Roy And Sam Eldridge From UROK Management On Working With Liam Gallagher

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Taken from an interview with Roy and Same Eldridge from UROK Management with www.musicbusinessworldwide.com read the full article here

AS A MANAGEMENT COMPANY, YOU SEEM TO BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH A MAJOR LABEL, IT STILL WORKS AND IT STILL HAS VALUE.

Sam: For us it wasn’t a case of let’s [use this interest] to go and take some money out of Universal or Sony. Atlantic felt like the right home, so that’s where we went.

With Liam, we didn’t shop it around either. People came to us, Max and Phil Christie in particular, who displayed a real bravery with that signing. What was interesting with Liam is that we thought a lot about the A&R process at the beginning, and put together the key early sessions for the album before anyone else was involved.

YOU GOT THE RECORDINGS GOING?

Sam: We did two tracks with Greg Kurstin and two tracks with Dan Grech, and that was really important: it showed Liam wasn’t going to make an old-fashioned record with old-fashioned producers. Greg was the biggest pop producer in the world at that point in time.

NOT EVERYONE THOUGHT TAKING ON A POST-BEADY EYE LIAM GALLAGHER WAS GOING TO BE A CLEVER MOVE.

Sam: Maybe those people missed the fact that Liam’s an incredibly modern artist. He’s great on social media, he’s got a huge personality, and he’s one of the greatest rock stars of all time. If you discount that somehow, sorry, but you’re an idiot. Also, he wanted to collaborate, and of course he has that voice.

When you add all of that up, the opportunity is staring you in the face, isn’t it? Also, we’d heard the first demos, before we had any involvement with the [album], and we noticed that there were elements of his vocal range that he’d got back through rest, plus the quality of Liam’s own songwriting had matured into something special.

From there, everything was about him signing him to a major. Warner Bros’ biggest domestic artist today is a pop star [Dua Lipa], but ultimately the rest of the their roster includes Muse, Royal Blood, Foals, etc.

The Liam record deal was big – it was 10 times the deal that I think other people would’ve offered us – because it was all about ambition. We sat down and we went, We’re going to sell a million records. And Warner Bros saw it, and created a deal that looked like a million-record deal.

Roy: I don’t think many people realised how ambitious Liam was on a personal level, either.

He absolutely, really wanted it, and you can definitely see that looking back from then to now. It’s been crucial.

I’M SURE SOME PEOPLE WERE ALSO A BIT SNARKY ABOUT THE FACT HIS MISSUS WOULD BE CO-MANAGING HIM…

Sam: I’m really, really glad you said that. Immediately, when we met Debbie [Gwyther], it was clear she was a really, really good manager. She wasn’t just #TeamLiam all the time; she was focused, like, I want this to be really successful.

Debbie is very practical and, with Liam, probably more brutally honest than any other manager would be or could be. She’s been an amazing partner to work with.

Our job is obviously to bring the best out of the artists that we work with, but I think increasingly our job is also to support and bring out the best in the managers that we work with. I hope we’ve helped in some way to bring out the best in Debbie, because she’s a great manager and she’s completely proven it. She deserves to be seen and talked about by everyone as Liam’s co-manager – not his girlfriend, or his fucking ‘PA’ – but his co-manager.

She’s an amazing partner, she absorbs so much of the work on that project, and she has helped created a great model for us as to how we could grow our business in the future.

Source: www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Pello's New Christmas Cards Are On Sale Now

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These and plenty more are available from www.freedomcreations.co.uk

10% of profits of all Freedom Creations Christmas cards goes to East London young people's charity, Step Forward [Registered charity no. 802597]






More Pictures From Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'Any Road Will Get Us There (If We Don't Know Where We're Going)'

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Click here for a number of pictures from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'Any Road Will Get Us There (If We Don't Know Where We're Going)' book.

A Template For A Liam Gallagher/Mickey Mouse T-Shirt

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A number of you have been asking about the Mickey Mouse T-shirts I posted about on social media the other day. I have had these images sent in to save to your PC or mobile devices to get printed out for yourself.

Various places online offer the service eBay, Amazon etc or check stores in your local area, click into the image to make it bigger for printing.

Big thanks to Sean Garvan



On This Day In Oasis History...

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On November 22nd 1995, Oasis played 'Wonderwall' and 'Roll With It' on the Nulle Part Ailleurs in France.




On November 22nd 1997 Oasis played at the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, Germany.

Listen to a bootleg of the gig below.



On November 22nd 2002, Oasis played at the Forum in Milan, Italy.


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

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

This weeks events are in Birmingham, Dundee, London, Glasgow, Sheffield, Leicester, Edinburgh and Manchester.

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

Liam Gallagher's Latest Instagram Post

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Announce First Live Date Of 2019

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will headline 'This Is Tomorrow' Festival, Exhibition Park, Newcastle, on Saturday May 25th!

Tickets go on sale 10am Friday 23rd November here.


Watch Noel Gallagher In Primal Scream's 'The Lost Memphis Tapes’ Documentary On The BBC iPlayer Now

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On This Day In Oasis History...

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On November 20th 1995 Oasis played at the Annexet in Stockholm, Sweden.

Listen to a bootleg of the gig below.



On November 20th 2006, Oasis released the 'Stop The Clocks' album.

It drew together the years of multi platinum albums, Number One singles, and instantly familiar B sides into one 18 track double album. The artwork was designed by Sir Peter Blake.



Below is an interview with Noel Gallagher talking about the album.

Noel Gallagher On The Songs He Looked Forward To Hearing When He Supported U2

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Noel Gallagher has been asked in the new issue of Q when he supported U2 on the 'Joshua Tree' tour what was the song he always looked forward to hearing.

He said "It changed from night to night but the one song that always did it was 'New Years Day'. That tour was such an incredible privilege. I told Bono that genre you were going on about:gonzo U2. And he'd never heard of it. [Bono voice] "What's gonzo U2?" And I was like, 'You know, that mad shit that doesn't mean anything." And he was like, "It all means something". And I was going, 'Elevation' doesn't. 'A mole, digging in a hole?' that's like one of my fucking lines."

The new issue of Q is out now.

Listen To Bonehead Talk About His Life, Manchester, Oasis, Nearly Becoming A Priest And More

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Bonehead joins Clint Boon to talk about growing up in Manchester, meeting Noel & Liam Gallagher, the rise of Oasis and why he loves the city.

To listen to the interview click here.

On This Day In Oasis History...

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On November 19th 1997 Oasis played at the Olympichalle in Munich, Germany.

Listen to a bootleg of the gig below.



On November 19th 2002 Oasis played at the Pabellon Wutzburg in Salamanca, Spain.

An Interview With Bonehead On Manchester, Oasis And More To Be Broadcast Later Today

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Bonehead joins Clint Boon to talk about growing up in Manchester, meeting Noel & Liam Gallagher, the rise of Oasis and why he loves the city.

Available from 12:00 on XS Manchester.

To listen to the show visit xsmanchester.co.uk

Bono On How He First Met Noel Gallagher

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Bono has spoken on how he first met Noel Gallagher when he was in Oasis.

Speaking to the new issue of Q he said "I'm not sure. I think it was in whatever his basement flat was. I can't remember the street but they were just out of the gate. I remember being in that basement and talking shite. And watching his shite turn into gold has been one of the greatest pleasures of my life. I think the next time I saw him, we talked about a support slot. And he said, "You'll do it then?" And I said "Yeah". He was talking about them giving us the support, which is why I love him. Because he makes me laugh. He gave me his autograph."

Liam Gallagher's Latest Instagram Post

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On This Day In Oasis History...

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On November 18th 2005 Oasis played the first of three nights at the Yogogi Tallkukan in Toyko, Japan.

Listen to a bootleg of the gig below.

Watch Noel Gallagher Appearance In Coldplay's 'A Head Full Of Dreams'

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Click here to watch Noel Gallagher's brief appearance in a new documentary from Mat Whitecross.

Called 'Coldplay: A Head Full Of Dreams' it was shown in cinemas last night and is available to watch on Amazon Prime now.

Noel Gallagher On The Tips He Gave Bradley Cooper For 'A Star Is Born'

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Noel Gallagher has spoken about how he gave tips to Bradley Cooper for his movie 'A Star Is Born' that was released earlier this year.

He told the latest issue of Q "I've known Bradley for about six years now. We took him to Glastonbury for the first time and he wanted to see it all. He used to say to me "I want to get it right." The hardest thing in the world is pretending to be a rock star. I've seen the film and for somebody who isn't a singer or a guitar player he carries that shit fucking well. He was saying, "There's a bit of you in there." And I was like, "Really? I don't see that". And apparently it's when he walks across the stage doing this. [Bends both arms and claps twice] He said, "That's you." And I was like, "That is me. That's my patented fucking move".

Noel Gallagher On The Best Thing On Being A Solo Artist

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Noel Gallagher has been asked what's the best thing about being a solo artist.

He told the new issue of Q "You don't have to do things by committee. I've taken a few projects now to the point where I thought they were shit and just canned them. You can do that. To be a solo artist and an independent artist is a great place to be because you don't answer to a record label, you don't answer to an A&R department. It can be hairy at times, trying to make it all work, but it's better than I thought it would be. I thought it would be hard work and it's been a breeze. If you can write and you can play, you've got it all".

When questioned on why he thought it would be hard work he said "Well, I'd never done it before. When bands break up and the guitarist goes solo you can count on two fingers the guitarists who have been any good. It's usually the other guy.  Robert Plant and Jimmy Page for instance, Ian Brown and John Squire for instance. What I had in my favour is I'd sung and done gigs, not through desire but necessity, to get the band out of the shit. So nobody was freaking out when they heard my voice. Usually when a guitarist goes solo you go, "Is that what you sound like? Fucking hell!"

The new issue of Q is on sale now.
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