Can't remember when the last time was we spoke… To be honest I'm having trouble remembering anything after the BRITs! What a smash up!! Well enjoyed it. It'll probably be the last time I ever get nominated so we were pretty determined to rip it a new arsehole, and from what I can gather we had a right good crack at it too. It's all got a bit too slick that thing now though, it's treated with a bit too much respect, if you ask me… It is but a TV show with a few awards carved up and spread around… And if I'm not very much mistaken did I detect the faint whiff of a few wrong 'uns miming? I think I did… You know who you are and you should be ashamed of yourselves. I digged Coldplay though, and Blur and Olly Murs' dancers!! (Blimey!!!)
As for what went on after? Reports are still coming in. I remember going to a party on a boat. I remember going to another party in a posh gaff in the West End. I remember getting that comedian Rob Brydon to do his thing for us (which was fuckin' funny). I remember… well not much else, to be honest. Called it a day at about 10am!! Proper old school business. Didn't get home until 5pm the next evening and I'd somehow managed to nick a giant shoe and ended up with an £8,000 watch!!! And I don't even wear a watch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Felt as bad as I've ever felt yesterday. I was seriously thinking of phoning in sick. I needn't have worried though. Last night's gig here in Newcastle was mega… Might have been the best one yet. Had a top laugh with the crowd. A great night. If you were there, I thank you.
ONWARDS.
GD.
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