Ricky Hatton Wins, The Gallagher's Carry His Belts Into The Ring

Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis bring out boxer Ricky Hatton of England's belts before taking on Paulie Malignaggi during their light-welterweight fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada in the early hours of this morning.

More pictures from the fight can be found here.

Ricky Hatton continued his unbeaten run at light-welterweight by outclassing Paulie Malignaggi with an 11th-round stoppage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Hatton, breaking from his trademark brawling style in his first fight under new trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr, looked a different class against the slick but light-punching Malignaggi.

The victory took Hatton's professional record to 45-1 (32 KOs) in the same ring he had suffered his only defeat almost a year earlier, a 10th round stoppage by Floyd Mayweather Jr at welterweight.

And it also sets up a possible superfight with the winner of the massive December 6 showdown between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao.

Malignaggi's trainer Buddy McGirt had climbed onto the ring apron and referee Bayless called a halt to proceedings, much to the American's annoyance as the Hatton fans chanted "easy, easy" in celebration of their man.

Source: Photos GETTY IMAGES & www.sportinglife.com

Oasis Bad Boy A Mellow Soul

He's had both of the Gallagher brothers in his taxi, the London cab driver tells me. The nice one and the naughty one.

He dropped off the nice one at his (nice one's) house at the height of the band's fame. Crowds were waiting outside.

"Then another time I picked up the naughty one, when he was still with his missus, Patsy Kensit," the cabbie says. "She was pregnant. I didn't really want him in my cab in case he started something, but he was with her, so it was all right."

Ten minutes later I find myself alone in a room with the naughty one, though this time Liam Gallagher, 36, is being exceptionally nice.

We're at the Roundhouse, the north London venue where Oasis is to take the stage as the closing act of the week-long BBC Electric Proms series. The gig sold out in 42 seconds.

Liam, wearing a black leather jacket and scarf, is in a chilled out mood.

He will be doing a special show with a 50-piece choir, but it's all in a day's work for the younger Gallagher. He would be at home, which is just around the corner, but his missus, All Saints singer Nicole Appleton, and her mates are "getting dolled up".

In 15 years in Oasis, Liam has earned a reputation as an enfant terrible, with antics including allegedly head-butting an Australian fan and being banned from airline Cathay Pacific.

Now, though, he's settled down with Nicole -- whom he married this year after eight years together -- and spends time with his three children. He gets up at 6am, goes for a run, likes to eat out early and is likely to be in bed by 10 or 11. He couldn't be happier.

He admits he's mellowed.

"Not too much, though," he says quickly.

"You have to be when you get older and you have kids; it's your duty, innit? You can't go out every night drinking. I can't handle it any more -- the hangovers."

Noel and Liam Gallagher were the unlikely princes of British pop culture. Growing up in a rough area of Manchester with a devoted mother and unkind father, they had a fearless ambition.

They sang about living forever, not dying young and their music -- along with that of arch rivals, educated southerners Blur -- is associated with Britain's optimistic renaissance. They were the anti-grunge.

Staying true to rock 'n' roll, Oasis's latest album, Dig Out Your Soul, its seventh British No.1 recorded in the famous Abbey Rodd studios, recreates the magic.

In the foyer at the Roundhouse, where fans mill outside, photographs of Oasis's greatest moments line the walls, including two giant headshots, where the Gallagher brothers appear like Roman caesars, untouchable, godly.

A fan sums it up for me: "Their songs were about being from a working class background and being downtrodden and rising above that. And when you're a teenager you're always feeling downtrodden."

To Liam, music is as important as ever: "Yeah man, if not more important. This is my life. This is what I do. This is it. This is where I get my kicks from. This is what makes me feel untouchable."

On stage, Oasis is whipping up an electric mayhem as the crowd almost drowns out the 50-piece choir.

In the dress circle, the band's partners and celebrity friends move enthusiastically.

Suddenly, a spotlight singles out a certain celebrity and the band stops.

The crowd erupts into a frenzied football chant: "Who are ya? Who are ya?"

It's actor Daniel Craig, or as Noel points out: "Bond, James Bond."

Dig Out Your Soul contains three Liam-penned numbers, including the current single, I'm Outta Time.

A WISTFUL, romantic tune, it could have been written by the ghost of John Lennon and at the end of the song Lennon's voice can be heard in a quote recorded just before his death.

"I've always thought it would be nice to have someone speak on it and obviously John Lennon's the man. So we went through these tapes and that was the first one that pops out. Sometimes you get lucky. That was the magic in that. It just fitted straight away," Liam says.

Liam's love of Lennon is no secret. He even named his son after him.

"He's just the best. He's a f------ dude, isn't he? He's got a great voice. A funny personality. He didn't give a s---. He didn't take no s---. I'm not obsessed with him. I like his music and I like his voice."

At Abbey Road studios, Liam says he definitely felt the vibe.

"It's the best studio in the world. That's where we should make our music all the time. That's why our record sounds good. Obviously our producer's good and that, but you can hear Abbey Road in it. If you don't make a decent record at Abbey Road, you shouldn't be making music."

Liam doesn't think much of the current crop of enfant terribles dominating the tabloids. Instead of mixing a little drugs with their sex and rock 'n' roll, they have let drugs take over their lives.

"Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse? They're f------ scumbags, aren't they? They need to have a wash. Apparently they're really talented. They're talented at being scruffy I know that. I don't care for them. They're grubby little bastards."

Liam's relationship with Noel has weathered many storms. More like colleagues than family, the brothers don't hang out socially. Liam prefers to be in bed by 10pm, while Noel's out with his celebrity mates.

"We were never that touchy-feely, cuddly brothers kind of thing anyway, so it's still the same sort of. We don't really speak that much," Liam says.

"We only speak when things need to be said. The thing is about our relationship, there's no bulls--- involved."

R ECENTLY in Toronto, Noel was attacked on stage by a fan. Liam was ready to get into the ring to protect his brother.

"Without a doubt. I think he'd do the same thing. I'd do it for any of them. Without a doubt. You have to look after your brothers, haven't you?" he says.

Liam now has two sons, close in age. What legacy would he like to pass on to his children?

"Just to be themselves, man. Nobody's perfect. You wouldn't want to be. Be yourself. It don't matter what people think of you. That's the only thing."

Those words sound familiar. The words are echoed in the first line of Supersonic, Oasis's first single released in 1994: "I need to be myself, I can't be no one else."

"It's not about everyone liking you. As long as you like yourself, then you'll be all right," Liam says.

Source: www.news.com.au

Gallagher's Note Impressed, Mick

I told you yesterday how Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall had slammed Oasis for making a monkey out of Mancunians.

The raging redhead accused the Gallaghers of turning the proud inhabitants of Manchester into walking, mad-fer-it clichés.

The singer even referred to the HarryEnfield sketch of Kathy Burke's character Perry walking with a “Liam gait” after a visit to the city.

So today, in a spirit of fairness, allow me to present axe-Lord Noel’s thoughts on Mick’s theory in an open letter to him.

Over to you then, Mick.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Gem Archer On Q Radio

Source: YouTube thanks to GoWaysis.

Q RADIO: Gem Archer Special Tonight

Tune into Q RADIO tonight from 9pm (British time), as Oasis guitarist Gem Archer joins host Eddie Piller - chief mod and founder of the legnedary Acid Jazz label.

The star will be discussing the trials and tribulations of being in one of Britain's biggest bands in the wake of the release of latest album Dig Out Your Soul, as well as sharing a stage with rock's most combative siblings.

You can hear Gem on the show tonight (and listen again online for 7 days), as well as hearing Eddie's incomparable selection of incredible tunes from his record box. Everything from mod to motown.

You can listen live to Q Radio here and you can listen again to Eddie's most recent show here until Friday as checking out some of his recent playlists on his homepage

How to listen to Q Radio:
Online: Click here to listen to Q radio online

On DAB in London

Across the UK on DIGITAL TV: Tune in at Sky Channel 0181, Freeview Channel 716, and Virgin Channel 873

I'm Outta Time: Single And Video Now On Sale!

Big Brother Recordings will be releasing Oasis' new single "I'm Outta Time" on 1st December.

The single, taken from the album "Dig Out Your Soul", comes in various formats, including two collectors' edition 7" singles and remixes which feature an exclusive remix of "I'm Outta Time" by Marilyn Manson bassist, Twiggy with Dave Sardy, as well as remixes of album tracks by Neon Neon and Jagz Kooner.

Formats are as follows:

Special Pre-Order Only Bundle: 2 x 7"s, CD single plus exclusive poster

CD Single: "I'm Outta Time" (Album Version) / "I'm Outta Time" (Remix) / "The Shock Of The Lightning" (Jagz Kooner remix)

7" # 1: "I'm Outta Time" (Album Version) / "To Be Where There's Life" (Neon Neon remix)

7" # 2: "I'm Outta Time" (Remix) / "The Shock Of The Lightning" (Jagz Kooner remix)

Digital Bundle: "I'm Outta Time" (Album Version) / "I'm Outta Time" (Remix) / "I'm Outta Time" (Demo)

The video for "I'm Outta Time" is now available to buy on iTunes. The video for the Liam-penned single features him on a surreal journey through a moon-lit English landscape. Subtly psychedelic!

Source: E-Mail from the Official Oasis site

Also I emailed the label again yesterday and asked why the demo was on the E-Mail I received from them.

I got this reply this morning

"No the demo is on the digital bundle it was a mistake before that the news story said the video was on the bundle (and didn't mention the demo), the video is only on itunes otherwise the bundles are the same ie with the demo."

Listen to a quick sample here, click 'listen', then go right to the top of the page and click the play button.

Xbox 360's Xtival Event Detailed

Microsoft has detailed its next virtual Xtival event, which is going down on Xbox Live next weekend, November 28th to 30th.

The online festival will include chats with bands like The Prodigy, music to download from Franz Ferdinand and Oasis, plus the usual gaming tournaments on Rock Band 2, Gears and FIFA 09.

Goods up for grabs include gig tickets, games, music downloads and, oh yes, t-shirts with Avatars printed on them.

Source: www.computerandvideogames.com

Oasis, Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse Memorabilia To Go On Show

The British Music Experience will also feature items from David Bowie, Blur and Paul Weller

Amy Winehouse, The Rolling Stones and David Bowie have loaned memorabilia to a new exhibition set to open in London.

The British Music Experience, which will open at the 02 Arena in March 2009, will chart the history of British pop music and feature famous costumes and instruments, reports BBC News.

Artefacts on show will include Mick Jagger's Ossie Clark-designed '70s jumpsuit, the dress Amy Winehouse wore in the video for her 2007 single 'Tears Dry On Their Own' and the clown suit David Bowie wore in the promo for his 1980 UK chart-topper 'Ashes To Ashes', plus his classic Ziggy Stardust costume.

Oasis' Noel Gallagher's Union Jack guitar will be on show, along with guitars played by Blur, Paul Weller and T-Rex's Marc Bolan.

A range of artists, including Dizzee Rascal, have also been filmed in conversation with other musicians, to be screened as "fantasy dinner parties" at the exhibition.

"It will be like nothing seen before - an interactive and cutting edge exhibition which will bring the history of music and its influence on all of us to life. This is just the beginning of an exhibition that will constantly evolve as much as music does and will educate even the most avid music fans," curator Paul Lilley told BBC News.

Source: www.nme.com

Oasis Exhibition Opens In London

Snap Galleries is currently showing an exclusive exhibition of Oasis photographs by Michael Spencer Jones . Michael's images appear on the covers of Oasis’ first three studio albums: Definitely Maybe, What’s the Story Morning Glory? and Be Here Now and eleven of their early singles, from Supersonic through to All Around the World.

For the first time, Michael is bringing together and exhibiting photographs from every one of his Oasis albums and singles sleeve sessions, a new limited edition book, a lavish portfolio box set of 15 individual window mounted photographs, a new collage featuring over 100 different Oasis photographs, and if all that wasn’t enough, some other surprises as well.

The portfolio box is a really beautiful piece of work - a 21st century update on David Bailey’s 1965 Box of Pin-ups project, with a price as keen as mustard. It won’t stick at the launch price forever, but we have set it very much with the credit crunch in mind. Limited editions are available to purchase, with prices from £95 to £13,950.

The exhibition is currently running at our showroom in Covent Garden in London up until Christmas and will run in our Birmingham gallery at Fort Dunlop from Saturday 6 December 2008 until Saturday 28 February, 2009.

For more information check out the Oasis section of our website - Snap Galleries

This Months Mogo Magazine Mojo Goes Behind The Scenes With Oasis

OASIS: “Bring it on, you little dicks! On the road and behind the scenes with the biggest band in the land, MOJO’s Pat Gilbert enters the inner sanctum of Oasis’s sold-out UK tour to discover the secret story at the heart of Dig Out Your Soul. “We’ve been to the dark side,” reveals a typically candid Noel Gallagher.

In the latest issue of MOJO magazine (on sale Tuesday) Oasis’s Gallagher brothers unveil the latest and possibly the strangest of their infamous spats.

Involving Liam’s sudden flit, in the middle of sessions for Dig Out Your Soul, to get married without warning, it would prove to have massive repercussions on the record they were making.

If nothing else, the contretemps illustrates that almost 15 years since Oasis began their triumphant march into British music history their fire burns as fiercely as ever. Band members have come and gone, decade-defining songs have been locked into the public consciousness, but that fractious relationship between Noel and Liam Gallagher remains the propellant force behind a seventh Number 1 album, a sold-out UK arena tour and the prospect of three sold-out nights at Wembley Stadium next summer.

MOJO magazine’s tour piece – for which writer Pat Gilbert was allowed unprecedented backstage access – is haunted by the after-effects of the September 7 attack on Noel Gallagher at Toronto’s V Festival which left the guitarist with three broken ribs and a reliance on powerful painkillers ("It's like walking on sand," he admits). But, as MOJO can exclusively reveal, the boat had already been rocked by a decision made earlier in the year.

At mixing sessions for Dig Out Your Soul in Los Angeles in February singer Liam Gallagher had yet to record a single vocal, and the atmosphere was edgy. Then, as Valentines Day loomed, the Oasis frontman split for London and a surprise wedding, splicing with partner Nicole Appleton after eight years and two children together. Yet he invited none of the band, and informed none of them of his plans.

“I was f**king furious about it,” Noel tells MOJO. “I don’t give a shit about the fact he didn’t invite me to the wedding; but when it affects our work it infuriates me.”

The impact was critical as two tracks slated for inclusion on the record – one described by Noel as “an epic Champagne-Supernova song with backwards Are You Experienced-type rhythms” – were left incomplete. Consequently, Dig Out Your Soul hit the shelves with reduced psychedelic potency, and two tracks – Get Off Your High Horse Lady and Ain’t Got Nothin’ – originally intended as B-sides.

As usual, Liam remains defiant. “It was private,” he tells MOJO. “Our Kid should get over it. I wouldn’t be upset, I wouldn’t want to go to his wedding anyway.”

With some observers concerned that Oasis had swopped inspirational mayhem for pipes and slippers, the palaver is strangely reassuring, and the revelation is unlikely to harm their revitalised career. Plus ça fookin’ change, say the experts, plus c’est la fookin’ même chose.

LIVE & DANGEROUS! To read our mammoth 13-page world exclusive Oasis tour report, be sure to pick up a copy of MOJO – on sale from Tuesday, November 25!

PLUS! Follow this link through to our Oasis online extravaganza where you’ll find video playlists, competitions, an exclusive gallery and much more!

Liam Gallagher And Nic To Love Forever

Liam Gallagher and wife Nicole acted like a pair of loved-up teenagers as they frolicked in the back of a cab last night.

The married duo – who have been an item since 2000 – had just enjoyed a romantic meal out at Nobu when charitable Liam slipped a homeless Big Issue seller some spare change.

After hailing a black taxi, Liam and Nic burst into hysterics as they hugged and tickled each other playfully in the back.

Their excitable antics were similar to those performed by hyper kids on long journeys with mum and dad.

Still, the sight of a longterm celeb couple still giddy with happiness is a rare one these days.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk Photo credit smart photos

Oasis Lads Seeing Red & Liam Gallagher's Builders Bum

The Gallagher brothers can strike fellow Mancunian Mick Hucknall off their Christmas card list.

The Simply Red frontman has launched a scathing attack on the Oasis stars — complaining they are making a monkey out of all Mancs.

The flame-haired singer believes Liam and Noel’s mad-fer-it behaviour is a blight on anyone from the North West.

This from a man who has done as much good for tourism in Manchester as foot and mouth. I’d even go as far as to say he’s more irritating than Gary Neville, who plays for Mick’s beloved Man Utd.

When asked why he thought Noel was pushed off stage by a crazed fan in Canada in September, Mick spat: “Was that for making the North sound stupid?

“I love that Harry Enfield sketch when Kathy Burke comes back from a weekend in Manchester walking with a Liam gait and goes, ‘F***in’ sound. Bangin’. They’ve made a cliché out of presenting Northerners, especially Mancunians, like that.”

I reckon the ouburst in Q magazine from the least soulful soul star ever is because Mick is simply green. He has never made the roll-call of great bands from his home town.

Oasis continue the tradition of Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths, Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses but Mick’s soul-pop merchants have never been held in the same esteem.

The Gallaghers have moved on and matured while not losing their grip on rock ’n’ roll — and on the right are the perfect pictures to sum up their new lifestyles.

It’s Liam showing off his builder’s bum on Wednesday after a night out with wife Nicole at London’s Nobu restaurant.

Mercifully, Mick has retired multi-million-selling Simply Red. Sadly, that doesn’t mean no more music from him — he’s intending to release new material under his own name.

That’s gonna make a monkey out of all of us.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Photo Credit: www.gotchaimages.co.uk

Liam Gallagher Gives To The Needy

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher gave money to a homeless man after eating out in London last night (November 19th).

The singer was surrounded by photographers as he handed over a collection of notes.

Gallagher had been to the capital's popular Nobu Berkley restaurant before being stopped by the man.

As previously reported on Gigwise, Oasis will embark on their biggest ever UK stadium tour next year in support of latest album 'Dig Out Your Soul'.

Coventry trio The Enemy and Kasabian will act as support on the tour, which includes three night residencies in London and Manchester.

Source: www.gigwise.com

This Week's Gonzo Podcast - Oasis

MTV TWO locked the four members of Oasis in a studio with Zane Lowe and refused to let them out until they had told him all about new album Dig Out Your Soul plus all about that time that Liam woke up in Marylin Manson's house with Nazi paraphernalia in his pockets.

Seriously guys - if you like Oasis at all, you have to watch this.

And do you know what... even if you don't... they are bloody funny fellas.

Watch the first part of the four-part interview right here, right now and then click on subscribe to get your grubby mitts on the following three parts!

For more information to download or to subscribe to the Gonzo Podcast click here.

Source: www.mtv.co.uk

Oasis Special On 4Music Tonight

4Music is on digital channels Freeview 18, Sky 360, Virgin 330 (UK ONLY)

Sunday 23rd November (tonight)

6:00pm: Oasis: From The Beginning

From their blistering debut Supersonic to their brand new album, featuring a few line-up changes along the way, this is the Oasis video history.

8:00pm: Standing on The Edge of The Noise.

Intimate film documenting a gig which Oasis played for a handful of fans, as they finished preparations for their World Tour. Includes classics alongside new songs from their album Dig Out Your Soul.

9:05 PM Oasis: Lord Don't Slow Me Down

Lord Don't Slow Me Down was compiled during a years worth of filming with Oasis on their mammoth Don't Believe the Truth world tour 2005/6. It follows one of the world's greatest rock n roll bands behind the scenes and in front of the fans across the globe.

Standing on The Edge of The Noise will aslo be shown on Terestial TV on

Channel 4 - November 29th at 12:20am and also on Channel 4 HD - November 29th at 12:20am.

On This Day In Oasis History...

Stop the Clocks is an album by British rock band Oasis made up of Oasis' favourite songs and moments of their career so far and was released on November 20 2006. “Unlike most albums of this nature, Oasis have sat down and undertaken the almost impossible job of picking what they consider to be their finest moments ever. So 'Stop The Clocks' is imbued with the sort of willfulness that has helped make Oasis the favourite band of millions of people worldwide and its running order will no doubt provoke equal parts adulation and bar discussions from the millions of Oasis fans worldwide. Could it ever be any other way?” . It released in November 2006. The "retrospective collection" is an 18-track double album with the featured songs chosen by Noel Gallagher. It went 3x platinum in the UK with sales as good as any album there since Be Here Now.

The album has come about due to the end of Oasis' recording contract with Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Noel Gallagher has gone on record before on numerous occasions saying that Oasis wouldn't release a greatest hits album unless the band were about to split up. However, in an interview with news.com.au in December 2005, he hinted that Sony were planning to release one anyway, and that despite his misgivings, he would have to get involved with it otherwise it'd be "shit". This was clarified in September 2006, when he told the NME that when he made it clear to Sony that the band were not going to re-sign to them, the record label decided to release a greatest hits album. Gallagher then explained that he insisted that it had to be a 'best-of' because he felt a compilation of the best singles, album tracks and b-sides would produce a stronger album than a compilation of singles.

To address some fans' concerns that the release of a greatest hits album was a sign that the band were about to finish, based on some of Noel Gallagher's previous comments, the press release for the album confirmed that they are merely taking "a well earned sabbatical prior to starting work on new material, destined for similar levels of success in the future. As such, this is not a full stop, but merely a time out; a dream set list, and a chance for the world to review the immense contribution that Oasis have made and continue to make to rock 'n' roll."

To celebrate the release of the album, the band will be unveiling their first full-length film - Lord Don't Slow Me Down, shot during the Don't Believe the Truth world tour, from May 2005 to March 2006, the film was shown in November 2006 around the world in selected picture houses, theatres and cinemas to winners of fans competitions and the press. It was also broadcasted on Channel 4 in the UK.

The album debuted at #2 in the UK charts selling over 50,000 copies in its first day of release and 216,000 in its first week of release, surprisingly not selling enough to knock off the top spot to The Love Album, by the boy-band Westlife. It also debuted at #89 on the U.S. Billboard 200, starting with 18,000 units sold. It did however enter the Japanese Oricon album charts at #1, selling 87,462 copies in its first week.

In Japan, a box set was also released of all their singles to coincide with the album.

The Songs

Stop the Clocks focuses heavily on the band's most popular albums, Definitely Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, with each contributing five tracks, plus four B-sides (also included on the band's other compilation album The Masterplan) from this era. Only two tracks appear from Don't Believe the Truth, and one track each from Standing on the Shoulder of Giants and Heathen Chemistry, whilst Be Here Now is overlooked completely.

When the release of Stop the Clocks was first announced in July 2006, speculation was rife that the unreleased song of the same name would be included on the record as a bonus track. However, Noel Gallagher told fans at a Q&A session that the song was considered for inclusion, but they weren't happy with any of the many versions they have recorded.

Gallagher also confirmed that the title was chosen to sum up what was described in the initial press release as being "merely a time out; a chance for the world to review the immense contribution that Oasis have made and continue to make to rock 'n' roll." Noel Gallagher revealed in an interview in April 2005 that 'Stop the Clocks' was the original title for the band's early recorded material in early 2004, which turned eventually into Don't Believe the Truth.

Gallagher revealed to Billboard that he was approached about including some new songs on the album as well, but that he opted not to "because it takes the focus away from what you're actually trying to say with a retrospective."

Gallagher told the NME in September 2006 that he picked the tracks on the album, and there were about eight songs that "should be on there, but aren't". He explained that his original vision was for a 12-track album on one CD, but, after whittling down from an initial 30+ tracks, the track-listing was finalised. He admitted that he's had arguments with people about the tracklisting but that "someone has to pick the tracklisting, and I've picked it and that's the end of it. But that must mean we're pretty good, if people are arguing about what's not on it, it's brilliant!"

During an interview on Radio 1 in October 2006, and later during a question and answer session with The Sun, Liam Gallagher, who got a songwriting credit with his "Songbird", claimed that he was happy with the tracks Noel had selected for the album, although he said that he would have liked "Rockin' Chair" and "D'You Know What I Mean?" to be included. Noel, however, admitted that "D'You Know What I Mean?" was to be included on the album up until the moment it was being mastered, explaining that the length of the song "upset the flow of the album".

In the special boxed-edition of 'Stop the Clocks' at the end of the 'Lock the Box' interview, when Liam was told 'Whatever' was not on the track-listing he said "Thank fuck for that".

Track listing

All songs written by Noel Gallagher except "Songbird", written by Liam Gallagher

Disc one
"Rock 'n' Roll Star" (from Definitely Maybe)
"Some Might Say" (from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?)
"Talk Tonight" (from The Masterplan)
"Lyla" (from Don't Believe the Truth)
"The Importance of Being Idle" (from Don't Believe the Truth)
"Wonderwall" (from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?)
"Slide Away" (from Definitely Maybe)
"Cigarettes & Alcohol" (from Definitely Maybe)
"The Masterplan" (from The Masterplan)

Disc two
"Live Forever" (from Definitely Maybe)
"Acquiesce" (from The Masterplan)
"Supersonic" (from Definitely Maybe)
"Half the World Away" (from The Masterplan)
"Go Let It Out" (from Standing on the Shoulder of Giants)
"Songbird" (from Heathen Chemistry)
"Morning Glory" (from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?)
"Champagne Supernova" (from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?)
"Don't Look Back in Anger" (from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?)

Cover

The cover was designed by Sir Peter Blake, best known for his design of the sleeve for The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, but also well recognized within the genre for his work on the cover of Paul Weller's Stanley Road album.

According to Blake, he chose all of the objects in the picture at random, but the sleeves of Sgt. Pepper's and Definitely Maybe were in the back of his mind. He claims, "It's using the mystery of Definitely Maybe and running away with it." Familiar cultural icons which can be seen on the cover include Dorothy from Wizard of Oz, Michael Caine (replacing the original image of Marilyn Monroe, which couldn't be used for legal reasons) and the seven dwarfs from Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.

Blake also revealed that the final cover wasn't the original one. That design featured an image of the shop 'Granny Takes A Trip' on the Kings Road in Chelsea, London.

Source: Wikipedia

Courtney Love's' Liam Gallagher

Although Liam Gallagher did not manage to make the The 100 Greatest Singers list in Rolling Stone Magazine's recent poll of fellow peers he can always count on Courtney Love's approval going his way. Rolling Stone published 25 voting ballots for a behind the scenes peek on who some of the stars picked as their favorite singers. Liam ranks a high #18 in Courtney's heart......

Source: Rolling Stone

Mick Hucknall Has Some Words For The Gallagher Brothers

Mick Hucknall has risked reopening a war of words with Oasis after claiming the Gallagher brothers have made northerners look like a “cliché”

In an interview for the new edition of Q, out on November 25, the Simply Red star accused Noel Gallagher of making the north “sound stupid”.

His comments come after the dust had settled on a ten-year-old dispute between the Hucknall and Oasis which saw the singer brand Noel “a dickhead” in an interview and reportedly led to a scuffle with Liam.

But in the interview for Q’s regular “A Round With ….” Feature, Hucknall revisits their feud. Asked if he had seen the footage of Noel being attacked on stage in Toronto, Hucknall said: “No. Was that for making the North sound stupid?”

Asked to explain, he added: “I think it’s fair comment. I love that Harry Enfield sketch when [Kathy Burke as Perry] comes back from a weekend in Manchester walking like this [affects cocky Liam Gallagher gait] and goes, ‘F***kin’ sound. Bangin’!’. They’ve made a cliché out of presenting Northerners, especially Mancunians, like that.”

Source: www.q4music.com

MOJO4MUSIC.COM Is Turning Oasis-Tastic Next Week

Email from Mojo Magazine

We thought you might be interested to know that MOJO4MUSIC.com is turning Oasis-tastic next week.

Also, there’s a new issue of the magazine on sale very soon.

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I'm Outta Time - Video Now Available On iTunes!

The video for Oasis' new single 'I'm Outta Time' is now available to buy on iTunes. The video for the Liam-penned single features him on a surreal journey through a moon-lit English landscape. Subtly psychedelic!

To buy the video, click HERE.

The video is only available through the UK, Irish and French iTunes stores

'I'm Outta Time' is released on the band's Big Brother Recordings label on December 1st and features 4 previously unreleased tracks split across 2 x 7"s, CD and Digital. To pre-order the single and receive a free poster, click HERE!

Source: www.oasisinet.com

On Monday I posted about the 'I'm Outta Time' Demo here, It has since been confirmed to me that it is a mistake and will be taken down soon.