Listen To Andy Bell's Set From The Pretty Green Club Night!

Last night Pretty Green held its first-ever dedicated club night at the Garage in Islington, London. Beady Eye's Andy Bell was one of the DJs performing at the event.

Andy's very kindly let us grab his set from him and you can listen to it below. He managed to cram in some great tunes from the likes of Kid Koala and DJ Dangermouse as well classics from The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones!

Fans with keen ears will also be able to pick out Beady Eye's cover of 'Sons Of The Stage' - the World Of Twist track we used to tease you with recently! - as well as triumphant set closer, 'Bring The Light'.

Click here to listen to the set.

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.co.uk

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Girls Roll With It After Meeting Liam Gallagher

Staff at a Rawtenstall fashion store rubbed shoulders with rock ‘n’ roll bad boy Liam Gallagher at a prestigious awards ceremony.

Sunday Best attended the 20th anniversary Drapers Awards in London after being shortlisted for Independent Retailer of the Year.

They bumped into former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, who won Menswear Brand of the Year for his very own limited edition clothing line ‘Pretty Green.’

Jan Shutt, Sunday Best owner, said: "It was so great to meet Liam, we’ve all been taking note of his new fashion line so we sat chatting about it for a quite a while.

"When he was awarded the award for Menswear Brand of the Year, we all gave him a really big cheer.

"The whole evening was amazing and we were over the moon about being shortlisted for such a prestigious award.

"It’s an honour to be recognised by the industry as one of the leaders in the independent retail market.

"What a year this has been for Sunday Best, all topped off with meeting Liam.

"We’ve told him he has an open invitation to pop down to the shop any time he’s back in the north."

The glamorous ceremony saw 1,000 of the UK’s top fashion retailers and brands, from the length and breadth of the UK, gathered at Grosvenor House to congratulate the winners.

Source: menmedia.co.uk

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Beady Eye Discuss New Album

A few bits 'n' bobs I typed up from the current issue of Q.

Liam Gallagher named the band, and that rehearsals began with Beady Eye a few weeks after Noel left with the understanding that they would leave Oasis behind for good and play only new material, originated by Gallagher, Archer and Bell, and collectively worked up into co-written group compositions.

Liam on moving on from Oasis. "It was important not to sit and dwell on the past," he explains. " We came off tour and were still on fire. If we'd said, let's do something in a few months, or next year, the flame would have burnt out or we'd have got the fear. We were buzzing."

"We're musicians," adds Andy Bell "It's what we want to do, it's how we define ourselves. We could have sat at home, but what's the point?"

Gem Archer on the irony of working with Jeff Wooton, who plays guitar in the touring line-up of Damon Albarn's Gorrilaz. "You need irony in your life, and Damon Albarn has his head screwed on using him, he's a great musician."

The band have described the new songs as "light on their feet" and a move away from the wall of sound style of Oasis. Gem said " Psychedelia is a big word, but there are definite psychedelic moments in there. But there's also anti-psychedelic, very basic songs, and a lot of rock 'n' roll piano borrowed from Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis. Sound wise The Who, The Kinks and the Stones are there, that's the stuff in our blood.

Gem on working with Steve Lillywhite, "He was a ball of energy and made us focus and work quickly. It was that vibe again of trying to create a proper debut album - and that's exactly what I think we have done. It sounds exciting."

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Tom Meighan On Beady Eye

A photo of Tom, from the Pretty Green store in London this evening.

Tom Meighan has revealed that he'd listened to part of Liam Gallagher's new material from his Beady Eye project in a hotel room about three months ago.

He said he liked what he'd heard, even though it was unmastered.

"I've heard Liam's record and it's fantastic," he revealed. "What he's doing is amazing.

"He was the frontman of Oasis. He's got nothing to prove any more. I love him and adore him but it's so not Oasis at all."

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Pretty Green Proud To Announce New Store Openings

Pretty Green are proud to announce new temporary store openings in Manchester and Glasgow before Christmas. We will be offering the exciting opportunity for enthusiastic sales assistants to become part of our retail team in both locations.

Please visit Careers for more information on how to apply.
More details to follow.

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Beady Eye Sell Out First UK Dates

Tickets for Beady Eye's first UK live shows sold out in 30 minutes this morning. If you missed out on tickets keep checking back to BeadyEyeMusic.com for more information about future announcements.

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.co.uk

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Ray Stubbs On Drinking With Noel Gallagher

Taken from a interview with Ray Stubbs

Speaking of mayhem and madness, in an interview with Irish magazine Hot Press in 2006, Noel Gallagher from Oasis declared that "Ray Stubbs is a fucking legend". Are you aware of that?

Am I aware of that? I've got the article blown up, framed and made into wallpaper for my house. Actually I haven't, but it's given me a good idea.

Can you remember why this Mancunian wild man of rock thinks you're a legend?

I can remember the incident vividly, yes.

And would you care to share it with our readers?

It was at the World Cup 2006 wrap party and we were playing a drinking game that the younger generation of the BBC staff present launched. When the challenge was set, I felt I had to stick up for the old brigade and try to hold my own.

According to Gallagher, you downed two steins of German lager in the time it took the assembled throng to sing the theme music to Match of the Day. That's impressive ...

I can't remember the exact details, but it was something like that. As an observer from afar, Noel was probably in a better position to remember than me. As someone who admires his music so much, I was incredibly pleased when I heard he'd said that.

It seems to have been quite a party, with Gallagher there, alongside Alessandro Del Piero and Spike Lee, among other celebrities.

It was fascinating. Martin O'Neill was there, Marcel Desailly ... Leonardo. In fact the final line of the Fiver the day after was that the "the BBC's wrap party wasn't as dull as the coverage".

Readt the full interview here.

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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On This Day In Oasis History...

Above are a few videos from November 26th 2006, when Noel Gallagher played an acoustic show at the Union Chapel in Islington as part of the Little Noises Sessions for charity Mencap.

Performing in front of his smallest UK audience for years, Gallagher backed by Gem Archer on guitar and percussionist Terry Kirkbride, played a mixture of acoustic B-sides and album tracks.

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