Bobby Gillespie unveiled his garage rock supergroup The Silver Machine for a one-off show at London's 1234 Festival tonight (July 24).
As promised, the Primal Scream frontman teamed up with Sex Pistols founder Glen Matlock, sometime Oasis drummer Zak Starkey along with regular bandmates Andrew Innes and Barrie Cadogan for a historic covers show at the festival in Shoreditch Park.
Canadian punks Fucked Up were the main stage headliners, but for most of the evening, all eyes were on the new band who, for apparently one night only covered a selection of favourite tracks by The MC5, The Troggs, Creation and The Flaming Groovies.
Nostalgia was a surprising theme of the east London hipster bash, with Peter Hook once again repeating his 'solo' version of seminal Joy Division album 'Unknown Pleasures'. The bass player, currently estranged from the surviving members of the original line-up, played with a band of Mancunians which featured Happy Mondays diva Rowetta on guest vocals.
Next Friday (JULY 30th) Sky Arts are having an Oasis night.
Sky Arts 1 – Channel 256 (UK ONLY) Sky Arts 1 HD – Channel 258 (UK ONLY)
Sky Arts 1 and Sky Arts 2 are available as part of the Style & Culture Mix on Sky.
Oasis Live At The City Of Manchester Stadium 9pm on Sky Arts 1 and Sky Arts 1 HD 80 mins.
Oasis blast out 16 classic tracks in their Don’t Believe the Truth –tour homecoming gig.
Hailed as a triumphant return to the form of their first two seminal albums, Don’t Believe The Truth was Oasis’ 6th studio album. The album went on to win two Q Awards and included some of Oasis’ best loved songs, such as The Importance of Being Idle, Lyla and Let There Be Love.
In Oasis Live At The City of Manchester Stadium, the band perform not only songs from Don’t Believe The Truth but also a selection of fan’s favourites, like Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back in Anger.
Oasis Standing At The Edge Of Noise 10:20pm on Sky Arts 1 and Sky Arts 1 HD 60 mins.
Known for their rock ’n’ roll antics, huge stadium concerts and turbulent personal affairs, Standing On The Edge of Noise is a unique and intimate look at Oasis as they perform to a handful of fans in their rehearsal studio.
Preparing for their 2008/2009 tour Dig Out Your Soul, the band invited fans to join them for the final night of rehearsals before they hit the road. Over 10,000 fans applied in only 24 hours, and the very lucky 100 who got a place were treated to a very special performance.
Track list: 01. Rock 'n' Roll Star Intro 02. The Shock Of The Lightning 03. To Be Where There's Life 04. Waiting For The Rapture 05. Songbird 06. Slide Away 07. Ain't Got Nothin' 08. The Importance Of Being Idle 09. I'm Outta Time 10. Supersonic 11. Don't Look Back In Anger 12. Falling Down
Oasis: The Dave Fanning Interview 11:20pm on Sky Arts 1 and Sky Arts 1 HD 55 mins
Oasis: The Gallagher brothers pioneered the cool Britannia revolution with their indie rock anthems and carefree attitude. Noel discusses their music and careers with Dave Fanning.
Interview conducted in 2008.
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Lionel Messi has invited Bizarre lord Noel Gallagher to see him play in El Classico - the Barcelona-Real Madrid derby.
Bizarre revealed Oasis were the inspiration for pre-match preparations in the Argentina dressing-room during the World Cup in South Africa.
Now the Barcelona and Argentina star Messi, probably the world's best player, hopes to return the favour by getting Oasis guitar legend and Man City fan Noel over to Barcelona's Nou Camp stadium.
He said: "Maybe Noel could give the boys a live set after training and they could see how great Oasis are.
"At the moment they refuse to listen to anything other than Kasabian.
"We could also go for an Argentinean steak at this great South American restaurant in Barcelona. And if my plan works, it will mean Oasis being played in the world's greatest football club - after Man City, of course!"
There are some footie clashes all fans would love to go to - Boca Juniors v River Plate in Argentina, The Old Firm derby in Glasgow and Liverpool v Everton on Merseyside.
But the real big one? The Mc Classico Edinburgh derby between Hibs and Hearts, on November 6 at Easter Road.
I'm gathering some questions, for a forthcoming interview with Brian Cannon. If you have any questions you would like to be ask please send them into scyhodotcom@gmail.com.
For those of you that are unfamiliar with the name, Brian Cannon was the art director for all Oasis work from Definitely Maybe right through to The Masterplan.
Noel Gallagher approached Brian Cannon after seeing the work he had done for The Verve.
Brian formed Microdot after finishing University they were responsible not only for Oasis sleeve imagery in the 1990’s but also a wide range of promotional and merchandise material.
Two of Cannon's record sleeve designs—Definitely Maybe (#14) and The Verve's "This Is Music" (#79) — featured in Q magazine's "The Hundred Best Record Covers Of All Time" list published in 2001.
Brian has also designed record sleeves for Ash, Ruthless Rap Assassins, Suede and Super Furry Animals and more.
Kasabian and Stereophonics have endorsed a charity single in aid of Stuart Cable, who died last month.
The song, entitled 'Mining Town', has also attracted the support of Oasis, actor Rhys Ifans, The Who and Manic Street Preachers.
It was recorded by the drummer's most recent band Killing For Company and is available to download from July 25.
"Stuart was our lifelong friend and brother. He will be forever missed. Let's give him and his boys a final shout out,” Stereophonics singer Kelly Jones told BBC Newsbeat.
Cable was found dead at his home in Llwydcoed on June 7.
Cable was one of the original members of Stereophonics, but was sacked in 2003.
He went on to forge a successful career in the media, presenting programmes on Kerrang Radio and XFM South Wales.
Richard Ashcroft has reminisced about the days when Oasis supported him - and played in front of only two people at a gig.
During an intimate live acoustic session inside the Absolute Radio studio in London, showcasing new tracks from his latest project RPA & The United Nations Of Sound, he told Geoff Lloyd about his past support act.
"Yeah, I remember very early in the tour, I think it was Glasgow, we went backstage and Liam just said: 'I hate being in a band, I hate being in a band', you know, because he just played the whole of the first album to two people, two kids in Adidas tracksuits," the former Verve star recalled.
Source: The Press Association
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