Chris Martin Defends Noel Gallagher’s Absence From One Love Manchester Concert

The Coldplay frontman performed alongside Liam during Sunday's benefit show.

Chris Martin has defended Noel Gallagher over his absence from the One Love Manchester benefit concert, insisting that everyone knew that he wasn’t able to attend in person.

Following Liam Gallagher’s angry tweets about his brother’s no-show, the Coldplay frontman has said that Noel “gave his blessing” for him to perform in his place.

“Thank you @noelgallagher for giving your blessing and encouragement to play don't look back in anger and live forever on Sunday,” he posted on the band’s official account on Tuesday.

“Everyone knew in advance you couldn't be there physically, so thank you for being there in spirit and for lending us those incredible songs. love cm.”

Later, he added: “And thank you @liamgallagher, that was awesome x cm + jb.”

Martin performed Don’t Look Back in Anger at the concert to raise money for the victims of the May 22 terror attacks and then dueted with Liam on Live Forever.

Source: www.standard.co.uk

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Support U2 In Mexico And South America

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds to support U2 in Mexico and South America at the following dates and venues.

Tue Oct 3 - Mexico City, Mexico Foro Sol
Sat Oct 7 - Bogota, Colombia, Estadio El Campin
Tue Oct 10 - Buenos Aires, Argentina La Plata
Sat Oct 14 - Santiago, Chile Estadio Nacional
Thur Oct 19 - Sao Paulo, Brazil Morumbi Stadium

Ticket details can be found here.

Liam Gallagher On Going Head To Head With Noel When He Releases His Album Later This Year

In the current issue of Q magazine, which is on sale on Today, Liam Gallagher has spoken about about going head to head with Noel when he releases his new album later this year,

Liam said: 'I’m certainly not afraid of his album. I’m sure it will be f**king amazing. But it just won’t be more amazing than mine.'

Liam credits his daily runs with giving him mental clarity. He revealed: “If I’ve not gone for a f**king run in the morning, it’s like someone’s thrown a bomb in my head.

'It’s just all scattered. Once I’m out there doing my thing, it’s like, "Right, that needs to get done, this needs to get done, he needs to be told, she needs to be f**king told, they’re all getting told." D’you know what I mean? It just reshuffles the pack.'

Liam Gallagher On Noel's Collaboration With Gorillaz

In the current issue of Q magazine, which is on sale on Today, Liam Gallagher has spoke about brother Noel’s ‘silly’ collaboration with Damon Albarn, calling him a ‘backing singer’.

The former Oasis frontman commented on Noel’s recent stint on stage with Albarn’s Gorillaz, he said: 'If Noel’s doing it to p*** me off, it’s not working.

'Cos I just find it all a bit silly. He’s turned into a backing singer, y’know what I mean? What’s f**king next? Roadie-ing for Steps?'

He added: 'He’s looking like he’s stalking Damon. Damon’s sitting there thinking, "How the f**k have I got into this Gallagher world again?”

'He was doing alright with De La Soul. And now he’s got f**king Stalker Boy stalking him, begging him to sing on his tunes, and then me in the background going, “You f**king c**ts.”

'I feel bad for Damon, to be brutally honest. Stuck in the middle. But you can get restraining orders. Maybe he should get one for Noel. It’s a bit creepy, innit?'

Gallery: Noel Gallagher Enjoys The Sunshine In Italy

Click here for a number of pictures of Noel Gallagher on holiday in Positano, Italy.

Liam Gallagher On His Favourite Memories Of Maine Road

Liam Gallagher has told Vincent Kompany to win the treble with Manchester City next season in an entertaining interview.

Taking questions from readers and celebrities in a Guardian interview , Gallagher was asked about City's former ground by Kompany.

"I’ve called the Etihad Stadium home for the last nine years," it began, "but you were brought up going to Maine Road to watch City. What are your favourite memories of our old ground?"

The former Oasis star couldn't respond without referring to his views on Kompany and Pep Guardiola's team .

"Yes Vincent, first things first: good to have you back, you’ve been massively missed," he said.

"My Maine Road memories – and there are quite a few – but it’s gotta be when City battered United 5-1 and when Oasis played two gigs there in the 90s.

"To play at the ground of the football club you’ve supported all your life is without doubt the icing on the cake.

"It’s downhill after that – even Knebworth doesn’t come close. Anyway, stay cool, stay fit, enjoy your summer and let’s go win the treble next season."

Gallagher also replied to a reader who asked if he often referred to City as 'the Citizens', a term apparently often used when the team are broadcast on Fox in the United States.

He said: "No. Never. It’s: 'Come on, chaps, let’s go and watch the ******* mighty Blues.'"

Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Setlist: Liam Gallagher In Landgraaf

Below is the setlist for Liam Gallagher at Pinkpop in Landgraaf, Netherlands yesterday.

Rock 'n' Roll Star
Morning Glory
Wall of Glass
Greedy Soul
Bold
D'Yer Know What I Mean?
Slide Away
All I Need
I Get By
You'd Better Run, You'd Better Hide
Universal Gleam
Be Here Now

Liam Gallagher On Playing With Coldplay, New Album, Noel, Beady Eye And More

Below is an interview with Liam Gallagher backstage at Pinkpop yesterday.

 

In Stores Today: Liam Gallagher Interview And Front Cover In The New Issue Of Q

The new issue of Q, out now, gets up close and personal with Liam Gallagher. Two years ago the ex-Oasis frontman looked out for the count but now he’s back with a brilliant new single and he’s got scores to settle. Tom Doyle meets Liam to talk new departures, nerves, Noel and Damon, cheeky teenagers, paparazzi and The Crystal Maze. “I’ve said a lot of shit over the years and I meant every word,” he says.

Also in the new issue, we hit the road with U2 as they revisit their landmark album The Joshua Tree. Stuart Bailie went to Vancouver and Seattle with the Irish rockers, catching up with Bono and The Edge in between. Dave Everley climbs aboard Royal Blood’s tourbus to find out what’s inside the hearts and minds of the tight, two-man rock gang and Andrew Perry sits down with Shaun Ryder and Kermit to talk about the newly-reformed Black Grape.

Elsewhere, Laura Snapes visits Angel Olsen at work in Amsterdam and finds an artist determined to usurp any preconceived notions of being “a sad girl at the bottom of a well,” whilst Sylvia Patterson heads out on tour with Charlotte Church and discovers the former soprano superstar has morphed into a psychedelic Earth Mother on a quest to raise universal consciousness.

Russell Brand is this month’s subject of Cash For Questions, Outkast man Big Boi offers up his 10 Commandments and Michael Kiwanuka shares the albums that changed his life. The The’s Matt Johnson is this issue’s Q Maverick. In the Q Review, we run the rule over new albums from Fleet Foxes, Phoenix, Alt-J, London Grammar, Ride, Kevin Morby and many more. All this and much, much more in the new issue of Q.

Available on newstands and from www.greatmagazines.co.uk/qmagazine from Tuesday.

Liam Gallagher On The Manchester Bombing, Going Solo, Oasis, Noel And More...

Anyone still carrying a torch for the cigarettes-and-alcohol-soaked Britpop era might be a bit surprised by how Liam Gallagher—the singing, sneering part of the Oasis equation, along with his rather violently estranged guitarist/songwriter brother Noel—has been spending his time lately. Before his recent emergence for a few live dates in England—including two homecoming gigs in Manchester, both of them in support of families and victims in the wake of the recent terrorist incident at the Ariana Grande concert—Gallagher had been living a rather contentedly domestic life. 

Click here to read the interview.

Video: Liam Gallagher - Wall Of Glass (Behind The Scenes)

Video: Liam Gallagher At PinkPop

Below is a video of Liam Gallagher at Pinkpop earlier today, only 'Wall Of Glass', 'Greedy Soul', 'Bold' and 'Do You Know What I Mean?' were broadcast.



Thanks to cigsalc

Pre-Order: Liam Gallagher's 'Wall Of Glass' 7" Single

Click here to order Liam Gallagher's debut single 'Wall Of Glass' on 7" vinyl.

Liam Gallagher's Sons Are "Fighting" Over Who Should Play Him In A Film

Liam Gallagher's sons are "fighting" over who should play him in the Alan McGee biopic.

The 56-year-old businessman McGee famously signed the 'Supersonic' rockers to his Creation Records label after seeing them perform one gig at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1993.

Speaking to The Observer, Liam said: "Someone's doing that at the moment apparently. Well, maybe not a drama, but someone's doing a film on McGee and Creation Records and they've asked if Lennon, my son, would play me in two scenes.

"One at the London venue Water Rats and one at a party at Noel's. He's not up for it. I said 'why aren't you, you little s**t, you said you were up for acting?'

"So now, the other one, the 15-year-old [Gene] he's going to do it, he's going 'I'll do it, dad'. They're having a bit of a fight about who's going to do it. Then get Noel's daughter Anais as Noel. And who can plan Alan McGee? Louis Walsh."

Source: www.sundayworld.com

Noel Gallagher Was Not At Manchester Charity Show Due To 'Longstanding Family Trip'

Spokesperson for the Oasis star previously said he would be unable to attend, despite fans hopes of a reunion with brother Liam.

Oasis fans were hoping the One Love Manchester concert at Old Trafford would see a reunion between the Gallagher brothers, but it was not to be.

Despite a surprise appearance from Liam Gallagher, who performed Oasis hits 'Rock N' Roll Star' and 'Live Forever' along with his new solo single, Noel Gallagher was unable to attend.

His absence was criticised by Liam who branded his brother a "sad f***" and apologised to Manchester on his behalf.

Representatives for the High Flying Birds frontman told The Independent he would not be making any further comment at the time of writing but pointed to his statement last week.

Before the event a spokesperson said: "Sadly, Noel will not be at the concert this weekend.

"He's been out of the country on a longstanding family trip since before the concert was announced and is unable to attend.

"Needless to say he is very supportive of the event and wishes everyone huge success on the day."

This likely won't do much to stop Liam Gallagher from venting on social media.

The morning after the One Love Manchester concert he wrote: "Noels [sic] out of the f***ing country weren't we all love get on a f***ing plane and play your tunes for the kids you sad f***".

Fans may have to hold out for that Oasis reunion just a little while longer, then.

Rumours of a reunion were sparked in-part after Black Eyed Peas singer Taboo tweeted a list of performers at the event and tagged Oasis. He quickly apologised and said that an error had been made.

​Liam Gallagher, who has hinted recently hinted that he would be interested in reuniting with his brother, responded to the idea of Oasis reforming in an interview last week.

He told BBC Radio 1: "Everyone knows I love our kid. He doesn’t speak to me, we don’t speak to each other.

"I’ll speak to him some day. It’s all very sad, but we’ll get over it… I guess it musn’t be nice for my mum… If Oasis ever got back together… if they do, they do. If they don’t, they don’t.

"A lot of people go, ‘Oh, leave it in the past, you were great then’. Mate, if we ever got back together, it would be happening. There’d be no dodgey gigs, it’d be bang on. So there is unfinished business there, but we’ll see what happens. In the meantime, we’re two little solo boys doing our little things."

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Liam Gallagher On Why Beady Eye Split Up

Liam's post-Oasis band split in 2014 after releasing two albums.

Liam Gallagher has opened up about the demise of Beady Eye, admitting the band had trouble “connecting”.

The younger Gallagher brother formed Beady Eye with bandmates Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock when Oasis split in 2009. The band released two albums, 2011’s ‘Different Gear, Still Speeding’ and 2013’s ‘BE’, before disbanding in October 2014.

Asked why he decided to end Beady Eye, Liam told The Guardian: “The last album we put out, that was the first album I’ve ever put out in America when we only did one gig for it. That got under my skin. We got asked to do Coachella, but apparently we couldn’t afford to go out there. I was like: ‘I’ll pay for us to go out there and once we’re out there we’ll do some gigs.'”

He continued: “Gem had hurt his head and I’d had my divorce, but the best place to be is on the road… Anyway, there were no gigs going down. So I thought to myself: ‘Maybe it’s just not happening, maybe it’s just not connecting.’ And then Andy got a call that he was gonna do his Ride thing, which was fine, but I thought: ‘You know what, I’m not sitting around.’ So I went: ‘Tell you what, go and do Ride and I think we should just call it a day.'”

Source: www.nme.com

Watch A Live Stream Of Liam Gallagher At Pinkpop Later Today

There will be live stream today from Pinkpop, Liam Gallagher is on stage at 17:20 (Local time).

Visit 3voor12.vpro.nl to view the live stream, I'm not to sure if it's being broadcast outside the Netherlands at the time of posting.

Alternative link here.

Setlist: Liam Gallagher In Nuremberg

Below is the setlist for Liam Gallagher in Rock im Park in Nuremberg in Germany yesterday.

Rock 'n' Roll Star
Morning Glory
Wall of Glass
Greedy Soul
Bold
D'Yer Know What I Mean?
Slide Away
All I Need
I Get By
You'd Better Run, You'd Better Hide
Universal Gleam
Be Here Now

Liam Gallagher Rolls Into Landgraaf

Liam Gallagher will play at Pinkpop in Landgraaf in Netherlands later today.

Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweets...

What an amazing night last night pure love vibrations nobody comes close to Manchester love forever LG x 

Oh and if anybody's seen rkid tell him he can come out now as you were LG x 

Manchester id like to apologise for my brothers absence last night very disappointed stay beautiful stay safe LG x 

Noels out of the fucking country weren't we all love get on a fucking plane and play your tunes for the kids you sad fuck