Demos of 'God Help Us All' and 'It Makes Me Wanna Cry' have appeared online
Two previously unreleased Noel Gallagher tracks have appeared online.
The songs, which are titled 'God Help Us All' and 'It Makes Me Wanna Cry', were recorded during a soundcheck from one of Gallagher's recent shows.
'God Help Us All', though unreleased, has existed for some time, with Gallagher previously telling NME that he planned to release that and another track titled 'Revolution Song' later this year.
He said of 'God Help Us All': "I'm going to finish that one as well. I have got little bits of songs knocking around that I have managed to finish off as I'm not in the band anymore. All in good time".
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September. And will also play the iTunes Festival on September 12 at London's Roundhouse.
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Noel Gallagher put on a storming show at the Isle of Wight festival on Sunday and he found time to celebrate his first wedding anniversary too.
The rocker, 45, and Sara MacDonald, his partner of 12 years, married at the Lime Wood Hotel in the New Forest, a short hop from the Isle of Wight, on June 18 last year.
And we hear that the couple, pictured above, who have two children, Donovan, four, and Sonny, 21 months, were spotted celebrating their anniversary at the Lime Wood on Monday.
“They were having lunch in the hotel’s Scullery Restaurant before taking a turn around the grounds and looking very loved up,” says our spy in the fluffy robe.
Liam Gallagher and band perform a 12-song set at intimate Warrington Parr Hall last night.
Beady Eye treated the approx 1000 fans to a few surprises as a new Liam-penned song called 'World Not Set In Stone" was premiered.
Liam also dipped into the Oasis catalogue for the very first time since the band broke up in 2009. The band whipped the crowd into a frenzy with powerful renditions of 'Rock 'n' Roll Star' and 'Morning Glory' .
Beady Eye last night (June 28) played a triumphant warm-up gig for their Saturday (June 30) show at Heaton Park, where they will be supporting The Stone Roses alongside The Wailers, Professor Green and Hollie Cook.
Playing a 12-song set at Warrington's Parr Hall, Beady Eye did not air their last two singles 'Millionaire' and 'The Beat Goes On', but as well as a new Liam-penned song called 'World Not Set In Stone', the band also delved into the Oasis catalogue for the first time in their history as a band, playing the Noel-written 'Rock 'n' Roll Star' and 'Morning Glory'.
Beady Eye played:
'Four Letter Word' 'Beatles and Stones' 'Bring the Light' 'World Not Set In Stone' 'Rock 'n' Roll Star' 'The Roller' 'Standing on the Edge of the Noise' 'Wigwam' 'Morning Glory' 'Sons of the Stage' 'Three Ring Circus' 'The Morning Son'
Below is the setlist for Beady Eye at Warrington’s Parr Hall in Warrington earlier today.
Four Letter Word Beatles And Stones Bring The Light World Not Set In Stone (New Song) Rock N Roll Star The Roller Standing On The Edge Of The Noise Wigwam Morning Glory Sons Of The Stage Three Ring Circus Morning Son
Noel Gallagher, David Beckham,and Damien Hirst are just some of the stars who have paid their own tributes to The Stone Roses as the reunited band prepare for the first of their massive homecoming Heaton Park concerts which will take place tomorrow (June 29th).
The Sun newspaper has apparently obtained a copy of the official programme which will be on sale to the thousands of fans preparing to descend on the Manchester venue during the weekend, and quotes David Beckham as writing: “The Stone Roses was part of my upbringing in Manchester. And being an East End boy, that’s saying something.”
“Their music has inspired so many people but for me it brings back memories of the most happiest time in my football career, when I started my career at Manchester United. The fact that they are back is incredible to see.”
Noel Gallagher, who has constantly cited the Roses as one of this chief inspirations, and Beckham’s former Manchester United team-mate Ryan Giggs are also said to have left their own tributes, while the artist Damien Hirst has allegedly described them as ‘more important than Picasso’.
Noel Gallagher has been one of the most outspoken voices in British music for the best part of two decades. Never one to hold his tongue or any range of subjects, Noel was in town this week to play support to the Red Hot Chili Peppers in a bumper show at Croke Park. While there, Noel called a press conference to announce details of an upcoming double-headliner gig with Kasabian in Marlay Park on August 23rd next but seemed more intent on discussing other matters, like playing a GAA game in Croke Park as a child, the possibilities of an Oasis reunion and Ireland's performance in Euro 2012.
Have a peep at the highlights below.
On playing in Croke Park in 1983 Someone's just given me a photograph of it actually. I remember I scored, I scored a point. We got hammered, but I scored. I can't remember at which end.
On what happened to his GAA career I'd gone as far as I could take that team. It was decided that I'd be better off in the music business. I'm not an athlete, too much hard graft goes into that. [My brothers] all played too. I enjoyed it at the time; I've got to say, until smoking, drinking, birds and drugs take over. Football goes out the window then, doesn't it? Just watching football is hard enough.
How did Noel end up playing at Croke Park? The Irish community in Manchester has lots of Gaelic football teams and we played for one. We were the champions of Lancashire for years, from U-14s right through to U-18s and we came over here to play an Irish team and we got leathered.
We stayed with the other team's families. It's funny actually, I was in Australia in January doing The Big Day Out and I bumped into an Irish guy and he was about my age. "Were you in Dublin..." and he gave the dates of the GAA game...and he said his mam and dad had a picture of me. I must have stayed at their house. They often wondered if it was the same guy! I said, yeah that was me. Apparently I used to eat a lot of Weetabix, hence the fairly successful career since.
On what position he played Oh I've no idea. I can't even remember what the positions are. I would have been some goal-hanging twat I would have thought.
On following Gaelic Games My older brother Paul follows Mayo. If I knew [the All Ireland Final] was on I'd probably watch it but nobody would tell. I've seen a few down the years, it's quite exciting. I'm not too into hurling. Fuck that, it's like gang warfare innit?
On if his kids want to be rock stars Who doesn't want to be a rock star? If that's what they want to do, but I've assured them that they're not going to be as good as me.
On what he's like around the house I think I'm brilliant; my wife thinks I'm useless. I'm sure it's like any other relationship that anyone else has with their wife. I don't do a great deal. I don't have a shed, I don't do any whittling. Do I do the ironing? Good lord, no. I've got staff for that. Although I shouldn't refer to the wife as 'staff'.
On artist tax exemptions in Ireland I'm a bit uncomfortable with that. There's only so much money you can earn. Nobody likes paying 50% tax but if that's the way it is, it's the way it is. I wouldn't ever go and see my accountant and try to squirrel away a few bob here and there. For what?
On how much tax he pays Me? Well I sorted that out with Tony Blair in the 90's, I don't have to pay anything (laughs).
On Liam Gallagher and the possibility of an Oasis reunion I texted him at Christmas, after the City match. I don't think [a reunion] is going to happen. It would be great for everybody else except me. I would be great for millions and millions but I wouldn't be very happy about it. I was in Oasis for nearly 20 years. I've been doing this, what I'm doing now, for one year. I'd like to see what it's like to do it for a lot longer.
I spoke to Gem (Archer, formerly of Oasis now of Beady Eye) recently, not about that, but nobody ever brings it up with any seriousness. Liam does publicly, but he says a lot of things publicly. I wouldn't take anything he says seriously.
On Ireland at Euro 2012 Why is everyone being so hard on the team. They played Spain and Italy, two of the semi-finalists - one of them is going to win it. You're lucky to get a kick off Spain, let alone a goal. If you look at it in the cold light of day neither England nor Ireland have good enough players to win tournaments like this.
On whether or not he was sad to see the end of Westlife Why, what's happened? They've not been killed, have they?
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play a double-headliner with Kasabian at Marlay Park on August 23rd. Tickets on sale from Friday, priced at €49.50. Support is from The Cribs.
Last night Beady Eye played their only UK headline show of the year at Warrington’s Parr Hall.
Tickets to the exclusive gig were made available via a lottery on the bands official website.
The 1000 fans packed into the venue were treated to a new song written by Liam Gallagher 'World Not Set In Stone' and they also dipped into the Oasis back catalogue for the first time playing 'Rock 'n' Roll Star' and 'Morning Glory'.
They also played a number of tracks from their debut album 'Different Gear, Still Speeding, strangely missing from the setlist were the last two Beady Eye singles 'Millionaire' and 'The Beat Goes On'.
The band will support the Stone Roses on Saturday before they travel to Japan and Korea next month for two festival shows.
'Beatles and Stones' 'Bring The Light' 'World Not Set In Stone' 'Rock 'n' Roll Star' 'The Roller' 'Standing On The Edge of the Noise' 'Wigwam' 'Morning Glory' 'Sons of the Stage' 'Three Ring Circus' 'The Morning Son'
A number of pictures from the gig can be found on our Twitter page here.
The NME have conducted a poll to find out what Oasis songs fans would like Beady Eye to play live.
The results are below...
Rock 'n' Roll Star 17.8% Live Forever 16.9% Supersonic 12.5% Champagne Supernova 7.7% Morning Glory 5.3% Wonderwall 4.5% Songbird 3.7% Don't Look Back In Anger 2.9% I'm Outta Time 2.6%
Liam Gallagher said earlier this year that Beady Eye will include Oasis songs in their set at Japan's Fuji Festival in July.
He told XFM: "We're doing Fuji Festival in Japan, which is in July. And we will be dropping Oasis songs for anyone who's bothered".
Gallagher continued: "The time is right now, without a doubt. We were always going to do it, but we thought the [Beady Eye] album needed to stand on its own. We've done some good gigs, we've done some shit gigs. And it's time to drop them in now. Everyone else is. I feel they're just as much my songs as they are Noel's. And if people don't like it, go to the bar or fuck off. If they do like it, jump up and down, let's have a good time."
Ahead of Manchester legends The Stone Roses return at Heaton Park this weekend, MM are delighted to give away a pair of free tickets to one lucky winner!
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds played Croker last night supporting Red Hot Chilli Peppers and just before his soundcheck he invited us down to the venue to announce ANOTHER gig. They’ll play Marlay Park with Kasabian on the 23rd of August. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am.
Noel told us earlier on how he once played a GAA match at Croke Park in 1983 – he was on a Manchester GAA team called Oisin’s who were competing against an Irish team and he remembers scoring a point but they were beaten by the end.
So where did Noel stay all those years ago? Was it a fancy hotel? Apparently they were put up by the team they were playing against! Noel said: “We stayed with the other team’s families. I was in Australia in January this year and I met this Irish guy on the street in Melbourne. He asked me was I in Dublin on a certain date (the time of the match) and I said yeah. He said his mam and dad had a photo of this kid and always wondered if it was me and it was. Apparently I used to eat a lot of Weetabix, hence the successful career since”.
He’s so famous across the globe but do his kids know what their dad do and would Noel let his daughter go into the music business? Noel told 98FM “My 12 year old daughter knows what I do, my 4 year old has just sussed it out but my 1 year old…well that’s just chaos. If the lads wanted to pursue a career in music, that’s great. It’s a bit tricky with girls though in the music business. They tend to get exploited more. If two lads wanted to join a band, you wouldn’t worry but with a girl, you’d always be thinking of Amy Winehouse. Girls tends to be solo artists and not very happy in my experience but I dunno, if that’s what they wanna do. I have assured them though that they’ll never be as good as me”, he joked.
Speaking of homelife, we had to ask what he’s like around the house. Noel said: “I think I’m brilliant but my wife thinks I’m useless which I guess is just the same as any other relationship that anyone else has with their wife. I don’t do a great deal. I don’t have a shed or anything like that….I don’t do any whittling, I don’t collect anything. When I finish touring, it depends what the day is like. If it’s raining, I’ll sit in and catch up on any telly that I’ve missed but I don’t really make any plans”.
So does a rock star like Noel Gallagher ever do the ironing??? Noel told 98FM :”Good lord no, I’ve got staff for that”. He joked I shouldn’t refer to my wife as staff, she’ll f*****g kill me……I iron yeah. I’ve been known to iron my own shirts from time to time”!!! Who would’ve thought it eh!
He did tell us that he has no real interest in an Oasis reunion saying it would be great for everyone else except him. He also said not to pay any attention to Liam Gallagher when he publicly talks about a reunion!
Beady Eye will play at the Warrington’s Parr Hall in Warrington UK today (June 28th).
This will be their only UK headline show this year, tickets for the show were only made available via a lottery on the bands website
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Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds played Croke Park last night, supporting the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and just before his soundcheck, he invited us down to Croker for an announcement. He’ll be back in Dublin playing with Kasabian on Thursday August 23rd with tickets going on sale this Friday at 9am.
Would you believe Noel Gallagher one played a GAA match at Croker in 1983! Noel said “Yeah someone just showed me a photo of it. I can remember I scored a point. I mean we got hammered. Obviously the Irish community in Manchester has lots of Gaelic football teams. We played for one called Oisin’s. We were the champions of Lancashire – the champions for years from Under 14’s right through to Under 18’s and then we came over here to Ireland to play an Irish team and got leathered. My older brother Paul follows it – he follows Mayo. If I knew it was on, I’d probably watch it. It’s quite exciting and a great game. I’m not too hot on hurling – f*** that. It’s like gang warfare – any sport you have to wear a helmet is wrong. It was decided I was better off in the music business. Y’see at the time, I was still at school but quite quickly I went smoking and drinking and birds and drugs took over so football went out the window”.
So the burning question – has he been in touch with his brother Liam recently and will an Oasis reunion ever happen?
Noel said “No I haven’t been in touch. I last texted him at Christmas after the City match. I don’t think it’s gonna happen. It would be great for everyone else except me. It’d be mega for the millions and millions and everybody else it would be brilliant but I wouldn’t be very happy about it. I guess you don’t know what you’re gonna feel like in 20-odd years but right now, I mean I was in Oasis for nearly 20 years. I’ve been doing this what I’m doing now for one year and I’d like to see what it’s like to do it for longer. I don’t think anyone is pushing for a reunion either. Nobody ever brings it up in any seriousness – I mean Liam does publicly but he says a lot of things publicly. I wouldn’t take anything he says seriously”.
He described hurling as "gangwar with sticks" and dismissed Westlife calling it a day as "hardly The Beatles breaking up".
But, strangely, lifelong Manchester City fan Noel Gallagher was full of praise for former Manchester United legend Roy Keane yesterday, describing him as "one of the best five players the Premier League ever had".
The 45-year-old was speaking at Croke Park yesterday, ahead of his gig supporting the Red Hot Chili Peppers last night, and revealed plans for a joint headliner with Kasabian in Marlay Park on August 23.
It's not often you hear disparaging comments about Gaelic sports at a press conference in GAA headquarters but there was no stopping former Gaelic schoolboy footballer Noel.
Revealing that his elder brother Paul still followed the Mayo team, Mr Gallagher said: "I've seen a few matches here over the years.
"It's a great game and quite exciting but hurling ? F*** that. That's like gang war with sticks. I'm not too sure about that. Any sport where you have to wear a helmet is wrong," he said.
The former Oasis guitarist was returning to Croke Park for the first time in nearly 30 years after scoring on the hallowed pitch in 1983 as part of a visiting Manchester side Oisin's.
"It's all done up now. I'm not sure there was even seats. I scored a point but I can't remember at which end," he said, recalling the match against local side, Kilmacud Crokes.
The future rock 'n' roll star had stayed with the family of one of the players from Kilmacud on that visit in April 1983 and was reminded of that weekend in the capital when he met an Irish fan while on tour in Australia in January this year.
"I was out shopping in Melbourne when I bumped into this Irish guy about the same age. He asked me had I been in Dublin on a particular date," he said.
"I said 'Yes I had. He told me his Mam and Dad in Dublin had a picture of me when I must have stayed in their house. They had often wondered over the years if it was me, the same Noel Gallagher . . . apparently I used to eat a lot of Weetabix," he said.
Describing how he hung up his GAA boots and started a rock band, he joked: "I had gone as far as I could. It was decided, that I would be better off in the music business. I enjoyed it at the time.
"I was still at school, then quickly after school, the smoking and drinking take over. Playing football goes out the window. Anyway I'm not an athlete, too much hard graft goes into that," he said.
Despite being a fanatical fan of Manchester City, he went on to reveal how he rates Keane of rivals Manchester United as one of his favourite all time players.
"He is easily one of the top five players that the Premier League has ever had. I thought he was a great player for United. If only England had Roy Keane now, they would win games. He was the one player who could take a game by the scruff of the neck and bully his teammates from three goals down to win. He was immense," said Gallagher.
Asked about the Corkman's comments on Irish fans singing as their side was losing, he added: " Roy is pure comedy. He should take over the Ireland job if he thinks he can do it better than anyone else.
"I've never met him but he probably hates me like everybody else," he said.
The star claimed to be unaware Westlife ended their 14-year career with farewell gigs in Croke Park last Saturday night.
"Westlife, have they been killed? What, they've split up ? Well, it's hardly The Beatles breaking up? They've split up, good, brilliant -- there'll be a party tonight so," he joked.
Tickets for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Kasabian co-headliner in Marlay Park go on sale this Friday at 9am and are priced at €49.50.