Noel Gallagher's Sick Of Being Mistaken For Brother Liam

When you've had very public spats with a sibling, being mistaken for them won't go down well.

And that's Liam Gallagher's beef. No, sorry, we meant Noel. Definitely Noel.

The High Flying Birds front man says he's "sick" of people on public transport mistaking him for Liam.

While currently touring in the States, according to Bang Showbiz, during an interview with reporters he revealed his annoyance at being mistaken for his brother.

"Particularly on the tube. I get the guy down the end of the carriage who is looking above the throng of people and you're like, 'Ohh no, he's going to do it'.

"And he'll just go 'LIAM! Yes man! Liam!' And it's just like, hell."

The pair were part of the Britpop band Oasis (in case you didn't know). The band split back in 2009 and since then, Noel has declared that he "could never forgive" Liam for walking out while the band were touring.

"Up until 2009 there would be countless gigs where, three songs in, he would just pop his headphones on and get off.

"You would be doing a guitar solo and you would get to the end of the song, and he has obviously gone back to fix his sunglasses."

The 47-year-old added, "It would be like, 'Where has Liam gone?' And it would be, 'He has gone off, he has got a sore throat'.

"You would have to go out and say in English to a load of perplexed Japanese people, 'I know you don't understand what I am saying, but the singer has gone off, so I am going to sing the rest of the songs'. I could never forgive him for that, ever."

Speculation about an Oasis reunion was rife after Liam tweeted a load of cryptic messages last year, but Noel has ruled out any chance of that ever happening.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In Mexico City

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Noel Gallagher On His Album, David Bowie, Oasis And More

Oasis was one of the biggest rock bands to emerge from the U.K. in the early 1990s—possibly, the biggest. Known for its staggering volume, its lofty ambitions, and the infamously inimical brothers who formed its swaggering core, the band rode a wave of wild successes and excesses through the late 2000s. If you've ever warbled along to their 1995 mega-hit "Wonderwall," you're familiar with the songwriting strengths that buoyed the band throughout its duration.



Noel Gallagher would very much like to remind you that he is the singular ear behind the band's formidable catalog. "The reason why so many of my songs sound like Oasis is because I wrote all the songs for Oasis," he tells Soundcheck's John Schaefer. "That’s my style."

And the rowdily outspoken musician—now something of an elder statesman of British rock—shows no signs of slowing down. After Oasis split in 2009, he released his first solo album, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, to widespread critical acclaim. This year, he followed it up with Chasing Yesterday, which continues to showcase his equal penchants for stadium-swelling melodies, timeless-sounding rock riffs, and Kinks-esque social commentary.

"I don’t particularly want to sound contemporary or that god-awful term that was invented, 'modern rock'," he says. "I don’t want to sound like that."

And this time around he got a little help from his friends to make those classic sounds: guitar hero Johnny Marr (The Smiths) played on the album's closing track, the groove-heavy "Ballad of the Mighty I."

"I called him...he said yeah. And I swear to God, I didn’t tell him what to play and he didn’t want to hear the track beforehand. When he walked in, I had an idea in my head what I wanted him to play, and I was kind of hoping he’d play it...and it was the first thing he played. He’s one of the greatest."

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Source: soundcheck.wnyc.org

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Noel Gallagher On His Album, Morrissey, Russell Brand And More

Below is an interview Noel Gallagher that was recorded earlier this month in New York he talks about his album, Morrissey, Russell Brand and more.



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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In Mexico City

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at The Joint at the Metropolitan Theatre in Mexico City, Mexico later today (May 25th).

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Another Review: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Los Angeles

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On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below is from May 23rd 2002, when Oasis played at MTV Superdry in Tokyo, Japan.



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Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Las Vegas

Below is the setlist from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, USA.

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
The Masterplan
AKA... What A Life!
Don't Look Back In Anger

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Review: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The Orpheum Theatre

On Wednesday night, a guy in the Orpheum Theatre audience yelled out, “Where’s Liam?”

After the question was greeted with loud boos, Noel Gallagher, the former Oasis
guitarist/singer/songwriter playfully asked from the stage, “Who’s Ian?” and then said, “I’m not your brother” (referring to the band once led by his sibling Liam).

Before the haunting mid-tempo rocker “In the Heat of the Moment,” Gallagher turned sardonic: “The last time I was in this building was to see Marilyn Manson with my brother – quite an (expletive) evening, as you can imagine. This is my least favorite song off the new album.”

It may be his least favorite, but that doesn’t hold true for fans in his native England, where the song narrowly missed topping the indie singles chart.

“Heat of the Moment” is the second track on Gallagher’s second album, “Chasing Yesterday.”

Released earlier this year, the album debuted at No. 1 in the U.K. Sonically adventurous, the collection strikes a compelling balance between majestic rock and psychedelia, with more prodigious brass accents and guest guitar work by Johnny Marr.

Back in the mid-1990s, when Oasis had a prosperous run and battled Blur for the so-called Britpop crown, Noel Gallagher routinely made headlines abroad for his frequently provocative opinions. The same holds true decades later. Recent quotes about Ed Sheeran’s success, the shifting of One Direction and the possibility of an Oasis reunion have all made the music and tabloid press.
Performing a sold out show in Los Angeles with High Flying Birds, Gallagher delivered an invigorating 90-minute set that was split between tracks from his solo albums and a handful of Oasis cuts.

The Mancunian musician and his four-piece group (plus a three-man horn section) took the stage to a mellow remix of “If I Had a Gun.”

They launched the 20-song set in raucous fashion with “Do the Damage,” a sax-driven Stooges-meets-Sonics rave-up originally earmarked for “Chasing Yesterday.” The dramatic “Everybody’s on the Run,” containing a swelling keyboard crescendo by the Birds’ secret weapon, Mikey Rowe, was mesmerizing. He proved his mettle again on the rollicking “AKA … What a Life.”

Images of old family photos flashed on the backdrop for Oasis B-side “Fade Away.” Gallagher, playing acoustic guitar, recast the 1994 original’s raucousness into slower folk/rock territory and it worked well.

Lead guitarist Tim Smith unleashed some feedback and then the band locked into a maelstrom of careening sounds during “Lock All the Doors” that packed quite a wallop. The same held true for the catchy stomper “You Know We Can’t Go Back.”

A more subdued, reworked version of Oasis hit “Champagne Supernova” prompted fans to clap along. Gallagher gently admonished them, “Don’t! My kids always do that.” It was still electrifying as people hoisted beers in the air, several males sang along loudly, arm in arm, like they were at a soccer match and others took the chorus to heart by lighting up.

Elsewhere, the ominous and danceable standout “Ballad of the Mighty I” saw Gallagher dominate with a rare guitar solo. Like other tracks that run past the five-minute mark on his albums, it never became tiresome live.

Sinewy ’70s-styled groove rocker “The Mexican” really gave the horns a chance to shine, as did a ruminative “The Masterplan.”

More excellent Oasis nuggets included the quick, blaring “Digsy’s Dinner” (Noel handled Liam’s sneering original vocal just fine) and soaring finale “Don’t Look Back in Anger.”
Source: www.ocregister.com

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Noel Gallagher Dedicates Song To Frances Bean Cobain At A Gig In Los Angeles

Noel Gallagher has dedicated a song to Frances Bean Cobain at a gig last night at the Orpheum Theater in LA.

The daughter of the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain posted a picture of herself with the Oasis star earlier today (see above) with the caption 'What did you do tonight? @NoelGallagher thank you so much for hanging out&the song dedication & being all around rad!'.

It's unclear which song she had dedicated to her at the time of press but Cobain has said in the past she wants Noel to sing at her future wedding. A source speaking to The Daily Star said: "Oasis are the band Frances listened to while growing up. Her wedding day wish would be to have Noel to play an intimate acoustic set."

Cobain recently suprisingly revealed she prefers Oasis to Nirvana in an interview with Rolling Stone. “Sorry, promotional people, Universal,” she told the magazine with a grin. “I'm more into Mercury Rev, Oasis, Brian Jonestown Massacre [laughs]. The grunge scene is not what I'm interested in.

"But ‘Territorial Pissings’ [on Nevermind] is a fucking great song. And ‘Dumb’ [on In Utero] – I cry every time I hear that song. It's a stripped-down version of Kurt's perception of himself – of himself on drugs, off drugs, feeling inadequate to be titled the voice of a generation.”

Gallagher has a spectacular summer ahead of him including summer headline spots at Latitude Festival, Calling Festival and Summer In The City.

Source: www.gigwise.com

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Noel Gallagher On Writing His Best Lyrics When He Was High, Oasis And More

Noel Gallagher flew into LA for a show Wednesday, when our photog/Oasis fanboy tried to get answers to every burning Oasis question -- and kinda succeeds.

It's all here in this clip ... "Wonderwall," being bigger than God and the Beatles ... and writing while he was getting high (intentional “Champagne Supernova” plug).

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Noel Gallagher On U2's Live Shows

Noel Gallagher might be busy touring with his High Flying Birds, but he had a chance to catch U2 live in San Jose on Wednesday night (May 20) … and he didn’t just attend the gig, but he loved it and compared it to “theater.”

“It starts off as a punk rock gig but then it gets intimate, there’s a lot of truth in it about where they come from and the people that they are,” he told U2.com, saying he was touched by the images of Bono‘s mom and kids.

Gallagher also went into detail about a screen that plays “inside of a video screen and it’s something else, it’s like watching a television but you kind of forget sometimes that they are actually there on stage and they are playing live. It’s a psychedelic experience.”

When he first heard about this screen, Gallagher admitted that he had no idea what the band was talking about. However, once he finally got to see it in person he felt like it was a “game changer, not only for them but for shows in general. It is something completely different.”

He also added, “You don’t expect to have that screen in that position and doing that thing … and the beauty of it all is that it still does not take away from what a great band they are.”

The Oasis member also admitted that he’s been a fan since 1983 when he heard “New Year’s Day” and has seen U2 numerous times. “With the greatest respect in the world when I saw the 360 [Degree] Tour I thought that was the end of something, and not in a bad way,” he said. “I thought, this is so staggering and huge and tall, so amazing, I thought this was the end of something and I wondered what the beginning of the next thing will be — and here it is.”

Noel also revealed he will be back to catch another U2 concert soon.

Source: diffuser.fm

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In Las Vegas

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, USA later today (May 22nd).

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Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Los Angeles

Below is the setlist from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, USA.

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
The Masterplan
AKA... What A Life!
Don't Look Back In Anger

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Noel Gallagher On The Drinking Skills Of Bono, Morrissey And Bobby Gillespie

Noel Gallagher—who recently said he’s lost “a f–king shitload of money” since Oasis split and, in potentially related news, advised One Direction’s Zayn Malik to “f–kin’ get a good accountant because life is very f–kin’ long”—is back with more colorful insights about the rock world.

Rock critic and editor of The Quietus John Doran interviewed Gallagher for Noisey’s The British Masters series and asked him who could drink more: Morrissey, Bono, or Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie. Gallagher responded with a predictably entertaining answer:

Bono, hands down. Bobby don’t drink. Morrissey is good crack. He can drink, and remains—doesn’t really get drunk though—he remains equally as vicious from the f—king minute you meet him until seven hours later. I lighten up once I’ve had a drink. Not Morrissey.

But Bono, he is really f—king brilliant company. I’ve been drinking with him, and I’ve been leaving a bar at 6 in the morning and he’s on the bar singing opera. And he’s got a f—king gig the following night with 70,000 people. And I’m being escorted out like James Brown—f—king pissed.

Source: www.ew.com

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In Los Angeles

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, USA later today (May 20th).

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What's Going On At 'This Feeling' This Weekend?

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Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In San Francisco

Below is the setlist from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert at The Warfield in San Francisco, USA.

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
The Masterplan
AKA... What A Life!
Don't Look Back In Anger

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