Win A Signed Set List From Noel Gallagher's Albert Hall Concert

Did any of you make the special Royal Albert Hall gig at the beginning of December?

We have a huge prize - a signed set list from both the semi-acoustic 'support' set and the main Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds set!

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What's Going On At 'This Feeling' This New Year's Eve?

A well known haunt of well known faces, and where to see future next big things in advance.

Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and information on club nights all over the UK.

Noel Gallagher On The New Manchester City Badge

Die-hard Manchester City fan Noel Gallagher has made his feelings about the new Manchester City badge – he loves it so much he would have it tattooed on his back.

Fans have been having their say about the new-look club crest – and not all are in support of the design. The exclusion of ‘Football Club’ in particular has not gone down well with some supporters.

But the outspoken Oasis superstar and lifelong Blue has given the badge the firm thumbs-up, joking that he would go so far as to have it inked on his body – at least we think he’s joking.

In a video tweeted by the club the Manchester says: “This new badge represents what Manchester City is.

City officially revealed their new club badge ahead of their Boxing Day fixture against Sunderland.

The club has reverted back to the 1970s badge that graced the shirt for 25 years.

Click here to watch the video.

Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Merry Christmas Everyone...

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas.

Thanks to everyone who has visited us and contributed to the website and blog this year.

Thanks for your continued support it's been a great year!

On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below is from December 22nd 1995, when Oasis appeared on the Channel 4 music show 'The White Room' in London.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Top UK Vinyl Singles Chart

Noel Gallagher has topped this week's Vinyl Singles Chart with his High Flying Birds track 'The Dying Of The Light'.

The Official UK Charts Company introduced the Vinyl Charts earlier this year with Underworld's tribute to the late Frankie Knuckles, 'Baby Wants To Ride' taking the first Number One position in the Singles Chart.

This week sees Gallagher beat New Order to the top spot, with the Manchester band's 'Tutti Frutti' at Number Two.

Sam Smith, The 1975 and Roisin Murphy complete the Top Five.

Source: www.nme.com

Early Footage Of Liam And Noel Gallagher Wanted

The production team behind the Senna and Amy feature documentaries have turned their attention to one of Manchester's iconic bands and will look back on their early years - and they're asking friends and family of the Gallagher brothers for help.

Makers of an Oasis documentary that features new interviews with both Noel and Liam Gallagher, are reaching out to friends and fans of the band for rare archive material to help tell the group’s story.

Oasis - The Rock ’N’ Roll Band That Defined A Generation will chart the band’s history from their childhood in Burnage and through their early gigs up to the shows that defined them: Knebworth, in 1996, in front of quarter of a million fans over two nights.

The producers - the team behind acclaimed documentaries Senna and Amy - are not only keen to paint a picture of the band’s lives together but also of the community they grew up in.

And in particular they’re asking people to poke around in their attics and cupboards for any home movies of the boys in a school nativity play, which mum Peggy Gallagher fondly recalls.

The Mat Whitecross feature documentary, which will be released to cinemas in 2016, is produced by James Gay Rees (Senna/Amy), Fiona Neilson (Spike Island), and Simon Halfon (Sleuth), with executive producer Asif Kapadia (Senna/Amy).

It is entirely made up of archive material and though the band do not appear on screen they and their former management have been interviewed about this formative period.

After Knebworth, Oasis became international superstars, but the film hopes to paint the Gallaghers as lads shaped by the Irish community and the city they grew up in.

Researchers are now on the look out for personal photographs and film footage of the band’s childhood and back stage at early Manchester gigs, as well as pictures and memorabilia from their Maine Road shows just months before Knebworth.

They are also calling out to the Manchester Irish community for home movies that show what life was like for young people in Burnage when the Gallaghers were children - including christenings and school plays.

They need submissions in by early January and will return all items, as well as pay to use rare footage. All material can be sent to researcher Hannah Green on hannah.oasisfilm@gmail.com.

Hannah said: “The film will be about those early years, about the foundations of the band up to them hitting the big time in 1996.

“We want to set the whole scene of where the Gallaghers come from: their Irish background, the football games they played, the bands they were in.

“We don’t have much from their period as The Rain (before Noel joined Oasis), so we would particularly like to have photos or tickets from that time.”

Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Noel Gallagher: I Saw The End Of Brit Pop

Noel Gallagher revealed he saw the end up Brit Pop before it fizzled out.

The songwriter's former group Oasis were the biggest band to emerge from the rock sub genre than came from the UK in the 90s and although it was a very special time for music he knew it was the end era.

He said: ''It was an anniversary of something recently and somebody showed me a list of the album chart back them and in one week, it was Oasis, The Verve The Manics, Pulp and Blur, were like at least five of the top ten, and had been for most of that year. And I felt, I remember saying at the time that that era was the end of something, that that would be the last time that something like that would happen. There just isn't that culture any more. I have a 15-year-old daughter who is like, 'Albums? They take too much time just give me the track man.'

''I guess it was the end of pop music as we knew it and then the internet came along and bingo.''

Meanwhile, the 48-year-old musician added that he was inspired to write albums with B sides by the soul and rock groups of the '60s, such as The Kinks, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys.

He told Steve Lamaq on BBC Radio Six: ''We were all derived from, maybe not so much The Manics, but we certainly were derived from those pop records and The Verve were the same and Blur probably.''

Source: www.tv3.ie

Noel Gallagher Picks The Tracks Of My Years On Radio 2 This Tuesday

Noel Gallagher picks his Tracks of My Years throwing a couple of Christmas tunes into the mix on Tuesday (December 22) for BBC Radio 2.

There's the daily love song, record and album of the week plus a special Champions League round of PopMaster.

Listen to the show live here from 9:30 (UK Time)

Listen To Noel Gallagher's Christmas Party For BBC Radio 6

Noel Gallagher joins Steve with a sack full of tunes to DJ an imaginary Christmas Party... and there's not a sleigh bell in sight. Expect sounds from The Velvet Underground and The Animals, served up alongside some crackers listeners might not have heard before from The Kitkats, Gino with Johnny The Greek and Kid Koala.

Steve will chat to Noel about his latest projects as well as a look back at the past year. Expect to hear tales of Oasis, house parties and his reaction to his second solo album, Chasing Yesterday, going to number one. Plus Steve will be asking him about what he thought of the response to his appearance on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. And Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the annual Gallagher festive rant...

To listen to the show click here, skip to around 52 minutes into the show.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Head To Paraguay

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be playing next year's Paraguay's Asunciónico Festival on Thursday, March 17th.

Tickets are on sale now more details can be found here.

Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweet...

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What's Going On At 'This Feeling' This New Year's Eve?

A well known haunt of well known faces, and where to see future next big things in advance.

Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and information on club nights all over the UK.

Another On This Day In Oasis History...

When Oasis played their sold-out Madison Square Gardens gig on December 18th 2008, photographer Josh Cheuse filmed Noel performing an exclusive acoustic version of 'Waiting For The Rapture' in an unusual backstage location.

This performance was made available exclusively through (RED)WIRE.

On This Day In Oasis History...

"Whatever" is a single by British rock band Oasis, written by the band's lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. It was released on December 18th 1994 as a stand-alone single bridging the gap between Oasis' debut album, Definitely Maybe, and their second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. "Whatever" entered the UK Singles Chart at #3, their first single to enter the top 5. The strings were played by the London Session Orchestra, arranged by Nick Ingham and Noel Gallagher.

The song joins the infectious pop-rock melodies of Definitely Maybe with the more sophisticated lyrics of (What's the Story) Morning Glory, preaching universal tolerance and the acceptance of all ideas and beliefs in a typically straightforward, Mancunian way. The first lines ("I'm free to be whatever I/Whatever I choose/And I'll sing the blues if I want") may have been Noel's reaction to his father's insistence that he join the building trade.

"Whatever" was released as a contender for the coveted position of Christmas #1, 1994
It is a testament to Noel Gallagher's all-conquering self confidence that he should predict "Whatever"'s success before he was even given a record contract, saying "In the beginning, there was a masterplan, to the extent that I knew that 'Whatever,' one of the first songs I ever wrote, would be a Christmas Top Five hit, but I think anyone who heard the song could have told you that."


When Oasis performed the song for Top of the Pops, they mimed and one of the cello players from the symphony was replaced by Bonehead, who clearly had no idea how his instrument is supposed to be played. Towards the end of the song, he gave up the pretense and started using the bow to conduct. A woman plays his rhythm guitar. The song was introduced by Damon Albarn of Blur who would later famously feud with Oasis. As Albarn introduced the song, the Gallagher brothers made hand gestures behind him, which only served to heighten the feud between the bands.

"Whatever" has been performed live by Oasis many times, sometimes with the ambitious symphony which accompanies the single version, sometimes without. They often end live versions of the song with lyrics adapted from the Beatles song "Octopus's Garden." They have also been known to add the lines "All the young blues....carry the news...", in reference to the Mott the Hoople song "All The Young Dudes". The "blues" are the fans of the Gallaghers' beloved Manchester City F.C.. At their famous performances at Knebworth in August 1996, the song was accompanied throughout by harmonica player Mark Feltham and is generally regarded by fans as one of the highlights of their set.




















The B-Sides of "Whatever" were quite famous as well. One of them, "Slide Away" was already featured on their debut album, Definitely Maybe. The other two - "(It's Good) To Be Free" and "Half the World Away" - were later featured on The Masterplan, a collection of Oasis's best b-sides. "Slide Away" and "Half the World Away" would also be featured on Oasis' 2006 "best of" album Stop the Clocks, although "Whatever" itself was not included.

'Whatever' spent a total of 50 weeks in the UK Singles chart, more than any Oasis single to date.

Noel Gallagher: 'I Back Elton John On Ticket Prices'

Rock star Noel Gallagher has called on the government to "sort out" the secondary ticketing market.

He was speaking after Sir Elton John said he would "rather have empty seats" at a venue then see fans pay "extortionate" prices on sites that promise access to sold out shows.

"I'm with Elton," Gallagher told BBC Radio 5 live. "People shouldn't really pay over the odds, but they do."

"You get forged tickets on those things as well. It's a terrible thing"

The former Oasis star said that, as long as the re-sale of concert tickets was legal, "it's going to carry on".

"You need the government to sort it out," he added.

Last month, the government welcomed comments on secondary ticketing as part of a review of the market.

Among the artists to get involved were Coldplay, Radiohead and Blur, as well as the managers of One Direction and Ed Sheeran, who signed a joint letter campaigning against "the increasing industrial-scale abuse and insider exploitation of tickets for music, arts and sports events by ticket touts, and their online associates and facilitators."

"Tens of thousands of fans have been ripped off by people who exploit fair ticket prices via so-called ticket marketplaces," the letter added.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

One Direction's Liam Payne Thinks Noel Gallagher Is Sad

Noel Gallagher's recent trashing of the boyband has really got on Liam Payne's goat, so much so that he has declared that the Wonderwall hitmaker is "sad".

The Oasis legend took a pop at One Direction and fellow stars Adele and Ellie Goulding during a rant about the current state of the music industry. He even went as far to describe Payne, Niall Horan, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson as "c***s***ers"

Speaking about the comments on BBC Radio 1's Superstar Playlist Payne accused Gallagher of being two-faced after a recent friendly meeting.

"The funny thing was, I met him the day the story came out," he said. "I didn't know it was coming out, and he came up and said, 'All right, mate? How are you doing?'

"I was like, 'Fine thanks, mate. Nice to meet you'. The next day I read the story and thought, 'How sad is that?' He completely dissed us. Nice to diss your fans, isn't it?"

He added: "It's sad because they genuinely led me to a path of singing. That's something they should be genuinely proud of."

"They don't think before they speak. You never know who was a fan of your music. Especially when you were as big as they were. Do it with grace. Good old Noel, bless him.

"I had to have a moan about that at some point. I'm over it."

Source: www.rte.ie

On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below is from December 14th 1997, when Oasis played at the G-Mex Arena in Manchester.

Video: Noel Gallagher Plays Gorillaz Classic 'Dare' With Damon Albarn Live

Blur's Damon Albarn and Oasis' Noel Gallagher teamed up yesterday to play a number of songs at the birthday party of Paul Simonon, the bassist of the Clash.

Gallagher joined Albarn, Simonon and co for covers of Gorillaz track 'Dare', plus The Clash's 'I Fought The Law', 'Brand New Cadillac' and 'Janie Jones'.

Source: pitchfork.com

On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below is from December 13th 1995, when Noel Gallagher was interviewed and performed on Much Music in Toronto, Canada on Much Music.