Another On This Day In Oasis History...

The videos below are from August 28th 1994, when Oasis played at the Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands.

Another Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Paris

Click here for a number of pictures of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Rock En Seine Festival in St Paris, france last week.

The pictures were taken by site visitor Laurence

Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Paris

Click here and here for a number of pictures of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Rock En Seine Festival in St Paris, france last week.

Thanks to AG

Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In St Polten

Click here and here for a number of pictures of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Frequency Festival in St Polten, Austria earlier this month.

Thanks to AG

Noel Gallagher On Writing For Himself Instead Of Liam

Noel Gallagher has said that writing music for himself instead of his brother is a "piece of piss". Gallagher was in Dublin last week for a co-headliner show with Kasabian in Marlay Park and spoke of the differences between writing music and lyrics for himself instead of Oasis.

Speaking to entertainment.ie music editor John Balfe, Gallagher said: "The hardest thing in the world is writing lyrics for somebody and then you reading them and going 'that doesn't suit him'. You would get a song and give it to Liam and then, all of a sudden, you'd have to change the key because his voice is different to mine. When I'm writing a song and I'm just at home freeform playing, songs just form and I know they're virtually finished by the time I've ended them. It's a piece of piss."

Source: entertainment.ie

Former Oasis Stars Book To Be Turned Into A Movie

He is responsible for one of the greatest photographs in English football history, and now The Robin Friday Story is set to be made into a film.

Based on the eponymous book written by former Oasis bass player Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Paolo Hewitt, Friday was a Reading and Cardiff City striker in the 70s whose boozing, smoking, womanising and drug-taking contributed to his tragically young death at the age of 38.

Despite his short life, the film should make for an entertaining biography of one of English football's most memorable mavericks. Friday was also immortalised on the Super Furry Animals' album sleeve The Man Don't Give A F**k.



Although football has traditionally struggled on the big screen, the relative success of 2009's The Damned United and the 2006 documentary Once in a Lifetime suggests the 70s appears to be an auspicious era for depicting the beautiful game on film.

Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

The Soundtrack Of Our Lives On Future Plans, Oasis And More

The Soundtrack Of Our Lives who formed in 1995 in Gothenburg have treated us to a Q&A!

The band who first toured with Oasis in America in 2002 announced recently that they are to go their separate ways, but not before supporting Noel Gallagher at the iTunes Festival at the Camden Roundhouse on 12th September.

The band have been closely linked with Oasis for a number of years with songs like 'Confrontation Camp' and 'Infra Riot' being staples of the 'Dig Out Your Soul' pre gig DJ set.



You are playing your final shows later next month, why have you now decided to call it a day?

I guess we all had our own reasons for calling it a day, but by doing so we mustered up lots of new energy to do one final tour, and the shows on this tour have been some of our best so far.

Do you think you will get back together one day?

Who knows, can’t see us going back in to the studio again, but maybe get together to play live again.

Any special surprises for people attending these gigs?

The shows have been around two and a half hours, so there will be a lot of hits and misses, request will be taken, business like as usual, a mid summers eve fiesta.

Will you still be involved in music? or do you plan on a complete break?

I’ve recorded a bunch of songs with a new band, with Don Alsterberg as producer, who has produced Jose’ Gonzales and Graveyard, we’ll see what that leads to. I will also write music for other artists and film scores.



What is your favourite city to play in?

New York is amongst the top ones, the food, the vibe, all good.

What has been the highlight of your career?

The time during 'Behind The Music' album. We went from being down for the count, to go in to the studio to make this album with no expectations to sold out tours round Europe and North America, touring with Oasis, being on Letterman, Leno, getting a Grammy nominee in the US, it was a good ride.

What is the best gig you've ever played?

Toronto at the Opera House in 2002, a fantastic crowd, we were on top from, had Rush Xanadu as an intro, the Canucks loved it. An after party that would have put Sodom and Gomorrah to shame…………

What is the worst gig you've ever played?

Milton Keynes, support for Oasis, flew in from a US tour, jet lag, Martin's organ was a half note pitch off, out of tune, we were all out of tune I guess, Mathias trashed one of his guitars, Ebbot threw it in to the audience, one unfortunate guy got it between his eyes and cracked his head open. All in front of 90.000 people. We were truly terrible, great after party though.

What new bands are you listening to any recommendations for our readers?

The War On Drugs and Father John Misty



You have said in previous interviews Oasis are a big influence on your music, when did you first get into their music?

I got into them early 1996, I got hold of the '(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?' album and it blew me away. Great songwriting, wonderful melodies with a punk attitude. Love those mid tempo epic arena songs like Champagne Supernova, brilliant stuff!

What do you think about the suggestion that you had an influence on the Oasis sound? (e.g. with songs like Lyla)

Don’t know if we had an influence on their sound but maybe we we’re an inspiration at the when Behind the music came out.

What is you're favourite tracks from the Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds album and why?

Simple Game Of Genius, another epic arena classic!

Thanks to Ian Person for taking the time to answer some questions.

More information on the band can be found in the links below.

www.tsool.net
www.facebook.com/tsool
www.myspace.com/officialtsool
www.reverbnation.com/thesoundtrackofourlives

Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Dublin

Click here for a number of pictures of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Marlay Park in Dublin, Ireland last week.

Thanks to AG

Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Belfast

Click here for a number of pictures of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Belsonic Festival in Belfast, Northern Ireland last week.

Thanks to AG

Mega Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The V Festival

Click here, here, here and here for a number of pictures of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the V Festival earlier this month.

Thanks to AG

Gallery: Liam Gallagher In GQ Magazine

Below are a number of pictures of Liam Gallagher from GQ magazine from Japan, for more details click here.

Thanks to Mari

Gallery: Liam Gallagher In UOMO Magazine

Below are a number of pictures of Liam Gallagher from UOMO magazine from Japan, for more details click here.

Thanks to Mari

On This Day In Oasis History...

The following statement by Noel Gallagher, was posted on the Official Oasis Site on August 28th 2009.

"It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.

"Apologies to all the people who bought tickets for the shows in Paris, Konstanz and Milan."

Oasis were due to play the Rock en Seine festival in Paris but cancelled at the last minute. When the support band said Oasis would not be performing, many fans thought it was a joke, but then screens at either side of the stage showed this message: "As a result of an altercation within the band, the Oasis gig has been cancelled."

Liam Gallagher Watches Manchester City At The Mad Hatter In New York

Below is a picture of Liam Gallagher who watched the Liverpool V Manchester City game at The Mad Hatter in New York City, USA yesterday.

The Mad Hatter Saloon is at 26th Street & 3rd Ave in New York City for all Manchester City matches.

More pictures can be found on our Twitter page here.

Video: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Paris

Below are a number of videos from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Rock En Seine Festival in Paris, on Saturday.















Thanks to Melwen2626

Noel Gallagher Says Beady Eye 'Were Great' At The Olympic Closing Ceremony

Noel Gallagher has revealed that he thought Beady Eye "were great" at the Olympic closing ceremony earlier this month.

Asked about his impression of 'Wonderwall', he said: "It was all right. David Arnold did a new string arrangement for it, which was like thanks very much. It was good. It was great, don't get me wrong. I sat and watched it and I thought it was great. I thought Beady Eye were great, I'm glad Oasis in some way was represented in it".

He continued: "I'm glad somebody did it, if they hadn't done it they would have got fucking Keane to do it or something. At least it was Liam and the lads, I was cool with it".

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September. He will also play the iTunes Festival on September 12 at London's Roundhouse and will tour the US alongside Snow Patrol later this year.

Noel Gallagher Reveals His Album With Psychedelic Producers Amorphous Androgynous Has Been Scrapped

Noel Gallagher has revealed that his collaboration album with psychedelic producers Amorphous Androgynous has been scrapped.

Speaking to entertainment.ie when asked about the album he said: "I have scraped it now, because I'd recorded it these guys were mixing it. I'd yet to take delivery of it the night before the press conference. And I thought well f*ck it I will just announce it how shit can it be? The famous last words. I kind of got it and I didn't like it. So they tried to remix it while I was on the road, and that was not working".

He continued: "So during my time off I got back to England got into a studio, and I didn't like it. And with this album still being in the top ten in England, I couldn't have brought it out now anyway as it would kill this one stone dead. By the time I get of this tour, I'm going to not be in the mood for going back into the studio. It's still there, it isn't finished and even if was finished it is no were near as good as this so everything has to match up to this one".

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September. He will also play the iTunes Festival on September 12 at London's Roundhouse and will tour the US alongside Snow Patrol later this year.

Video: Noel Gallagher Picks His All-Time Manchester City Team

In the video below Noel Gallagher picks his all-time Manchester City team, it was broadcast on Sky Sport's Fantasy Football Club.



Thanks to NoelGTerryJayAndGem

Rock Stars Are 'Extinct' Says Noel Gallagher

Rock superstars have died out because the music industry no longer makes them enough money, Noel Gallagher has claimed.

The Oasis star, feels artists such as Michael Jackson and Guns n’ Roses enjoyed the best years, benefitting from huge record company advances.

Gallagher, 45, said his ­finest work was now behind him. He was at his most creative while pushing to make the Britpop band he formed with brother Liam, 39, a success.

He said: “Rock stardom will die because nobody will make enough money any more to be rock stars.

“Everybody will be jobbing musicians. It’s unbelievable. The music industry has changed beyond all recognition. The music business we signed in to does not exist any more.

“What is fascinating about that is that there was a way of making money and selling records that got happened upon in the Sixties and it worked for 30-odd years then all of a sudden, in under a decade, it’s gone, never to return.

“It used to be about the A&R man going to see gigs, demos and people going into record labels saying ‘give us a chance’ and it’s not like that any more.”

Gallagher also feels his millionaire lifestyle has detached him from his ­audience.

He said: “You can’t be a hypocrite and write songs about the plight of the working man when you are sipping champagne at eight in the morning in the South of France with a supermodel.”

Oasis shot to stardom thanks to hits like Live ­Forever and Cigarettes & Alcohol.

Their second album, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory, sold 23 million copies worldwide.

Source: www.express.co.uk

Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Paris

Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Rock En Seine Festival in Paris, 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

A number of pictures are on our Twitter page here.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' new single 'Everybody's On The Run' is available now digitally and in stores more details can be found here.