Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Will Headline This Year's London's Calling Festival

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will headline this year's Clapham Calling on Saturday 4th July!

Tickets are available from 9am on Friday.

For more info and tickets visit www.callingfestival.co.uk

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Noel Gallagher Shocked Bono By Producing His Own Album

Noel Gallagher claims Bono was stunned to learn he had produced his latest album himself.

Bono's face "nearly melted" when Noel Gallagher told him he'd produced his own album.

The 47-year-old singer left the U2 frontman shocked when he revealed he had taken matters into his own hands on his second Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds studio album, 'Chasing Yesterday', and he doesn't think the 54-year-old star's group would ever dream of doing something similar.

He said: "I told Bono this one afternoon, and his face nearly melted. Cos U2 take five years and six producers before they work out what their album even means."

Noel took the reins of his album when producer Dave Sardy was unavailable and the former Oasis star - who regularly clashed with his brother Liam Gallagher during his times in the indie group - enjoyed having creative control of the record.

He added to Q magazine: "I refused to over-think it. I understand making records by committee when there's five lads in a band.

"But I'm a solo artist on my own record label.

"So I said, 'I won't take any discussion about this. We will go in and record the album and then let the people decide whether it's good enough.' "

Source: www.list.co.uk

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Noel Gallagher Always Gets Music Questions Wrong At Quiz Nights

Musician Noel Gallagher says he always gets the music questions wrong at parent quiz nights.

He said "I've been to a couple but the trouble is, I usually get the music questions wrong," Gallagher said, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"It's always, 'What was Number 1 for 19 weeks in 1974?' I dunno ... oh, Mungo f***ing Jerry. Which is when everyone on the table looks at me, as if to say, 'I thought you were a musician? 'Yeah, I am, but ask me some questions about Britpop' ".

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James Blunt Agrees With Noel Gallagher's Boring Claim

British singer James Blunt has sportingly agreed with Noel Gallagher after the outspoken former Oasis star slammed him for being "boring".

Gallagher was asked if he ever wrote lyrics which drew on experiences from his own life during a Bbc radio interview on Saturday (31Jan15), and admitted there's nothing inspiring about what he does outside the recording studio.

He said, "If I wrote songs about my own life, they would be more boring than James Blunt. If that's at all possible, which we all know, of course, it's not."

The You're Beautiful hitmaker failed to take offence and humorously responded to the jibe.
He took to Twitter.com and wrote, "For once, I agree with him."

Source: www.contactmusic.com

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On This Day In Oasis History...

On Febuary 2nd 2009, Andy Bell and Liam Gallagher were interviewed for 'DeeJay Chiama Italia' in Italy.



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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Play Intimate Gig In London Today

Ahead of their forthcoming UK Tour Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be performing a one off show at The Dome, Tufnell Park, London later today.

This will be a small, intimate gig, where Noel will perform tracks from the forthcoming 'Chasing Yesterday' for the first time.

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On This Day In Oasis History...

On February 1st 2000, Oasis performed Sunday Morning Call and Who Feels Love at the MTV Studios in London, England.


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Noel Gallagher On Producing Work More Boring Than James Blunt

Noel Gallagher has dismissed the idea of drawing from his own life when looking for songwriting inspiration, saying such a strategy would produce work "more boring than James Blunt".

Gallagher was talking to BBC Radio 2 DJ Edith Bowman (who was filling in for Dermot O'Leary) earlier this afternoon (January 31) about his forthcoming album 'Chasing Yesterday', and described the set as lacking a cohesive narrative.

When asked if he considered writing about his own experiences, Gallagher said: "If I wrote songs about my own life, they would be more boring than James Blunt. If that's at all possible, which we all know, of course, it's not."

The former Oasis guitarist was also asked if he had allowed himself to reflect on the past when the band's debut album 'Definitely Maybe' celebrated its 20 year anniversary last year.

"It's an amazing thing to have been involved in a band that people took to their hearts," said Gallagher, who went on to reveal he gets asked about the possibility of an Oasis reunion at least twice a week. Paraphrasing his response to fans who ask, he said: "I never got to see The Beatles, and I'm a bigger fan of The Beatles than you are of my band."

Speaking to NME for his recent cover story, Gallagher described 'Chasing Yesterday' as being full of "songs that make you kind of punch in the air while crying a little bit".

Source: www.nme.com

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Noel Gallagher On Recording His New Album, Song-Writing, Manchester City And More

Listen to Noel Gallagher talk to Edith Bowman on BBC Radio 2 about recording his new album 'Chasing Yesterday', song-writing, Manchester City and more click here to listen.

Skip to 14:20 to listen to the interview.

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Noel Gallagher On His New Album, Oasis, Ed Sheeran And More

Listen or download Noel Gallagher's interview with Today FM here, just scroll down the page.

He talks about his new album, Oasis, Ed Sheeran and more.

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Noel Gallagher Is On Radio 2 Later Today

Tune into Radio 2 at 15:00 (UK Time) later today as Edith Bowman will be chatting to Noel Gallagher.

Listen to the show live here.

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Additional Stock Added To Pretty Green's 60% Off Sale

Pretty Green's AW14 Sale continues with further reductions, enjoy up to 60% off selected items in store and at www.prettygreen.com.

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Win The Chance To Interview Noel Gallagher And Tickets To His Gig In Milan

EVER WANTED TO INTERVIEW NOEL GALLAGHER & WIN A TRIP TO A EUROPEAN GIG? HERE'S YOUR CHANCE!

This is a call out to all fans with aspirations to be music journalists, reporters and interviewers.

We want one of you to interview Noel face to face!

Your interview will be used in Noel’s official tour programme, and the video (professionally edited) will be posted worldwide on his social networks and website. And that’s not all. The winner and a friend will travel to Italy to see Noel's show in Milan on Saturday 14th March!

Here's what you have to do:

1.Make a video which gives us a feel for your interview technique. The video should be no longer than 3 minutes and hosted, unlisted on YOUTUBE. We need the unlisted link please.

2. Submit 15 questions you think would be suitable for this interview. Here's a tip: Questions need to be relevant to the tour program, so make sure the focus leans towards Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and live performances.

3. Attach any past interview work you've done, which shows us your skills. Please note however, we're not looking for a professional journalist, and if you're associated with any publications we will not be able to pick you.
Email the above to noelgallagherinterviewcomp@gmail.com. Your email must arrive no later than 4PM GMT on FRIDAY 6TH FEBRUARY 2015.

Here are the rules:
- The competition is open to fans over the age of 16, located in Europe, who are not professional, full time journalists.
- Entrants must be available and able to travel to London on the 12TH FEBRUARY to conduct the interview.
- We will pay for the winner's travel to and from London for the interview (within Europe).
- The winner's trip to Milan will include return flights inside of Europe, a hotel room for 1 night based on 2 sharing and 2 tickets to the gig. We cannot provide any expenses or travel costs outside of this.
- There is a chance we may want to use your Youtube submissions for promotional purposes around the competition. In submitting them you are agreeing to these terms.
- All content created during the interview belongs to Sour Mash Records.
- The winner will be chosen by Sour Mash Records.
- Reasonable efforts will be made to contact the winner. If the winner cannot be contacted, or is unable to comply with these terms and conditions, the promoter reserves the right to offer the prize to a runner-up selected by the same judges.
-Proof of identity and age, plus passport details (for travel) must be made available by the winner.
Good Luck!

Source: Noel Gallagher's Official Facebook Page

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'Noel Gallagher Says That 'The Mexican' Wasn't Originally Included On His New Album 'Chasing Yesterday

Noel Gallagher has said that 'The Mexican' wasn't going to be on his new album 'Chasing Yesterday' but was added to lighten the mood a bit.

He told the current issue of the NME "On the original running order 'The Mexican' wasn't on the album, but I felt it needed something there to lighten the mood a bit. That and 'In The Heat Of The Moment' were the two most throwaway things on the record, and thats what I want there".

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds release 'Chasing Yesterday' in March, watch the video for current single 'Ballad Of The Mighty I' below.


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A Few Lyrics From Noel Gallagher's New Album 'Chasing Yesterday'

This week's NME has a few lyrics from tracks from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds new album 'Chasing Yesterday' the album is released in March.

"The girl with the X-ray eyes, she's going to see through my disguise". On 'Girl With The X-Ray Eyes'.

"I tried my best to get there but I can't afford the bus fair". On 'The Dying Of The Light'.

"Out of the blue I heard a angel say, 'Give me your soul and I'll be on my way". On 'The Right Stuff'.

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Noel Gallagher Says Paul Weller Is Always The First To Hear Anything He Records

Noel Gallagher has told the NME that Paul Weller is always first to hear anything he records as he's a "devourer of new music".

He said "He always the first to hear anything I do because he's a devourer of new music. When I finish anything he's like, 'Let's hear it, f*cking hell, let's hear it".

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds release 'Chasing Yesterday' in March Noel plays acoustic, electric and bass guitars, the mellotron, Piano and an electric washboard on various tracks.

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Noel Gallagher Says Bits Of New His New Album Sound Like Oasis

Noel Gallagher has said that bits from his new album 'Chasing Yesterday' sound like his former band Oasis.

He told the NME "Theres a bit of 'Talk Tonight' in the acoustic intro to 'Riverman', a string section in 'The Girl With The X-Ray Eyes' that recalls 'The Masterplan' and a drum break in the same song that's almost 'Don't Look Back In Anger'. Then 'Lock All The Doors', which was almost an Oasis song, kicks in like 'Morning Glory' did.

On 'Lock All The Doors' he said  "We used to do it before we signed. I don't really think we played it live, but when I wrote it was 1992 or 1993, and the reason it got bumped off 'Definitely Maybe' was I was writing songs so fast it just got left behind".

'Chasing Yesterday' is released in March.

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Noel Gallagher Says Johhny Marr Is F*cking Amazing And He's Got The Funk

Noel Gallagher has said that Johnny Marr added funk to his new track 'Ballad Of The Mighty'.

Noel told the current issue of the NME“I tried to get him on the last record because there’s a bit in ‘AKA … What a Life!’ that I thought needed a bit of funk, and he’s got the funk, but he couldn't do it, so I had to do it. And I was embarrassed doing it because I haven't got the funk. On 'Ballard Of The Mighty I', obviously the outro is all him. He's not in the fore or the background, but he's f*cking amazing, what a dude. What's even more annoying about him is, he's been around on the scene and in the game since the pyramids and he's still only f*cking 18 months older than I am". (Actually it's four years).


The track is from Noel's new Album 'Chasing Yesterday' that is released in March.

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Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn And Matt Bellamy Are On The Front Of This Weeks NME

From Paul Weller's wisdom to Johnny Marr's wizardry, The Chief guides us through 10 things you need to know about 'Chasing Yesterday'.

The magazine is on newsstands now and available digitally.

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Pretty Green: New Arrivals And Items Back In Stock

Pretty Green's have added a number of new arrivals check them out here, a small number of items are now back in stock here.

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