Noel Gallagher: Pop As We Knew It Is Dead

Noel Gallagher says music innovation and resulting scenes are dead because consumerism has taken over music.

The former Oasis man is the subject of an exclusive cover story interview in our new issue, Q316 which is out now in print and on the iPad.

Speaking about British pop culture, Noel is pessimistic for the future of interesting music

"I'll tell you what I thought. Pop as we knew it, is dead as a fucking dodo," he explains.

"The Beatles, The Who and The Kinks - that's gone now and will never be repeated. In the mid-'90s, it was the bands and a small group of fans that had ownership of it. Now it's the consumer that drives it, so music will go wherever the consumer demands that it goes. We will not have another punk, or another acid house, or another Britpop. That's a fact.

"Because the consumer gets what he wants, and the consumer don't know shit. If you'd asked the consumer in the middle of prog-rock, What do you want next year? He's not going to say, I want Johnny Rotten, is he? And in 1986, the consumer who's knee-deep in fucking synth-pop, he's not gonna go, A new drug, flares, techno beats and smoke machines, is he?

"I do wonder what my five-year-old lad's relationship to music is going to be. When they're reading the will out - And I bequeath to you, Donovan, 14,000 vinyl records... He's just going to go, Sell it, not arsed. Two Bodines albums and a La's 10-inch that was deleted on the day it was bought from Piccadilly Records? He's going to say, Fuck, that's just taking up room, I don't want it."

Get Q316 now for the full interview with Noel including his outlook on his solo career, Russell Brand, Manchester City winning the league, the possibility of an Oasis reunion and much more.

Source: www.qthemusic.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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Q Magazine On Sale Now With Noel Gallagher On The Cover

The print edition of Q316 is available to buy in stores from today (25 September).

The digital version of the issue, Q316, is on sale right now for iPad.

Featuring a cover story interview with Noel Gallagher, the issue also includes Mumford & Sons, Lady Gaga, Madness, Green Day, Ellie Goulding and much more.

To get the issue on iPad, head to iTunes get the Q iPad App and then you can download the new edition.

The first generation of Q on the iPad is a reader featuring the whole of the print issue - plus a series of bonus content, which this month includes extra questions and a gallery with Noel, tracks from our New To Q acts, an audio interview with Mumford & Sons and more.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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Gallery: Liam And Noel Gallagher On The Front Of This Week's NME Magazine

Below are two of the collectors covers from the NME this week, the magazine is in stores on Wednesday.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In Singapore

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Star Hall @ KITEC in Hong Kong, later today (Sep 25th).

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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Example Gets Thumbs Up From Noel Gallagher And Ian Brown

Ian Brown and Noel Gallagher are fans of Example.

The 'We'll Be Coming Back' singer recently played on the same bill as the Stone Roses singer Ian and High Flying Birds main man Noel, and was pleasantly surprised how impressed with him they were.

He told website Ilikemusic.com: ''I chatted to Ian Brown for a couple of minutes. He gave me a hug and was like, 'Fair play lad, that were proper good that, I heard you absolutely ripped it a new a***hole.

''Then Noel Gallagher was pretty much just like, 'You don't go away you, do you? You're like a bad smell. I f***ing like that about you. F***ing like that. Go to my dressing room and have a Guinness.''

Example is about to release his fourth album, 'The Evolution of Man', and said while he was determined to shoot the video for first single, 'Say Nothing', in the desert, he was determined for it not to look ''cheesy''.

He added: ''I didn't want it to be like one of those cheesy ballads. I wanted it to be a bit more weird and menacing, like a f***ed up dream.

''That's why we put these characters in who look like they're from post-apocolyptic Mad Max town, you know? They don't have a relevance to the song.''

'The Evolution of Man' is released on November 18.

Source: www.stv.tv

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour  the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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Noel Gallagher Flies High In Bangkok

Thai fans were once again treated to Noel Gallagher's great musicianship and unique compositions last Thursday night at Bangkok International Trade and Convention Centre (Bitec).

This time appearing with his solo project, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, the former Oasis star, who played here in 2001 and 2006 as part of the Bangkok 100 Rock Festival, packed the venue with both Thai and foreign (mostly British) fans, winning them over both with songs from his own album and classic Oasis tracks.

After local rocker Hugo, playing with an ensemble that included Jack from Fly, Tor from Silly Fools and Eak from Taxi, left the stage, Gallagher kicked into gear with Oasis' early hit, "(It's Good) To Be Free", that had fans screaming in excitement, then turned it down a notch with "Everybody's on the Run" from his self-titled debut.

He wasted no time chatting, continuing the concert with "Dream On", "If I Had a Gun", "The Good Rebel", "The Death of You and Me" and "Freaky Teeth". Then, as if realising he was now the front man, he made the first attempt to address the crowd. "Are there any British people here?" he asked. The crowd cheered. "Sex tourists. Come on, you know what you are. You know why you come here," he joked.

The Manchester singer switched to acoustic guitar and swung into "Supersonic" - another Oasis mega hit, giving fans a chance to sing along to every word. He paused and chatted some more, asking if there were any Scottish or Irish people in the house - a more muted cheer - before belting out "(I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine", "What a Life!", "Soldier Boys and Jesus Freak", "Broken Arrow", "Half the World Away", "(Stranded On) the Wrong Beach" and "Let the Lord Shine a Light on Me".

After a short break, he came back out on stage and performed three final songs - all Oasis hits: Whatever", "Little By Little" and "Don't Look Back in Anger", which again had almost everyone singing.

Gallagher's music is captivating, engaging and refreshing and because his showmanship is nowhere as obnoxious as that of his brother, Liam, he made the show pleasant and interesting just by sharing his passion.

The organizer, Rock N' Rolla, had said earlier that this was the first concert in Southeast Asia to be equipped with L Acoustic's high quality K1 sound system. And it rocked. The sound was great throughout the show and gave a high level of dynamics and clarity to the show. If this is the best sound quality available to us right now, the concert definitely set a new standard for live music performance in Thailand.

Another positive aspect of the evening was that the audience was there to enjoy the music rather than play with their phones and tablets. Unlike teenagers, the fans - mostly in their mid-thirties or early-forties - did not see the need to religiously take pictures of the concert and post them online every 15 minutes so there was none of the blocking of the stage that has become such a pain at most of today's live shows. It must be more pleasant for the artist, too: surely a performer looking into the crowd would rather see people interacting and having fun that a sea of kids busy uploading blurry clips to YouTube and Facebook.

Source: www.nationmultimedia.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

More details on the above dates and more can be found by clicking here.

Noel Gallagher On Oasis David Bowie, The Hillsborough Disaster And More

The older Gallagher hasn't been known to mince words even as a young guitarist and chief songwriter for Oasis, who burst out of Manchester and flipped the world over with the now classic album Definitely Maybe in 1994.

Oasis was never expected to "live forever", and it was a blessing it lasted as long as it did. From the beginning, the band had always been rocked by tumultuous relationships between members, line-up changes and inter-band feuds. The most unstable aspect _ one fans suspected could break the band up at any minute _ was be the everlasting rift between Noel Gallagher and his younger brother Liam.

The band's split finally came roughly two years ago, much to fans' chagrin but not surprise. Now Noel busies himself with his solo career, under the guise of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, while Liam has gone on to form Beady Eye with two other former members of Oasis. Reportedly, the brothers are still not on speaking terms.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds was in Bangkok last Thursday as a part of his Asian tour for the self-titled debut album.

As part of a Britpop royal family, Gallagher is known for many things especially his signature snappy retorts. As a round-table selection of journalists waited for him, the slight fear among the group was permeated by mutual excitement. But to much relief, Gallagher breezed in without fuss, shook hands with everyone and answered each question with moderate enthusiasm.

Slightly shorter and sunnier than expected, Gallagher has aged well in comparison to his peers. At 45, he manages to keep the boyish, roughish charm that he's been associated with for over two decades as well as the blunt manner in which he chooses to voice his opinions.

How are you today?

I'm not too well. It's just fatigue. I've been on the road for far too long now. It's catching up with me. I don't sleep really well. I don't eat very well. I drink and smoke too much. I think my body is saying enough. I've actually slowed down a bit. I don't mind the heat. The travelling is the main thing. Jet lag and all. But I'm not complaining. It's a great job.

Tonight will be your third time playing in Thailand, do you see any difference?

I've been to Thailand many times for vacations. I guess people are quite... they seem to be a lot more free spirited. A lot looser in Thailand. There don't seem to be as many rules in Thailand as in other Asian countries. I don't think there are any rules in Thailand, are there?

There might be one or two, actually. Well, now that you're a solo artist, how does it compare to being in a band?

Very different. I love being in a band. I've been lucky to be in such a great band. I feel lucky to come out of that, and to be accepted immediately as a solo artist, you know what I mean. Not many people do that. I like them both. I've been a solo artist for like two years now. I don't think I could ever go back to being in a band because there are too many compromises that you have to make. Once you've kinda done it on your own, and do your own things, it's different.

I don't get along with them, you know what I mean. I don't miss the other boys at all.

So you don't take input from the High Flying Birds? When I make the record, I make it on my own. None of them played on [this] record, apart from two of them. No, I don't ask for advice. Being in a band for 20 years, and [having] stepped outside of that, then to ask for advice, I think that's a bit weird. [If I did that], I might as well be in a band.

What's the difference between Oasis and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds?

Oasis was big and successful. This is not as big or as successful. Oasis has a lot of history. People grew up with that band.

Musically?

When I write songs now, I get to play all the instruments. In Oasis, it's like Liam had to be the singer, Gem had to play the other guitar, Andy has to be the bass player. So we shared, and sometimes I felt that wasn't working. With this, I can play what I want. And if I don't want to play on the records, I get someone else to do it. Musically, it's completely different.

Out of all your compositions, what would you consider your all time classic?

I can't really answer that question. Some songs of mine, people really (f******) love. You know, like Wonderwall. I don't really like it. Well, I like it, but it's just okay, you know what I mean. Some songs that I really like, like Part Of The Queue, you know that one? Well, I love that track, but no one else seems to like it. It's really all about what other people think. If somebody said to me Wonderwall is your best song, I'm not gonna disagree with them. I just write songs, and put them out there, and if people like it, they like it. If they don't, they don't. What I think about it is irrelevant. I don't listen to my own music at home. I'm forever told off by my fans for putting great songs on B-sides. I don't know what great songs are, you know what I mean. I just write music for a living, you know.

So what music do you currently listen to then?

At the moment, I listen to a lot of David Bowie. Anything really. The way technology is now, you can have an entire record collection on your phone. Everything. Then you just press the button, and stand back. So it plays on random order. That's what I like doing now.

Is it true that you wrote Who Feels Love in Phuket on a beach? If so, will you be writing anything in Thailand again?

That's right. I haven't got a guitar with me this time. They're all on stage. I still write all the time. I start a million songs a week. Every day I start songs. Then I rarely finish them. When I finish a song, it's like a massive celebration. I start so many, I don't know which ones to finish.

Your music videos for this albums are like short films, why?

I don't really get involved with that. I hate being in videos. I'm not an actor, you know what I mean. For these videos, I said to the guys, "I don't want to be in it." Everybody goes, "Oh, you have to be in it." I don't want to be standing [being filmed] playing a guitar. So they wrote this part where I stand staring out the window. Well, I can do that. I don't really get involved. I just turn up, and they tell me to sit in this car and pretend to drive along. I do that, and then I go home. But [these videos] are so beautifully shot. This guy, Mike Bruce, is a fantastic film-maker.

As a football fan, tell us your thoughts on the Hillsborough Disaster (the 1989 crush of fans that killed 96 people).

I was in Manchester, I was watching it on TV. I was horrified then, but even more so now. There was a lot of violence in England at the time. There was a lot of football violence. There was a lot of civil unrest [under] Margaret Thatcher's government and all that. The fact that it happened was terrible and tragic. But what really is more disgraceful is the fact that they covered it up. Now the truth has come out, I hope the families will go after the people who covered it up because that was a disgrace. They not only lied to the nation, and demonised football supporters and also people from Liverpool, they lied about death. It's disgraceful. For that period of time, Margaret Thatcher, I'm afraid, has got a lot to answer for.

Any new bands/artists you would recommend?

There's a guy from England called Jake Bugg, a solo artist. Sounds a bit like Donovan or Bob Dylan. He's only 17. He's great. As for bands, not really. There hasn't been a band since Kasabian really where I've gone "wow". British guitar music is on its knees at the moment. There's a band called The Vaccines. They're alright. Nice lads.

Source: www.bangkokpost.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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

Click here for a number of pictures of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Village Stage (Zone 1) at the Formula 1 Singtel Grand Prix in Singapore earlier yesterday.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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NME Anniversary Magazine Covers Features Liam And Noel Gallagher

The NME this week has a number of various covers that feature Liam and Noel Gallagher.

The magazine is in stores on Wednesday.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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Noel Gallagher: I Nearly Killed Amorphous Androgynous

Noel Gallagher has revealed why his album with psychedelic group Amorphus Androgynous has never appeared – he rowed with the band and hated the final product.

The High Flying Birds frontman said: “I nearly killed them. I remember saying, ‘The last time I played a guitar this long was over three nights at Wembley.’

When I got the record off them I was like, ‘OK, I don’t like it’.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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Mega Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Various Locations

Click here for a large number of pictures taken by site visitor Sandra of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at various European concerts.

Click Recent Albums to see the pictures from various gigs.

Thanks to Sandra

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Cardiff

Click here for a number of pictures of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff earlier this month.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Singapore

Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Village Stage (Zone 1) at the Formula 1 Singtel Grand Prix in Singapore earlier today.

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

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

More details on the above dates and more can be found by clicking here.

Noel Gallagher Believes His Cat Is A Reincarnation Of Alfred Hitchcock

Noel Gallagher apparently believes his cat Boots in a reincarnation of Hollywood legend Alfred Hitchcock. 

A friend of the former Oasis guitarist said: "He is convinced the cat is a reincarnation of him because of the shadow he casts on the wall.

He wants to know if it is possible for his cat to have lived another life like humans."

Manchester City fan Noel made the startling revelation on Talksport’s underrated Andy Goldstein show and his pal said: “Boots really belongs to his wife Sara and Noel knows he will take some stick if he does hire an 'animal regressionist' but thinks it may have some comedy value.”

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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Noel Gallagher On Oasis, Beady Eye, The Future And More

So there we were, sitting in a meeting room at the lovely Four Seasons hotel, talking to Noel Gallagher, the man who gave us anthems such as Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back In Anger, Live Forever, The Importance Of Being Idle, Lyla, The Hindu Times, Go Let It Out, Stand By Me, Shock Of The Lightning and many others.

He’s in town for this year’s Grand Prix, and even though he wasn’t feeling well, still consented to give us time for an interview. And here’s what he had to say, in all it’s uncut* glory.

(*Well, a little bit was cut. For fear of offending people who get offended by expletives, we’ve replaced the expletives with the word “bunny”.) ‘Nuff said. Let’s hop to it…

On whether being solo is freeing…
I’ve not really had the chance to analyse it yet, but when I was making the album I didn’t feel like I was entering a new phase. I feel like that now, because I’ve been on the road and it’s gone well after a year. I don’t sit down and think about such things, if I did that I’d never get anything done. If I thought I was into a Neil Young phase, I’d listen to all his records and then say, “Well I can’t be as good as that, so I’ll bunny retire”.

On knowing success…
But you don’t know that. Nobody can predict that, what’s going to happen. I think that the songs there are up there with the best collection of songs that I’ve written, but it doesn’t matter what I think. People might not have thought that. I was thinking, “I know I can do this, but are people going to be interested enough to watch me sing for one-and-a-half hours”? I don’t do much else.

On Oasis not being a “jump around” band…
That’s what I used to say, but other people in the group thought it was something else. As a songwriter, I have to believe it’s the power of the songs really. And everything else is just a bonus. I think every songwriter will tell you that.

On whether Be Here Now was a good album…
I don’t give a bunny what anybody says. You opinion is… I know that I just made it up as I went along. They’re not the greatest set of lyrics I’ve ever written. I don’t like it. It’s like how people go mad for Wonderwall. Stand by me; I’m not so sure about. But Don’t Go Away, yeah. But as an album I don’t like the sound of it, I don’t like the words – which are bunny – but I just think at the time, I could have done a lot better. I don’t really… I feel like I’ve given all my best songs to the B-sides for all the singles, from Definitely Maybe onwards. I feel like I’ve wasted two albums worth of songs. They came out as The Masterplan, but really, that should have been the third album.

On being nervous about going solo…
I wasn’t nervous about playing. I don’t get stage fright at all. You can’t expect people who’ve pay however much to come and see you and watch a guy who’s scared of being there. That’s bunny all. I was a bit curious and anxious as to what people would think of my thing. I’m rooted to the spot. I can’t balance a tambourine on my head, I don’t wear ludicrous parkas and I don’t have a funny haircut. And there’s a healthy section of my audience that dug that kind of thing. I’ve been vindicated in a way, because my whole thing was “Bunny it”. All I’ve got to give people are the songs, and if people want the razzmatazz and the wacky lights and all that, then they’re going to be disappointed. But I was pleasantly surprised that all the gigs – apart from the first one, which is always the weird one – have been pretty euphoric.

On judging success because Beady Eye put their album out earlier…
After Beady Eye put their record out. At that point we were managed by the same people and I thought, Well, there’s at least that. Because all the people who’ve bought the Beady Eye album are not going to not buy mine. But you can’t predict. For instance, I was listening to their record and I thought I would have put millions on it if I can have a big track off the album, as it turned out it’s been What A Life. So you don’t really know. I’m not going to be arrogant and say this is the bollocks. But you know, the Beady Eye record, they’re lads and they’ve got a great vibe and all that. But sadly, the one thing they don’t got is the songs, you know? And I’ve spent a decade or more trying to convince people that it is – bunny the vibe, if you want the vibe, go to a disco. Ultimately, I think I’ve been proved right.

On George Martin calling Noel the greatest songwriter of his era…
Honestly, it’s great when you see it in print and all that. I sat in a room with him and he asked me to show him how I wrote Wonderwall and he said, it’s great, you know, in his old upper class manner. But I don’t dwell on things like that. It’s great. And if anyone would know about great songwriters, it’d be him, having worked with the two best of all time. But I don’t think that. Otherwise I’d have retired after that. What else would you go after that? I’d have packed my things and gone bunny it. George Martin thinks I really should have been the fifth Beatles, so bunny everybody else. It’s all right if you think that. But if you think that, then you’re not the person to be producing my next album, because you’ve got to go into that with a clean slate. When I was at that NME Awards for that genius award and they showed that clip of George Martin saying that and I’d forgotten about it, but it is a kind of wow moment. You can’t just sit there and think, that’s bunny. Well, I do, sometimes.

On there being no more rock star bands like Oasis…
Oasis was the last of that kind of group. There’s no way, that a band like that – a street band – will go and sell 60 or 70 million albums. It will never happen again. Because the times have changed. People may sell more records, but it won’t just explode from the gutter from nothing. The music business in 1993, when we started, was great. Now it’s just a business and the consumer is king. And for most part, the consumer is an idiot. It won’t happen again. Bands won’t have that attitude any more.

On still performing as a band when he’s old…
I don’t see the nobility or dignity of being in a band and trying to sell that Last Gang In Town thing, when you’re at 103 or however old Mick Jagger is. That doesn’t appeal to me. When I left Oasis and people asked what I was going to do, there was only one real option. I can’t form another band, wear leather jackets and pretend like, “Yeah, we’re a band, man”. It’s just a bunch of grumpy old men, you know?
Me neither. I get asked about it and it annoys the life out of me. My attitude is: Why? Why would we do it? For money? Nobody in the group needs the money. To remind people of how good we were? We split up two years ago. If you didn’t see us, tough bunny. We were going for 20 years and if you didn’t see us, if you were too young, then… come and see me. I’m equally as good! I’ll be dictated to by what I writing. If I carry on writing the way I am, I’ll be compelled to put out album. What else can I do? I don’t see me doing long gruelling world tours like this. That’s a young man’s game. But McCartney’s still going. Neil Young is still going. We’ll see how far McCartney and Neil and Bob Dylan take it, and that’ll be the benchmark. And I go and see McCartney and I think, bunny hell, he’s amazing. But as long as I keep writing the stuff that I like, then I’ll be compelled to go into the studio. But the great thing about this is, if I don’t want to make an album for 10 years. I won’t do it. I’m just going to sit at home and – I don’t know what I’ll do – bunny get on my wife’s nerves. Which I quite enjoy. It depends on what enthusiasm I have for writing. That shows no signs of letting up. I start a million songs a week. Finish one a year! But I still like to write. It’s what I do.

On writing political songs…
I’m never going to write Blowin’ In The Wind. Let’s just say that. But there are lines in songs that sum up life. I know that. But it’ll be hidden in a song. I’ve got a song that I just finished, Dying In The Light – you can probably look it up on the Internet if somebody’s bootlegged it at soundcheck. But I finished it and I thought, yeah, I still can do it. Cigarettes And Alcohol is social commentary. It’s just that if a protest singer wrote it, he’d come and beat you around the head with it. You have to let people discover these things. I’m not one for saying my songs are one thing or another, but they’re just true to me, I guess.

On inspiring other people to do something about their lives…
That makes me incredibly proud. I know that and I’m aware of it. But I don’t sit on a throne and think I’m Caesar. Others might – let’s call them wankers. Paul Weller had the same effect on me. And I know Paul. He’s my neighbour – he lives right across the street from me. And a more down-to-earth, level headed guy, you’ll never meet in your live. The Jam was the Oasis of their day. They defined a generation both in the way they looked and what they thought about and their music still stands up today. He’s a great inspiration. I’m aware that things changed after Definitely Maybe and I know some people were inspired, to write books, form a band or whatever. I know that and it’s great. It means my funeral will be extremely well-attended. But I never sit there and think I’m the bunny bunny.

On his legacy…
My legacy? The music, thank god, will be there forever. It has a timeless quality to it. My legacy as an artiste – for want of a better word – is that I was somebody who inspired other working class people. But I don’t know if that’s true. I only go by what other people say. And the sad thing is I won’t be around to see what my legacy is. That’ll be a shame. I don’t know. Just a bunny good songwriter.

On the way the next Paul Weller or Noel won’t be the same…
I think the gap between Paul leaving the biggest band in England and going on to have an equally successful career as a solo artiste, the gap between him and me is 18 or 20 years from him going solo and me going solo. The gap between me and the next guy, don’t even think about it, it’ll be 50 years. People have side projects now. Nobody actually says, bunny it, I’m done, I’m going for it. They have side projects. People asked me if I had Alex Turner’s solo album and I didn’t even bunny know he had one out. It’s called Submarine or something. But why is he not shouting it from the rooftops? They’ve got a different mentality. It’s a shame, but bunny ‘em, I say.

On not performing at the Olympics…
I thought I was going to be in it. Of course, they asked me to sing Wonderwall. I went quite a far way down the road with it. And leading up to the beginning of the dress rehearsals. They kind of said, “You know, nobody’s playing live”. And I said, “Why?” and they said, “It’s kind of a big gig”. They sang live, they didn’t play live. They wanted me to do acoustic, so I would have to sing live but mime (the playing). And then someone said, “We’d like to do a new string arrangement for it” and I’m like, “Yeah, okay, alright – you know what, I’m going to pass on this” because I don’t like miming and singing live. And I thought, this is going to be too much bunny trouble, so I passed. And then they called up and said, “We’re going to ask Liam” and I said “great – just don’t bunny ask Keane or anybody like that”. I would have been up for doing it, had they bunny let me do it live. But there you go. It’s no big deal. I thought the whole thing was pretty good. Beady Eye? Yeah, they did it justice. They recorded it bunny note for note. I thought it was a difficult thing to sing live while the band is miming. It’s difficult. But I thought it went down pretty well. What can I say?

On whether there’ll be another High Flying Birds album…
I don’t know if that name will exist any more after this. Not for any other reason than I’ve made no plans after this. I’ve got a lot of songs. I’ve still got the other album that I scrapped, the songs off that. And I’ve got other songs leftover and I’m writing some. But I’m not thinking too far ahead. I finish this tour on Nov 12, and then I’ve got a TV thing to do on Nov 22. And after that … I don’t make plans. It’s like when I left Oasis, I didn’t have any plans. People asked and I said I’m not going to do anything. I’m not retired but I have made any plans. I went to bed one night, not thinking of music, I was thinking of what I was going to have for breakfast. And the next morning I woke up and I thought, I have to go back into the studio. I don’t know why that is. At the end of this tour, I’ll sit back and think, well that was great or that was bunny, and just wait for the call.

On the need to continue writing songs…
Financially, there’s no need to travel the world and do this. But you need to do it for yourself. When you’re a writer, there’s a need to get it out there because you gotta make space for more stuff. I’m a slave to it. I have this fear that – I’ve got loads of demos – and I have this fear that I’ll bizarrely die and I’d have left them all to my kids in the will and they’ll get all the glory. The older the get – I mean I’m not in any rush to do anything. I still feel time is one my side. And I don’t want to overplay it. I don’t think people want another album from me next year or the year after. Because that means I’ll have to go on tour and I think people have seen enough of me. So I’d want to go back into my other life. Just blend into the background and sample normal life. I don’t live to work. I work so I can live. I’ve got three young kids. No, they’re not on tour with me, they’ve got school.

On whether Noel’s kids will get into music…
Will they get into music? I don’t know. They love listening to music. Nobody forced me to do music. I think the key is just to have instruments in the house and if they’re inquisitive children they’ll eventually pick it up. I could sit my children in a row and say, “Right today we’re going to play bunny Let’s Dance by David Bowie” but then I’ll be like Michael Jackson’s dad. But that’s not fun is it? I think if you push you kids into any one direction, they start rebelling. So I wouldn’t even lead them. I wouldn’t force a guitar on them… anyway, there’s only room for one rock star in the house. Mum would go mad.

On wishing Liam happy birthday…
No, no, no. No, I didn’t call.

On Noel interviewing Mario Balotelli…
He’s a character. A real force of nature. Doesn’t give a bunny about anything. I went to see City train that the morning, from 9 to 11, and he was phenomenal in training. And he came in to do the interview and the story only broke that afternoon – the one where he was photographed outside a strip club and smoking at 5am – and he’s fascinated by why people are fascinated by him. He didn’t get it. I saw him a couple of weeks ago at the changing room before a game, and I was in the foyer and he was like, “Come down” and I’m like, “I don’t think so, the game’s kicking off in a bit”. And he was “Bunny it, come down”. He was acting like he was in his own room.

On Manchester City winning the Premier League…
We’ve not started like how we ended last season. Don’t be fooled by Man United. I think it’s going to be very close again. I think Chelsea will fall away. Arsenal look like they may be the dark horse, but I think they’ll finish third. I think it’ll go to the last week again. I think – over 38 games – we’ve got a better squad than they have. I don’t think Van Persie will see it through. And they’ve got dodgy goalkeepers. And we’ve got bunny midfield. We’re shipping goals and it’s unlike us. Vincent Kompany has had a terrible start. I think there’s been a hangover from last season. I think there’s still a lot of backslapping. I think the fans are really, we drove them onto the title last season. I think there’s a sense of “We’ve done it now”. But I think when we get into it, I can see us coming from behind to win it. I thought instantly, we start, and we’d be 11 points clear by Christmas and that would be bunny it. If you’ve seen against Real Madrid, when they snap out of it, and they’ve got their bunny together. I think once they get serious, if we fall 8 points behind and “Bunny it, Come on, what’s going on” we’ll be alright. I still think we’ll win it.

On the best and worst thing about being Noel Gallagher…
It’s hard to say. What’s the best thing that’s happened to me recently? I’ve got to meet lots of cool people. I can’t think of any that I’ve met recently but…! The worst thing? I don’t know. I don’t know about questions like that. Because I am me. Oh, in Bangkok? Oh yeah, listening to Adele’s album while being beaten by Real Madrid. That’s bunny bunny. Fan of Adele? Not in the slightest. She can sing? Can’t we all? We can all sing. Everybody can sing. I was singing songs since the first Oasis single, so I’ve been singing for a long time, but that was out of necessity because Liam either wouldn’t or couldn’t sing the song, so I’d sing it. But when I wrote the Importance Of Being Idle, I thought wow. That’s when I started to fancy it as a singer. Not as a front man. But I was confident of singing live. I enjoy that side of it now. I think it’s a great gift to be able to sing. Or rather, I should say, the confidence to sing. Everybody can sing.

On his hair looking better now than when he was in Oasis…
I was more interested in drugs than hair product back then. I don’t dye it. I’ll think I’ll grow gracefully grey. I think I’ll eventually become a silver fox. There’s nothing worse than – I’ve been in bands with men who were with the tea towel and you’d be going out to dinner and “Are you coming?” “No, I’ve got to send some emails” and the next day, their hair’s a different colour. Well, it’s the same colour, but it looks very brown now. “Sure, it wasn’t that colour?” I’m blessed with it. Comes from my mum’s side. They’ve all got great hair. My dad was bald as bunny.

On watching Manchester’s City’s next gig during F1 weekend…
I’m going straight off stage to watch it, and then watch this Grand Prix thing.

Noel Gallagher will perform 23 Sept. Visit www.singaporegp.sg for more details.

Source: todayonline.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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Vote For Noel Gallagher At The Q Awards

Noel Gallagher is in the running for two Q Awards at this years event, he is up for Best Video and Best Solo Artist.

You can vote now at Qthemusic.com/qawards2012 until early October.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

More details on the above dates and more can be found by clicking here.

Win Some Prizes When You Pre-Order 'International Magic Live At The O2'

Everyone who pre-orders Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'International Magic Live At The O2' will be entered into a competition to win a signed, personalised and framed set-list from the Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds show at the London O2 on Febraury 26th 2012.

25 Runners up win a signed artwork print, 'International Magic Live At The O2' is released on Sour Mash on October 15th.

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

More details on the above dates and more can be found by clicking here.

Noel Gallagher On Manchester City Winning The Premiership Title

Noel Gallagher has been talking about watching Manchester City winning the Premiership title in Santiago, Chile earlier this year.

Speaking to the current issue of Q Noel said "It was a horrible yet brilliant day. We had a gig that night, and I was exhausted. A lot of it was to do with drinking Champagne admittedly, but I was so f**ked from the match. We went to go onstage and there was a knock on the dressing room door. Out tour manager comes in and says, "The British ambassador is here to see you, it's something about a football match..." So then he comes in, "Well, Mr Gallagher, it must be a marvellous day for you!" "Yeah brilliant." And he says, "I'm here on behalf of the British Embassy to congratulate you on your teams success!" "Really? Have you got nothing better to do".

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Village Stage (Zone 1) at the Formula 1 Singtel Grand Prix in Singapore later today (Sep 23rd).

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

More details on the above dates and more can be found by clicking here.

Another On This Day In Oasis History...

The videos below are from September 23rd 2008, when Zane Lowe caught up with the band to discuss a number of various subjects.





Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

More details on the above dates and more can be found by clicking here.