Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Hammond

Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at The Venue At The Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, USA last week.

(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
AKA... Broken Arrow
Half The World Away
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Whatever
Don't Look Back In Anger

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In Nashville

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, USA later today (Nov 5th).

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Noel Gallagher: David Bowie Is In The Same League As John Lennon

There was a time when Noel Gallagher walked the earth with the imperious swagger of a rock ’n’ roll demigod. His band, Oasis, was in the process of selling 70 million records and earning roughly twice that many headlines in the United Kingdom alone.

Gallagher and his younger brother, Liam, were the faces of the band, and to describe them as “quotable” is inadequate beyond all measure. Everything they said, every backstage brawl they had and every single they released caused earthquakes.

This was in the latter half of the 1990s, when copies of 1994’s “Definitely Maybe” and 1995’s “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” were flying off the shelves — yes, there were still shelves — at a dizzying rate. The band continued for five more albums and dozens more fistfights before Noel had enough and left the band in 2009.

The headlines, however, have never stopped, and most of them are about a reunion.

“They live in hope, and good for them,” Gallagher said. “I get asked it every day and it’s written about virtually every week in Britain, but it’s not gonna happen. The three reasons bands re-form are for money, unfinished business and to get the rightful acclaim that they thought was theirs in the first place. But we had all that.”

Rest assured that Gallagher remains as quotable as ever. While chatting about his strong new album, “Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds,” and a tour with Snow Patrol that stops at the Louisville Palace Sunday night, he was charming, very funny, spectacularly profane and said “D’you know what I mean?” roughly 140 times in 22 minutes.

In America, Gallagher vacillates between headliner and opening act, while in Europe he performs in stadiums. He seems happy with life as a solo artist, and his band’s first tour has done well enough that it was extended from six months to 12, while the album has spawned a pair of Top 20 singles in the UK, including the excellent “If I Had a Gun ... .”

A few things have changed. He quit smoking, has cut back quite a bit on drinking and even goes to bed early, all due to the responsibilities he now has with his name above the title.

“I used to kind of shuffle onstage with Oasis and nobody really took much ------ notice of me, but now you’ve got to be on it, from first song to the last,” he said. “The way I used to be with Oasis, staying up until 5 o’clock in the morning debating whether David Bowie was in the same league as John Lennon, I can’t do that anymore. Got to go to bed.

“And for the record, David Bowie is in the same league as John Lennon. ... Song for song, they’re pretty equal until you realize that Bowie has got one green eye and one red eye. What the ----? ----- hell! He might be better than Lennon. He’s got two different-coloured eyes! Unbelievable.”

Gallagher didn’t rush into a solo career, working on his album for nearly two years (he actually recorded two albums, although he said that he’ll re-record the second before releasing it). The result is less a collection of singles and more of what he calls “a proper album,” with a unified story. It’s a result, he said, of writing songs that he would sing instead of Liam.

“With a song like ‘If I had A Gun ... ,’ for instance, I know who that song is about, so I as the writer am able to deliver that song in the correct way because I ------ wrote it about something that’s real to me,” he said. “If someone else is writing words for you, how can you possibly have any connection to that, d’you know what I mean?

“The happy accident is that whatever I was writing about that was going on around me, people have taken it and they see it as about them, d’you know what I mean, and that’s ------ mind-blowin’. It’s just ------ magic, that’s what it is. I am as in awe of that as you are, trust me.”

Gallagher’s show Sunday — his first time in Kentucky — comes near the end of his year-long tour. Soccer will be getting serious soon in Britain and Gallagher is eager to watch Manchester City, his home team. He’ll miss America, though.

“One of the great things about touring America, and this is a fact, is that you get to do concerts in America where people are there to listen to the music,” he said. “In England, it’s a bit more about fashion and who you’re sleeping with and what shoes you’re wearing.

“In America, people aren’t interested in what shoes you’re wearing. They want you to play the ------ songs and be good. Don’t look good, be good. Look good if you can, y’know, but actually be good. And fortunately for me, I’m pretty ------ good.”

Source: www.courier-journal.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In Louisville

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at Palace Theatre in Louisville, USA later today (Nov 4th).

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Beady Eye's Performance Of 'Wonderwall' At The Olympics Is Now Available On DVD And Blu-Ray

Beady Eye's performance of Wonderwall is now available on the official DVD of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

It was the Olympic Games we will never forget; an extraordinary event in Britain’s history with intense drama, sporting brilliance and heart-wrenching emotion. Capturing the key moments of the Games, including a specially-edited version of the entire Opening Ceremony from Director Danny Boyle, over seven hours of sporting highlights and the full Closing Ceremony, these day-by-day highlights relive the triumphs, moving stories and memories that will live on forever.

Experience once again the magnificent performances from outstanding athletes such as Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, Chris Hoy and Jessica Ennis. Marvel at the many amazing achievements, including Mo Farah’s double gold, Oscar Pistorius’ Olympic Games debut and Nicola Adams’ gold in the boxing ring. Relive Team GB’s 29 gold medal triumphs and recapture the moments which made these Olympic Games so special; from the electrifying atmosphere in the stadium on ‘Super Saturday’ to judo’s Gemma Gibbons’ tearful dedication and the pure emotion of swimmer Chad le Clos’ father.

5 DISC BOX SET INCLUDES:

DISC 1: The Opening Ceremony: Part One
DISC 2: The Opening Ceremony: Part Two
DISC 3: Sporting Highlights (Days 7 – 10)
DISC 4: Sporting Highlights (Days 11 – 16)
DISC 5: Closing Ceremony

The London 2012 Olympic Games ended in style with a celebration of music and sporting achievement, created by Kim Gavin. It marked the end of an amazing chapter in London’s life and featured an array of British artists from the last 50 years including Beady Eye, Russell Brand, Eric Idle, The Kinks, The Spice Girls and Jessie J.

For more details visit the BBC website here.

Is Liam Gallagher Set To Perform An Acoustic Set In January?

The Sun reported in September that Liam Gallagher will be making his first acoustic performance in January as part of London Fashion Week and that only 120 people will hear eight songs he is set to play.

Taken from a recent interview with Pretty Green's Head of Design Pat Salter spoke to GQ Magazine.

What do you have planned next?

We want to do more on the accessories side of things - we have a completely new shoe range launching next season which is exciting. The next big thing is our showing at London Collections: Men in January.

No official word yet but I will keep you informed.

Review And Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Kansas

Though it wasn’t officially billed as one, Thursday’s show at the Midland theater featured co-headliners.

Snow Patrol played the evening’s final slot, but it was clear that many of the 1,300 or so fans were there to see the second of three bands: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.

The double bill turned out to be a blessing after a mechanical issue shortened Snow Patrol’s set.

Gallagher was the main songwriter, lead guitarist and singer with the British rock band Oasis, which called it quits in 2009. This year he launched the Birds, his first post-Oasis solo project. Oasis hadn’t been in Kansas City since a show at Memorial Hall in 1994, so there was plenty of anticipation among the group’s fans.

He is touring off the Birds’ self-titled first album, a collection of songs that bear many of the traits of his Oasis material: big guitars, lovelorn lyrics, thick harmonies and sweet, sticky melodies. His hour-long set featured several Birds tracks, but not before he fed the early arrivals a treat: “It’s Good to be Free,” an Oasis B-side. (It appeared some people were surprised by Gallagher’s 8:10 p.m. start, apparently figuring he was the headliner.)

From there Gallagher and his band turned to the “Birds” album, starting with “Everybody’s On the Run,” a gust of British anthem-rock with a slight psychedelic accent, then “Let the Lord Shine a Light on Me” and “If I had a Gun,” a heart-on-the-sleeve love ballad (“If I had a gun/I’d shoot a hole in the sun/And love would burn this city down for you.”)

But Gallagher was happy to indulge those who came to hear songs from the band that made him (and his brother, Liam) famous and infamous. The acoustic version of “Wonderwall” was nice; the closer, “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” now 17 years old, generated lots of singing and faraway, nostalgic gazes.

Gallagher also tossed in some lesser-known songs and B-sides: “Talk Tonight” and “(I Wanna Live in a Dream in my) Record Machine,” an Oasis song that appears on the “Birds” album. Throughout his set, he was crusty but congenial, chatting and sparring lightly with his crowd up front. It wasn’t an Oasis show, but for those of us who never saw his band, it was a satisfying substitute.

Thursday’s show was the fourth time in five years or so that Snow Patrol has performed in Kansas City. A couple of those shows, especially its first at the Uptown Theater, were exceptional. They are a suitable paring with Gallagher’s band; their music shares some of the same traits. Gary Lightbody, the band’s lead singer, is a dynamic frontman, the type who can rev up a crowd and stoke the mood inside a big room.

Things were going well for about a half-dozen songs, including “Hands Open,” “Take Back This City” and “This Isn’t Everything You Are.” Then something went awry on stage. Lightbody seemed flustered and distressed, and the band continued to perform a half-acoustic set, he without his guitar. After the show, Lightbody’s Twitter message said: “Thanks Kansas City for your warmth. It wasn’t the show we wanted to give you but after the guitar systems went down we gave you all we had.”

To the band’s credit, with sport and grace, it made the best of a situation that could have ended the show. Instead it delivered a few of its big numbers, such as “Chasing Cars” and “Just Say Yes.” There was even an encore: “Life-ning.”

In the end, Snow Patrol played an 11-song set that lasted a bit more than an hour. Lightbody apologized a few times for what happened and thanked the crowd for its patience. But it’s unlikely too many people who were there will look back on this night in anger. The other headliner made certain of that.

Click here for a number of pictures.

Source: www.kansascity.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records.

They are currently playing the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.

For details on the above and more click here.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In Hammond

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at The Venue at Horseshoe in Hammond, USA later today (Nov 2nd).

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.

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records.

They are currently playing the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.

 For details on the above and more click here.

Win Tickets To See Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Dallas

Click here for details on how to win tickets to see Noel Gallagher on November 7th at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie in Dallas, USA.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records.

They are currently playing the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.

For details on the above and more click here.

Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Kansas City

Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at The Midland By AMC in Kansas City, USA 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
Wonderwall
(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

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records.

They are currently playing the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.

For details on the above and more click here.

Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Minneapolis

Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Minneapolis, USA earlier this week.

(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
AKA... Broken Arrow
Half The World Away
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Whatever
Don't Look Back In Anger

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records.

They are currently playing the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.

For details on the above and more click here.

Pretty Green's Pat Salter On Working With Liam Gallagher And More

As head of design at Pretty Green, Pat Salter is Liam Gallagher's right hand man, charged with turning the Beady Eye frontman's vision into a wearable reality. The former head of denim development at Ted Baker, Salter was appointed after a chance meeting with Liam in London last year. During his tenure, he has kicked the three-year-old brand up a gear, introducing the smarter Black Label line as well as expanding the denim offering from three pairs of jeans to a whole range of hard-wearing workwear.

GQ.com talked to the designer to pick his brain about what is like to work with one of the most outspoken individuals in British music.

GQ.com: How does the creative process work between you and Liam?
Pat Salter: Liam's a very hands-on boss. At the beginning of the season we have a design meeting and discuss where his head's at with the collections - what sort of mood he's feeling and what he's into at that particular time. Then I go away and create a mood board around those ideas. Unfortunately I can't buy the amount of clothes that he does but he has a huge archive of clothing that he selects from his wardrobe to build the collection around. He doesn't sit there drawing, but he's got a lot of ideas - being in a band, he's a creative guy.

Who is your best-dressed British man?
It's got to be Brian Jones. Obviously if you dressed like that now you wouldn't get very far walking down your local high street, but every picture of him is cool. I also like late Sixties/early Seventies Michael Caine. You've got to throw Michael Caine in there too. Don't get me wrong, that's not how I dress - I don't walk around with big floppy rabbit fur hats with feathers in them, but you can't deny how great those guys looked: clashing shoes, clashing patterns, clashing fabrics, velvet, corduroy. It was chaos, but it worked.

What are the five items a man should have in his wardrobe?
Firstly, a decent pair of well-fitting selvedge jeans from Japan. Not a reproduction pair - a real hardcore pair of wear-in-yourself Japanese jeans. Then a white v-neck T-shirt and a cool bit of outerwear (I would go for a Stone Island CP parka). On the shoe front you need a pair of classic sneaker pumps. Finally you need a slim-fitting black suit tucked away in your wardrobe that can be worn at smarter events.

Who is your Bond of choice?
Straight away my brain went to Sean Connery, but I'm going for Roger Moore. Those tailored suits with nipped-in waists and pastel colours: you couldn't wear his stuff unless you were a make-believe secret agent.

Will Pretty Green ever do black tie?
Liam goes to a lot of smarter events these days, so, I can't definitely say yes, but it's a distinct possibility.

What is the most stylish film and why?
Get Carter is the obvious answer, but I'm going to say Star Wars. Just look at the Stormtroopers: those costumes are as cool today as they were when they came out in the Seventies.

Can you recommend a good book?
Ideas from Massimo Osti. He was the brains behind a lot of great brands - including my favourite, Stone Island CP -  and this is a photographic biography of his genius. Sad times, good book.

What do you have planned next?
We want to do more on the accessories side of things - we have a completely new shoe range launching next season which is exciting. The next big thing is our showing at London Collections: Men in January…

After Liam presented his GQ Men Of The Year award, will we be seeing Bradley Wiggins in the next campaign?
They struck up quite a rapport at the GQ Awards, didn't they? Wiggins is a dude and he's into the same scene as us, but as to whether he'll do stuff with us? Watch this space.

Check out the current collection at prettygreen.com

Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

Bid For A Signed Guitar From Members Of Oasis, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays And More

A guitar signed by the biggest names in Manchester's music scene is being auctioned off for charity.

Oasis, The Stone Roses, The Charlatans, New Order, Happy Mondays, The Smiths and Elbow are some of the bands who have autographed it.

Named the Madchester Guitar, it is the brainchild of Adam Masters, who owns South City Music shop.

Click here to bid on the guitar or for more details.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records.

They are currently playing the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.

 For details on the above and more click here.

Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Winnipeg

Click here for a number of pictures from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg, Canada last week.

Thanks to AG

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records.

They will embark on a number European dates before they tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.

For details on the above and more click here.

Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Seattle

Click here for a number of pictures from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the WaMu Theater in Seattle, USA last week.

Thanks to AG

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records.

They will embark on a number European dates before they tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.

For details on the above and more click here.

Yet Another Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Vancouver

Click here, here and here for a number of pictures from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada last week.

Thanks to AG

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records.

They will embark on a number European dates before they tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.

For details on the above and more click here.

Videos: Madchester Guitar Signed By Manchester Bands Auctioned

A guitar signed by the biggest names in Manchester's music scene is to be auctioned off for charity.

The Stone Roses, Oasis, The Charlatans, New Order, Happy Mondays, The Smiths and Elbow are some of the bands who have autographed it.

Named the Madchester Guitar, it is the brainchild of Adam Masters, who owns South City Music shop.

Click here to watch a video from the BBC.



Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records.

They are currently playing the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.

For details on the above and more click here.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In Kansas City

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at The Midland By AMC in Kansas City, USA later today (Nov 1st).

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.

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records.

They are currently playing the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.

 For details on the above and more click here.

No Means No: Noel Gallagher Will Never, Ever Revisit Oasis

My first post-Oasis earful came last year from Liam Gallagher as he toured Beady Eye, a band comprised of three-fourths of Oasis minus singer Liam’s guitarist brother Noel.

After 18 years together in Oasis, the Gallagher brothers had topped the charts (“Wonderwall,” “Champagne Supernova”) and altered the course of rock and roll. But they were 18 contentious years. The Gallaghers fought constantly, and at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris in 2009 another backstage dust-up turned out to be their last. Noel stormed out. Oasis was over.

Inevitable solo projects followed. Liam and the others came and went as Beady Eye. “We’re not lacking anything,” he assured me. (Except a hit.)

Noel, now 45, stalled a while, then produced a solo album and now a lengthy tour under the moniker Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. The latter debut went platinum in England but hasn’t fared as well in the States.

Which may explain why Gallagher — once one of the biggest rock stars in the world — this weekend not only shares a double bill with the middling band Snow Patrol, but shares it at a casino in Chicago’s hinterlands.

The second earful — much funnier, by the way — came from Noel a few weeks ago. Adding to our conversation, a curious headline had appeared days earlier in the British music mag NME: “Liam Gallagher ‘would reform Oasis tomorrow.’ ” The article claimed everybody wanted the reunion and only Noel stood in its way.

Judging by Noel’s quip-tastic banter, fans shouldn’t hold their breath.

Question: You were the guitarist in Oasis, not often up front at the mike. What have you learned about becoming a front man?

Noel Gallagher: You know the [Maroon 5] song “Moves Like Jagger”? I don’t have them. I have moves like Wyman. I didn’t know what to expect when I first stepped up front. I thought, well, this’ll be weird for people. I haven’t really learned anything, but it’s reinforced my belief that what I always thought is true: It’s all about the songs. The songs are the show. Groups are about the razzmatazz, but when you go see a solo artist like Neil Young or Bob Dylan or Paul McCartney or Bowie or me, you know, you’re there to hear the songs. If you do that, that’s it. Unless, you know, you’re Madonna or Lady Gaga, but who gives a f--- about that? You don’t go to see Neil Young dance.

Q. I’ve heard you talk about Oasis naturally falling into what you call “the trap of stadium rock.” Why is that inevitable at a certain level?

NG: You get to the point of selling out stadiums, and that’s how your success is measured, subconsciously by you and everybody else. So you want to stay there, you know what I mean? People come to see you in stadiums, they want stadium rock. There’s nowhere left for you to go. So you’re expected to try and keep that going. It’s f-----g amazing, amazing, but don’t tell me the next Green Day album sounds different than the last three, not that anybody gives a f---. It was the same with Oasis. You start a rock band and the goal is to play stadiums. You get there, and you’re stuck there. Any movement from that point is considered a failure. You don’t get to say, “We need to f--- this off and go back to playing clubs,” because you just can’t. It’s a trap — an enjoyable one, but it puts an unnecessary ceiling on creativity.

Q. I interviewed Liam last year, and I asked him what the backstage fight in 2009 was about. He said, “You’d have to ask Noel.” So I’m asking: What was it about?

NG: Let’s see if I can recall. He’d not turned up for the previous gig, [the V Festival] in England. He caught a lot of flak in the press over it — we all did, but he got most of it. He’s a little bit like Hitler, Liam. Hitler thought there was a world conspiracy against the Germans, and Liam thinks there’s a world conspiracy against him, perpetrated by me through the press.

Q. But you and Liam fought all the time. What made that fight the clincher for the band?

NG: It was just the straw that broke the camel’s back. What makes an alcoholic give up drink after years of drinking? Going to the festival site that day, I had no intention of leaving the group. I was thinking about the next Oasis record. But after that, you know, I said f--- this. I didn’t particularly want to go solo. But I just said f--- it. That’s it, f--- it. A healthy dose of f--- it every now and then is good. It forces you into things you maybe should have done in the first place. Was it that bad? No. Had there been worse fights? Yeah.

Q. Have there been any moments of regret?

NG: No, and I don’t mean that in a callous way. But, no. There was a huge fracas in the dressing room, sh-- was smashed up. I went and sat in my car outside. The driver had the engine running. A big scene was going on inside. I sat there for what must have been a minute or two, but it felt like a lifetime. In that space of time, everything that had happened and was going to happen was flashing before my eyes. I made the decision. If I told the driver to drive, then it was finished. All the people in the field will go on. It’ll cost us millions. Or I could sit here, calm down, and do the gig. It’ll be f-----g awful. Again, I thought, f--- it, and I said, “Drive.”

Q. You may not think about it, but Liam might. You saw the recent NME story?

NG: Yeah, well, unfortunately in the two years after I left the band, everyone else’s tune was very different. They were quite bullish about it. All the people in Beady Eye were saying, “Oasis ran its course, we’re glad we’re out of it, we’re more creative now.” OK, fine, if that’s the way they feel. But don’t come to me in three years when your sh-- has well and truly gone down the toilet. I’ve seen Liam, Gem [Archer] and Chris [Shamrock] since then, and when I’ve seen them [the idea of a reunion] has never been mentioned.

Q. Is anyone besides journalists like me asking you about this?

NG: Nobody gives a sh--. I do realize that the only way to get people to stop asking me about it is to do it. But I’m stubborn. If it’s the last thing I do, I won’t do it. To re-form it, how could it be as good? People say they want it to happen because they’re younger and they missed us. Tough sh--. I’ve never seen the Sex Pistols or the Beatles. I still haven’t seen Bob Dylan, thank God.

Q. So what’s your future look like then?

NG: I’m going to try and fake my own retirement and see how it goes. I’ve tried disappearing, but I’ve got too big a nose to disappear, really. I always get recognized, even if I dress like an Eskimo. I’m not going to do anything. Watch a lot of TV. What I might do is hope against hope that that guy beats Obama in the election.

Q. Beg pardon?

NG: We don’t get enough laughs out of Obama. We liked George Bush. He was funny as f---. The comedy value would be great with Romney. Not for you guys, though.

Source: www.suntimes.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records.

They are currently playing the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.

For details on the above and more click here.

Francis Rossi Wishes Oasis Tried To Last A Bit Longer

Status Quo lead singer Francis Rossi is offering some tough love to defunct band Oasis.

The 63-year-old thinks Noel, and Liam Gallagher, 45 and 40 respectively, should act their age.

“I just wish they’d tried to last a bit longer,” says Francis who is set to give fans access to new footage of Status Quo in a new documentary Hello Quo.

“Are Liam and Noel really brothers? I can understand a sibling rivalry when they’re in their mid-20s but they should be over all that. And if not then what sad cases they are.”

Source: express.co.uk

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records.

They are currently playing the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.

For details on the above and more click here.