Creation Records Film 'Upside Down' Out On DVD In May

Oasis, Primal Scream and Alan McGee feature in documentary.

The new documentary about Creation Records is set to be released on DVD in May.

'Upside Down' features new interviews with label founder Alan McGee, Noel Gallagher, Primal Scream and more, and will be released on May 9.

The film was directed by Danny O'Conner – watch a preview by clicking on the video above right.

The movie tells the story of how the label that was home to Oasis, Primal Scream, Super Furry Animals and more began, the bands it discovered and its financial dissolution in 1999.

Speaking to NME, director O’Connor described the film as "a celebration of Creation, not an appraisal or review, a celebration of swagger and an attitude".

'Upside Down' is also set to be shown at screenings around the world this spring and summer.

Source: www.nme.com

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Channel 4 To Air Beady Eye Special On 28th February

Channel 4 has confirmed plans to air Live From Abbey Road - Beady Eye Special.

Preliminary schedule set for Monday 28th February at 11:45pm on Channel 4 (UK),subject to change.

The 30-minute show will feature Beady Eye performing four songs plus an interview with the group.

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Liam Gallagher Started Fashion Line To Make Perfect Boot

Liam Gallagher's inspiration to start his own clothing line has been revealed - he was annoyed when bosses of a leading shoe brand changed the design of their desert boots.

The former Oasis singer, now fronting new band Beady Eye, launched his Pretty Green label in 2009, specialising in retro-style trousers, hats, cagoules and t-shirts.

Now Beady Eye guitarist Andy Bell has revealed the reason Gallagher started the brand - his favourite Clarks boots changed in design.

Bell tells British DJ Gary Crowley, "I think he did really well with the desert boots. You know Clarks desert boots? There is no built-up section in the sole. They are just flat, which had been bothering Liam for a while - he couldn't work out why Clarks desert boots weren't the same any more, and it was sort of like an itch he had to scratch.

"I think the desert boots were the reason that Pretty Green started in the first place. So he finally got there, worked it out, and made his own. They are good."

Source: www.contactmusic.com

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Steve Lamacq On Beady Eye Interview

It’s been a busy week. I can feel my eye-lids drooping.

Though not as strange as standing in a corner of Beady Eye’s rehearsal room in north London, while Gallagher and Co cranked out the opening songs of what will be the live set on their impending tour (unless they re-jig it, they’ll be starting with album-opener ‘Four Letter Word’, a chugging, live-for-the-moment call to arms).

In conversation – which was the reason we were there, to record an interview for 6Music – Liam is as happy and energised as I’ve ever seen him. He gets mildly sulky on only two occasions (once over whether the name of the group is any good and then again when the conversation drifts perilously close to his brother).

But then he’s back in an instant. His trains of thought are still legendary, his sense of pride in his work, both defiant and modest.

He talks like a man who has nothing to prove, but at the same time still wants/needs something to invest his graft and his love in.

Coincidentally, BE are in the same rehearsal complex where the KAISER CHIEFS did a few days the other week. I know this because a) Gallagher listed all the other recent residents “McFly, Feeder….UB40…they stank the place out” and b) because the following day I was chairing a session with the Kaisers at Abbey Road studios as part of BBC Introducing’s Masterclass day.

you can hear that BEADY EYE interview in full on 6Music on February 21

Source: Steve Lamacq's Blog goingdeafforaliving.com

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Andy Bell Interview

Pretty Green Presents Gary Crowley interviewing Andy Bell at the Pretty Green Club Night on the 26th November 2010 at The Garage, London.

Andy Bell, songwriter, singer, producer, DJ and currently guitarist in Beady Eye, speaks to Gary about his set list for the night, his own style icons and his favourite Pretty Green piece.

Source: www.prettygreen.com

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Beady Eye Tickets For Teenage Cancer Trust On Sale Later Today

Tickets go on sale at 9:00am today for Beady Eye's gig at this year's Teenage Cancer Trust on Friday 25th March at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Teenage Cancer Trust is a long established charity set up to help young people fight cancer. You can read more about the charity and make donations at their website HERE.

The band have been keen supporters of Teenage Cancer Trust through the years with Liam, Gem and Andy having performed at the event in 2002 with Oasis and both Liam and Gem making several appearances between them through the past decade of gigs.

Tickets for the week of gigs go on sale at 9:00am through the following ticketing agencies:

www.teenagecancertrust.org
www.gigsandtours.com (0871 230 7136)
www.ticketmaster.co.uk (0844 844 0444)
www.royalalberthall.com (0845 401 5030)
www.hmv.com and in selected HMV stores (London area only)

The full line up of gigs for the week are as below:

Monday 21 March – An Evening of Comedy with John Bishop and Kevin Bridges
Tuesday 22 March – Squeeze and The Feeling
Wednesday 23 March – Biffy Clyro
Thursday 24 March – Roger Daltrey CBE performs The Who’s Tommy
Friday 25 March – Beady Eye
Saturday 26 March – Editors
Sunday 27 March – Tinie Tempah

Beady Eye's gig comes at the end of their run of sold out gigs across the UK and Europe which kicks off with the band's first ever gig in Glasgow Barrowlands on 3rd March.

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

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Liam Gallagher On The Front Cover Of Hot Press Magazine

On sale now in the Republic Of Ireland.

As new project Beady Eye takes off, Stuart Clark conducts the band's first Irish interview. Liam & co talk about writing, recording and of course, life after Noel.

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Beady Eye Upcoming TV And Radio Apperances

An Interview with Beady Eye will be broadcast on Steve Lamacq's 6 Music show on Monday 21st Febuary, the show is broadcast between 4pm & 7PM (UK Time.)

Also on Wednesday 23rd Febuary 'Alexa Meets Beady Eye' is on MTV Rocks UK at 7pm (UK Time).

Thanks to Mr Monobrow

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Roger Daltrey's Delight At Beady Eye 'Triumph'

Rocker Roger Daltrey was delighted when Liam Gallagher's new band Beady Eye signed up to play at his annual charity gigs - branding the coup a personal "triumph".

The Who frontman stages a yearly series of shows in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust, and this year (11) he's lined up a hotly-anticipated concert by the former Oasis singer's new group.

The gig next month (Mar11), at London's Royal Albert Hall, will be Beady Eye's biggest to date - and Daltrey is overjoyed he managed to secure the in-demand band.

He tells British talk show Loose Women, "On the Friday, of course we have got Liam Gallagher's new band, Beady Eye, which is a big triumph for me."

Source: www.contactmusic.com

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Beady Eye Announce Two European Festivals!

Beady Eye are pleased to announce they will be performing at two festivals on mainland Europe this summer.They will play at Rock Werchter, Belgium on Thursday 30th June and Main Square Festival in Arras, France on Friday 1st July.Tickets are on sale now for both festivals through the following ticket agencies:

ROCK WERCHTER - THURSDAY 30TH JUNE:
www.rockwerchter.be
www.proximusgoformusic.be
In Belgium: 0900 2 60 60
In Holland: 0900 45 000 45
All other countries: +32 34 00 00 34
All tickets are inclusive of public transport within the Belgian borders from Thursday June 30th, till Monday July 4th 2011.

MAIN SQUARE FESTIVAL - FRIDAY 1ST JULY:
www.mainsquarefestival.fr
www.ticketnet.fr
In France : 0 892 390 100
In UK and All other countries: 00 33 892 390 100

Other acts set to perform at the festivals include Kings Of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, The National, Coldplay and Elbow at Rock Werchter and Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Elbow and PJ Harvey at Main Square Festival.

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

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Beady Eye Up For 'Best New Band' Award

STILL TIME TO VOTE

Beady Eye are in the running for 'Best New Band' at this year's NME Awards.

The other four acts up for the award are Everything Everything, Hurts, The Drums and Two Door Cinema Club.

Liam has also been nominated in the 'Most Stylish' award competing against Brandon Flowers, Hayley Williams, Lady Gaga and Noel Fielding.Votes can be cast at NME.com HERE.

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On This Day In Oasis History...

The above videos are from the 10th of February 2002, when Oasis played at the Columbiahalle in Berlin, Germany.

Click here to watch a video from the 10th February 2009 when Liam Gallagher was interviewed on The Hot Desk at the The Holly Bush Pub in Hamsted.

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Noel Gallagher Confirms He Has Secured NoelGallagher.com

Noel Gallagher has claimed that he has not yet started work in his debut solo album.

The former Oasis guitarist had been rumoured to have been recording his album already, with solo artist Miles Kane saying he'd played guitar on it.

But, speaking to radio station Talksport on Sunday, Gallagher claimed he hadn’t even started the project yet – or at least full recording sessions.

"I am not recording new stuff, not just yet," he said. "It'll be out when it's finished I guess. Well, I've not even started it, so I don't know."

He added, rather logically following his previous statement, that it was unlikely that the album would emerge in the near future. "I'd have thought probably if anything comes out it'll be later rather than sooner," he said.

He also told the station that he had secured the rights to the domain name Noelgallagher.com, over a year ago, contrary to recent tabloid reports.

Source: www.nme.com

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Brian Cannon Masterclass

Brian Cannon will be giving an exclusive 'masterclass' session at the British Music Experience exhibit at London's 02 Arena complex on March 3.

Not only is Brian Cannon as designer and Photographer, and art director, but he also has band management and music video direction to his name. In the 90’s Brian’s Company Microdot had substantial influence over the visual for the Brit Pop Movement. Designing covers for Oasis, The Verve and Ash all of which were number one albums, as well as album covers, Cannon has worked on logos and typography, and Microdot as a company has worked with esteemed clients and artists such as Levi’s, Groove Armada and Suede.

Two of Cannon's record sleeve designs - Definitely Maybe and "This Is Music" - featured in Q magazine's "The Hundred Best Record Covers Of All Time" list published in 2001. He is noted for "his grandiose, ridiculously time-consuming (photo) shoots", and has produced a number of record sleeves for UK number one albums, including Urban Hymns[4] (The Verve) and 1977[5] (Ash), along with two further Oasis albums - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?[6] and Be Here Now. He has also designed record sleeves for Ruthless Rap Assassins, Suede and Super Furry Animals,and is the former manager of the now-defunct Scottish experimental rock group, The Beta Band.

Tickets £7.50
Time 7:30- 9pm

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Fan-Made Video For Beady Eye's 'World Outside My Room'

Fan-made video for Beady Eye's track World Outside My Room, the track is a B-Side to the limited 7" single of Four Letter Word.

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Beady Eye Interview In Italy Video

A short video of the Beady Eye interview for Radio Deejay in Italy, that was broadcast the other day.

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Sex Pistols, Smiths, Oasis Photographer Offers 'Rock Masterclass'

Plus check out Paul Slattery's work on NME.COM

Renowned rock photographer Paul Slattery is offering up a masterclass in rock photography – and NME.COM is hosting a collection of his greatest work.

Slattery started out in the ’70s photographing Motorhead before working at the heart of the punk explosion with Sex Pistols and The Clash. He went on to take iconic shots of bands including The Smiths, Oasis and Manic Street Preachers.

You can see a selection of his work along with the stories behind the shots here.

Meanwhile, Slattery will be giving an exclusive 'masterclass' session at the British Music Experience exhibit at London's 02 Arena complex on February 17.

See British Music Experience for details.

Source: www.nme.com
Photo Credit: Paul Slattery

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Taylor Momsen Wants To Write A Song With Noel Gallagher

Taylor Momsen has told M Is For Music that she would love to work with former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher she said “I’d love to write with Noel Gallagher. I’d do a song with all of Oasis but I’d love to write a song with Noel”.

Taylor is also excited about listening to Liam Gallagher's new band Beady Eye The singer said: “Yeah I’m excited for that, I haven’t heard anything yet though.”

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Liam Gallagher Doesn’t Mind If You Compare Beady Eye To Oasis

Beady Eye were born on August 28, 2009, the night Oasis died. Backstage at Paris’s annual Rock en Seine festival, Noel and Liam Gallagher, bedeviling each other since childhood, entered into what would prove their final altercation (involving the smashing of Liam’s prize guitar and a hastily released statement from Noel explaining, “I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer”). Noel will eventually issue his solo debut, but it’s the younger Liam who is firing first. Britpop’s prettiest star (last year voted the Greatest Frontman of All Time by Q magazine, over James Brown, Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury, and Bono) recently launched Pretty Green, his own fashion line (inspired by classic British Mod-gear of the early 60s) and on March 1 will release Different Gear, Still Speeding, by his new group Beady Eye (featuring former Oasis guitarist Gem Archer, former Oasis bassist Andy Bell, and former Oasis drummer Chris Sharrock). It’s produced by modern-rock legend Steve Lillywhite (Psychedelic Furs’ Talk, Talk, Talk; U2’s War; Morrissey’s Vauxhall and I). Here, Liam and ex-Oasis/current Beady Eye guitarist Gem Archer discuss the past, the future, and the difference between “fookin massive” on the charts and “fookin’ massive” in your heart.

Marc Spitz: So, Oasis is over. It’s sudden. At what point does the idea of forming a new band take root?

Liam Gallagher: Pretty much a couple of hours after the concert we were meant to do. We went back to the hotel, and had a couple of beers. We didn’t sit around crying. We just sort of went, “Right, let’s meet up in a month or two and look at some demos we have knocking about.” That was it. Really pretty quick. We couldn’t wait that long so we met up the following week and got into it.

How did you come to Steve Lillywhite?

Gem Archer: He came to us. It was pretty soon after the news went down that [Oasis had] split. We were just carrying along with a lot of adrenaline, shooting from the hip when Steve came up. We didn’t see anybody else. He’s worked with so many artists, so he had the experience we wanted.

Talk a bit about that adrenaline rush. Did just thinking This is a new band change the way you operated mentally? You haven’t had to make a debut in a long time.

L.G.: Yeah, when you start with a new band, you’re full of excitement. Keeping an eye on things. You want everything to be right down the line. Going so long with a band, you probably do tend to take your eye off the ball a little bit, whereas with this, nothing’s slipping by the net. We’re very focused on it. The cover, the artwork, the videos.

Is that where the name Beady Eye came from?

L.G.: It’s just a phrase people use, know what I mean? It’s a form of awareness—you gotta keep your eye on things.

The look of the band is very Mod. Is it all Pretty Green gear?

L.G.: We’ve all got some, but we’re not head-to-toe in Pretty Green, no.

G.A.: We’ve never had a stylist. There’s no design team brought in to give us a look.

Of course, but you do look sharp.

L.G.: I like too think we’ve always looked pretty cool, know what I mean?

It’s natural to want to contrast Beady Eye with Oasis, even if it’s not really fair. There are songs on the new album that are loud and fast, like early period Oasis, and songs that seem a bit more soulful, with piano and back-up singers, which seems quite new.

L.G.: We don’t mind being compared to ourselves. Oasis was a great band. It’s cool, man.

G.A.: We’re not in denial from the past. We’re not on the run from it. It is kind of a weird sensation. I don’t think there are any parallels really.

I was trying to think of any similar situations. One member leaves, the rest of the band remains, but somehow they’re a brand-new band. Speaking of Noel, Liam, I read in your NME cover story that you haven’t been in touch since the breakup. Do you care what he thinks about the record? Do you want to impress him?

L.G.: I mean, he’s a music lover, so I’m sure he’ll have his ear out. I’m sure it’s not gonna make or break his day. Just like his [planned solo] album. I’ll give a listen to it when it comes out. But it ain’t gonna make or break my fucking day, you know what I mean? You don’t just turn off cause we’re not in a band together. He’ll be checking it out. Of course he will.

You’ve given some interviews in England where you’ve claimed that Beady Eye will be bigger than Oasis.

L.G.: This feels like it can be fucking massive. The sound feels like it can be fucking massive. The songs are there. Whether people buy it or not is two different things, but already the music is bigger than Oasis, you know what I mean? So we’ll see. If not, never mind.

G.A.: It’s emotional, man. When you get out of bed in the morning you feel like you’re the best band in the world. That’s what gives you reason to be on the planet. You can’t wait to get there and strap on your guitar.

L.G.: Fucking massive!

When does Beady Eye come to the States?

L.G.: We’re doing a little tour in June. Can’t wait for that.

Will it be all new material, or will you reclaim any Oasis songs?

G.A.: We’re gonna do a couple of tunes by Earth, Wind and Fire.

Source: www.vanityfair.com

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On This Day In Oasis History...

Liam Gallagher was interviewed by Johnny Vaughan on Channel Four's Big Breakfast on Tuesday 8th February 2000.

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