Beady Eye's 'Chris Sharrock' Plays Drums For The Justice Collective

Beady Eye's drummer Chris Sharrock has joined the all-star line-up for the Hillsborough tribute single, ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ that is released on December 17th.

The track is now the bookies favourite for the coveted Christmas Number One spot, ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ features a stellar line-up of artists including Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, Paloma Faith, Eliza Doolittle, Beverley Knight, Melanie C, Andy Brown (Lawson), Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes to Hollywood), Mick Jones (The Clash), Peter Hooton (The Farm), (The Justice Tonight band), Chris Sharrock (Beady Eye), Glen Tilbrook (Squeeze), Ren Harvieu, Dave McCabe (The Zutons), Paul Heaton (Beautiful South), Hollie Cook, Jon McClure (Reverend & The Makers), John Power (Cast) and Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers), all giving their time for free to record the single and aiming to top the Christmas charts.

‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ is produced by the Award-winning Guy Chambers, with all proceeds from single sales going towards the Hillsborough Families legal costs in their fight for justice.



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The single is released on December 17th 2012.

Review And Gallery: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds In Liverpool

TIME was when you could see Noel Gallagher for a couple of pounds in the bars round town, then maybe even stick around for a pint with him and his brother afterwards. In their formative years Oasis were regulars on the Liverpool circuit, supporting Rain, Small and The Real People.

It’s easy to see why he has a fondness for Liverpool – and last night it was clear that Liverpool music fans still have a huge fondness for him.

He shouted out to the packed ECHO arena “Give it up for our bass player Russell Pritchard," he shouted. "He's one of you lot." The Zutons' bassist is taking time out from his Liverpool bandmates to tour the world with Noel, who couldn’t have made his Scouse connections clearer.

“This one’s for Digsy,” he called out, dedicating Shakermaker B-side D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman to the former Small singer (and the man he wrote Digsy’s Dinner for).

Dressed in super skinny jeans and a sky blue shirt (a possible nod to his beloved Manchester City) Noel was in excellent voice, belting out the High Flying Birds tracks AKA What A Life and If I Had A Gun.

In between the songs the banter was all there, as he joked about the football and the fans, clearly enjoying what he does best.

As good as the new material is, the biggest cheers came for the Oasis tracks. He had the whole crowd singing along to Definitely Maybe favourite Supersonic and Some Might Say B-side Talk Tonight

Along the way he threw in a speeded up version of Half The World Away, the song that can’t help but conjure up images of Ricky Tomlinson in his vest switching on the telly in the opening credits to the Royle Family.

An encore of Let The Lord Shine A Light On Me was followed by Whatever, complete with a full choir. He clearly knew what the crowd wanted, muttering "Here's one you might know a bit better" as he kicked off the distinctive intro to their first top five single.

While the new stuff sounded good in a Beatles inspired kind of way, it was the Oasis songs that really got the crowd singing along.

Best of all were the parting duo of a rocked up version of Little By Little and singalong favourite Don't Look Back In Anger, which threatened to lift the roof off the ECHO arena. Welcome back Noel, we’ve missed you.

Click here for a number of pictures.

Source: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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.