Noel Gallagher Bemoans Q Awards Design

There are some music awards that matter and others that some artists couldn't give a sh*t about.

Luckily for Noel Gallagher, his latest gong is in the latter category.

Staying true to his 'I'll say whatever I f***ing think' mantra, as soon as the star was on stage accepting the Q Award for Best Album for 'Chasing Yesterday' he was off...

Noel stated: "First of all, I've been coming here for years. They need to f***ing sort this sh*t out, these (the awards) are bobbins, rubbish I've got hundreds of these you can't put them anywhere. This would have been interesting if this was the 90s in that category, I would've been going 'You're f***ing sh*t!'

The former Oasis star, who posed up with Coldplay's Chris Martin at London's Grovesnor Hotel event, also revealed he’s already won too many awards to keep track of.

Asked how many gongs he’d won during the course of his career, Noel told BANG Showbiz: “I've got too many! I give them away, I've lost a few. I don't keep awards at home, I think it's bad for my children.

“My mam has got some stuff at her house, she's got stuff I don't even remember winning."

Meanwhile, Florence + The Machine beat Muse, Foals, The Weeknd and Miguel to win Best Video and The Libertines’ ‘Gunga Din’ was voted Best Track by readers of Q magazine.

Source: www.joe.co.uk

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'Ballad Of The Mighty I' Nominated In The UK Music Video Awards

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds video for 'Ballad of The Mighty' has been nominated in this year’s UK Music Video Awards, the annual celebration of creative and technical excellence in music video making around the world which takes place at the Roundhouse in London on Thursday November 5th.

Best Rock/Indie Video – UK
Bastille vs Grades - Torn Apart
Florence + The Machine - Queen of Peace
Florence + The Machine - What Kind of Man
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Ballad of The Mighty I
Royal Blood - Out of The Black
Slaves - Cheer Up London


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Noel Gallagher Teams Up With Hozier, Florence Welch, Spandau Ballet And More For Charity Single

Hozier has teamed up with Noel Gallagher for a charity single with a difference, thanks to a Dublin radio DJ.

Greg McQuaid, who hosts a popular breakfast show in San Francisco, convinced a host of celebs to lend their talents to raise money for a good cause.

Greg and his team at KFOG FM in California wrote a quirky song entitled Boob Spelt Backwards Is Boob' to raise money for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, which funds research projects worldwide.

The title came from his co-host Mike Nelson's eight-year-old son.

The project began last January.

Every time a big name came through the studio, Irish Greg as he's known to listeners asked them to take part in the #Boob- project.

Despite having no melody or lyrics, the team aimed to have the song for sale by October to mark global breast cancer awareness month.

Florence And The Machine's Florence Welch was also keen to lend a hand.

Hozier and Gallagher contributed, as did 1980s legends Spandau Ballet.

"Getting Hozier was really huge. When you have one of the biggest artists on the planet involved, convincing others to contribute becomes a lot easier," Greg told the Herald.

"We recorded his part back in April. He didn't have time to come by the radio station so we recorded him at the Masonic where he was playing three sold-out shows.

"It was cute because his tour manager and road crew were all walking around backstage singing the chorus as we were trying to record it."

The song and video will be available on www.kfog.com/boobproject or it can be downloaded from iTunes. It is due to be released on Thursday.

Source: www.herald.ie

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Noel Gallagher On Liam, Oasis And More

It doesn’t take much to set Noel Gallagher off. We are sat in a backstage portacabin at London’s peculiarly ragbag Clapham Calling festival, and I’ve just mentioned to the former Oasis songwriter that “Chasing Yesterday,” the second solo album under his High Flying Birds banner, is the U.K.’s fastest selling of the year.

“Is that impressive? I’m not impressed by it! I’d rather be the biggest selling,” he says. “The fastest selling, what does it mean? It means that if you put my CD on a table with Muse’s and Florence’s, it would win in a race to the end of the table. I don’t know what it means. Let me tell you — I’d rather be the biggest selling.”

You’d expect nothing less from Gallagher, Manchester’s great motormouth and a man whose ambition, stretching back to Oasis’ fledgling days, was always to obliterate the competition, musically and verbally, into irrelevance. He told everyone who would listen — and especially those who wouldn’t — that Oasis, fronted by brother Liam, would be the biggest band in the world and he was right: In the hedonistic Britpop era, Oasis didn’t as much catch the zeitgeist as set fire to it, first with its fantastic 1994 debut “Definitely Maybe” and then with the 22 million-selling follow up “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory.” With his anthemic rock ‘n’ roll tunes, Gallagher mastered the trick of writing songs that ostensibly said nothing but meant everything, and his resolutely working-class Mancunian outlook of hope and camaraderie found a universal audience.

“I think we accidentally connected, somehow, through magic, with a whole generation of people all over the world,” he says.

 The memory of just how huge Oasis was remains vivid even two decades later: every raucous gig, every outlandish interview, every brotherly argument, all events in themselves. The band’s pinnacle, playing to 250,000 people over two nights at the Knebworth Park Festival in August 1996, was a high (in all senses of the word) that Gallagher, in his more fanciful moments, wishes could have been a glorious finale.

“It would have been like the greatest thing of all time. But what would I have done?” he says. “I was in no way ready to be what I am now back then, no f—-ing way. I couldn’t sing then. I could barely do backing vocals. I was a drug addict. There was no way it could happen. We would have been cast to the wind.”

He leans back and smiles mischievously: “It would have been handy if somebody had died. We could have called it a day then.”

Nobody did, and the bloated, cocaine-ravaged mess that was the third album, “Be Here Now” (“it’s awful, I can’t listen to it”), came to exemplify the era’s garish excess. By 1998 Britpop had eaten itself, leaving Oasis to carry on regardless, ever popular yet with the magic intermittent, albums patchy and the friction between Noel and Liam increasing.

When Oasis finally imploded, it was spectacular. A still unspeakable altercation with Liam in a Paris dressing room in August 2009 was one fight too far, making rock’s great sibling rivalry untenable and bringing Oasis crashing to a halt. It always seemed inevitable the hostility between the pair — Noel the talented songsmith stage left, Liam the charismatic, handsome focal point with the thrilling Lydon-via-Lennon snarl — would lead to Oasis’ downfall. Wounds are far from healed.

“I don’t know anything about what he’s up to,” he says of Liam, now of no fixed musical abode following Beady Eye’s split. “I’m not his keeper anymore. Whatever he does now is his business. I really don’t give a f—-.”

Predictably, their relationship is invariably viewed through the prism of the band — Gallagher bemoans that he “answers questions about reforming Oasis every f—king day” — but given there’s no immediate chance of that happening, I am more interested in the personal aspect: Is there no part of Gallagher that feels sad at the very public, complete breakdown of his relationship with his younger brother?

“Yeah yeah yeah, oh f—- yeah. In a way, yeah,” he says, for once seemingly unsure of what to say. “But let’s not forget — he is a c—-. He’s not a very nice lad. And that is the basis of it. It’s not like he’s the perfect gentlemen and unfortunately we haven’t been talking. It’s not like that. For that band not to be together, the band that we all love and that we started, something f—-ing serious happened. I’m not going to go into it.” He puffs out his cheeks, exasperated. “But I don’t care anymore. I’m too far gone into this now to care about what he’s up to or what he’s doing.”

That’s not to say Gallagher doesn’t occasionally think about what he has lost.

“I do miss just being a guitarist and standing on that side of the stage being at an Oasis gig with the crowd, because I was observing it going on as well. It might be nice to be in a band one day. But let me stress,” he says, leaning forward and pointing, “it won’t f—-ing begin with the letter ‘O.’ “

Gallagher can afford to be so dismissive. His unfailingly forthright tongue might suggest otherwise — “Who wants to listen to a world radio station? Who cares what some f—-ing lunatic is listening to in Korea?” is his take on Apple’s new streaming service — but at 48, he doesn’t need the hassle (or the money) that would come with an Oasis reunion. Besides, the High Flying Birds have taken off:

The eponymous debut sold 2.5 million copies, over 70,000 of which were accounted for in Japan.
 With “Chasing Yesterday,” he even provides a riposte to critics who say his music remains unnecessarily conservative. Oasis-style rock anthems are present and correct, but there are also hints of prog, saxophone and on one song, “The Right Stuff,” Gallagher even dabbles in “space jazz.” It’s a song he wouldn’t — or perhaps couldn’t — have written 20 years ago.

“Oh for sure,” he says. “If you were to put ‘The Right Stuff’ on a compilation of my songs straight after (1994’s) ‘Supersonic,’ you’d think it doesn’t sound like the same songwriter. I would never have got to write that song when I was in Oasis. We were a rock ‘n’ roll band, we were very aware of what we were and there wasn’t really any room. Imagine playing ‘The Right Stuff’ at Wembley Stadium in front of a bunch of fat skinheads? I don’t f—-ing think so.”

There is a sense that Gallagher should make such musical exploration a habit. ‘The Right Stuff’ was a result of his much-discussed, controversially abandoned project with pioneering dance producers Amorphous Androgynous — “I’ve destroyed the masters, it wasn’t good enough, that’s it” — yet the track is undoubtedly one of Gallagher’s best in years. Perhaps he’s taken note: after a rumor he inadvertently started himself during an interview on Dutch radio last month, he admits interest in collaborating with Jamie xx.

“I do actually own a couple of his singles and I would work with him,” he says. “But he most probably thinks I’m s—t, so we’ll leave it at that.”

The immediate future is Gallagher’s closing set at this weekend’s Fuji Rock Festival. The musician has played at Fuji Rock four times, including a headline slot for Oasis in 2009 when the band was just three shows and one month away from collapse: A world away from Oasis’ first trip to Japan in September 1994, the month after “Definitely Maybe” was released.

“I remember it being the first experience of the mania,” he recalls. “We were the hot s—- in England at the time, we went to Japan and there were thousands of kids outside the hotels and you couldn’t move, you couldn’t go shopping, couldn’t do anything. We were there for two weeks and we experienced this Japanese mania and by the time we got back it had caught on in England. And then for a good few years it was like that everywhere we went. But I remember the Japanese were the first to go truly mad and it was great.”

As the packed field at Clapham Common later proves, people are still going mad for it: the Oasis songs that pepper Gallagher’s show are bellowed back with life-depends-on-it commitment, often by those not even born when “Wonderwall” was inescapable and Gallagher was fulfilling his rock ‘n’ roll dream. It’s a source of great pleasure for him.

“What surprises me now is that after all these years I can do a gig and play six Oasis songs, only one of which was a single, and people know them all over the world. I don’t know another living band, apart from The Beatles and maybe the Stones, that can play a b-side unannounced in the middle of wherever and it be treated like a huge song. So that makes me feel proud. And people still love it. They still love the songs.

“Which is handy for me,” he says, “because I f—-ing wrote them all.”ng,” he says.

Source: Japan Times

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20 Years Of Gallagher Wit And Wisdom

Can it really be two decades since Oasis released their debut album? The music may not have always hit the same highs since, but Noel and Liam Gallagher have delivered some classic soundbites down the years. Here are some of their best...

NOEL ON LIAM...

“Liam’s the angriest man you’ll ever meet. He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.”

“To work with members of your family is pretty difficult. Especially when one of the members of your family is Liam Gallagher.”

“I remember him being furious that day (shooting the Whatever video) because it’s the one time I’ve been more drunk than he has.”

LIAM ON NOEL...

“The best bit about the early days was when our kid got chinned.”

“We get on better when we don’t see each other and don’t speak to each other.”

“His songs? They’re what gets me out of bed in the morning. He’s top. A fantastic songwriter. He’s the devil, isn’t he man?”

ON THEIR RIVALS...

“Mumford and Sons look like they’ve all got nits. Bloc Party look like they belong on University Challenge.”

“Just because you sell lots of records doesn’t mean to say you’re any good. Look at Phil Collins.”

“I’m sure she (Florence and the Machine) is a nice girl... but she sounds like someone has stood on her foot.”

ON OTHER STARS...

“For Michael Jackson to come over to this country and dress in a white robe thinking he’s the Messiah – I mean who does he think he is? Me?”

“Why is Posh Beckham writing a book of her memoirs? She can’t even chew gum and walk in a straight line at the same time, let alone write a book.”

“Wayne Rooney looks like a balloon with Weetabix crushed on top.”

ON POLITICS...

“Are they hoping one of these guys from the G8 sees Annie Lennox singing Sweet Dreams (at Live8) and thinks, “She might have a point there, you know”?

“Politics is like football for me. Labour is my team and even if you don’t like a striker you don’t give up supporting the whole team.”

“I asked him (Tony Blair) how he managed to stay up all night for the election and he said, ‘Probably not by the same means you did.’”

ON THEIR SUCCESS...

“I was a superhero in the 90s. McCartney, Weller, Townsend, Richards... my first album’s better than all their first albums. Even they’d admit that.”

“If I knew how to write another Definitely Maybe, I’d do one every year. It astounds me that I wrote those songs.”

“I wanted the big hairdo, big shades, big car, big house, swimming pool, jet, a mirrored top hat and a chimp. All of it.”

ON BEING FAMOUS...

“I stand in the queue at Waitrose. More rock stars should do that. The staff are really blase about me now. They’ll be like, ‘Him? Oh he’s in here all the time. And between me and you, he doesn’t eat very well.’”

“Without sounding arrogant, success fits my ego. I’d feel cheated without it.”

“Liam got a Rolex. I got a Rolls Royce. Which is brilliant, because I can’t drive and Liam can’t tell the time.”

ON A REUNION...

“You can never predict what you’ll be doing in 20 years’ time, but I guess if everyone remains vaguely slim and hasn’t gone bald, then it’s on the cards. Forever.”

Source: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

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Noel Gallagher Performs At Kate Moss' Birthday Party

Noel Gallagher sung to Kate Moss at her 40th birthday party.

The former Oasis star was cheered on by a number of guests as he broke into the catchy acoustic of 'Happy Birthday' at 6am yesterday (19.01.14) in celebration of the supermodel's milestone age.

Kate - who kicked off her celebrations with a posh lunch on Thursday (16.01.14) - reportedly spent £30,000 on entertainment for the big bash at her Cotswolds home on Saturday night (18.01.14).

Florence and the Machine, Mark Ronson, Soul II Soul and Massive Attack performed in yurts in the garden, while there were also tarot card readings, fire jugglers and face-painters on hand throughout the Glastonbury-themed party.

The blonde beauty reportedly paid out a hefty £80,000 on spirits and an endless supply of champagne to keep her guests entertainment.

Uma Thurman, Naomi Campbell and Stella McCartney were just a few of her famous friends in attendance, but all mobile phones were to be handed in at the door to stop any drunken photos being uploaded to Twitter or Instagram.

A source told The Sun newspaper: ''Everyone knew it was going to be a wicked party, which it was.

''It was truly epic and isn't even over yet... ''

Meanwhile, Kate hired the dining room at a local pub last night (19.01.14) for her and the remaining guests who were still standing after a boozy four days of partying.

Source: entertainment.stv.tv

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Live DVD Nominated For Music Video Award

Noel Gallagher,  Foals, and Florence & The Machine and are just some of the acts to have made the cut on the comprehensive list of nominees for the sixth annual UK Music Video Awards.

Foals’ promo for ‘Late Night‘ is up for Best UK Rock/Indie Video, while they are also recognised in the Best Visual Effects category thanks to ‘Bad Habit‘.

Florence & The Machine, meanwhile, land mentions in the Best Cinematography and Best UK Alternative Video sections, while Noel Gallagher’s live DVD ‘International Magic – Live At The 02‘ will compete with Led Zeppelin, Mumford & Sons, Plan B, Savages and The Vaccines for Best Live Coverage.

“The MVAs has become a globally-recognised event for celebrating the outstanding creative work in music videos in the UK and around the world,” editorial director David Knight comments. “Last year filmmakers travelled from Europe and the United States to attend our biggest show ever. It was a very good night indeed.”


Source: www.live4ever.uk.com

Noel Gallagher Reveals It's "An Honour" To Be Put In Charge Of The TCT Concerts

Labrinth, Kasabian and Rizzle Kicks are some of the names lined up for the 2013 Teenage Cancer Trust gigs.

The acts have been chosen by ex-Oasis star Noel Gallagher, who is curating next year's shows at London's Royal Albert Hall.

Other performers on the bill include Primal Scream, Blur's Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon, as well as comedy stints from Russell Brand and Noel Fielding.

The shows wil take place from Tuesday 19 to Sunday 24 March.

Noel Gallagher, who is also due to perform, said it was "an honour" to be put in charge of the concerts.

"I've always been more than pleased to lend my support over the years," said the 45-year-old singer.

"It's also now a charity that is very close to the hearts and minds of dozens of acts in the world of music."

The final show of the series will feature Labrinth and Rizzle Kicks on the same bill.

Support acts for all the shows will be announced soon.

Since it first began in 2000, the Teenage Cancer Trust series has raised £15 million for teenagers and young people with cancer.

Last year's event was headlined by the likes of Example, Jessie J and Florence + the Machine.

Tickets go on sale on 7 December at 9.30am.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Noel Gallagher To Curate 2013 Teenage Cancer Trust Concerts

The Who's Roger Daltrey has told NME that Noel Gallagher is set to curate next year's Concerts For Teenage Cancer Trust.

The gigs, which Daltrey founded in 2000, have been staged every year by the charity's patron at London's Royal Albert Hall. But the frontman said he will now pass the baton on to the ex-Oasis chief in 2013. Gallagher has performed a series of solo gigs at the venue for the charity over the years. His brother Liam's band Beady Eye also played in 2011.

Daltrey told NME: I'm not doing it next year because I'm on tour and Noel Gallagher has kindly offered to step in. So he's putting the bill together. Obviously I'm in the background and I'm not going away. I'll put feelers out but he kindly offered and I accepted. Daltrey added: "I'm on the road all the way through to the beginning of March. So it really helped me out. Instead of being on the beach on my vacation in January on the bloody cellphone for eight hours a day, I can actually get some sleep."

The frontman also said that he's started the charity up in the US. He explained: "I've made a rod for my back because I've just started Teen Cancer America so we're basically shipping our model for how teenagers should be cared for in hospitals when they have cancer to the USA, we're trying to educate them in the same manner."

"I've just launched that and I think it's going to catch fire. because there's a huge lack of care there, they're not even recognised as a group."

The line-up for next year's shows is yet to be unveiled. Pulp, Paul McCartney and Florence And The Machine were among the acts that performed at the 2012 event.

Source: www.nme.com

Video: NME Awards 2012 Featuring Noel Gallagher, Kasabian, Florence + The Machine And More

The year's most rock 'n' roll awards show kicks off at London's Brixton Academy. Hosted by Jack Whitehall and featuring live performances from Kasabian, Florence + The Machine, The Horrors, The Vaccines, The Maccabees, and Godlike Genius Noel Gallagher.

Click here to watch the video (UK Only)

Thanks to Nicholas

Watch The 2012 NME Awards On Channel 4 Today

Tune in to Channel 4 today (March 3) to watch the 2012 NME Awards.

Half an hour of highlights will be shown on T4 at 9.25am (GMT) while the ceremony will be shown in full on Saturday night (March 3) at 11.55pm (GMT).

Watch the show to see Pulp perform their hits 'Babies' and 'Mis-Shapes' while Kasabian treat everyone to 'Switchblade Smiles' and 'Days Are Forgotten'. Then check out Noel Gallagher play his seven-song set as he celebrates being crowned Godlike Genius, closing the show with an Oasis double header of 'Half The World Away' and 'Don't Look Back In Anger'.

Elsewhere Florence And The Machine take to the stage to perform a stripped down version of their hit 'Shake It Out', with singer Florence Welch returning to sing alongside future touring partners The Horrors on their 2011 single 'Still Life'.

You'll also see The Vaccines, who claimed the prize for Best New Band, blast through their live favourites 'If You Wanna' and 'Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)' while The Maccabees precede Noel Gallagher's appearance with a rendition of their recent single 'Pelican'.

Source: www.nme.com

Watch Highlights From The NME Awards

You can watch highlights on Saturday March 3rd at 11.55pm (UK Time) on Channel 4 (UK Only).

The year's most rock 'n' roll awards show kicks off at London's Brixton Academy. Hosted by Jack Whitehall and featuring live performances from Kasabian, Florence + The Machine, The Horrors, The Vaccines, The Maccabees, and Godlike Genius Noel Gallagher.

Also on Saturday March 3rd at 9.25am (UK Time) on Channel 4 (UK Only) presenter Alexa Chung for a behind-the-scenes look at this year's NME Awards show, packed with celebrity interviews, backstage gossip and exclusive live performances.

Thanks to Sam & James

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Play T In The Park

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Florence And The Machine and The Vaccines are among the new additions to this year's T In The Park line-up.

The Scottish festival, which will take place over the weekend of July 6-8 in Balado Park, Kinross, had already confirmed that The Stone Roses will be one of its headliners and has now added nine further acts to the bill.

Also joining the event's line-up are The Maccabees, The Horrors, Miles Kane, Maverick Sabre, Frank Turner and Two Door Cinema Club, with more artists, including the festival's other two headliners, to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

For more information about T In The Park, visit Tinthepark.com.

Tickets go onsale next Wednesday (February 29) at 9am (GMT).

Source: www.nme.com

Chris Martin And Noel Gallagher Team Up For The Brits

The Brit Awards have pulled in some memorable collaborations over the years.

Think Chris Martin and Noel Gallagher team up for Brits doing You Got The Dirtee Love with Dizzee Rascal in 2010 and Justin Timberlake with Kylie in 2003.

But Noel Gallagher and Chris Martin on stage together for the first time this Tuesday will be pure class.

Coldplay frontman Chris suggested the idea to former Oasis guitarist Noel before Christmas and they agreed it would be an ideal way to cap a brilliant year of gigs for both of them.

I asked Noel if the duet was on and he replied with a nod and a wink: "I couldn't possibly comment."

If it wasn't true, the answer would have been: "P*** off, you Scottish fantasist."

A source added: "Chris and Noel have become good pals over the years.

"Noel has a lot of respect for Coldplay. He was blown away by their Glastonbury gig when he saw it on telly. They are both up for doing something special."

Noel, up for Best Male, has a number of tracks he could perform, although no rehearsals have been done yet.

AKA... What A Life! with Chris hammering away on piano would be quality.

I saw Coldplay live in LA last week and they were on brilliant form. They played Beatles song We Can Work It Out at a MusiCares gig in honour of Sir Paul McCartney and it was stunning.

At The Grammys they performed Princess Of China from Mylo Xyloto with Rihanna, which was different class too.

The flashing wristbands also burst into life during Paradise. Hopefully they will do the same at The Brits.

Last night a Brits spokesman said: "There is lots of speculation about the performances next week but we can't confirm anything. You'll have to tune in on Tuesday."

There will also be a ten-minute Blur spectacular to close the show — the longest any Outstanding Contribution act has ever been given on the night.

It'll be a night to remember.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's Confirmed To Play Benicassim

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are confirmed to play this year's Benicassim Festival on the east coast of Spain. The festival will take place over the weekend of 12th-15th July. Other bands confirmed for the festival include The Stone Roses, Florence And The Machine and The Vaccines.

Tickets are available to buy now through the festivals website HERE!

Source: www.noelgallagher.com

Noel Gallagher, Coldplay And Foo Fighters Revealed As Biggest Selling Rock Acts Of 2011

Noah & The Whale, Florence And The Machine and Snow Patrol also enjoyed strong sales in 2011.

Coldplay, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Florence And The Machine have been revealed as the biggest selling rock acts of 2011.

According to The Official Charts Company, Coldplay scored both the biggest selling rock single of 2011 with 'Paradise', which sold over 410,000 copies and the biggest selling album with their fifth effort 'Mylo Xyloto', which sold over 900,000 copies despite only being released in October.

Noel Gallagher's debut solo effort was the second biggest seller in the album stakes with sales just shy of 500,000. He was followed by Florence And The Machine, who were narrowly in front of Foo Fighters and Mumford and Sons.

Elbow were sixth, Kasabian seventh, Snow Patrol in eighth and in their best ever sales year Noah And The Whale were ninth, just ahead of Arctic Monkeys' 'Suck It And See', which was in 10th place.

In the singles chart, Goo Goo Dolls' 'Iris', which was first released in 1998, sold 264,000 copies in 2011 after it was brought back to life by an X Factor performance to become the second biggest selling rock single of the year.

Birdy was the third largest seller with her cover of Bon Iver's 'Skinny Love', while Coldplay made their second appearance in the chart at Number Four, just ahead of Noah And The Whale, who were fifth with 'L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.'

James Morrison, Foster The People, Snow Patrol, Florence And The Machine and The Calling made up the rest of the Top 10.

The Top 10 selling rock singles of 2011 were as follows:

1. Coldplay - Paradise (410,000)
2. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (264,000)
3. Birdy - Skinny Love (259,000)
4. Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall (247,000)
5. Noah & The Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. (242,000)
6. James Morrison - I Won't Let You Go (228,000)
7. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (225,000)
8. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (128,000)
9. Florence And The Machine - Shake It Out (127,000)
10. The Calling - Wherever You Will Go (125,000)

The Top 10 selling rock albums of 2011 were as follows:

1. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (908,000)
2. Noel Gallagher - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (492,000)
3. Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials (384,000)
4. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (380,000)
5. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (373,000)
6. Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys (327,000)
7. Kasabian - Velociraptor (279,000)
8. Snow Patrol - Fallen Empires (269,000)
9. Noah & The Whale - Last Night On Earth (261,000)
10. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See (223,000)

Source: www.nme.com

Noel Gallagher, Coldplay, Rihanna, Adele And More To Perform At The Brits Next Month

We were at the BRITs launch party last night to hear the list of nominees and artists who will be performing live at the BRIT Awards 2012 at The O2 on Tuesday 21 February.

We can confirm that Coldplay, Rihanna, Adele, Blur, Florence and the Machine, Noel Gallagher, Ed Sheeran, Olly Murs and Bruno Mars are all set to perform live on the night.

Source: BRIT Awards 2012

Noel Gallagher Interview On BBC Radio 6 Later Today

Today (December 29th) at 18:00 (UK TIME) on BBC Radio 6 Music.

Noel Gallagher talks to Steve Lamaq about his famous neighbours and missing his bandmates when going solo. And Florence Welch from Florence and the Machine opens up about the story behind her second album, Ceremonials.

To listen live to the show click here.

Noel Gallagher Interview On BBC Radio 6 Next Week

Thursday 29th December at 18:00 (UK TIME) on BBC Radio 6 Music.

Noel Gallagher talks to Steve Lamaq about his famous neighbours and missing his bandmates when going solo. And Florence Welch from Florence and the Machine opens up about the story behind her second album, Ceremonials.

To listen live to the show click here.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's Land In Los Angeles

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at The 22nd Annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, USA later today (December 11th).

You can listen or watch the performance online, details of the show can be found here.

Other acts confirmed for this year's festival include Death Cab For Cutie, Florence & The Machine and Cage The Elephant.

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