Noel Gallagher Doesn't Want Beady Eye Album Battle

Noel Gallagher hopes there isn't an album battle between him and his brother Liam's band Beady Eye, but admits he has no control over the comparisons and criticisms that will be made between his debut solo LP and theirs.

Noel Gallagher says Beady Eye won't be able to cope if an "album face-off" occurs between him and the band.

The musician releases his debut solo LP, 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', next month and he insists he isn't interested in whether or not it sells more copies than his brother Liam's group - which he formed with the other ex-Oasis members, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock, after Noel quit the group in August 2009.

However, the 'AKA...What A Life!' singer expects people to compare the record to Beady Eye's debut 'Different Gear, Still Speeding', something he thinks some members will have a problem with.

In a web interview with Yahoo.com, he said: "I don't care, but the nature in which we live with the internet and all that, the people out there are going to do that anyway. You know Beady Eye were compared to me before I'd even had a record out so that's just the nature of it.

"If my record sells more than theirs it doesn't mean my record is better than theirs, music is all about the perception of the listener, it doesn't really matter. I hope it doesn't get like that 'cause I kind handle that kind of thing' you know? But there's people in Beady Eye who can't be cool about it and not get drawn into stuff so I hope there's isn't some kind of album face-off but there's nothing I can do about it."

Noel is also ready for Liam's appraisal of his solo album - which is released on October 17 - and expects he and the world will hear what the volatile frontman has to say very soon after he's heard it.

The rock star - who hasn't spoken to his sibling since Oasis split - added: "I know Liam has heard 'The Death of You and Me' because he tweeted about it. As soon as hears the album the world will know exactly what he feels about it. I don't think he'll leave anybody in any doubt what he thinks."

Source: www.tourdates.co.uk

Q Magazine Celebrate 25 Years Of Iconic Photography

Exclusive photos of David Bowie/Kate Moss, Jay-Z, Lily Allen, Lady Gaga, Adele, Chris Martin, Rihanna, Take That, Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Tinie Tempah, Katy Perry and many more 7th ' 9th October at Red Bull Studios 155-171 Tooley Street London SE1 2JP.

Q ' the UK's biggest selling monthly music magazine ' will be celebrating 25 years of iconic photography with it's first major photo exhibition, to be held from the 7th-9th of October at Red Bull Studios, Tooley Street in London.

The exhibition is the latest event to mark the 25th anniversary of Q , a magazine which has shaped and influenced the UK music scene for two and a half decades. Every significant act to have emerged in that time ' from U2 to Adele, Oasis to Rihanna, Radiohead to Laura Marling, Jay-Z to Florence And The Machine, and countless more besides ' has graced the magazine's hallowed cover and here for the first time some of that imagery will be exhibited.

Q is one of the world's most influential music brands ' communicating to and engaging with more than a million music fans every day. The iconic Q magazine sits at the heart of the brand and is connected to a 360-degree service that encompasses online, social media, radio, TV and live events, with each dedicated to discovering great new music and bringing unparalleled access and insight in the people making it.

Q Editor In Chief Paul Rees says: 'Throughout its history Q has photographed the biggest and most exciting people in music ' and has always strived to create indelible images that encapsulate the essence of them. We are rightly proud of the many outstanding photographers who have worked for Q and of the results of their labours. The Icons exhibition is the perfect stage from which to celebrate their great work.'

Source: www.music-news.com

Australian Fans Can Now Pre-Order Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Debut Album!

Australian fans can now pre-order Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds debut album!

Click here for iTunes and here for JB HiFi.

On This Day In Oasis History...

"Little By Little" is a song by British rock band Oasis, first released as the sixth track on their fifth studio album Heathen Chemistry. On September 23rd 2002, it was released with "She Is Love" as the first (and, so far, only) double A-sided single by the band, peaking at #2 in the UK Singles Chart Noel Gallagher provides lead vocals on both tracks, which he also wrote.

"Little By Little" was perhaps the most controversial song on the album, receiving mixed reviews from those who felt it was a classic example of an upbeat Oasis anthem and those who felt it was a twee, patronising, sycophantic melody. Regardless of this, the song managed to peak at number two in the UK charts based largely on the publicity garnered by the song.



















The promo video to the song featured a guest role by Robert Carlyle. The cover art for the single is an homage to Robert Indiana's LOVE artwork.



She Is Love

"She Is Love" is a song by British rock band Oasis, first released as the ninth track on their fifth studio album Heathen Chemistry. In September 2002, it was released with "Little by Little" as the first double A-sided single by the band, peaking at #2 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was written about Noel Gallagher's girlfriend Sara McDonald and is a light, acoustic song about being in love.

Gallagher claims it was written in the Buckingham Gate Hotel in London, and that it took 30 minutes to complete. The band commissioned British fashion art director Rachel Thomas to make a promo video for the song. However, the resulting film, a mix of animation and live action, has never been released on any format.

Track listings

7" RKID 26, CD RKIDSCD 26, 12" RKID 26T
"Little By Little" - 4:57
"She Is Love" - 3:11
"My Generation" - 4:05 (CD and 12" only)
"My Generation" was recorded live at the BBC's Maida Vale studios on January 20, 2000. The sleevenotes claim it was recorded on February 7, 2000, but this was the transmission date, not the recording date.

DVD RKIDSDVD 26
"Little By Little" - 5:02
"Little By Little" (demo) - 4:55
10 minutes of noise and confusion - pt three - 8:31
The third part of the "10 Minutes..." documentary looks behind the scenes of their sell out shows at Finsbury Park in London from July 5-7 2002.

German CD CDM 6730685
"Little by Little"
"My Generation"
"Columbia" (live)
"Columbia" was recorded live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, on October 13, 2001.
"Little by Little" (live video)
CD-ROM video recorded live at Finsbury Park, London, on July 7, 2002.

Noel Gallagher Worried His Live Shows Will Be Dull

Former Oasis star Noel Gallagher fears casual fans will be far from impressed when they come to see him live on tour - because he's not a showman.

The guitarist has gone solo after splitting from Oasis in 2009 and he's worried he hasn't got enough onstage "moves" to thrill fans.

He tells SPINNER.COM, "I've toyed with the idea of taking up juggling, just so it would be interesting for the crowd. I've got nothing to say.

"When people come to the gigs, I hope they just listen to the songs. There'll be no audience participation. None of that, 'Can you sing louder than those over there? I bet you can't!' None of that s**t. But I've got to learn how to do it in front of a paying crowd. They'll expect some kind of show."

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Noel Gallagher Talks Liam, Twitter Feuds, Channeling Elvis, And Stagefright In Solo Interview

Noel Gallagher has a perhaps not entirely undeserved reputation for being a surly fellow and difficult interview--a rep surely only compounded by his former band Oasis's acrimonious breakup, after he and his famously feuding little brother Liam brawled backstage at Paris's Rock en Seine festival in 2009. But when the Britpop icon recently came by Yahoo! Music, he couldn't have been more pleasant. "It's not so bad doing interviews, innit?" the affable chap shrugged. "They fly you to Los Angeles first-class, you stay in nice hotels, and you go talk about yourself! What's not to like?"

Clearly going solo agrees with the man. The longtime songwriter for Oasis but only occasionally that band's singer, Noel is now going the full-fledged singer-songwriter route with his upcoming and much-awaited solo debut, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, and it's a welcome return to fine form after his two-year hiatus. "I've gotta do something," he laughed. "My wife demanded that I go make a record because I was annoying her: 'When are you going back to work?'"

Well, thank you very much, Mrs. Gallagher, for getting your husband back in the studio. Noel's new album features some of his best work in ages, and--let's just get the inevitable comparison out of the way here--it is far superior to the first album by Liam's new post-Oasis band, Beady Eye. Going it alone seems to be the right decision for Noel right now, despite his occasional misgivings and the public's never-ending demands for an Oasis reunion.

"Regret is maybe too strong a word, because really in hindsight it couldn't have gone on the way it did; there was just too much bad vibes," Noel said of that fateful night in Paris when Oasis disbanded for good. "At first I thought, 'Maybe I've been a bit hasty here,' because we only had two gigs left on the tour; maybe we could have done the two gigs, gone away, got a bit of distance from it, and things might have been different. But then you know, I started in the studio and I enjoyed it, so I don't miss [Oasis] too much."

Speaking about that night when Noel walked away from Oasis for good, after crying wolf many times over their tumultuous decade-and-a-half run, Noel was surprisingly frank. "I'd liken to it when you know when you're about to dump a girl. I don't know what made it any different. We'd had worse fights, worse arguments. I dunno, maybe I just sat there and I thought, 'This has gone on too long.' I can't remember what exactly I was thinking, but it's like, why do people change jobs? You just sit there one day and you think, 'I didn't feel like this yesterday, but I feel like it now. I'm off.'"

Unlike Liam, who later regrouped with ex-Oasis members under the name Beady Eye, Noel decided not to form a new band, and with good reason: "Once you've been in a band like [Oasis], you can't go anywhere with it. You can't start another band and say, 'This time it's gonna be different! We're gonna be less successful!' There's no point in doing that...I've already been in one of the best bands ever, so there's no need to do that."

Showing a surprisingly and rarely seen humble aspect of his outsized persona, Noel expressed some fear about hitting the road without his longtime band. "The live side, even in rehearsals, it was really strange," he confessed. "It's not really gonna hit me until I get onstage, because I haven't got the genetic makeup of a frontman. I haven't got anything to say, I haven't got any new moves, I don't know any jokes. I've just got songs. Frontmen come alive when they come onstage. I've got to wait and see what happens. I'm a bit...I wouldn't say I'm nervous, but I'm trepidatious, if indeed that is a word. I'm not a natural frontman as of yet. But then again, my inner Elvis might take over when I hit the stage!"

However, Oasis fans needn't worry: Noel confirmed to Yahoo! that he and his inner Elvis will be playing a few classic Oasis tunes when he tours this fall. "I don't really consider them anymore to be Oasis songs. They're my songs, I wrote them," he explained. "It's not like I'm Morrissey and I'm taking half of what Johnny Marr done and kind of running away with it, or vice versa. I wrote those songs and all the words and all the melodies and I arranged them all, so they're mine. The end. To save the constant shouting for 'Don't Look Back In Anger,' it's easier just to do it. And I think my new songs are strong enough that they'll stand up alongside the old songs."

He's definitely right about that. Noel's excellent album comes out in October, but you can hear all about it now from the man himself, in this exclusive two-part interview, along with some hilarious chatter about why he won't go on Twitter, how a band called You And Me At Six outed him when he was recording in secret, his upcoming psychedelic side-project with Amorphous Androgynous, what he really thinks of Beady Eye, and whether or not he thinks he is an "icon."

Source: yahoo.com

Liam Gallagher Celebrates His Birthday By Sending Tim Burgess A Pretty Green Present

Could rocker Liam Gallagher be the most benevolent birthday boy going?

For it seems that to celebrate his 39th birthday yesterday, the Burnage boy was the one sending out the presents - to rocker pal Tim Burgess of The Charlatans at least.

Tim revealed on his Twitter site that he “felt a bit guilty” after Liam sent HIM a gift from his own Pretty Green fashion collection despite the ex-Oasis frontman being the birthday boy.

Charlatans frontman Tim tweeted: “Kind of feel a bit guilty, I got sent an ace Pretty Green jacket on Liam’s birthday. Like a reverse birthday present.”

Tim then vowed: “I’ll send a cake.”

Source: menmedia.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Won't Give Up Talking Shit Or Singing Oasis Songs

Spinner Interview: In House With Noel Gallagher, the Solo artist who won't give up talking shit or singing Oasis Songs.

Another On This Day In Oasis History...

Below is a video from September 22nd 2004, when Noel Gallagher appeared on Tim Lovejoy And The All Stars in London.

Beady Eye Interview From Madrid

Old interview but I have not come across it before, Liam Gallagher and Andy Bell speak with ETB's Aizpea Zearreta before a concert in Madrid.

Click here to watch.

Noel Gallagher Interview In Next Week's NME Magazine

Next week's NME will feature a new interview with Noel Gallagher, ahead of his new album.

On This Day In Oasis History...

"Stand by Me" is a song by British rock group Oasis, written by lead guitarist, Noel Gallagher. It was the second single to be released from the band's third album, Be Here Now, and peaked at number 2 in the UK charts in September 1997. It was kept from the top-spot by the record breaking Elton John single "Candle in the Wind 1997," re-recorded and released in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, who had died three weeks before the release of "Stand by Me". Despite this, "Stand By Me" still went Gold in the UK. "Stand by Me" was acknowledged as one of the stand-out tracks from Be Here Now.



















Interview

In a 1997 interview promoting Be Here Now, Noel Gallagher had the following to say: "It starts, 'Made a meal and threw it up on Sunday'. When I first moved to London my mam kept on ringing up and asking was I eating properly. Yes, Mam. So I tried to cook a Sunday roast and puked up for two days with food poisoning. It was back to Pot Noodles after that. It's a bit like "Live Forever", I suppose, with a touch of "All the Young Dudes" in the background -- though I made sure I changed the chords."

Live Performances

Due to Noel Gallagher's general dislike of Be Here Now, "Stand by Me" is rarely played live by the band at their concerts, as it is Noel who usually decides the song listings for Oasis' tours. A live version of the song from this tour can be found on the double-CD version of Familiar to Millions.

A well-known acoustic version of "Stand by Me" was shown on television the night before the release of Be Here Now as part of a BBC1 documentary, featuring Noel, Liam Gallagher and drummer Alan White sitting by the side of a swimming pool, with Liam on vocals, Noel on acoustic guitar and White holding a tambourine.



Writing

Noel Gallagher claims to have written the song whilst suffering from food poisoning when he first moved to London. His mother Peggy would phone him to check on him and repeatedly told him to ensure he was eating properly. This spurred Gallagher to cook himself a proper English Sunday dinner, which resulted in a bout of food poisoning. Gallagher claims that the song's first line—"Made a meal and threw it up on Sunday/I've got a lot of things to learn"—came to him as he lay on the floor and it was then that he began to pen the lyrics to the song.

The title for the song probably comes from the song "Stand By Me", which was covered by the Gallaghers' idol John Lennon. In a characteristic example of Noel Gallagher lifting elements from songs of which he is fond, the rousing sequence of chord changes between the repeated chorus lyrics 'Stand by me/Nobody knows the way it's gonna be' bears a remarkable similarity to a similar chord sequence in Mott the Hoople's "All the Young Dudes", written by David Bowie.



Video

The video for the song was a reworking of a famous series of adverts for The Guardian newspaper. Entitled The Whole Picture, the adverts showed people appearing to be engaging in criminal and/or anti-social acts—only to revealed that they are actually helping someone else. For example, a scruffily-dressed skinhead rushes at a businessman; it appears he is making an effort to mug him; only the "whole picture" reveals that he is fact dashing to push him away from a load of falling bricks. Similarly in the video for "Stand By Me", a shop appears to be being burgled - its window smashed and people taking away electrical goods—only for it to be revealed that in fact the victim of a motorcycle crash has gone through the window and is buried under the televisions.

Track listing

CD CRESCD 278
"Stand by Me" – 5:55
"(I Got) The Fever" – 5:14
"My Sister Lover" – 5:58
"Going Nowhere " – 4:41

7" CRE 278
"Stand by Me" – 5:55
"(I Got) The Fever" – 5:14

12" CRE 278T
"Stand by Me" – 5:55
"(I Got) The Fever" – 5:14
"My Sister Lover" – 5:58

Cassette CRECS 278
"Stand by Me" – 5:55
"(I Got) The Fever" – 5:14

"My Sister Lover" - Some fans believe the title to be a reference to the band Sister Lovers, a group that invited Oasis to a May 1993 gig at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, Scotland, where they were spotted by Creation Records chief Alan McGee, who reportedly offered Oasis a recording contract on the spot after the gig.

"Going Nowhere" - apparently Noel's attempt at a Burt Bacharach style song - can be found on The Masterplan, a collection of Oasis B-sides. It is one of only two B-sides from the Be Here Now era to be included on the album. Although it was not released until 1997, the song was written in 1990, before Noel even joined Oasis, let alone before they were signed.

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.