Injured Beady Eye Guitarist Gem Archer Might Not Be Back Onstage This Year

Beady Eye's Gem Archer is making "slow and steady" progress following his accident earlier this month (August 1), his wife Lou has revealed.

The guitarist was hospitalised on August 1 with severe head trauma, forcing Beady Eye to cancel all scheduled live performances for August, including appearances at this weekend's V Festival. It has since been reported that Archer fractured his skull after falling down a flight of stairs at home.

The guitarist's wife Lou used Twitter yesterday (August 17) to thank fans for their support and answer questions about Archer's recovery progress. In a series of replies to well-wishers, she revealed that the guitarist is "very poorly" but called him a "tough 'un" and said that "slow and steady, he's getting there".

Asked by @JamesMoon whether Archer is likely to be back in action before the end of the year, Archer replied: thanks James.. I really don't know.  He needs to mend, how long it will take I'm not sure. He's a tough cookie ☺ xxx

ou Archer also confirmed that her husband's former Oasis bandmate Noel Gallagher has sent her husband his regards, saying: "Of course he has!"

Source: www.nme.com

Update On Gem Archer

A big thank you to everybody who’s been in touch to give messages of support for Gem following his accident. He and his family really appreciate it and so do the band. We are gutted about all the cancelled shows but thank you for understanding that we need to prioritise our mate and his recovery. The good news is Gem is doing well so far and is expected to make a full recovery over the next few weeks. This is just to say thanks for your patience, and for all the messages that have come in from all over the world. We are buzzing about getting back on stage for the UK and Ireland dates in November. Thanks, Beady Eye.

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

Noel Gallagher On Damon Albarn Collaboration Rumours

Noel Gallagher has denied that he has been working on new material with former Blur rival Damon Albarn.

Earlier this year, Albarn and Gallagher put two decades of Britpop animosity behind them when they performed together at London's Royal Albert Hall for a Teenage Cancer Trust gig. Albarn's bandmate Alex James has recently claimed the pair are "like best mates now" and even said last week that they are "working together on a lot of stuff".

Responding to these comments during an appearance on talkSPORT Radio on Thursday (August 15), Gallagher said: "I read that Alex James said that - [but] it's news to me!"

However, Gallagher confirmed that he has started work on a new Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds album. "I've got tons of songs left over from the last one. I'm writing, putting stuff together. Yeah, I'll definitely make another one, that's for sure," he said. "I don't wanna go back out on the road, though - that's the thing."

Discussing his reluctance to hit the road again, Gallagher explained that his last tour lasted for 15 months and added: "I only stopped touring last year. I wouldn't wanna go and see me once every two years - I've got no stage presence, there's nothing going on." However, he then conceded "I got into it though... yeah, I'll have to go on the road again."

During the interview, Gallagher also ruled out the possibility of reforming Oasis to mark the 20th anniversary of the band's debut album 'Definitely Maybe' next year (2014), saying: "No, it definitely won't happen."

Source: www.nme.com

Listen Again To Noel Gallagher On talkSport

Noel Gallagher talks about the rumours of an Oasis reunion, working with Damon Albarn and the next album.

The full show can be listened to here.


Thanks to Birchy

Noel Gallagher's Brilliant Mario Balotelli Story

Legendary musician Noel Gallagher joined Jason Cundy and Andy Goldstein on the Sports Bar on Thursday night and told a great story about madcap former Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli.

To listen to the clip click here.

Noel Gallagher On Oasis Comeback And Confirms Second Album Is In The Works

Noel Gallagher has once again dismissed the idea of Oasis reuniting, but added: "Who knows what will happen in 20 years?"

The star, who has released one solo album since the band's split in 2009, was speaking to Andy Goldstein's talkSPORT radio show about the new Premier League season when he was asked about an Oasis comeback.

"It definitely won't happen," said Gallagher. "Look, who knows what will happen in 20 years? But 20 years from now, I'll be what, 30, 40? No, I'll hopefully have retired by then."

Asked what it would take for Oasis to reunite, given Gallagher is already a multimillionaire, he replied: "If I felt like it. Yes, [it'll be my decision]."

The guitarist also spoke about plans for a second solo record, confirming that he has one in the works.

"I've got tons of songs left over from the last one. I'm writing, putting stuff together. Yeah, I'll definitely make another one, that's for sure. I don't wanna go back on the road, though - that's the thing," he added.

Of reports he is working with Blur's Damon Albarn, Gallagher revealed: "I read that Alex James said that - it's news to me!"

Liam Gallagher recently told Digital Spy that an Oasis reunion will happen if the "musical gods" want it.

"Me and our kid [Noel] still don't speak," Liam said, "Gem [Archer] and the lads still speak."

Guitarist Andy Bell added: "It will come down to a conversation."

Source: digitalspy.co.uk

Liam Gallagher Heads To Ireland For The Surf And Guinness

Former Oasis singer and current Beady Eye frontman Liam Gallagher is in Sligo today, apparently with plans to go surfing with one of his fellow band mates.

 Neil Byrne, manager of Sligo's Strand bar, told RTÉ Ten that Liam popped in for breakfast this morning with an unidenfified fellow Beady Eye member.

"He had a full Irish with a Guinness head," said Neil. "He said he wanted to go out a do a spot of surfing but the conditions weren't great so he came in for some breakfast."

Liam, who has relatives in nearby Mayo, hung around the Strand bar until 12.30pm but when he began to be spotted by customers he left the venue. The most recent sighting has him in another local pub called Hargadons.

The Strand has had it's share of famous visitors in the past with Woody Harrelson and members of local lads Westlife dropping by over the years.

Source: www.rte.ie

Watch Beady Eye At Ibiza Rocks This Weekend On MTV

'Beady Eye' joined by 'Zane Lowe' and 'Temples' Live from the Ibiza Rocks.

Watch the full MTV coverage on August 18th., click here for more details.

 

Beady Eye Cancel French Festival Appearance

Beady Eye were due to play at the Cabaret Vert Festival in north-east France on August 23rd, but organisers have now confirmed the show is off as Gem Archer will not be well enough to perform.

A post on the Cabaret Vert Twitter page on Monday reads, "Cancellation of Beady Eye concert following guitarist Gem Archer's health problem. New scheduling will follow."

On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below is from August 14th 2008, when Oasis played at the Black Islands Studios in London in front of a small number of competition winners.

Noel Gallagher And Damon Albarn Are Working Together On New Material

Alex James has said in a recent interview that Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn are working together on a lot of stuff.

Taken from an interview with sziget.hu.

How serious was the rivalry between Blur and Oasis, or was it just an excuse for the British music media?

Alex: Damon and Noel Gallagher are working together on a lot of stuff, so whatever was back then is not relevant anymore. But we have to add that young bands today are all very nice. We were totally intolerable.

Read the full interview here.

Another On This Day In Oasis History...

Below is an interview with Liam and Noel Gallagher from August 13th 1994, at the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden.

On This Day In Oasis History...

Below are a few videos from August 13th 2005, when Oasis played at the Summersonic Festival in Osaka, Japan.

On This Day In Oasis History...

On August 11th 1996, Oasis played the second of two nights at Knebworth. Support for the two days included The Prodigy, Ocean Colour Scene, Charlatans, Manic Street Preachers, Kula Shaker and Dreadzone.

Below is a video of the gig

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On This Day In Oasis History...

On August 10th 1996, Oasis played the first of two nights at Knebworth. Support for the two days included The Prodigy, Ocean Colour Scene, Charlatans, Manic Street Preachers, Kula Shaker and Dreadzone.
Below is a review from THE TIMES of the show.

Review: Oasis at Knebworth, 1996

One in 20 Britons applied for tickets to see Oasis in concert at Knebworth. Our critic joined the crowd on Saturday.

Three million people, 5 per cent of the population, applied for tickets and those lucky enough to get them were treated to two new songs, My Big Mouth and It's Getting Better Man , along with tried and tested hits. With a guest list of 7,000 there were plenty of opportunities for star-spotting: Mick Hucknall of Simply Red, Jarvis Cocker and Kate Moss made their way to the celebrity enclosure to compare bodyguards with Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit, and all looked disingenuously surprised when mobbed by amateur paparazzi.

For those not chosen as Kate Moss's plus one, there were tickets still available at a price. Cro-Magnon touts were willing to get you into "The Gig of the Decade" for £300, a sizeable mark-up from £22.50. Once inside, many would have gladly paid £300 to avoid queues. There were 400-yard tailbacks for each bar and toilet. But with the temperature into the 70s and a PA so powerful everyone was guaranteed to leave touched by tinnitus, such matters were of little importance. Oasis took to the stage at 9pm, greeted by a roar so huge that flocks of birds took to the sky from Knebworth's old oaks.

"Hello, hello, hello," Liam said, making a fairly good job of John Lennon's famous "retard" impression. "Let's go." And off they went, kicking out the music that has made the Top 40 truly exciting for the first time in ten years and working hard for the estimated £5.6 million the weekend accrued.

Joined for the inevitable encore of Champagne Supernova by The Stone Roses's ex-guitar player John Squire, Oasis bowed out in a blaze of guitar solos and a firework display. As many tired and emotional punters fell over backwards, disorientated from staring at the sky so long, Martin Carr of the Boo Radleys said: "Everyone in Britain - except Damon from Blur - loves Oasis. They can do no wrong." He would appear to be right.

Gem Archer suffers fractured skull after he fell down a flight of stairs

Beady Eye guitarist Gem Archer's mystery head injury was reportedly caused after he fell down a flight of stairs.

The axeman apparently took a tumble after he fell down a staircase in his home and fractured his skull, reports The Sun. As previously reported, Archer was hospitalised with severe head trauma following the accident on the evening of August 1. But the circumstances around his fall have not been revealed until now.

He has since been discharged from hospital but Beady Eye announced yesterday (August 8) that they have cancelled all of their scheduled live commitments in August, including performances at V Festival 2013, as Archer continues to recover from the head injury.

A statement on Beady Eye's official website reads: "Beady Eye regret to announce that they are cancelling their performance at V Festival and their remaining scheduled shows and promotional commitments in August due to guitarist Gem Archer suffering severe head trauma after an accident on August 1.

"The band apologise to fans, but under the circumstances feel they can not perform without Gem and want to focus on supporting him throughout his recovery. Gem was released from hospital yesterday evening and is recovering at home though remains under observation."

Oasis famously pulled out of the second leg of V Festival in Chelmsford in 2009 when Liam Gallagher caught viral laryngitis. The band split up a week later, meaning their show at V's Staffordshire site was their last.

Source: www.nme.com

Gem Archer Is Out Of Hospital, Beady Eye Cancel V Festival Appearance

Beady Eye regret to announce that they are cancelling their performance at V Festival and their remaining scheduled shows and promotional commitments in August due to guitarist Gem Archer suffering severe head trauma after an accident on August 1st.

The band apologise to fans but under the circumstances feel they can not perform without Gem and want to focus on supporting him throughout his recovery.

Gem was released from hospital yesterday evening and is recovering at home though remains under observation.

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

On This Day In Oasis History...

"Live Forever" is a song by British rock group Oasis. Written by guitarist Noel Gallagher, the song was released as the third single from their debut album Definitely Maybe on 8 August 1994, just prior to that album's release.

Gallagher wrote the song in 1991, before he joined Oasis. Inspired by The Rolling Stones' "Shine a Light," "Live Forever" features a basic song structure and lyrics with an optimistic outlook that contrasted with the attitude of the grunge bands popular at the time. The song was the first Oasis single to enter the top ten in the United Kingdom, and garnered critical acclaim.

Background and recording
Noel Gallagher wrote "Live Forever" in 1991, while working for a building company in his hometown of Manchester. After his foot was crushed by a pipe in an accident, he was given a less-strenuous job working in the storeroom, allowing him more time to write songs. One night he was listening to The Rolling Stones' album Exile on Main St. While playing one of his own chord progressions, Gallagher noted that it sounded good against one of the vocal melodies from the album: "It was the bit from 'Shine a Light' that goes [sings], 'May the good lord shine a light on you,'" Gallagher recalled. Gallagher incorporated the melody, changing the line to "Maybe I don’t really want to know". For a period afterwards, that was the only part of the song Gallagher had completed.

The song was later instrumental in helping the band secure their record deal with Creation Records. Reflecting on when he first heard the song, Creation boss Alan McGee recalled "It was probably the single greatest moment I've ever experienced with them."

The demo version of "Live Forever" begins with an acoustic guitar intro. While recording the album version, the record's producer Owen Morris cut out this intro and replaced it with a drumbeat played by Tony McCarroll. Morris further cut a second section in Noel's guitar solo. Although Gallagher was upset, Morris felt the part had sounded "a bit like fucking Slash from Guns N' Roses".

Reception

"Live Forever" was released on 8 August 1994 as the band's third single, a month before the release of their debut album Definitely Maybe. The song had been part of the band's set for longer than a year at that point, and had amassed so many mentions in reviews of the group that "its release [as a single] had long seemed inevitable." In its review of the single, NME found "Live Forever" to be an improvement over Oasis' previous singles, concluding, "Basically, what thus far looked like obnoxious Manc arrogance suddenly looks like sheer effortlessness. A terrific record."

While Oasis' first two singles, "Supersonic" and "Shakermaker", were modestly received, it was "Live Forever" that "got the world's attention." "Live Forever" became Oasis' first top ten hit, reaching number ten on the British singles charts in 1994. In 1995, the song became the band's first chart success in the United States, reaching number two and ten on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, respectively. Noel Gallagher commented on the praise given to the song: "People said to me after 'Live Forever', 'Where are you gonna go after that?' And I was like, I don't think it's that good. I think it's a fucking good song, but I think I can do better."

"Live Forever" has garnered additional acclaim years after its release. In 2006, "Live Forever" was named the greatest song of all time in a poll released by Q; the song had ranked ninth in a similar Q poll three years before. In 2007, "Live Forever" placed number one in the NME and XFM poll of the 50 "Greatest Indie Anthems Ever". The song was selected by Noel Gallagher for inclusion on Oasis' compilation album Stop the Clocks in 2006.

Music videos





Two music videos were made for "Live Forever" for British and American airplay. The original video, directed by Carlos Grasso, features unusual imagery such as Liam Gallagher sitting on a chair affixed to a wall, and a number of scenes are devoted to the band burying drummer Tony McCarroll alive. Some of the UK version of the promotional video was filmed at the Strawberry Fields memorial, the area of New York City's Central Park dedicated to John Lennon—the single cover features 251 Menlove Avenue, the childhood home of Lennon. The American video, directed by Nick Egan, features the band playing in an office with pictures of Sid Vicious, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, John Lennon, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Marc Bolan, and Bobby Moore on the wall. Both videos are included on the 2004 Definitely Maybe DVD.

















Track listings

UK tracklisting

CD CRESCD 185
"Live Forever" – 4:38
"Up In The Sky" (Acoustic) – 3:32
"Cloudburst" – 5:21
"Supersonic" (Live) – 5:12

7" CRE 185
"Live Forever" – 4:38
"Up In The Sky" (Acoustic) – 3:32

12" CRE 185T
"Live Forever" – 4:38
"Up In The Sky" (Acoustic) – 3:32
"Cloudburst" – 5:21

Cassette CRECS 185
"Live Forever" – 4:38
"Up In The Sky" (Acoustic) – 3:32

European tracklisting

CD HES 660689 2
"Live Forever" (Radio Edit) – 3:43
"Live Forever" – 4:37
"Up In The Sky" (Acoustic) – 3:32
"Cloudburst" – 5:21
"Supersonic" (Live) – 5:10

On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below is from August 7th 2005, when Oasis played at the FIB Heineken Festival in Bennicassim, Spain.

Beady Eye Are Still Scheduled To Play V Festival

V Festival organisers have confirmed that Beady Eye are still scheduled to play the event later this month (August 17 and 18).

The band have been forced to cancel dates in Belgium (August 5) and Summer Sonic in Japan (August 10) after guitarist Gem Archer was hospitalised with severe head trauma. The guitarist – pictured above second from left – was involved in an accident on the evening of August 1 and was taken to hospital. A statement released by the band last night (August 5) revealed that Archer is in a stable condition but will stay in hospital under observation for the time being.

While it remained unclear whether the band would still appear at V Festivals in Staffordshire and Chelmsford later this month (August 17 and 18), organisers of the event have told NME that at present, the band's set will still go ahead. "Unless they hear otherwise they're still playing," a spokesperson for the festival's promoters said.

Speaking about playing the gig to NME earlier this year, Liam Gallagher: revealed: "I like V Festival, it's good man. I've got unfinished business there this time so I wanted to do that. I want to get back there and smash its head to fucking pieces man, let people know we’re the bollocks."

Oasis famously pulled out of the second leg of V Festival in 2009. Having played the Staffordshire site, they pulled out of Chelmsford after Liam Gallagher caught viral laryngitis. Oasis split up a week later and it would be their last gig. In July 2011, Noel Gallagher claimed that the gig was cancelled because Liam was hungover – a claim Liam then tried to sue him for. He dropped the legal action a couple of weeks later after Noel apologised.

Liam told NME earlier this year about the spat: "Noel was going round saying all that shit about me not being in bed pissed up, didn't do a gig and all that at V Festival and it was bollocks, saying I wanted to sell Pretty Green merch and it was like, 'Look, you'd better wind your neck in or I'm going to get the fucking lads on you'. He was going, "Bring it on, dickhead". So I was like, 'There you go, there’s a lawyer'."

Source: www.nme.com