Noel Gallagher: My Wonder Scrawl

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Noel Gallagher should bring his own merchandise to gigs.

The singer can’t understand why fans ask him to autograph scrappy pieces of paper rather than an album cover or poster.

He fears his signature will be tossed in a drawer filled with Z-lister scribbles and forgotten about.

Noel said: “When you are outside a gig and someone hands you an album to sign, that is great.

“But when people stop you in the street and say, ‘Can I have your autograph?’ and they pull out a receipt and say, ‘Just put your name on there’, you look at them and say, ‘Are you kidding me?’

“I sometimes ask, ‘What are you going to do with it?’ I bet they stick it in a drawer with autographs from people like Dale Winton and Barbara Windsor.

“Oh, nice one. Thanks, mate. I mean, what is the point in people signing stuff?”

Not surprisingly, Noel admits he’s never asked for an autograph. But he has requested a picture with another celebrity – once.

Noel said: “That was with Neil Young. I have never owned a camera.”

He’s long overdue a phone upgrade, then.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Confirm Fuji Rock Festival Appearance

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have confirmed they will perform at the Fuji Rock Festival at the Naeba Ski Resort in Japan over the weekend of 27-29th July.

For ticket information head on over to the Official Noel Gallagher Website GIGS section now.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Aftershow Party In Dublin

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Paul Gallagher jets into Dublin for another Exclusive Aftershow Party following Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds apperance with the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Croke Park, Dublin.

Paul plays a special blend of 50s and 60s Rock n Roll, Original Soul, Northern Soul, and all the indie classics.

Up Close and Personal Promotions presents

Exclusive Red Hot Chili Peppers/Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds Aftershow

The Merchantile
Dame St
Dublin

Tues 26th June
Doors 10:30pm

Tickets €8

Ticket details can be found here and here.

Deep Sea Arcade On Meeting Noel Gallagher

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Deep Sea Arcade have been talking about meeting up with Noel Gallagher during his visit to Australia earlier this year.

Singer Nic McKenzie says there was no ego-swinging from him. ''With the big British bands you kind of expect there to be a lot of attitude because that's a part of their music and persona. I think on that first night when you meet them you always wonder which way it will go and if your experience will forever stain how you think about this act that you like so much. But Noel was really lovely and nice to be around, actually. When that happens it's just such a nice surprise. It was really awesome.''

Read the full interview here.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's Announce German Shows

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have today announced two dates in Germany, they will play in Dusseldorf and Offenbach in October.

For more details head over to the Official sites GIGS section now!

On This Day In Oasis History...

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Don't Believe The Truth is the sixth studio album by Oasis, released on May 30, 2005. It reached #1 in the UK Albums Chart with first week sales of just under 238,000. The album entered the U.S. charts at #12, the highest any Oasis album has reached there since 1997 with Be Here Now, although its chart stay was brief. The album went triple platinum in the UK in the first week of 2006, and is the ninth fastest selling album there. As of August 2006, Don't Believe the Truth has sold approximately 2.5 million copies worldwide.


















Every member of the band contributed to the writing of tracks for the album, and the album is the first where all duties were divided between the bandmembers. On some of the tracks regular bass player Andy Bell handled guitar, while Gem and Noel contributed bass to other songs. Don't Believe the Truth is the first Oasis record to feature the drumming of Zak Starkey, who replaced Oasis' longtime member Alan White.

Liam also had a larger impact on the album by his developing songwriting. Noel has said that this album is his favourite of Oasis' last four, because all members have contributed to it. This, he claims, has given it a different feel to a typically Noel-written Oasis album.

The band embarked on a massive world-wide tour and started off at the London Astoria for their Don't Believe the Truth Tour.

Recording

The recording process for Don't Believe the Truth was prolonged. The album was originally supposed to be released around summer/autumn 2004, with an initial 3-4 week session produced by Death in Vegas. The recording finally began after Alan White's departure in January 2004 at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall, the same place where Oasis had recorded their debut album Definitely Maybe. These sessions were completed but the band weren't happy with the results.

Noel has commented since on numerous occasions that there was no problem with the work done by Death In Vegas, but he felt the songs they were working on were simply not good enough to form a record, and felt a break was needed in which new material would have to be written. In Noel's words: "we were trying to polish a turd". Around 10 tracks were worked on with Death In Vegas of which, according to Noel, 6 were "not even good enough to make the b-sides". Four of the tracks which eventually appeared on the album were worked on with Death In Vegas, those songs being: "Turn Up The Sun", "Mucky Fingers", "A Bell Will Ring" and "The Meaning of Soul", although all of these had extra work done to them or were re-recorded before being released.

After a short break in which many new songs, including "Let There Be Love", "Lyla" and "Part Of The Queue" were written, the band reconvened at their Wheeler End Studios with Noel as producer. The band were joined on these sessions by The Who's drummer Zak Starkey. In June 2004, Oasis debuted two new songs from these sessions, the Liam-written "The Meaning of Soul" and the Gem-written "A Bell Will Ring" at two live shows in Poole and at the Glastonbury Festival.

After hearing of the band's production problems from Oasis manager Marcus Russell, American producer Dave Sardy expressed interest in taking over production duties. Sardy was given tapes of existing recording sessions to mix, and after his work was praised by the band, he arrived in the UK to oversee new recording sessions at Olympic Studios in London. These sessions didn't last long before he asked the band to travel to Los Angeles and re-record most of the album there, as he felt more comfortable working in a studio closer to home. With the band eventually agreeing to this, recording sessions began at Capitol Studios in October 2004 with the band spending around 9 weeks there.

Release

The decision to have the leadoff single, "Lyla", on the album was a controversial one, prompted by the label's feeling that there wasn't a suitable lead single among the tracks originally presented. As a result, the decision was taken to record "Lyla", a song which Noel had written and demoed a year previously, but which wasn't recorded by the band during the previous recording sessions. It was decided that Dave Sardy would remix Noel's original demo with Liam recording a set of lead vocals and Zak adding a fresh drum track. "Lyla" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and number nineteen on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. After having initial reservations about the choice of the first single being taken out of the hands of the band, Noel, who initially wanted "Mucky Fingers" to be the first single, has now reluctantly conceded that the song has indeed "done the business".

In April 2005, four tracks from a promo disc leaked: "The Meaning of Soul", "Mucky Fingers", "Keep the Dream Alive", and "Let There Be Love". The full album found its way onto the Internet on May 3, 2005, when Apple Inc. accidentally put the album up early for sale on their iTunes Music Store service in Germany. While there was no official comment by Apple or by Oasis management, it was speculated that Apple simply got "May 30" confused with "May 03" or "May 3".

Watch the promo video for Lyla HERE
Watch the promo video for The Importance Of Being Idle HERE
Watch the promo video for Let There Be Love HERE

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

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

Yes comrades.

Spent the last few days in Korea. In the great city of Seoul. Love this place. It’s like the Scotland of Asia. The shows (which there were 2 of) were fucking bloody awesome.

Thanks for all the birthday presents. A special thanks to the kids what made the birthday cakes that ended up in the dressing room. Works of art they were!!

Someone actually passed a birthday cake onto the stage during the last song!!

I'm feeling a bit worse for wear this morning.

I'm about to start some kind of epic journey home.

I have nothing more to say.

ONWARDS.

GD.



















Source: www.noelgallagher.com

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Play At The Singapore Grand Prix

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Organisers have now added Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds to the roll of A-listers who will strut their considerable star power at the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix in September.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will perform at the Padang stage (Zone 4) on 22 September and at the Village Stage at Gate 1 (Zone 1) before the Formula One race on 23 September 2012.

For more information on tickets and on the race, visit www.singaporegp.sg

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's Announce French Tour

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have today announced three dates in France, they will play in Lille, Lyon and Toulouse in October.

For more details head over to the Official sites GIGS section now!

Still Time To Vote For Liam Gallagher As NME's Ultimate NME Icon

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You've been voting in your thousands but now the search for the ultimate NME icon really hots up.

Liam Gallagher is in the final shortlist with Alex Turner, Amy Winehouse, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain and Morrissey.

Have your say by voting for ONE of the shortlisted artists here.

Oasis Dominate XFM'S Best British Songs Of All Time Poll

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UK radio station XFM has compiled a poll to find XFM's Best British Songs Of All Time.

Ten Oasis songs feature in the list of 100 with 'Wonderwall' at number 3, 'Don't Look Back In Anger' at number 2 and 'Live Forever' at number 1.

The list was voted for by the public and XFM DJ's, Oasis songs in the list are below...

89: Rock 'N' Roll Star
62: The Masterplan
57: Whatever
52: Supersonic
49: Slide Away
43: Cigarettes And Alcohol
10: Champagne Supernova
03: Wonderwall
02: Don't Look Back In Anger
01: Live Forever

To check out the full 100 songs click HERE.

Over the Jubilee weekend, Xfm is playing the Best British Songs Of All Time...

Liam Gallagher Describes The Stone Roses Live As "Better Than Sex"

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Liam Gallagher has been asked by the NME to review The Stone Roses free show at Warrington Parr Hall last week.

He described it as "better than sex" and joked "And I can say that, cos my misses is away in New York at the moment".

The singer added he is going to as many shows from here on in, and said that the Heaton Park concerts are going to be "biblical".

Beady Eye will support The Stone Roses on June 30th at Heaton Park.

Interview With Liam Gallagher In This Week's NME

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The Stone Roses played their first gig in over 17 years last Wednesday (May 23) and this week's new issue of NME offers you the complete story from that night.

The issue, which is on newsstands tomorrow (May 30) or available digitally, features all the gossip from backstage at Warrington Parr Hall, including an interview with the Stone Roses' number one fan Liam Gallagher and an exclusive chat with the 'fifth Stone Rose' Cressa.

More details can be found here.

Video: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Play 'A Simple Game Of Genius' Live

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played 'A Simple Game Of Genius' live in Seoul earlier today.

Below is a video of the track and fans singing Happy Birthday to The Chief during the gig.



Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's In Seoul

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Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert at the AX Hall in Seoul, South Korea earlier today.

(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
Solder Boys And Jesus Freaks
AKA... Broken Arrow
Half The World Away
A Simple Game Of Genius
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Let The Lord Shine A Light
Whatever
Little By Little
Don’t Look Back In Anger

Happy Birthday Noel Gallagher

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Happy Birthday to Noel Gallagher who is 45 today.

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

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play the second of two dates at the AX Hall in Seoul, South Korea later today (May 29th).

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 or via our new Facebook page here.

Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's In Seoul

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Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert at the AX Hall in Seoul, South Korea earlier today.

(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
Solder Boys And Jesus Freaks
AKA... Broken Arrow
Half The World Away
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Let The Lord Shine A Light
Whatever
Little By Little
Don’t Look Back In Anger

Thanks to Jiyeong

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

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play the first of two dates at the AX Hall in Seoul, South Korea later today (May 28th).

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 or via our new Facebook page here.

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

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

Yes comrades. So where were we? What day is it today? Sunday? It is here anyway.

So . . . back to Friday was it? Or Saturday? Fucked if I know anymore . . . I've had about 16 hours kip in a week!! So spaced out now it's getting psychedelic (I used to pay £20 to feel like this back in the 80's!!). Right well . . . I remember waking up in Tokyo whenever it was. Beautiful day. Caught the bullet train to Osaka was it? Got man handled at the station by an increasingly hysterical crowd of well wishers. They don't half like to scream questions at you over here. It can be quite an experience. Like a medium level bad trip. I mean what are you supposed to say when crazy birds are SCREAMING into your face . . .

"I LIKE YOUR SHOES . . . WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR SHOES!?!?!?!?!?"

Eventually got prized into the train, shades all wonky . . . dying for a piss.

Lovely journey though. Through what looks like beautifully manicured countryside. None of your unkempt foliage here mate! It looks like that kids toy gear, that Playmobil stuff? Like little Lego toy towns! I'm not even joking, it was like being on a giant train set in fact. I'm sure the Mighty I has got half the towns we passed through!!! A couple of hours staring out the window is my idea of a top day out. Arrived in Osaka. Chaos ensued. Running, shouting. More fucking screaming questions . . .

"WHY DID YOU NOT ANSWER MY LETTER!?”

“HOW IS YOUR WIFE!!? WHO IS YOUR CAT!?"

Or was it the other way round (who is your wife and how is your cat??).

All very strange. A good laugh all the same though. The gig was great. The best one of the tour I reckon. Now, you know the girl what made the sign that says "NOEL OR DIE!!"? Well, she must have read the last post and bless her she'd only gone and sewn on two White arrows on the sign pointing to the "OR"!! She also had made for me a couple of t-shirts to celebrate Man City winning the league. She'd substituted the eagle on the City badge for a Simpsons caricature of my face . . . thanks very much etc . . . but on closer inspection in big bold championship style lettering it said . . . (and this is so fucking true it hurts):

“MANCHESTER CITY PREMIER REAGUE CHAMPIONS 2012"!!!!!!!

Japan you are the bollocks.

See you next time.

ONWARDS.

GD

Source: www.noelgallagher.com

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