Oasis In Minneapolis Setlist

Last nights setlist from Target Center, Minneapolis, USA.

Fuckin' In The Bushes
Rock 'n' Roll Star
Lyla
The Shock Of The Lightning
Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Meaning Of Soul
To Be Where There's Life
Waiting For The Rapture
The Masterplan
Songbird
Slide Away
Morning Glory
Ain't Got Nothin'
The Importance Of Being Idle
I'm Outta Time
Wonderwall
Supersonic
Don't Look Back In Anger
Falling Down
Champagne Supernova
I Am The Walrus

Did you go to last nights gig or future gigs or even past gigs?

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Click here to listen a Noel Gallagher interview from a couple weeks ago, previewing the show in Minneapolis. (thanks to skinny)

Oasis Never Went Away, Noel Gallagher Says

Memo to the rock press: Noel Gallagher would like you to stop declaring that Oasis keeps making comebacks.

It has been a routine for at least a decade: Oasis releases album, record gets solid reviews, media raves about the band's unexpected grand return. Singer-songwriter Gallagher, who remains the band's foundation with younger brother Liam, just endured it again with the band's latest album, "Dig Out Your Soul."

"It gets kind of annoying that we're always 'coming back,' because we never go away," he says, noting that his band's release schedule is no different from those of fellow European rockers U2 and Coldplay.

"It's one of these dumb things that's always said about Oasis, just like mentioning the Beatles every 20 minutes, or talking about me and Liam getting along like a house on fire."

One thing that hasn't been so dependable is the band's personnel, particularly its Spinal Tap-esque series of drummers. The group's Saturday show at the Palace of Auburn Hills is to feature the services of drummer Chris Sharrock. He's at least the sixth person to man the Oasis skins, and replaces Zak Starkey, who managed a four-year stint before splitting in the spring because of feuds with Noel Gallagher.

That says it all. At root, Oasis is all about the Gallaghers, and after all these years, Noel remains the band's heart and soul. This is still his band, the one he formed 18 years ago in Manchester and took to multiplatinum heights with Liam as front man.

Oasis isn't the commercial juggernaut it was in the mid-'90s, when it was selling out stadiums and topping singles and album charts. But it has continued to draw critical accolades and maintains a devoted fan base.

"Dig Out Your Soul," released in October, is standard-issue Oasis: melodic, simple, soaring and satisfying. Fourteen years after the band exploded onto the global scene, Gallagher says, there's no need to seek musical transformation.

"There are bands that are constantly changing their sound, constantly searching for something. I don't perceive it like that, where I have to sit down and reinvent myself or reinvent the band," he says. "We've got a strong identity. We found what we were looking for. There's no point to go on searching anymore -- we arrived at the place where every band in the world wants to be, where you're comfortable with who you are and what you sound like and the number of fans and the clothes you wear. There's no need to be (screwing) about endlessly searching for something that's not there."

Of course, it wouldn't be an Oasis tour without a bout of melodrama. Detroit fans, for instance, can recall the will-he-won't-he soap opera of '96, when Liam Gallagher briefly quit the band only to rejoin just in time for a Palace show.

But this year's episode came with more real-life ramifications than normal, when Noel Gallagher was attacked during a September concert in Toronto by a fan who rushed the stage. Several shows were postponed as the guitarist nursed three broken ribs, though he heads into this week's Palace concert fully fit.

Gallagher, 41, is now a bona fide family man, but the downtime proved frustrating for a musician who says he enjoys the ritual of touring. Let other acts complain about the grind of the road, says Gallagher -- he's out to "find the good in every day."

"I never understood the moaning rock star. I find it a really strange attitude," he says. "Like, we've got two years on the road coming up. These are the memories I'll take to the grave with me. I've been able to see the changes in the world, for better and for worse. I love playing live, and the farther away from home the better.

"I love being in limbo, constantly moving, not settling down. It's brilliant. The hours are long, and what gets tiring is the drinking, but even that's not so bad."

Gallagher still gives good quote, as they say in the news business. He's never short on testy words about his younger brother, and of his homeland's rock scene he takes no quarter: "This generation of young kids are useless. They've got nothing. No attitude. They look good and that's it. Can you think of one great song that's come out of England the last five years?"

Still, by his confession, Gallagher has mellowed a bit over the years. He says he keeps his head on straight by continuously writing -- he has already got five songs ready for when the next record beckons.

"The thing that's most challenging for me is the writing. I could always find a million reasons not to do it, like sitting in front of the television or sitting in the garden to smoke a cigarette," he says. "But when the call comes, I've always got three-quarters completed already. When we're in the studio, it's like being in the best private members club of all time, all day, every day."

Source: www.freep.com

Oasis Leader Shares Views On Playing Detroit, Being Attacked And Manners

"Are you drinking while you're speaking to me?"

The question was abrupt and was delivered in an accusatory tone from the famously candid, infinitely quotable and almost always profane Noel Gallagher, songwriter and leader of Britpop bad boys Oasis. The group plays The Palace of Auburn Hills on Saturday with special guests Ryan Adams and the Cardinals. For the record, I was not drinking, but he insisted I had taken a sip of something.

"You know, my (bleeping) girlfriend does that, and it's really (bleeping) annoying," said Gallagher, half-joking, half-not. I explained I had not taken a drink, and after some back and forth, he acquiesced, but accused me of swallowing "really (bleeping) loudly." For that, I was guilty.

"Right, then, so don't swallow loudly on the phone ... for crying out loud. If I don't swallow loudly, you shouldn't. Carry on."

We carried on, about his daughter's taste in music, his feelings on Detroit and a recent incident where he was attacked onstage by a crazed fan in Toronto.

What happened at the Toronto show?

Well really, I don't know. I was playing away there, and he attacked me from behind. So I have no recollection of it whatsoever. I was playing, and then I was on the floor, and then I was in the hospital, and then I was back in England, and then I was (bleeping) in bed for five weeks.

Have you watched the incident on YouTube?

No. I don't own a computer.

Nobody's played it for you ?

I don't know what the point would be of watching it. I've seen pictures, I've seen stills.

So you're playing, and a guy just comes up and shoves you. Have you made any changes in your security team?

No, not really. We haven't got any more security. We're just making sure their eyes are open. It was at a festival, you know what I mean? And there were a lot of people on the side of the stage watching, and I'm not sure what happened to be honest. It's irrelevant. What's relevant is the physical act, never mind the why and who was responsible and all that. He was responsible for it, whatever his name is.

So what was recovery like? Did you have bruised ribs?

Three broken, and I had five bruised ribs. I was just laid up in the house for five weeks.

Boring.

Well, you should see my house, it's hardly boring. It's (bleeping) awesome.

Did you stay in bed, or tool around the house?

I've got a 1-year-old son who requires a lot of attention, and it was kind of a bit weird not being able to play with him. I kind of sat, laying on the couch, watching TV, eatin' foods that was bad for me and not getting any exercise.

What'd you watch on TV, anything good?

Constant football. Football and, you know, the Discovery Channel...stuff like that.

When "Dig Out Your Soul," was released, it was called -- as a lot of Oasis records tend to be when they are released -- a return to classic Oasis.

Yeah, but who says that? I don't say it.

Why do you think that always gets said?

I don't know. I could (bleeping) give a (bleep) what reviewers say. You know what I mean? "Return to form." I don't really know what... that's like, you know, sportsmen return to form. Race horses. That kinda (bleep). Records are pieces of art, right? It's kind of, somebody's created them. It's not about form. I don't know why that is. It annoys me as much as it obviously annoys you.

It seems like there's this constant thing with you guys where the new work is always compared to the old work, specifically, the first two records.

Yeah, well...I don't live in the past with Oasis, d'ya know what I mean? It's kind of what's gone on before is irrelevant to me. Is it as good as "Definitely Maybe?" Is it as good as "Morning Glory"? I don't care. I don't listen to either of them, d'ya know what I mean? And after I finish this tour, I won't listen to this one either. So, fans can get on all the forums and they can debate it 'til they're (bleeping) blue in the face. I've got better things to do, like the next record.

When will you start focusing on the next record?

It's already done. It's already written. It's already demo'd.

When can we expect it?

Oh, I don't know. I'm gonna take a bit of time off after this. I think I might do something for myself, maybe.

Will the next one be kind of a return...

A return to form? (Laughs) The next one will be our most recent album since this one. I can't promise any more than that. I mean, I don't (bleeping) know. I don't know what it will be like. The songs I've written could go... I really don't know, to be honest. It depends what kind of producer we use, what studio, and blah blah blah, where were at the day when we walk into the studio and all that. I don't know.

"Dig out your Soul," how would you classify it?

Well, I love it. I've gotta say it's up there with my favorites, and my favorites are "Defintely Maybe," "Don't Believe the Truth," this one and various bits and bobs of the others. But that's just my opinion. I'm not about to say it's better than any of the others, because everybody has their own opinion, don't they?

How's it feel to play live?

Well, it was initially very difficult, because this is the one album we've ever made that we never played live in the studio.

How'd you make it? What was the process?

It was all done on drum loops and computers and stuff like that, you know. Because the songs aren't very songy, they're all kind of monotonous, so it's more of a production job. D'ya know what I mean? And my songs, I wrote in the studio, so it's kind of, I was kind of making it up as we were going along, really. So when we came to rehearse these songs live, it was like, what the (bleepin) hell's all this about? You know. It was initially quite difficult. But I think they're going across well.

How much of the new record are you playing live?

Six songs.

Are the set lists pretty regimented?

Very regimented.

Are they the same every night?

Yeah, almost to the point of the fascism.

Same order, everything?

There must be discipline.

What is the set list, what's it like?

It's an 8-by-4 piece of paper, and it has Oasis song titles on it.

Mm-hmm?

Yep. And we start at the top, finish at the bottom.

And the ones in the middle you play in the middle?

The ones on the middle, yep, they get played in the middle. It's got six songs from the new album, eight from the two famous albums, and about another six, odds and bits and bobs and B-sides and album tracks and that kind of thing from all the rest.

Anything from "Be Here Now" in there?

There was, initially.

What?

"My Big Mouth" was there, initially, but we got rid of that because we felt the set was one song too long.

And that's the one that had to go?

It didn't have to go, it was just kind of, well, if we're gonna drop one song, you can't... I'm looking at the list and I'm going, can't drop "Supersonic," d'ya know what I mean? It's obvious. If you take a straw poll of the people in the room and say would you rather hear "My Big Mouth" or XYZ, and I don't mean the (bleeping) Coldplay album, what would you rather hear? So I'm just assuming people would rather hear "Cigarettes and Alcohol." I don't know, I could be wrong.

You guys have been playing here for years. Do you have any good Detroit memories?

We played there a few years ago with Soundtrack to Our Lives at some really famous theater.

The Fox Theatre.

Yeah, that was a really great night. We always have a great night in Detroit -- after the gigs, d'ya know what I mean. There's always weird and wonderful and clever and interesting people in the dressing room. It's a nice place to play, we feel at home there. It's not too dissimilar from Manchester.

You say that to everybody.

(Pause.)

Or don't you?

Well, I don't say that to people in Tokyo, do I? That's not a (bleep) at all like Manchester, is it? (Detroit) is a working-class town, d'ya know what I mean; and it's seen better days, that kind of thing. And all of the music that comes out of Detroit, from the Stooges to MC5, to the electronic stuff in the '80s, the house music, up to Jack White and the White Stripes, it's always cool as (bleep). Always. It's uncanny. Like Manchester.

Was Motown ever an influence on you? Was there ever a penetration there?

Did I have sex to them, is that what you mean?

Yes, absolutely.

I've only recently got into Motown through reading about the Beatles. My parents weren't Motown fans. We might have had "20 Golden Greats" in the record collection. But it's not strictly guitar music, is it, and that's what I was into. But then you kinda start learning about the Beatles, and they were checking for Motown stuff and Stax stuff and you're like, oh, all right! And you go back and listen to it. But I (bleeping) love it now.

Any groups in particular?

From Motown, it's all about the songs, it's not about the acts. There's so many great songs. I couldn't tell you Dionne Warwick from Diana Ross, d'ya know what I mean? It's all just, you listen to the songs, and it's about the tunes I think.

Any tunes stick out to you?

From Motown? (Laughs). Yeah, one or two. I mean, they're either blatantly obvious, like "You Can't Hurry Love," or really obscure. I'm not an expert on it. I know the tunes, I don't know the titles.

Sing some of them.

If you want to hear me sing, do you know how much it's going to cost you?

How much?

How much are tickets for the gig?

I think they're $75.

Right, it will cost you $75. Next time you hear me sing, I'll be looking like Jesus.

"Chinese Democracy" just came out.

Yes.

Any thoughts?

No. I've not heard it. I've read the reviews, and judging from the reviews I know I'm gonna (bleeping) love it.

Are you being serious?

I love preposterous records, and anything that took 17 years is obviously (bleeping) ludicrous. I'm dying to hear it. I already know I'm going to like it.

What would an Oasis record sound like if you spent 17 years making it?

Brilliant.

Have you ever thought about that?

What, spending 17 years on a record? I haven't got that much time left, have I? I'd be what, 57 by the time that came out? Eh.

How old is your daughter, and what music is she into?

My daughter is 8 years of age, and she is into that (bleep) on the Disney Channel, the Jonas Brothers and all of that (bleeping) nonsense. "High School Musical."

Do you find anything to enjoy in the Jonas Brothers?

Not in the slightest. No. Is there anything?

"Lovebug" is the catchy single on the record, and it's not bad...

No, it's not. I'm not going there.

Touring with Ryan Adams, how did that come about? Mutual appreciation?

Mutual agents talking to each other, saying we could make some money on this, let's get the boys together.

How are you guys getting along?

Oh it's great, it's a mutual appreciation society. We're fans of each other's work, man. I've gotta go, I'm afraid. I've got a flight I've gotta catch to Mexico.

Do you have any final thoughts ?

Any final thoughts? (Pauses.) Stop (bleeping) buying Nickelback records. Have you heard that tune "Rock Star?"

Yes.

They can do better than that, surely.

They probably can.

I bet you could. I've gotta go, I've got to go see my drug dealer in Mexico. Bye-bye.

Source: www.detnews.com

Without Blur There Would Be No Oasis

Britpop legends Blur have announced they are getting back together to play Glastonbury and a huge gig in London’s Hyde Park next summer.

Old rivals Oasis are part-way through a mammoth world tour and also take to the stage, at Wembley Stadium, just a week after Damon Albarn and Co.

The head-to-head blockbuster concerts bring back memories of 1995 when the feuding bands famously dominated the airwaves as they waged all-out war.

Here, Alan McGee – the man who signed Oasis to Creation Records – remembers one of pop’s most bitter spats.

IT was the biggest rivalry in music since The Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

The race for the No1 spot between Oasis and Blur back in 1995 was all over the national TV news and the newspapers.

It was an incredible career move for Oasis — our next album, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, sold 23million copies.

But I can’t take any credit for it — it was a fluke.

It happened like this: Oasis had a No1 with Some Might Say and as the boss of Creation I threw a party for them.

There was bad blood between Oasis and Blur but I invited Blur singer Damon Albarn to the party — after all, I was paying for it.

Damon and I used to watch Chelsea together.

I was always friends with him throughout that whole thing of everyone supposedly hating each other.

Damon came in peace to the party, I’m sure.

But when Liam Gallagher saw him coming in, he shouted: “We’re number one, you’re not, you’re not. We’re number one, you’re not, you’re not.”

Afterwards Damon, in his madness, changed the release date of Blur’s next single Country House to coincide with Oasis’s single Roll With It.

Genius

It was on the national news every night. It was incredible.

I don’t think Blur disliked Oasis — but Oasis genuinely disliked Blur.

At the time, they were three times bigger than us and they won that battle for No1.

But it was an incredible career move for us.

Without Blur, Oasis probably would not have got the airplay. It made us, in people’s perceptions, as big as them. Suddenly we were elevated to the mainstream.

Blur are a really, really great band.

I love Beetlebum, Song 2 and The Universal. They are all beautiful songs.

But they had one bad album — The Great Escape — which was released that year. All the others are good.

So Oasis kind of won the war. Out of it all came the 23million-selling (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?.

As much as the music is always more important than the hype, the whole thing in 1995 helped make them both really iconic bands.

It made them stand out and defined a decade.

Oasis and Blur, along with Pulp, were Britpop — they were the soundtrack for an era.

Both bands are incredible talents. I would go as far as saying Damon Albarn is a genius.

I’ve got a lot of respect for him as a musician — he jumped from Blur to doing hip-hop and pop with Gorillaz better than the Americans.

He’s an incredible talent, a musical genius.

And I love Noel Gallagher, both as a talent and a person.

I think Noel Gallagher is Neil Young.

Both bands have survived because people want to go to see them. It’s as simple as that.

Oasis’s shows next summer have already sold out.

I think it’s great for music that both Oasis and Blur are playing gigs next year.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere

Taken from Noel's tour diary for oasisinet.com

Denver was cold, man! Fuckin' freezing. Minus something or other. Left and went to bed in a snowstorm. Woke up somewhere else. 12 hours away.

Think we're in Minnesota. Bob Dylan country. It's cold, flat, grey and bleak. No wonder he fucked off to NYC. Even the cattle look miserable.

Just had breakfast at Trumps' Truck Stop. It was full of fat men in baseball caps in sleeveless t-shirts!! Sleeveless!? It's fuckin' freezing!!!

We're on the way to Minneapolis. I'm expecting endless boredom. It's a long way from California.

In a bit.

GD.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

You've Been Googled: From Palin To Cupcakes, The Most Popular Web Searches In 2008

A year ago she was unheard of, and after the U.S. election result, may return to obscurity.

In between however, Sarah Palin has achieved the ultimate recognition of the internet age. Along with cupcakes.

The Republican candidate for vice president and the confection topped Google's annual 'zeitgeist' list, which reveals the events, music and individuals that shaped 2008.

From iPlayer and The Jonas Brothers to beer batter and Nicolas Sarkozy, the list offers a unique insight into the most asked-for terms on the search engine.

Unsurprisingly given its popularity among students and office workers, Facebook came top of the 'most looked for subjects' in the UK, while job searches finished in tenth place.

Mrs Palin saw off competition from the Beijing Olympics and the actor Heath Ledger to finish top of the list of 'fastest rising global queries'.

And with the credit crunch beginning to bite, traditional cooking appears to be making a comeback as foods including crumble topping, Eton mess and rhubarb fool jostled for position alongside cupcakes in the 'fastest rising recipe searches'.

An online scramble for music tickets saw British rockers Oasis beat Leonard Cohen to the top of the chart for the 'hottest tickets of the year'.

Cricket fans also appeared desperate to get their hands on passes for next year's Ashes, while the stage musical Oliver! proved a hit in seventh place.

In addition, millions turned to the internet to watch their favourite television shows online, with the BBC's iPlayer facility seeing off the everpopular YouTube to head the list of 'fastest rising searches'.

Gordon Brown was the most searched for politician of the year, beating his younger rival David Cameron into second place.

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Oasis Enjoy An American Resurgence

Although famous as much for their Mancunian bluster as for redefining British pop back in the mid-1990s, even the Gallagher brothers themselves must be more than mildly surprised at how well Oasis's following in America has endured and grown in the decade since they became global superstars.

After its first two albums were released in 1994 and 1995 respectively, the band's stateside popularity faded considerably. Given the fact that Oasis's massive early success hinged on a combustible cocktail of drug abuse and, at times, violent sibling rivalry, the downturn didn't seem all that unlikely.

Yet somehow, despite the aborted tours, lineup changes and declining record sales, the Gallaghers have held themselves together long enough for their career to experience an American resurgence. This is even more surprising considering that the band's new album, "Dig Out Your Soul" -- while somewhat more palatable than its clunky predecessor -- isn't anywhere near as compelling as its early material.

Regardless, the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles last Thursday was full of fans, new and old, anxious to get a glimpse Oasis Mach IV. Things looked pretty familiar. Apart from some extra heft courtesy of new drummer Chris Sharrock, it was business as usual for Oasis, who roared through a familiar 105-minute set heavy on the hits ("Wonderwall," "Champagne Supernova," "Supersonic") and light on everything else.

Standard rock psychedelic imagery filled the video screens behind the band as they stuffed the arena with thick open chords and Kinks-esque harmonies.

If there was any doubt before, Liam Gallagher has pretty much officially given up on actually singing, now content to snort his vocals without any need to even finish his phrases. The band's new material is melodic but not memorable ("Ain't Got Nothin'," "Waiting for the Rapture"), and actually makes mediocre mid-period songs like "Lyla," "Songbird" and "The Importance of Being Idle" seem like welcomed additions to the set.

Acoustic renditions of "The Masterplan" and "Don't Look Back in Anger" were well received, the latter offering perhaps the one moment where Noel Gallagher seemed genuinely touched by the overwhelming audience response.

Such a rabid reaction proves that Oasis have indeed weathered a crucial career-threatening storm. And they have done it not by changing with the times but remaining steadfastly true to their meat-and-potato rock roots. And while this approach might not afford them any creative breakthroughs in the near future, it has at least provided a future of some kind.

Ryan Adams and the Cardinals opened the show with an hour of often stunning rock songs culled mostly from their new album, "Cardinology." Crisp guitars tones and glacial pedal steel licks punctuated the emotionally searing standouts "Cobwebs" and "Crossed Out Name."

Guitarist Neil Casal seems like he was genetically designed to be Adams' ideal vocal and instrumental foil, as the pair locked into gorgeous pools of harmony on song after song. "Sink Ships," "Natural Ghost" and "Go Easy" sounded even fuller than their album counterparts, and worked well alongside the chiming contemplativeness of "Two" and "Everybody Knows" from last year's underrated "Easy Tigher."

Source: Reuters/Billboard

Tales From the Middle Of Nowhere

Taken from Noel's tour diary for oasisinet.com

I fuckin' love Vegas. I think I may have mentioned this before. Have I? It's mental. And not good for the soul but I'm glad there's a place on Earth that exists like that and I get to go there once in a while.

The room they gave me at The Palms was incredible. It had a pool table in it! And a disco shower (that's right, a shower/discotheque)!

Got taken to what's called a high-rollers suite to watch the fight between Manny Paquiao and Fighting Oscar de la Hoya and what a fight! Paquiao battered him senseless. De la Hoya quit in the 8th (shithouse!).

Tricky-Ricky-Hatton was in town ('coz he's fighting the winner, see?). He popped his little head round the door 5 mins before showtime. Good to see him again. I may have mentioned this once or twice before but he's a good fuckin' lad. He cleared out a few Guinness and went out front to watch the gig.

The first person I spot in the gig (out of thousands) is my 4th best friend Russell Brand casually eyeing up people to get pregnant. Sadly for him it's mainly boys at our gig (although I'm not sure that'd stop him). That dressing room was too small for all them people, it could've got dangerous. Good fun though.

Me, Russell, Ricky, Burnin'Natty and various others had a look upstairs at the Bunny-Club (did I mention that The Palms is somehow affiliated to Playboy?). Poor Russell, he didn't know where to start. He was like a dog in a cake shop.

There's too much to tell really. Ricky turned up in a wheelchair, the DJ played some hip-hop bootleg of 'Wonderwall', all manner of shit was going on. I slung it before sunrise (a wise move!).

I'm at this moment back on the bus. Underneath the big sky. In the middle of nowhere. On the way to Denver. Mountains out of every window. Glorious. No wonder they all believe in God out here.

Anyway, my head hurts. I need breakfast.

In a bit.

GD.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Bonehead Joins The Vortex

Former Oasis man Bonehead last night officially joined The Vortex, he has played with the band a few times and last night became a full time member of the band.

Nick from The Vortex told us exclusively 'Yeah the rise has started, he loves us , we love him, it makes sense. We're very honoured to be the band that has given Bonehead his buzz back after 10 years'.

For more information visit www.thevortexmusic.com

Rock 'N' Roll Covers Story - Part 2

Album sleeve photographer Michael Spencer Jones continues his memories of ‘The Oasis years’.

Be Here Now (album released August 1997, reached Number 1 in the UK)

“That was interesting... photography can often be about problem solving situations – there’s always things coming up you have to sort; the light or shadows coming in where they shouldn’t be, or props not arriving.

Be Here Now was just full of these problems that kept arising.

We drained the swimming pool and repainted it, and then we got the tarpaulin to camouflage the scaffolding [that was supporting the Rolls Royce] and then realised the blue was completely different from the blue of the pool.

It was: ‘I’m afraid we’re going to have repaint the swimming pool to hide the fact that the Rolls Royce is supported on something, which might take away the illusion’, so we did that and then it was ‘right, let’s fill it back up with water’.

With swimming pools you can’t just get a normal domestic hosepipe, it’d take about three days, so we had to get the fire guys out to get to the nearest hydrant, then started filling it up.

This is about seven o’clock in the evening, so we retired to our room, then next morning drew the curtains back, looked out... no water in the swimming pool... oh s***. ‘What is going on? Why isn’t it full?’ – you look at your watch and Oasis are arriving in two hours.

A quick phone call to the fire brigade: ‘we have a problem – you’re going to have to come out’, so they came out, went to the hydrant and suddenly realised they’d not turned the water on properly, so they turned it on and it started to fill up...

Then a side issue was that the water pressure in this five star hotel (Stocks House in Hertfordshire) went completely, so they couldn’t wash up, you couldn’t brush your teeth, flush the toilet... and this is in the morning when everyone’s getting up. All the guests are going absolutely mental... there’s this mini mutiny happening in the hotel.

Anyway, the pool fills up and then I looked from my window and saw all this foam and black scummy mess in the pool.

What had happened was the water level had risen and the oil from under the Rolls’ wheels had washed off and gone into the pool and it was black.

So we got this rowing paddle to skim off the top layer of oil and we managed to clean it up about 20 minutes before the band arrived – knowing nothing of all the trauma that had just happened.

A lot of people think the Rolls Royce is Photoshopped into the swimming pool... no, trust me it was definitely not.”

* Out of the Blue – The Oasis photographs of Michael Spencer Jones is on show at Snap Galleries until February 28 2009. www.snapgalleries.com

Source: www.birminghampost.net

Rolling Stone 'Top Album Covers' Of 2008

Rolling Stone released it's reader's rock list for top Album Cover Artwork of 2008. Oasis' cover for Dig Out Your Soul made the top ten at # 9

10 Top Album Covers Of 2008

10: Of Montreal, Skeletal Lamping
09: Oasis, Dig Out Your Soul
08: The Raconteurs, Consolers of the Lonely
07: Death Cab For Cutie, Narrow Stairs
06: Nine Inch Nails, The Slip
05: Coldplay, Viva la Vida
04: Metallica, Death Magnetic
03: Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes
02: The Mars Volta, Bedlam In Goliath
01The Killers, Day & Age

To view all of the top 26 covers click here.

Source: Rolling Stone

Oasis, Ryan Adams A Fine Match In Broomfield Show

At first it seems an odd pairing of acts. Oasis is a band of pop-rock stars that plays stadiums around the world (if not here in the U.S.). Ryan Adams' latest incarnation is with his fine band The Cardinals, but his style has bent more toward traditional rock and folk. It seemed the only characteristic the two share were their lead singers' penchant for being, um, outspoken.

But in a moment of fortuitous artistic synchronicity, both are going through a phase in their careers bent toward harder, at-times psychedelic rock. So the two rockers' sets in Broomfield on a snowy night matched up much better than anyone might have expected.

Adams seems to get in the press only when he has an onstage meltdown, with the mainstream ignoring his steady stream of fine albums and nonstop touring in various incarnations.

Adams has at times been solo, at times has had fine players around him, but never has he clicked onstage so seamlessly and intensely as with The Cardinals. Whether working through cuts from the new album Cardinology or recasting old Adams standards as hard-rock jams, the band was solid and exciting, easily bringing Oasis fans into the fold. Tougher versions of When the Stars Go Blue (with a warm, heartfelt guitar solo from Adams) and Come Pick Me Up were highlights, as was the new song Natural Ghost.

Oasis is known for rock-star attitude and drilled the point home by opening with Rock 'n' Roll Star, with singer Liam Gallagher dressed head to toe in black and full of his usual onstage affectations (what's with the tambourine in the mouth?).

The set was heavily salted with songs from the band's great new rock album Dig Out Your Soul, along with a bunch of carefully chosen earlier hits throughout the set, starting with a stirring version of Cigarettes & Alcohol.

The band began plowing through its catalog at breakneck speed, with new drummer Chris Sharrock (formerly of World Party and The Las) powering with frantic, impressive drumming.

Gallagher noted the anniversary of John Lennon's murder onstage, a tribute he gives with every Lennon-like note he sings. His voice can get a bit grating at times, so a two-song mini set without Liam found Noel Gallagher taking the lead on Waiting for the Rapture and The Masterplan.

At press time big hits, including Don't Look Back in Anger and Champagne Supernova awaited the crowd.

The sound at the Broomfield Events Center was solid and clean, but the place just can't seem to catch a break. With $19 tickets available, there was surely a large percentage of walk-up audience that stayed home due to the snow blowing sideways in the night.

Source: www.rockymountainnews.com

Oasis In Denver Setlist

Last nights setlist from Broomfield Events Center, Denver, USA.

Fuckin' In The Bushes
Rock 'n' Roll Star
Lyla
The Shock Of The Lightning
Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Meaning Of Soul
To Be Where There's Life
Waiting For The Rapture
The Masterplan
Songbird
Slide Away
Morning Glory
Ain't Got Nothin'
The Importance Of Being Idle
I'm Outta Time
Wonderwall
Supersonic
Don't Look Back In Anger
Falling Down
Champagne Supernova
I Am The Walrus

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Next stop Minneapolis...

Oasis To Release Exclusive iTunes EP

The 'I'm Outta Time EP' is available to download from today (December 9)

Oasis are set to release a special US-only iTunes exclusive EP.

The EP includes previously unreleased material including a demo version of the current single ‘I’m Outta Time’ and remix versions of ‘The Shock of the Lightning’ and ‘To Be Where There’s Life’.

The band are currently on their ‘Dig Out Your Soul’ American tour playing to sold-out audiences across the country. The jaunt continues tonight in Denver, CO.

The tracklisting for ‘I’m Outta Time’ is:

‘I'm Outta Time’ (Album version)
‘I'm Outta Time’ (Remix)
‘I'm Outta Time’ (Demo)
‘The Shock Of The Lightning’ (The Jagz Kooner Remix)
‘To Be Where There's Life’ (Neon Neon Remix)

The remaining dates are:

Minneapolis, MN Target Center (10)
Chicago, IL Allstate Arena (12)
Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills (13)
New York, NY Madison Sq. Garden (17)
Camden, NJ Susquehanna Center (19)
Washington, DC Patriot Center (20)

Source: www.nme.com

Hamilton Odds Favorite In Popularity Contest

Formula One racing champion Lewis Hamilton is a clear odds favorite at bookmaker Paddy Power to be voted Zoo magazine's coolest British man of the year.

Hamilton, who in 2008 became the youngest person to win a Formula 1 Drivers' World Championship at the age of just 23, is an 11/8 favorite to take out the award.

He is followed by Daniel Craig, Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe on 10/1 each. Craig will surely benefit from the recent release of his second James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton has also had recent success, retaining his IBO light welterweight boxing title in November. Also a successful boxer, Joe "the pride of Wales" Calzaghe retained his ring light heavyweight title in November.

Last year's champion Noel Gallagher is 14/1 to go back-to-back, while his brother Liam is 20/1.

Not very cool

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is 100/1, but if the current opinion polls are anything to go by, he has almost as little chance of keeping his job as he does of becoming Britain's coolest man.

Source: www.onlinecasinoreports.com

Rock 'N' Roll Covers Story

Photographer Michael Spencer Jones shares his Oasis memories with Jon Perks.
Oasis' Cigarettes and Alcohol cover

You’d think that anyone working with Liam and Noel Gallagher on a regular basis would require the patience of a saint.

Not so, says Michael Spencer Jones, the acclaimed photographer who captured the now famous cover shots for their first three albums and 11 singles.

“They’re probably the greatest bunch of people I’ve ever worked with,” says Michael, who first met the Gallaghers in October 1993.

“You’ve got a band that’s straightforward and honest. You know where you stand.

“One of the things about being there from very early on was the fact there was never any question whether this band was going to make it – it was blindingly obvious right from the word go that they’d be a huge success.”

Spotted by Noel Gallagher through his early work for The Verve (Jones would also later photograph the cover to Urban Hymns), the Sheffield photographer went on to take the images for every Oasis UK release, from their debut Supersonic to the 1998 number one All Around The World.

All 14 covers (plus a previously unseen night shot version of Be Here Now) form the latest exhibition at Birmingham’s Snap Galleries.

Entitled Out of the Blue (after the Manchester recording studios where he first met the band), the show is accompanied by a limited edition boxed portfolio with all 15 images signed by Jones and a 196-page large format book chronicling his time with the bad boys of Britpop.

As well as his passion for photography – and his talent – what also comes through when speaking to Jones is that he’s clearly a huge Oasis fan.

In fact, he has been ever since he first heard Columbia on his car stereo, the day before he was to meet them for the very first time:

“I heard this great piece of music, and it was one of those occasions when you hear something and you want to hear what it is, and the DJ said it was by ‘local band Oasis’ and I was like ‘wow, hey, I’m going to photograph them tomorrow, that’s good’,” he recalls.

“It’s so important with any band I work with that I like the music,” he insists.

“The next day when I heard Shakermaker at the studio it was very much a contrast to Columbia, and there were vocals on it as well, which made it more interesting. Then I got a demo tape of Definitely Maybe and just couldn’t stop playing it – I was like ‘wow, there’s only one direction they’re going in, and that’s up’.”

Creation Records wanted their artwork to be done in-house, but Noel insisted that they use Jones – in retrospect, a great decision.

The portfolio of work – which features 5,000 imported carnations (Don’t Look Back In Anger), a disused railway station (Some Might Say) and a half-submerged Rolls-Royce (Be Here Now) – is a fabulous snapshot of not only the band’s golden years but also some of Britpop’s finest moments.

“It was very much an organic creative process of ‘right, we’ve got this track, what are we going to do?’” says Michael.

“Sometimes Noel would come up with it, other times the designer would come up with an idea or I would come up with an idea, or Noel might suggest something that I would develop into something else.

“When I was doing the book and looking at the contacts and the outtakes, I got some great memories back and it’s just interesting how many stories there are behind the shoots,” he adds. “It was a very colourful period. There are some anecdotes behind every single cover I did with them.”

Cigarettes and Alcohol (single released October 1994, reached No. 7 in the UK)

“It was in this small hotel room in Holland Park and it was a staged shot, and in the end we got a kind of vibe going, running up a big room service bill... but at the end of the shoot, about three or four o’clock in the morning, Noel took his guitar up and began playing.

Liam was in the room – I think he was asleep – and there was Tim Abbott the art director, about four or five of us in total – and Noel must have played his whole repertoire, maybe 15, 16 songs one after the other. Incredible.

Just playing Live Forever, then next track Whatever – songs I’d not even heard, it was just one after the other. I think he even played All Around The World, and that didn’t surface for about another four years. The thing about his songs is they’re so well crafted and he’s such a rare talent.”

* Out of the Blue – The Oasis Photographs of Michael Spencer Jones is on show at Snap Galleries until February 28 2009. www.snapgalleries.com.

Source: www.birminghampost.net

See some of the images here in the NME Gallery.

Rowdy Oasis Fan Ejected From US Show

American Oasis fans are still causing the band problems - one concertgoer had to be physically removed from the British rockers' Los Angeles show on Thursday night (04Dec08) for arguing with singer Liam Gallagher.

The band had just started its show at the Staples Center when the rowdy fan was dragged out of the venue by security guards after screaming abuse at the frontman.
The concert was only Oasis' second gig on a new North American tour. The band's last trip to the U.S. in September (08) ended abruptly after Liam's bandmate and brother Noel was attacked onstage at a festival in Toronto, Canada.

Gallagher fell on a monitor speaker as he attempted to avoid a charging Daniel Sullivan. Subsequent back and rib injuries prompted the guitarist to cancel the rest of the Oasis tour and a trio of dates in Europe.

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere

Taken from Noel's tour diary for Oasisinet.com

Well, well, well. He turned up! Morrissey was actually in our actual dressing room. Being very funny. He asked me did I have any "new moves"!! Genius.

Steve Jones (the Sex Pistol) was there. A proper dude. Can't tell you what a buzz it is to have 2 of the people who are absolutely responsible for you making music in the room. I love meeting my heroes. They're all top, top geezers.

Gig was good. Went to the after show to see a few cats who come over from England. Didn't hit it hard though. Got my boy in town. Not fair dad rolling in at dawn stinking the gaff out. Got another 2 weeks of that.

Which brings me to tonight. Back in Vegas. At The Palms. Very 70s. Ricky Hatton's in town (again!) as is Russell Brand and the elusive Matt Morgan. Gonna watch the Oscar de la Hoya fight and then rip it up (so to speak). Could and should get messy.

In a bit.

GD

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Be Here Now Is Still The Fastest Selling LP In UK Chart History

Take That's new album has become the third fastest selling LP in UK chart history.

The Circus sold 432,000 copies since Monday to debut at number one on the albums chart.

Be Here Now by Oasis is still the fastest-selling album of all time, it sold 695,761 copies in it's first week when it was also released on Thursday August 21st 1997.

Selling over 420,000 units on the first day of release alone, and over one million within two weeks.

First week UK sales

01. Be Here Now - Oasis - 1997 - (695,761)
02. X&Y - Coldplay - 2005 - (464,552)
03. The Circus - Take That - 2008 - (432,000)

Oasis' 'I'm Outta Time' Chart Position

I'm Outta Time has entered the Official UK Singles Chart at number 12 on this weeks chart.

Unless it goes up in the chart next week, it ends a run of 22 consecutive top 10 singles that goes back to August 1994.

Consecutive top 10 singles by Oasis

Live Forever - 10
Ciggarettes And Alcohol - 07
Whatever - 03
Some Might Say - 01
Roll With It - 02
Wonderwall - 02
Don't Look Back In Anger - 01
D'You Know What I Mean - 01
Stand By Me - 02
All Around The World - 01
Go Let It Out - 01
Who Feels Love - 04
Sunday Morning Call - 04
The Hindu Times - 01
Stop Crying Your Heart Out - 02
Little By Little - 02
Songbird - 03
Lyla - 01
Importance Of Being Idle - 01
Let There Be Love - 02
Lord Don't Slow Me Down - 10 (Digital only single)
Shock Of The Lightning - 03

Dig Out Your Soul has re-entry in the Official Album Chart at number 25 on this weeks chart.