Happy Anniversary To Liam And Nicole Gallagher

Happy Anniversary to Liam Gallagher and his wife Nicole, who got married on the 14th February 2008 at London's Westminster Register Office.

On This Day In Oasis History...

Below are few videos from the 14th February 2007, when Oasis picked up the Outstanding Contribution award at the Brit Awards.

Noel Gallagher On The Godlike Genius That Is Johnny Marr

Noel Gallagher On Johnny Marr

"The second time I ever met him, we drove to this guitar shop in Doncaster because he'd been asking were I got my guitars from. He picked me up in this big Mercedes with Owen Morris - who would go on to produce the big Oasis albums - and he was playing 'Exodus' by Bob Marley And The Wailers. He kept rewinding it and going on about the groove. He was so knowledgeable, so enthusiastic, that every time I hear that song now, it reminds me of driving to Doncaster in the rain with him. He was always about the music. I was hanging out with him before Oasis took off, and I don't think we spoke about anything he'd ever done: all he wanted to talk about was this band Oasis and what was going to happen with us. I've never met a guy as humble as him. He only ever played on one Oasis track ['(Probably) All In My Mind' from 2002's 'Heathen Chemistry'], and as irony would have it, it was probably the shittiest track I ever wrote.

Taken from this week's NME that includes as interview with Marr himself where he reflects on his entire career, looks to the future, has a pop at the government and settles the score on The Smiths reunion rumours, for now...

Tickets On Sale Now For Noel Gallagher At Wembley Arena With Kasabian, Jake Bugg, Russell Brand And More

Tickets are on General Sale now and can be bought 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.

Teenage Cancer Trust Concerts Extra Ticket Details And More

Echo And The Bunnymen will join the mighty Primal Scream at the Noel Gallagher curated Teenage Cancer Trust Concerts at The Royal Albert Hall on 21st March.

All shows are near sold out so keep checking the following outlets for any extra tickets being released.

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

Video: Jake Bugg Covers Oasis' Slide Away In The BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge

Jake Bugg performs his cover of Oasis' Slide Away in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge for Sara Cox.

Noel Gallagher: Man City Were Out Of The Title Race A Couple Of Weeks Ago

After their shock 3-1 loss to Southampton at the weekend, celebrity Manchester City fan Noel Gallagher conceded that the club had no chance of retaining their Premier League title.

The Oasis front man blamed a lack of belief from the players as the reason they fell 12 points behind leaders and neighbours Manchester United.

“The title race was over a couple of weeks ago. I can’t remember ever seeing a great team like we've got, playing as badly as that.’ said the musician, who has followed City for 30 years.

“It’s not a case of them getting beat, but it was the way they got beat. It’s the first time in my life I’ve ever been speechless!”

Click here to listen to the interview.

Source: www.talksport.co.uk

On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below shows some footage from the 12th February 2009, when Oasis played at the Palacio De Deportes De La Comunidad in Madrid, Spain.

Noel Gallagher Tried To Book Girls Aloud For The Teenage Cancer Trust Concerts

Kimberley Walsh has a big fan in Noel Gallagher.

The 31-year-old singer was told by the former Oasis guitarist that she is his favourite member of Girls Aloud when the rocker tried to book the girl group for the upcoming Teenage Cancer Trust charity concerts.

Noel couldn't get the five-piece - also comprised of Sarah Harding, Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle and Nicola Roberts - to play because the date clashed with their reunion tour but he did tell Kimberley she was the best member.

In an interview with The Sun newspaper, she said: 'The Girls Aloud tour is around the same time so we couldn't make it work (to play). I'm gutted that we can't do it.

'Noel called me out of the blue. It's great that he's involved and is arranging it. It was exciting to speak to him. I was like, 'Really?' He said I was his favourite (Girls Aloud member) and Sarah wasn't very happy about that.

Kimberley has really enjoyed hooking up with the girls again following their self-imposed hiatus and insists everyone has been having fun as they prepare to kick-off their 'Ten - The Hits Tour'.

The 31-year-old star - who has just released a solo album 'Centre Stage' - said: 'It's always fun with the girls. We all know our stuff, we are just perfecting it, getting it to the best level. There is a lot of banter ... We have a choreographer and creative director who have sorted the stage set and visuals. We're happy with that.

Then we get into outfits and dance moves. And we have to try to remember all the words to the songs.'

Source: www.monstersandcritics.com

Ticket Details For Noel Gallagher And Richard Ashcroft

Noel Gallagher is heading to Dubai for the first time, and will play at Live at Atlantis on March 15th.

Supporting Noel with a solo acoustic set and returning to the beach where he made his Dubai debut will be ex-Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft.

Ashcroft’s performance at Sandance two years ago is still dubbed by the organisers as one of the festival's finest gigs.

Tickets to the concert are priced at Dh250 (Early Bird), Dh295 (Advance. Dh350 at the door) and Dh500 (VIP).

Tickets are on sale now via atlantisthepalm.com, virginmegastore.me and platinumlist.net.

On This Day In Beady Eye History...

The video below is from February 11th 2011, when Beady Eye recorded a session for BBC Radio 1 in London, England.

The session was broadcast on the Zane Lowe Show on February 23rd 2011.

Vote For Noel Gallagher At The NME Awards 2013

Noel Gallagher has been nominated for the Best Solo Artist at the NME Awards 2013, that 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.

Sarah Harding Was The Liam Gallagher Of Girls Aloud

Sarah Harding was once known as the wild one of Girls Aloud – but last night she declared: “I’m not that girl any more.”

After battling her demons, the blonde has spent the past year rebuilding her life.

In her first in-depth interview since she checked in to rehab, Sarah tells how she’s in a new relationship with music producer DJMRK1, and says she is at her happiest simply strolling around her country pad in Buckinghamshire.

She also revealed the unlikely inspiration behind her transformation from caner to country girl — her ex-hellraising heroes Robbie Williams and Liam Gallagher.

Sarah, 31, said: “I’ve been through the s******t couple of years of my life but I want people to know me for the girl I am today.

“I’m in the happiest place ever in my life, and the past is in the past.”

Sarah’s partying got out of hand because she tried to live up to her rock ’n’ roll image as “the Liam Gallagher of Girls Aloud”.

But now 40-year-old Liam has settled into domestic bliss, Sarah is convinced that she too can leave her past behind.

She said: “I grew up absolutely obsessed with Oasis and Blur and all the bad boys.
“I used to think I was like Liam and in the end, it kind of became who I was.

“At one point, people thought I was the Liam Gallagher of the band because I’m more of a rock chick and I went out more than my friends. But I’ve grown up now.”

Sarah also identifies with the way Robbie Williams, 38, has gone from wildman to happily married dad.

She said: “I can really, really relate to Robbie — we’re very similar characters.

“Now he’s all settled and married with a baby, I’m just really happy for him. He’s a really nice guy.”

Despite her admiration for the way Liam and Robbie have settled down, Sarah says she wants to focus on her career before considering having a child.

She added: “I don’t know about kids just yet — although I am at that age. I’ve just got so many more boxes I want to tick before that.”

A big part of Sarah’s comeback is the Girls Aloud ten-year reunion tour — which kicks off on February 21.

When she’s not rehearsing, Sarah is busy grafting on solo material and adding more acting roles to her CV.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Noel Gallagher And Richard Ashcroft To Play A One-Off Gig Next Month

Noel Gallagher will perform a set ‘packed’ with Oasis classics in Dubai next month.

The iconic guitarist and singer will make his UAE debut on Sandance Beach on Friday March 15 – and promoters have told the crowd to expect a set brimming with Oasis hits.

Former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft will also perform at the one-off gig, which is dubbed as being ‘presented by Sandance’, rather than a full Sandance festival.

Gallagher will be backed onstage by his current band the High Flying Birds, whose eponymous debut album was released to critical acclaim in 2011.

However the 45-year-old rocker is expected to relieve his ’90s heyday when he plays in Dubai. The gig’s promoters have seen a sample of Gallagher’s 90-minute set and are expecting ‘around 75 percent’ of the tunes to be drawn from Oasis’ back catalogue, the bulk of which was written exclusively by Gallagher.

‘This is going to be really special,’ a source said, ‘he’s not promoting an album or doing a tour this year, it’s just a one-off show of Oasis classics.’

Ashcroft will support Gallagher playing solo acoustic at the gig, relieving the memorable set he performed at the third Sandance event in October 2011.

Keep an eye on our ticket site today for more details.

Source: www.timeoutdubai.com

AS SOON AS TICKET DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE I WILL POST THEM.

Another On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below is from February 10th 2002, when Oasis played at the Columbiahalle in Berlin, Germany.

On This Day In Oasis History...

Below is a video from February 10th 2009, when Liam Gallagher was interviewed on The Hot Desk at the The Holly Bush Pub in Hamsted.

Watch Noel Gallagher In 'When Albums Ruled The World'

When Albums Ruled The World

Documentary showing how the long-playing album changed popular music for ever between the mid 1960s and the late 1970s by allowing artists to express themselves as never before.

The magic of the long-playing vinyl album is lovingly profiled as we make tracks back to its golden age, from the mid-1960s through the 1970s. Packaged in sleeves that were art in themselves, the LP was a playground for musicians to think outside the grooves and helped shape the soundtrack of a generation, which produced Bob Dylan, The Doors and The Beatles. Noel Gallagher and Mike Oldfield are among those singing the LP’s praises.

Click here to watch it (UK Only).

Liam Gallagher Says The New Beady Eye Album Is Like Rock 'N' Roll, But Fired Out Into Space

Liam Gallagher tells teen fan: 'You'll like the new Beady Eye album if you're into drugs'

Frontman also says he has finished mixing new Beady Eye album

Liam Gallagher has been filmed telling a teenage fan that the new Beady Eye album is, "like rock 'n' roll, but fired out into space".

Two teenage fans, Ryan Butterworth and Elliot Cole, ran into Gallagher outside the Forester's Arms in Brockenhurst this week, and have uploaded their impromptu interview to YouTube – scroll down to watch. Chatting to Butterworth about the forthcoming second album from Beady Eye, Gallagher says: "It's rock 'n' roll but it's fired out into space. If you're into drugs you'll like it. it's pretty druggy."

Liam also goes on to say that Beady Eye will be touring soon and that they are currently getting plans for lives shows together. "We'll be out in a few months. We're playing festivals, bar mitzvahs. We've got to make it right this time, last time was a bit fucking stupid." When camera man Cole asks about the possibility of Beady Eye playing Reading Festival, Liam responds: "We're not doing that fucking thing!"

Speaking to NME about his chance encounter with Gallagher, Ryan Butterworth described the Beady Eye frontman as "genuinely the nicest man I have ever met".

Liam was in Brockenhurst – where Butterworth is a college student – at a local recording studio where, Butterworth reports, he said he had just finished mixing Beady Eye's new album.

"He was happy to be filmed – he didn't mention it – and he was happy to look at the camera. He was really down to earth and I stayed with him for about two hours drinking with him. [I was] asking lots of questions he said he was in the area as he just finished mixing the new album around the corner."

For Butterworth, it was a dream come true. "I am a huge Gallagher fan," he says. "I have every record ever. Being a musician there is no one I look up to more in music."

Beady Eye are expected to release their new album later on in 2013. Earlier this year Liam Gallagher said the album "is the LP Oasis should have made after '...Morning Glory.''

Source: www.nme.com

Noel Gallagher, Bradley Wiggins, Boris Johnson Named Britain's Wittiest Living Celebrities

Hot on the heels of his knighthood, Olympic cycling champion Sir Bradley Wiggins has landed another title - Britain's wittiest living celebrity.

More than 2,000 British adults were took part in the poll to mark the start of TV channel Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival.

They were asked to choose from a shortlist of 25 celebrities, excluding professional comedians, to select the funniest person.

Top 10 Wittiest

01) Sir Bradley Wiggins
02) Boris Johnson
03) Ian Holloway
04) Lord Sugar:
05) Jeremy Clarkson
06) Robbie Williams
07) Noel Gallagher
08) Rod Stewart
09) Ant McPartlin
10) Colin Firth

Liam Gallagher On The New Beady Eye Album

Liam Gallagher talks about the new Beady Eye album in the video below.