Blur
Damon Albarn
Graham Coxon
Noel Gallagher
Damon Albarn has told NME he and Noel Gallagher have ‘discussed’ the possibility of collaborating together in the future.
The former rivals publicly rubber-stamped their reconciliation at the 2013 Teenage Cancer Trust concerts when Gallagher, acting as curator last year, joined Albarn and his Blur chum Graham Coxon onstage for a rendition of ‘Tender‘.
Since then, rumours have been rife of a studio hook-up between the pair and Albarn, who has his first solo record ‘Everyday Robots‘ out at the end of this month, has now admitted that is a possibility in the future.
“I can imagine that being a very distinct possibility at some point in the future,” he said of a collaboration. “But, as yet we haven’t really talked about it. OK, we have a little bit. We’re talking. It’s not anything to get excited about yet. I mean, he’s doing his thing.”
“He’s finishing a new record. I’ve got my record coming out, but the principle of us making music together is something, you know, it would be fair to say, we have discussed it at least once.”
Source: www.live4ever.uk.com
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Damon Albarn On Collaborating With Noel Gallagher
Damon Albarn has told NME he and Noel Gallagher have ‘discussed’ the possibility of collaborating together in the future.
The former rivals publicly rubber-stamped their reconciliation at the 2013 Teenage Cancer Trust concerts when Gallagher, acting as curator last year, joined Albarn and his Blur chum Graham Coxon onstage for a rendition of ‘Tender‘.
Since then, rumours have been rife of a studio hook-up between the pair and Albarn, who has his first solo record ‘Everyday Robots‘ out at the end of this month, has now admitted that is a possibility in the future.
“I can imagine that being a very distinct possibility at some point in the future,” he said of a collaboration. “But, as yet we haven’t really talked about it. OK, we have a little bit. We’re talking. It’s not anything to get excited about yet. I mean, he’s doing his thing.”
“He’s finishing a new record. I’ve got my record coming out, but the principle of us making music together is something, you know, it would be fair to say, we have discussed it at least once.”
Source: www.live4ever.uk.com
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Johhny Marr
Liam Gallagher
New Order
The Courteeners
The Strypes
The Tapestry
The View
"This band are so great. I love the vibe, which takes me back to CBGB's in New York in the late 70s” - Chris Difford, Squeeze
"If there was ever a band to fall instantly in love with, it is The Tapestry!” - John Robb, Louder Than War
“Fucking tune!” - Liam Gallagher
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Flogging pictures of a well-known children's TV presenter caning chemicals in a nightclub isn't the usual way for a band to find start up cash. Most people just get a job in a guitar shop.
“We're not too proud of it but it was worth it to start the band and buy the instruments!”
The Tapestry are from Manchester. They are Liam Faherty (vocals/guitar) Katy Baker (Bass/vocals) Dyna (Guitar/vocals) and Zara Finnegan (Drums/vocals). Their tunes are both impossibly catchy and implausibly glamorous.
It's early days, but so far the guys have got stuck in to recording their debut album with Mr. Jim Spencer (Johnny Marr, New Order and The Charlatans) and cutting their teeth live. So far they've managed to attract the approval of Liam Gallagher.
“He showed up at a London show recently, we had a chin wag backstage and he was a total gent. Later we got the 'Fucking tune!' seal of approval.”
'Right As rain' is released on April 14th 2014. Watch the brilliant video below.
Having supported The Strypes, Pete Doherty,The View, Young Knives & The Courteeners, The Tapestry are set to play 2 headline shows in April. The band will play:
11th April - Ruby Lounge, Manchester (This Feeling)
12th April - Queen of Hoxton, London (This Feeling)
Details for tickets and more club nights all around the UK can be found here.
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The Tapestry Announce New Single To Coincide With 'This Feeling' Shows
"This band are so great. I love the vibe, which takes me back to CBGB's in New York in the late 70s” - Chris Difford, Squeeze
"If there was ever a band to fall instantly in love with, it is The Tapestry!” - John Robb, Louder Than War
“Fucking tune!” - Liam Gallagher
Flogging pictures of a well-known children's TV presenter caning chemicals in a nightclub isn't the usual way for a band to find start up cash. Most people just get a job in a guitar shop.
“We're not too proud of it but it was worth it to start the band and buy the instruments!”
The Tapestry are from Manchester. They are Liam Faherty (vocals/guitar) Katy Baker (Bass/vocals) Dyna (Guitar/vocals) and Zara Finnegan (Drums/vocals). Their tunes are both impossibly catchy and implausibly glamorous.
It's early days, but so far the guys have got stuck in to recording their debut album with Mr. Jim Spencer (Johnny Marr, New Order and The Charlatans) and cutting their teeth live. So far they've managed to attract the approval of Liam Gallagher.
“He showed up at a London show recently, we had a chin wag backstage and he was a total gent. Later we got the 'Fucking tune!' seal of approval.”
'Right As rain' is released on April 14th 2014. Watch the brilliant video below.
Having supported The Strypes, Pete Doherty,The View, Young Knives & The Courteeners, The Tapestry are set to play 2 headline shows in April. The band will play:
11th April - Ruby Lounge, Manchester (This Feeling)
12th April - Queen of Hoxton, London (This Feeling)
Details for tickets and more club nights all around the UK can be found here.
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John Fendley
Noel Gallagher
Paul Merson
John Fendley, Paul Merson are joined by Noel Gallagher this week to take a light-hearted look at fantasy football and the weekend's Barclays Premier League matches.
The Fantasy Football Club
Sky Sports 1 Fri 11th Apr, 10:15pm (UK Only)
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Noel Gallagher Is A Guest On 'The Fantasy Football Club' On Friday
John Fendley, Paul Merson are joined by Noel Gallagher this week to take a light-hearted look at fantasy football and the weekend's Barclays Premier League matches.
The Fantasy Football Club
Sky Sports 1 Fri 11th Apr, 10:15pm (UK Only)
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Damon Albarn
Noel Gallagher
As part of the Britpop at the BBC season, there's a chance to hear two programmes first broadcast on the World Service in which Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn talk to Sean Rowley about the music that has shaped them. Sean visits Noel at home and Damon in his studio and lets them talk about their lives and some of the music that has influenced their own unique sounds.
Part of the Britpop at the BBC season.
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All Back To Mine: Noel Gallagher And Damon Albarn
As part of the Britpop at the BBC season, there's a chance to hear two programmes first broadcast on the World Service in which Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn talk to Sean Rowley about the music that has shaped them. Sean visits Noel at home and Damon in his studio and lets them talk about their lives and some of the music that has influenced their own unique sounds.
Part of the Britpop at the BBC season.
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Bonehead
Guigsy
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
The Rain
Tony McCarroll
This was our first trip to America on tour with Oasis and, apart from Noel, none of us had been to New York before. We were there to play at the Wetlands Preserve, a festival in New York, and we were just starting to get known. We had an incredible time, playing gigs and filming videos. This particular morning I remember we were all very hung-over, which might explain the glasses. But you can see from the smiles on our faces [Arthurs, centre] that we all think it’s brilliant.
Growing up I’d been in bands on and off; it was something to do on a Friday night. Every kid in Manchester at that time wanted to be in a band. In 1991 I was in a band called Rain with Tony McCarrol (far left) and Paul McGuigan (second left). We were looking for a singer and someone happened to mention in passing that Liam Gallagher, this kid that everyone knew, wanted to be in a band. No one knew he was a singer, I don’t think he knew he wanted to be a singer, but we got him down to my house and auditioned him. We renamed ourselves Oasis and then Noel heard about us through Liam and wanted to join. He came along to meet us armed with songs – the whole of Definitely Maybe and more – and played them to us. We were witnessing our own private Oasis gig before anyone – it was amazing.
People make a huge thing that Oasis had all this tension between brothers. There were a few fisticuffs, but it wasn’t as bad as everyone made out. I always joked that I was the tour psychiatrist, the man in the white coat. Maybe because I was a bit older – I was 29 here, Liam was about 21 – I’d be the one to jump in and pull them apart if anything happened. I left the band in 1999. My daughter, Lucy, was little and that was part of the reason. But also we’d had such an amazing rise and achieved such a lot – like playing to quarter of a million people at Knebworth in 1996 – that when it came to making the fifth album, and I felt like the spark had gone, I just knew I had to get out. I didn’t want to be in the band and not give 100 per cent. It was strange afterwards – it took me about two years to readjust to normal life and be me again. You think you don’t change, but of course you do. We weren’t divas but I’d started to think that having my own minder and being driven around in separate Mercedes cars was normal life. Getting back to being able to walk down my own street on my own was cool by me.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Paul 'Bonehead’ Arthurs On Oasis’s First American Tour
This was our first trip to America on tour with Oasis and, apart from Noel, none of us had been to New York before. We were there to play at the Wetlands Preserve, a festival in New York, and we were just starting to get known. We had an incredible time, playing gigs and filming videos. This particular morning I remember we were all very hung-over, which might explain the glasses. But you can see from the smiles on our faces [Arthurs, centre] that we all think it’s brilliant.
Growing up I’d been in bands on and off; it was something to do on a Friday night. Every kid in Manchester at that time wanted to be in a band. In 1991 I was in a band called Rain with Tony McCarrol (far left) and Paul McGuigan (second left). We were looking for a singer and someone happened to mention in passing that Liam Gallagher, this kid that everyone knew, wanted to be in a band. No one knew he was a singer, I don’t think he knew he wanted to be a singer, but we got him down to my house and auditioned him. We renamed ourselves Oasis and then Noel heard about us through Liam and wanted to join. He came along to meet us armed with songs – the whole of Definitely Maybe and more – and played them to us. We were witnessing our own private Oasis gig before anyone – it was amazing.
People make a huge thing that Oasis had all this tension between brothers. There were a few fisticuffs, but it wasn’t as bad as everyone made out. I always joked that I was the tour psychiatrist, the man in the white coat. Maybe because I was a bit older – I was 29 here, Liam was about 21 – I’d be the one to jump in and pull them apart if anything happened. I left the band in 1999. My daughter, Lucy, was little and that was part of the reason. But also we’d had such an amazing rise and achieved such a lot – like playing to quarter of a million people at Knebworth in 1996 – that when it came to making the fifth album, and I felt like the spark had gone, I just knew I had to get out. I didn’t want to be in the band and not give 100 per cent. It was strange afterwards – it took me about two years to readjust to normal life and be me again. You think you don’t change, but of course you do. We weren’t divas but I’d started to think that having my own minder and being driven around in separate Mercedes cars was normal life. Getting back to being able to walk down my own street on my own was cool by me.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Pretty Green
The Beatles
Introducing our first seasonal capsule collection — The Walrus. We’ve been on a journey this summer and we want you to experience it with us. Inspiration was drawn from The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour, an unscripted film based on a collection of handwritten ideas, sketches and situations referred to as the “Scrupt”. The psychedelic vibe of the film, including strange characters played by all four Beatles, feature a kaleidoscope of weird and wonderful colours and dreamlike sequences which continued into our designs for the SS14 capsule.
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Explore Pretty Green's First Seasonal Capsule
Introducing our first seasonal capsule collection — The Walrus. We’ve been on a journey this summer and we want you to experience it with us. Inspiration was drawn from The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour, an unscripted film based on a collection of handwritten ideas, sketches and situations referred to as the “Scrupt”. The psychedelic vibe of the film, including strange characters played by all four Beatles, feature a kaleidoscope of weird and wonderful colours and dreamlike sequences which continued into our designs for the SS14 capsule.
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The View
This Feeling
SCOTTISH INDIE LEGENDS THE VIEW to take time out from recording new album to DJ at THIS FEELING THROUGHOUT APRIL.
Scots songsmiths to take up residency at the UK's most rock and roll night out...
THE VIEW, who are currently writing and demoing for their new LP, are set to play four special DJ sets at their favourite club night, THIS FEELING in Edinburgh (Voodoo Rooms, April 4th), Glasgow (Record Factory, April 5th), London (Queen of Hoxton, April 12th) and Sheffield (The Leadmill, April 19th).
After eight years of pretty much relentless touring the world and a career spawning three top ten albums, THE VIEW are one of the UK's most treasured bands and say "we've been hard at work on the new record so it's nice to take a breather and party with our fans at our favourite night out, This Feeling!"
Last year's 'Seven Year Setlist' - a glorious tribute to their famous live shows - cemented their status as a band full of character and big songs…An absolute gem of a band and you can bet these will be DJ sets to remember from these Wasted Little DJ's!
Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and infomation on club nights all over the UK.
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The View Set For 'This Feeling' Tour
SCOTTISH INDIE LEGENDS THE VIEW to take time out from recording new album to DJ at THIS FEELING THROUGHOUT APRIL.
Scots songsmiths to take up residency at the UK's most rock and roll night out...
THE VIEW, who are currently writing and demoing for their new LP, are set to play four special DJ sets at their favourite club night, THIS FEELING in Edinburgh (Voodoo Rooms, April 4th), Glasgow (Record Factory, April 5th), London (Queen of Hoxton, April 12th) and Sheffield (The Leadmill, April 19th).
After eight years of pretty much relentless touring the world and a career spawning three top ten albums, THE VIEW are one of the UK's most treasured bands and say "we've been hard at work on the new record so it's nice to take a breather and party with our fans at our favourite night out, This Feeling!"
Last year's 'Seven Year Setlist' - a glorious tribute to their famous live shows - cemented their status as a band full of character and big songs…An absolute gem of a band and you can bet these will be DJ sets to remember from these Wasted Little DJ's!
Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and infomation on club nights all over the UK.
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Alan White
Bonehead
Guigsy
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
The video below is from April 2nd 1996, when Oasis played at the Sald Zeleste in Barcelona, Spain.
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On This Day In Oasis History...
The video below is from April 2nd 1996, when Oasis played at the Sald Zeleste in Barcelona, Spain.
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Alan White
Bonehead
Guigsy
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Tony McCarroll
Details about the contents of the upcoming Chasing The Sun: Oasis 1993 – 1997 exhibition has been revealed.
The exhibition, which takes in the early years of the legendary Manchester band, has been curated by renowned photographer Lawrence Watson, and will include rare photographs and audio-visual content, memorabilia and artefacts. It will also feature a replica of the Definitely Maybe cover artwork and a display featuring many of the original props.
Exhibition highlights include an Definitely Maybe cover replica. The life-size recreation of the front room in which the iconic artwork for Oasis’s debut album was photographed, in rhythm guitarist Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs home at the time. Fans will be able to recreate the cover art in the replica set up by positioning themselves in the same spots as the band. Within the exhibition some of the original furniture and many of the props from the shoot will be on display.
There will also be a chance to view rare and iconic photographs with previously unseen and classic images from the photographers who had fly-on-the-wall access to the band, including Jill Furminovsky, Paul Slattery, Tom Sheehan, Kevin Cummins, and Jamie Fry. Each print will be available to buy.
There will also be a host of musical instruments used by Oasis including from Noel Gallagher an Epiphone Sheraton ‘Union Jack’ guitar, used on the (What’s The Story) Morning Glory tour dates, a Rickenbacker 330 from the cover of the single Supersonic, an Epiphone Riviera from the Definitely Maybe cover, a Gibson Les Paul and Epiphone Riviera used on the Definitely Maybe tour dates and Alan White’s drum kit, used on the classic single Don’t Look Back In Anger.
A host of memorabilia also forms part of the exhibition. On display will be original artwork proofs by Brian Cannon, who designed all of Oasis’s early covers. Gig tickets, passes, posters and tour itineraries from the period will be also form part of the exhibition. Clothing on display will include Liam Gallagher’s parka worn on stage at Glastonbury Festival and Bonehead’s white suit from the All Around The World video shoot.
Opening 20 years to the day since the release of their debut single Supersonic on 11th April 1994, Chasing The Sun: Oasis 1993 – 1997 is an insider’s view of the band’s meteoric rise as they made rock and roll history.
The exhibition is happening in conjunction with the re-release of Definitely Maybe on May 19th on Big Brother Recordings. Available on standard CD & digital download, Special Edition 3 x CD & digital download, 12″ vinyl LP – with digital download bundle of all bonus CD content and a Deluxe Box Set including LP, Deluxe CD, exclusive 7″ and merchandise.
Chasing The Sun: Oasis 1993 – 1997 runs from the 11th of April through to the 22nd at the LondonNewcastle Project Space, 28 Redchurch Street, London, E2 7DP. Admission is free. Opening hours are: Friday April 11th noon to 5pm. There after Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays noon to 7pm. Thursdays and Fridays noon to 8pm and Sundays and Bank Holidays noon to 6pm.
Source: www.atvtoday.co.uk
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Details About Oasis' Chasing The Sun: Oasis 1993 – 1997 Exhibition
Details about the contents of the upcoming Chasing The Sun: Oasis 1993 – 1997 exhibition has been revealed.
The exhibition, which takes in the early years of the legendary Manchester band, has been curated by renowned photographer Lawrence Watson, and will include rare photographs and audio-visual content, memorabilia and artefacts. It will also feature a replica of the Definitely Maybe cover artwork and a display featuring many of the original props.
Exhibition highlights include an Definitely Maybe cover replica. The life-size recreation of the front room in which the iconic artwork for Oasis’s debut album was photographed, in rhythm guitarist Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs home at the time. Fans will be able to recreate the cover art in the replica set up by positioning themselves in the same spots as the band. Within the exhibition some of the original furniture and many of the props from the shoot will be on display.
There will also be a chance to view rare and iconic photographs with previously unseen and classic images from the photographers who had fly-on-the-wall access to the band, including Jill Furminovsky, Paul Slattery, Tom Sheehan, Kevin Cummins, and Jamie Fry. Each print will be available to buy.
There will also be a host of musical instruments used by Oasis including from Noel Gallagher an Epiphone Sheraton ‘Union Jack’ guitar, used on the (What’s The Story) Morning Glory tour dates, a Rickenbacker 330 from the cover of the single Supersonic, an Epiphone Riviera from the Definitely Maybe cover, a Gibson Les Paul and Epiphone Riviera used on the Definitely Maybe tour dates and Alan White’s drum kit, used on the classic single Don’t Look Back In Anger.
A host of memorabilia also forms part of the exhibition. On display will be original artwork proofs by Brian Cannon, who designed all of Oasis’s early covers. Gig tickets, passes, posters and tour itineraries from the period will be also form part of the exhibition. Clothing on display will include Liam Gallagher’s parka worn on stage at Glastonbury Festival and Bonehead’s white suit from the All Around The World video shoot.
Opening 20 years to the day since the release of their debut single Supersonic on 11th April 1994, Chasing The Sun: Oasis 1993 – 1997 is an insider’s view of the band’s meteoric rise as they made rock and roll history.
The exhibition is happening in conjunction with the re-release of Definitely Maybe on May 19th on Big Brother Recordings. Available on standard CD & digital download, Special Edition 3 x CD & digital download, 12″ vinyl LP – with digital download bundle of all bonus CD content and a Deluxe Box Set including LP, Deluxe CD, exclusive 7″ and merchandise.
Chasing The Sun: Oasis 1993 – 1997 runs from the 11th of April through to the 22nd at the LondonNewcastle Project Space, 28 Redchurch Street, London, E2 7DP. Admission is free. Opening hours are: Friday April 11th noon to 5pm. There after Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays noon to 7pm. Thursdays and Fridays noon to 8pm and Sundays and Bank Holidays noon to 6pm.
Source: www.atvtoday.co.uk
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Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher is set to make a guest appearance in the new as yet untitled Star Wars movie.
He will film the scenes in the London later this year.
A source told us "Noel was asked earlier this year if he would like to appear in the movie, and jumped at the chance "Give Noel a lightsaber, and he'll do anything".
Producer JJ Abrams described his casting as a "very exceptional case", having written the part specifically for Gallagher.
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Noel Gallagher To Appear In The New Star Wars Movie
Noel Gallagher is set to make a guest appearance in the new as yet untitled Star Wars movie.
He will film the scenes in the London later this year.
A source told us "Noel was asked earlier this year if he would like to appear in the movie, and jumped at the chance "Give Noel a lightsaber, and he'll do anything".
Producer JJ Abrams described his casting as a "very exceptional case", having written the part specifically for Gallagher.
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Blur
Johnny Rotten
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Sex Pistols
The Verve
Tony Blair
It’s likely, halfway through 1994 as one continued the incessant touring trail after finally completing work on his band’s debut album, and the other came to an agreement which would see him adopt the mantle of leader of the Labour Party, that Noel Gallagher and Tony Blair had never even heard of each other.
However, just three short years later the pair would meet inside 10 Downing Street with a handshake and a glass of champagne for an image which now – in all its superficiality – suitably defines an era. By then Noel Gallagher was rich, successful and exhalted. Tony Blair, equally, had just been carried to power in the UK on a landslide, himself now carrying the hopes of a nation blossoming with colour after a generation of grey Tory decline. Or so went the narrative anyway.
Their meeting was the appropriately bizarre hedonistic tipping point of Britpop – that intangible, loosely defined media invention with which Oasis are now so intrinsically tied. Britart and Cool Britannia had themselves been gobbled up by the tabloids in its wake. “Revolution!” they cried. “London swings again!” Yet now, like the Sex Pistols did a decade on from the Summer Of Love, we must surely look back through gritted teeth knowing that, just like Johnny Rotten in 1977, for the majority it was essentially ‘Bollocks’.
Even before that Blair/Gallagher summit was held most of the main protagonists had already come to realise as much. The tabloid press – Dr. Frankenstein to Britpop’s monster – decided enough was enough. Blur were about to re-emerge from their ridiculous Benny Hill cartoon ‘Country House‘ selves with bags under their eyes, a moody camera filter and a far darker story to tell on ‘Beetlebum‘. The gloomy Wigan stroll of Richard Ashcroft and The Verve‘s ‘Bittersweet Symphony‘ would be the diametric anthem for 1997′s summer, ‘Urban Hymns‘ the instant post-Britpop bible. Oasis’ timing was less savvy; the insane riot of ‘Be Here Now‘ arrived right in the eye of a backlash storm, soundtracking a mindset which had already pulled out of the station. It would be another year before Noel Gallagher finally boarded up Supernova Heights and went cold turkey on Billy Connolly videos.
All of which, incredibly twenty years on, makes ‘Definitely Maybe‘ retrospectively more important than ever – and why this article chooses to get those Britpop footnotes out of the way at the earliest opportunity.
Read the full article here.
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20 Years Of Oasis’ Definitely Maybe
It’s likely, halfway through 1994 as one continued the incessant touring trail after finally completing work on his band’s debut album, and the other came to an agreement which would see him adopt the mantle of leader of the Labour Party, that Noel Gallagher and Tony Blair had never even heard of each other.
However, just three short years later the pair would meet inside 10 Downing Street with a handshake and a glass of champagne for an image which now – in all its superficiality – suitably defines an era. By then Noel Gallagher was rich, successful and exhalted. Tony Blair, equally, had just been carried to power in the UK on a landslide, himself now carrying the hopes of a nation blossoming with colour after a generation of grey Tory decline. Or so went the narrative anyway.
Their meeting was the appropriately bizarre hedonistic tipping point of Britpop – that intangible, loosely defined media invention with which Oasis are now so intrinsically tied. Britart and Cool Britannia had themselves been gobbled up by the tabloids in its wake. “Revolution!” they cried. “London swings again!” Yet now, like the Sex Pistols did a decade on from the Summer Of Love, we must surely look back through gritted teeth knowing that, just like Johnny Rotten in 1977, for the majority it was essentially ‘Bollocks’.
Even before that Blair/Gallagher summit was held most of the main protagonists had already come to realise as much. The tabloid press – Dr. Frankenstein to Britpop’s monster – decided enough was enough. Blur were about to re-emerge from their ridiculous Benny Hill cartoon ‘Country House‘ selves with bags under their eyes, a moody camera filter and a far darker story to tell on ‘Beetlebum‘. The gloomy Wigan stroll of Richard Ashcroft and The Verve‘s ‘Bittersweet Symphony‘ would be the diametric anthem for 1997′s summer, ‘Urban Hymns‘ the instant post-Britpop bible. Oasis’ timing was less savvy; the insane riot of ‘Be Here Now‘ arrived right in the eye of a backlash storm, soundtracking a mindset which had already pulled out of the station. It would be another year before Noel Gallagher finally boarded up Supernova Heights and went cold turkey on Billy Connolly videos.
All of which, incredibly twenty years on, makes ‘Definitely Maybe‘ retrospectively more important than ever – and why this article chooses to get those Britpop footnotes out of the way at the earliest opportunity.
Read the full article here.
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Oasis
My name is David Aspinall and I am a reporter for an international press agency based in the UK (www.catersnews.com)
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Definitely Maybe I am trying to find an Oasis superfan/collector/both who would be interested in being interviewed and photographed about the love of the band.
That could include maybe somebody who has travelled thousands of miles or to each continent to see them live, or maybe somebody who has spent thousands of pounds on memorabilia.
Preferably, I am looking for somebody based in the UK so we could organise our own photographs, but if you are outside of this country and have some amazing photos of your own that could also work.
If you are interested in getting in touch please can you contact me on +44 (0)121 616 1100 or on davidaspinall@catersnews.com.
I look forward to hearing from you all.
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Oasis Super Fan Needed
My name is David Aspinall and I am a reporter for an international press agency based in the UK (www.catersnews.com)
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Definitely Maybe I am trying to find an Oasis superfan/collector/both who would be interested in being interviewed and photographed about the love of the band.
That could include maybe somebody who has travelled thousands of miles or to each continent to see them live, or maybe somebody who has spent thousands of pounds on memorabilia.
Preferably, I am looking for somebody based in the UK so we could organise our own photographs, but if you are outside of this country and have some amazing photos of your own that could also work.
If you are interested in getting in touch please can you contact me on +44 (0)121 616 1100 or on davidaspinall@catersnews.com.
I look forward to hearing from you all.
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Brian Cannon
Oasis
If you'd like to win a pair of tickets to attend an exclusive private view of the Oasis 'Chasing The Sun 1993-1997' Exhibition' in London on April 11th, including drinks and a Q&A with the original artwork creator Brian Cannon, click here.
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Win A Pair Of Tickets To Oasis 'Chasing The Sun 1993-1997' Exhibition' In London
If you'd like to win a pair of tickets to attend an exclusive private view of the Oasis 'Chasing The Sun 1993-1997' Exhibition' in London on April 11th, including drinks and a Q&A with the original artwork creator Brian Cannon, click here.
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Beady Eye
Below is the setlist for Beady Eye in Osaka, Japan earlier today.
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Setlist: Beady Eye In Osaka
Below is the setlist for Beady Eye in Osaka, Japan earlier today.
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