Noel Gallagher Stopped At Coachella Over Pill Stash‎

There was a security nightmare for Noel G when Coachella staff kicked off over his Sleeping Pills.

The former Oasis star was stopped and searched three times on his way into the festival near Palm Springs, California, on Saturday.

And the jobsworth officials were unimpressed when they pulled a bag of 30 white and yellow pills from his backpack.

Noel explained: “We got body-searched coming in. It was like an airport.

“It is me, I suppose, so they might know the history.

“They pulled out my sleeping tablets and asked me to explain them.

“There were about 30 little yellow and white tablets.

“I said, ‘In all seriousness Chuck, or whatever your name is, do you not think these would at least be down my sock? They are sleeping tablets.

“ ‘What do you want me to do? Take one before I go on stage to prove what they are?’”

It wasn’t the only problem globetrotter Noel has encountered on his travels. He was rattled by an earthquake after playing a gig in Mexico last week.

I bumped into the High Flying Birds at Coachella, not far from earthquake central — the San Andreas Fault.

Speaking in his Winnebago backstage, he said: “We were involved in a proper earthquake the day before yesterday.

“I was doing an interview and they asked me if I would say ‘come to Mexico on holiday’ because they have all these problems with people getting their heads cut off by gangs and loads of crime.

“I was trying to wriggle out of it and the lamps they brought into the room started swaying.

“I had been out the night before and just brushed it off thinking it was a bit weird.

“You know... we had been enjoying ourselves a bit.

“The cameraman just stopped and said really calmly, ‘We better go, there is an earthquake’.

“It was like being on a ship. We had to do a runner. The buildings were swaying.

“It was 6.4 on the Richter scale.

“We were all over the place walking out to the car park.

“I was stood there thinking, ‘This is brilliant’, as the whole place wobbled about. The locals were really laid back about it, sparking up fags and talking. But it was pretty hairy.”

Noel also talked about Manchester City’s race for the title, The Stone Roses, how he copes with being away from his kids on tour — and his old pal the previous King of Tonga, RIP.

To hear Gordon Smart's full interview with Noel Gallagher, plus chats with Kasabian, The Vaccines and The Black Keys download the Smart On Sunday Xfm podcast from iTunes.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Watch Noel Gallagher's Interview From ESPN Mexico

Click here to watch an interview with Noel Gallagher who talks to ESPN about football and Manchester City.

Noel Gallagher On New Material And Playing Coachella

In 2002, Noel Gallagher and his former band, Oasis, headlined the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival. As Gallagher tells Rolling Stone in his backstage trailer on Saturday at this year's fest, things were wildly different back then – both in regards to the festival and his own musical situation. "It was very much just a gig in a field," Gallagher recalls of Coachella. "And people [outside America] were going, 'What? Who? They have festivals in America?'"

Gallagher was also in a dysfunctional band. "With Oasis, you didn't really know if the gig was going to take place until we went on," he says. "You would sit around and think, 'well somebody's gonna have a fucking problem sooner or later so are we actually gonna do it?'

But now, returning to Coachella a decade later, this time to perform with his own band, Noel Gallagher and The High-Flying Birds, the guitarist is completely at ease. “I'm strangely relaxed," he says.

Gallagher, who left Oasis in 2009 and released his solo debut last fall, has been busy touring. But Gallagher tells Rolling Stone he has other projects in the works. The guitarist says he's finished recording an album with UK electro duo Amorphous Androgynous. He had intended to release this summer but due to a holdup in the mixing process, it likely won't see the light of day until 2013.

"[Amorphous Androgynous] mixed it and then I didn't like it," he explains. "And then they tried to mix it while I was on the road and I didn't like that. So I'm gonna have to wait until I get back off this tour which is in November." The collection was originally set to include b-sides from the debut album, as well as brand-new tracks, but with the time now elapsed since his debut album Gallagher no longer sees this plan being sensible.

So he’s started writing new songs. It's what, Gallagher says, keeps him sane on the road. "Once you've fucking been through the drug thing, and the girls and the booze and all that, what do you fucking do on the road?" he says. “There're only so many club sandwiches you can eat." Gallagher estimates he's got another album's worth of demos recorded, but he’s in no rush to get back into the studio. Says Gallagher, "My wife will decide when she's sick of me and she'll usher me out into the fucking cold and then I'll go into the studio."

Source: www.rollingstone.com

Video: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The Coachella Festival

Below are a number of videos from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds set at the The Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in California, USA yesterday.





















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Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The Coachella Festival

Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the The Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in California, USA yesterday.

(It's Good) To Be Free
Mucky Fingers
Everybody's On The Run
Dream On
If I Had A Gun...
The Death Of You And Me
AKA... What A Life!
Talk Tonight
Half The World Away
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Little By Little
Don't Look Back In Anger

On This Day In Oasis History...

'The Hindu Times' is a song by English rock group Oasis, and was the first single to be released from their fifth album Heathen Chemistry on 15 April 2002. It was written by Noel Gallagher. Noel got the name "The Hindu Times" from a t-shirt he saw in a charity shop. The song was the band's sixth UK #1 single, staying on top for one week before being dislodged by the Sugababes' "Freak Like Me".

















The title has little to do with the lyrics of the song, which are more in the vein of Definitely Maybe's "Rock 'n' Roll Star". It has been speculated that the title refers to the main riffs' similarity to Indian music in sound, sounding as if they were played on a sitar. Gallagher himself says that it is because he had already named the song before any lyrics were written for it.

The song, which combines the powerful fast rock of their earlier work with the psychedelic feel of their later work, was one of the first Oasis singles since (What's the Story) Morning Glory to receive almost unanimously positive reviews from the critics. However, some fans have criticised the song, stating that the main guitar riff was lifted from the Stereophonics song, "Same Size Feet", which was released in 1997 on their Word Gets Around album and uses the exact same, or at least very similar, guitar riff.

The song was unveiled during Oasis' Autumn 2001 Noise and Confusion Tour. The song was due to be released commercially at the same time but Noel decided the track needed more work done on it to be suitable for release.

The B-side, "Just Getting Older", was written at the time of the release of Standing on the Shoulder of Giants.



Track listing

CD RKIDSCD 23
01: "The Hindu Times" - 3:53
02: "Just Getting Older" - 3:17
03: "Idler's Dream" - 2:57

7" RKID 23
01: "The Hindu Times" - 3:53
02: "Just Getting Older" - 3:17

12" RKID 23T
01: "The Hindu Times" - 3:53
02: "Just Getting Older" - 3:17
03:"Idler's Dream" - 2:57

DVD RKIDSDVD 23
"The Hindu Times" - 3:53
"The Hindu Times" (demo) - 4:32
10 Minutes Of Noise And Confusion - Pt One - 9:26

The demo version of The Hindu Times is radically different from the finished album version. Most of the lyrics (sung by Noel) are different, and the slower sound of the song is much more "grungy", with a heavy drum loop running throughout the song. It is also a semitone higher in the demo.

The "10 Minutes..." documentary is the first part of a unique feature covering 48 hours on the road with Oasis during the Tour of Brotherly Love which took place in the USA with the Black Crowes during May and June 2001.

Watch Noel Gallagher's Interview With Mario Balotelli In Full Tonight On BBC 2

IT WAS NOT BROADCAST LAST NIGHT, AND REMOVED FROM THE BBC LISTINGS.

Football Focus Special: When Noel Met Mario

Sunday 15th April (Today)

BBC2 at 22:50 (UK Only)

Duration: 30 mins

Watch Manchester fan Noel Gallagher interview Italian striker Mario Balotelli to find out the truth behind one of the Premier League's most enigmatic stars.

Noel Gallagher Is A Guest On Gordon Smart's XFM Show Later Today

Noel Gallagher will be a guest on Gordon Smart's XFM Show later today (15th April).

The show is broadcast between 12:00 and 15:00 (UK Time), to listen to the show live click here.

Wow Another Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Mexico

Click here to see a number of pictures from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds gig at the Teatro Metropolitan in Mexico City, Mexico on April 10th.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Are On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' On Monday

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be musical guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live, on Monday (April 16th).

Other guests include Zac Efron and Krysten Ritter, the show is broadcast on ABC in the USA.

For more details click here.

Yet Another Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Mexico City

Click here and here to see a number of pictures from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds gigs at the Teatro Metropolitan in Mexico City, Mexico.

Live Webcast Of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The Coachella Festival Later Today

You can watch Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds performance at this year's Coachella Festival later today.

Noel's performance is going to be live on Youtube at 6.30PM PT on Channel 1.

Click here for more details.

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

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the The Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in California, USA later today (April 14th).

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 Forty Eight

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

Been a colossal few days. Think the last time we spoke was just before the gig in Atlanta right?

And what a gig! I thought it was gonna be great the minute I set foot on the stage . . . incredible atmosphere, great sound, we played great. All in all a top, top, night. What made it for me was this little girl who stood on her seat in the front row and sang EVERY WORD to EVERY SONG for an hour and a half! She was only 8 years old!!!! (I know this because she gave me a note explaining that it was her first ever gig etc,etc). The NSPCC needn't worry . . . she was with a responsible adult . . . . Can't remember what she said her name was but she was cool as fuck anyway.

Left early the next day and flew to Mexico City. A couple of gigs preceded by 3 days off!!

Got a bit messy the first night. Too much mescal . . . which of course led to more mescal . . . what led to a late night and a quite filthy hang over. The next night we went to some cantina or other to watch some big football match between Chivaz and Americas. Utterly forgettable game. Think Americas won it late on 1-0. Fucking rubbish.

Can't remember what happened the day after that. Nothing maybe . . . dunno . . . anyway the day AFTER that was gig day which started off early with a press conference. Fairly uneventful stuff . . . the usual gear . . . Oasis . . . blah-blah . . . Liam . . . blah,blah. (kill me now!) I did get given a bottle of tequila though (which was nice). Sat and watched some kids in the main square flying home made kites after soundcheck . . . incredible. Not as incredible as the gig though . . . a truly special night.

Not as special as what happened the next day let me tell you. So, I'm half way through an interview for TV when all of a sudden the lights which were lighting the room gently started to sway from side to side and the door began to rattle slightly . . . . Now, I didn't take much notice of this until the camera man very softly and calmly said "we have to leave and go to the outside . . . there is an earthquake happening." Just like that!!!!!! So, we all get evacuated into the car-park and the whole place is just gently rocking back and forth . . . a bit like being on a boat . . . mad as fuck!! 6.9 on the Richter scale it was!!!! I loved it . . . my first earthquake.

The gig that night (last night in fact) was even more special than the one the night before.The support band got booed off!! BOOED OFF!!!!! I've never seen that in nearly 20 years . . . I loved that too!!!! I'll forever remember my own show for a funny scene with someone holding up a placard that said "NOEL WILL YOU MARRY ME?" Thing is it was actually a guy!!!!!!!! And he looked genuinely upset when I informed him I was already spoken for . . . what the fuck?? Funny though. We left the building in the middle of a downpour. The streets were teaming with water and they stunk of cabbage and piss . . . nice.

Which brings me to today. I'm back in my 2nd home Los Angeles. Doing that Coachella festival.

Looking forward to it.

ONWARDS.

GD.

Source: www.noelgallagher.com

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Listen Again To Noel Gallagher On Rock College

Steve Lamacq opens the doors to his brand new Rock College and Noel Gallagher teaches him how to make a classic album.

Click here to listen again, skip to around 15 minutes into the show.

Tickets For Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At Wembley Arena Go On Sale Today

Tickets for Noel Gallaghers High Flying Bird's Wembley Arena date go on sale later today .

They will be supported by The Kooks and Graham Coxon. On all the September arena dates Noel's band will again be joined onstage by the 32 piece Crouch End Chorus as well as a 3 piece horns section.

Graham Coxon will be special guest on all September dates.

The remaining shows are:

04/09/2012 - Bournemouth, BIC
06/09/2012 - Liverpool, Echo Arena
07/09/2012 - London, Wembley Arena
09/09/2012 - Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
10/09/2012 - Nottingham, Capital FM Arena

For details visit www.noelgallagher.com

Noel Gallagher Says His Brother Liam Is His Greatest Contribution To Music

Noel Gallagher was asked during his recent press conference in Mexico, what was his greatest contribution to music?

Noel replied "my greatest contribution... Liam... and you are welcome by the way".

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds recently played two dates at the Teatro Metropolitan in Mexico City.

More Video From Noel Gallagher's Mexican Press Conference

The video below includes footage from Noel Gallagher's Mexican press conference and from one of his shows in Mexico City.

Please not the video is in Spanish.

Noel Gallagher Says It May Be Years Before He Makes Another Album

Last year, the former leader of the pioneering Brit-pop band Oasis launched his new group, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. But these Birds won’t be flying very long, and that suits its namesake just fine.

“It’s not a band,” stressed Gallagher, 44. “This band will disband in November, and who knows what will happen then? It may be years before I make another album. I’m not asking them to wait around.”

High Flying Birds plays here Tuesday at the Balboa Theatre. The show comes in between Gallagher’s co-headlining shows at the sold-out Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Saturday and April 21.

Yet, while Gallagher is enthusiastic about his short-lived-by-design new band, he acknowledged High Flying Birds exists only by default, as a result of the famously dysfunctional and combative Oasis having imploded in 2009. The band’s dissolution followed yet another blow-up between Gallagher, the band’s lead guitarist and principal songwriter, and his younger brother, lead singer Liam. (Notoriously volatile, Liam once challenged George Harrison to a fight, via the media, after the ex-Beatle accurately observed that some of Oasis’ songs were -- shall we say --quite derivative.)

Sibling rivalry notwithstanding, had Noel and Liam not buried the hatchet in each other’s skulls — figuratively speaking — it would be Oasis, not the High Flying Birds, now on tour.

But that was before Oasis came crashing to a halt three years ago. It was also before Liam sued Noel last summer, for stating that Oasis had abruptly bagged a 2009 English festival date because Liam was too hung over to sing. The aborted show fueled Noel’s decision to quit the band. Liam, who now leads a group called Beady Eye, was incensed.

“I have taken legal action against Noel Gallagher for statements he made claiming Oasis pulled out of the 2009 V festival ... because I had a hangover,” Liam told The Sun newspaper last year. “That is a lie and I want Oasis fans and others who were at V to know the truth.”

The cause, Liam said, was that he had laryngitis, which was diagnosed by a doctor. Noel’s claims of drunkenness went “way beyond rock’n’roll banter and questioned my professionalism,” Liam charged. “I tried to resolve this amicably but have been left with no choice but legal action. All I want is an apology.”

Noel did apologize, albeit reluctantly.

However, the wording of his mea culpa implied his younger brother couldn’t sing at the V festival because he had laryngitis and was hung over.

“I guess the worst gig I ever did would have to be the one where I got attacked on stage and got three of my ribs broken by a drunken maniac — not my brother, I hasten to add,” Noel said. “It was in Toronto in 2007, or 2008, or 2009. I can’t remember.”

Is not playing in Oasis cathartic for Noel, whose self-titled debut album with the mildly psychedelic High Flying Birds came out last fall?

“Yeah,” he replied. “It’s nice to be in the (recording) studio and be able to work at my own pace and dictate the direction for the album and to do what I wanted, when I wanted. It’s nice to be on tour and to know I’m leaving this hotel in 20 minutes, and that the gig will take place. I know it will happen and last for one hour and 50 minutes.

To read the full article click here.

Source: www.utsandiego.com

Noel Gallagher Is A Guest On Gordon Smart's XFM Show On Sunday

Noel Gallagher will be a guest on Gordon Smart's XFM Show this Sunday (15th April).

The show is broadcast between 12:00 and 15:00 (UK Time), to listen to the show live click here.

Thanks to Jack Davis