Win Tickets To See Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Soundcheck In London

Win Tickets To See Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds live & attend the soundcheck before the show!

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be performing at the hmv Forum in London on 30th October 2011.

To celebrate the release of their debut album we have 3 pairs of tickets for the show & the opportunity to attend the soundcheck beforehand.

To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets for this unique event, simply pre-order the album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'.

For full details and terms click here.

"No purchase necessary. For free entry, send your name, address, email and telephone number handwritten on a plain piece of paper by pre-paid post to ‘Noel Gallagher Competition’, The Promotions Dept, HMV, Film House, 142 Wardour Street, London, W1F 8LN, to arrive before 17th October 2011 . Only one plain paper entry per stamped envelope. "

Source: hmv.com

Noel Gallagher On The Cover Of 'Rolling Stone' Spain

Below is the new edition of Rolling Stone that goes on sale in Spain tomorrow.

Jason Derülo's Favourite Song Is Oasis' Wonderwall

Jason Derülo who turned 22 today has revealed he is a big Oasis fan, and that he also shares the same birthday as the former Oasis man.

When questioned about his birthday during an interview he said “It’s Liam’s birthday too,” and added “I like Oasis, Wonderwall is my favourite song.”

UPDATE: Noel Gallagher TV And Radio Appearances This Sunday And Monday

Noel Gallagher will be a guest on several Italian radio and TV programmes this Sunday (25th Sept).

Noel will feature in "Quelli che il calcio", a famous Italian music and football show. The host is no longer Simona Ventura, who made an embarrassing interview with the Liam and Noel Gallagher back in 2009.



The host is Victoria Cabello, the show is broadcast live from 13.45 (local time) on Rai Due.

Then Noel will be on RTL 102.5, talking about and playing a few acoustic tracks from 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'. The show is broadcast live from 17.30 (local time) and it is available in "radiovision" on Sky 750 (Italy).

On Monday Noel will then be interviewed by Nikki on Tropical Pizza on Radio DeeJay from 15.30 (local time). An acoustic performance is expected.

I will post a reminder on Sunday and Monday with links to listen and watch live.

Thanks to frjdoasis

More On The Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Preview

Sitting in the midtown Manhattan offices of Mercury Records listening to a 5-track sampling of songs from Noel Gallagher's upcoming solo album, I can't help but wonder. Funnily enough I'm not wondering what these songs would have sounded like as Oasis tracks. In fact, I'm wondering why it took so long for Gallagher to make the leap as a solo artist.

"I had perfected that role," Gallagher told me a few weeks ago at a swanky rooftop party in SoHo to celebrate his new venture, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. "I was quite happy to be the guy on the side of the stage, playing guitar and singing the odd song. It's actually a pain in the arse to have to be up front. Talk to me after a few shows. I might be moaning about I've made a huge mistake."

But from what I'm hearing, to put it plainly, he doesn't need Oasis.

Gallagher's tour is selling out everywhere, and he quickly added a second Beacon Theater show here when demand for tickets to the first, November 14th, show were white hot.

Certainly Gallagher is the Great White Hope of Oasis fans. While many were glad to see Gallagher's brother Liam soldier on with his former-Oasis bandmates in Beady Eye, most were not surprised when that band sputtered rather than took off like a rocket. But even casual Oasis fans always expected great things from The Chief.

And so the pace of the elder-Gallagher's ticket sales and album pre-sales have far outstripped those of his rivals, and perhaps even the last Oasis album and tour.

And deservedly so. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is the first new music I've heard in ages that warrants real excitement and anticipation.

"Everybody's On The Run" is huge, with the giant sound of a chior over a jagged beat set to an epic Gallagher melody. "If I Had A Gun" is simple in structure and composition, but has a universal nature that -- like many of Gallagher's best songs -- belies that simplicity. "AKA... What A Life" and "The Death Of You And Me", like "If I Had A Gun" are all over the Internet these days, but heard on a decent stereo system they are nothing short of glorious. Best of all, they take left turns sonically where in Gallagher's previous incarnation he might have gone a more straightforward route.

And then there's "Record Machine." While great quality demos of the song circulate, the song -- the one that Liam Gallagher never got to add vocals to during the making of the last Oasis album, electing to return to the UK from LA to get married instead -- is, like all of these songs, under 4 minutes. Producer Dave Sardy has stripped things back in many respects. But it's no less epic. Sporting a smoother, more intimate vocal than the demo and strings that come in almost at the beginning of the song, "Record Machine" is the Oasis song Noel Gallagher hasn't released in ages.

Which again begs the question: What if Noel Gallagher had jettisoned the Oasis machine after "Be Here Now"? We likely would not have the gotten the maturity in both production and songwriting that we have here, but clearly Gallagher enjoyed the challenge of showing just what he's capable of on his own in making "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds", delivering some of his best songs in ages and certainly the strongest vocal performances of his career.

In the end, though, all of that is just a parlour game. What's most amazing about what I've heard so far from this record is how it is classic and familiar while also retaining its edge and sounding fresh. That's no small feat.

In a week or so I'll have the entire album in my hands. I'll write more then. I can't wait.

Source: www.examiner.com

Gallery: Beady Eye In Taipei

Click here for a number of photographs from Beady Eye's gig at Studio 18 in Taipei.

Happy Birthday Liam Gallagher

Happy Birthday to Liam Gallagher who is 39 today.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'If I Had A Gun...' Is Available Now In North America!

'If I Had A Gun...' is out now to buy in North America! Get it from iTunes here, and Amazon here.

Nicole Gallagher Says Husband Liam Is Her 'Rock'

Nicole Gallagher has credited husband Gallagher as her "rock," saying that he's flying in from Japan via Abu Dhabi to watch the recording of her new show.

Nicole is one of the hosts on 'Cover Me Canada' that starts on September 18th on CBC.

"He really is excited," she says when her husband's reputation as a hater of all things not Beatles or Stones is brought up. "Of course, Liam was a huge fan of (U.K. reality-TV band) S Club 7 Juniors," she adds with a chuckle.

As for the rumour that Gallagher's current band, Beady Eye, will perform on the show, Appleton says it's not going to happen. "No, he won't (perform)," she declares. "He's not Canadian!"

Bonehead And Pete MacLeod Live Date In Newcastle And More

Pete MacLeod and former Oasis band member Bonehead, have announced an acoustic show on December the 10TH, 2011, at Newcastle's Riverside venue. Speaking of the show and Pete's music Bonehead said, "I first heard about Pete's music through Alan Mcgee's recommendation back in 2008 and followed his progress. I really liked what I heard with his songwriting and vocals. I think Alan mentioned this to Pete and through that we got talking about working together. We then did a UK/Irish acoustic tour together with me playing on all of Pete's songs and that was top! We had a right good laugh and the songs sounded great, we both really enjoyed it. His recent single, Rolling Stone, is a GREAT tune and I'm really looking forward to Newcastle in December." Speaking of the acoustic show Pete said, "I love playing acoustic gig's and I found in LA that there are many venues that are built for that purpose. When you play an intimate venue or show with everyone listening, nothing beats it. I guess it's a songwriter thing? At the end of the day without my acoustic guitar I wouldn't have any songs. That's where they all come from and I think it's good to keep it simple like that. Having Bonehead playing on my songs again is great. He's done it all and still has a passion for new music. He's one of the good guy's and I'm really looking forward to joining up with him again for the gig in Newcastle."

After performing a solo acoustic show at Glasgow's King Tut's in 2010, Pete realised he had some musician friends gathering around him for general support. Little did Pete know at the time that it was all beginning to fit into a fateful line-up. "I started to acknowledge that I had a few friend's around me when I came back from the Los Angeles. Fergy, bass player (Cancerian), guitarist Kev Donnelly (Cancerian) and guitarist Pedro (Cancerian). All three musician's were in previous band's with me at different times in the past. Not knowing if I was going to form a band again, I allowed things to develop naturally and let time go on to see if this was indeed the right path for me." The three musician's were keen to be involved musically again with Pete but he wasn't convinced just yet if that was the right thing for him to do, as it's a tried and tested road he has been on before. The band went into the rehearsal studios listening to Pete's song's and performing it by ear with several different drummers to see how thing's felt. Thing's weren't working out for various reasons and Pete had accepted that this was to be the way fate had turned out, until he had heard of young drummer and local musician, Martin Johnston's talent's. After a chat on the phone with the conversation ending on asking Martin what his star sign was and Martin replying "Cancerian, why?", Pete began to realise that this was to be fate's handling in some weird way. (It also turns out Martin's family actually worked with Pete's Dad back in the day, small World). The band went into rehearsals in Glasgow and played Pete's songs with the outcome being very impressive. After a few weeks of rehearsals Pete wondered if he should name the band or not. "I'm a Leo, so I thought about calling the band Leo and The Cancerian's but decided not to risk being sued by Leo Sayer and so I left it for a few day's. I then looked at it again after I typed it into my iPhone and noticed that the star sign LEO was already in my name!" Pete MacLEOd & The Cancerian's. Pete named his previous band thestar69. He got a tattoo on his arm when he was 22 with the ying yang and the 6 and 9 in the circle instead of the dot's. Weirdly, 6 and 9 is the Cancerian's symbol. It just might be that some thing's are in the stars...

Pete and his band, (Pete MacLEOd & The Cancerian's), will be swapping Hollywood for Kirkwood over the next two months as they prepare to perform a monthly residency at local bar The Eagle Inn on September 30TH and October 28TH. They will then be playing in Newcastle's Riverside on the 11TH of November and a headline Christmas show @ King Tut's, Glasgow, on the 23RD of December. This will be the first time that Pete has ever performed in the place he grew up, having spent all of his childhood in Kirkwood. You can follow Pete's progress on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.

All dates of Pete's tour are below:

September 30th, Pete MacLeod & The Cancerian's LIVE @ The Eagle Inn, Coatbridge. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001254914501

October 28th, Pete Macleod & The Cancerian's LIVE @ The Eagle Inn, Coatbridge. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001254914501

November 11th, Pete MacLeod & The Cancerian's LIVE @ Riverside, Newcastle. www.riversidenewcastle.co.uk (FOR TICKET'S)

December 10th, Pete MacLeod & Bonehead LIVE @ Riverside, Newcastle. www.riversidenewcastle.co.uk (FOR TICKET'S)

December 23rd, Pete MacLeod & The Cancerian's LIVE @ King Tut's, Glasgow. www.kingtuts.co.uk (FOR TICKET'S)

Further information on Pete and his work is available on:
www.petemacleodmusic.com
www.myspace.com/petesolomusic

Noel Gallagher Interview On RTL 102.5 On Radio Deejay Monday

Noel Gallagher will be a guest on Italian radio station Radio Deejay on Monday 26th September, he will be on the Tropical Pizza Show.

The show is broadcast live from 15:30 - 17:00 (local time).

Noel Gallagher Features In The Trainspotting 15th Anniversary Blu-ray

A brief interview with Noel Gallagher at the premiere of Trainspotting in Cannes, is included in the extras of the Trainspotting 15th Anniversary Blu-ray.



Trainspotting is a 1996 Scottish film directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh. The movie follows a group of heroin addicts in early 1990's economically-depressed Edinburgh and their passage through life.

The film stars Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton, Ewen Bremner as Spud, Jonny Lee Miller as Sick Boy, Kevin McKidd as Tommy, Robert Carlyle as Begbie and Kelly Macdonald as Diane. Author Irvine Welsh also has a brief appearance as hapless drug dealer Mikey Forrester.

The Academy Award-nominated screenplay, by John Hodge, was adapted from Welsh's novel. It does not contain any references to the non-drug-related hobby of train spotting. The title is a reference to an episode in the original book (not included in the film) where Begbie and Renton meet "an auld drunkard", who turns out to be Begbie's estranged father, in the disused Leith Central railway station, which they are visiting to use as a toilet. He asks them if they are "trainspottin'" (p309, Minerva edition). The title also relates to obsessive behavior (drug addicts obsess about getting their next fix just as trainspotters obsess about collecting train numbers) and to a slang term to inject heroin or "Mainline" it. Beyond drug addiction, other concurrent themes in the film are exploration of the urban poverty and squalor, in 'culturally rich' Edinburgh

The film has since developed a cult following and has been ranked 10th spot by the British Film Institute (BFI) in its list of Top 100 British films of all time. It was also part of a cluster of motion pictures that some claimed glamorized the gritty lifestyle of opiate addiction to a mainstream audience and also included Pulp Fiction (1994) and The Basketball Diaries (1995) The success of these films revealed that the heroin culture, although dark and forbidden, was equally fascinating. It demonstrated that the American public hungered for glimpses into heroin's dark and mysterious culture.

Vote For Oasis As The 'Greatest Act Of The Last 25 Years'

This year marks Q’s 25th birthday, to celebrate, Q – in association with BlackBerry is launching a nationwide vote to determine The Greatest Act Of The Last 25 Years.

The winner will be announced at the Q Awards on 24 October.

Find out more info at qthemusic or vote for Oasis here (CLICK ON THE CREATE YOUR 25 BUTTON).

Noel Gallagher Interview In French Voxpop Magazine

A seven page interview with Noel Gallagher, features in the current edition of the French music magazine Voxpop.

Noel Gallagher Interview In German Magazine Musikexpress

A four page interview with Noel Gallagher, features in the current edition of the German music magazine Musikexpress.



Thanks to Sandra

Noel Gallagher To Feature In The New German Rolling Stone Magazine

Noel Gallagher will feature in the next edition of the German Rolling Stone Magazine, it will in stores on September 29th.

Full details to follow, thanks to Sandra.

Liam Gallagher On Playing A Tent In The Middle Of The Desert?

A Beady Eye gig in Abu Dhabi in the aftermath of the Arab Spring (and very much in the middle of the Arab summer)? Andy Buchan finds out if Liam Gallagher and company can take the heat...

'I'm playing a tent in the middle of the desert?' asked Liam at 6am as he drove past Abu Dhabi's admittedly tent-like Flash Forum soon after landing. With the temperature already soaring past 30 degrees and the rumour mill suggesting that ticket sales have been slower than a hungover sloth, it's not the most auspicious of starts, for what should really be a dream gig for Liam.

His beloved team, Manchester City, have got Sheikh Mansour's billions to thank for their footballing ascension, and with event organisers Flash state owned, he's effectively playing a home gig. And let's not beat around the bush here - as much as Beady Eye have been garnering impressive reviews this summer, in the relative musical backwaters of Abu Dhabi, the pre-gig hype is fully focussed on Liam's shoulders.

And it seems to be showing - with the crowd swollen to a respectable 3,000 people thanks to a raft of complimentary tickets, the band quietly enter the backstage area. Where once Liam might have shadow-boxed with Noel, or swigged from a bottle of JD, he's now pacing a furrow into the concrete floor, nervously supping from a cup of tea and half-stretching and meditating.

While it might be a new band name, it's an instantly familiar reaction once he's onstage and in that familiar pose with his knees bent, throat arced upwards, the words forced not into the mic, but through it. But for the opening two songs, '4 Letter Word' and 'Beatles and Stones', it's all a little underwhelming: the growl-sung vocals are too high in the mix and Liam - shock, horror - looks less than his over-confident self. Maybe it's the heat; maybe it's being at the fag-end of a long tour.

By the time 'The Roller' kicks in, though, Liam is strutting around the stage like a peacock on day release, poking his tongue out at the front row. And his exertions (and the swampy, 80% humidity) are showing as his not-so-pretty-green jacket is now rocking a sweaty, patchy, camouflage look.

From there, the band hit the heights: 'Bring The Light' is extended into a honky-tonk work-out that Jools Holland would be proud of, there's sing-a-long euphoria ('Kill For A Dream') and cosmic, sixties rock ('Wigwam'). The only low-point is 'The Beat Goes On' which falls flat, partly as, at best, it's a bad pastiche of a Beatles B-side and partly due to the crowd - front row tickets cost well over £ 100 making this the poshest pit in history, with pristine Louboutins politely rubbing toes with sandy Converse.

As they've done all summer, their cover of World of Twists's 'Sons Of The Stage' closes proceedings, with Liam offering virtually his first words of the night: 'Nice one for coming out tonight, nice one.' It might not be a classic statement, or a classic finale, but the baggy beats are tailor made for the largely over-30 crowd, as grown men are foisted onto shoulders and dance moves that were already out of date in '95, drunkenly thrown. Wipe the sweat from your eyebrows and close your eyes, and, just for a second, this could have been prime-Oasis territory, and not Beady Eye in a tent in the middle of the desert.

Source: www.clashmusic.com

Noel Gallagher Interview And Live Performance On RTL 102.5 This Sunday

Noel Gallagher will be a guest on Italian radio station RTL 102.5 this Sunday (25th Sept), he will be talking about and playing a few acoustic tracks from 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'.

The show is broadcast live from 17.30 (local time).

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'AKA... What A Life!' UK Chart Position

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have entered the UK Charts yesterday with 'AKA... What A Life!' at number 20 on the Official UK Singles Chart.

Gallery: Beady Eye In Abu Dhabi

Click here and here for a number of photographs from Beady Eye's gig in Abu Dhabi.