Liam Gallagher Is Up For A Return To Oasis In 2015

Liam Gallagher has not ruled out the possibility of an Oasis reunion in 2015 to mark the 20th anniversary of the band’s landmark second album ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?'.

Noel Gallagher has spoken on numerous occasions during recent interviews of his wish to celebrate the LP’s 20th birthday with a special world tour, but said any dates would now be unlikely to happen due to their split in 2009 and the apparent reluctance of Liam to be a part of any reformation.

However, in an interview with Rolling Stone this week, the younger Gallagher brother has opened the door for the tour to go ahead, provided the siblings can ‘put their shit aside’.

“In 2015, if we can put our shit aside, we can tour and play the album in its entirety for the 20th anniversary,” he said. “I’d be up for that, if it’s on our terms. There’s got to be two-way respect.”

Released just over a year after debut ‘Definitely Maybe‘, ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory’s move away from the rawer, heavier sound of its predecessor into more classic, anthemic stadium rock was initially met with a mixed response from critics, but soon became one of the most commercially successful British albums of all time on the back of era-defining singles such as ‘Wonderwall‘ and ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger‘.

This story was posted in error. Google news published it as a new story today but it originally ran in October of 2012. 

 Source: www.live4ever.uk.com

Beady Eye On Time Travel, Bagpuss, Paulus The Woodgnome And More

Below is a video for a Q&A that Beady Eye did for Amazon.



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Another Video: Beady Eye On 'Later... With Jools Holland'

Below is a video of Beady Eye performing 'Soul Love', that was broadcast on 'Later... With Jools Holland' on Friday.

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Gallery: Beady Eye In Rockin' On Magazine

Below are a number of images from Rockin' On Magazine that is on sale now in Japan.

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Noel Gallagher’s Prize Possession Is?

He has won world wide acclaim for his moody rock guitar riffs – and rowing with his brother.

Yet former Oasis front man Noel Gallagher’s prize possession is... a Blue Peter badge.

The 46 year-old father-of-two’s devotion to his treasured award was revealed by one-time presenter of the children’s show, Katy Hill.

And Katy, who was staying in Birmingham while presenting Heart FM’s breakfast show with Ed James, further revealed that Noel used the badge to goad his younger brother, and fellow Oasis member, Liam – and rock star pals, including Paul Weller.

Katy met the band while she was filming for Blue Peter at the Space Centre in Florida.

“Oasis were at the same hotel and Noel left a note at reception saying, ‘please can I have a badge’,” she says. “Controversially I only left one for him, and not for Liam. So apparently he, like, slept with it next to his bed.

“And when he had dinner parties and stuff, I think Paul Weller came round, and he would say ‘I want your badge’.

“I’m always amazed by the power of the Blue Peter badge!

“It’s a part of all of our childhoods and no matter how big a star you are, It still haunts you that you never got one!”

Katy’s 1997 meeting with Oasis was just one of an array of showbiz tales Katy revealed on Heart Breakfast last week.

Source: www.birminghammail.co.uk

Gallery & Setlist: Beady Eye Play A Surprise Gig In London

Last night Beady Eye played a surprise live gig in London for 30 people that had won tickets to the BE album listening party.

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Stone Roses Reunion Got Liam Gallagher A Wee Bit Excited

Liam Gallagher’s toilet mat needed a boil wash after The Stone Roses announced their comeback.

During his cameo in the Manchester band’s movie documenting their return, he revealed his exact location when he heard the news.

Liam said: “I was having a p*** when I heard The Stone Roses were getting back together.”

He went on to explain how he lost control before adding: “They’re the best band ever to come out of Manchester.”

The Beady Eye frontman missed the premiere of The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone movie in the city on Thursday.

But hopefully director Shane Meadows sent him a copy on DVD because the film – out on June 5 – is a work of art. The opening and closing sequences featuring Ian Brown will make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck, and intimate footage of the band rehearsing is a real treat. However, the pick of many highlights is footage of the Roses’ comeback gig at Parr Hall, Warrington.

Shane had cameras outside the venue when news of the surprise gig was announced on Radio 1 and the band’s Facebook and Twitter pages.

Fans were asked to bring their Stone Roses memorabilia to the venue to get for a free ticket.

A builder turned up saying he’d “just knocked through a wall” but downed tools to claim a ticket still in his overalls. Another punter showed off sweat patches under his arms to show how fast he’d run.

A number of fans were filmed on their phones asking family to ferry over their CDs. The scenes are topped off with live footage of the comeback gig for 1,500 fans.

Add this to rarely seen archive material documenting the band’s history, footage of the group on the road and brilliant concert coverage and the film is well worth a watch – even if you’re not a Roses fan.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Beady Eye On The New Album, Oasis, The Stone Roses And More

Julian Marszalek talks to Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock about their new album BE, designing gnomes for the Chelsea Flower Show and why the Gallaghers' mum prefers lemon meringue to the Noel/Liam kerfuffle.

Liam Gallagher is not best pleased with Nick Cave and the source of his displeasure is bananas.

Both Beady Eye and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are rehearsing for upcoming tours in a huge north London studio complex that has previously played host to anyone from The Rolling Stones through to One Direction. Situated on the first floor is a cafeteria serving all manner of nourishment for bands famished after a hard day of playing and refining material or whatever else it is they get up to behind closed doors. It’s also where the fruit bowl is located.

“Tell Nick to stop nicking all the bananas!” laughs Beady Eye guitarist Gem Archer as he recalls the tale of the missing fruit. “Liam goes, ‘I’m was going out to get a banana and there’s fucking none left, man. I thought you’d fucking been on them!’ and Nick’s walking out last night with his suit on and he’s got a banana sticking out of his jacket pocket! That’s not very Bad Seeds, is it?”

“Ah, but what’s he going to do with that banana, though?” asks drummer Chris Sharrock with a mischievous glint in his eye.

What indeed? But at least the lack of nuns and donkeys wandering around the studio calls for a sigh of relief. This much, though, is certain – Beady Eye are set to return with their second album, BE, a collection that has been helmed by the somewhat surprising choice of producer in the form of TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek. Not that he was the first name on the list.

“Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys was interested,” reveals Archer. “We sent him some tunes and he really liked them. He said, ‘the only thing is, you’ll have to come to Nashville’ and we were like, ‘fucking great!’ Me and Andy went to meet him at the Reading Festival and we had a bit of a chat about how we do things and how to do things. We were meant to go in November [2012] and we had things arranged and the crew were trying to organise shit and then, right in the middle of his tour, he had his own record to do. So that was that.”

So who else was in the frame?

“There was Nick Launey who was in the middle of a film,” continues Archer “and we kept waiting for him and then it was like, ‘can you guys wait until January?’ and we were, ‘no, man.’ And then Dave’s name came up.”

Beady Eye are in a fighting mood. Their debut album, Different Gear, Still Speeding, was commercially overshadowed by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and the band is here to open the first salvo of a campaign that hopes to elevate their current status of playing second fiddle to their erstwhile leader. BE is an interesting if not entirely even listen but it's one that finds them taking sonic chances as they add colour to their usual 60s-influenced modus operandi with Sitek’s experimental brush strokes of metronomic beats, samples, loops and channel-hopping riffage.

To read the full interview click here.

Source: thequietus.com

Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye To Take Brass Band On Next Months's Tour

Beady Eye guitarist Gem Archer has revealed the group will be taking a brass section on tour with them to recreate the sound of their upcoming album BE live.

The rockers are heading out on the road for three UK dates following the release of their second album BE on 10 June and will incorporate the record's extensive use of horns in their live shows on tracks such as Flick of the Finger and Second Bite of the Apple.

Guitarist Archer can't wait to play with the extra musicians and has told fans they can expect a sonic "kick in the face" from the band - which is fronted by Liam Gallagher - at their concerts.

Gem said: "We're going to take a brass band with us when we can (on tour), when the venues are right.

"Just get them together and get on the road with us. In rehearsals some of these tunes are sounding huge. We want to kick people in the face with a wall of sound. We've got a few surprises as well."

One of those surprises could be the use of two drummers.

Beady Eye played three tracks from BE for TV show Later... with Jools Holland - which will air on BBC Two tonight (31.05.13) - with regular sticksman Chris Sharrock joined on a second kit by his son Jay Sharrock.

Beady Eye - also comprised of guitarist Andy Bell and bassist Jay Mehler - kick off their mini-tour on 19 June 19 at the Manchester Ritz before continuing to the Camden Centre on 20 June. It will conclude at Glasgow's ABC on 22 June.

Source: www.londonnet.co.uk

Another Review Of Beady Eye's Album BE

Whipping fans into a frenzy with his swagger, he was once Britpop’s finest frontman.

But since Oasis split four years ago, Liam Gallagher has been defined by his relationship with older brother Noel.

Most of his interviews are strewn with unflattering comments about his sibling.

He has branded Noel an old man and even compared his looks to those of X Factor’s Louis Walsh.

Noel responded by dubbing Liam ‘a man with a fork in a world of soup’.

Matters can’t have been helped by the relative performances of the brothers’ solo debuts.

Different Gear, Still Speeding, Liam’s first album with his band Beady Eye was out-stripped by Noel’s High Flying Birds, which sold a million in 2011 and put him back into the big arenas he played with Oasis.

Now, at 40 and unveiling his second post-Oasis offering, Liam seems happier for the music to do the talking.

BE offers something different. Out a week on Monday, it is the sound of a Gallagher with something to prove — so much so, that Liam turned up at the London playback and chipped in with his own one-line reviews while dancing along to his new music. ‘F****n’ tune, man!’ was the gist of most comments.

The songs on BE have been framed by new producer Dave Sitek. The New Yorker, who has worked with Scarlett Johansson and Kelis, is no lover of traditional rock.

Having informed Beady Eye they were ‘stuck in 1969’, he has reinvigorated their outlook without watering down their spirit.

The sound is bold and brassy, with the guitars of ex-Oasis men Gem Archer and Andy Bell augmented by electronics, muscular horns, propulsive rhythms and experiments with cassette tapes and iPhone apps.
Liam’s singing is striking, too. With his voice unadorned by special effects, this is one of the most natural- sounding records he has ever made.

There is still, of course, the inevitable dig at Noel. Whereas Beady Eye’s debut album contained Four Letter Word, which alluded to the conflict that ended the 18-year career of Oasis, BE’s most newsworthy track is Don’t Brother Me.

‘Don’t brother me when you’re down,’ sings Liam. ‘I’m sick of all your lying, your scheming and crying.’

But he also offers an olive branch: ‘In the morning, I’ll be calling and hoping you understand / Come on, give peace a chance / Take my hand, be a man.’

So, has the ex-wild man of rock grown up? Not quite. BE opens with Flick Of The Finger, inspired by a London  anti-Vietnam war protest in 1968.
There are other brash rockers, too. Second Bite Of The Apple is fast and inventive; Face The Crowd an urgent R&B stomp.

But the best moments are those where producer Sitek’s experimental, freewheeling instincts come in.

Soul Love is wistful and psychedelic, Shine A Light mixes music hall piano, Eastern-tinged guitars and a Bo Diddley beat.

There are moments when the spirit of experimentation falls flat. Overall, though, BE finds its maker infused with a sense of adventure.

If the constant bickering with Noel has pushed Liam to make this much of an effort, then rock’s most bitter sibling rivalry might be having a beneficial effect after all.

Source: dailymail.co.uk

Video: Interview With Beady Eye From 'Later... With Jools Holland'

Below is a video of an interview with Beady Eye and a performce of 'Flick Of The Finger', that was broadcast on 'Later... With Jools Holland' yesterday.


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On This Day In Oasis History...

Don't Believe The Truth is the sixth studio album by Oasis, released on May 30, 2005. It reached #1 in the UK Albums Chart with first week sales of just under 238,000. The album entered the U.S. charts at #12, the highest any Oasis album has reached there since 1997 with Be Here Now, although its chart stay was brief. The album went triple platinum in the UK in the first week of 2006, and is the ninth fastest selling album there. As of August 2006, Don't Believe the Truth has sold approximately 2.5 million copies worldwide.




















Every member of the band contributed to the writing of tracks for the album, and the album is the first where all duties were divided between the bandmembers. On some of the tracks regular bass player Andy Bell handled guitar, while Gem and Noel contributed bass to other songs. Don't Believe the Truth is the first Oasis record to feature the drumming of Zak Starkey, who replaced Oasis' longtime member Alan White.

Liam also had a larger impact on the album by his developing songwriting. Noel has said that this album is his favourite of Oasis' last four, because all members have contributed to it. This, he claims, has given it a different feel to a typically Noel-written Oasis album.

The band embarked on a massive world-wide tour and started off at the London Astoria for their Don't Believe the Truth Tour.

Recording

The recording process for Don't Believe the Truth was prolonged. The album was originally supposed to be released around summer/autumn 2004, with an initial 3-4 week session produced by Death in Vegas. The recording finally began after Alan White's departure in January 2004 at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall, the same place where Oasis had recorded their debut album Definitely Maybe. These sessions were completed but the band weren't happy with the results.

Noel has commented since on numerous occasions that there was no problem with the work done by Death In Vegas, but he felt the songs they were working on were simply not good enough to form a record, and felt a break was needed in which new material would have to be written. In Noel's words: "we were trying to polish a turd". Around 10 tracks were worked on with Death In Vegas of which, according to Noel, 6 were "not even good enough to make the b-sides". Four of the tracks which eventually appeared on the album were worked on with Death In Vegas, those songs being: "Turn Up The Sun", "Mucky Fingers", "A Bell Will Ring" and "The Meaning of Soul", although all of these had extra work done to them or were re-recorded before being released.

After a short break in which many new songs, including "Let There Be Love", "Lyla" and "Part Of The Queue" were written, the band reconvened at their Wheeler End Studios with Noel as producer. The band were joined on these sessions by The Who's drummer Zak Starkey. In June 2004, Oasis debuted two new songs from these sessions, the Liam-written "The Meaning of Soul" and the Gem-written "A Bell Will Ring" at two live shows in Poole and at the Glastonbury Festival.

After hearing of the band's production problems from Oasis manager Marcus Russell, American producer Dave Sardy expressed interest in taking over production duties. Sardy was given tapes of existing recording sessions to mix, and after his work was praised by the band, he arrived in the UK to oversee new recording sessions at Olympic Studios in London. These sessions didn't last long before he asked the band to travel to Los Angeles and re-record most of the album there, as he felt more comfortable working in a studio closer to home. With the band eventually agreeing to this, recording sessions began at Capitol Studios in October 2004 with the band spending around 9 weeks there.

Release

The decision to have the leadoff single, "Lyla", on the album was a controversial one, prompted by the label's feeling that there wasn't a suitable lead single among the tracks originally presented. As a result, the decision was taken to record "Lyla", a song which Noel had written and demoed a year previously, but which wasn't recorded by the band during the previous recording sessions. It was decided that Dave Sardy would remix Noel's original demo with Liam recording a set of lead vocals and Zak adding a fresh drum track. "Lyla" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and number nineteen on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. After having initial reservations about the choice of the first single being taken out of the hands of the band, Noel, who initially wanted "Mucky Fingers" to be the first single, has now reluctantly conceded that the song has indeed "done the business".

In April 2005, four tracks from a promo disc leaked: "The Meaning of Soul", "Mucky Fingers", "Keep the Dream Alive", and "Let There Be Love". The full album found its way onto the Internet on May 3, 2005, when Apple Inc. accidentally put the album up early for sale on their iTunes Music Store service in Germany. While there was no official comment by Apple or by Oasis management, it was speculated that Apple simply got "May 30" confused with "May 03" or "May 3".

Watch the promo video for Lyla HERE
Watch the promo video for The Importance Of Being Idle HERE
Watch the promo video for Let There Be Love HERE

Alan McGee On Signing Oasis 20 Years Ago

Excerpt from The Guardian

Alan McGee on Creation, Oasis and cashflow – a classic from the vaults

It's 20 years since Alan McGee stepped into Glasgow King Tuts and signed Oasis. Time to visit 1994 via Rock's Backpages and find out what the Creation Records founder was thinking …

Alan McGee founded Creation Records 10 years ago. Now this former British Rail clerk's labour of love is a floatable proposition, with nearly half of its shares owned by Sony. McGee surprised many when he got into bed with the company, not least because he was supposedly no fan of corporate structures. But that may simply be a sentimental view, judging by the candid assessment he gives over coffee at the Dome, Regent Street.

"In September 1992, I got fed up with selling 200,000 Primal Scream records in England and 18,000 in Germany," says McGee. "I got tired of selling only 3,000 Bandwagonesques there. It's all about distribution. If you're signed to some shit fuckin' indie, no matter what it does for your credibility, it does nothing to promote your group. Sony help us get worldwide distribution. At the moment, we're still getting some crap sales, but the potential is there. I've sold Sony 49%, which makes them feel good, but I'm very loyal to our bands. I've got their best interests at heart.

"The truth is that, without financial backing, it is now very hard to exist in England, but when I've gone in to Sony and said: 'Look, you need to help us with so-and-so,' they've always done it. And they don't talk to me about the music we put out, ever."

In 1984, McGee was looking after a young and irascible Jesus and Mary Chain. Like his proteges, McGee's clothes may be sharper 10 years on, but he hasn't really changed that much, and he remains a patron to like-minded fanatics such as Bobby Gillespie, the Jazz Butcher, Bill "the Man" Drummond and Lawrence from Felt/Denim.

In celebration of Creation's first decade, McGee has gathered together his 10 most personal mementoes. It comes as no surprise that what feature most among his choices are items that spark off memories of liaisons with some of rock's greatest mavericks.

OASIS

"This group, Oasis, are the one recent thing that made me go: 'Fuckin' hell, I still believe in rock'n'roll.' I saw them last year and it was a complete fluke. I was at an 18 Wheeler show in Glasgow at King Tut's Wah-Wah Hut. Third on the bill were a band from Manchester. They were friends of Oasis and they'd told the band they could play fourth on the bill. So Oasis hired a van and drove up from Manchester with their mates and when they arrived the promoter says: 'No. Fuck off.' And they're saying: 'Look, it's cost us £200 to hire the van and equipment and get here. If you don't let us play, we'll smash your club up. There's 10 of us and only two security …'

"So the promoter lets them play. Now, I wouldn't have got to see them normally, because when a band of mine's playing I usually get in five minutes before they come on stage. However, because I'd gone with my sister Susan, who doesn't happen to own a watch, I got there two hours early. I witnessed all the shenanigans, so I wanted to see what they were like.

"The first song was really good. Then the second was incredible. By the time they did this fantastic version of I Am the Walrus, I'd decided I've got to sign this group, now. I said: 'Do you have a record deal? Do you want one? I wanna do it.' Eventually they had 20 record companies offering them deals and at the last minute Mother Records, owned by U2, phoned and said: 'We'll offer double what McGee is offering.'

"The music is a cross between the Kinks, Stone Roses and the Who, and the cover of this tape, which is incredibly rare, only 10 ever made, is important because it's a Union Jack going down the toilet. That sums up our country at the moment. I don't want to herald them too much, but they're already one of my favourite groups. Seeing them is what seeing the Stones must have been like in the early days. Brutal, exciting, arrogant."

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Video: Beady Eye On 'Later... With Jools Holland'

Below is a video of Beady Eye performing 'Flick Of The Finger', that was broadcast on 'Later... With Jools Holland' earlier today.

Listen To Beady Eye's Interview For BBC Radio 6

Below is an interview with Beady Eye that was broadcast earlier today on BBC Radio 6.



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Liam Gallagher Has Experienced What It's Like To Fly High In The Sky Like A Bird

Beady Eye singer Liam Gallagher claims he once ''got inside the mind of a dove'' and experienced what it was like to fly high in the sky like a bird.

Liam Gallagher once ''got inside the mind of a dove''.

The Beady Eye frontman claims he had an outer body experience where he felt what it was like to be a bird and fly high in the sky.

Although known for his hellraising antics, former Oasis star Liam insists he hadn't been experimenting with any illegal substances when he became a dove - which is a symbol of peace across the world.

He said: ''I once got inside the mind of a dove. A full-flying, living, breathing, dove. No, I wasn't taking anything. It flew off to high climes and it was very happy.''

The 40-year-old rocker is gearing up for the release of the band's second album 'BE' on June 10 and next week Beady Eye will be playing tracks from the record at London's iconic Abbey Road Studios.

The band - also comprised of Gem Archer, Chris Sharrock and Jay Mehler - will perform an intimate show at Studio 3 on Monday June 3 exclusively for Absolute Radio.

Studio 3 is synonymous with Liam's idols The Beatles and the group will be covering one of The Fab Four's tracks and the session - which will be attended by listeners lucky enough to win tickets - will also be filmed and will be available to watch on the Absolute Radio website and broadcast on Pete Donaldson's Evening Show on Thursday June 6.

Source: msn.com

Win Tickets To See Beady Eye At Abbey Road Studios

Beady Eye are playing a live session for Absolute Radio at Abbey Road Studios and you could be there! All you need to do is enter the competition below, and you'll be in the running to win a pair of tickets.

Please note that you must be able to attend Abbey Road Studios during the evening of
Monday 3 June.

Click here for details on how to win.

Beady Eye To Play Abbey Road Session

Beady Eye are to play an exclusive set for Absolute Radio at Abbey Road Studios, to include a Beatles cover.

The group will perform in Studio 3 on Monday, June 3 in front of an invited audience and it will be broadcast on Pete Donaldson's Absolute Radio 8pm to midnight show three days later on June 6. The session, which will feature a song by the Fab Four, will be filmed and be available to watch on the station's website.

Donaldson said: “This is going to be an amazing gig and to secure Liam, arguably the greatest rock ‘n’ roll front man around, is a coup. As a huge fan I can’t wait to see which Beatles track they’ll cover.”

Source: www.musicweek.com

Beady Eye Are On 'Later... With Jools Holland' Tonight

Beady Eye will be guests later today on 'Later... With Jools Holland', the band will make their second appearance on the show with material from their widely anticipated, forthcoming LP 'BE'.

The show is broadcast on BBC2, on Wednesday (29th May) at 22:00 (UK Time) an extended edition of the show will be broadcast on BBC2 on Friday (31st May) at 23:05.

Beady Eye Interview And Exclusive Track From The Album 'BE' On BBC Radio 6 Later Today

Lammo chats with Beady Eye about their new album 'Be' which is released on the 10th June. It's the follow up to the band's debut album - 'Different Gear, Still Speeding'.

Beady Eye are Liam Gallagher and guitarists Gem Archer and Andy Bell, formerly of Oasis, along with drummer Chris Sharrock.

'BE' was produced by Dave Sitek, and recorded in London. The Album saw the band experiment with cassette tapes, samplers, and iPhone apps. Liam told the NME - "Working with Sitek just opened something up in us, He's without a doubt the best producer I've ever worked with"

The show is broadcast on BBC Radio 6 later today (29th May) between 16:00 and 19:00 (UK Time), during the show they will play an exclusive track from the album.

To listen online click here.