Noel Gallagher, Mark Ronson And Chris Martin Set To Headline WaterAid’s Christmas Auction

WaterAid’s Christmas auction, featuring special edition signed Q Award vinyl records from some of the country’s best-known music acts, launches on 26th November.  All the money raised from the auction will go to international charity WaterAid.

The full collection of autographed vinyl records includes: Sir Tom Jones, Noel Gallagher, Chris Martin, Foals, Gary Numan, Jazzie B (Soul II Soul), Mark Ronson, Duran Duran, New Order, Roger Taylor (Queen), James Bay, Bernard Sumner (Joy Division, New Order), Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream), Danny Goffey (Supergrass), Midge Ure (Ultravox), Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), The Libertines, Jean Michel Jarre, La Roux, Tim Burgess (The Charlatans), Royal Blood, Ella Eyre, Foxes and host of the Q awards Absolute Radio’s Christian O’Connell.

Tony Iommi, the legendary lead guitarist from Black Sabbath, signed a Gibson Les Paul guitar that will also be available in the auction. He was the winner of the prestigious Gibson Les Paul Award at the Q Awards this year for his outstanding contribution to music.

All the money raised from the auction will go towards WaterAid’s winter appeal Deliver Life, giving mums and babies in the world’s poorest communities the best start in life - simply through clean water and hygiene.  Every pound bid on this auction will be doubled by the UK Government, meaning this auction can help twice as many people this Christmas.

WaterAid is the official charity of the Q Awards and is also one of the official charities of Glastonbury Festival.

WaterAid’s online Christmas auction runs on eBay from now until Sunday 6th December 2015:
www.Ebay.co.uk/wateraid

For more information about WaterAid’s Deliver Life appeal: www.deliverlife.wateraid.org

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Play Bluefest 2016 In Australia

While other festivals strain to pack their bills with edgy young artists, Bluesfest has again done what it does best: mined some of the most influential acts of the past 50 years to steadily assemble a line-up that seems to guarantee another memorable event.

Bluesfest promoter Peter Noble has confirmed veteran Welsh pop emperor Tom Jones, American country rock legend Jackson Browne and one of the contenders for his crown Jason Isbell, peerless English songwriter Noel Gallgher (and his High Flying Birds), Bob Marley's band the Wailers (with Dwayne Anglin singing) and country-blues champion Steve Earle would join those previously announced.

Jones, 75, has slowed his impressive workrate in recent years but is the undoubted major headliner.
He has sold an estimated 100 million albums and 20 top 10 hits in the UK. His show is sure to be a big, glamorous affair.

Other names added overnight to the event, which will be held at Byron Bay from March 24 to 28, include American folk-rockers The Decemberists, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy (appearing with his son Spencer) and emerging blues-rock Queen Grace Potter.

Last month Noble's first announcement included: indie-rock greats the National, Dallas Green's City and Colour, UB40 (the version with original lead singer Ali Campbell), blues rock hero Joe Bonamassa and blues-rock supergroup the Tedeschi Trucks Band.

The two announcements so far give the 27th Bluesfest its strongest country-rock flavour yet, although Noble also announced the indigenous arts and culture festival Boomerang would be part of the five-day event.

Bluesfest tickets range in price from $159 for a Thursday-only pass to $525 for all five days.They can be purchased here.

Source: www.smh.com.au

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Power Cut Forces Noel Gallagher's Birds Off Stage At Dublin Gig

Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds were forced off stage last night because of a power cut.

The former Oasis guitarist was just finishing his first song at 7.30pm at an open-air show in Marlay Park, south Dublin -- opening for headliners Kasabian -- when he encountered sound difficulties. The problem continued into his second number with the power being cut just 10 seconds later.

Gallagher and his band played on, unaware the audience were unable to hear them. Moments later they left the stage altogether before returning just after 8.05pm. The Manchester-born musician laughed off the technical difficulties.

Aside from some sporadic clapping and cheering, the audience took it in the same spirit.

Many were just happy to have made it into the arena after the most stringent security checks at a rock concert for years following the Swedish House Mafia concert last month in the Phoenix Park at which there were nine stabbings and multiple arrests.

Fans were subjected to two body checks and asked to put the contents of their pockets into transparent plastic bags before entering the concert site.

But most concert-goers said they didn't mind.

"We all want to have a safe night and the security people have a job to do," said Kevin Dunne from nearby Churchtown.

While last night passed off without incident, security is expected to be even tighter at tonight's concert in the park featuring DJ David Guetta.

The series of concerts is rounded off by a Van Morrison/Tom Jones double bill tomorrow.

Source: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Oasis, The Beatles, The Sex Pistols And More On List For Olympics' Opening Ceremony

The Sex Pistols’ song appears on a leaked list of music proposed for the ceremony on July 27, alongside some more notable classics.

The song includes the lines: “God save the Queen, the fascist regime...God save the Queen, she ain’t no human being” and ends: “No future, no future, no future for you.”
Use of the track, which was banned by the BBC when it was released in 1977, reflects an eclectic and controversial style to be adopted by Danny Boyle, the creative director, in contrast with that of the Golden Jubilee concert earlier this month.

The list also includes Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Relax, which was similarly banned by the BBC when it was released in 1984 on the grounds of its explicit lyrics.

Other music on the list of 86 tracks is more traditional, including patriotic favourites such as Land Of Hope And Glory, Jerusalem and the Dambusters March.

Tracks by the elder statesmen of British pop music are included, such as The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and David Bowie.

And there are classics such as London Calling by The Clash, Going Underground by The Jam, My Generation by The Who and Rudy by The Specials.

They come alongside more recent tunes such as the Sugababes, Push the Button, Amy Winehouse’s version of Valerie and Adele’s Rolling in the Deep.

Rock acts such as Radiohead, Coldplay, Muse, Oasis and Blur are on the list alongside rappers such as Rizzle Kicks, Tinie Tempa and Dizzee Rascal.

Classic TV and radio theme tunes include Eastenders, Coronation Street, the Archers and the BBC news and film theme tunes such as Chariots of Fire and the James Bond Theme.

Among the fun tunes listed are My Boy Lollipop and Tiger Feet, but there is no room for performers at the Diamond Jubilee Concert including Cliff Richard, Elton John, and Tom Jones.

The music will be mixed together by Underworld – DJs Karl Hyde and Rick Smith – at Abbey Road Studios and the pair have included their own dance music classic Born Slippy, which featured in Boyle’s film Trainspotting, as well as the Prodigy’s Firestarter.

Mr Boyle, 55, has already revealed that the spectacular will feature a Glastonbury-style “mosh pit” but an Olympics spokesman said: “We want the ceremony to be a fantastic surprise for the watching world, and we want the British public to be proud of it.

“There is endless speculation about the content – much of which is simply guesswork, as we are keeping the show under wraps.”

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Set To Record James Bond Theme?

Ex-Oasis star Noel Gallagher could get a licence to trill the theme song for the new James Bond movie Skyfall.

The Wonderwall writer, 44, is to meet 007 bosses within the next few days to discuss writing the title track.

A source told The Sun: "They're going to talk about potentially writing and performing the song for next year's new Bond film.

"Nothing is signed or official, it's just being discussed at the moment."

Noel — who is set to meet Bond producer Michael G. Wilson in LA — could use a song he has already written, called Freaky Teeth. The track has been played a few times at gigs but never released.

But in 2008 Noel said of the tune: "I listened back to it thinking, 'That'd make a f****** great Bond theme'."

He admitted the title was "not very Bond-esque". But he reckoned it was time a British act recorded a Bond theme song again.

He said: "It's a bit of a p***-take that the greatest British agent of all time has to be soundtracked by a bunch of Americans."

US stars The Wonderwall writer, 44, is to meet 007 bosses within the next few days to discuss writing the title track.

A source told The Sun: "They're going to talk about potentially writing and performing the song for next year's new Bond film.

"Nothing is signed or official, it's just being discussed at the moment."

Noel — who is set to meet Bond producer Michael G. Wilson in LA — could use a song he has already written, called Freaky Teeth. The track has been played a few times at gigs but never released.

But in 2008 Noel said of the tune: "I listened back to it thinking, 'That'd make a f****** great Bond theme'."

He admitted the title was "not very Bond-esque". But he reckoned it was time a British act recorded a Bond theme song again.

He said: "It's a bit of a p***-take that the greatest British agent of all time has to be soundtracked by a bunch of Americans."

US stars Jack White and Alicia Keys sang Another Way To Die for 2008's Quantum Of Solace.

Noel would follow UK stars including Tom Jones, who sang the title song for 1965's Thunderball, and Duran Duran with 1985's A View To A Kill.

The rocker is currently in the US with new band High Flying Birds. Earlier this month Bond producers denied they had lined up soul singer Adele for the job. and Alicia Keys sang Another Way To Die for 2008's Quantum Of Solace.

Noel would follow UK stars including Tom Jones, who sang the title song for 1965's Thunderball, and Duran Duran with 1985's A View To A Kill.

The rocker is currently in the US with new band High Flying Birds. Earlier this month Bond producers denied they had lined up soul singer Adele for the job.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk