Ali G
Arctic Monkeys
Kasabian
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Robbie Williams
Noel Gallagher has recalled the last time he heard from brother Liam since they made up following their 2009 brawl.
The pair's backstage fight before a festival in France ended with Oasis splitting up.
"He sends me cheeky texts from time to time," Gallagher told The Sun. "He texted me the other night asking when my duet with Robbie Williams was coming out. He's all right."
Gallagher also spoke about his working class roots and the reasons he sends his children to private school. "My kids go to private school because I don't want them coming home talking like Ali G," he said. The working class are the new middle class – and there is a non-working class, the people on benefits, below.
"When I was growing up, working class people had pride, were smart, dressed well and had joy and passion for culture. I look at all those people on Benefits Street and think there is nothing to them, The government has de-educated people."
Noel Gallagher was announced as one of the headliners for T In The Park Festival yesterday. The singer, who releases his new album 'Chasing Yesterday' on March 2, has previously criticised the state of the current British music scene because of its lack of working class musicians.
"Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian, that's 10 years ago now and shame on those two bands for a start because they didn't inspire anybody else. The working classes have not got a voice any more, there doesn't seem to be a noise coming from the council estates, you know what I mean?" Gallagher said.
Source: www.nme.com
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Noel Gallagher Says Liam Text Him Asking When His Duet With Robbie Williams Is Out
Noel Gallagher has recalled the last time he heard from brother Liam since they made up following their 2009 brawl.
The pair's backstage fight before a festival in France ended with Oasis splitting up.
"He sends me cheeky texts from time to time," Gallagher told The Sun. "He texted me the other night asking when my duet with Robbie Williams was coming out. He's all right."
Gallagher also spoke about his working class roots and the reasons he sends his children to private school. "My kids go to private school because I don't want them coming home talking like Ali G," he said. The working class are the new middle class – and there is a non-working class, the people on benefits, below.
"When I was growing up, working class people had pride, were smart, dressed well and had joy and passion for culture. I look at all those people on Benefits Street and think there is nothing to them, The government has de-educated people."
Noel Gallagher was announced as one of the headliners for T In The Park Festival yesterday. The singer, who releases his new album 'Chasing Yesterday' on March 2, has previously criticised the state of the current British music scene because of its lack of working class musicians.
"Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian, that's 10 years ago now and shame on those two bands for a start because they didn't inspire anybody else. The working classes have not got a voice any more, there doesn't seem to be a noise coming from the council estates, you know what I mean?" Gallagher said.
Source: www.nme.com
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Jermaine Jenus
Mark Chapman
Mark Lawreson
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher is set to be part of the BBC’s Match of the Day 2 punditry team this Sunday.
Manchester City fan Gallagher , who is well known for speaking out on football matters, will be giving his unique thoughts on Spurs v West Ham, Everton v Leicester and Southampton v Liverpool.
He’ll also be looking back on his beloved Manchester City’s game against Newcastle on Saturday as well as fronting a feature on the match.
A BBC source said: "We're delighted to get Noel on the show. He's normally got strong opinions about most things and so no doubt he will have something to say about City and the title race.
"It's going to be a great show."
The programme, screened at 10.30pm on Sunday, will be presented by Mark Chapman and alongside Gallagher in the pundit chairs will be Jermaine Jenas and Mark Lawrenson.
Source: www.mirror.co.uk
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Noel Gallagher To Join BBC’s Match Of The Day 2 Punditry Team On Sunday
Noel Gallagher is set to be part of the BBC’s Match of the Day 2 punditry team this Sunday.
Manchester City fan Gallagher , who is well known for speaking out on football matters, will be giving his unique thoughts on Spurs v West Ham, Everton v Leicester and Southampton v Liverpool.
He’ll also be looking back on his beloved Manchester City’s game against Newcastle on Saturday as well as fronting a feature on the match.
A BBC source said: "We're delighted to get Noel on the show. He's normally got strong opinions about most things and so no doubt he will have something to say about City and the title race.
"It's going to be a great show."
The programme, screened at 10.30pm on Sunday, will be presented by Mark Chapman and alongside Gallagher in the pundit chairs will be Jermaine Jenas and Mark Lawrenson.
Source: www.mirror.co.uk
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Alan Carr
Graham Norton
Jonathan Ross
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher says he's has been approached by Strictly Come Dancing bosses several times.
Speaking to The Sun Newspaper, he said, “I’ve been asked to go in to the jungle and The X Factor. I was even asked to do Strictly Come Dancing, which made me laugh the loudest.
“Me? Dance? And who gives a s**t about ballroom dancing?”
He continued, “Then there was Top Gear — even though I can’t f*****g drive.
“I’ve also been asked to do Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, but not only would I not shed a tear, I’d call him a c***.”
Noel added, “The only TV I’m doing is Graham Norton, The Jonathan Ross Show and Alan Carr, because I’ve got a new album coming out.
“I’m not going on TV for anything else. I’m a musician.”
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Noel Gallagher On Being Asked To Appear On Strictly Come Dancing, X-Factor, Top Gear And More
Noel Gallagher says he's has been approached by Strictly Come Dancing bosses several times.
Speaking to The Sun Newspaper, he said, “I’ve been asked to go in to the jungle and The X Factor. I was even asked to do Strictly Come Dancing, which made me laugh the loudest.
“Me? Dance? And who gives a s**t about ballroom dancing?”
He continued, “Then there was Top Gear — even though I can’t f*****g drive.
“I’ve also been asked to do Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, but not only would I not shed a tear, I’d call him a c***.”
Noel added, “The only TV I’m doing is Graham Norton, The Jonathan Ross Show and Alan Carr, because I’ve got a new album coming out.
“I’m not going on TV for anything else. I’m a musician.”
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Andy Bell
Mark Gardener
Ride
Ride made their live return yesterday for a War Child gig with Mark Gardener and Andy Bell performing an acoustic set at the 100 Club in London.
Andy Bell made a post on his official website here, with pictures, setlist and more, you can also watch a video and more here.
Check out the bands website ridemusic.net for more live dates.
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Gallery And Video: Ride Play War Child Gig In London
Ride made their live return yesterday for a War Child gig with Mark Gardener and Andy Bell performing an acoustic set at the 100 Club in London.
Andy Bell made a post on his official website here, with pictures, setlist and more, you can also watch a video and more here.
Check out the bands website ridemusic.net for more live dates.
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Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Noel Gallagher has made a "conscious decision to enjoy" his career because his drug-fuelled memories of his time in Oasis are so hazy.
The 47-year-old rocker is gearing up for the release of his new album 'Chasing Yesterday' and is eager to make sure he is able to recall everything he experiences from this part of his life because he has such hazy memories of his drug-fuelled time in Britpop band Oasis.
He explained: "I want to enjoy this because it's a moment in my life that I will never get back. With 'Definitely Maybe', I didn't know what the f**k was going on. Now I'm older and not f***ing high all the time, I've made a conscious decision to enjoy and remember it. But it's different now. I work better when I'm in charge. I think my records prove that."
As well as his maturing attitude, the 'Wonderwall' hitmaker - who has 15-year-old daughter Anaïs, as well as sons Donovan, seven, and Sonny, four - said he has taken more care with his new record than he did with previous albums, and has described it as "a brilliant TV series".
He told The Sun newspaper: "The last one [album, 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'] wasn't lacking anything, but the difference is the last one was like an expensive film while this is a brilliant TV series. And TV is better than film, so they tell me.
"Initially you've got to make records for yourself and be confident your stuff has got you this far. You fall on instincts. So I don't really worry about if the saxophone is going to freak anybody.
"There is more quality control with what I do now I'm solo."
Source: www.list.co.uk
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Noel Gallagher Says His Drug-Fuelled Memories Of Oasis Are Hazy
Noel Gallagher has made a "conscious decision to enjoy" his career because his drug-fuelled memories of his time in Oasis are so hazy.
The 47-year-old rocker is gearing up for the release of his new album 'Chasing Yesterday' and is eager to make sure he is able to recall everything he experiences from this part of his life because he has such hazy memories of his drug-fuelled time in Britpop band Oasis.
He explained: "I want to enjoy this because it's a moment in my life that I will never get back. With 'Definitely Maybe', I didn't know what the f**k was going on. Now I'm older and not f***ing high all the time, I've made a conscious decision to enjoy and remember it. But it's different now. I work better when I'm in charge. I think my records prove that."
As well as his maturing attitude, the 'Wonderwall' hitmaker - who has 15-year-old daughter Anaïs, as well as sons Donovan, seven, and Sonny, four - said he has taken more care with his new record than he did with previous albums, and has described it as "a brilliant TV series".
He told The Sun newspaper: "The last one [album, 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'] wasn't lacking anything, but the difference is the last one was like an expensive film while this is a brilliant TV series. And TV is better than film, so they tell me.
"Initially you've got to make records for yourself and be confident your stuff has got you this far. You fall on instincts. So I don't really worry about if the saxophone is going to freak anybody.
"There is more quality control with what I do now I'm solo."
Source: www.list.co.uk
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Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher has been speaking to the Irish Times about keeping fit.
He said “I have to have a gym in my house, which is why you’ve never seen me pounding the pavement or coming out of some f**king godawful Virgin Active club in a pair of trainers. It’s a prerequisite for everywhere we’ve ever moved. I don’t wanna see me favourite rock stars in the papers in shorts and trainers with little fat hairy legs.Nobody needs that shit, man.”
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Noel Gallagher On Keeping Fit
Noel Gallagher has been speaking to the Irish Times about keeping fit.
He said “I have to have a gym in my house, which is why you’ve never seen me pounding the pavement or coming out of some f**king godawful Virgin Active club in a pair of trainers. It’s a prerequisite for everywhere we’ve ever moved. I don’t wanna see me favourite rock stars in the papers in shorts and trainers with little fat hairy legs.Nobody needs that shit, man.”
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Noel Gallagher
Thom Yorke
U2
Noel Gallagher has been speaking to the Irish Times on embracing new music release platforms.
He said “Let’s go with Thom Yorke and U2. I like albums to have a run-up and a release date, and then an explosion, a tour, and a fallout. The U2 thing was over in a f**king morning – where’s the fun in that? The Thom Yorke thing, all you read in press releases is how many people ‘might’ have it, or how much money he ‘might’ have made. But we’re old school here. I’ve got no time for new-fangled f**king sh*te. I’m not gonna give music away. I’m not gonna say to people, ‘Pay what you want’ – that’s a nonsense. If you don’t wanna pay for it, don’t f**king buy it. If you can’t be arsed paying 99p for one of my songs, then I don’t want you to have it, because quite frankly 99p is a p*ss-take. It should be a pound, anyway round it up to a pound, f**king hell.”
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Noel Gallagher On Embracing New Music Release Platforms
Noel Gallagher has been speaking to the Irish Times on embracing new music release platforms.
He said “Let’s go with Thom Yorke and U2. I like albums to have a run-up and a release date, and then an explosion, a tour, and a fallout. The U2 thing was over in a f**king morning – where’s the fun in that? The Thom Yorke thing, all you read in press releases is how many people ‘might’ have it, or how much money he ‘might’ have made. But we’re old school here. I’ve got no time for new-fangled f**king sh*te. I’m not gonna give music away. I’m not gonna say to people, ‘Pay what you want’ – that’s a nonsense. If you don’t wanna pay for it, don’t f**king buy it. If you can’t be arsed paying 99p for one of my songs, then I don’t want you to have it, because quite frankly 99p is a p*ss-take. It should be a pound, anyway round it up to a pound, f**king hell.”
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Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher has told the Irish Times why he's not on Twitter.
He said “Why am I not on Twitter? Because if I went on Twitter on Monday morning, I reckon by Friday afternoon, I’d probably have been arrested. I would easily, easily create a proper international incident.I don’t do social media. I might start doing Instagram when I’m on tour, send a picture out of me breakfast. Pictures seems like the coolest way. Twitter? Not interested in that shit. People tweeting about what colour socks they’ve got on. ‘Hey gang! Black or grey, what are you saying?’. It’s not for me.”
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Noel Gallagher On Why He's Not On Twitter
Noel Gallagher has told the Irish Times why he's not on Twitter.
He said “Why am I not on Twitter? Because if I went on Twitter on Monday morning, I reckon by Friday afternoon, I’d probably have been arrested. I would easily, easily create a proper international incident.
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Alan White
Bonehead
Guigsy
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
The videos below are from February 20th 1998, when Oasis played a third night at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan.
Tickets to all three shows sold out within days of going on sale, with over ninety percent selling on the first day.
During the afternoon of the second show, Liam was forced to cut short a shopping trip when he was mobbed by an enthusiastic crowd of over two hundred fans, in Shibuya in central Tokyo.
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On This Day In Oasis History...
The videos below are from February 20th 1998, when Oasis played a third night at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan.
Tickets to all three shows sold out within days of going on sale, with over ninety percent selling on the first day.
During the afternoon of the second show, Liam was forced to cut short a shopping trip when he was mobbed by an enthusiastic crowd of over two hundred fans, in Shibuya in central Tokyo.
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Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will headline this years T In The Park on Sunday 12th of July.
Ticket details can be found on www.tinthepark.com.
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Headline T In The Park
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will headline this years T In The Park on Sunday 12th of July.
Ticket details can be found on www.tinthepark.com.
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Noel Gallagher
After huge demand for tickets for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds in Mexico City another date has been added!
The second show will be on the 26th May and also take place in the Metropolitan Theatre. Tickets are on sale now here.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Play Second Live Date In Mexico City
After huge demand for tickets for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds in Mexico City another date has been added!
The second show will be on the 26th May and also take place in the Metropolitan Theatre. Tickets are on sale now here.
Oasis
Oasis are giving you the chance to win very rare test pressings of the re-issued Definitely Maybe.
Just post a picture of your most unique, mad or random piece of memorabilia in the comments on the Official facebook page here with a short description.
You can also post them on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #oasismusic
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Win A Rare Test Pressing Of Oasis' Re-Issued Definitely Maybe
Oasis are giving you the chance to win very rare test pressings of the re-issued Definitely Maybe.
Just post a picture of your most unique, mad or random piece of memorabilia in the comments on the Official facebook page here with a short description.
You can also post them on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #oasismusic
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Alan White
Bonehead
Guigsy
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
The video below is from the Brit Awards on February 9th 1996 that took place at Earls Court in London.
Oasis won Best British Video for Wonderwall, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? won Best British Album and Oasis won Best British Group.
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Yet Another On This Day In Oasis History...
The video below is from the Brit Awards on February 9th 1996 that took place at Earls Court in London.
Oasis won Best British Video for Wonderwall, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? won Best British Album and Oasis won Best British Group.
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Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Primal Scream
07/10
On his second album, Noel settles into solo life with brutish thrills, buoyant melodies and swampy psych rock.
At 47 years old, after more than 20 years in the game and with Oasis now well and truly behind him, what do we really expect from Noel Gallagher? For the first time in a long time, there’s a crop of new British bands who didn’t grow up in thrall to his old one and, while he might frequently lament the loss of “working class rage” in rock’n’roll, Noel is hardly the man to do anything about it. That’s no longer his responsibility. If pop music were a parliamentary system, you fancy he'd be found pissed on the backbenches of the House Of Lords, happily soliloquising about the way things used to be.
The title of his second solo album doesn’t do much to rebut that idea. Call it residual sibling rivalry, call it a lingering uncertainty about his place in the post-Oasis scheme of things, but 2011’s acclaimed, healthy-selling solo debut 'Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds' felt like a record with something to prove. By contrast, parts of 'Chasing Yesterday' can seem muscle-memorised, never more so than on songs like 'The Girl With X-Ray Eyes' and 'The Dying Of The Light', a pair of determinedly epic arena ballads of the sort that he could write in his sleep.
But then, because he's Noel Gallagher, he'll come up with something that floors you, something brilliant. It may not be the most intricate song on the record, but 'Lock All The Doors' which was written back in 1992 – perfectly recaptures the brutish, overdriven thrill of early Oasis. Just as impressive is the buoyant, soaraway melody on 'You Know We Can't Go Back'. It would've made for a better-than-decent B-side back in the day which, given his one-time mastery of that lost art, is high praise indeed. ‘The Mexican’ is terrific fun, featuring judicious amounts of cowbell, a riff so sleazy it'd make Josh Homme blush and a horn section under orders to make it sound as close to The Rolling Stones' 'Bitch' as is legally expedient.
Last year, longtime associate and occasional hype-man Mark Coyle predicted that 'Chasing Yesterday' would be a “seismic” release. As it turns out, that’s only three quarters true. You can guess from the title, for example, that ‘Riverman’ is going to plough a distinctly Wellerian furrow, though you have to admire Gallagher’s chutzpah in sticking a Dick Parry-style sax solo (now there’s a Liam-baiting phrase if ever we heard one) on the end of it. ‘The Right Stuff’ features even more skronking, adding a further layer of jazzy noir to a stew of psych, soul and blues that could’ve been cooked up by Primal Scream. The Johnny Marr-featuring ‘Ballad Of The Mighty I’, meanwhile, might self-plagiarise from 2011’s excellent ‘AKA... What A Life!’, but as evidenced by ‘Lock All The Doors’ which does much the same thing with Oasis' 1995 classic ‘Morning Glory’ the trick is to crib from the right places, whether they’re his own songs or somebody else’s.
Which brings us back to our original question: what do we expect from Noel Gallagher? Too much, probably, like all the other ’90s Britrock titans who’ve never been adequately replaced. 'Chasing Yesterday' has its flaws, but they’re far outnumbered by moments where it succeeds in catching up with its titular quarry. The past will never be a foreign country to Noel Gallagher, but from this vantage point, tomorrow is looking pretty rosy.
Source: www.nme.com
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NME Review: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'Chasing Yesterday'
07/10
On his second album, Noel settles into solo life with brutish thrills, buoyant melodies and swampy psych rock.
At 47 years old, after more than 20 years in the game and with Oasis now well and truly behind him, what do we really expect from Noel Gallagher? For the first time in a long time, there’s a crop of new British bands who didn’t grow up in thrall to his old one and, while he might frequently lament the loss of “working class rage” in rock’n’roll, Noel is hardly the man to do anything about it. That’s no longer his responsibility. If pop music were a parliamentary system, you fancy he'd be found pissed on the backbenches of the House Of Lords, happily soliloquising about the way things used to be.
The title of his second solo album doesn’t do much to rebut that idea. Call it residual sibling rivalry, call it a lingering uncertainty about his place in the post-Oasis scheme of things, but 2011’s acclaimed, healthy-selling solo debut 'Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds' felt like a record with something to prove. By contrast, parts of 'Chasing Yesterday' can seem muscle-memorised, never more so than on songs like 'The Girl With X-Ray Eyes' and 'The Dying Of The Light', a pair of determinedly epic arena ballads of the sort that he could write in his sleep.
But then, because he's Noel Gallagher, he'll come up with something that floors you, something brilliant. It may not be the most intricate song on the record, but 'Lock All The Doors' which was written back in 1992 – perfectly recaptures the brutish, overdriven thrill of early Oasis. Just as impressive is the buoyant, soaraway melody on 'You Know We Can't Go Back'. It would've made for a better-than-decent B-side back in the day which, given his one-time mastery of that lost art, is high praise indeed. ‘The Mexican’ is terrific fun, featuring judicious amounts of cowbell, a riff so sleazy it'd make Josh Homme blush and a horn section under orders to make it sound as close to The Rolling Stones' 'Bitch' as is legally expedient.
Last year, longtime associate and occasional hype-man Mark Coyle predicted that 'Chasing Yesterday' would be a “seismic” release. As it turns out, that’s only three quarters true. You can guess from the title, for example, that ‘Riverman’ is going to plough a distinctly Wellerian furrow, though you have to admire Gallagher’s chutzpah in sticking a Dick Parry-style sax solo (now there’s a Liam-baiting phrase if ever we heard one) on the end of it. ‘The Right Stuff’ features even more skronking, adding a further layer of jazzy noir to a stew of psych, soul and blues that could’ve been cooked up by Primal Scream. The Johnny Marr-featuring ‘Ballad Of The Mighty I’, meanwhile, might self-plagiarise from 2011’s excellent ‘AKA... What A Life!’, but as evidenced by ‘Lock All The Doors’ which does much the same thing with Oasis' 1995 classic ‘Morning Glory’ the trick is to crib from the right places, whether they’re his own songs or somebody else’s.
Which brings us back to our original question: what do we expect from Noel Gallagher? Too much, probably, like all the other ’90s Britrock titans who’ve never been adequately replaced. 'Chasing Yesterday' has its flaws, but they’re far outnumbered by moments where it succeeds in catching up with its titular quarry. The past will never be a foreign country to Noel Gallagher, but from this vantage point, tomorrow is looking pretty rosy.
Source: www.nme.com
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