Richard Ashcroft On Liam Gallagher's Cameo On The Verve‘s ‘Urban Hymns’

Richard Ashcroft has spoken out about Liam Gallagher‘s ‘secret cameo’ on The Verve‘s classic album, ‘Urban Hymns’.

It has long been known that the former Oasis frontman leant backing vocals on the track ‘Come On’, but there has also been a mystery surrounding what exactly it is that he sings. Now, Ashcroft has opened up about the album’s various jokes and mysteries.

“I mean there’s lots of jokes within the album,” Ashcroft told BBC 6 Music. “Liam Gallagher is on the last track ‘Come On’. I don’t think anyone knows this, but if you concentrate you can hear some demented guy screaming ‘come on’. I imagine everyone thinks that’s me, but I remember him doing it.

“He arrived at the studio with the tape of a song he’d just done with [Stone Roses’ guitarist] John Squire. He proceeded, as he does, to play it 15 times in a row in the studio. I played him ‘Bittersweet [Symphony]’, then I said ‘we’re doing ‘Come On’ now, you gotta be on it. He went into this booth with someone else, and he was going ballistic at the end of it – smashing the tambourine against the side of the vocal booth, screaming.”

The Verve will be celebrating 20 years of ‘Urban Hymns’ with a deluxe reissue on September 1.

Source: www.nme.com

Liam Gallagher On Liking A Drink

Liam Gallagher still likes to go out boozing because constant sobriety is "boring".

The "mad for it" former Oasis frontman is known for being one of the most notorious rock 'n' roll hellraisers and during his time in the 'Supersonic' band he got involved in numerous shenanigans, more often than not fuelled by drink and recreational drugs.

Liam - who was in the group with his now estranged older brother Noel Gallagher - has calmed down a lot now he's in his 40s but he doesn't like to be teetotal all time because life becomes too dull and he becomes too nice.

In an interview on 'The Howard Stern Show', he revealed: "I do like a drink, I'm not an alcoholic, but I like talking s**t to people, I like the s**t that comes with drinking. But I have been sober for six months before, it's just boring. I felt too good, I was opening doors for people and getting old ladies' bags of shopping and saying I'll help you across the road - f**k that. I don't want to feel that good, who wants to feel too good?"

Liam, 44, insists he was living the life of a rock star long before Oasis burst onto the music scene in 1994, and he was experimenting with substances, such as psychedelic mushrooms, when he just 15.

He added: "People think just because you're joining a band it's your first beer or whatever, or your first line or whatever you smoke.

"I was mushroomed out of my face when I was 15 and 16, before I even joined the band at 19."

Source: www.montrosepress.com

Liam Gallagher On His New Album, Oasis, Chester Bennington And More

Click here to read an interview with Liam Gallagher who talks about his new album Oasis, Chester Bennington and more.

Video: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Brussels

Below are a number of videos of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Stade Roi Baudouin in Brussels, Belgium yesterday.

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Noel Gallagher Extends Sony/ATV Music Worldwide Publishing Deal

Noel Gallagher has extended his worldwide deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. The singer and songwriter first signed with the company two decades ago after emerging onto the music scene with Oasis and the debut album, “Definitely Maybe.”

The agreement covers Gallagher’s entire catalog, including Oasis hits “Wonderwall” and “Don’t Look Back In Anger,” as well as his solo project High Flying Birds.

Said Guy Moot, Sony/ATV U.K. Managing Director and President, Worldwide Creative: “I am delighted we have been able to extend our agreement with Noel who to this day remains a key British songwriter and artist.”

Source: variety.com

Liam Gallagher Rolls Into Chicago

Liam Gallagher will play at The Official Lollapalooza Preshow in Chicago, USA later today.

Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Brussels

Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Stade Roi Baudouin in Brussels, Belgium yesterday.

Everybody's On The Run
Lock All The Doors
In The Heat Of The Moment
Riverman
Champagne Supernova
Half The World Away
You Know We Can't Go Back
Little By Little
Wonderwall
Don't Look Back In Anger
AKA... What A Life!

U2 A Rock 'N' Roll Band? Liam Gallagher Finds That 'Highly Insulting'

Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has hit out at U2, saying it's 'insulting' to describe them as a rock 'n' roll band, and called his brother Noel a 'stalker potato'.

Noel is supporting the Irish band on their Joshua Tree tour, but Liam is unimpressed, dismissing them as 'a band that use guitars'.

Liam, 44, who was promoting his solo album As You Were on a US radio station, said: “I dunno what planet they’re on, but they’re not on mine. They’re in a bubble.

“I’m walking the streets keeping it real.

"We walk and we lick our own plates.

“You know when you finish your food, I know them people get someone else to lick their plates for them. I lick my own f***ing plate.

The likes of U2, when they call themselves a rock ’n’ roll band I find that highly insulting.

“They play guitar music and they hit the drums and all that but they’re not a rock ’n’ roll band, they’re a band that use guitars.

“They haven’t done anything rock ’n’ roll in their entire life.”

Liam was once banned by airline Cathay Pacific for abusing passengers and staff.

After the break-up of Oasis and his band Beady Eye, he vowed he would not go solo.

He said of U2: “I’m not saying you need to be snorting drugs off a dwarf’s a***.

“But they need to do something. Have they ever broken a pencil? Have they ever stuck a rubber up their nose? They don’t seem to do f*** all, except for take big pay cheques.”

The Irish band, who began when Liam was four, have released 14 albums, selling almost 200 million copies. They are being supported on their 52-date European and Joshua Tree Tour by Liam’s older brother Noel, 50.

Liam said: “It’s nice to know while he’s out licking Bono’s a*** I’m sort of doing it for real.

“I love our kid, but every time I see him he’s got his arm around some crazy celebrity. It’s like he’s stalking them.

“Every time I see pictures of him, I just see a potato – a stalker potato when he has his arm around Bono.”

Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Liam Gallagher On Pissing On Noel's Stereo

Wars have been started over less than the ongoing feud between the Gallagher brothers. Given the prominence of their rift in music culture, you'd have to assume it started over something fairly yuge.

Apparently not, if Liam is to be believed as he has claimed the argument with Noel still stems from an incident where Liam pissed on his older brother's stereo.

The Oasis frontman was on the radio with US DJ Howard Stern who asked about their ongoing argument. When asked where the rivalry begun, Liam said, "We shared a bedroom and he'd bought this new soundsystem."

''I'd been out drinking, I was 15, had too many sherries, and I'd come in, and had a spliff as well, the room is spinning, I'd got out of bed, couldn't find the light switch so thought, 'F**k it, I'm gonna have to go man'."

''So I whipped it out, p***ed all over his new soundsystem and he's gone 'What the f**k are you doing? That's my f***ing new f***ing stereo?' 'It's alright, it'll f***ing dry won't it'. And I think he still holds a grudge from that and that was a long time ago."

''[The stereo] was the holy grail but when you gotta go, you gotta go, I ain't p***ing in my Paddington Bear pyjamas for no one.''

When asked by Stern whether he'd, you know, said sorry, he replied, "I said listen mate, it was either the soundsystem or your f***ing head, and I know he sleeps with his mouth open, so you take it or leave it my son.''

Were Noel listening, the apology would have felt more hollow still as his brother went on to say, "''I love our kid, he's cool, just a bit lost in celebrity world. Every time i see him he's got his arm round a crazy celebrity, it's like he's stalking them.''

He then called him a "stalker potato" explaining, that, "''Every time I see a couple of pictures of him and I just see a potato.''Maybe it's just the way my brain is wired - pouting potato, angry potato, stalker potato. When he's got his arm round Bono, stalker potato.''

Any hopes for the reunion then? Liam said, "'Without a doubt, that's my band. We've got to become brothers first before we can talk about the music, once we start liking each other, inevitable the next step is to take the band around the block for a spin."


Source: www.esquire.co.uk

Liam Gallagher "This Is The Third Coming”

They should be fucking scared - this is the third coming'

Liam Gallagher has said that any doubt around his potential as a solo artist after being in “two failed bands” has inspired him to ‘come back stronger’.

This year saw Gallagher launch his solo career after the demise of former bands Oasis and Beady Eye. Now, he’s back and refusing to ‘let the critics win’.

“I’m fucking glad I’m back, mate,” he told GQ, “because I know for a fact they’re sitting there – and you say they might be happy – but they’re sitting there going, ‘Fuck me, mate. He’s come again, man. Two divorces, fucking illegitimate kids, fucking two failed bands behind him, three bad haircuts and he’s still fucking coming’.

“Oh, and I’m gonna fucking come even more, mate, do you know what I mean? Because that’s the way it is. That’s who I am. That’s what I do. I’m not gonna sit back and let them win. So they should be fucking scared. They should be afraid. Without a doubt. This is the third coming.”

As well as opening up about his relationship with the estranged daughter he had with Lisa Moorish, Liam also discussed how the key to Oasis‘ success was that Noel was a ‘boring fuck’ and he was the ‘headcase’.

Source: www.nme.com

Video: Liam Gallagher On The Howard Stern Show

Below are a number of videos of Liam Gallagher performing two tracks and talks about a number of subjects with Howard Stern.

Vote For Noel Gallagher's Collaboration With 'The Gorillaz' At The Q Awards

Voting has opened for The Q Awards 2017 in association with Absolute Radio. Last year a galaxy of stars including U2, The Rolling Stones, Muse, M.I.A., Coldplay and Blondie descended on the Roundhouse in London for the world’s greatest music awards.

We return to the Roundhouse for this year’s ceremony, which takes place on 18 October and will feature live performances by Manic Street Preachers and Sleaford Mods. It promises the same degree of star-studded pageantry and live music thrills.

What’s more, you can help us choose the shortlist from this year’s nominees longlist and you could win a pair of tickets to music’s most prestigious event.

BEST Q TRACK - Gorillaz - 'We Got The Power' that features Noel Gallagher.

CLICK HERE TO VOTE NOW FOR THIS YEAR’S LONGLIST.

Vote For Liam Gallagher At This Years Q Awards

Voting has opened for The Q Awards 2017 in association with Absolute Radio. Last year a galaxy of stars including U2, The Rolling Stones, Muse, M.I.A., Coldplay and Blondie descended on the Roundhouse in London for the world’s greatest music awards.

We return to the Roundhouse for this year’s ceremony, which takes place on 18 October and will feature live performances by Manic Street Preachers and Sleaford Mods. It promises the same degree of star-studded pageantry and live music thrills.

What’s more, you can help us choose the shortlist from this year’s nominees longlist and you could win a pair of tickets to music’s most prestigious event.

BEST Q TRACK - Liam Gallagher - Wall Of Glass
Q BEST LIVE ACT - Liam Gallagher
Q BEST SOLO ARTIST - Liam Gallagher

CLICK HERE TO VOTE NOW FOR THIS YEAR’S LONGLIST.

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In Brussels

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be supporting U2 at the Stade Roi Baudouin in Brussels, Belgium later today.

Liam Gallagher On Oasis, Noel, And More

Nearly eight years after Oasis abruptly disbanded in 2009, Liam Gallagher is now saying he’s open to getting the group back together. On Monday’s Stern Show, Howard asked the band's former frontman about the possibility of an Oasis reunion.

“Without a doubt,” Gallagher replied. “That’s my band, you know what I mean?”

Perhaps the biggest obstacle to getting Oasis back on stage together is the longstanding rift between Liam and his brother Noel. Their disagreements throughout the years have earned a fair share of media attention and Liam admitted he and Noel would first need to learn to get along before they’d be ready to make music together again.


“When we start liking each other, inevitably, I think the next step would be to take the band out for a little spin around the block,” Liam told Howard. “I love Oasis. It’s the best thing ever.”

There’s no doubt Liam would be ready for a reunion tour, either. He sang one of Oasis’s biggest hits “Wonderwall” live in the Stern Show studio – the same song brother Noel sang when he visited Howard in 1997. Check out audio of Liam’s “Wonderwall” performance from Monday morning (below).



As for how and when his relationship with Noel turned sour, Liam suspects it has something to do with the night he peed all over Noel’s new stereo setup. Liam recalled being 15 and coming home drunk after having “too many sherries.”

“Me fucking room is spinning,” Liam remembered. He made his way into the bedroom he shared with Noel but couldn’t find the light switch. Lost in the dark and needing to relieve himself, Liam said he took a leak right then and there instead of finding his way to the bathroom. Unfortunately, it was Noel’s sound system that ended up soaking wet.

“I think he holds a grudge from that and that was a long time ago,” Liam told Howard. “But when you gotta go, you gotta go, mate. Simple as that.”

Howard was curious if Liam ever apologized for the incident.

“I said, ‘Listen, mate, it was either the sound system or your fucking head,’” Liam recalled telling Noel back in the day.

Howard then asked if Liam would attend Noel’s funeral, considering how contentious their relationship has become.

“Of course,” Liam quickly responded. “I love my brother. We’re just going through a little dodgy patch at the moment.”



Part of the appeal of being a rock star for Liam was acting like one during the height of Oasis’s fame. But for anyone who thinks Gallagher didn’t begin partying until after the band hit it big, he explained he’s always enjoyed having a good time.

“I was mushroomed out of my face when I was 15, 16 before I even joined the band at 19,” Liam said.

Experimenting with drugs and alcohol after the band’s success only made him a better rock star, Liam surmised. “I think you have to have life experiences,” he told Howard. “I’m not saying you need to be snorting drugs … but something needs to fucking happen.”

Though he’s definitely slowed down lately, Liam also joked about not liking being sober. “I just felt too good,” he told Howard with a laugh. “I was opening the door for people and stuff and getting old ladies’ bags of shopping.”

Liam even had trouble getting his hands on a cigarette while in New York. He tried purchasing a pack at a convenience store, only to have the store clerk ask to see his I.D. which he’d left in his hotel room.

“I look about 34 … I’m 44,” Liam said to Howard. “I look old enough to buy cigarettes, don’t I?”



He took to Twitter to vent his frustrations, as well.

As he’s asked other musicians who smoke, Howard wondered if Liam is concerned about the effects cigarettes might have on his voice. Liam revealed he no longer smokes the day of a performance but also said he didn’t like the sound of his voice after he hasn’t smoked in a while.

“I sound a bit square, a bit beige ... I like it to sound a bit rough,” he said. “I do like the screaming and shouting kind of side of the singing.”


With his debut solo album “As You Were” scheduled to be released in October, Liam performed his first single “Wall of Glass” (above) live on the Stern Show for Howard. As good as his performance was, Liam had to run out of the studio as soon as he was done singing in order to use the bathroom.

“We’ve never had that happen before,” Robin said while cracking up.

“You should have just peed right in my studio like you did to your brother,” Howard joked.

Liam Gallagher’s debut solo album “As You Were” is available Oct. 6.

Source: www.howardstern.com

Liam Gallagher On Being Depressed And Bored

The Roll With It star said that he'd been left planning an escape after hitting rock bottom due to divorce with Nicole Appleton.

He's not known for backing down from a confrontation, or being that shy and retiring.

But Liam Gallagher has revealed the true extent that his divorce from Nicole Appleton and a custody battle with ex-mistress Liza Ghorbani had on him, revealing he almost started things over with a new life in Spain.

Speaking about the state of his mental health during one of his rockiest years, the 44-year-old Oasis icon said he'd been left close to broke by his £800,000 divorce and a battle over access to his daughter Gemma had seen all his money go on legal fees.

Speaking candidly to GQ about his fall to the bottom and subsequent rise back to the top, Liam said: “Two years ago I was depressed and just really f***ing bored. All my money was going on lawyers."

And it seems that his money woes led him to plan an escape to the sunshines, with Liam almost quitting Britain and fame for a fresh start.

“It was time to get real," he revealed. "I knew that whatever happened with the money I would be left with, I wouldn’t be able to live where I wanted to live in London, so I might have to f*** off for a bit and get a nice place abroad — get a bit of sun, eat some nice food, and try and come up with a plan. Just start again.”

Though it seems there were a few barriers to his plans to flee to the sunshine, with his girlfriend Debbie Gwyther - who he fell for during the break-down of his marriage in 2013.

Speaking about her reactions to his plans to flee the country, Liam said: “Not the best. But I said it wouldn’t be far, a couple of hours on the plane."

And though he may have been experiencing some dire financial straights, it seems that Liam wasn't ready to slum it just yet, adding: “I got this close to going by myself. Googling properties. It weren’t f***ing Magaluf - I’m not that broke, but not far off.

“My kids weren’t bothered. They were just asking if it would have a pool or not, the cheeky f***s.”

But it was at this point that the Beady Eye frontman experienced a flash of inspiration, as "the music came" to him. Something which led him to abandon his plans and start recording his first solo album, As You Were.

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Video: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Amsterdam

Below are a number of videos of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds supporting U2 at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam, Holland yesterday.