Noel Gallagher Dedicates Song To Frances Bean Cobain At A Gig In Los Angeles

Noel Gallagher has dedicated a song to Frances Bean Cobain at a gig last night at the Orpheum Theater in LA.

The daughter of the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain posted a picture of herself with the Oasis star earlier today (see above) with the caption 'What did you do tonight? @NoelGallagher thank you so much for hanging out&the song dedication & being all around rad!'.

It's unclear which song she had dedicated to her at the time of press but Cobain has said in the past she wants Noel to sing at her future wedding. A source speaking to The Daily Star said: "Oasis are the band Frances listened to while growing up. Her wedding day wish would be to have Noel to play an intimate acoustic set."

Cobain recently suprisingly revealed she prefers Oasis to Nirvana in an interview with Rolling Stone. “Sorry, promotional people, Universal,” she told the magazine with a grin. “I'm more into Mercury Rev, Oasis, Brian Jonestown Massacre [laughs]. The grunge scene is not what I'm interested in.

"But ‘Territorial Pissings’ [on Nevermind] is a fucking great song. And ‘Dumb’ [on In Utero] – I cry every time I hear that song. It's a stripped-down version of Kurt's perception of himself – of himself on drugs, off drugs, feeling inadequate to be titled the voice of a generation.”

Gallagher has a spectacular summer ahead of him including summer headline spots at Latitude Festival, Calling Festival and Summer In The City.

Source: www.gigwise.com

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Kurt Cobain's Daughter Frances Wants Noel Gallagher To Perform At Her Wedding

Frances Bean-Cobain wants Noel Gallagher to perform at her wedding.

The daughter of Courtney Love and the late Kurt Cobain is keen for the former Oasis star to play at her and fiancée Isaiah Silva's big day this summer because she was a huge fan of the group during her younger years.

A source told the Daily Star newspaper: "Oasis are the band Frances listened to while growing up. Her wedding day wish would be to have Noel to play an intimate acoustic set."

However, Noel might not be too keen on the gig if the 22-year-old artist's mother Courtney is at her nuptials as he recently admitted he once hid from the Hole singer when she visited Oasis in Los Angeles because he couldn't deal with her "rowdiness".

He explained: "I read an interview with her once and she said, 'I can't f***ing believe this. I know everyone in London and I've never f***ing met Noel - was he hiding from me?' And the answer is, 'Yes.'

"I was in a studio in LA and we were in the back recording [2005 Oasis album] 'Don't Believe The Truth'. And reception called us as said, 'Just to warn you - Courtney Love's just walked in.'

"I knew Liam was running around in reception and I thought, 'Brilliant, that's a f***ing meeting of minds right there.'

"I could hear her shouting, 'Where's Noel? I gotta meet Noel!' So I grabbed a cig, exited out the back door and went straight back to the motel and locked the door.

"I was like, 'I can't be dealing with her rowdiness - f***ing hell, no way.' But I applaud her."

Frances and Isaiah went public with their engagement in October 2011 and he previously admitted they are "each other's everything" and much prefer staying in and reading books or watching TV than going to a club.

He explained: "We're homebodies. We don't go out to clubs so you won't find us stumbling out of them with Lindsay Lohan. We stay at home, read books and watch 'Arrested Development'."

Source: www.therecord.com

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Oasis 20 Years On: The Two Brothers At The Birth Of Lad Culture

Oasis released their first single, 'Supersonic', 20 years ago today. Bill Borrows looks back in admiration at two decades spent in the company of the Gallaghers.

As Kurt Cobain's lukewarm corpse awaited discovery at 171 Lake Washington Boulevard, Oasis played live on Radio One for the first time. Three days later, his body had been found, and the team behind the launch issue of new magazine Loaded were engaged in frantic phone calls to the printer in an attempt to pull a story lamenting Cobain’s inability to behave like a real rock star and commit suicide properly.

‘Supersonic’, the first Oasis single, was released three days later and the defining magazine of the 90s hit the shelves (minus the Cobain piece) two days after that. Blur’s relentless and catchy ‘Girls and Boys’ was everywhere and in a couple of months the soon-to-be rechristened New Labour Party would elect a youthful leader to challenge the tired, sleazy, divided Tory government (if we knew then what we know now etc…).

Quite obviously something was afoot in the land. It felt like change.

Cobain had sung, ‘I Hate Myself And I Want To Die’ but less less than a year later everybody had already "sniffed it up a cane on a ‘Supersonic train" and now wanted to ‘Live Forever.’ Oasis had asked the question: ‘Isn’t everybody else sick and f****** tired of being miserable?’ The genius, whether by accident or design, was to answer it themselves two singles later.

"Maybe I just want to fly/ I want to live/ I don't want to die/ Maybe I just want to breathe/ Maybe I just don't believe," demanded Liam and, out-staring his brother’s words, "I want to live forever." Even the NME, still in their tear-stained Nirvana t-shirts and skinny-fit black jeans, found time to conclude, "Basically, what thus far looked like obnoxious Manc arrogance suddenly looks like sheer effortlessness. A terrific record." Yeah. Terrific. Thanks for catching with up the mood of the nation.

The mainstream media were not far behind, ‘Definitely Maybe’ became the fastest selling debut album in UK history and soon everybody was sprinkling cocaine on their cornflakes. Oasis and the brothers Gallagher were suddenly household names and just as likely to turn up on the front of the Daily Mirror as in the pages of the music press. Watching their lives from the outside became a national sport.

"When we started off," explained Noel, "we wanted the girls, the cocaine, the fur coats. It wasn't like it was an act. It was almost like working-class people winning the pools. We went bananas." Everybody lapped it up. The music was on the money (they couldn’t have got away with it otherwise) but more importantly their attitude chimed with the times. It was during this period that Liam stole the rights to the two finger salute from Kes. He still owns them today.

This is not the Oasis story - that remains to be written - but over the next twenty years entertaining interludes between number one albums, landmark gigs and the best guitar music for a generation would include: Fights between the brothers; cocaine; Liam shagging and marrying famous women; fights between the brothers; cancelled gigs; slagging each other off; divorces; cocaine; fights with photographers and bouncers; band break-ups; cocaine; band make-ups; slagging off every band around (particularly middle class outfits like Blur); cocaine; and, fights between the brothers.

They also gave a great quote. Whether it was Noel declaring his manifesto ("Smoke where you want, drink what you want, whenever you want. Get the age of consent down. Legalize drugs. Kill all the people who like grunge music. Kill all surfboarders. Melt the snow. Anybody who wears a cowboy hat should get the electric chair") or Liam explaining what he would be doing for on Christmas Day ("The usual. I'll be sitting there all day getting wankered. Probably eating loads of fucking food and all that. What are the kids after this year? What do you think? Loads of fucking toys") it was always memorable.

The second album, ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ went straight to number one in the UK in October 1995, peaked at number four in the States and then it really went ‘Champagne Supernova’. But the "sheer effortlessness" of their ascent began twenty years ago today. Oasis, the band, might be in storage somewhere, but the brothers are still box-office, still feuding, still walking tall and still talking back. It has been rock n’ roll from the start. The only ingredient missing? A death in the band. But then, as they were so keen to point out at the start, they always wanted to live forever.

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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John Lennon Named As NME's Ultimate Icon

Beatles mans beats out David Bowie, Alex Turner and Liam Gallagher to take the crown.

John Lennon has been named as NME's Ultimate Musical Icon of the last 60 years. The Beatles' co-frontman topped the poll, which began with 60 nominees in March of this year, beating out the likes of David Bowie, Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner, Morrissey, Liam Gallagher and Damon Albarn to take the crown.

Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher came second in the poll, with David Bowie in third and Alex Turner in fourth. Nirvana's Kurt Cobain came fifth, Amy Winehouse came sixth, with Jimi Hendrix in seventh place. Morrissey ranked in eighth place, with Noel Gallagher in ninth and Ian Curtis in 10th place.

Over 160,000 votes were cast in the poll, which ran for over six months and has taken place to celebrate NME's 60th birthday.

You can read the definitive list of all 60 icons in this week's issue of NME, which is on newsstands tomorrow (September 19) or available digitally.

The Top 10 in the poll to find NME's Ultimate Musical Icon of the last 60 years are as follows:

1. John Lennon
2. Liam Gallagher
3. David Bowie
4. Alex Turner
5. Kurt Cobain
6. Amy Winehouse
7. Jimi Hendrix
8. Morrissey
9. Noel Gallagher
10. Ian Curtis

Source: www.nme.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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Still Time To Vote For Liam Gallagher As NME's Ultimate NME Icon

Still time to vote, or vote again if you have already....

You've been voting in your thousands but now the search for the ultimate NME icon really hots up.

Liam Gallagher is in the final shortlist with Alex Turner, Amy Winehouse, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain and Morrissey.

Have your say by voting for ONE of the shortlisted artists here.

Still Time To Vote For Liam Gallagher As NME's Ultimate NME Icon

Still time to vote, or vote again if you have already....

You've been voting in your thousands but now the search for the ultimate NME icon really hots up.

Liam Gallagher is in the final shortlist with Alex Turner, Amy Winehouse, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain and Morrissey.

Have your say by voting for ONE of the shortlisted artists here.

Still Time To Vote For Liam Gallagher As NME's Ultimate NME Icon

You've been voting in your thousands but now the search for the ultimate NME icon really hots up.

Liam Gallagher is in the final shortlist with Alex Turner, Amy Winehouse, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain and Morrissey.

Have your say by voting for ONE of the shortlisted artists here.

Vote For Liam Gallagher As NME's Ultimate NME Icon

You've been voting in your thousands but now the search for the ultimate NME icon really hots up.

Liam Gallagher is in the final shortlist with Alex Turner, Amy Winehouse, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain and Morrissey.

Have your say by voting for ONE of the shortlisted artists here.

Are Liam And Noel Gallagher NME's Ultimate Icon?

To celebrate NME's 60th birthday, we're going to be crowning the ultimate musical icon from the magazine's lifetime and we're leaving the decision about who it is entirely down to you.

The shortlist for the honour features 60 people, including Liam & Noel Gallagher, Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, Joe Strummer, Madonna, Alex Turner, Morrissey, Bjork, Patti Smith, Matt Bellamy and over 50 others.

To vote now, head to NME.COM/ultimateicon.

Noel Gallagher Would Have Liked To Have Met Kurt Cobain

He loves his music...

Noel Gallagher says he would have liked to meet Kurt Cobain before he died.

He said: "I wish I'd met Kurt Cobain. I always had an affinity with him. He was left-handed, blue-eyed, a Gemini, loved The Beatles like me. I would have loved to have shot the fucking shit with him. I asked Mark Coyle who co-produced 'Definitely Maybe' who was doing sound monitors for Teenage Fanclub when they went on tour with Nirvana what he was like and he said: 'He's fucking crazy but you'd like him.'"

He also praised Nevermind, adding: "All the great albums get greater with time. They never date. If you listen to 'Nevermind' it still sounds like the future of rock."