Noel Gallagher Refused To Sing At Lars Ulrich's Wedding

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich asked Noel Gallagher to sing at his wedding.

The heavy metal icon is a huge Oasis fan and became firm friends with the 'Wonderwall' hitmaker after they met in the mid-90s.

Lars, 52, was desperate for Noel to serenade him and model Jessica Miller when they tied the knot but the 48-year-old musician refused to be a wedding singer for one night.

Speaking as he hosted a special show for Absolute Radio - which can be listened to at Absoluteradio.co.uk - Noel said: "Lars is great you see. He's a huge Oasis fan. And he's a friend of mine.

"The first autograph I ever signed on American soil was for Lars. I didn't even know it was him. He said, could you make it out to Lars Ulrich and I wasn't looking at him. I said, what the drummer from Metallica? And he went yeah. And I looked and there he was. I was just like, god.

"I love Lars. I speak to him irregularly quite often. He asked me to perform at his wedding. I declined that - that was a bit weird. But he's a good lad Lars."

Lars has always been fulsome in his praise for Noel - who was in Oasis with his brother Liam Gallagher before quitting the group in 2009 - and his talents as a songwriter.

The 'Enter Sandman' rocker previously revealed Oasis has been the "soundtrack" to his life.

Lars said: "Oasis has been the soundtrack to my life for the last 20-plus years on this wonderful planet. 'I have stories and pictures in my mind that go along with everything, from the first time I heard particular songs and read certain articles, to hearing about the band's shenanigans and festivities.''

Source: www.therecord.com

Noel Gallagher Regrets Forgetting His Time With David Bowie

The 48-year-old former Oasis star was introduced to the music legend - who passed away in January from cancer at the age of 69 - backstage at his concert at Wembley Stadium in London in 1995.

Noel wishes he hadn't been so intoxicated at the time and admits if there wasn't a photo of the two pop icons together he'd have no memory of their encounter.

Speaking as he hosted a special show for Absolute Radio - which can be listened to at Absoluteradio.co.uk - he recalled: ''I went to see Bowie at Wembley Arena and he was being supported by Morrissey. ''Somebody came up to me and said would you like to come and meet David. And I was like, 'Yeah of course.' There's a picture of it, of me and him and I've obviously said something funny to him, because he's in hysterics and I've no idea what I've said to him. Had that picture not existed I don't think I'd have any recollection of ever meeting him. Apart from where I remember being taken into his dressing room and it was like I was too young and too wasted for it to dawn on me that I was meeting one of the greats.''

Noel is a massive fan of the 'Space Oddity' hitmaker and is expected to take to the stage at the BRIT Awards as part of a super-group that will pay tribute to Bowie.

The 'Lock All the Doors' singer can remember listening to his music all the time when he was younger and cites him as a major influence on his own career.

Noel - who covered Bowie's hit 'Heroes' as a B-side to the 1997 Oasis single 'D'You Know What I Mean?' - recalled: ''I was into him like right early on. I used to have this cassette that when we were driving round Manchester on the dole and it was two songs of David Bowie followed by two songs of T Rex followed by two songs of Slade on a C90 cassette.''

Source: www.tv3.ie

Listen Again To The 'Noel Gallagher Show' On Absolute Radio

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Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweet

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On This Day In Oasis History...

On February 16th 2010, Oasis' album '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' won the award for the best album of the past 30 years at the Brit Award ceremony at Earl's Court in London.

 

On This Day In Oasis History...

Below are a number of videos from February 14th 2007, when Oasis picked up the Outstanding Contribution award at the Brit Awards.

Ex-Tory MP Louise Mensch Claims She Used To Date Noel Gallagher

Louise Mensch, the former Conservative politician, has claimed that he she once dated Noel Gallagher.

Mensch, who was Tory MP for Corby from 2010 to 2012, recently made the claims in a Twitter post, telling one of her followers: "It['s] probably going to kill you when I tell you I went out with Noel for a couple of months".

Before becoming a MP, Mensch (previously Louise Bagshawe) worked in the music industry as a PR and in marketing. She is currently married to Metallica and Muse's manager Peter Mensch.

Mensch joined the Labour Party in 1996 before rejoining the Tories a year later. In a recent tweet, she appeared to suggest that Oasis guitarist Gallagher was an influence on her brief shift of allegiance.

Noel Gallagher famously backed Tony Blair ahead of the 1997 General Election, later saying: "It was a great time in history. The grip of Thatcherism was being smashed. New Labour had been brilliant in opposition. When Tony Blair spoke, his words seemed to speak to people, young people. Call me naive but I felt something – I’m not quite sure what it was, but I felt it all the same."

NME has approached Louise Mensch to clarify her tweets.

Source: www.nme.com

Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweets

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Gallery: Liam Gallagher Enjoys A Night Out In London

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Noel Gallagher On High Flying Birds’ Album Three, Challenging Himself As A Songwriter & More!

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On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below shows some footage from the 12th February 2009, when Oasis played at the Palacio De Deportes De La Comunidad in Madrid, Spain.

Noel Gallagher Confirms He's Writing For A New Monkees Album With Paul Weller

In an exclusive interview with theMusic.com.au this week, Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher confimed rumours he was penning a song with The Jam's Paul Weller, for an upcoming Monkees record.

Gallagher told us, "Yeah, they asked me to write a song and as luck would have it, I happened to have half a song lying around that I’d been writing with Paul Weller over the last couple of months and we sent it to them and they like it and we’ve now gotta go and finish it off, but we didn’t expect them to go and tell fucking the whole world that it was happening because now we have to finish it off."

The record, reportedly titled Good Times!, is due for release on 10 June to coincide with The Monkees' 50th anniversary. All three surviving members, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, are involved.

"I hope the second half’s as good as the first half. But me and Paul are very busy dudes. We’re all-conquering, ageing mods and, you know, it’s fucking hard to find the time sometimes," Gallagher continued.

NME reports that Weezer's Rivers Cuomo and Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard have also been writing for the project, making the record a collaboration between a slew of enigmatic frontmen. Cuomo's song is rumoured to be titled She Makes Me Laugh, while Gibbard is said to have written a track called Me & Magdalena.

Keep an eye on theMusic.com.au for the full interview.

Source: theMusic.com.au

Ricky Hatton On The Gallagher Brothers Carrying His Belts

Ricky Hatton tells Clare Balding about the time Liam and Noel Gallagher carried his title belts into the ring before a bout. Watch Hatton on The Clare Balding Show this Thursday at 8pm on BT Sport 2.

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Play Welsh Festival In September

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are excited to announce they will headline the idyllic Festival Number 6 in Portmerion, North Wales on Sunday 4th September.

Tickets available now: www.festivalnumber6.com

Another On This Day In Oasis History...

Click here to watch a video from February 10th 2009, when Liam Gallagher was interviewed on The Hot Desk at the The Holly Bush Pub in Hamsted.

On This Day In Oasis History...

The videos below are from February 10th 2002, when Oasis played at the Columbiahalle in Berlin, Germany.

Have Noel Gallagher And Paul Weller Written A Song Together For The New Monkees Album?

Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller have been reportedly working on a new song for The Monkees’ 50th anniversary album, Good Times.

The band recently confirmed that they will be releasing their first album in 20 years. Justus was their last album, released in 1996.

Weezer’s River Cuomo and Death Cab For a Cutie’s Ben Gibbard will appear on the record. Cuomo’s track will be called ‘She Makes Me Laugh’, whilst Gibbard’s track is called ‘Me & Magdalena’.

No more details are yet known about the Gallagher / Weller collaboration for the album, but we hope it’s true.

Good Times will also feature a handful of songs that were written for the Monkees in the 60s that they did not release, including Neil Diamonds ‘Love to Love’, Boyce and Hart’s ‘Whatever’s Right’ and Carole Kng’s ‘Wasn’t Born To Follow’.

The group reformed after a decade-long hiatus in 2011 for a 45th anniversary tour that featured a three-man line up of Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Davy Jones. Jones died of a sudden heart attack the following year, leaving Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork as the only two remaining members.

Source: www.gigwise.com

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

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Play At Kendal Calling

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are also able to confirm that they will be playing this year's Kendal Calling!

The festival runs from the 28th - 31st July. Noel's exact date is TBC.

Tickets are on sale here.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Play At The 'Y Not Festival'

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be playing this year's Y Not Festival!

The Festival runs from 29th - 31st July.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be playing the Saturday 30th July.

Tickets are on sale now here.