What do you get for the rock 'n' roll frontman who has it all?
Well, ex-Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher is quite clear what he'd like this Christmas Day.
“A bit of peace and quiet, man,” he says.
“I don't want for anything, me.”
Burnage boy Liam, married to former All Saints singer Nicole Appleton, explains: “We had Christmas at ours last year and we had everyone around, burping and farting and then falling asleep all over the place. So this year I've decided we're all going to a pub this time, and then it's someone else's problem.”
See the story of Oasis and Primal Scream's label next year.
The Creation Records documentary 'Upside Down' is set to be screened next year.
Featuring interviews with Noel Gallagher, Bobby Gillespie and founder Alan McGee, the film tells the story of how the label that was home to Oasis and Primal Scream among others began, the bands it discovered and its financial dissolution in 1999. See below for screening details.
Speaking to NME, director Danny O’Connor described the film as, "A celebration of Creation, not an appraisal or review, a celebration of swagger and an attitude."
He also spoke of how the screenings won't be conventional viewing sessions. "Basically, it’s going to be like a night out," he said. "Everyone who buys a ticket gets an aftershow pass and we're going to have DJs and hopefully a few bands playing. Also, at every single one of the parties, someone from the Creation story will be there. They might be from the bands or just a player in the story, like Irvine [Welsh] or Howard [Marks], but someone will be there."
McGee said that the film "captures the spirit of Creation completely, Danny gets it completely, he did some much research, he knows it all. The film is bang on".
Creation has been the subject of two biographies, but McGee said that neither "can hold a candle to the film. It captures it completely. The whole thing was just a weird success and every time I watch it back I'm just shocked we survived as long as we did. Watching it also makes me realise, I think for the first time, that I actually like all of the people involved and what they did. It’s just lucky everyone’s still alive to tell the story."
Upside Down will be appearing at various film festivals around the world, with scheduled UK appearances in Glasgow, Stornoway, Liverpool and Sheffield. Tickets details are yet to be announced.
Upside Down will be shown in the following cities (some venues yet to be confirmed)
San Sebastian Dock Of The Bay Film Festival (January 7-9) Goteborg (January 28–February 6) Glasgow (February 22) Dublin (February 17 -25) Istanbul (February 19-23) Berlin In Edit Film Festival (March 8-10) Sao Paulo In Edit Film Festival (March 19-25) Stornoway Celtic Media Festival (April 11) Vienna Crossing Borders Film Festival (April 13-17) Sheffield Sensoria Film Festival (May 1-7) Lisbon (May 9-13) Liverpool Sound City, (May 19-21) Paris Filmer La Musique (June 8–13) Melbourne (July 21–27)
At 10am UK time on Boxing Day (December 26th) Beady Eye will be streaming the premiere of the video for their song 'Four Letter Word' on NME.com and here at www.BeadyEyeMusic.com. At the same time they will also be making available a very limited quantity of heavy-weight, numbered 7" records of 'Four Letter Word' featuring the exclusive track 'World Outside My Room'.
The 7" will be available exclusively through the band's OFFICIAL STORE. It will be on sale for £3.49 and is limited to 2 purchases per fan. You can pick up your copy HERE! from 10am on the 26th.
'Four Letter Word' is the second track to be heard from their forthcoming album 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' which is released through the band's Beady Eye Records label on 28th February 2011.
The video, filmed in London on a cold day in November, was directed by Julian House and Julian Gibbs.
Radiohead's 1997 album 'OK Computer' has been named the best album of the past 25 years by music fans in a new poll in Q magazine.
Radiohead also have three other albums in the Top 30: 'The Bends' (eighth), 'Kid A' (18th) and 'In Rainbows' (23rd).
Paul Rees, Q's editor-in-chief, said: "In the 13 years since its release, 'OK Computer's appeal to Q and its readers has grown exponentially.
"We originally hailed it as a masterpiece and, a rarity this, that isn't an opinion that we've even considered modifying ever since.
"As this readers' poll testifies, our readers see it as the benchmark against which all other album are and continue to be judged against in Q's lifetime."
Nirvana's 'Nevermind' is in second place in the poll, with Oasis' 'Definitely Maybe' and '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' in third and fourth places respectively.
U2 have two albums in the Top 10: 'The Joshua Tree' at number six and 'Achtung Baby' at nine.
The poll, which features 250 albums, is published in the February issue of Q and marks 25 years of the magazine.
The Top 30 Albums:
01) 'OK Computer' - Radiohead 02) 'Nevermind' - Nirvana 03) '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' - Oasis 04) 'Definitely Maybe' - Oasis 05) 'Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not' - Arctic Monkeys 06) 'The Joshua Tree' - U2 07) 'The Stone Roses' - The Stone Roses 08) 'The Bends' - Radiohead 09) 'Achtung Baby' - U2 10) 'Black Holes and Revelations' - Muse 11) 'Is This It' - The Strokes 12) 'A Rush of Blood to the Head' - Coldplay 13) 'Parklife' - Blur 14) 'Screamadelica' - Primal Scream 15) 'White Blood Cells' - The White Stripes 16) 'In the Aeroplane Over the Sea' - Neutral Milk Hotel 17) 'Hot Fuss' - The Killers 18) 'Kid A' - Radiohead 19) 'Funeral' - Arcade Fire 20) 'American Idiot' - Green Day 21) 'The Holy Bible' - Manic Street Preachers 22) 'Absolution' - Muse 23) 'In Rainbows' - Radiohead 24) 'Only by the Night' - Kings Of Leon 25) 'Demon Days' - Gorillaz 26) 'Origin of Symmetry' - Muse 27) 'Appetite for Destruction' - Guns N'Roses 28) 'Urban Hymns' - The Verve 29) 'Automatic for the People' - REM 30) 'Loveless' - My Bloody Valentine