Liam Gallagher And Idris Elba 'Clash Over Bobble Hat'

Liam Gallagher is said to have clashed with actor Idris Elba at an after party following the NME Awards on Wednesday (February 27).

According to The Sun, the Beady Eye frontman picked a fight with Elba while attending a bash at London's Ivy Club - poking fun at the Wire star's bobble hat.

An onlooker told the tabloid: "Liam was in full rock'n'roll swagger mode. He bowled up to the party after midnight and made his presence felt pretty quickly.

"He had a row with a Scottish actor called Martin Compston, mocking his accent."

They continued: "Then he had a few words with Idris, poking fun at his bobble hat among other things. Idris looked like he was going to flatten him - they were on completely different wavelengths.

"They were toe-to-toe at one point. Neither of them backed down. Idris was in a good mood, so left it, which was probably for the best. Liam left soon after."

Source: www.mtv.co.uk

Noel Gallagher On Why Johnny Marr Can't Be Imitated As A Guitarist

A video paying tribute to Johnny Marr was shown at the NME Awards yesterday in which Stephen Street, Bernard Sumner, Sandie Shaw, Miles Kane, Suede, Edwyn Collins, Bernard Butler and former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke all paid tribute to Marr's talents.

Noel Gallagher also appeared on video to say: "He can't be imitated as a guitarist because he came up with something that was totally unique. He can play those riffs like it's the most natural thing in the world. It is natural to him and that's what separates great people from the rest; Neil Young has got it, Bob Dylan's got it, Keith Richards has got it, Jimmy Page and Paul Weller have got it and Johnny Marr has got it. He doesn't even grimace when he plays guitar, he looks like he's riding a fucking bike."

Picking up the award from NME Editor Mike Williams and Wood, Marr told the applauding crowd that his advice for new bands was to "just keep going, never give up because this is the best job in the world". Marr was then joined by Ronnie Wood and The Vaccines' Justin Young on a six-song set. Young sang on a cover of 'I Fought The Law', a Sonny Curtis song famously covered by The Clash, before Wood helped out on 'How Soon Is Now?'. The set concluded with another Smiths classic, 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'.

Parlour Flames T Shirts Are Available Now

Parlour Flames have a number of T Shirts on sale at the official site here, a teaser video for 'Manchester Rain' will be made available tomorrow.

'Manchester Rain' will be released as a limited edition 7 inch coloured vinyl single, on April 20th.

Pete MacLeod who has collaborated with Bonehead in the past will tour in March to promote his new EP, 'Glasgow Keep's Me Real, California Let's Me Heal'.

The tour dates are:

Glasgow 2nd March - The Griffin (Sold out)
Hamburg 13th March - Freundlich & Kompetent
Los Angeles 30th March - Ghengis Cohen

The EP is now available to download for free at www.petemacleod.net

Liam Gallagher Proves He Can Still 'Ave It At NME Awards Bash

Liam Gallagher strikes his trademark pose as he parties at the NME Awards.

The 40-year-old former Oasis frontman flung his arms in the air whilst smoking a cigarette as he was snapped outside of the after-party held at the trendy Ivy Club in London.

However the lairy Beady Eye rocker was later seen toning down his wild image by wrapping up warm against the cold in not just one but two jackets.

Click here to see the pictures.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

On This Day In Beady Eye History...

Different Gear, Still Speeding is the debut album by the English rock band Beady Eye, released on 28 February 2011. It debuted at #3 in the UK albums chart selling 66,817 in the first week. As of August 2012 the album has sold 174,487 copies in the UK.




















Track listing

1. "Four Letter Word"
2. "Millionaire"
3. "The Roller"
4. "Beatles and Stones"
5. "Wind Up Dream"
6. "Bring the Light"
7. "For Anyone"
8. "Kill for a Dream"
9. "Standing on the Edge of the Noise"
10. "Wigwam"   Liam Gallagher 6:39
11. "Three Ring Circus"
12. "The Beat Goes On"
13. "The Morning Son"

iTunes bonus tracks

14. "Man of Misery"  
15. "Sons of the Stage"  

Japanese CD bonus tracks

14. "Sons of the Stage"  
15. "World Outside My Room"

On This Day In Oasis History...

Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Oasis, released on February 28, 2000. In 1999, the year preceding the final release of this album, Oasis had lost two founding members (Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs and Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan) and hired a new producer (Mark "Spike" Stent). As a result of these changes, the album's tone was more experimental, with electronica and psychedelic influences. The darker feeling and psychedelic tone of this album is a departure from earlier Britpop-influenced Oasis records.

Songs such as the Indian-influenced "Who Feels Love?", the progressive "Gas Panic!" and the electronica "Go Let It Out" depart from Oasis' old Britpop style. The album was the sixth fastest selling album in UK chart history, selling over 310,000 copies in its first week. Despite becoming their fourth number one album in the UK, it is one of the band's lowest-selling albums, selling only 3 million copies worldwide.

Trivia

The album's title was taken from the words of Sir Isaac Newton: "If I can see further than anyone else, it is only because I am standing on the shoulders of giants". Noel Gallagher saw the quote on the side of a £2 coin whilst in a pub and liked it so much he thought it would be a suitable name for Oasis' new album. He then wrote the name on the side of a cigarette packet whilst drunk. When he awoke in the morning, he realised he had written "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants — A Bum Title".

Due to the departure of Bonehead and Guigsy from the band whilst the album was in production, their parts had to be re-recorded, for legal reasons. Thus, the album only features the Gallagher brothers and Alan White. The sleeve of the album also features them.

The first track, "Fuckin' in the Bushes", is featured on the soundtrack for the film Snatch, and is regularly used in introductions for high-tempo events, due to its quick tempo and loud volume.




















In the April 2006 issue of Q magazine, the album was the only Oasis record to feature in a countdown of the "50 worst albums of all time". It was placed at number 46 and described as "the low point of their fallow years", despite the fact that the album had been favourably reviewed in the magazine at its time of release and featured in the magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2000" list. In response to the Q feature, Noel has said, "Even though it wasn't our finest hour, it's a good album born through tough times. I worked harder on that album than anything before and anything since."

A notable B-Side was Lets All Make Believe. This song was on the Go Let It Out single and is said to be one of the bands finest songs. Q Magazine declared it the greatest ever "lost" track in the February 2007 issue and said that if it was on the album it would have carried "an extra star" on the review. Q gave this album 4 Stars back in 2000, meaning an extra star would be 5 stars. So with Lets All Make Believe on the album, according to Q magazine's logic, SOTSOG would have been a 5 star classic.









Track listing

01: "Fuckin' In The Bushes"
02: "Go Let It Out"
03: "Who Feels Love?"
04: "Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is"
05: "Little James"
06: "Gas Panic!"
07: "Where Did It All Go Wrong?"
08: "Sunday Morning Call"
09: "I Can See A Liar"
10: "Roll It Over"

Demos

A bootleg of demo sessions recorded for this album was leaked onto the internet in January 2000. Most of these songs were recorded by Noel Gallagher with the help of a couple of friends in his home studio at Supernova Heights and at Oasis' own Wheeler End Studios complex. All of the songs, apart from "Little James", were sung by Noel.

The tracklisting of the demo bootleg is:

"Carry Us All"
"Who Feels Love?"
"Fuckin' in the Bushes"
"Little James"
"Gas Panic!
"Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is"
"Sunday Morning Call"
"I Can See a Liar"
"Go Let It Out"
"Roll It Over"
"Revolution Song"
"Where Did It All Go Wrong?"
"(As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes in Hell"
"Just Getting Older"
"Let There Be Love"

At the time of the leak, four songs ("Carry Us All", "Revolution Song", "Just Getting Older" and "Let There Be Love") were not scheduled for release on either the album or as B-sides on the new single "Go Let It Out". These songs were also completely undocumented, apart from "Revolution Song", which had been mentioned by author Paolo Hewitt in his 1999 book Forever the People — Six Months on the Road with Oasis. As such, these four songs had made-up titles based on commonly-repeated phrases mentioned in the songs. Whilst "Carry Us All" and "Just Getting Older" were correctly guessed, the other two tracks were given titles which, in time, would prove to be incorrect. "Revolution Song" was given the title "Solve My Mystery" and "Let There Be Love" was given the title "It's a Crime". "Let There Be Love" was released on Don't Believe the Truth. Because Noel mentioned in a February 23, 2000 interview with Melody Maker magazine that "Revolution Song" had been demoed — but not released because Blur had recently released a similar sounding song — it can be assumed that these titles are correct.

Alan White, Bonehead, Guigsy, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Oasis,

Beady Eye's Andy Bell Is Now On Twitter

Beady Eye's Andy Bell is now on Twitter follow him here.

Robbie Williams Sings About Challenging Liam Gallagher To A Fight

Robbie Williams has shown off the first fruits of his return to working with Guy Chambers with an expletive-fuelled track in which he branded the Brit Awards "f*cking boring".

The singer has teamed up with Chambers, his collaborator from the early days of his solo career, to work on a batch of new material.

And Williams has now posted a track written and recorded over the weekend on his website, which he claimed was called The Brits 2013.

It begins with a spoken comment about attending last week's Brit Awards and a repeated sample of him saying "blah-de-blah".

In the track he talks about some of the wilder antics at the event when he was younger - taking drugs, challenging Liam Gallagher to a fight and having sex with "a few female stars or two".

Listen to the song here.

Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Beady Eye To Play At The V Festival

Beady Eye are confirmed to play at the V Festival 2013.

Tickets for this year's event go on sale at 9am on Friday March 1. Visit www.vfestival.com for more information.

Beady Eye's Andy Bell To DJ In London And Manchester Next Month

Beady Eye's Andy Bell will be playing a DJ set in London and Manchester next month, visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for more details.

Parlour Flames Announce More UK Live Dates And More

Parlour Flames have announced another batch of UK live dates, visit www.parlourflames.com for more details.

Below is an interview Bonehead and Vinny that has been recently uploaded to YouTube from last year.

Noel Gallagher's Raises Two Fingers To One Direction

 

Via L4E

Noel Gallagher: 'I'll Play With Damon Albarn At Next Year's Brit Awards'

Gallagher left bemused by this year's ceremony, asks 'where are all the rock bands?'

Noel Gallagher has said that this year's Brit Awards made him feel very old and asking the question on many people's lips; "Who the fuck is Ben Howard?"

Gallagher attended the Brits alongside Blur's Damon Albarn with the pair on hand to celebrate the success of War Child, who were handed a Special Recognition award for their services to the music industry. Speaking to The Mirror about his evening, Noel said: "I shared a table with Damon. I could see us collaborating in the future, why not? Maybe at next year's Brits." Damon Albarn was equally complimentary, saying: "Noel's a great laugh. I love him."

However, Noel was left bemused by the Brit Awards and, in particular, who the winner of Best Male and British Breakthrough Act on the night is: "I mean, who the fuck is Ben Howard? I suddenly felt very old tonight. I'd never heard of anybody. I'm sure he's brilliant but where are all the rock bands?"

Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn will share the same bill later this year at the Royal Albert Hall for a special gig raising money for Teenage Cancer Trust.

As curator of the 2013 series of gigs, Gallagher will headline London's Royal Albert Hall on March 23 next year with Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon supporting on the night. Speaking at a press conference in London in December. Noel revealed he intends to perform live with his former nemesis, saying: "They’ll be playing Blur songs, I would think. I’ll be playing mine. Will we share the stage together? I hope so. I’m up for it. It’s always good to have a little jam."

Source: www.nme.com

Tickets Go On Sale Today For T In The Park

Beady Eye are confirmed to play this years T In The Park, 12-14th July, get tickets at www.tinthepark.com from 9am (UK Time) today.

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.

Beady Eye To Play T In The Park

Beady Eye are confirmed to play this years T In The Park, 12-14th July, get tickets at www.tinthepark.com from 9am tomorrow.

Noel Gallagher Gets All The Attention From The Ladies At Post-Brits Party

Of all the hot guys that attended the Sony Music post-Brits party (Harry Styles, Labrinth, Liam Payne and Louis Smith to name a few) we never expected Noel Gallagher to be the one who got all the attention from the ladies.

But attention from the ladies he got, as these pictures prove! Lily Allen couldn’t wait to give the High Flying Birds star a kiss on the red carpet at the party, and DJ Jo Whiley was also keen to get in on the action.

We can’t decide if it’s Noel’s music talent they’re after, or his incredibly-sized cranium.

Noel attended the party – hosted by Sony Music for the music stars on its label – with his wife Sara McDonald, who managed to grab her hubby for at least one picture. We'd like to think she was showing Lily and Jo who's boss!

Click here to see the pictures.

Source: msn.com

Liam Gallagher And Andy Bell Prepare To Watch The Stone Roses In Dubai

Liam Gallagher and Andy Bell are in Dubai to watch The Stone Roses play later today, Liam's wife Nicole Tweeted these pictures earlier on today.


 

Noel Gallagher And Damon Albarn Give Each Other A Warm Squeeze

It was the bitter Britpop feud of the nineties - Oasis and Blur at each other's throats in the charts and out on the tiles.

Both rugged bands would threaten each other and the rivalry dominated both bands chart success, with record companies pandering to the division of teenage fans.

But despite Albarn, 44, saying in 2007 making up with Noel, 45, would be the end of Britpop the pair were happy to give each other a mellow squeeze at the BRIT Awards last night.

Albarn took to the stage to collect the Special Recognition Award on behalf of War Child as 2013 marks the charity’s 20th anniversary.

Children's charity War Child, which has had close links to the music world with fundraising concerts and albums, was handed a special recognition award two decades after it was established.

Click here to see a number of pictures.

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

War Child: We Always Wanted To Get Noel Gallagher And Damon Albarn Together

The charity's Ben Knowles reflects on a great evening at the BRIT Awards…

Xfm has been talking to War Child at this year's BRIT Awards… and they've told us that it was always their ambition to bring together Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn to help them raise funds for the charity.

The charity - which helps children who are affected by war in different countries - was given a Special Recognition Award at the event at London's O2 last night (February 20), to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

Ben Knowles, the Director of Fundraising at War Child UK, told Xfm: "It's been really nice to have Noel Gallagher and Damon on our table together this evening!"

"When we put together the first album Help back 1995, it was very much an ambition of War Child to not only help children in conflict but to bring together Blur and Oasis on one album.

The award was presented to Ben by none other than Damon Albarn. "It's been a great night for us," he explained. "And tonight, Coldplay, who been big supporters of ours and Muse, who did an amazing gig on Monday night, were in the room as well. As much as this award is for us, I hope that they all feel a touch of pride in what they've done to help War Child over the years, too."

Hear the full interview below.

Source: www.xfm.co.uk