Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Festival Les Deferlantes in Argelès-Sur-Mer, France yesterday.
(It’s Good) To Be Free Everybody's On The Run Dream On If I Had A Gun The Death of You And Me (I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine AKA... What A Life! Talk Tonight AKA... Broken Arrow Half The World Away (Stranded On) The Wrong Beach Whatever Don't Look Back In Anger
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Rock legend Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds mixed the new with the old to send the T in the Park crowd soaring on Saturday.
The mercurial Mancunian illustrated why there’s life after Oasis, while simultaneously indulging the baying Main Stage crowd with a few of the tunes that helped secure his status as an enduring musical icon.
Newer material recorded since infamously parting company with sibling and former band-mate Liam, such as the effortlessly catchy AKA What A Life and If I Had A Gun, was greeted with cheers by the mud-clad masses.
Dream On, AKA Broken Arrow and the anthemic Stranded On the Wrong Beach – all taken from the group’s first album – also proved popular, although there was a feeling amongst those gathered that the ringmaster was delaying the inevitable bout of nostalgia that they were craving for.
One minor technical hitch with a guitar aside, this was a composed, if slightly understated, performance from a mature frontman – with the only glimpse of a raised temperature coming when he swore at audience members who baulked at his decision to dedicate a track some fans of his beloved Manchester City elsewhere in the crowd. The memorable set reached a crescendo as a sequence including the likes of Oasis classics Talk Tonight and Half The World Away closed with a wonderful version of Don’t Look Back in Anger.
Headliners The Stone Roses, who were next on the bill, were given a tough act to follow.
Noel Gallagher doesn't mind brother Liam playing Oasis tracks at Beady Eye gigs – because it tops up his beer tokens.
He gets paid a few hundred quid each time Liam’s band play any of the songs that he penned. Noel said: “Beady Eye have my permission to play my songs and they should do whatever they like.
"I say he should go around the world, do those songs and fill out the PRS (performing rights) forms.”
Noel’s High Flying Birds play Benicassim in Spain this weekend and Liam and Noel are both off to Japan later this month.
Noel Gallagher played a special session for Q Radio on Sunday (8 July) - and you can listen again right now to the first part of his interview.
"The Chief" headed up to our Birmingham studios to play a nine song set including the likes of AKA... What A Life and If I Had A Gun, plus Oasis tracks D'Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman, Supersonic and Wonderwall.
Noel tells Loz Guest about views on the "Chinese Weather Machine", why there's no rivalry with Beady Eye, his "perfect radio face", why he loves nothing more "than doing nothing" and much more.
Source: Q Radio
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Click here, here, here, here, here and here for a number of pictures of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Rock Werchter festival in Belgium last week.
Thanks to AG
Details of an exclusive strictly limited 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' CD or vinyl singles collectors box can be found here.
Click here, here, and here for a number of pictures of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Heineken Jammin' Festival festival in Italy last week.
Thanks to AG
Details of an exclusive strictly limited 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' CD or vinyl singles collectors box can be found here.
Legendary musician Noel Gallagher joins Hawksbee and Goldstein to talk all things Manchester City, ahead of the new Premier League season, and urges the club not to press ahead with a move for wantaway Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie.
Back in May, Umbro and Manchester City asked fans of the club to come up with ideas on how they would reveal the club's new shirts.
We wanted the interesting, the unusual, the outlandish -- and we got them! Picking our favourites from all the ideas entered, we then sent a film crew to make those ideas a reality. Following City fan Kevin Cummins getting his wish to picture Noel Gallagher and Vincent Kompany together, this video shows some of the other great ideas that Umbro and City have helped to bring to life.
Climbing mountains, recreating classic MCFC moments and shooting the new Manchester City home shirt into space via a balloon -- these are certainly some of the more unusual ways in which a football shirt has been unveiled!
Watch a short video of the Manchester City squad traing to Oasis' Definitely Maybe album here.
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Details of an exclusive strictly limited 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' CD or vinyl singles collectors box can be found here.
From Noel Gallagher's 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere' tour diary.
Comrades . . . this will be a long one.
So, the last time we spoke was when? 2 weeks ago? Must have been? Was it? Hang on . . . let me check . . . that's right . . . it was the night before the festival in Belgium. OK . . . right I'll get my thinking cap on and give you the lo-down (as best I can anyway!).
So . . . I remember the festival being quite a big one. Massive crowd. Big guns headlining. Think it was them Red Hot Chilli Peppers on my night (yes it was!). The show itself was OK. Not bad. It certainly broke the run of amazing shows that's for sure. The best thing about it was I was introduced onstage by Vincent Kompany, Manchester City's captain. He's from Brussels see? And me and him were going to do the launch of the new Manchester City kits for next season. Both of these occurrences were a true honour. Vinnie's a top boy. Might actually be the coolest lad on the planet. We hung out after the show and watched the Euro Championship final. Happy days!!
The next day I had to be up early to do the football kit thing. Hadn't actually gone to bed 'till 4am so I wasn't feeling (or looking!) the best. Vinnie on the other hand had managed an early night and turned up looking like the super-cool, well oiled athlete he is. I on the other hand stunk of cig's and alcohol looking every bit like the 45yr old father of 3 that I am. Not good. Not good at all. In all my time in this game that might have been the single most difficult thing I've ever had to do.
At one point I think I was sweating pure alcohol. Imagine doing that while one of your heroes looks down on you and asks if you're alright, while a photographer snaps away asking you if "you could just get a bit closer?" Did it though and the kit looks the bollocks.
So, after that I remember we flew to Montreux in Switzerland for a show at the "Montreux Jazz Festival"!! That's right, you heard . . . "the Montreux JAZZ Festival". Not sure what I was doing there but a gig's a gig and what a gig!! A right good laugh and all. And I got presented (on stage which was a bit weird) with a very expensive watch by the founder of the festival Mr. Claude Nobs (pronounced CLOUD NEBZ). Worth €3000!! Or so he informed the audience anyway. Thanks very much Mr.Nobs . . . just what I've always wanted . . . my very own jazz watch!!
After that we drove overnight to Milan. I love Milan and Italy in general. Weather was mad hot. Must've been nearly 100 onstage!! Not as hot as Coachella but proper sizzling all the same. Show was alright. Nothing more, nothing less. I remember being taken out for dinner after to some swanky footballery type gaff. Very nice it was too . . . Beckham used to go there I'm told.
So . . . after that would have been T In the Park? Yes, I think so!! Horrific weather. Dark black clouds. Torrential rain, rain, rain. Mud every-fucking-where. Horrible . . . and that was just BACKSTAGE!!! Lord only knows what it was like out front? Still (and this is truly amazing) it never spoiled the atmosphere. The crowd up there are something else. Unbelievable behaviour. Well done!
We had a great show bar a couple of hic-ups here and there but we smashed it!! We were on before the Stone Roses. It was great to see them AND to see them enjoying themselves. A great night all round.
After that we flew to Birmingham to do a little acoustic gig for that radio station Kerrang!! That's right, you heard. A heavy metal radio station. Don't ask . . . I didn't. It was good though.
So . . . after that we flew here to the south of France. Fucking plane was full of young people (off on their holidays one would imagine). Giggling girls and boys with sideways haircuts and girls jeans on . . . that's what it looked like to me anyway.
I think that's about it. Got a festival tonight. A big one . . . it must be big 'cause the mighty Franz Ferdinand are headlining!! What was that?? Of course they're still going!!!!
You voted in your thousands and now we have our TOP TEN contenders for the coveted Number One spot!
...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears Billie Jean - Michael Jackson Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue Dancing Queen - Abba Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis Hey Jude - The Beatles Imagine - John Lennon I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston Someone Like You - Adele
In this second round of voting, please select your favourite from the final TOP TEN Number One singles.
The results of your votes will be revealed on three special shows on ITV1 on the 8th, 14th and 15th July.
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