Noel Gallagher, Prince Harry, David Beckham, Karl Pilkington Make Cool Countdown

It’s official: Noel Gallagher, Robbie Williams and Plan B are amongst the coolest men in Britain!

Readers of ZOO Magazine voted in their thousands in the publication’s annual ‘Britain’s Coolest Man’ poll with the results being unveiled today.

Former Oasis guitarist/songwriter is the highest ranked music star at number 11 ahead of Robbie Williams in 16th spot. Rapper turned soul singer and movie star Plan B sneaked in at number 20.

However, they were all trumped by boxer Carl Froch who stormed in at number one ahead of Prince Harry and Hollywood actor Tom Hardy.

35-year-old Froch commented: “It’s an honour and a privilege! I’m surprised Jason Statham didn’t win, though.

“I can see why Prince Harry is runner-up. He got rumbled for stripping off and having a laugh in Vegas recently, but who cares? He’s a soldier, puts his time in and lads take to him.”

ZOO Editor Damien McSorley added: “Carl Froch is well worthy of the title, Britain's Coolest Man 2013, having elevated himself to become Britain's leading boxer.

“Carl is a people's champion; a home-grown, self-made success story, who remains down-to-earth, outspoken and close to his Nottingham roots.”

The 20 coolest men in Britain, according to ZOO Magazine, are as follows:

1. Carl Froch
2. Prince Harry
3. Tom Hardy
4. David Beckham
5. Bradley Wiggins
6. Idris Elba
7. Daniel Craig
8. Jack Whitehall
9. Jason Statham
10. Tubes
11. David Haye
12. Noel Gallagher
13. Liam Neeson
14. Gaz Beadle
15. Karl Pilkington
16. Robbie Williams
17. Wade Barratt
18. Matt Smith
19. Russell Brand
20. Plan B

The full feature appears in this week’s ZOO Magazine, on sale now.

Source: www.metroradio.co.uk

Noel Gallagher: Manchester City Have Missed Yaya Toure

Manchester City supporter Noel Gallagher said on Sports Bar that his side have not got the same mentality they had last season.

The musician reflected on Sunday’s 2-2 draw between the Blues and Liverpool.

Gallagher added that Roberto Mancini's men gave possession away to the Anfield side and that the Merseysiders were unlucky not to win the encounter.

The former Oasis star also admitted that the Premier League champions have missed midfielder Yaya Toure while he has been away at the African Cup of Nations.

Click here to listen to the interview.

Beady Eye Feature In This Month's Rockin'On Magazine

Beady Eye feature in this months Rockin'On Magazine that is on sale now in Japan, the article is the same that appeared in Q Magazine a few weeks ago.

Thanks to Mari, details of the magazine can be found here.

Liam Gallagher Thinks Gangnam Style Is An Absolute Classic

Liam Gallagher talk about his first love, Japan and Gangnam Style.

 

Thanks to Mari

Oasis Up For Inclusion In Music Walk Of Fame

Camden Town is to get a Hollywood-style walk of fame, which will honour pop music greats linked with the area such as Pink Floyd, Oasis and Amy Winehouse.

Endorsed by the Los Angeles movie-star original, Camden's will honour music's greatest performers with a bronze and stone disc, presumably to mimic a vinyl record, set in the pavement. Each disc is set to cost about £500.

Those chosen will be split into five groups: influential artists; innovative artists; unsung heroes; and industry types. After a committee has come up with a shortlist, we all get the chance to vote on the Music Walk of Fame's website.

The shortlist hasn't been decided yet, but hints have been dropped that among those in the first tranche will be Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, The Doors, Marc Bolan, The Move, Cream, Hawkwind, Blur, Oasis, Pulp, Supergrass, Suede, Madonna, Radiohead and Public Enemy.

The list is to be announced in May.

Source: www.londonnet.co.uk

Noel Gallagher On Football And His Tinnitus

Click here to listen to an interview with Noel Gallagher on Andy Goldstien's TalkSport show, he talks about football and tinnitus.

Click on the  '23:00 - 23:30' tab, the interview starts at 16:45.

Robbie Williams On Why He Fell Out With Oasis

Robbie Williams says he fell out with Oasis in the Nineties because he wasn’t “mod” enough.

He said Liam and Noel Gallagher just suddenly stopped knocking about with him.

Liam befriended Robbie after he left Take That but it was shortlived.

Matters came to head when Robbie stormed the stage at Glastonbury during the band’s set. Noel quickly had him removed.

Robbie said: “Lad culture was a massive, massive thing. I love Oasis. I was a big fan of their music, vibe and energy.

“I happened to know them and knock about with them for a little while. I don’t think I was their cup of tea.

"At the time I think the exact words were ‘I’m not mod’, so I was sort of mates with them for a bit, then I didn’t gel with them, so we stopped hanging out, simple as that.

“Liam’s voice was the voice of a generation and Noel seemed to be writing the songs of a generation. They were our Beatles for around 18 months.

“It was very, very exciting, high-octane stuff with various substances being taken left, right and centre, models, late night rock ’n’ roll – all good fun!”

That’s all behind Robbie now, seeing as he’s a married man with a four-month-old nipper Teddy Rose.

Back in the day they would still be going as you read this...

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

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.

Another On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below is from February 3rd 2009, when Oasis appeared on Le Grand Journal in Paris, France.

On This Day In Oasis History...

"Songbird" is a song by British rock band Oasis, from their fifth studio album Heathen Chemistry. It was released as the fourth single from that album on 3 February 2003 and peaked at #3 in the UK charts. Being written by lead singer Liam Gallagher, it was the first time the band had released a single not written by his brother Noel.

Upon joining Oasis in the early nineties, Noel Gallagher claimed sole-songwriting responsibilities, and allowing little-to-no leeway from the rest of the band. He openly mocked the songwriting output of Liam and Bonehead, who had been in charge of Oasis' songwriting prior to his joining and had written a handful of tracks such as "Take Me" and an acoustic number titled "Life In Vain". Liam elaborated on the situation in 1994, after the release of Definitely Maybe saying "Noel won't let me (write), but I can't really write anyway... In the future if I started writing top tunes, I still don't think he'd be up for it... I know for a fact, even if he was going dry, he wouldn't play my songs... I'm not happy with that, but that's the way it is innit?".

However, after Oasis' third album Be Here Now received a cold reception from music critics, Noel began to loosen his control and allowed Liam to contribute songs. Though his first effort, "Little James" which appeared on Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, was criticised for being too simple and childlike (in particular, rhyming "plasticine" with "trampoline"), Songbird was fairly well received, despite only being based around two simple chords (G + Em7).



















The song, written for Liam's long term girlfriend Nicole Appleton, was seen as a surprising break away from Liam's "Hard-Man" image. He explained this away saying "I like beautiful things...It's not all dark in Liam World. I take me shades off every now and again and have a look at the world and see some nice things."

The simplistic video was filmed in Regent's Park in London, and featured Liam playing an acoustic guitar under a tree, and also being chased by a dog.



Songbird is the shortest running Oasis single, at 2:07.

The song is included on Oasis' 2006 'best-of' album Stop The Clocks.

Noel Gallagher, David Bowie, Dr Dre And More To Appear In New Documentary

The sun has set on the Sundance Film Festival, which means cinephiles have already moved on to anticipating South by Southwest. One notable feature is Downloaded, a documentary about Napster's rise, fall, and fallout, directed by Alex Winter (better known as the Bill to Keanue Reeves' Ted). A new trailer for the VH1 Rock Doc was unveiled earlier this week (via Deadline), which you can watch up below. The two-minute preview doubles as a time capsule of life circa 2000: Christina Aguilera hadn't yet gone "Dirrty," Jon Stewart hadn't gone gray, Carson Daly was still on MTV, and Newsweek was still in print.

Downloaded features interviews with Napster creators Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, as well as David Bowie, Noel Gallagher, Dr Dre, Henry Rollins, the Beastie Boys' Mike D, and many other figures in the recording industry. The film's world premiere is scheduled for March 10 at the SXSW Film Festival, which starts on March 8.

 

Source: www.spin.com

More On Noel Gallagher's And Russell Brand's XFM Show

The notorious dream team are back to celebrate the Teenage Cancer Trust dates...

Russell Brand is to return to Xfm next month... and he's reuniting with his old friend Noel Gallagher for a special series of shows to mark this year's Teenage Cancer Trust gigs.

The pair are to helm a new programme in the lead up to the week-long set of dates for the charity - the first time in seven years that they've worked with producer Matt Morgan and poet Mr Gee.

Noel told Xfm presenter and Sun columnist Gordon Smart: "Xfm asked me if I wanted to do my own radio show leading up to this year's TCT concerts. I said, I have a better idea. Why don't we resurrect whats-his-name's career? That hairy skinny-legged yogameister, Rustle Brand? Last seen shaming the nation at them Olympics…

"It'll be great to remind people how colossal me, Matt Morgan and Mr Gee were on that bloody show before 'Arthur' got us all the sack. Tune in and see if I'm wrong."

Russell told Gordon: "I miss radio. It was lovely when we did the show. It'll be great to get the old team back together."

This was the show that landed Jonathan Ross and Brand in trouble over the whole Andrew Sachs "Sachsgate" affair. Xfm is excited, ecstatic, pleased - and ever so slightly nervous - at welcoming the Brand/Gallagher team back into our studios.

Noel has curated this year's Teenage Cancer Trust dates, which include performances by Primal Scream, Kasabian, Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon and an evening of comedy featuring Russell Brand, Noel Fielding and more.

The Xfm shows will make a fine prelude to an incredible run of gigs at the Royal Albert Hall.

It's going to be unmissable, and takes place in late March. The TCT shows start on March 19 and run through to March 24.

Source: www.xfm.co.uk

Parlour Flames To Start Their UK Tour Later Today

Parlour Flames kick off their UK Tour with a concert at King Tuts in Glasgow today. Click here for other dates and ticket information.

On This Day In Oasis History...

On Febuary 2nd 2009, Andy Bell and Liam Gallagher were interviewed for 'DeeJay Chiama Italia' in Italy.

Noel Gallagher And Russell Brand Sign Up For XFM Show

The women in Russell Brands’s LA yoga class can look forward to a well-earned breather next month.

Bizarre’s four-time Shagger Of The Year is making a return to UK radio with his old on-air sparring partner Noel Gallagher.

The Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid of radio are reuniting with the original team behind the Russell Brand Show.

The lads have signed up for a series of new shows on Xfm, which will promote a week of Teenage Cancer Trust gigs Noel has curated for the charity.

It has been five years since they last sat in a studio together, when they took over TalkSport for an afternoon.

But the original A-Team — Ol’ Russ, Noel, producer Matt Morgan and poet Mr Gee — will be on air for the first time in SEVEN years.

Last night Noel said: “Xfm asked me if I wanted to do my own radio show leading up to this year’s TCT concerts.

“I said, ‘I have a better idea. Why don’t we resurrect whats-hisname’s career?’
“ ‘Who?’ they said.

“ ‘That hairy, skinny-legged, yogameister Rustle Brand? Last seen shaming the nation at them Olympics’, said I. ‘Brilliant!’ they said. ‘You really are a genius’.

“‘I know’, said I. In all seriousness though, it’ll be great to remind people how colossal me, Matt Morgan and Mr Gee were on that bloody show before ‘Arthur’ got us all the sack. Tune in and see if I’m wrong.”

You won’t have to wait long. The good people of Xfm, where I reside on a Sunday morning between 10am and 1pm, have sorted the shows for the end of March.

Russell told me: “I miss radio. It was lovely when we did the show. It will be great to get the old team back together.”

It was the very show that landed Jonathan Ross and Russell in hot water over the Sachsgate business.

You can bet your boots the Ofcom boys will be tuning in and stroking their chins in anticipation of some bad behaviour. Good luck to them — the radio hasn’t been the same without their carry-on.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Russell Brand Says Noel Gallagher Is Really Helpful, Loyal And A Good Person

Russel Brand has been speaking to The Sun about getting Noel Gallagher to take part in "Give It Up For Comic Relief".

He said: “Noel Gallagher was the first person to agree. When Comic Relief asked if I could get anyone to perform, I actually called him from the room and he said ‘Yeah’.

“Although he spends his life with me thinking of novel ways to offend me, when it comes to it he is really, really helpful, loyal and a good person. In the last stand-up show I did, the day after the Olympics, when I was still feeling a flush of national pride and success after overcoming my nerves and being proud that I hadn’t fallen off the top of the bus, Noel left me that message, ‘Oh Mr Skinny Legs on top of a bus, murdering The f***ing Beatles.’

Tickets for "Give It Up For Comic Relief" are on General Sale now here and here.

Read the full interview here.

On This Day In Oasis History...

On February 1st 2000, Oasis performed Sunday Morning Call and Who Feels Love at the MTV Studios in London, England.

Ticket Details: Noel Gallagher At Wembley Arena With Kasabian, Jake Bugg, Russell Brand And More

Tickets go on General Sale at 7:30 (UK Time) tomorrow (1 Feb) here and here.

Russell Brand has announced details of "Give It Up for Comic Relief", to raise money for, and create awareness of, people in the UK affected by drug and alcohol addiction.

"Give It Up for Comic Relief" is produced by Live Nation and will be held at Wembley Arena on 6th March, featuring top music acts including: Jake Bugg, Paloma Faith, Noel Gallagher, Kasabian, Jessie J, Rizzle Kicks, Emeli Sandé and Nicole Scherzinger. The night will also include comedy acts Simon Amstell, Frankie Boyle, Russell Brand, Doc Brown, Jimmy Carr, Noel Fielding, Eddie Izzard, Jason Manford, with other acts due to be announced in the lead up to the concert.

Kevin Cahill, CEO at Comic Relief says: "Comic Relief has funded work tackling substance abuse for many years. We were thrilled when Russell Brand offered to highlight the issue and raise funds to help tackle the problem. It's a perfect use of his celebrity profile to front the Give It Up for Comic Relief gig and work behind the scenes to put it all together. He has played a blinder."

Money raised from ticket sales as part of "Give It Up for Comic Relief" will go to help support people affected by drug and alcohol addiction.
















As soon as I find Official ticket details I will post them.

Source: www.stereoboard.com

Noel Gallagher To Play Wembley Arena With Kasabian, Jake Bugg, Frankie Boyle, Russell Brand And More

Russell Brand has announced details of "Give It Up for Comic Relief", to raise money for, and create awareness of, people in the UK affected by drug and alcohol addiction.

"Give It Up for Comic Relief" is produced by Live Nation and will be held at Wembley Arena on 6th March, featuring top music acts including: Jake Bugg, Paloma Faith, Noel Gallagher, Kasabian, Jessie J, Rizzle Kicks, Emeli Sandé and Nicole Scherzinger. The night will also include comedy acts Simon Amstell, Frankie Boyle, Russell Brand, Doc Brown, Jimmy Carr, Noel Fielding, Eddie Izzard, Jason Manford, with other acts due to be announced in the lead up to the concert.

Kevin Cahill, CEO at Comic Relief says: "Comic Relief has funded work tackling substance abuse for many years. We were thrilled when Russell Brand offered to highlight the issue and raise funds to help tackle the problem. It's a perfect use of his celebrity profile to front the Give It Up for Comic Relief gig and work behind the scenes to put it all together. He has played a blinder."

Money raised from ticket sales as part of "Give It Up for Comic Relief" will go to help support people affected by drug and alcohol addiction.
















As soon as I find Official ticket details I will post them.

Source: www.stereoboard.com

Oasis Feature In Q's Ten Greatest Gigs Of All Time

What are The Ten Greatest Gigs Of All Time? Oasis, The Smiths, White Stripes, Madonna, Nirvana or U2…

Find out which iconic shows have made the cut – complete with exclusive archive pictures in the current issue of Q Magazine.