Noel Gallagher Pledges Support For Greenock Charity Gig

Former Oasis star Noel Gallagher has pledged support for a charity gig in Greenock.

The singer-songwriter handed over a signed Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds CD to be auctioned.

Greenock organiser Michael Scott is the brains behind next month’s gig, which is headlined by The Complete Stone Roses and is in aid of Ardgowan Hospice.

He contacted the musician’s management team and other top bands and has been delighted at the response.

Michael said: “A massive thank-you to Noel Gallagher and his manager for sending this.

“I’m a huge fan of Noel’s — I might have to auction it for myself!”

Other items include signed CDs from James and souvenirs from The Libertines.

He said: “They all think it’s amazing that I’m organising such a big event. Some of them have had family members cared for at a hospice.”

Michael also managed to secure a signed CD from indie rockers The Charlatans after meeting them last month.

He said: “They’re a cracking bunch of guys.”

Tickets have been selling fast for the gig, which is being held at Greenock Town Hall on Saturday 21 March.

Michael said: “The concert is nearly sold out after increasing the capacity.

“We are also trying to arrange a big after-party as well.”

Michael wants to raise as much as he can for a charity which is close to his heart.

He said: “I’ve had family and friends who have been looked after in the hospice.”

The Soviets are one of the support bands and tickets cost £17.50.

For more information visit www.justgiving.com/michaelscharityconcert

Source: www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk

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Noel Gallagher Says Paul Weller Was 'Insane' When He Drank

Noel Gallagher thought Paul Weller was ''bordering on insane'' when he used to drink.

The former Oasis star - who was recently offered a lifetime supply of Tennent's Lager - is glad his longtime friend became teetotal more than four years ago because he was growing concerned about his pal's alcohol consumption.

He said: ''Weller's all the better for being teetotal. He used to like a drink and an argument and there were times when it was bordering on the insane.''

While the 47-year-old singer is pleased Paul has ditched the drink, the star perhaps wouldn't mind if the singer/songwriter stopped driving after he feared for his life the last time he was in a car with him.

Noel - who cannot drive - added to Q magazine: ''I wouldn't say Weller's a bad driver ... But the last time I was in a car with him, he was driving, smoking, talking on his mobile and calling a cyclist a ****, all at the same time.

''I was looking out the window thinking, 'F***ing hell!' Mind you, what a way to go - killed in a car crash with Paul Weller.''

Source: www.contactmusic.com

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Gallery: Noel Gallagher Can't Keep His Hands Off Wife Sara At The BAFTAs

Noel Gallagher couldn't keep his hands off his wife Sara MacDonald as they graced the BAFTAs red carpet.

The former Oasis guitarist pretended to grab a cheeky handful of his wife's behind as they posed for the cameras.

It's not quite to red carpet performance we're used to, but Noel was bound to do things his own way.

The musician played up to the crowds as he joined celebs at the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden.

Noel was dressed in a rather casual ensemble of a khaki blazer with a white shirt and dark trousers.

Meanwhile, his gorgeous missus looked stunning in a plunging black dress with floral pattern.

She completed her look with a black and white clutch bag.

Click here for a number pictures.

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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Yet Another Review: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds In London

You can’t accuse Noel Gallagher of false promises. “I’m not doing an encore,” he announced, “because to be honest with you I’m off to see Prince and he’s on in ten minutes.” The purple superstar was indeed performing a small semi-secret show on the same night that Gallagher was doing his own, but while Prince was staging a star-studded charity bash Gallagher was doing a gig above a pub that harked back to the early days of Oasis.

Stage production stretched to a black cotton banner with the initials for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds chalked in white. A crowd of men with mod-tinged feather-cut hair threw plastic beer glasses at each other. There was excitement in the air that few could reasonably have expected from a solo gig by Gallagher, who walked out of Oasis in 2009 after brother Liam threw a plum at his head.

There are differences, though. Oasis specialised in brutal rock’n’roll in which anything vaguely esoteric was stamped on, but Chasing Yesterday, Gallagher’s forthcoming second solo album has touches of cosmic jazz. It’s cosmic in the sense of a beer-drinking beat band getting out the kipper ties and adding an organ solo, but the difference is there. In 2011 Gallagher made an album with the psychedelic production duo Amorphous Androgynous and although it was shelved the influence remains.

The concert began with (It’s Good) to be Free, an Oasis B-side from 1994, which was so exciting for the 40-year-old mods in the audience that they had no choice but to get up on each other’s shoulders and sway from side to side. From then on solo material dominated and with it Gallagher proved that he’s drawing from a wider palette than before. On Riverman, one of the best songs on Chasing Yesterday, there was a saxophone solo. Back in the glory years of Oasis even listening to a saxophone was a sackable offence.

Gallagher expressed surprise that a man in the audience knew all the words to Riverman before realising that the man worked in his office. In the main the concert stuck to the kind of emotional rock’n’roll for which Gallagher has such a knack, with the biggest singalong of the night saved for the Oasis classic Don’t Look Back in Anger. It’s an anthem with lots of feeling and no sense whatsoever, making it a perfect accompaniment to the sloppy sentimentality of drunkenness. Then, just as he promised, Gallagher took off to see Prince.

Source: www.thetimes.co.uk

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Listen To The Official Remix Of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'Ballard Of The Mighty I'

The Erol Alkan and Richard Norris project has remixed the second single from Noel Gallagher’s forthcoming album.

First it was Andrew Weatherall adding his hypnotic touch to Noel’s ‘In The Heat of the Moment’, now ‘The Ballad Of The Mighty I’ gets a psychedelic makeover from Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve, streaming below.

Noel has always been vocal about his love of psychedelia, so the Erol Alkan and Richard Norris project is a perfect choice to remix the closer from the Chasing Yesterday album, due on March 2. As you’d expect from the duo responsible for those sublime “re-animations” of Midlake, Franz Ferdinand and Interpol over the years, their take on Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds dials back the modern feel of the original for something imbued with a few more ’70s psych-rock trappings.

Click here to listen.

Source: www.factmag.com

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Tabloid Alert: Liam Gallagher's Looking 'Up In The Sky'

The former Oasis star has given up rock ’n’ roll for astronomy, and has bought himself a new hi-tech Celestron telescope.

An insider told us: “Liam’s always been interested in outer space and believes in other worlds.

“He’s been out in his back garden at night with his new telescope and even sets up on Hampstead Heath to get a better view.”

And it seems the rocker’s interest in astronomy began when he visited The Planetarium in Greenwich.

“Liam was fascinated by the place. He saw images of spacecraft and learnt how to land on Mars in the Royal Observatory.”

But if Liam, 42, ever discovered aliens on another planet, it wouldn't scare him because he reckons he’s ‘as smart’ as them.

The singer said: “Of course I believe in aliens. “I'm not frightened by them though. “Probably thick as f*** aren’t they? “Big googly-eyed bigheaded men.

They haven’t got a f***ing clue. “If they did they would come out and sort us out.”

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk

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On This Day In Oasis History...

"Go Let It Out" is a song by English rock band Oasis, written by the band's lead guitarist Noel Gallagher.

It was released on February 7th 2000 as the first single from the fourth studio album Standing on the Shoulder of Giants. The song peaked at #1 in the UK charts where it went Silver.

The lyrics are a similar vein to "Roll With It" in that it encourages the listener to get on with their life without being specific about how this is to be achieved. The song samples the drums from Johnny Jenkins' version of Dr John's "I Walk on Gilded Splinters". The title may be a reference to the line in "Hey Jude" by The Beatles, "So let it out and let it in, hey, Jude, begin". Noel described the song as "the closest we came to sounding like a modern day Beatles" in the 'Lock the Box' interview found on the DVD in the special edition of Stop the Clocks.

The song, along with B-side "(As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes in Hell", also embodies the psychedelic feel which the band experimented with on the album. It couples this with an acoustic guitar chord sequence. "Let's All Make Believe", the second B-Side is considered by many to be one of the best Oasis B-sides. Some people believe the lyrics of this song to relate to the cracks that began forming in the group at the time (see below), for example: "So let's all make believe/that we're still friends and we like each other."



















Due to the departure of guitarist Bonehead and bassist Guigsy in the early recording sessions for Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, the track features only Liam Gallagher (vocals), Noel Gallagher (rhythm guitar, bass guitar, lead guitar) and Alan White (drums).

Oasis were looking for replacements for founding members Bonehead and Guigsy and while Bonehead was quickly replaced with fellow Creation signing and former Heavy Stereo frontman Gem Archer, Guigsy proved harder to replace. Thus the trippy video for "Go Let It Out" had to be filmed with Noel on bass, Archer in Noel's role as lead guitarist and Liam in Archer's role as rhythm guitarist.



The b-side "Let's All Make Believe" has recently been included in several lists as a 'hidden gem', such as Q magazine placing it at number one on its list of '500 best lost tracks' and at 4 on its 'list of songs to download this month - January 2006.' Q magazine said in the description 'If Standing on the Shoulder of Giants had contained this track, it would have probably got another star'.

In the "lock the box" interview, Noel considers "Go Let It Out" to be "head and shoulders" above any other songs he had written during this time, and its "up there with some of the best things I've ever done."

"Go Let It Out" is included on Oasis' compilation album Stop the Clocks, and is the only song from Standing on the Shoulder of Giants on that album.

Track listing

CD RKIDSCD 001
"Go Let It Out" - 4:41
"Let's All Make Believe" - 3:53
"(As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes In Hell" - 4:21

7" RKID 001
"Go Let It Out" - 4:41
"Let's All Make Believe" - 3:53

12" RKID 001T
"Go Let It Out" - 4:41
"Let's All Make Believe" - 3:53
"(As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes In Hell" - 4:21

Cassette RKIDCS 001
"Go Let It Out" - 4:41
"Let's All Make Believe" - 3:53

Japanese CD ESCA 8114
"Go Let It Out"
"(As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes In Hell"
"Helter Skelter"

This was the first Oasis product to be released via their new Big Brother record label, that is ten years old today.

The catalogue numbers across all formats include RKID 001.

Due to new regulations concerning the length of singles in the UK, this was the first Oasis single to only include 2 b-sides.

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'Chasing Yesterday' Track-By-Track Preview

Click here to read a track by preview of the songs on 'Chasing Yesterday'.

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On This Day In Oasis History...

The videos below are from February 6th 1994, when Oasis played at Gleneagles in Perth, Scotland.


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

Due to a fantastic response, we have extended the competition to interview Noel Gallagher to Tuesday 10th Feb to allow everyone time to get involved - all entries to be in by midday on Tuesday. You can now also send us a video file OR unlisted Youtube link to the following address;
noelgallagherinterviewcomp@gmail.com.

Just a reminder to be creative with your questions and this time next week, you could be asking them to the man himself.

Source: Noel Gallagher's Official Facebook Page

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Tickets On Sale Today For Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The Calling Festival

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Noel Gallagher On Playing Glastonbury And Metallica's Lars Ulrich

Noel Gallagher spoke to NME on February 2 before playing a tiny show at London venue The Dome, ahead of the forthcoming release of his second album 'Chasing Yesterday'.

Watch the video here, Noel talks about: why he didn't go and see Metallica at Glastonbury; whether he'll be playing the festival; what slot he'd want to play in; and his friendship with Lars Ulrich.

 Source: www.nme.com

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Confirmed For 'The Best Kept Secret' Festival

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have been confirmed as one of the headliners for 'The Best Kept Secret' Festival in the Netherlands. it takes place over the weekend of June 19th-21st in Hilvarenbeek.

Ticket details and more information can be found here.

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Liam And Noel Gallagher Feature In New 'Peanuts' Inspired T-Shirt Collection

Liam and Noel Gallagher feature on a new collection of t-shirts that have been released by Tower Records in Japan, check out the full collection here.

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Ends Friday: 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's Mum 'Peggy Says The Pop Charts Are A Travesty

Noel Gallagher speaks to NME about the state of the charts, how major labels have ruined them and why LIam Gallagher isn't economically good for share price.



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Noel Gallagher On His New Album 'Chasing Yesterday'

Noel Gallagher talks to about his new album 'Chasing Yesterday' that is released in March.



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Noel Gallagher On The Remainder Of Manchester City's Season

Noel Gallagher talks to Absolute Radio about the remainder of Manchester City's season.

 

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