As we reported a few weeks ago (here) Liam Gallagher is set to appear in tonight's Comic Relief. It is broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Two from 19:00 (UK Only).
More information has been posted on various websites claiming that Liam will take part in a sketch called 'Who's Got What it takes to be a National Treasure'.
Stephen Fry, Miranda Hart and Sheridan Smith sit on the judging panel as they decide National Treasure of 2015.
Others rumoured to be taking part are Cheryl Cole, Chuckle Brothers, David Walliams, Ronnie Corbett, Robbie Williams, Katie Price and Russell Brand.
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Below is the setlist from yesterdays Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert in Paris.
Do The Damage
Stranded On The Wrong Beach
Everybody's On The Run
Fade Away
In The Heat Of The Moment
Lock All The Doors
Riverman
The Death Of You And Me
You Know We Can't Go Back
Champagne Supernova
The Ballad Of The Mighty I
Dream On
The Dying Of The Light
The Mexican
AKA... Broken Arrow
Digsy's Dinner
If I Had A Gun
Don't Look Back In Anger
AKA... What A Life!
The Masterplan
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Tubes sits down with Noel Gallagher who reminisces over Mario Balotelli's Manchester City exploits, and gives his thoughts on Brendan Rodger's success at Liverpool.
Watch the full interview on Saturday's 'Soccer AM'.
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On Friday 27th March, Noel Gallagher will take to the stage at an exclusive South East London venue to perform an intimate gig for fans and Absolute Radio listeners.
You can’t buy tickets, you can only win them. If you want in, simply sign up here.
You have until Monday 16th March, 5pm GMT to enter.
The winners will be notified between Tuesday 17th March and Friday 20th!
The event is 18+ only.
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Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere Vol 3: The Good, The Bad And The Bubbly:
So... Woke up in Manchester and it was....raining! I used to get really annoyed when I lived there that people would always say "It rains all the time in Manchester". It doesn't rain "ALL the time, it only rains when YOU visit"... would be my standard retort. But I have to say the last 10 times I've been home it's pissed down!!!
Got bored sitting in the hotel so got down to the "Wotsit Called This Year?" Arena early and got bored there instead. As you'll know if you turn up to any of my gigs around soundcheck time, I do try my best to come out and sign stuff for fans and all that... A girl said to me "Can I get a picture?"...
"Just take it." I says...
"Can you take your shades off?" She says...
"I haven't got any on!" I says...
She looked all confused and sad. I didn't actually have any shades on. She would later tell me how much she enjoyed the visuals in the show!?!?!
I do let a few people in to watch the soundcheck from time to time... Why anyone would want to come and watch some fellas going through some slightly half hearted versions of that night's songs is beyond me, but each to their own I guess.
We had to cut this particular one short and kick everyone out as Johnny Marr was to get up with us that night to perform "The Mighty I". I didn't want to spoil the surprise for everyone by having some trigger happy social media kid putting it out there. So if you were one of the few that got booted out...sorry 'bout that (I'm not really).
The dressing room was full to capacity before show time. Seriously, I've had less lively after shows!! Which brings me to the show itself...what a fucking buzz... It was/you were immense. Like a football match in the 80's. Fighting, chanting, beer slinging...and that was just the girls!!
It was a true honour to be able to relay the FA Cup QF news to both righteous MCFC fans and the other mob as it happened. I'm not sure what I enjoyed more...the gig or the look on the other lots faces as it dawned on them that for a second season they'll be winning precisely FUCK ALL!!
When Johnny appeared the roar was unbelievable. He very nearly brought the house down!
A special moment for everyone. The way we do "The Mighty I" is great, it sounds like the record. But when we did it with Johnny it sounded EXACTLY like the record.
Manchester you were the bollocks. I couldn't split the gigs between you and Glasgow and that's the highest compliment I can pay any set of fans. Very special...if Carlsberg did Monday's and all that!
Which brings me to Tuesday...London. The 02...on a Tuesday...in London. It was probably great...it usually is. But coming after Glasgow/Manchester I'm afraid a Tuesday night in London isn't gonna cut it somehow. There's not much more to say about it really. HIT THE NORTH!!!!!
I'm off to Paris. Before I leave let me say this... This part of my tour has exceeded all expectations. You have been colossal. My/our/your new album sits proudly at number 1, probably only for one week admittedly, but never the less, there it is.
Thanks for all your support. Until the summer...keep it livid!
More than three years after gracing a Manchester stage, Noel Gallagher was back with a bang on Monday night with his band High Flying Birds.
The previous venue of the O2 Apollo was scaled up to the Manchester Arena where thousands of fans packed in for the highly-anticipated home-coming.
And he did not let the crowd down as he ripped through a one hour and 40 minute set crammed with songs from the band's debut self-titled album and their latest offering Chasing Yesterday, topped off with a sprinkling of Oasis tracks.
Some might say Noel is the brains to brother Liam's brawn and his writing skills were showcased in all their sing-along glory, from Oasis classic Champagne Supernova to The Dying of the Light.
Die hard Manchester City fan Noel seemed happy to be back on home turf and made occasional chat with the crowd, joking that Manchester United were getting beat 4-1 by Arsenal in that night's FA Cup quarter final before gleefully revealing Danny Welbeck had scored to send the Gunners through.
He also made a jibe at his former band — which split in 2009 — and appeared to try and calm a situation by quipping to a group apparently fighting at the front: "Where do you think you are, an Oasis gig?"
NGHFB's tracks such as Everybody's on the Run, Riverman and AKA... What a Life! got a great response from the crowd and there was an extra treat when The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr joined Noel and co on stage.
They performed Ballad Of The Mighty I together during the encore, as Marr plays guitar on the album version.
The first time the pair have performed the track together in public, it was sandwiched between Oasis tracks Don't Look Back in Anger and The Masterplan — the perfect end.
Chuck in a fistful of electric guitar solos, Oasis tracks Digsy's Dinner and Fade Away and Noel's Gallagher swagger and you have all the ingredients to leave fans feeling 'mad fer it'.
Noel Gallagher has said fans would get what they wanted on the ‘H.F.B’ tour; a good smattering of Oasis hits.
But for the first few tunes we're lost in a slosh of music from the band's self-titled first album; the simple, orchestral "Everybody's on the Run" and stomping “Stranded on the Wrong Beach”.
From the new album, Chasing Yesterday; currently at number one in the UK charts, the funky guitars on "The Mexican" get an enthusiastic response from the younger members of the crowd.
Noel's employing the same four chords, the same strumming patterns from his Oasis days, making the new hits feel instantly hallowed by time, and totally unoriginal.
It all changes when, mid-way through the set, the group hammer into "Champagne Supernova", backed by the 20-strong Crouch End Choir.
It's testament to the song's power that it makes even the soul-sapping husk of the O2 feel like a rave in a field at 3am (it’s 10pm on a school night).
Even the beery bankers in the expensive seats are dancing. Noel keeps up a string of sweary banter as a fight breaks out: "They do fighting from the North, they don't do that down here. Too busy reading the f***ing Guardian down here."
Then the stirring old hits “Don’t Look Back in Anger” and “Masterplan” joyously flow for the finale. Noel has kept his word.
Noel Gallagher doesn't strike you as the type to get starstruck, does he?
Well, the High Flying Birds frontman was certainly a little in awe when he met Sir Paul McCartney for the first time back in 1994.
Reflecting on the experience, Gallagher told BBC Radio 6 Music that McCartney is a "proper geezer", adding that he was invited into the Beatle's meditation bubble in his back garden.
On how he came to be at the McCartney household, he said: "Someone called my flat and said, 'Stella's having a party, do you want to come across?' But they didn't tell me McCartney was going to be there because they thought I might freak out.
"We went to his gaff and Twiggy answered the door. We went in through the doorway and in this room on the left dancing to Desmond Dekker and 'Israelites' was Paul McCartney.
"He said, 'Hey man, great to meet you', and I happened to have a brown suede jacket on that looked very reminiscent of the cover of Rubber Soul. I had longish hair and he said, 'You look like a Beatle', and I said, 'So do you'."
Gallagher said that he had a "great night" with the 'Live and Let Die' singer, adding: "He took me down to the bottom of his garden where he's got this big meditation bubble. Me and him got in and he pressed this button and the bed goes up into a tinier bubble.
"He's an amazing dude - [so] warm, open and brilliant... He's a proper geezer man, I love him."