Versus Cancer Stages Christmas Party In Manchester

Versus Cancer, the charity set up by ex-Smiths bassist Andy Rourke, celebrated a successful year last night (December 18) with a hometown christmas party.

Held at Manchester’s Moho Live, the evening saw a blend of new and established talent, DJs and comedians all help raise money for the Christies Cancer Charity.

Headlining was Starsailor's James Walsh, who played an acoustic set.

The set mainly featured tracks from Starsailor's back catalogue, as well as two new songs from the band's forthcoming fourth album 'All The Plans' - the title track and 'Tell Me It's Not Over'.

Walsh also blended in songs by The Killers, Primal Scream and Gorillaz' 2005 Number One 'Dare' - which he dedicated to a Starsailor fan who died this year.

Walsh also played covers of John Lennon’s 'Jealous Guy', John Mellencamp's 'Wild Night' and Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'.

Introducing the cover, Walsh told the crowd: "Apparently this ['Hallelujah'] is now a Christmas song and someleague one Leona Lewis has stole it from Jeff Buckley."

played:

'Alcoholic'
'Four To The Floor'/'Dare'
'All The Plans'
'Jealous Guy'
'Silence Is Easy'/'All These Things That I've Done’
'Hallelujah'
'Good Souls/'Movin' On Up'
'Tell Me It's Not Over'
'Tie Up My Hands'
'Wild Night'

The event also saw ex-Oasis guitarist Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs play with his band The Vortex.

Also on the bill were The Jessie Rose Trip, Karima Francais, The 66, Jersey Budd and Working For A Nuclear Free City.

Source: www.nme.com

Vote For Oasis At The Shockwaves NME Awards 2009

The Shockwaves NME Awards are back and only your votes can decide the winners.

Vote now to decide the nomination shortlists to be unveiled in January.

You'll also be entered to win tickets to the Awards ceremony in London and the NME Big Gig, headlined by The Cure.

Click here to cast your vote for Oasis.

Cage Fighter 'Coolest Man Of Year'

A champion cage fighter has crushed rivals such as Daniel Craig, David Beckham and Lewis Hamilton to be named Coolest Man of the Year in a shock result.

Michael Bisping, an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter, came out top in a poll of the 100 Coolest British Men of the Year by Zoo magazine.

Around 50,000 Zoo magazine readers and web users voted in the online survey. While he is not exactly a household name, Bisping, 29, from Clitheroe in Lancashire, won two huge bouts this year in Birmingham and has featured in the magazine.

Bisping is a former light heavyweight champion and has only been defeated once in his career. He said of his award: "I am totally shocked, but honoured to be voted the coolest man in the UK by Zoo readers."

Paddy Power bookie's favourite Hamilton finished just behind Bisping in second place. Last year's winner, Noel Gallagher, is still a favourite among young men as he finished third ahead of big screen action heroes Jason Statham, who came fourth, and Bond actor Craig, who was fifth.

This year's top 10 is filled by Britain's so-called hard men with undefeated world champion boxer Joe Calzaghe in sixth place, adventurer Bear Grylls seventh and Noel's younger brother, Liam Gallagher, at number eight.

At number nine, Liverpool's Steven Gerrard was deemed football's coolest bloke ahead of Arsenal's wonder kid Theo Walcott, Beckham and Wayne Rooney. England captain John Terry dropped 61 places from last year to 75. Harry Redknapp was voted Britain's coolest manager at number 44.

Editor of Zoo magazine Ben Todd said: "Although most people will be surprised at this year's winner, the result reveals the growing influence that UFC is having on young men in Britain - with the sport now seriously rivalling boxing in the popularity stakes.

"Intriguingly, the poll also suggests a resurgence in respect for hard men, perhaps due to the harsher economic times, and the death of the metrosexual with Bisping, Calzaghe and Bear Grylls all featuring in the Top 10."

Following the recent BBC prank calls row, Russell Brand was named Britain's coolest comedian at number 10, ahead of James Corden, Russell Howard and Ricky Gervais. Jonathan Ross, who was also involved in the furore after he and Brand made lewd calls to Andrew Sachs, was at number 57 in the poll.

Source: The Press Association

On This Day In Oasis History

"Whatever" is a single by British rock band Oasis, written by the band's lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. It was released 19 December 1994 as a stand-alone single bridging the gap between Oasis' debut album, Definitely Maybe, and their second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. "Whatever" entered the UK Singles Chart at #3, their first single to enter the top 5, something every single released since, up to 2005's Let There Be Love, has also accomplished. The strings were played by the London Session Orchestra, arranged by Nick Ingham and Noel Gallagher.

The song joins the infectious pop-rock melodies of Definitely Maybe with the more sophisticated lyrics of (What's the Story) Morning Glory, preaching universal tolerance and the acceptance of all ideas and beliefs in a typically straightforward, Mancunian way. The first lines ("I'm free to be whatever I/Whatever I choose/And I'll sing the blues if I want") may have been Noel's reaction to his father's insistence that he join the building trade.

"Whatever" was released as a contender for the coveted position of Christmas #1, 1994
It is a testament to Noel Gallagher's all-conquering self confidence that he should predict "Whatever"'s success before he was even given a record contract, saying "In the beginning, there was a masterplan, to the extent that I knew that 'Whatever,' one of the first songs I ever wrote, would be a Christmas Top Five hit, but I think anyone who heard the song could have told you that."



When Oasis performed the song for Top of the Pops, they mimed and one of the cello players from the symphony was replaced by Bonehead, who clearly had no idea how his instrument is supposed to be played. Towards the end of the song, he gave up the pretense and started using the bow to conduct. A woman plays his rhythm guitar. The song was introduced by Damon Albarn of Blur who would later famously feud with Oasis. As Albarn introduced the song, the Gallagher brothers made hand gestures behind him, which only served to heighten the feud between the bands.

"Whatever" has been performed live by Oasis many times, sometimes with the ambitious symphony which accompanies the single version, sometimes without. They often end live versions of the song with lyrics adapted from the Beatles song "Octopus's Garden." They have also been known to add the lines "All the young blues....carry the news...", in reference to the Mott the Hoople song "All The Young Dudes". The "blues" are the fans of the Gallaghers' beloved Manchester City F.C.. At their famous performances at Knebworth in August 1996, the song was accompanied throughout by harmonica player Mark Feltham and is generally regarded by fans as one of the highlights of their set.

The B-Sides of "Whatever" were quite famous as well. One of them, "Slide Away" was already featured on their debut album, Definitely Maybe. The other two - "(It's Good) To Be Free" and "Half the World Away" - were later featured on The Masterplan, a collection of Oasis's best b-sides. "Slide Away" and "Half the World Away" would also be featured on Oasis' 2006 "best of" album Stop the Clocks, although "Whatever" itself was not included.

'Whatever' spent a total of 50 weeks in the UK Singles chart, more than any Oasis single to date. In 2007 Coronation Street's Charlie Stubbs was murdered while 'Whatever' played.

Source: Wikipedia

Oasis In New York Review And Videos

Fuckin In The Bushes & Rock 'N' Roll Star



The Masterplan



Don't Look Back In Anger

Oasis
Madison Square Garden
Wednesday, December 17

Stature can say a lot. At last night's Madison Square Garden Oasis gig, opener Ryan Adams, never known as the quiet, non-effacing type (what with all the tumblr dice he used to roll online) left the banter to his Cardinals guitarist Neal Cassal, positioned himself decidedly out of the spotlight (except of course when he was, literally, spotlit), and more or less put in a shift. A Cardinology-heavy set (with a nice version of "Fix It") elicited some "woo's" from the early-arrivals; a shambolic take on "Come Pick Me Up" prompted the lady in front of me to pole dance on her boyfriend in the Credit Suisse fleece. While their psych-country sound certainly reached the luxury suites of the Garden, the Cardinals seemed non-plussed by the venue: You'd hardly think anyone was watching them.

Oasis' Liam Gallagher, on the other hand, prowled the Garden stage as if he was about to take part in a title fight, occasionally breaking off from the stoic frontman bit to pantomime jerking off at someone up front who was offending his delicate Manchester sensibilities, or to acknowledge some members of the armed forces in attendance by asking if they were "gay boys."

Liam's barely-literate-git routine has always been an essential counterpoint to his incredibly effective voice. When someone so coarse beautifully elongates the syllables in "Wonderwall"'s "there are many things that I'd like to say to you, but I don't know howwwwwww," it sounds all the more longing when you know the source.

Last night, however, as a result of some Dylan-esque re-imagining of catalog, or perhaps a lifetime of cigarettes and alcohol, Liam sang in clipped, abbreviated measures. The Oasis frontman backed away from the microphone abruptly, seemingly to catch his breath--this, evidently, has been a problem lately.

The band seemed equally labored. The first half of the set relied on their recently released Dig Out Your Soul, offering a driving "The Shock of the Lightning." After asking the crowd if anyone had attended the previous night's Neil Young concert, Oasis launched into a Crazy Horse-esque version of Definitely Maybe favorite "Slide Away." This signaled the sing-a-long portion of the evening: an acoustic take on "Don't Look Back in Anger," in which the more in-form (vocally) Gallagher, Noel, hardly needed to sing at all, thanks to crowd participation; a rockier than usual "Wonderwall" and a snarling take on "Champagne Supernova," the reaction to which caused even Liam to stand back and appreciate.--Chris Ryan

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Gallaghers' Rock 'N Roll Card

The Gallagher brothers and Ian Brown are starring in Christmas cards.

They’ve often claimed to be as big as Jesus, now they’ve borrowed His halo.

As you can see, Noel’s picture has “Happy Noel” underneath, while Liam is flicking the Vs – not very biblical – saying “’appy Xmas our kid”.

And former Stone Roses singer Ian strikes a religious pose to go with the band’s famous lyric: “I am the resurrection and I am the light.”

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Oasis In New York City Photo Gallery

They brought it all : the swagger, the attitude , the hits and the sing alongs. Brit Rock legends Oasis performed a 'Supersonic' show to the sold out Garden in New York City last night. More reviews to follow.

See the full gallery shot by Live4ever.us exclusively on Metromix.com

Photo Credit: Paul Bachmann

Was The Blur vs Oasis Battle A Sham?!

It would be an epic understatement to say Blur and Oasis' relationship in the nineties was merely fractious, characterised as it was, by bitter chart rivalry and slanging matches in the press. Both bands took full advantage of the nation’s interest, playing up to their pantomime roles of middleclass southerners and working class northerners.

However recent comments by Blur bassist, Alex James seem to wholly contradict the band's past behaviour. Whilst on location filming in Manchester, James, a judge on T4's Orange unsignedAct, revealed his love for Mancunian bands.

"All my favourite bands are from Manchester - New Order, The Smiths, Oasis!"
Does this mean a reconciliation is in the air? Could we see the reformed Blur joined on stage by Oasis for a singalong when they play Hyde Park next year?

Watch Alex James' full confession this Sunday, on Orange unsignedAct with Sony Ericcson on T4 at 1220pm.

Source: www.altsounds.com

Oasis In New York Setlist

Last nights setlist from Madison Square Gardens, New York, 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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Tales From the Middle Of Nowhere

Taken from Noel's tour diary for oasisinet.com

Disaster struck last night. The fuckin' bus broke down. 4 hours kip was all we got 'til we ground to a halt in the middle of nowhere. Pitch-black and snowing sideways. Me, Tall Scratch and The Shroud had to pile on Romeo Dread's bus. Nightmare. I can safely say, "I bet that's never happened to Bono".

Didn't sweat it though. We're on the way to NYC, baby, and Neil Young's playing tonight. Can't wait. I fuckin' love that cat (and I'll tell him as much if we get to speak to him later).

Still snowing. Must be nearly x.mas, eh?

In a bit.

GD.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Chrimbo Pressies From Oasis And Kasabian

Oasis & Kasabian all love a good session at This Feeling and they've kindly given This Feeling a pair of tickets to be won for their Wembley gigs next year per London This Feeling until May 2009.

All you need to do to stand a chance of winning a pair of these sold out golden tickets for next summers mega gigs is get an advance ticket to a This Feeling between now and next May. Winners Will be notified upon entry to club.

This Saturday ~ The Rifles (acoustic), indie anthems, rock and roll and pop till 3am, £2 beer, 2-4-1 white wine, £2 sambuca, £5 cocktails = one mega zone.

adv tix / more info www.thisfeeling.co.uk

BOSH!

TF TOWERS

New Court Date For Man Accused Of Attacking Oasis' Noel Gallagher At Virgin Festival

A new court date has been set for the Pickering man charged with assaulting Oasis lead guitarist Noel Gallagher at the Virgin Festival on the Toronto Islands in September. Daniel Sullivan, 47, is to appear in provincial court on Jan. 22.

Source: www.thestar.com

Noel Gallagher's Solo Mission

Noel Gallagher has hinted that he is set to produce a solo album following this year's Oasis No.1 Dig Out Your Soul.

The star has already written his band's next album, but admits he is considering doing something a little different before it is released.

He said: "The album's already done and demoed, so I'm going to take a bit of time off after we've finished the Dig Out Your Soul tour.

"I might do something for myself, maybe."

Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Liam Gets Shirty

Cheeky Liam Fray wants to attend a Blur reunion show wearing an Oasis T-shirt.

The Courteeners frontman is a life-long supporter of his fellow Manc rock outfit.

Liam, 23, told me: “We might go down to the Blur Hyde Park gigs next year in our old Oasis T-shirts.

“In the mid-nineties you couldn’t even mention Blur’s name out loud in Manchester.

“My sister used to like them but I never listened to them because I was Oasis through and through. Later on I saw them live at the Leeds festival in 2003, but Graham Coxon wasn’t there then so this time it’s different.”

Unlike some seemingly all-about-the-money comebacks, Liam feels Blur are back for the right reasons.

He added: “Everyone’s reforming these days so it was only a matter of time but I think it’s a good thing.

“It’s not like they’re doing it for any other reason than for the love of it.

“They don’t need to. Damon has got Gorillaz, Graham has his solo career and Alex has his cheese.”

Source: Daily Star

Warrant Out For Man Accused Of Attacking Oasis Guitarist Noel Gallagher At Virgin Festival

A Pickering man accused of attacking Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher at the Virgin Festival back in September is now the subject of an arrest warrant, after he failed to show up at a scheduled court appearance Tuesday.

Daniel Sullivan, 47, was charged with assault following the onstage brouhaha that saw Gallagher being shoved into a monitor during the band's festival-closing performance on Toronto's Olympic Island.

The attack occurred as the British rock band took the stage and began performing their hit song Morning Glory. Sullivan allegedly jumped through the barriers and onto the stage, tackling Gallagher mid-tune. Noel's brother Liam threw a punch at the attacker as security moved in and took the man into custody.

The guitarist suffered a broken rib and ligament damage in his fall, but the band gamely finished their set. They were forced to postpone the final Canadian date in their concert tour, however.

It's still not clear what motivated the attack.

Footage of the incident was caught on a cell phone camera and posted on YouTube.

Source: www.citynews.ca

Rolling Stones, Oasis, U2 Studio To Close?

Olympic Studios face the financial crisis.

A London recording studio, which has seen The Rolling Stones, Oasis, Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix through its doors, may close because of money problems.

The staff at the 42 year-old Olympic Studiosin Barnes - where U2 are currently recording - have been told by owners EMI that they may have to shut down as they aren't making enough money, reports The Evening Standard.

"The fact is the studios are not profitable, like many British studios," the paper reported a source as saying. "You can't get as much business as you used to in the past. And there's no sign of that situation improving."

Both Jimi Hendrix's 'Are You Experienced?' album and Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight' single were recorded at the studios - and The Rolling Stones worked on tracks for seven albums there.

Source: www.nme.com

Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere

Taken from Noel's tour diary for oasisinet.com

Got that organ. Very fuckin' cool. Had to go to the guy's house to get it. Don't think I've ever been to an American's actual house. Can't remember being anyway. They do like a flashing, garden-bound x.mas decoration over here, don't they? They love the old Stars'n'Stripes too, eh? Every fuckin' house has got one on the porch (just in case one forgets where one is)!

Watched a couple of great documentaries about a couple of unsavoury American characters of the late 60s, early 70s. 1st one was about Jim Jones and the People's Temple (Google him, I can't be arsed explaining who he was).

The other one was about Charles Manson - whose bullshit, hippy rhetoric about revolution, free love and sex orgies reminds me (funnily enough) of my mate Russell Brand!

Great films though.

Talking of greatness, if you're wondering what to ask Santa for x.mas, ask him for an album called "A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind (Vol 1. Space Rock)". It's a compilation album by someone called "The Amorphous Androgynous" (I'd hazard a guess that's a made-up name). I've had it on in the dressing room for a month now. It's one of the best things I've ever, ever heard. Go and find it NOW! It'll blow your tiny little minds.

In a bit.

GD.

P.S. Did you see that Arab slinging his flip-flops at Georgie-boy-Bush? Genius. Reminded me of what it's like playing "The Barra" in Glasgow!

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Oasis The Real Deal

LONDON, Ontario - Just in case there were any lingering doubts, Oasis still knows how to make an entrance -- and an exit.

The Gallagher brothers -- singer Liam and chief songwriter and guitarist Noel -- and their Oasis mates had both for 7,200 fans last night at the John Labatt Centre.

"This is definitely the last song -- you've been amazing," shouted Liam Gallagher who had been in full cheerful sneer most of the night. "Have a good Christmas . . . I am the Walrus," he said to complete the introduction to the magnificent finale of an extended encore.

A blazing revisit to the Beatles' classic had the fans ooing and wooing along with the chorus, completing a finale including two singalongs led by Noel (The Fans' Choice) Gallagher and a terrific Champagne Supernova with Liam back at centre stage and his brother soloing with power.

That was the exit.

The entrance by Oasis wasn't half-bad either.

Rock N Roll Star, as in "Tonight, I'm a rock n roll star," was the first song. That followed a crazed voice over the sound system saying "this is not a drill" and a huge blast of lights setting the stage for images of band and visuals on the video screens. Not bad as these things go was black-coat-clad Liam arriving at centre stage in full sneer.

I'm a rock star to I am the Walrus proved to be a journey worth waiting for.

That first insolent stroll -- and the cheers for Noel Gallagher's first solo of the night a few minutes later -- meant the years it took for the 1990s' powerhouse British rockers to play London were over.

The show was originally set for early September. But an on-stage attack on Noel Gallagher at a Toronto concert put the Oasis rocker in hospital with broken ribs and other injuries. The London date was postponed until last night. A Toronto area man was charged after the attack.

In a touching display of brotherly love between the oft-feuding Gallaghers, Liam attempted to come to Noel's aid -- even if Noel later derided his brother's attempt.

The brothers and Gem Archer and Andy Bell, who both joined in 1999, are touring to support the Manchester band's latest album Dig Out Your Soul (Warner). A touring drummer and keyboard player were in last night's lineup.

Dig Out Your Soul provided songs such as Ain't Got Nothin', Waiting for the Rapture and I'm Outta Time -- which had a lovely fadeout -- to the main set. The new album's Falling Down was there for the encore with Noel Gallagher singing.

The biggest hits were the Oasis trademarks including Morning Glory, Wonderwall and Supersonic. It didn't appear that the Manchester mates were doing anything special around the mid-set (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis was playing the 1995 hit when Noel Gallagher was attacked and shoved into on-stage monitors.

The Gallagher brothers do bring something special to the art of talking on stage.

"Thank you very much. Good evening, London. How is everybody," asked Noel Gallagher early, breaking the Oasis code of silence sweetly.

Liam was characteristically unsweet. "How are (we) doing? We're all all right," he answered his brother.

"You're one of the . . . ugly lady birds," he said pointing to somebody in the audience.

Near the end, he sweetened up too. "This one's for you . . . because you're the one that's happy," he said, pointing somewhere else, to introduce Champagne Supernova. Liam even gently lobbed the tambourine he uses as a security blanket to a fan late in the show.

So that was Oasis -- still masters of the sweet and sour stage manner and with a songbook that rocks on and on.

Matt Costa opened. Second on the bill was Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, who used songs from their just-out Cardinology (Universal) in the early going. Last night, the effect of all the excellent noise from the Cardinals -- guitarist Neal Casal, drummer Brad Pemberton, pedal steel player Jon Graboff and bassist Chris Feinstein -- was mesmerizing. Adams is Adams, a Leonard Cohen for our time with a faster, wilder version of Tom Petty's band to keep him on track. Cardinology's Magick was the driving finale to their 50-minute set. But then the entire night was magical.

Source: jam.canoe.ca

Oasis In London Setlist

Last nights setlist from The John Labatt Centre, London, Canada.

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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Support Acts For Oasis In Germany

Twisted Wheel will be supporting Oasis in Germany next month in Hamburg, Berlin & Dusseldorf on the bands 2009 European Tour.

Source: www.tickets.de