Liam Gallagher Rolls Into Glasgow

Liam Gallagher will headline the TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow Scotland later today.

A highlights show that could include Liam's set is being shown at 22:00 on BBC Scotland.

It looks like full sets are being uploaded to the iPlayer to watch later here.

On September 9th 2011 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds released the AKA... What A Life! single.

Watch the video for the track below.

On September 9th 2012 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales.

Below are a number of videos from the set.

   

On September 9th 2017 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played at a benefit concert at the Manchester Arena.

It raised funds for a memorial for the 22 people who died at Ariana Grande's concert earlier in the year. 

Listen to the set in the link below.

On This Day In Oasis History...

On September 10th 1997 Oasis played at the Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Listen to a bootleg of the gig below.

Below is a video of Ian Brown with Noel Gallagher performing 'Keep What You Got' on 'Friday Night With Jonathan Ross' on September 10th 2004.

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Noel Gallagher On Oasis, Knebworth, Maine Road, The Prodigy And More

A number of quotes from Noel Gallagher's interview that was broadcast on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show this morning.

For various options to listen to the show again click here, or a direct link here.

On Knebworth “These were going to be our big summer gigs. We never thought anything of it. We never thought we’d be sitting here talking about it 25 years later. The band were in a little bubble, and we were doing our thing. When you see the film, me and Liam were getting on great. They were the best days.”

On Oasis “It didn’t end great. It was a slow death. It was a death by a thousand arguments but, at that time, you know, you see it in the film, there’s a great camaraderie between the band and its fans onstage. I’m glad it didn’t come out at the time. I’m glad it’s coming out now, so all of us have got a little bit more perspective on it. We wouldn’t have a perspective, looking back on the 90’s for what they were, and the way society is now, and all the things that have changed the world… the internet, mobile phones and all that. So, that would be a done thing now, and it would be gone, so it’s nice that we left it alone for this amount of time.”

On playing Knebworth in 1997 “I remember coming off stage, and being in the dressing room with all of the promoters, and all of the band and friends, and one of the promoters saying, ‘So, what now?’ And I was like, you know, with the bravado of youth and Guinness, ‘Well, we’ll do it next year. We’ll do five nights next year.” And I remember one of the promoters saying to me, ‘Yeah, we could actually do five nights next year, because we’ll be able to sell the tickets over the internet.’ And I was like, ‘What’s that?’ And he was saying, ‘Yeah, the internet. We can sell tickets now, because there’s a way of doing it.’ And he outlined this thing, and I was like, ‘The internet! That will never catch on. Who’d want to be contactable 24 hours a day? Who in their right mind would want that!?’”

On playing Maine Road "For me, it proved that the songs that we’d written and come up with in this rehearsal room, which was the size of a toilet, could fill these huge rock arenas. And the fans just embraced it. Out of the summer of those gigs, although Knebworth was the biggest, Maine Road is kind of the one. If Knebworth is Morning Glory, Maine Road is Definitely Maybe. It was more contained, and a great, great, great atmosphere. It was the first time we’d done a stadium, and it was amazing. Walking out on that stage, having been at that football ground since I was seven years old, and watched my heroes, and to walk out on stage and get a standing ovation in your home town, it literally doesn’t get any better than that.”

On the amazing support acts at Knebworth "The bill over the entire two days was a who’s who of Britpop, bar Blur and Pulp. I think Pulp couldn’t do it because they’d just got back from America, but they were at the gig, and Blur didn’t do it for obvious reasons!  I loved the Prodigy. I love Liam. I loved Keith. You know what, they knew they were great, and they had that attitude of like, ‘Okay. Alright. Well we’ll see who follows us then.’ It’s a good job it was the era-defining band! And I like it when bands are like that.” 

On not going to overboard on the first night at Knebworth “We had to try and manfully keep a lid on it. Liam has always claimed he didn’t know there was a second night, which is a nice line and all that, but he managed to bring a suitcase full of clothes! They wouldn’t let us off site, because they knew that if we went back to London, there’s a good chance that either one of us might not make it back!” 

On playing the second night at Knebworth “The second night was better, in my own recollection. You’re more relaxed. The first night is always the second night that goes on sale. So, if you’re doing the Saturday night, the Friday night is always held just in case. So, the second night is always the rabid fans who’ve gone out of their way to get tickets first, and you’re more relaxed because you’ve done the gig the night before. And the pressure is just kind of off, so I always enjoyed the second night more.” 

On the Knebworth setlist  “When I was looking at the setlist I was like, ‘We didn’t do Rock ‘n’ Roll Star?’ And the guy wasn’t going to me, ‘Whose choice would that have been?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, that would have been my choice.’ And he was saying, ‘Why would you not do it?’ and I was like, ‘I can’t… I was trying to be… I don’t know! I mean, I wouldn’t do an Oasis gig now without Rock ‘n’ Roll Star. It would be the first thing you do. I don’t know. I can’t work out what the thought process would have been behind it. I can’t work out why. And then I can’t work out why we did two songs off Be Here Now, which wasn’t going to be out for another year. I don’t know. I’m really angry with myself!”

On the 250,000 fans at the Knebworth concerts “The makeup of the crowd is all split, boys and girls, it seems equally to me. Oasis, for whatever reason, rightly or wrongly towards the end had fallen into this yobbish kind of thing, where it became a lads’ thing, but at that point, up to Knebworth, it was a cross-section of boys and girls, and older people and younger people, whereas in the 2000’s it became something else. It became this yobbish call-card, I think. But, I mean, thank god that that little period of Oasis has been captured on film forever.”

On being onstage at Knebworth You can only really get a handle on it in hindsight. I wouldn’t have been able to tell you in the moment. I would have made some flippant comment. I know a lot of people in bands, big bands, medium-sized bands, small bands. They never, ever will experience something like that, not because they’re not good enough, they’re amazing, just because we had something with our fans at that point, that we hadn’t been paid yet, right, so none of us were millionaires. We were still in the same circumstances as our audience, we still looked like our audience. I hadn’t yet bought a fur coat and a top hat!  It’s a magic time, and you only realise the privilege of what it was looking back on it. And I’m so happy that we didn’t take it for granted either. We put on a good show and kept on putting on good shows and kept on trying to do our best. The proof is in the pudding now. I could pick up the phone now, and call somebody, anybody now, and give it the green light, and the world would stand still. And it’s because of the legacy of the band, you know?”

On Oasis reforming in the future “It’s difficult for me to explain sometimes, but in terms of the legacy of the band, since we split in 2009, the legacy of the band has got more solid and strong and bigger and wider reaching than it ever did. And some things are best left crystallised in that moment, I think. And I think if there was to be a gig, something extraordinary, some extraordinary set of circumstances would have had to have happened, for us to be walking on stage again. 

“I’m at peace with it all. I love Oasis. It’s the proudest achievement of my life, but it’s like, once you’ve done it once, you’ve done it. And, at the time it was a special thing, you know? And you can’t keep going back there. Obviously, nobody knows what’s going to happen in the future, but as I sit here today, a reunion doesn’t appeal to me. And as for Liam, he’s doing his thing. He’s responsible for the legacy being what it is. You know, he’s keeping the flame alive and all that, and good for him. He’s doing massive gigs, selling more records than I am, and selling more tickets than I am, if you can believe that! So he’s doing his thing, and I’m doing mine, and we’re both pretty happy doing that at the moment.” 

On why people should watch the Knebworth documentary “It’s a snapshot of a time that was much simpler, and youth culture was more defined, and it is a band on the cusp of absolute superstardom, and a nation on the cusp of coming out of Thatcherism and into New Labour, and it’s a historical snapshot of the 90’s, summed up. The hedonism and the joy and the hope in the music, and the irreverence of the band members, and the bond between a band and its music and its fans.”

Noel Gallagher On Roy Keane, Erling Haaland, Cristiano Ronaldo, England And More

Noel Gallagher was a guest on talkSport earlier today below are numerous videos from the interview.

Noel Gallagher Is On The Chris Evans Breakfast Show Tomorrow Morning

Noel Gallagher is a guest on The Chris Evan’s Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio tomorrow morning from 08:30, click here to listen live.

Tomorrow morning Noel will be a guest on The Chris Evan’s Breakfast Show. Tune into @VirginRadioUK from 8.30am BST! pic.twitter.com/ihcTcslDHX

— Noel Gallagher (@NoelGallagher) September 8, 2021

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Listen Back To Noel Gallagher's Sofa Session

Noel Gallagher played a Sofa Session for Jo Whiley earlier today that included music from the #1 album ‘Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011-2021).

Listen back to the session and interview here.

Setlist

Flying On The Ground
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Bob Dylan Cover)
Live Forever

Liam Gallagher Features On Richard Ashcroft's New Album

Richard Ashcroft is set to release the new album ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1’ on October 29th via RPA / BMG. The album features twelve newly recorded acoustic versions of classic songs from his back catalogue spanning both his solo career and his time with The Verve.

After lockdown was lifted, Richard decided to start the project as a way to reunite the community around him, bringing a selection of great musicians and old friends back together again. As the project took shape, they discovered just how varied their new approaches could be. Some of the arrangements proved to be timeless and remained similar to the originals, with years of experience and a new found passion that saw Richard’s vocals express a fresh empathy within their lyrics. Meanwhile, other songs took on a new shape in this stripped-back set-up.

The rebirth of the iconic ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ was an emotional moment for Richard. It felt particularly poignant re-recording a song that he had written almost twenty-five years ago, especially as it's now officially his composition after Mick Jagger and Keith Richards relinquished their writing credits to him.

Another big moment comes with the new version of ‘C’Mon People (We’re Making It Now)’, a duet with Richard’s old friend Liam Gallagher. The pair have often talked about recording or performing the song together since it was first released in 2000, and now it’s finally happened - the sheer energy and delight that they shared during the session is palpable as the new recording beams with a joyous feeling of optimism.

‘Velvet Morning’ is another track that has been transformed. The vocals on the original version, as featured on The Verve’s classic ‘Urban Hymns’, were sung via a megaphone that Richard had purchased from a car boot sale the day before the recording session. Now Richard’s vocal really shines as it unleashes the song’s full magnitude.

The biggest surprise on ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1’ is the inclusion of ‘This Thing Called Life’, a song which Ashcroft has rarely played live. It was originally recorded with No I.D. in the USA as a highlight of his soul-tinged RPA & The United Nations Of Sound project. Now taken back to basics, the new arrangement reveals a song that feels perfectly at home alongside Richard’s most highly regarded work.

Produced by Richard with regular collaborator Chris Potter, the album features his regular live band boosted by some special collaborators. Wil Malone provides the string arrangements, which were recorded at Abbey Road Studios. In addition, Chuck Leavell (The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers) performs piano, Roddy Bloomfield leads the brass section, and Steve Wyreman (Leon Bridges, Vic Mensa) contributes acoustic guitar and backing vocals.

Bittersweet Symphony
A Song for the Lovers
Sonnet
C'mon People (We're Making It Now) – featuring Liam Gallagher
Weeping Willow
Lucky Man
This Thing Called Life
Space & Time
Velvet Morning
Break the Night with Colour
One Day
The Drugs Don't Work

Various versions of the album can be found here.

Pleased to announce that Richard will be releasing the new album ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1’ Oct 29th. Featuring 12 newly recorded acoustic versions of classic songs from his back catalogue spanning both his solo career and his time with The Verve. https://t.co/z9vdkdFrHy pic.twitter.com/kthcQnDqvw

— Richard Ashcroft (@richardashcroft) September 8, 2021

On This Day In Oasis History...

On September 8th 1997 Oasis played at the Spektrum in Oslo, Norway.

It was the first gig of the 'Be Here Now' tour, five songs in the bands set were played for the first time.

Listen to a bootleg of the gig below.

Noel Gallagher's Sofa Session's To Be Broadcast On BBC Radio 2 Later Today

Later today

Sofa Session: Noel Gallagher
19:30 (UK Time)
BBC Radio 2

Noel Gallagher plays a Sofa Session for Jo, including music from the #1 album ‘Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011-2021)’, which celebrates 10 years of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, plus some classic tunes.

Curated and compiled entirely by Noel, the tracklisting encompasses songs from High Flying Birds’ three albums (‘Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’, ‘Chasing Yesterday’ and ‘Who Built The Moon?’) and the three acclaimed EPs (‘Black Star Dancing’, ‘This Is The Place’ and ‘Blue Moon Rising’).

‘Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011-2021)’ continues a consecutive run of four UK #1 albums for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, cumulatively selling over 2.4 million albums internationally in the process. The album also marks a staggering twelve UK #1 albums across Noel’s career.

More details can be found here.

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On This Day In Oasis History...

On September 7th 1996 Oasis played at the Jones Beach Theatre in New York, USA.

Listen to a bootleg of the gig below.



On September 7th 2008 Noel Gallagher was attacked during Oasis' set at the V Festival in Toronto, Canada.

Following the incident the band returned to the stage to finish off their set.

Footage of the incident and more can be watched below.

 

Blast From The Past: Noel Gallagher

On September 6th 2012 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. 

Watch a number of videos from the set below.



On September 6th 2016 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played at the O2 Academy Brixton in London, England.

Johnny Marr joined them on stage for two songs, during the encore Paul Weller made an appearance. 

Watch the full set below.

On This Day In Oasis History...

On September 6th 1996 Oasis played at The Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Listen to a bootleg of the gig below.

Oasis' 'Definitely Maybe' was released on DVD on September 6th 2004 to mark the tenth anniversary of the albums original release.

The DVD featured an hour-long documentary about the recording of the album featuring interviews with the band and its associates and more.

Watch the documentary below.

Noel Gallagher On Selling Oasis Rights, Super Yacht Dream, Annoying Fans And More

Noel Gallagher takes the reins on Radio X alongside his long-time friend, comedy writer Matt Morgan, to present the first in a brand-new series, The Radio X Residency. 

Noel has agreed to answer questions from Radio X listeners, including: Does he prefer playing indoors or outdoors? Who would Noel like to be for a day? Which is his favourite solo tunes? And which of his celebrity mates are hell-raisers and which are lightweights? You'll also find out which of his songs goes down "like a knackered lift" when he plays it live. Which country has the best crowds? And which country has the worst? What are Noel's true thoughts about the humble parka? And when was the last time he listened to The Stone Roses?

On This Day In Oasis History...

On September 5th 2008 Oasis played at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

Listen to highlights from the gig in the link below.

Blast From The Past: Beady Eye

On September 5th 2011, Beady Eye started a five date tour of Japan at the Zepp in Toyko.

Watch a number of videos from the set  below.

Blast From The Past: Noel Gallagher

On September 4th 2012 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played at the International Centre in Bournemouth, England.

Watch highlights from the set below.



On September 4th 2016 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds were joined by Paul Weller for 'Pretty Green' and a 'Town Called Malice' at Festival N°6 2016 in Portmeirion, Wales.

Watch highlights from the set below.

On This Day In Oasis History...

On September 4th 1994, Oasis' debut album entered the UK Album Chart at number 1. 

That evening the band played in Norther Ireland for the first time at the Limelight in Belfast.

Listen to a report of the gig here.

On September 4th 1995 Noel Gallagher, Paul McCartney, Paul Weller and more recorded a cover of Come Together by The Beatles for War Child's Help album.

They were called The Smokin' Mojo Filters, watch the video for the track below.



On September 4th 1996, Oasis played 'Champagne Supernova' to an estimated global audience of 300 million people at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York.

Watch the performance below.

On September 4th 2008, Oasis played at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Canada.

Watch footage from the full set below.