Four Day's Left To Bid For Signed Noel Gallagher Ray Ban Sunglasses

Click here to bid for a pair of signed Noel Gallagher Ray Ban Sunglasses, the current winning bid is £360.00 the auction ends on Sunday.

The sunglasses were donated by the manufacturer, and all proceeds from this auction will go directly to Teenage Cancer Trust.

Noel Gallagher, supported Teenage Cancer Trust and played at its annual concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in March 2010. See videos here: http://www.teenagecancertrust.org/what-we-do/royal-albert-hall/2010/

For more information about Rock Your Shades visit: www.teenagecancertrust.org/rockyourshades

“I’ve been honoured to support this amazing charity. The patients I meet at the Royal Albert hall concerts are an inspiration.” – Noel Gallagher

Pre-order 'Time Flies... 1994-2009' and win some signed exclusive album artwork, more details here.

The Vortex Coming To A Town Near You Soon

First stop this Sun 16th May Students Union, SHEFFIELD then BRISTOL, WEST BROMWICH, SUNDERLAND, PORTSMOUTH, NOTTINGHAM, FORDHAMFEST, SOUTHAMPTON, LONDON, EDINBURGH and many more dates to come.

Sun 16th May - Students Union - Sheffield
Sat 22nd May - Tunnels - Bristol

Sat 5th June - The Public - West Brom
Sat 12th June - Independent - Sunderland
Sat 19th June - Cellars - Portsmouth
Wed 30th June - Maze - Nottingham

Sun 8th August - Fordhamfest - Cambridgeshire
Fri 20th August - Soul Cellar - Southampton
Sat 21st August - Dirty South - Lewisham
Fri 27th August - TBC - Belgium

Sat 30th October - Colossal@ Maggies Chamber - Edinburgh

Fri 19th November - TBC - Belgium

For the tour dates and more visit www.myspace.com/thevortexmanchester

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Liam Gallagher 'Evades Iceland Volcano Ash Cloud By Boat

Liam Gallagher was caught up in the recent travel disruption caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland, it has emerged.

The former Oasis singer and his family, including wife Nicole Appleton, were left stranded in America after transatlantic flights were cancelled due to the ash cloud.

But Gallagher was able to navigate his way back to Britain by taking to the seas instead.

According to Travel Weekly, the singer and his family joined guests on the recently launched six-star cruise ship, Silver Spirit, on a journey from New York.

The website stated: “Reports from the ship suggest the celebrity family enjoyed their time on board and there was none of the more disruptive behaviour Gallagher became known for during the Oasis heydays of the 1990s.”

The ash cloud, which is still causing widespread disruption to flight travel, affected a host of bands last month, including Metallica and The Cribs.

Source: www.gigwise.com

Meet Ex Oasis Man 'Bonehead' This Weekend

For all you Oasis fans out there, we've got an exciting opportunity to meet Bonehead in person this Sunday, when he comes to Sheffield Union with his new band The Vortex. The winner will also win a pair of tickets for the gig and a signed T-shirt.

To be in for a chance of winning, simply answer the following question:

'Bonehead was one of the founding members of Oasis, what is the name of the debut album that Oasis released?'

E-mail your answers to gigs@sheffield.ac.uk along with your name and contact number with the subject 'Bonehead.'

Tickets for the gig are £8 and are available from the Union Box Officeover the counter, on 0114 22 28777 or via here www.sheffieldboxoffice.com/online or from www.seetickets.com www.ticketmaster.co.uk www.gigantic.com

What's The Best Oasis Song Written By Liam Gallagher?

This month the poll in the right side menu is for the best Oasis song written by Liam Gallagher.

The choices are

'Little James' from Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants

'Songbird' from Heathen Chemistry
'Born On A Different Cloud' from Heathen Chemistry
'Better Man' from Heathen Chemistry

'Love Like a Bomb' from Don't Believe The Truth (co-written with Gem Archer)
'The Meaning Of Soul' from Don't Believe The Truth
'Guess God Thinks I'm Abel' from Don't Believe The Truth

'Won't Let You Down' from Lyla single (B-Side)

'Pass Me Down The Wine' from The Importance Of Being Idle single (B-Side)

'I'm Outta Time' from Dig Out Your Soul
'Ain't Got Nothin' from Dig Out Your Soul
'Soldier On' from Dig Out Your Soul

'Boy With The Blues' from Dig Out Your Soul (Bonus Track)
'I Believe In All' from Dig Out Your Soul (Bonus Track)

Noel Gallagher On TalkSport

Noel appeared on TalkSport again on Sunday 9 May with Andy Goldstein and Ray Parlour.

Amongst other things he spoke about why he has not written an autobiography, his thoughts on Man City not reaching the Champions League place and his plans for the coming week. Some extracts from his appearance:

Andy Goldstein: How are you?

Noel: “Bloody awesome.”

Andy Goldstein: Why are you bloody awesome? You’ve had a terrible week!

Noel: “I have had a terrible week, but I’m trying to raise my spirits.” “Well, Chelsea won the league, you know, that’s enough.”

Andy Goldstein: What, United didn’t, so happy days?

Noel: “Happy days, indeed, yeah.”

Ray Parlour: Were you at the game today?

Noel: “You know what? After Wednesday I literally couldn’t raise my spirits to go, it was just a glorified kickabout today so I was like, no, I can’t be bothered.”

Andy Goldstein: Have you ever thought about writing an autobiography?

Noel: “It’s been offered to me a couple of times but I’m too young, I think.”

Andy Goldstein: How old are you?

Noel: “17. No, I’m actually 43 in a couple of weeks. We’re going to New York City.”

Ray Parlour: Some footballers have done two or three books by the time they are 21.

Noel: “No, it’s not for me. I’d either have to write it myself, and I just can’t be bothered with all that...”

Andy Goldstein: Can you remember most of it, or are the early days a bit of a blur? Excuse the pun.

Noel: “Well... yeah, if I’m pushed I could remember it all, I’d have to, I don’t think I could sit down at a typewriter and actually write it, I could probably do it if a ghost writer done it, but it’s not me, it’s not me.”

Andy Goldstein: I could probably do it for you, Noel!

Noel: “Yeah, you probably could... but you won’t.”

Andy Goldstein: Apart from going to Eastlands on Wednesday and ruining your entire week, what else have you done?

Noel: “I got the suits. In fact Jamie Redknapp gave me the heads up on some very fine suits down at Savile Row, so I got kitted out.”

Andy Goldstein: Did he charge you?

Noel: “Of course he charged me! They put an extra few bob on when I come in!” “I don’t do the freebie gear, anyway, I’d rather pay.”

Andy Goldstein: Trainers? I’m sure Adidas sort you out with free pairs.

Noel: “Eh.... yeah well, actually one of my best mates is one of the head honchos at Adidas and he does, but again, if you’re asking for stuff you get it in about four weeks so I’d rather just go round the shop and buy it.”

Andy Goldstein: Do they not just say, “Turn up at the Adidas factory and then you can walk around and help yourself?

Noel: “Yeah, but then you just end up with tons and tons of boxes in the house and again, it’s just like my gaffs not that big in London, you know what I mean?”

Andy Goldstein: Give them away to your radio pals!

Noel: “You wouldn’t be my size, I’ve got very small feet, I’ve got girls feet!” “Not baby girls feet, cos that would be really, really creepy, but I’d say I’ve got big girls feet. I’m a six and a half.”

Football/Man City

Andy Goldstein: Looking back at the season, happy with it?

Noel: “I’d have been happy with it at the start but, eh, I think overall yeah, I think we’ve come a long way from tenth and the manager was ejected half way through the season, I think we’ve done alright. I’ve got no complaints about Wednesday... I thought Tottenham were the better team and overall during the season, particularly in the run-in, the last six games, they kind of beat Chelsea, Arsenal and City so fair play to them.”

Ray Parlour: Are you happy Mancini is going to stay?

Noel: “Yeah, yeah, the noises coming out of there are that he’s gonna stay, that’s fine with me, I guess they’ve got to give him a chance to build a team. He’s not really got that big a job to do, I mean all he’s got to do is fine tune it a little bit, but I’m happy with him.”

Ray Parlour: Adam Johnson is different class at the moment, isn’t he?

Noel: “I’ll tell you what I like about him – he’s come out of the Championship, he’s played every single game since he got there, he doesn’t seem overawed by it at all and he’s been really consistent. Apart from the fact that when he’s up against the big teams, like when he’s up against Evra or the Arsenal players, you know, he kinda didn’t make an impact on the match, but other than that he’s been really, really consistent this season, which you know, that’s the sign of a good player, I think.”

Andy Goldstein: Do you think not getting fourth place has hindered your chances of getting the kind of players you would have expected to see at Eastlands, or do you think it makes no difference as you’ll definitely be playing Champions League football soon?

Noel: “Well yeah, obviously we’ve not got it this year, if we don’t get it next year it’ll definitely be the year after, but I mean, how many... there’s a dozen top, top players in the world and they can’t all play for your club, so we’ve got Tevez and we’ve got Shay Given and we’ve got, we’ve got some good players, but I think we’ll get... I think all we’ve got to get is a couple, we need a wizard in the middle of the park, and we need a centre-half and a left-back and I think we’ll be alright.”

Andy Goldstein: With the World Cup I’d expect to see quite a few names going to Man City.

Noel: “I’d expect to see quite a few going, as well, though. I don’t think we’ll buy.. I don’t think there will be the outlays that Mark Hughes had, like eight or nine players, I think probably three or four would be the maximum, I think.”

Ray Parlour: People like Stephen Ireland, Shaun Wright-Phillips, maybe?

Noel: “No, I think it’ll be more like the kind of fringe players, they’d be mad to let Stephen Ireland or Shaun Wright-Phillips go, not only because we’d be weakening our team but we’d be strengthening teams like Tottenham and the others, do you know what I mean?” “Those are the kind of players that kind of make your squad immense, do you know what I mean?, if you’ve got players like that on the bench, and I’m not suggesting they’ll be on the bench, but you know, I wouldn’t sell Shaun to Everton or Villa or Tottenham because you’re just strengthening them and you’re kind of weakening yourself at the same time.”

Andy Goldstein: Do you think Man City will buy players like your very good pal, Del Piero?

Noel: “No.”

Andy Goldstein: I saw your interview on Football Focus, I didn’t know you were best mates with Del Piero.

Noel: “Yeah, he’s a friend of mine, he’s been a mate of mine for... five or six years now.” “He’s an Oasis fan and he used to come to the gigs in Italy and I em... oh, it was years ago and I was doing some Italian TV show and he was out of contract at the time and I kinda said- jokingly, that I would personally pay him £150,000 a week if he came to City and eh, his agent took it really seriously! He turned up at the gig and said, “So about this move, then.”, and I was like, “What are you talking about?”, and he was like, “Can you get me the gig at City?”, and I was, “No no, I don’t own the club!” But we’ve been mates ever since, he’s actually introduced us a few times onstage and he took us to the World Cup and all that, he’s a top, top dude.”

Andy Goldstein: Are you ever star struck or in awe when you meet these footballing heroes, or anyone for that matter?

Noel: “Em....no.. no, I don’t think I’ve ever been star struck.... I met Neil Young once and I was kinda blown away by that and McCartney, but not footballers, no offense, Ray. They’re kinda working-class heroes, aren’t they?, but they’re just the same as me.”

Andy Goldstein: Who is the biggest name on Noel Gallagher’s mobile phone? Can you top Demi Moore, who is on mine?

Noel: “Oh, can I top Demi Moore? How about.... I’ve got Bono’s number. He’s a mate of mine, he’s a top dude.”

Andy Goldstein: What have you got planned for the week?

Noel: “Right, I always remember at about quarter to ten, “I should have said that!”, what am I doing this week? I’m doing... I’ve got to do something for the Back The Bid campaign for the World Cup thing, I dono what it is, it’s some kind of interview and I’ve got a wedding next Saturday.”

Thanks as always to Dougie

Joe Cole On Football, Fatherhood And Clothes

Steve Beale from PG News interviews PG Member Joe Cole, Pretty Green's unofficial English soccer ambassador on football, fatherhood and, even more vitally, clothes

You don't have to support his team to cheer on Joe Cole. It's a fan-favourite status we can put down to his numerous pub-rousing performances for England - including that highlight-reel goal against Sweden in 2006 - plus Joe's devotion to entertaining football, as played by his idols Zinedine Zidane and Paul Gascoigne.

Unlike several of his contemporaries, 28 year-old Joe also looks sharp off the pitch - so naturally he's taken to Pretty Green ever since its launch last year. And he's a lifelong Oasis fan - as a little boy growing up in Camden, North London, Joe used to rap on the door of Supernova Heights and ask if the Gallagher brothers wanted to come for a kick about.

When we catch up with him in early May 2010, Joe's Chelsea squad are on the verge of their first double, rumours abound of a transfer to Liverpool or even Liam's beloved Manchester City, and there's more conjecture in the press about his place in the England World Cup squad. On top of it all it's only seven weeks since his wife Carly Zucker gave birth to the couples' first baby, Ruby Tatiana. So we offered some much-needed distraction, in the form of a chat about the really important things in life - like finding the perfect fitted jeans and taking care of suede.

SB: So you are now the proud owner of your third premier league winners' medal. How does it feel?

JC: "It feels great. Also it feels a relief because it's been three seasons without the title too long for a club of Chelsea's ambition."

SB: A big weekend coming up, then.

JC: "Y'know, if you'd have told us at the start of the season that we'd have to beat Portsmouth in the FA Cup Final to get the double we'd have been delighted! Chelsea has never done the double so it's a great step. If we do manage it, the only thing that separates Man United and us over the last seven years is the width of a post in the Champions League Final. To match a club like that in terms of honours is a great achievement."

SB: Is there a piece of silverware which has eluded you that you'd love to win ?

JC: "The Champions League at club level and the World Cup are the biggest. I believe I've played in teams good enough on occasions to win both but I feel we've never had ‘the rub of the green', that bit of luck you need, to do it."

SB: Do you keep all of your medals on show or are they just chucked in the loft ?

JC: "I give them all to my dad who has a huge safe in his house... so they are not on show. I would like to do that... but I think it's a bit lairy. Maybe when the career's over I will do. Need to collect a few more first."

SB: We hear it was through a pal at Chelsea that you hooked up with Pretty Green.

JC: "I'm always talking about clothes and fashion with a good friend at the club. I told him I'd found Pretty Green on the internet and how much I liked the stuff I'd got from there. It turned out he knew the guys from the label."

SB: ...And what caught your eye about the clothes?

JC: "That it's very much quality gear - I'm a big fan of good finishing on clothes, decent linings and things like that. Plus it fits me brilliantly, and it's always a problem finding stuff that fits. The jackets I don't even have to take to the tailor. Jeans for me are a nightmare - when I find a pair of jeans that fit me I wear them to the death. So I cannot wait for the Pretty Green jeans to come out, which I hear is in July."

SB: Which Pretty Green pieces will you be sporting this Summer?

JC: "I've got the T-shirt with the arty logo plus a couple of the old-school two-button T-shirts - and them, I love. When I was a kid and I wore my first suit I used to wear it with a collarless granddad shirt like that, so I was really glad that Pretty Green made them. I also love the suede shoes coming out, the Clarks desert boots."

SB: And coats-wise?

JC: "The lightweight waterproofs - the ones like a Mac, but cut short - I like so much that I got them in the light blue, dark blue, and black. I've also got the Harrington jacket, which I have to say fits me like a glove. You can whack it on with a plain T-shirt and a little cravat and go out for dinner - then you take the jacket and scarf off and you're in T-shirt and jeans ready to take the dogs for a walk."

SB: You sound like you know what you're doing...

JC: "When you grow up on a council estate in London you've got to wear the right clothes. Especially in Camden, where I'm from - it's right next to the West End, so whenever we got our birthday money we'd be off down Ralph Lauren and Yves Saint Laurent to get our Summer shirts and stuff. At the school disco it'd be fitted jeans, suede loafers and a Ralph top. Fashion was the thing, but you don't think of it being ‘fashion' as such when you're that age, do you? It's just what everyone wore. Then, as you get older, you start developing your own style."

SB: Which for you is what?

JC: "I wear what I like - and if other people don't, then I don't care. You've got to wear what you feel comfortable in. I'm very keen to see the Pretty Green jeans because once the jeans are right you can build an outfit around them. It's a real pet hate of mine, jeans that don't fit. I'm very fussy about jeans. And my feet - they take a pounding. People step on your toes all the time, you get lots of dead skin... So you need the right shoes, and I don't think you can beat a suede loafer. The trouble with suede, though, is that you have to look after it."

SB: Have you ever worn a Parka?

JC: "Oh yeah, when we were teenagers me and all my mates wore fitted jeans, suede shoes and Parkas. We were into Oasis, What's the Story... was my first album and I went and bought Definitely Maybe off the back of that. I've been to see them I-don't-know-how-many times."

SB: Apparently you sang an Oasis song at your wedding karaoke session...

JC: "Usually at karaoke I sing Roll With It but at the wedding I did Don't Look Back in Anger.

SB: Moving swiftly back to clothes. Does anyone else at Chelsea share your sartorial wisdom?

JC: "Frank Lampard, actually. He'll never just whack a tracksuit on and rock up at training - he always looks smart. Music and fashion go hand in hand, but football and fashion, well... let's just say there's a few mistakes that've been made there. Cup Final suits, things like that..."

SB: Congratulations to you and Carly for your first baby, Ruby Tatiana.

JC: "Thank you, it's been seven weeks now. She's absolutely beautiful."

SB: So you've got the paparazzi camped outside your house right now?

JC: "I don't think you ever get used to it. I'm not entirely comfortable with the ‘fame' side of things. If I could play for Chelsea and be anonymous, that'd be an ideal world. Having said that I like to live my life normally, and if people want to stop and have a chat I will. There's only ever a problem when people have had a drink. I do drink in the off-season, but normally I'm not a big drinker, so I'll be there in a bar having a cup of tea and drunk people'll come up. That's the only time I can get a bit indifferent."

SB: Before we let you go - what are England's chances in the World Cup?

JC: "I think England have got a good chance. Spain are obviously the favourites, but I've heard that Torres and Xavi are doubtful for the World Cup, and if you take the world's best centre-forward and central mid-fielder out of the squad that obviously weakens them. Then there's about nine or ten other countries for whom there's not much in it. The team that wins it is the team that gets a little bit of luck at the right time, and they'll get some nice football going - tournament play is all about finding the right rhythm. World Cup winners start slow and get better and better. Apart from Spain at the last Euros who started like a house on fire then sped up even more."

SB: Thanks enormously for your time during this period and all the luck in the world with everything you've got going on in the next few months.

JC: "It's honestly a pleasure. Thank you."

Steve Beale's been Style Director of FHM, Senior Editor of Arena and Editor-at-Large of The Face. He also writes about menswear for The Times and Sunday Times.

Source: www.prettygreen.com

Tash Gets Abuse For Oasis Cover

Myztikal have ditched their version of Oasis classic Wonderwall - to stop singer Tashana Williams being targeted by bullies.

Tashana, 17, was humiliated after the judges said her rendition of the song let down the group's act.

Now hostile remarks about her singing have appeared on YouTube.

Troupe leader Marcus Donaldson said he had ditched the song from the act - but added Tashana would still sing.

He said: "In hindsight it wasn't the right song.

"It's not nice she was singled out. I'm scared that people will pick on her now."

Watch the video by clicking here.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk