'David Bowie: The Day That Changed the World' will be broadcast on Boxing Day (December 26th) at 6pm (UK Time) on Absolute Radio, it features interviews with Noel Gallagher, Lady GaGa and more.
You can listen to the show live here.
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David Bowie
Lady GaGa
Noel Gallagher
'David Bowie: The Day That Changed the World' will be broadcast on Boxing Day (December 26th) at 6pm (UK Time) on Absolute Radio, it features interviews with Noel Gallagher, Lady GaGa and more.
You can listen to the show live here.
Noel Gallagher Features In 'David Bowie: The Day That Changed The World' On Absolute Radio On Boxing Day
'David Bowie: The Day That Changed the World' will be broadcast on Boxing Day (December 26th) at 6pm (UK Time) on Absolute Radio, it features interviews with Noel Gallagher, Lady GaGa and more.
You can listen to the show live here.
Blur
Lady GaGa
Madonna
Mark Ronson
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Radiohead
Sum 41
The outspoken former Oasis star is famous for his habit of taking other musicians to task during interviews, and in the past he has blasted artists including Lady GaGa, Radiohead, Madonna, Blur, Mark Ronson, Sum 41, and Keane.
However, he fears that one day his remarks will come back to bite him as he occasionally spots those he has taken aim at while milling around backstage at gigs.
Gallagher tells U.K. talk show host Alan Carr, "Festivals can be a bit tricky backstage, because I have s**gged a lot of people off in my time and catering can be a bit tricky if someone that you have nailed a couple of times is across the room and someone is nudging you going, 'Whatshisname is over there. Just blank him it will be alright'. So I've had a few tricky situations. Keeps it interesting."
Source: contactmusic.com
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Noel Gallagher Is Wary Of Mixing With Other Rock Stars Backstage At Festivals
The outspoken former Oasis star is famous for his habit of taking other musicians to task during interviews, and in the past he has blasted artists including Lady GaGa, Radiohead, Madonna, Blur, Mark Ronson, Sum 41, and Keane.
However, he fears that one day his remarks will come back to bite him as he occasionally spots those he has taken aim at while milling around backstage at gigs.
Gallagher tells U.K. talk show host Alan Carr, "Festivals can be a bit tricky backstage, because I have s**gged a lot of people off in my time and catering can be a bit tricky if someone that you have nailed a couple of times is across the room and someone is nudging you going, 'Whatshisname is over there. Just blank him it will be alright'. So I've had a few tricky situations. Keeps it interesting."
Source: contactmusic.com
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Adele
Ellie Goulding
Emeli Sande
Florence Welch
Jessie J
Justin Bieber
Lady GaGa
Liam Gallagher
Tom Odell
It’s Odell, not Adele. The names of the 2008 Critics’ Choice Brit Award winner and this year’s recipient aren’t spelled the same, but the 22 year-old from Chichester doesn’t mind the comparison.
‘I wouldn’t mind being the male Adele,’ Tom Odell says, opening a beer. ‘She came along and people were like, “Damn, we haven’t heard anyone this real for years.”’
We’re on a bar-room sofa, talking about the award he’ll pick up on Wednesday, the only Brit that’s announced in advance. Odell won it on the strength of six or seven plangent, soaring piano songs. Some are calling him a one-man Coldplay.
The thing is, no man has ever won a Critics’ Choice Award: the previous five went to Emeli Sandé, Jessie J, Ellie Goulding, Florence Welch and Adele.
‘Women have ruled the world for the past five years,’ Odell says. ‘The dominant male is history. Could you see a male Lady Gaga? The closest we’ve got is Justin Bieber, who’d be locked up if he tried the stuff Gaga gets away with. Women are the only rock stars now. Adele is brutally honest. I want to be like her.’
Brutally honest is one way of describing the middle-finger gesture Adele gave while receiving her last Brit – but everyone loves an outspoken star, I say. She’s taken over from Liam Gallagher.
‘But Liam Gallagher was full of ****.’ Odell says. He winces.
‘You won’t print that, will you? I can’t make enemies like that just yet.’ There’s a pregnant pause as I weigh up the pros and cons.
‘The point is, Adele is not full of ****,’ Odell continues. ‘I don’t think there’s much room for the drunken, misogynistic male in music any more.
'Although I think we’re opening a can of worms here. I said rock ’n’ roll was dead the other day and people got very angry…’
Rock ’n’ roll is dead, of course. Its age is past, just like the jazz age and the music hall age before that.
If you want to reach kids enduring 24-hour peer-group surveillance, it’s no longer enough to pick up a guitar and look cool. You need to go uncool. You need to go piano.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
Tom Odell Slams Liam Gallagher
It’s Odell, not Adele. The names of the 2008 Critics’ Choice Brit Award winner and this year’s recipient aren’t spelled the same, but the 22 year-old from Chichester doesn’t mind the comparison.
‘I wouldn’t mind being the male Adele,’ Tom Odell says, opening a beer. ‘She came along and people were like, “Damn, we haven’t heard anyone this real for years.”’
We’re on a bar-room sofa, talking about the award he’ll pick up on Wednesday, the only Brit that’s announced in advance. Odell won it on the strength of six or seven plangent, soaring piano songs. Some are calling him a one-man Coldplay.
The thing is, no man has ever won a Critics’ Choice Award: the previous five went to Emeli Sandé, Jessie J, Ellie Goulding, Florence Welch and Adele.
‘Women have ruled the world for the past five years,’ Odell says. ‘The dominant male is history. Could you see a male Lady Gaga? The closest we’ve got is Justin Bieber, who’d be locked up if he tried the stuff Gaga gets away with. Women are the only rock stars now. Adele is brutally honest. I want to be like her.’
Brutally honest is one way of describing the middle-finger gesture Adele gave while receiving her last Brit – but everyone loves an outspoken star, I say. She’s taken over from Liam Gallagher.
‘But Liam Gallagher was full of ****.’ Odell says. He winces.
‘You won’t print that, will you? I can’t make enemies like that just yet.’ There’s a pregnant pause as I weigh up the pros and cons.
‘The point is, Adele is not full of ****,’ Odell continues. ‘I don’t think there’s much room for the drunken, misogynistic male in music any more.
'Although I think we’re opening a can of worms here. I said rock ’n’ roll was dead the other day and people got very angry…’
Rock ’n’ roll is dead, of course. Its age is past, just like the jazz age and the music hall age before that.
If you want to reach kids enduring 24-hour peer-group surveillance, it’s no longer enough to pick up a guitar and look cool. You need to go uncool. You need to go piano.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
Beady Eye
Bob Dylan
chris Sharrock
David Bowie
Gem Archer
Green Day
Lady GaGa
Liam Gallagher
Madonna
Neil Young
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Paul McCartney
My first post-Oasis earful came last year from Liam Gallagher as he toured Beady Eye, a band comprised of three-fourths of Oasis minus singer Liam’s guitarist brother Noel.
After 18 years together in Oasis, the Gallagher brothers had topped the charts (“Wonderwall,” “Champagne Supernova”) and altered the course of rock and roll. But they were 18 contentious years. The Gallaghers fought constantly, and at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris in 2009 another backstage dust-up turned out to be their last. Noel stormed out. Oasis was over.
Inevitable solo projects followed. Liam and the others came and went as Beady Eye. “We’re not lacking anything,” he assured me. (Except a hit.)
Noel, now 45, stalled a while, then produced a solo album and now a lengthy tour under the moniker Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. The latter debut went platinum in England but hasn’t fared as well in the States.
Which may explain why Gallagher — once one of the biggest rock stars in the world — this weekend not only shares a double bill with the middling band Snow Patrol, but shares it at a casino in Chicago’s hinterlands.
The second earful — much funnier, by the way — came from Noel a few weeks ago. Adding to our conversation, a curious headline had appeared days earlier in the British music mag NME: “Liam Gallagher ‘would reform Oasis tomorrow.’ ” The article claimed everybody wanted the reunion and only Noel stood in its way.
Judging by Noel’s quip-tastic banter, fans shouldn’t hold their breath.
Question: You were the guitarist in Oasis, not often up front at the mike. What have you learned about becoming a front man?
Noel Gallagher: You know the [Maroon 5] song “Moves Like Jagger”? I don’t have them. I have moves like Wyman. I didn’t know what to expect when I first stepped up front. I thought, well, this’ll be weird for people. I haven’t really learned anything, but it’s reinforced my belief that what I always thought is true: It’s all about the songs. The songs are the show. Groups are about the razzmatazz, but when you go see a solo artist like Neil Young or Bob Dylan or Paul McCartney or Bowie or me, you know, you’re there to hear the songs. If you do that, that’s it. Unless, you know, you’re Madonna or Lady Gaga, but who gives a f--- about that? You don’t go to see Neil Young dance.
Q. I’ve heard you talk about Oasis naturally falling into what you call “the trap of stadium rock.” Why is that inevitable at a certain level?
NG: You get to the point of selling out stadiums, and that’s how your success is measured, subconsciously by you and everybody else. So you want to stay there, you know what I mean? People come to see you in stadiums, they want stadium rock. There’s nowhere left for you to go. So you’re expected to try and keep that going. It’s f-----g amazing, amazing, but don’t tell me the next Green Day album sounds different than the last three, not that anybody gives a f---. It was the same with Oasis. You start a rock band and the goal is to play stadiums. You get there, and you’re stuck there. Any movement from that point is considered a failure. You don’t get to say, “We need to f--- this off and go back to playing clubs,” because you just can’t. It’s a trap — an enjoyable one, but it puts an unnecessary ceiling on creativity.
Q. I interviewed Liam last year, and I asked him what the backstage fight in 2009 was about. He said, “You’d have to ask Noel.” So I’m asking: What was it about?
NG: Let’s see if I can recall. He’d not turned up for the previous gig, [the V Festival] in England. He caught a lot of flak in the press over it — we all did, but he got most of it. He’s a little bit like Hitler, Liam. Hitler thought there was a world conspiracy against the Germans, and Liam thinks there’s a world conspiracy against him, perpetrated by me through the press.
Q. But you and Liam fought all the time. What made that fight the clincher for the band?
NG: It was just the straw that broke the camel’s back. What makes an alcoholic give up drink after years of drinking? Going to the festival site that day, I had no intention of leaving the group. I was thinking about the next Oasis record. But after that, you know, I said f--- this. I didn’t particularly want to go solo. But I just said f--- it. That’s it, f--- it. A healthy dose of f--- it every now and then is good. It forces you into things you maybe should have done in the first place. Was it that bad? No. Had there been worse fights? Yeah.
Q. Have there been any moments of regret?
NG: No, and I don’t mean that in a callous way. But, no. There was a huge fracas in the dressing room, sh-- was smashed up. I went and sat in my car outside. The driver had the engine running. A big scene was going on inside. I sat there for what must have been a minute or two, but it felt like a lifetime. In that space of time, everything that had happened and was going to happen was flashing before my eyes. I made the decision. If I told the driver to drive, then it was finished. All the people in the field will go on. It’ll cost us millions. Or I could sit here, calm down, and do the gig. It’ll be f-----g awful. Again, I thought, f--- it, and I said, “Drive.”
Q. You may not think about it, but Liam might. You saw the recent NME story?
NG: Yeah, well, unfortunately in the two years after I left the band, everyone else’s tune was very different. They were quite bullish about it. All the people in Beady Eye were saying, “Oasis ran its course, we’re glad we’re out of it, we’re more creative now.” OK, fine, if that’s the way they feel. But don’t come to me in three years when your sh-- has well and truly gone down the toilet. I’ve seen Liam, Gem [Archer] and Chris [Shamrock] since then, and when I’ve seen them [the idea of a reunion] has never been mentioned.
Q. Is anyone besides journalists like me asking you about this?
NG: Nobody gives a sh--. I do realize that the only way to get people to stop asking me about it is to do it. But I’m stubborn. If it’s the last thing I do, I won’t do it. To re-form it, how could it be as good? People say they want it to happen because they’re younger and they missed us. Tough sh--. I’ve never seen the Sex Pistols or the Beatles. I still haven’t seen Bob Dylan, thank God.
Q. So what’s your future look like then?
NG: I’m going to try and fake my own retirement and see how it goes. I’ve tried disappearing, but I’ve got too big a nose to disappear, really. I always get recognized, even if I dress like an Eskimo. I’m not going to do anything. Watch a lot of TV. What I might do is hope against hope that that guy beats Obama in the election.
Q. Beg pardon?
NG: We don’t get enough laughs out of Obama. We liked George Bush. He was funny as f---. The comedy value would be great with Romney. Not for you guys, though.
Source: www.suntimes.com
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records.
They are currently playing the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.
For details on the above and more click here.
No Means No: Noel Gallagher Will Never, Ever Revisit Oasis
My first post-Oasis earful came last year from Liam Gallagher as he toured Beady Eye, a band comprised of three-fourths of Oasis minus singer Liam’s guitarist brother Noel.
After 18 years together in Oasis, the Gallagher brothers had topped the charts (“Wonderwall,” “Champagne Supernova”) and altered the course of rock and roll. But they were 18 contentious years. The Gallaghers fought constantly, and at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris in 2009 another backstage dust-up turned out to be their last. Noel stormed out. Oasis was over.
Inevitable solo projects followed. Liam and the others came and went as Beady Eye. “We’re not lacking anything,” he assured me. (Except a hit.)
Noel, now 45, stalled a while, then produced a solo album and now a lengthy tour under the moniker Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. The latter debut went platinum in England but hasn’t fared as well in the States.
Which may explain why Gallagher — once one of the biggest rock stars in the world — this weekend not only shares a double bill with the middling band Snow Patrol, but shares it at a casino in Chicago’s hinterlands.
The second earful — much funnier, by the way — came from Noel a few weeks ago. Adding to our conversation, a curious headline had appeared days earlier in the British music mag NME: “Liam Gallagher ‘would reform Oasis tomorrow.’ ” The article claimed everybody wanted the reunion and only Noel stood in its way.
Judging by Noel’s quip-tastic banter, fans shouldn’t hold their breath.
Question: You were the guitarist in Oasis, not often up front at the mike. What have you learned about becoming a front man?
Noel Gallagher: You know the [Maroon 5] song “Moves Like Jagger”? I don’t have them. I have moves like Wyman. I didn’t know what to expect when I first stepped up front. I thought, well, this’ll be weird for people. I haven’t really learned anything, but it’s reinforced my belief that what I always thought is true: It’s all about the songs. The songs are the show. Groups are about the razzmatazz, but when you go see a solo artist like Neil Young or Bob Dylan or Paul McCartney or Bowie or me, you know, you’re there to hear the songs. If you do that, that’s it. Unless, you know, you’re Madonna or Lady Gaga, but who gives a f--- about that? You don’t go to see Neil Young dance.
Q. I’ve heard you talk about Oasis naturally falling into what you call “the trap of stadium rock.” Why is that inevitable at a certain level?
NG: You get to the point of selling out stadiums, and that’s how your success is measured, subconsciously by you and everybody else. So you want to stay there, you know what I mean? People come to see you in stadiums, they want stadium rock. There’s nowhere left for you to go. So you’re expected to try and keep that going. It’s f-----g amazing, amazing, but don’t tell me the next Green Day album sounds different than the last three, not that anybody gives a f---. It was the same with Oasis. You start a rock band and the goal is to play stadiums. You get there, and you’re stuck there. Any movement from that point is considered a failure. You don’t get to say, “We need to f--- this off and go back to playing clubs,” because you just can’t. It’s a trap — an enjoyable one, but it puts an unnecessary ceiling on creativity.
Q. I interviewed Liam last year, and I asked him what the backstage fight in 2009 was about. He said, “You’d have to ask Noel.” So I’m asking: What was it about?
NG: Let’s see if I can recall. He’d not turned up for the previous gig, [the V Festival] in England. He caught a lot of flak in the press over it — we all did, but he got most of it. He’s a little bit like Hitler, Liam. Hitler thought there was a world conspiracy against the Germans, and Liam thinks there’s a world conspiracy against him, perpetrated by me through the press.
Q. But you and Liam fought all the time. What made that fight the clincher for the band?
NG: It was just the straw that broke the camel’s back. What makes an alcoholic give up drink after years of drinking? Going to the festival site that day, I had no intention of leaving the group. I was thinking about the next Oasis record. But after that, you know, I said f--- this. I didn’t particularly want to go solo. But I just said f--- it. That’s it, f--- it. A healthy dose of f--- it every now and then is good. It forces you into things you maybe should have done in the first place. Was it that bad? No. Had there been worse fights? Yeah.
Q. Have there been any moments of regret?
NG: No, and I don’t mean that in a callous way. But, no. There was a huge fracas in the dressing room, sh-- was smashed up. I went and sat in my car outside. The driver had the engine running. A big scene was going on inside. I sat there for what must have been a minute or two, but it felt like a lifetime. In that space of time, everything that had happened and was going to happen was flashing before my eyes. I made the decision. If I told the driver to drive, then it was finished. All the people in the field will go on. It’ll cost us millions. Or I could sit here, calm down, and do the gig. It’ll be f-----g awful. Again, I thought, f--- it, and I said, “Drive.”
Q. You may not think about it, but Liam might. You saw the recent NME story?
NG: Yeah, well, unfortunately in the two years after I left the band, everyone else’s tune was very different. They were quite bullish about it. All the people in Beady Eye were saying, “Oasis ran its course, we’re glad we’re out of it, we’re more creative now.” OK, fine, if that’s the way they feel. But don’t come to me in three years when your sh-- has well and truly gone down the toilet. I’ve seen Liam, Gem [Archer] and Chris [Shamrock] since then, and when I’ve seen them [the idea of a reunion] has never been mentioned.
Q. Is anyone besides journalists like me asking you about this?
NG: Nobody gives a sh--. I do realize that the only way to get people to stop asking me about it is to do it. But I’m stubborn. If it’s the last thing I do, I won’t do it. To re-form it, how could it be as good? People say they want it to happen because they’re younger and they missed us. Tough sh--. I’ve never seen the Sex Pistols or the Beatles. I still haven’t seen Bob Dylan, thank God.
Q. So what’s your future look like then?
NG: I’m going to try and fake my own retirement and see how it goes. I’ve tried disappearing, but I’ve got too big a nose to disappear, really. I always get recognized, even if I dress like an Eskimo. I’m not going to do anything. Watch a lot of TV. What I might do is hope against hope that that guy beats Obama in the election.
Q. Beg pardon?
NG: We don’t get enough laughs out of Obama. We liked George Bush. He was funny as f---. The comedy value would be great with Romney. Not for you guys, though.
Source: www.suntimes.com
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released International Magic Live At The O2 DVD through Sour Mash Records.
They are currently playing the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg.
For details on the above and more click here.
Ellie Goulding
Green Day
Lady GaGa
Madness
Mumford And Sons
Noel Gallagher
The print edition of Q316 is available to buy in stores from today (25 September).
The digital version of the issue, Q316, is on sale right now for iPad.
Featuring a cover story interview with Noel Gallagher, the issue also includes Mumford & Sons, Lady Gaga, Madness, Green Day, Ellie Goulding and much more.
To get the issue on iPad, head to iTunes get the Q iPad App and then you can download the new edition.
The first generation of Q on the iPad is a reader featuring the whole of the print issue - plus a series of bonus content, which this month includes extra questions and a gallery with Noel, tracks from our New To Q acts, an audio interview with Mumford & Sons and more.
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.
More details on the above dates and more can be found by clicking here.
Q Magazine On Sale Now With Noel Gallagher On The Cover
The print edition of Q316 is available to buy in stores from today (25 September).
The digital version of the issue, Q316, is on sale right now for iPad.
Featuring a cover story interview with Noel Gallagher, the issue also includes Mumford & Sons, Lady Gaga, Madness, Green Day, Ellie Goulding and much more.
To get the issue on iPad, head to iTunes get the Q iPad App and then you can download the new edition.
The first generation of Q on the iPad is a reader featuring the whole of the print issue - plus a series of bonus content, which this month includes extra questions and a gallery with Noel, tracks from our New To Q acts, an audio interview with Mumford & Sons and more.
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.
More details on the above dates and more can be found by clicking here.
Ellie Goulding
Green Day
Lady GaGa
Madness
Noel Gallagher
The print edition of Q316 will be in the shops from Tuesday (25 September).
The digital version of our new issue, Q316, is on sale right now for iPad.
Featuring a cover story interview with Noel Gallagher, the issue also includes Mumford & Sons, Lady Gaga, Madness, Green Day, Ellie Goulding and much more.
To get the issue on iPad, head to iTunes get the Q iPad App and then you can download the new edition.
The first generation of Q on the iPad is a reader featuring the whole of the print issue - plus a series of bonus content, which this month includes extra questions and a gallery with Noel, tracks from our New To Q acts, an audio interview with Mumford & Sons and more.
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.
More details on the above dates and more can be found by clicking here.
Noel Gallagher Is On The Front Of The New Edition Of Q Magazine
The print edition of Q316 will be in the shops from Tuesday (25 September).
The digital version of our new issue, Q316, is on sale right now for iPad.
Featuring a cover story interview with Noel Gallagher, the issue also includes Mumford & Sons, Lady Gaga, Madness, Green Day, Ellie Goulding and much more.
To get the issue on iPad, head to iTunes get the Q iPad App and then you can download the new edition.
The first generation of Q on the iPad is a reader featuring the whole of the print issue - plus a series of bonus content, which this month includes extra questions and a gallery with Noel, tracks from our New To Q acts, an audio interview with Mumford & Sons and more.
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.
More details on the above dates and more can be found by clicking here.
Justin Bieber
Lady GaGa
Miley Cyrus
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Rihanna
Given all the recent coverage of his run-in with Katie Holmes and various, life-altering ways, you may be unaware that Noel Gallagher, late of Oasis, has just released his first proper solo album, a rock-solid collection of tunes that run the gamut from psych-tinged burners ("[I Wanna Live in a Dream in My] Record Machine") to straight-ahead churners ("Everybody's on the Run"), with stops at just about every point in between.
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He's called the disc Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, a nod to both the first Fleetwood Mac album and a Jefferson Airplane song of (roughly) the same name, and so far, things are soaring. It's been greeted with glowing reviews, most of which seem to harp on the fact that the album represents "his best tunes in 15 years." Of course, in typical Gallagher fashion, he's not paying attention to any of it.
"I didn't read any of the reviews and think, 'Well, these people think I've been writing crap songs for the last 15 years.' I don't think of things like that," he told MTV News. "When I'm in the studio, I'm literally taking it song by song and then, you know, you get to the end of it. I got to say though, during the mixing of it, as each track was being finished, I was thinking, 'This does sound really good. ...'
"But I wouldn't like to compare it to anything Oasis did, because that's not fair," he continued. "We were a band and I was writing songs for someone else to sing, so you can't really compare the two. It's just a good record, what can I say?"
Humility was never his strong suit. Neither, apparently, was guitar playing. Because even though he slung the ax loud and often in Oasis, he never really considered himself to be a guitar player. Which is why, on High Flying Birds, he limited the showing off — there are, by unofficial count, just two solos on the whole album — and focused instead on doing what he loves best: writing killer tunes.
"I guess when guitarists make solo records, there's usually a lot of showing off. But I've been trying to convince for 20 years that I'm not a guitarist, I'm a songwriter. I played lead guitar in the band because everybody else, in the early days, was useless, so that kind of fell to me," he laughed. "But it's not something I ever thought I would put myself up there with John Squire or Johnny Marr or all those great British guitarists, that's not my thing. My thing was songwriting. I only noticed [the lack of solos] when a friend of mine was listening to the finished version, and it got to track six and he went, 'You know, that's the first guitar solo,' and I was like, 'Wow, someone's got an easy gig, doesn't he?' "
And since there's not going to be an Oasis reunion in the cards anytime soon, Gallagher is focused on promoting Birds both here and abroad. He's playing on just about every continent over the next six months and seems quite content to be doing nothing else. Especially attempting to figure out the machinations of the music industry of 2011 ... a plan he abandoned long ago, thanks in no small part to his daughter.
"She is into music, she's never mentioned Justin Bieber to me ... Lady Gaga's her thing, and Rihanna and, is it, Miley Cyrus? All that kind of thing," he said. "It's kind of a rule, she's got to like Oasis and her old fella, so she's into that side of it. But her teenage rock years will come [and], no doubt, she'll be into f---ing Nickelback as well."
Source: www.mtv.com
Noel Gallagher Soars With High Flying Birds
Given all the recent coverage of his run-in with Katie Holmes and various, life-altering ways, you may be unaware that Noel Gallagher, late of Oasis, has just released his first proper solo album, a rock-solid collection of tunes that run the gamut from psych-tinged burners ("[I Wanna Live in a Dream in My] Record Machine") to straight-ahead churners ("Everybody's on the Run"), with stops at just about every point in between.
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VIDEO ONLY WORKS IN THE US
He's called the disc Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, a nod to both the first Fleetwood Mac album and a Jefferson Airplane song of (roughly) the same name, and so far, things are soaring. It's been greeted with glowing reviews, most of which seem to harp on the fact that the album represents "his best tunes in 15 years." Of course, in typical Gallagher fashion, he's not paying attention to any of it.
"I didn't read any of the reviews and think, 'Well, these people think I've been writing crap songs for the last 15 years.' I don't think of things like that," he told MTV News. "When I'm in the studio, I'm literally taking it song by song and then, you know, you get to the end of it. I got to say though, during the mixing of it, as each track was being finished, I was thinking, 'This does sound really good. ...'
"But I wouldn't like to compare it to anything Oasis did, because that's not fair," he continued. "We were a band and I was writing songs for someone else to sing, so you can't really compare the two. It's just a good record, what can I say?"
Humility was never his strong suit. Neither, apparently, was guitar playing. Because even though he slung the ax loud and often in Oasis, he never really considered himself to be a guitar player. Which is why, on High Flying Birds, he limited the showing off — there are, by unofficial count, just two solos on the whole album — and focused instead on doing what he loves best: writing killer tunes.
"I guess when guitarists make solo records, there's usually a lot of showing off. But I've been trying to convince for 20 years that I'm not a guitarist, I'm a songwriter. I played lead guitar in the band because everybody else, in the early days, was useless, so that kind of fell to me," he laughed. "But it's not something I ever thought I would put myself up there with John Squire or Johnny Marr or all those great British guitarists, that's not my thing. My thing was songwriting. I only noticed [the lack of solos] when a friend of mine was listening to the finished version, and it got to track six and he went, 'You know, that's the first guitar solo,' and I was like, 'Wow, someone's got an easy gig, doesn't he?' "
And since there's not going to be an Oasis reunion in the cards anytime soon, Gallagher is focused on promoting Birds both here and abroad. He's playing on just about every continent over the next six months and seems quite content to be doing nothing else. Especially attempting to figure out the machinations of the music industry of 2011 ... a plan he abandoned long ago, thanks in no small part to his daughter.
"She is into music, she's never mentioned Justin Bieber to me ... Lady Gaga's her thing, and Rihanna and, is it, Miley Cyrus? All that kind of thing," he said. "It's kind of a rule, she's got to like Oasis and her old fella, so she's into that side of it. But her teenage rock years will come [and], no doubt, she'll be into f---ing Nickelback as well."
Source: www.mtv.com
Kasabian
Lady GaGa
Neil Young
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
The other Oasis brother charts an entirely different course with 'High Flying Birds'
Two years after closing the door on his celebrated Britpop band Oasis, singer-songwriter-guitarist Noel Gallagher is back in the saddle with his solo debut, "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds", due in stores today.
After a decade with Oasis - one of the most successful rock bands of the '90s - Gallagher's solo excursion is being watched closely.
While brother Liam Gallagher's new group Beady Eyes sounds a lot like Oasis, Noel has taken a different approach, adding strings, trumpets and a choir.
Recorded in London and Los Angeles, the album was produced by Gallagher and Dave Sardy, who used to man the boards for Oasis too.
The album and touring band also feature former Oasis keyboard man Mike Rowe, Lemon Trees drummer Jeremy Stacey, ex-Zutons bassist Russell Pritchard and guitarist David McDonnell.
And now, live on the phone, it's Noel Gallagher!
High Flying Birds?
I just thought it sounded cool.
We haven't heard the album yet. What does it sound like?
I can't tell you what it sounds like, but I can tell what it doesn't sound like - it doesn't sound like stadium rock. It's kind of about escapism and hope, the longing to belong somewhere else.
We hear you wrote one of the songs in Thailand. True or false?
True: "Stop the Clocks" was written in Thailand, the last track on the album. I was in Phuket when I wrote that song. I always had a nice time in Thailand - nice food, nice people, nice shops.
Why did you choose "The Death of You and Me" as the first single?
I chose it because it sounded different from anything else I'd done before. It encapsulates the theme of the album, which is about hope, escapism and the sense of belonging. It's a great song, I think.
Why is the tour opening in Dublin next week?
I don't know. There's no particular reason, really. The production manager asked, "Do you fancy Dublin?" and I said, "Why not?" That was it. After Dublin we'll play Manchester, Edinburgh and London and carry on from there. And when people stop coming to see me, I'll stop.
Tell us a bit about your touring band.
These are people I've known for years. The keyboard player was with Oasis, and I asked him to join. The bass player called me up one day and asked if someone was playing bass, and I said nobody. He said, "Cool, can I do it?" And I said, "Yes!" And that was it.
Then the rest of the members came along, and here you go. We're not actually a band, really. High Flying Birds is just me.
Are they playing for you for just this album and tour?
I don't know - I was just going to do one tour with them, and after that I'm not sure.
Do you ever want to form another band?
Not really. I've been in a really great band like Oasis, and I don't think you can really reproduce that. I don't think I'll be able to break away from it, so I'm not going to try to. I'm proud of what I achieved with Oasis. I'm proud of the songs I wrote, the gigs that we did - everything.
How have you changed much over the years?
That's not a question I can answer, is it? You have to speak to my wife.
Do you prefer the way the music scene was back then to the way things are now?
Oh, I prefer it back then, of course. Now music has no soul anymore. Great music is still great music, but I prefer the scene back then. I liked going to record shops and buying records, and that was fantastic. There's no record shops anywhere now, so I have download music.
And I pay for it, for sure!
How's illegal downloading affecting your career?
A little bit. I'm not sure.
What bands do you like now?
I like Kasabian, because they write good songs.
Who would you like to collaborate with?
Neil Young.
What about cross-genre collaboration?
Maybe. It depends on a lot of things, but it's not something I think about, really. But if Lady Gaga asked me to do a song for her I'd say yes.
How do you like her music, then?
I don't have an opinion about that.
Anything you'd like to say to your Thai fans?
I hope you like my album and the songs mean something to you. I hope to see you all very soon.
Source: www.nationmultimedia.com
Noel Gallagher 'If Lady Gaga Asked Me To Do A Song For Her I'd Say Yes"
The other Oasis brother charts an entirely different course with 'High Flying Birds'
Two years after closing the door on his celebrated Britpop band Oasis, singer-songwriter-guitarist Noel Gallagher is back in the saddle with his solo debut, "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds", due in stores today.
After a decade with Oasis - one of the most successful rock bands of the '90s - Gallagher's solo excursion is being watched closely.
While brother Liam Gallagher's new group Beady Eyes sounds a lot like Oasis, Noel has taken a different approach, adding strings, trumpets and a choir.
Recorded in London and Los Angeles, the album was produced by Gallagher and Dave Sardy, who used to man the boards for Oasis too.
The album and touring band also feature former Oasis keyboard man Mike Rowe, Lemon Trees drummer Jeremy Stacey, ex-Zutons bassist Russell Pritchard and guitarist David McDonnell.
And now, live on the phone, it's Noel Gallagher!
High Flying Birds?
I just thought it sounded cool.
We haven't heard the album yet. What does it sound like?
I can't tell you what it sounds like, but I can tell what it doesn't sound like - it doesn't sound like stadium rock. It's kind of about escapism and hope, the longing to belong somewhere else.
We hear you wrote one of the songs in Thailand. True or false?
True: "Stop the Clocks" was written in Thailand, the last track on the album. I was in Phuket when I wrote that song. I always had a nice time in Thailand - nice food, nice people, nice shops.
Why did you choose "The Death of You and Me" as the first single?
I chose it because it sounded different from anything else I'd done before. It encapsulates the theme of the album, which is about hope, escapism and the sense of belonging. It's a great song, I think.
Why is the tour opening in Dublin next week?
I don't know. There's no particular reason, really. The production manager asked, "Do you fancy Dublin?" and I said, "Why not?" That was it. After Dublin we'll play Manchester, Edinburgh and London and carry on from there. And when people stop coming to see me, I'll stop.
Tell us a bit about your touring band.
These are people I've known for years. The keyboard player was with Oasis, and I asked him to join. The bass player called me up one day and asked if someone was playing bass, and I said nobody. He said, "Cool, can I do it?" And I said, "Yes!" And that was it.
Then the rest of the members came along, and here you go. We're not actually a band, really. High Flying Birds is just me.
Are they playing for you for just this album and tour?
I don't know - I was just going to do one tour with them, and after that I'm not sure.
Do you ever want to form another band?
Not really. I've been in a really great band like Oasis, and I don't think you can really reproduce that. I don't think I'll be able to break away from it, so I'm not going to try to. I'm proud of what I achieved with Oasis. I'm proud of the songs I wrote, the gigs that we did - everything.
How have you changed much over the years?
That's not a question I can answer, is it? You have to speak to my wife.
Do you prefer the way the music scene was back then to the way things are now?
Oh, I prefer it back then, of course. Now music has no soul anymore. Great music is still great music, but I prefer the scene back then. I liked going to record shops and buying records, and that was fantastic. There's no record shops anywhere now, so I have download music.
And I pay for it, for sure!
How's illegal downloading affecting your career?
A little bit. I'm not sure.
What bands do you like now?
I like Kasabian, because they write good songs.
Who would you like to collaborate with?
Neil Young.
What about cross-genre collaboration?
Maybe. It depends on a lot of things, but it's not something I think about, really. But if Lady Gaga asked me to do a song for her I'd say yes.
How do you like her music, then?
I don't have an opinion about that.
Anything you'd like to say to your Thai fans?
I hope you like my album and the songs mean something to you. I hope to see you all very soon.
Source: www.nationmultimedia.com
Jack White
Keane
Lady GaGa
Noel Gallagher
Robbie Williams
The former Oasis guitarist and songwriter is famed for his rants about other acts, with Blur, Robbie Williams, Scissor Sisters, Keane and Jack White among those on the receiving end of his volleys of disdain.
His latest target is Lady Gaga, despite his 11-year-old daughter being a big fan of the Bad Romance singer.
Noel told Q magazine: 'It's all about the meat suit and the controversy. Is it about the music? Really? She's got the publicity side sorted out, but where's the f****** music?
'Paparazzi? It's Madonna lite. Madonna was hardcore. She took it to the edge musically as well as everything else.
'Twenty years from now, will we listen to Lady Gaga? No. She might think she is making a stand for the freaks and the weirdos but they're not going to have any decent f****** music to play are they?'
Source: www.metro.co.uk
Noel Gallagher: Lady Gaga Hasn't Given Weirdos Any Decent Music
The former Oasis guitarist and songwriter is famed for his rants about other acts, with Blur, Robbie Williams, Scissor Sisters, Keane and Jack White among those on the receiving end of his volleys of disdain.
His latest target is Lady Gaga, despite his 11-year-old daughter being a big fan of the Bad Romance singer.
Noel told Q magazine: 'It's all about the meat suit and the controversy. Is it about the music? Really? She's got the publicity side sorted out, but where's the f****** music?
'Paparazzi? It's Madonna lite. Madonna was hardcore. She took it to the edge musically as well as everything else.
'Twenty years from now, will we listen to Lady Gaga? No. She might think she is making a stand for the freaks and the weirdos but they're not going to have any decent f****** music to play are they?'
Source: www.metro.co.uk
Adele
Jay-Z
Lady GaGa
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Take That
Exclusive photos of David Bowie/Kate Moss, Jay-Z, Lily Allen, Lady Gaga, Adele, Chris Martin, Rihanna, Take That, Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Tinie Tempah, Katy Perry and many more 7th ' 9th October at Red Bull Studios 155-171 Tooley Street London SE1 2JP.
Q ' the UK's biggest selling monthly music magazine ' will be celebrating 25 years of iconic photography with it's first major photo exhibition, to be held from the 7th-9th of October at Red Bull Studios, Tooley Street in London.
The exhibition is the latest event to mark the 25th anniversary of Q , a magazine which has shaped and influenced the UK music scene for two and a half decades. Every significant act to have emerged in that time ' from U2 to Adele, Oasis to Rihanna, Radiohead to Laura Marling, Jay-Z to Florence And The Machine, and countless more besides ' has graced the magazine's hallowed cover and here for the first time some of that imagery will be exhibited.
Q is one of the world's most influential music brands ' communicating to and engaging with more than a million music fans every day. The iconic Q magazine sits at the heart of the brand and is connected to a 360-degree service that encompasses online, social media, radio, TV and live events, with each dedicated to discovering great new music and bringing unparalleled access and insight in the people making it.
Q Editor In Chief Paul Rees says: 'Throughout its history Q has photographed the biggest and most exciting people in music ' and has always strived to create indelible images that encapsulate the essence of them. We are rightly proud of the many outstanding photographers who have worked for Q and of the results of their labours. The Icons exhibition is the perfect stage from which to celebrate their great work.'
Source: www.music-news.com
Q Magazine Celebrate 25 Years Of Iconic Photography
Exclusive photos of David Bowie/Kate Moss, Jay-Z, Lily Allen, Lady Gaga, Adele, Chris Martin, Rihanna, Take That, Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Tinie Tempah, Katy Perry and many more 7th ' 9th October at Red Bull Studios 155-171 Tooley Street London SE1 2JP.
Q ' the UK's biggest selling monthly music magazine ' will be celebrating 25 years of iconic photography with it's first major photo exhibition, to be held from the 7th-9th of October at Red Bull Studios, Tooley Street in London.
The exhibition is the latest event to mark the 25th anniversary of Q , a magazine which has shaped and influenced the UK music scene for two and a half decades. Every significant act to have emerged in that time ' from U2 to Adele, Oasis to Rihanna, Radiohead to Laura Marling, Jay-Z to Florence And The Machine, and countless more besides ' has graced the magazine's hallowed cover and here for the first time some of that imagery will be exhibited.
Q is one of the world's most influential music brands ' communicating to and engaging with more than a million music fans every day. The iconic Q magazine sits at the heart of the brand and is connected to a 360-degree service that encompasses online, social media, radio, TV and live events, with each dedicated to discovering great new music and bringing unparalleled access and insight in the people making it.
Q Editor In Chief Paul Rees says: 'Throughout its history Q has photographed the biggest and most exciting people in music ' and has always strived to create indelible images that encapsulate the essence of them. We are rightly proud of the many outstanding photographers who have worked for Q and of the results of their labours. The Icons exhibition is the perfect stage from which to celebrate their great work.'
Source: www.music-news.com
Beady Eye
Lady GaGa
Liam Gallagher
Oasis
Peter Kay
Pretty Green
The Stone Roses
He may be a devoted dad, but Liam Gallagher is still berating everything in sight, including his “Louis Walsh”-esque brother. Jimi Famurewa ducks for cover
With a frightening snarl on his lips and his hand an inch from our face, Liam Gallagher is looming aggressively over ShortList. Don’t worry: things haven’t taken a turn for the worse after we criticised Songbird or revealed a pair of novelty Manchester United socks. The former Oasis frontman is merely re-enacting what it’s like to be confronted by a pushy paparazzo.
Rude snappers aren’t the only ones to feel his expletive-laden ire during our frenzied 30-minute interview at a west London hotel. Unbowed by Beady Eye’s modest record sales and celebrity detractors, the younger Gallagher brother still has plenty to get off his parka-clad chest. And he’s doing it in his usual delicate manner…
It’s been a year since you formed Beady Eye. How do you think it’s gone?
The first six gigs [we did] were a bit nervous but the pressure’s off now. We’re sh*t-hot live and we’ve been working on some new stuff. The next album will have bigger and better songs on it. This album was definitely a debut because there are certain songs that are just up and at you. But the next one is going to be mega — we’re not here to mess about.
Have you had to eject people yelling for Oasis songs at gigs?
I haven’t heard them, but they can do what they want. It ain’t going to happen. And that’s not because we don’t love Oasis, but because it’s over and we’ve got to move on. I think that 90 per cent of people want to move on too. Oasis had its f*cking time. People can go, “They were sh*t after the second album,” but I think we made some good [later] albums. We ended when we ended but up until that point we put out some good tunes, we were real and we didn’t take any sh*t. You need a band like that, so hopefully Beady Eye will carry that on.
Do you rate nu-folk bands such as Mumford & Sons?
I’m sure they’re all nice lads but that’s not for me, man. They look like f*cking Amish people. You know them ones with the big sideys that don’t use electricity? Growing their own food and putting barns up. I need music to be a bit more sexy and played by people who look a bit f*cking dangerous.
Brother are being compared to Oasis quite a bit...
I’ve heard a couple of tunes and it reminds me of Blur and Elastica. That to me is Britpop. Oasis weren’t that. Brother sound like they’re a bit more Camden than anything else. It’s not my cup of tea. I said, “I’m not having posh lads with tattoos,” but at least they’re playing guitar music. I was just seeing what they were made of, really.
So did they come back at you?
Yeah, they came back and said, “We don’t care what he says, we want to know what Noel says.” I wouldn’t give a f*ck what he’s got to say. Our kid looks more like Louis Walsh these days.
You’ve also recently been critical of Glastonbury. Are you not interested in playing it again?
I’m not, mate. Listen, I don’t wake up in the morning and go, “Here you are, the world according to Liam Gallagher.” Someone asked me about Glastonbury so I told them that last time I played there it was sh*t. You can hear the crowd talking while you’re playing, they don’t put any money into the PA and it’s just full of f*cking idiots. It’s like Bond Street with mud.
Were you disappointed with the low chart position of Beady Eye’s singles?
I’m not even worried. I’m certainly not arsed whether we go in at No1 or No71. I’ve been No1. If I was in a young band now then I’d be worried about it, but I’ve been there and had a look over the wall at what it is. It’s not guitar music’s time right now and that’s the way it is. You can’t force it to be in the charts and just because it is in the charts or at No1 doesn’t mean it’s any f*cking good. The f*cking Birdie Song nearly went to No1 and that wasn’t any good.
What do you think about people such as Lady Gaga?
I f*cking like her. Some of it’s bordering on ridiculous, but she brings it back around again because she can sing, she can dance, she’s out there taking chances and she’s not like all the other girl acts. She seems like she’s a bit f*cking mad and I like that. I like her, man.
After Oasis split, did you ever consider quitting music?
No. No way. Noel, for whatever reasons he’s f*cking spinning this week, left the band. We didn’t split up. He decided he wanted to get off and show the world he could turn a light switch on and off and write a tune. Everyone knows he can write songs and he was the main man in Oasis, but obviously that wasn’t enough for him. But I never thought, “That’s me. I’ve had my 18 years or whatever in the sun.” Music has always been a very big part of me. I’m going to do it until the day I die, man. And, hopefully, do some clothes at the same time. And look cool as f*ck until the day I die.
Since starting your clothing label Pretty Green, have the free clothes stretched your wardrobe to bursting point?
Yeah, man. Since I started Pretty Green my missus hasn’t been happy. I’ve always had more shoes than her [laughs]. I like my shoes. I just have to go through it every now and again and think, “D’you know what? I’ll give that to charity.” That makes me feel good. There’s loads of f*cking cool-looking tramps round our way now, mate.
How do you feel about celebrities wearing Pretty Green?
A few people like it. A lot of footballers, and Lewis Hamilton’s into it. There’s something in there for everyone. The prices could be a little bit expensive for people who haven’t got that much money, which is why we do the Green Label, but the Black Label looks f*cking tasty.
Any people you wouldn’t want wearing it?
Well, I would say [Manchester] United players, but they seem to like it a lot so we’ll leave them. Just f*cking axe murderers, paedophiles and people like that.
What about Jedward?
I don’t mind them little f*ckers. They don’t take themselves too seriously, do they?
Who were your style heroes when you were younger, then?
For me growing up in Manchester it was The Stone Roses. They always looked cool.
Where do you stand on The Stone Roses reunion rumours?
I’d love the Roses to get back, play that album and make a sh*tload of money for themselves, because I’m sure they didn’t make that much [before]. Do some great f*cking gigs, see what the reaction is and go make a new record. We come on to I Am The Resurrection at all of our gigs and the crowd go nuts. Apparently, Ian Brown’s worried about singing but he wouldn’t even have to — we’d sing it for him.
And what about an Oasis reunion?
What would be the point? We don’t get on with each other. Noel’s going down his path and I’m going down mine.
Do you miss singing those old songs?
No, because the songs we’re doing are equally good, I think. It’s early days. We only put the album out in February and some of those songs are going to grow into classics. I had a great time singing Oasis songs, without a doubt. But I think Oasis is beatable, man. There were certain things Oasis lacked.
Such as?
A bit more adventure. I’m not saying like Radiohead, where they go experimenting — a lot of that sh*t is barking up the wrong tree. With Oasis we did experiment but Noel was holding back the reins a bit. The thing for me is rock’n’roll isn’t about analysing it. It’s about if it makes you jump up and go, “Yeah! That’s a tune.” I could do you a well-crafted tune tomorrow, but if it just goes over your head, who cares? I don’t want to make lift music. Noel would write a song, it’d cover all the bases but it lacks that killer punch. And that’s what we’ve got with me. The people that go, “Oh, Beady Eye is not Oasis,” well, I’ll tell you what — you wait until you hear Noel’s music because that ain’t gonna be Oasis either. It might remind you of it but there’ll be something missing. And what’ll be missing is f*cking me.
Do you think you’ve mellowed with age?
Yeah, without a doubt. People live in the past — I’m 20 years older than that person they talk about. I’ve still got bits of that guy, but I’ve grown up as well.
What else do you get up to away from music?
I’m into that Rastamouse, mate. But I don’t watch it too much because my kids are a bit too old for it now. The usual, man. I’ve been to watch the new Pirates Of The Caribbean. I’m into my little sausage dogs — I’ve got a new chocolate-dappled one called Brigitte Bardot. It’s mega.
Have you seen Peter Kay since his jibe at you at last year’s Brits?
I’ve not bumped into that c*nt, but you’d know it if I did. How could you miss that idiot? The thing with him is he says it behind your back. I didn’t throw the award into the crowd to be a “knobhead” [like Kay said]. I threw it in to give it to the fans because Oasis was over and it was theirs now. It was like a José Mourinho thing. But obviously that f*cking idiot took it the wrong way because he’s not worldly and he doesn’t come down to London. He just lives in ‘Boooorlton’.
How’s the Beatles film you’re working on coming along?
I’ve seen the first script and it’s f*cking funny. It’s not Austin Powers-y but it’s got great humour in it. It’s going to be mega. We need an actor to play Derek Taylor [The Beatles’ press officer and lead role in the film] and I’m going for Johnny Depp. He’s a big star, he’s a great actor and he’s got that quirky sh*t we need.
Derek Taylor’s a bit like he’s always tripping his head off.
Finally, was there any truth to the rumour that you burgled Richard and Judy when you were younger?
Saying that I robbed their house… Are you taking the p*ss? It’s a good job I f*cking like them otherwise they’d have heard from our lawyers. I woke up that morning, saw it in the papers and went, “You f*cking what?” Some other c*nt could get uptight about that, I just laughed at it. I know who did rob their house, mind [laughs].
Source: www.shortlist.com
Liam Gallagher Talks Beady Eye, Oasis, Pretty Green, Stone Roses, Peter Kay, Lady Gaga And More
He may be a devoted dad, but Liam Gallagher is still berating everything in sight, including his “Louis Walsh”-esque brother. Jimi Famurewa ducks for cover
With a frightening snarl on his lips and his hand an inch from our face, Liam Gallagher is looming aggressively over ShortList. Don’t worry: things haven’t taken a turn for the worse after we criticised Songbird or revealed a pair of novelty Manchester United socks. The former Oasis frontman is merely re-enacting what it’s like to be confronted by a pushy paparazzo.
Rude snappers aren’t the only ones to feel his expletive-laden ire during our frenzied 30-minute interview at a west London hotel. Unbowed by Beady Eye’s modest record sales and celebrity detractors, the younger Gallagher brother still has plenty to get off his parka-clad chest. And he’s doing it in his usual delicate manner…
It’s been a year since you formed Beady Eye. How do you think it’s gone?
The first six gigs [we did] were a bit nervous but the pressure’s off now. We’re sh*t-hot live and we’ve been working on some new stuff. The next album will have bigger and better songs on it. This album was definitely a debut because there are certain songs that are just up and at you. But the next one is going to be mega — we’re not here to mess about.
Have you had to eject people yelling for Oasis songs at gigs?
I haven’t heard them, but they can do what they want. It ain’t going to happen. And that’s not because we don’t love Oasis, but because it’s over and we’ve got to move on. I think that 90 per cent of people want to move on too. Oasis had its f*cking time. People can go, “They were sh*t after the second album,” but I think we made some good [later] albums. We ended when we ended but up until that point we put out some good tunes, we were real and we didn’t take any sh*t. You need a band like that, so hopefully Beady Eye will carry that on.
Do you rate nu-folk bands such as Mumford & Sons?
I’m sure they’re all nice lads but that’s not for me, man. They look like f*cking Amish people. You know them ones with the big sideys that don’t use electricity? Growing their own food and putting barns up. I need music to be a bit more sexy and played by people who look a bit f*cking dangerous.
Brother are being compared to Oasis quite a bit...
I’ve heard a couple of tunes and it reminds me of Blur and Elastica. That to me is Britpop. Oasis weren’t that. Brother sound like they’re a bit more Camden than anything else. It’s not my cup of tea. I said, “I’m not having posh lads with tattoos,” but at least they’re playing guitar music. I was just seeing what they were made of, really.
So did they come back at you?
Yeah, they came back and said, “We don’t care what he says, we want to know what Noel says.” I wouldn’t give a f*ck what he’s got to say. Our kid looks more like Louis Walsh these days.
You’ve also recently been critical of Glastonbury. Are you not interested in playing it again?
I’m not, mate. Listen, I don’t wake up in the morning and go, “Here you are, the world according to Liam Gallagher.” Someone asked me about Glastonbury so I told them that last time I played there it was sh*t. You can hear the crowd talking while you’re playing, they don’t put any money into the PA and it’s just full of f*cking idiots. It’s like Bond Street with mud.
Were you disappointed with the low chart position of Beady Eye’s singles?
I’m not even worried. I’m certainly not arsed whether we go in at No1 or No71. I’ve been No1. If I was in a young band now then I’d be worried about it, but I’ve been there and had a look over the wall at what it is. It’s not guitar music’s time right now and that’s the way it is. You can’t force it to be in the charts and just because it is in the charts or at No1 doesn’t mean it’s any f*cking good. The f*cking Birdie Song nearly went to No1 and that wasn’t any good.
What do you think about people such as Lady Gaga?
I f*cking like her. Some of it’s bordering on ridiculous, but she brings it back around again because she can sing, she can dance, she’s out there taking chances and she’s not like all the other girl acts. She seems like she’s a bit f*cking mad and I like that. I like her, man.
After Oasis split, did you ever consider quitting music?
No. No way. Noel, for whatever reasons he’s f*cking spinning this week, left the band. We didn’t split up. He decided he wanted to get off and show the world he could turn a light switch on and off and write a tune. Everyone knows he can write songs and he was the main man in Oasis, but obviously that wasn’t enough for him. But I never thought, “That’s me. I’ve had my 18 years or whatever in the sun.” Music has always been a very big part of me. I’m going to do it until the day I die, man. And, hopefully, do some clothes at the same time. And look cool as f*ck until the day I die.
Since starting your clothing label Pretty Green, have the free clothes stretched your wardrobe to bursting point?
Yeah, man. Since I started Pretty Green my missus hasn’t been happy. I’ve always had more shoes than her [laughs]. I like my shoes. I just have to go through it every now and again and think, “D’you know what? I’ll give that to charity.” That makes me feel good. There’s loads of f*cking cool-looking tramps round our way now, mate.
How do you feel about celebrities wearing Pretty Green?
A few people like it. A lot of footballers, and Lewis Hamilton’s into it. There’s something in there for everyone. The prices could be a little bit expensive for people who haven’t got that much money, which is why we do the Green Label, but the Black Label looks f*cking tasty.
Any people you wouldn’t want wearing it?
Well, I would say [Manchester] United players, but they seem to like it a lot so we’ll leave them. Just f*cking axe murderers, paedophiles and people like that.
What about Jedward?
I don’t mind them little f*ckers. They don’t take themselves too seriously, do they?
Who were your style heroes when you were younger, then?
For me growing up in Manchester it was The Stone Roses. They always looked cool.
Where do you stand on The Stone Roses reunion rumours?
I’d love the Roses to get back, play that album and make a sh*tload of money for themselves, because I’m sure they didn’t make that much [before]. Do some great f*cking gigs, see what the reaction is and go make a new record. We come on to I Am The Resurrection at all of our gigs and the crowd go nuts. Apparently, Ian Brown’s worried about singing but he wouldn’t even have to — we’d sing it for him.
And what about an Oasis reunion?
What would be the point? We don’t get on with each other. Noel’s going down his path and I’m going down mine.
Do you miss singing those old songs?
No, because the songs we’re doing are equally good, I think. It’s early days. We only put the album out in February and some of those songs are going to grow into classics. I had a great time singing Oasis songs, without a doubt. But I think Oasis is beatable, man. There were certain things Oasis lacked.
Such as?
A bit more adventure. I’m not saying like Radiohead, where they go experimenting — a lot of that sh*t is barking up the wrong tree. With Oasis we did experiment but Noel was holding back the reins a bit. The thing for me is rock’n’roll isn’t about analysing it. It’s about if it makes you jump up and go, “Yeah! That’s a tune.” I could do you a well-crafted tune tomorrow, but if it just goes over your head, who cares? I don’t want to make lift music. Noel would write a song, it’d cover all the bases but it lacks that killer punch. And that’s what we’ve got with me. The people that go, “Oh, Beady Eye is not Oasis,” well, I’ll tell you what — you wait until you hear Noel’s music because that ain’t gonna be Oasis either. It might remind you of it but there’ll be something missing. And what’ll be missing is f*cking me.
Do you think you’ve mellowed with age?
Yeah, without a doubt. People live in the past — I’m 20 years older than that person they talk about. I’ve still got bits of that guy, but I’ve grown up as well.
What else do you get up to away from music?
I’m into that Rastamouse, mate. But I don’t watch it too much because my kids are a bit too old for it now. The usual, man. I’ve been to watch the new Pirates Of The Caribbean. I’m into my little sausage dogs — I’ve got a new chocolate-dappled one called Brigitte Bardot. It’s mega.
Have you seen Peter Kay since his jibe at you at last year’s Brits?
I’ve not bumped into that c*nt, but you’d know it if I did. How could you miss that idiot? The thing with him is he says it behind your back. I didn’t throw the award into the crowd to be a “knobhead” [like Kay said]. I threw it in to give it to the fans because Oasis was over and it was theirs now. It was like a José Mourinho thing. But obviously that f*cking idiot took it the wrong way because he’s not worldly and he doesn’t come down to London. He just lives in ‘Boooorlton’.
How’s the Beatles film you’re working on coming along?
I’ve seen the first script and it’s f*cking funny. It’s not Austin Powers-y but it’s got great humour in it. It’s going to be mega. We need an actor to play Derek Taylor [The Beatles’ press officer and lead role in the film] and I’m going for Johnny Depp. He’s a big star, he’s a great actor and he’s got that quirky sh*t we need.
Derek Taylor’s a bit like he’s always tripping his head off.
Finally, was there any truth to the rumour that you burgled Richard and Judy when you were younger?
Saying that I robbed their house… Are you taking the p*ss? It’s a good job I f*cking like them otherwise they’d have heard from our lawyers. I woke up that morning, saw it in the papers and went, “You f*cking what?” Some other c*nt could get uptight about that, I just laughed at it. I know who did rob their house, mind [laughs].
Source: www.shortlist.com
Lady GaGa
Liam Gallagher
Morning Parade
Oasis
Liam Gallagher is "an arsehole," but "in a good sense" according to Morning Parade.
The 'A&E' group want to see more great eccentrics in rock music, following in the footsteps of groups like KISS, Queen and the outspoken former Oasis singer, because today's pop stars are taking over.
Guitarist Chad Thomas told BANG Showbiz: "I think with Lady Gaga - she's not like that as a real person but it works.
"I think rock's gone a bit sterile, it's been too clinical and I think I would be good to get some more of that charisma and wackiness in rock stardom - as long as you've got something to back it up with.
"Like in the old days with Oasis and stuff, Liam Gallagher was a complete arsehole, but in a good sense because he could back it up with brilliant music. It's good to have a bit of that attitude."
Chad was a big fan of Oasis - who split following a fight between Liam and his guitarist brother Noel in 2009 - but thinks the singer's new band, Beady Eye, also have much to bring to today's music scene.
He added: "I loved Oasis, but I'd probably had enough of that, I think I've done my duty, for Liam I think Beady Eye are great lyrically and songwise, and he's brought back the Mod scene, relighting that again - someone's got to do it!"
Morning Parade's debut album is set for release later this year.
Source: www.music-news.com
Morning Parade Talk Liam Gallagher & Lady Gaga
Liam Gallagher is "an arsehole," but "in a good sense" according to Morning Parade.
The 'A&E' group want to see more great eccentrics in rock music, following in the footsteps of groups like KISS, Queen and the outspoken former Oasis singer, because today's pop stars are taking over.
Guitarist Chad Thomas told BANG Showbiz: "I think with Lady Gaga - she's not like that as a real person but it works.
"I think rock's gone a bit sterile, it's been too clinical and I think I would be good to get some more of that charisma and wackiness in rock stardom - as long as you've got something to back it up with.
"Like in the old days with Oasis and stuff, Liam Gallagher was a complete arsehole, but in a good sense because he could back it up with brilliant music. It's good to have a bit of that attitude."
Chad was a big fan of Oasis - who split following a fight between Liam and his guitarist brother Noel in 2009 - but thinks the singer's new band, Beady Eye, also have much to bring to today's music scene.
He added: "I loved Oasis, but I'd probably had enough of that, I think I've done my duty, for Liam I think Beady Eye are great lyrically and songwise, and he's brought back the Mod scene, relighting that again - someone's got to do it!"
Morning Parade's debut album is set for release later this year.
Source: www.music-news.com
Andy Bell
Beady Eye
Lady GaGa
Liam Gallagher
It has been eighteen months now since Oasis broke up following an argument between singer Liam Gallagher and his guitarist brother Noel at a show in Paris, France. That’s a long enough period of time for Liam to form a new band, Beady Eye, with Oasis members Andy Bell, Gem Archer, and Chris Sharrock, and for that act to record their debut CD, Different Gear, Still Speeding, which was released March
1. However, a year and a half is apparently not a lengthy enough period for the Gallagher brothers to have kissed and made up. In fact, Liam says that he hasn’t spoken to his brother since the argument in Paris, and that there wasn’t a lot of “speaking” going on then. “We screamed at each other,” he recalls. “It wasn’t speaking, but sort of shouting at each other. And that was it. Never mind.”
Liam and Andy Bell talk about the debut Beady Eye CD, the royal wedding, and Lady Gaga.
Entertainment Weekly: What’s the mood like in the Beady Eye camp?
Andy Bell: It’s pretty good, man. We’re doing rehearsals, we’re doing interviews, we’re building up to the big day when we start playing live. We’re actually very excited about doing some gigs.
I read you’ll be playing all new material at the shows. Are you sticking with that?
Liam Gallagher: Oh yeah. We’re playing the album a couple of b-sides, and maybe a cover… of “Wonderwall.”
A cover of your own song? Well, not your song, but an Oasis song?
LG: No, I’m joking, mate. We’re doing a cover of “Sons of the Stage” by World of Twist. Great tune. And that’s about it, really.
How different was the atmosphere while you were making this album compared to the last Oasis album?
AB: Well, I mean you didn’t have Noel there directing things, which was a big change. But we’re into the same music we always were. We’re still a guitar and rock’n’roll band.
Liam, on the track “Beatles and Stones” you sing “I’m going to stand the test of time like Beatles and Stones.” That’s fighting talk.
LG: Well, that’s the name of the game, innit? You don’t want to be listening to your music in five years down the line and it’s sounding s—. You want it sound as good as all them old classics, you know what I mean?
Do you think that’s something you’ve achieved with the album?
LG: Yeah, definitely. That’s our opinion, anyway. Otherwise we wouldn’t have put it out. We wouldn’t be talking to you about it. If other people feel the same, great. If they don’t, never mind.
The name Beady Eye does put you next to the Beatles in the three record stores that are left in the world. Was that deliberate?
LG: Yeah. The name Beady Eye looks great on paper. You have to call yourselves summat. Whatever we had called ourselves, some people would have turned their nose up at it. So you just had to do it, put it out there. It all depends on the music. If the music’s good, people will come round to the name.
Obviously Oasis had their ups and downs over the years. When did you realize that it was definitely over this time?
LG: When we were making the record. When we started demoing the new songs. I’d kind of seen it coming. All good things come to an end I suppose. But there you go, no one died.
That’s true. Has Noel heard the Beady Eye CD?
LG: I’m not sure, but we’re all on the same management, and we’ve all got the same people working for us. Maybe he’s sort of just washed his hands with the whole thing and doesn’t care. But, if he’s a music lover, then I think [he'll] want to know what we’re doing. We don’t really care whether he’s heard it or not. Not interested.
Will you be watching the royal wedding?
LG: I think we’ll be on tour, mate.
AB: I think we’re going to be away, yeah.
LG: We’ll put it on the news I suppose. See what happens. Why not, man? Two people in love, can’t be a bad think, can it?
Any thoughts on Lady Gaga?
LG: Yeah. She’s great. Seriously, man, we like her. She’ s the only one out there who’s got balls. I like her. She can play instruments. She can sing. She can dance. She’s weird. She’s shocking people. I like her. I like the Gaga, man.
Source: ew.com
Visit my newly launched Beady Eye fan site www.standingontheedgeofthenoise.com by clicking here.
Liam Gallagher Thinks Lady Gaga Is Great
It has been eighteen months now since Oasis broke up following an argument between singer Liam Gallagher and his guitarist brother Noel at a show in Paris, France. That’s a long enough period of time for Liam to form a new band, Beady Eye, with Oasis members Andy Bell, Gem Archer, and Chris Sharrock, and for that act to record their debut CD, Different Gear, Still Speeding, which was released March
1. However, a year and a half is apparently not a lengthy enough period for the Gallagher brothers to have kissed and made up. In fact, Liam says that he hasn’t spoken to his brother since the argument in Paris, and that there wasn’t a lot of “speaking” going on then. “We screamed at each other,” he recalls. “It wasn’t speaking, but sort of shouting at each other. And that was it. Never mind.”
Liam and Andy Bell talk about the debut Beady Eye CD, the royal wedding, and Lady Gaga.
Entertainment Weekly: What’s the mood like in the Beady Eye camp?
Andy Bell: It’s pretty good, man. We’re doing rehearsals, we’re doing interviews, we’re building up to the big day when we start playing live. We’re actually very excited about doing some gigs.
I read you’ll be playing all new material at the shows. Are you sticking with that?
Liam Gallagher: Oh yeah. We’re playing the album a couple of b-sides, and maybe a cover… of “Wonderwall.”
A cover of your own song? Well, not your song, but an Oasis song?
LG: No, I’m joking, mate. We’re doing a cover of “Sons of the Stage” by World of Twist. Great tune. And that’s about it, really.
How different was the atmosphere while you were making this album compared to the last Oasis album?
AB: Well, I mean you didn’t have Noel there directing things, which was a big change. But we’re into the same music we always were. We’re still a guitar and rock’n’roll band.
Liam, on the track “Beatles and Stones” you sing “I’m going to stand the test of time like Beatles and Stones.” That’s fighting talk.
LG: Well, that’s the name of the game, innit? You don’t want to be listening to your music in five years down the line and it’s sounding s—. You want it sound as good as all them old classics, you know what I mean?
Do you think that’s something you’ve achieved with the album?
LG: Yeah, definitely. That’s our opinion, anyway. Otherwise we wouldn’t have put it out. We wouldn’t be talking to you about it. If other people feel the same, great. If they don’t, never mind.
The name Beady Eye does put you next to the Beatles in the three record stores that are left in the world. Was that deliberate?
LG: Yeah. The name Beady Eye looks great on paper. You have to call yourselves summat. Whatever we had called ourselves, some people would have turned their nose up at it. So you just had to do it, put it out there. It all depends on the music. If the music’s good, people will come round to the name.
Obviously Oasis had their ups and downs over the years. When did you realize that it was definitely over this time?
LG: When we were making the record. When we started demoing the new songs. I’d kind of seen it coming. All good things come to an end I suppose. But there you go, no one died.
That’s true. Has Noel heard the Beady Eye CD?
LG: I’m not sure, but we’re all on the same management, and we’ve all got the same people working for us. Maybe he’s sort of just washed his hands with the whole thing and doesn’t care. But, if he’s a music lover, then I think [he'll] want to know what we’re doing. We don’t really care whether he’s heard it or not. Not interested.
Will you be watching the royal wedding?
LG: I think we’ll be on tour, mate.
AB: I think we’re going to be away, yeah.
LG: We’ll put it on the news I suppose. See what happens. Why not, man? Two people in love, can’t be a bad think, can it?
Any thoughts on Lady Gaga?
LG: Yeah. She’s great. Seriously, man, we like her. She’ s the only one out there who’s got balls. I like her. She can play instruments. She can sing. She can dance. She’s weird. She’s shocking people. I like her. I like the Gaga, man.
Source: ew.com
Visit my newly launched Beady Eye fan site www.standingontheedgeofthenoise.com by clicking here.
Lady GaGa
Oasis
Lady Gaga has overtaken Oasis to become the artist to enjoy the most weeks in the UK chart.
The singer's debut album 'The Fame' has now spent 154 weeks in the top-75.
She has also been named the most searched for female on the internet in the new edition of the Guinness World Records.
Meanwhile, the late Michael Jackson is the most search for male on the internet, while Madonna is the biggest-selling female act of the 21st century in the UK.
Husband and wife Jay-Z and Beyonce have been named the year's biggest 'Power Couple', earning around $122 million through June 2009.
Pixie Lott has recorded the biggest chart jump, with her song 'Boys And Girls' climbing to number one from number 72 in one week.
Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of this year's records book, said: "Almost two years ago, Lady Gaga and Pixie Lott were not even around so it's amazing they have broken these records.
"Every year, so many new music records are broken."
The latest edition of Guinness World Records 2011 is released today (September 16).
Source: www.gigwise.com
Lady Gaga Beats Oasis To Set New Guinness World Record
Lady Gaga has overtaken Oasis to become the artist to enjoy the most weeks in the UK chart.
The singer's debut album 'The Fame' has now spent 154 weeks in the top-75.
She has also been named the most searched for female on the internet in the new edition of the Guinness World Records.
Meanwhile, the late Michael Jackson is the most search for male on the internet, while Madonna is the biggest-selling female act of the 21st century in the UK.
Husband and wife Jay-Z and Beyonce have been named the year's biggest 'Power Couple', earning around $122 million through June 2009.
Pixie Lott has recorded the biggest chart jump, with her song 'Boys And Girls' climbing to number one from number 72 in one week.
Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of this year's records book, said: "Almost two years ago, Lady Gaga and Pixie Lott were not even around so it's amazing they have broken these records.
"Every year, so many new music records are broken."
The latest edition of Guinness World Records 2011 is released today (September 16).
Source: www.gigwise.com
Damon Albarn
Lady GaGa
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
The Beatles
Fans and celebs alike are going wild with excitement as 14 of the Fab Four’s legendary albums are reissued today on what is being called Beatles Day.
The famous recordings – painstakingly remastered to give the Mersey sound a stunning new edge – are expected to swamp the album charts as a whole new generation thrills to The Beatles, 47 years after the Liverpool lads’ released their first hit single Love Me Do.
And today’s pop idols admit just how much their music owes to the influence of their heroes – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
Outrageous Lady GaGa, 23, reckons listening to the Abbey Road album helped her to write her debut record The Fame.
“It’s the sense of melody in conjunction with the very liberating, strange storytelling,” she explains.
“They were masters of songwriting and just as relevant now as they ever were.”
Oasis have often told how The Beatles inspired their own hits. Noel Gallagher, 42, says: “I was playing guitar before I heard the Beatles, but as I got older and listened to the tunes I realised they were amazing.
“They inspire me more now than they did when I was a kid and are still the greatest. There will never be another Beatles.”
The list of artists who have covered Beatles songs is immense, from Tom Jones to The Killers to Kaiser Chiefs and McFly. Killers frontman Brandon Flowers, 28, says: “When someone mentions the Beatles
to me, the first thing I think of is those cool grey suits and those boots. Iconic imagery has always been a big deal for me.”
Both Carl Barat, 31, and Pete Doherty, 30, have covered Beatles songs, with Pete even dedicating She Loves You to ex-girlfriend Kate Moss, 35, at a gig.
Blur frontman Damon Albarn, 41, believes there’s nothing in music today that can match The Beatles.
“The Beatles were always an adventurous, funny, witty band,” he says. “Where’s the intelligence in this music now?”
The band’s guitarist Graham Coxon, 40, is a huge fan. He says: “They express a soul in their singing.” Another admirer, pop king Robbie Williams, 35, has a Beatles tattoo on his lower back, of the music to All You Need Is Love.
Beatles tunes are even a favourite on The X Factor, with hotly-tipped Danyl Johnson, 33, wowing the crowd at his audition singing With A Little Help From My Friends.
And in America – where today’s album launch is causing just as big a stir – actor and singer Jamie Foxx, 41, says: “Everything they did – incredible talent, man.
“It’s amazing how they infl uenced our culture and the music stands up today.”
Back home in Liverpool, where The Beatles’ amazing story began at the Cavern Club, the magic still lives on.
Last weekend saw 300,000 fans from 40 different countries flock to the city for the start of Beatles Week. Cavern Club owner Bill Heckle, 53, reckons the band’s continuing appeal is down to the fact they pushed the boundaries of pop music.
He says: “The Beatles are the first ever band to have been played in space – last year Nasa transmitted Across The Universe to a star 431 light years from Earth.
“That was the music they believed best represented the whole of humanity. “And that is why today, The Beatles are bigger than ever.”
Source: www.dailystar.co.uk
Beatlemania Is Set To Sweep The World All Over Again
Fans and celebs alike are going wild with excitement as 14 of the Fab Four’s legendary albums are reissued today on what is being called Beatles Day.
The famous recordings – painstakingly remastered to give the Mersey sound a stunning new edge – are expected to swamp the album charts as a whole new generation thrills to The Beatles, 47 years after the Liverpool lads’ released their first hit single Love Me Do.
And today’s pop idols admit just how much their music owes to the influence of their heroes – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
Outrageous Lady GaGa, 23, reckons listening to the Abbey Road album helped her to write her debut record The Fame.
“It’s the sense of melody in conjunction with the very liberating, strange storytelling,” she explains.
“They were masters of songwriting and just as relevant now as they ever were.”
Oasis have often told how The Beatles inspired their own hits. Noel Gallagher, 42, says: “I was playing guitar before I heard the Beatles, but as I got older and listened to the tunes I realised they were amazing.
“They inspire me more now than they did when I was a kid and are still the greatest. There will never be another Beatles.”
The list of artists who have covered Beatles songs is immense, from Tom Jones to The Killers to Kaiser Chiefs and McFly. Killers frontman Brandon Flowers, 28, says: “When someone mentions the Beatles
to me, the first thing I think of is those cool grey suits and those boots. Iconic imagery has always been a big deal for me.”
Both Carl Barat, 31, and Pete Doherty, 30, have covered Beatles songs, with Pete even dedicating She Loves You to ex-girlfriend Kate Moss, 35, at a gig.
Blur frontman Damon Albarn, 41, believes there’s nothing in music today that can match The Beatles.
“The Beatles were always an adventurous, funny, witty band,” he says. “Where’s the intelligence in this music now?”
The band’s guitarist Graham Coxon, 40, is a huge fan. He says: “They express a soul in their singing.” Another admirer, pop king Robbie Williams, 35, has a Beatles tattoo on his lower back, of the music to All You Need Is Love.
Beatles tunes are even a favourite on The X Factor, with hotly-tipped Danyl Johnson, 33, wowing the crowd at his audition singing With A Little Help From My Friends.
And in America – where today’s album launch is causing just as big a stir – actor and singer Jamie Foxx, 41, says: “Everything they did – incredible talent, man.
“It’s amazing how they infl uenced our culture and the music stands up today.”
Back home in Liverpool, where The Beatles’ amazing story began at the Cavern Club, the magic still lives on.
Last weekend saw 300,000 fans from 40 different countries flock to the city for the start of Beatles Week. Cavern Club owner Bill Heckle, 53, reckons the band’s continuing appeal is down to the fact they pushed the boundaries of pop music.
He says: “The Beatles are the first ever band to have been played in space – last year Nasa transmitted Across The Universe to a star 431 light years from Earth.
“That was the music they believed best represented the whole of humanity. “And that is why today, The Beatles are bigger than ever.”
Source: www.dailystar.co.uk
Girls Aloud
Lady GaGa
Noel Gallagher
Take That
Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher is a secret pop fans, and among his favourites are Take That, Lady Gaga and Girls Aloud.
The Oasis rocker has a secret penchant for the trio of pop acts, but reserved special praise for the 'Back For Good' stars' current 'Circus' tour - which saw them supported by 'Poker Face' singer Lady Gaga.
He said: "Take That are smashing it up with their tour. It couldn't happen to a bunch of nicer lads.
I don't mind Lady Gaga, she has that bra with the things coming out. The name says it all though doesn't it? Unbelievably crackers, but she's got a great voice.
"I don't mind Girls Aloud, Kimberley Walsh is my favourite."
Despite his love of pop music, Noel does not approve of some of his brother, Oasis singer Liam Gallagher's friends.
He said: "The concert we did which was broadcast on TV in 2000 was momentous because Liam had been up all night drinking strong lager with one of the lads from Steps. It was one of the longest shows in history for me, I couldn't wait to get off the stage.
"It's alright if you're hanging out with Bobby Gillespie or someone but when it's like, 'Where have you been?' 'I've been out with Mel B.' It's not right."
Source: www.contactmusic.com
Noel Gallagher Loves Take That, Lady Gaga And Girls Aloud
Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher is a secret pop fans, and among his favourites are Take That, Lady Gaga and Girls Aloud.
The Oasis rocker has a secret penchant for the trio of pop acts, but reserved special praise for the 'Back For Good' stars' current 'Circus' tour - which saw them supported by 'Poker Face' singer Lady Gaga.
He said: "Take That are smashing it up with their tour. It couldn't happen to a bunch of nicer lads.
I don't mind Lady Gaga, she has that bra with the things coming out. The name says it all though doesn't it? Unbelievably crackers, but she's got a great voice.
"I don't mind Girls Aloud, Kimberley Walsh is my favourite."
Despite his love of pop music, Noel does not approve of some of his brother, Oasis singer Liam Gallagher's friends.
He said: "The concert we did which was broadcast on TV in 2000 was momentous because Liam had been up all night drinking strong lager with one of the lads from Steps. It was one of the longest shows in history for me, I couldn't wait to get off the stage.
"It's alright if you're hanging out with Bobby Gillespie or someone but when it's like, 'Where have you been?' 'I've been out with Mel B.' It's not right."
Source: www.contactmusic.com
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