Tickets Still Available For The 2013 Teenage Cancer Trust Concerts

A limited number of tickets are still available for the 2013 Teenage Cancer Trust concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, which will take place from 19 to 25 March 2013.

Featuring
RYAN ADAMS
KASABIAN
PRIMAL SCREAM
NOEL GALLAGHER
RIZZLE KICKS
DAMON ALBARN & GRAHAM COXON
LABRINTH
BETH ORTON

Plus an evening of comedy with

RUSSELL BRAND
NOEL FIELDING

Tickets for a number of shows are still available from the following sites:

www.gigsandtours.com
www.ticketmaster.co.uk
www.royalalberthall.com
www.teenagecancertrust.org

Full list of Teenage Cancer Trust Concerts as follows:

March 2013
Tuesday 19 - Ryan Adams with special guest Beth Orton
Wednesday 20 - An evening of comedy with Russell Brand and Noel Fielding and very special guests
Thursday 21 - Primal Scream
Friday 22 - Kasabian
Saturday 23 - Noel Gallagher, and Damon Albarn & Graham Coxon
Sunday 24 - Rizzle Kicks and Labrinth

Noel Gallagher is a longstanding supporter of the charity, and was asked to get involved in curating the shows by Teenage Cancer Trust patron and The Who front man, Roger Daltrey CBE.

Roger, currently on tour with The Who in America has been the driving force behind the concerts which have raised over £15million for Teenage Cancer Trust since they began in 2000.

This is the first time Roger Daltry has handed over the role of curating the series of concerts.

More info about the charity's work can be found at www.teenagecancertrust.org

Gallery: Liam Gallagher Through The Years

From sibling rivalry in Britpop's biggest band to taking on the world with Beady Eye, we chart Liam Gallagher's journey through the years.

Click here to watch the video.

Vote For Noel Gallagher At The NME Awards 2013

Noel Gallagher has been nominated for the Best Solo Artist at the NME Awards 2013 they take place on February 27th in its new home at London's Troxy.

Best Solo Artist

Jake Bugg
Noel Gallagher
Florence Welch
Miles Kane
Grimes
Paul Weller

Click here to vote.

On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below is from January 21st 1998, when Oasis appeared on 'The Jay Leno Show', and performed 'Don't Go Way' from 'Be Here Now'.

Liam Gallagher's Mad Fur It

It's hard to feel threatened by a bloke asking for a scrap in one of John Motson’s cast-off furry coats.

Liam Gallagher had a go at it after a heavy session in London’s Groucho Club – snarling that he wanted a fight with a snapper who caught him stumbling home.

His Beady Eye bandmate Gem Archer kept him out of trouble by hailing a cab – while Liam sunk to his knees for a breather.

Liam’s had some rowdy times at the Groucho, including a night where he blasted Paul Gascoigne with a fire extinguisher.

He had a heavy one even though he’s knocked drink on the head and reckons he’s more spiritual.

Hope he’s praying for forgiveness for that Sixties sheepskin.

You’d think he’d have learnt from the reception he got for the one he wore to the 1996 Brits.

Click here to see the pictures.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Cherry Red To Release Debut Record By Parlour Flames

Cherry Red Records is delighted to announce VOLUME#ONE the debut record by Parlour Flames is due for release Spring 2013! Parlour Flames is a musical collaboration between former Oasis rhythm guitarist Bonehead (aka Paul Arthurs) and the Manchester based singer songwriter & poet Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes).

Vinny and Bonehead have co-written & produced all the songs on VOLUME#ONE, playing the guitars, basses, pianos and keyboards. The vocals and lyrics were all sang/written by Vinny.

The record features Che Beresford (Badly Drawn Boy) on drums and percussion, Semay Woo on cellos, Anna Zweck (Samson & Delilah) on flute and backing vocals, Bob Marsh (Badly Drawn Boy, I Am Kloot) on trumpets & fugal horn. Ollie Collins alos plays bass on a couple of tracks.

The record was engineered by Dave Fyfe, and produced by Parlour Flames in Boneheads home studio. Parlour Flames were so named by Vinny after watching a TV program on Victorian lifestyles, early performance spaces and the flames of faith and endurance.

The band will play a number of UK gigs in February. Check the dates here.

To find out more about Parlour Flames & to hear some samples check out their official website & Facebook page or follow them on Twitter @ParlourFlames.

Source: www.cherryred.co.uk

On This Day In Oasis History...

Below is a video from January 18th 2001, when Oasis played at the Hot Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

On This Day In Oasis History...

On the 17th January 2005, Liam Gallagher and Gem Archer performed an acoustic version of Wonderwall for UK Radio Aid to benefit victims of the Asian Tsunami.

Definitely Baby

A scan of an Oasis fan’s unborn child bears an uncanny likeness to the band’s singer Liam Gallagher.

Musician Alan Turner, 31, was stunned by the resemblance to the Definitely Maybe star.
He said: “I was like, ‘Wow, check the hairdo!’ It looks identical to Liam’s. I’m a huge Oasis fan. We’ve always said if we have a boy we’ll call him Liam.”

Alan and wife Claire, 29, of Dundee, went for a scan at 12 weeks and six days on Monday.

Alan added: “We’re pretty sure it is a boy after seeing the picture.”

Click here to check out the picture of the scan.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Win An Exclusive Press Pack From Liam Gallagher's Pretty Green

The success of London Collections: Men this month was another milestone for UK menswear and Pretty Green are very proud to have been a part of it.

Click here to be in with a chance of winning an exclusive press pack from the LC: M Autumn Winter '13 show.

On This Day In Oasis History...

Below is a video from January 15th 1998, when Noel Gallagher appeared on Much Music in Toronto, Canada.

Noel Gallagher To Play At This Year's Glastonbury Festival?

Noel Gallagher is being tipped to play this year’s Glastonbury festival, according to website efestivals.co.uk.

Arctic Monkeys, The Rolling Stones and Fleetwood Mac have already been linked to this year’s music bash.

No official word yet, but I will keep you updated.

On This Day In Oasis History...

Below is a video from January 14th 2001, when Oasis played at the Rock In Rio Festival in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below is from January 13th 2009, when Liam Gallagher was interviewed back stage at the Forest National in Brussels, Belgium.

Listen To Andy Bell's Mix For Liam Gallagher's Pretty Green After Party

To celebrate Pretty Green's debut at the London Collections: Men line-up for Autumn Winter 2013, Beady Eye guitarist Andy Bell put together a special setlist which he mixed at the after party into the night.

Noel Gallagher's Fantasy Manager

Noel Gallagher tells the Fantasy Football Club who his fantasy manager would have been if he was a professional footballer.

Click here to watch the video.

Parlour Flames To Sign Start UK Tour Next Month

Former Oasis founding member Bonehead, will be touring with his new band Parlour Flames in Febuary.

Click here for ticket details, it's been reported that the band will sign a record deal with Cherry Red Records next week.

On This Day In Oasis History...

"All Around The World" is a song by British rock band Oasis. Released on the 12th of January 1998, the track peaked at Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart; it is the longest single ever to do so. It went Silver in the UK.




















"All Around the World", nearly ten minutes long, is embellished with string and horn pieces, and is followed by a two-minute-long instrumental, "All Around the World (Reprise)". Upon its release the reviews were generally positive. It is in keeping with many Oasis songs, such as "Whatever", "Acquiesce", "Live Forever" in that it preaches the belief that "it's gonna be okay". It also features a backing vocal in the coda remarkably similar to the corresponding section in The Beatles' song "Hey Jude".

History

The song was one of the first to be written by Noel, and there are recorded sessions of the band rehearsing it at the Boardwalk club as early as 1992. However, despite Noel's fondness for the song, it did not appear on their first two albums, Definitely Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, as he wanted to wait until the band could afford to produce the song in the extravagant manner in which it was to eventually appear. From time to time, Gallagher has claimed that this is one of the best songs he has ever written.

As early as Spring 1994, the final production sound for this song was envisaged. On the interview Wibbling Rivalry, Noel Gallagher said of the song, "With Supersonic, I worried I was never going to write another song after that 'cos I thought, 'It sounds that good'... Two days later I superseded it by about 50 fuckin' times. The reason we haven't recorded that song is because there isn't enough money in Creation Records' bank balance to pay for the production of that record. When we do that record..." Noel also added when asked if there would be an orchestra on it, "Orchestras, man? It's not got to be one, it's got to be two".

Video



Keeping with the feel of the song, the video was also a lavish affair. Featuring the band in a yellow spaceship, the animated piece saw them travel through a world akin to The Beatles' Yellow Submarine film. The video was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and apparently took 24 computer animators 6 months to make. The video itself is not as long as the song, lasting just over seven minutes. The part of the song that was cut out is mostly towards the end.

Description

Noel described the song shortly before the release of the album- "I wrote this one ages ago, before Whatever. It was twelve minutes long then. It was a matter of being able to afford to record it. But now we can get away with the 36-piece orchestra. And the longer the better as far as I'm concerned. If it's good. I can see what people are going to say, but fuck 'em, basically."

"The lyrics are teeny-poppy. But there are three key changes towards the end. Imagine how much better Hey Jude would have been with three key changes towards the end. I like the ambition of it, all that time ago. What was all that about when we didn't even have our first single out? Gin and tonics, eh?"

B-Sides

The B-Sides of "All Around the World" were two Noel sung songs, The Fame and Flashbax. Oasis also recorded a cover version of a Rolling Stones song, "Street Fighting Man".

Trivia

When it was suggested that Oasis take legal action against pop band Hear'Say for their first single's ("Pure and Simple") uncanny similarity to "All Around the World", Noel simply laughed at the hypocrisy of such an act from a man who was famous for "borrowing" from other artists.

The harmonica pieces on the track were performed by Mark Feltham. Noel and Liam's then wives, Meg Mathews and Patsy Kensit and The Verve's front man Richard Ashcroft sang backing vocals.

Portions of the song's chorus were used as background music for AT&T's advertising campaign for "The New" AT&T.

The photograph on the front of the single was taken on Bournemouth beach in Dorset, England.

Track listing

CD CRESCD 282
"All Around the World" - 9:38
"The Fame" - 4:35
"Flashbax" - 5:07
"Street Fighting Man" - 3:54

7" CRE 282
"All Around the World (Edit)"
"The Fame" - 4:35

12" CRE 282T
"All Around the World" - 9:38
"The Fame" - 4:35
"Flashbax" - 5:07

Cassette CRECS 282
"All Around the World (Edit)"
"The Fame" - 4:35

This was the last Oasis single to be released on the Creation Records label, and also the last Oasis single to include 3 b-sides on the CD version.

Noel Gallagher On Manchester City's Trip To Arsenal And Lionel Messi's Fashion Sense

Rock 'n' roll legend Noel Gallagher joined Andy Goldstein and Michael Gray to talk hangovers, Lionel Messi's fashion sense and his beloved Manchester City.

City take on Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday and a defeat, coupled with a Manchester United win over Liverpool, would see Roberto Mancini's men fall ten points behind in the Premier League title race.

"It's pivotal weekend. If United win and we lose, it's pretty much done and dusted," said Gallagher.

Click here to listen to the interview.

Source: www.talksport.co.uk

Liam Gallagher's Style Icons

The Pretty Green frontman took a break from showing off the AW13 line at London Collections: Men to reveal his fashion inspirations.

KEITH RICHARDS

“He looked like he’d slept in his clothes and worn them for about a month. You can look too smart sometimes. I hate that. I like shoes you’ve had for ages that look battered. What’s the point of having a fucking jacket if you’re only going to wear it once? You should wear it a million times.”
 
PAUL WELLER

“Paul Weller in the Jam era. Bands now are told what to wear. There aren’t any bands today that look good. I really like The Pistols too, but they wore leather kecks and I’m not really into leather kecks. You’re probably never going to catch me in hot pants, but then you never know what’s around the corner.”
 
GEORGE HARRISON

“He was the coolest one. Anything he put on, he just made it look cool. And he knew how to wear a kaftan. He could wear one and look like he’d just got back from India, do you know what I mean? I don’t know what it is [about him]. I just know that every time I see a picture of him I think, ‘I’m having that.’”
 
LIAM GALLAGHER

“Me. Because I don’t give a fuck. I was born that way. That’s just the way it is. I’m cool, man. I don’t know what it is. That’s the thing with Pretty Green – it’s not there to be magnified. I’m sure Keith Richards wasn’t thinking about it that much either. He just whacked it on and he looked cool.”

Source: www.mrhyde.com