'Liam Gallagher: In Concert' To Be Broadcast On The BBC Next Week

Liam Gallagher: In Concert
Thursday 2nd November 
20:00 (UK Time)
BBC Radio 2 & BBC Red Button

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Jo Whiley hosts an In Concert with one of the men who helped define the nineties, Liam Gallagher. Having just celebrated a number 1 debut solo album with 'As You Were' he is raring to go. He'll be playing some of his new material plus some Oasis classics that helped shape a generation and an era.

Liam Gallagher says: "Looking forward to taking over the airwaves and bringing you some super sounds on Radio 2. As you were LG x"

This run of special In Concerts celebrates BBC Radio 2's 50th birthday, with a legendary line-up from the last five decades.

There are performances from Tears For Fears (26 October), Chic feat. Nile Rodgers (30 October), Liam Gallagher (2 November), Paloma Faith (9 November) and Deep Purple (16 November), with each concert marking a different decade of music in the fifty years of Radio 2.

Taking place in the BBC Radio Theatre, London, the series of intimate performances will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 as well as in vision via the BBC Red Button.

All performances will be available on BBC iPlayer for thirty days after.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Hurts’ Adam Anderson Tells Noel Gallagher And Jake Bugg To Leave One Direction Alone!

Adam Anderson has spoken out in defence of One Direction…surprisingly.

The Hurts star felt compelled to stick up for the X Factor singers, after they came under fire from all sides this month, following their win of the Global Success gong at the Brit Awards.

Jake Bugg branded the band ‘terrible’, Paloma Faith said they do not deserve to be compared to The Beatles, Matthew Fox hates the fact that his daughter is a 1D fan and Noel Gallagher is proud that he and Damon Albarn ignored the boys at the awards ceremony.

Anderson was sitting next to the fab fivesome at The Brits and he told Gigwise that he thinks people need to give them an easier time. He explained:

“I think they seem like decent lads and they’re having fun. If you were 19 and in their position then you would have fun.

“I think they should be left alone really. It’s good for the equilibrium of pop to have boybands.”

Adam thinks it’s a good thing for the UK music industry to have local artists selling well around the globe and after all, One Direction boast the third and fourth best selling albums in the world in 2012.

Anderson added: “At the end of the day they [One Direction] are a big export for music in this country. If One Direction and Adele raise the profile for British acts then fair enough.”

He thinks perhaps Brits organisers could have planned their ceremony better and added some different styled acts to the lineup. He thinks had they done that the event wouldn’t have been branded ‘boring.’

“I think there was an absence of a certain type of band which was the problem, but that’s just timing.

“It is what it is. It was still a good laugh and a good party afterwards. You make your own fun sometimes.”

Source: www.unrealitytv.co.uk

Watch Highlights From Russell Brand's Give It Up Gig For Comic Relief

Music and comedy with Emeli Sande, Jake Bugg, Jessie J, Kasabian, Nicole Scherzinger, Noel Gallagher, Paloma Faith, Eddie Izzard, Jason Manford, Jimmy Carr, Noel Fielding and more.

Click here to watch (UK only)