Noel Gallagher Is On The Cover Of French Magazine 'Plugged'

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Noel Gallagher is on the cover of French music magazine 'Plugged' more details can be found here.



















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Noel Gallagher Has Waded In The Privileged VS Working Class People In The Arts Debate

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Noel Gallagher has waded into the debate on working class people in the arts claiming there are not enough of them represented in the music industr and the ones that are ‘are just idiots’.

The High Flying Birds frontman, originally from Burnage, was speaking during an interview on 5 live Drive earlier today (MON) after the debate hit the headlines last week thanks to James Blunt and the Shadow Arts Minister Chris Bryant.

The singer-songwriter, who found fame with iconic Manchester band Oasis has blamed the recession on the reason people from poorer backgrounds struggled to find success in the industry.

He said: “I think with the recession and all that there’s a few things that have happened.

"It’s not possible for a working class people to sustain a music career if they don’t make it if they don’t have record labels and stuff.

"That’s become more difficult because of the recession. And you know the smaller type venues and rehearsal spaces they are all closing down now and becoming posh restaurants and flats. And that has taken the spaces for these bands or kids in bands to grow."

Last week singer James Blunt squared up to Labour’s shadow secretary for culture Chris Bryant over a debate there were too many upper class people in the arts and not enough opportunities from people from other backgrounds.

In his interview on 5 live Drive the outspoken City fan added: “I’m not sure there’s too many posh people in the arts - there’s just not enough working class people.

“I’m not an economic brain box but the working class don’t seem to have much of a voice or a presence in the charts or in the magazines of late, wouldn’t you agree? And the working class people that there are in there are just idiots.”

When asked whether there were any working class artists he had in mind when he said that Noel immediately replied: “I can think of Sleaford Mods for one, they are an embarrassment. And there’s some very tax efficient working class people knocking about isn’t there?”

The singer has hit the headlines a lot recently, after questioning how Ed Sheeran could sell out Wembley, declaring James Blunt song’s boring and disagreeing with how U2 delivered their latest album.

Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In London

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



















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Liam And Noel Gallagher Are On Speaking Terms

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Noel Gallagher has told the current issue of Q that he speaks to his brother Liam when they see each other at Manchester City games.

He said “I see him at football and we talk, Liam won’t be out of the music game for long, and he shouldn't be, because there aren't many people like that still left.”

Noel admitted that Liam took a little “cheeky” dig at him “He said, ‘I’d have smashed 'Everybody's On the Run',’ I was like, ‘Yeah, whatever.’ Like I said, a cheeky little c–t,”.

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Brit Awards Are 'Rigged' Claims Noel Gallagher

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Former Oasis star Noel Gallagher has accused the Brits of being "rigged" to the detriment of independent artists.

"I'm an independent artist and we get shafted by people at the Brits," the musician told the BBC's Colin Paterson.

"You won't see an independent artist [among the nominees], unless they sell 50 million records and it becomes an impossibility to leave them out."

The annual ceremony, he claimed, was "a bit of a carve-up between the majors" - though he said he still enjoyed going.

"Don't let this put you off giving me a table," he continued. "I like award ceremonies and all that social scene - it's a good laugh."

Gallagher, who now performs with his High Flying Birds band, cited Kasabian's omission from this year's nominations as particularly egregious.

"If Kasabian don't fulfil the criteria for one of the best groups, what is that saying?" he said of the Leicester-based rockers.

His comments follow a claim by Kasabian's Sergio Pizzorno that the band were victims of a Brits "conspiracy" against "working class rock 'n' roll bands".

A spokeswoman for the Brit Awards said: "Over 1,000 music enthusiasts which include representation from all sectors of the music industry (record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, NUS Ents officers along with the 'Artist' sector) are invited to be official Brits Voting Academy members.

"In order to ensure the integrity of the vote, the voting process is managed and scrutinised by Electoral Reform Services (ERS)."

Kasabian were nominated nine times between 2005 and 2012 and were named best British group in 2010.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds performed at the 2012 ceremony, at which he was nominated for the best male award.

Oasis won five Brits and a lifetime achievement award prior to the band's disintegration in 2009.

Sam Smith leads the field at this year's Brit Awards, having been nominated in five categories.

Ant and Dec will host the ceremony, which takes place in London's O2 arena on 25 February.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds were confirmed on Monday as the headline act at the Calling festival on London's Clapham Common on 4 July.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Noel Gallagher On Alex Turner, James Blunt, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J And More

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Noel Gallagher believes today’s rock bands are so dull that he would “rather drink petrol” than listen to an interview with Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner.

The 47-year-old singer claimed there are no real characters left in music because of the power held by the big record labels.

In an exclusive interview with the Standard, the former Oasis guitarist said: “There is a lot of shit pop music these days that’s just devouring everything at the minute. I’m hoping that will come to an end.

“There doesn’t seem to be any characters any more. When you have proper characters, the music sort of becomes secondary — it looks after itself. Look at bands like The Smiths and The Jam — all great characters.

“I would rather drink petrol straight from the nozzle at a garage than listen to an interview with Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys. Wouldn’t you? Alternative thinking is on its way out. They just don’t make for great copy.

“Is it any coincidence that all the indie labels got bought up by the major labels and things have started to get boring?” Gallagher spoke as he was announced as the first headliner for this year’s Calling Festival, on Clapham Common on July 4.

He believes the dullness has spilled into the Brit Awards, adding: “I remember the Brits in 1994 — we were all shit-faced on drugs. The new names like James Blunt, Ed Sheeran and Jessie J — they defer to the [record] labels. The bands that I grew up with had a healthy dose of indifference and contempt towards their labels. That has gone.” Gallagher may be a famous Mancunian, but insists he will never leave London, where he has lived for more than 20 years: “I can’t see myself ever leaving. It is the greatest city in the world. It is the capital of Europe. I’ve been to them all, but there’s something quite special about London in the summertime — the social life, the culture, the nightlife.

“I’d never go into politics, but if I was mayor I’d have to sort out the transport system. I can’t drive and I can’t be arsed sitting in traffic jams in a taxi, so I get the Tube everywhere.

“But when you go around the world, most cities have got state-of-the-art underground and subway systems — we are bumbling around on a post-war system that’s falling apart. I think the people deserve better.”

Gallagher, who lives in Little Venice with wife Sara MacDonald and their sons Donovan, seven, and Sonny, four, says he has no problems adjusting from being a rock musician to being a father: “I’m not a boring dad — I’m a rock star! But you have to adjust.

“My two young boys are not remotely interested in what I do. I could have just come off the stage at the Hollywood Bowl, and they’ll just give me a light sabre and say, ‘Right dad, we’re having it in the back garden now!’”

The singer is due to release his second solo album, Chasing Yesterday, next month and is playing at The Dome in Tufnell Park tonight. Tickets for Calling Festival go on sale on Friday at 9am.  

Source: www.standard.co.uk

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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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