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Noel Gallagher Mocks The Manchester Rioters In TV Interview

Noel Gallagher has said he was 'embarrased' by the Manchester riots in August - and added that the disorder was "hardly the French Revolution".

The Burnage-born musician also joked about the motives of the looters saying: "It was like 'What do we want? Leisurewear! When do we want it? Now!'"

Noel, 44, said he was ashamed to see a masked looter on television saying the chaos was "payback for the police" arresting people for "stupid things".

Speaking as he was interviewed on the BBC 2 Newsnight programme, Noel added: "Stupid things? Like what, dressing like a mushroom? This is not Fawlty Towers. They arrest you for breaking the law."

The former Oasis guitarist said that when he was growing up as a working class Mancunian he was at the lowest level of society - but he added: "There's now a level underneath that. There is the 'can't be bothered' working class."

He also blamed the modern celebrity-obsessed culture for contributing to social problems. He added. "If you constantly bombard young people on 24-hour TV with a lifestyle that they can't have...and give them no hope of ever getting it, you can't expect them not to behave like animals," he said.

Noel claimed the solution was down to a basic need for jobs and education.

"If you don't get people working and don't educate them that is it. It is the end," he said.

But he also said in the interview that he did not support any of the mainstream political parties and had voted for the Pirate party at the last General Election.

More than 200 stores and businesses were looted or vandalised during the Manchester riots on 9 August, including the Pretty Green store on King Street owned by Noel's brother Liam Gallagher, which had stock worth £272,000 stolen.

See the Newsnight interview here.

Source: menmedia.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Talks Oasis, Morrissey And More

Noel Gallagher has helped present the breakfast show on Absolute Radio, pouring forth wisdom on life, the universe and everything.

Love him or loathe him, but Noel Gallagher makes for entertaining company. With his debut solo album almost upon us, the one time Oasis songwriter has stepped out and done the media rounds in some style.

Appearing on BBC Newsnight recently, Noel Gallagher followed this by helping to present the Christian O'Connell breakfast show on Absolute Radio. Helping read out the travel updates, the songwriter moved between telling personal anecdotes and revealing what fans can expect from his new album.

Probed about his love of 'The X Factor' the songwriter explained that he doesn't take the show seriously. "People in the music business tend to take it way too seriously, ‘Oh it’s destroying music and it’s spoilt the Christmas number one that has’. Good. Good, I’m glad it has. It’s great television, I do like it, I particularly like when the live sing-offs start."

At one point explaining that women don't normally form groups due to "bitching" the songwriter was challenged about his own experiences in Oasis. "That wasn’t bitching, that was outright insulting and verbal warfare, it wasn’t sly bitching" he explained. "Everybody spoke their mind at all times. That could be the understatement of the decade."

Asked about his upcoming live performances, Noel Gallagher stated that his attitudes haven't changed. Reflecting on past shows, the songwriter recalled an incident while on tour with Oasis.

"Morrissey said to me one night, sorry to name-drop here but there we go, Morrissey said to us one night in the dressing room, he’d come to see us in LA, it was before we went on stage, he said ‘So, what can we expect tonight?’ and I was like ‘Well, I don’t know’, and he said ‘Do you have any new moves?’ ‘No, just got the music, mate’, and he kind of give a withering look."

"I said to him, and this is the best thing that’s ever been said to me by anybody, someone came in and said ‘Five minutes to stage time’, and we said to Morrissey ‘Come back and see us for a drink afterwards, we’re having an after-show party’, and he said ‘Oh don’t worry about that, I’m only staying for the first three songs’. We’re like ‘Well, at least he’s being honest’.

'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' is set to be released on October 17th.

Source: www.clashmusic.com

Noel Gallagher: X Factor Is Great But 16 Is Too Young, Particularly For Girls

Noel Gallagher has described the X Factor as 'great' but criticised the show for allowing under 18s to compete, saying girls are particularly vulnerable to the pressures of fame.

The former Oasis star co-hosted the Absolute Radio Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show this morning, discussing various topics at length including his thoughts on the X Factor.

Noel has previously revealed that Simon Cowell had asked him to take up a role on the judging panel, but despite infuriating daughter Anais by turning down the offer Noel says he likes watching the show and think it's 'great'.

Saying people in the music business 'tend to take it way too seriously', Noel described the show as 'great television' but criticised last weekend's controversial big twist which saw Amelia Lily, Jonjo Kerr, James Michael and 2 Shoes sent home.
'I think that bit last week was a bit unnecessary because they must have known that they were going to have to vote somebody off,' Noel said.

'I found that quite… when you see the kids crying on there that’s quite difficult and all that.'

16-year-old Amelia Lily had burst into tears after being sent home by mentor Kelly Rowland, renewing the debate as to whether under 18s should be allowed to take part in the competition.

Discussing Amelia's exit, Noel said: 'When they say things like "Oh, you're great but you're too young", well don't put her through in the first place then, do you know what I mean?

'They shouldn't put a 16 year old on that show.'

The age limit for the show had already been called in to question during the judges' houses round, when 16-year-old Luke Lucas crumbled under the pressure of performing in front of Gary Barlow and Robbie Williams.

Gary later said '16 is just too young' to take part in the competition, although fellow judge Tulisa Contostavlos defended the age limit.

When asked by co-host Christian O'Connell if he felt the age limit should be raised, Noel said: 'Well I think it should be at least 18, because what would happen, conceivably, if the public voted a 16 year old into pop stardom? I mean, you know…'
'I'd feel offended, it took me till 27 to land this famous, you know what I mean, it's bang out of order.

'It's difficult enough to deal with… Particularly for a girl, do you know what I mean? I can't imagine being 16.'

Describing girls as 'more vulnerable' to the pressures of fame, Noel offered his own theory on why girl groups have failed to make much of an impact on the X Factor.

He said: 'Guys are ordinarily in groups or have come out of groups, and girls tend not to be in groups because they bitch a lot, you know.'

Despite joking that new judge Gary Barlow was 'just like some James Bond baddie', Noel said the Take That star was a 'good lad', but was less forthcoming with praise when discussing Louis Walsh.

'Louis Walsh, he's mad as a box of frogs isn't he, he really does… he lives in a parallel universe.

'You think to yourself "Do you get British TV in Ireland? Oh you do get it? You do know what's on the telly?" I mean, he's insane.'

Noel also revealed his anger when Louis Walsh had claimed that the Gallagher brothers would have 'loved' G4's cover of Oasis track Don't Look Back In Anger during the first series of the X Factor, saying: 'That's why they should bring it out in 3D, the X Factor, so you could literally lean into the television and just press on his throat a little bit.'

Source: www.metro.co.uk

Beady Eye's Gig In Vienna Is Cancelled

It's been reported by www.oe24.at that Beady Eye's gig in Vienna has been cancelled.

The gig was scheduled for tomorrow, no information yet if the gig will be rescheduled.

Liam posted this on Twitter yesterday "Zurich, apologies for cancelling tonight's gig, I've got a throat infection, absolutely gutted, hope to see you all again soon...LG"

UPDATE: POSTED ON THE OFFICIAL SITE

Beady Eye regret to inform fans in Vienna that due to being diagnosed with acute pharyngitis Liam will not be able to perform at tomorrow's gig at Gasometer.

Liam was forced to pull out of last night's gig in Zurich because of the infection. He tweeted: Zurich, apologies for cancelling tonight's gig, I've got a throat infection, absolutely gutted, hope to see you all again soon...LG

Noel Gallagher Talks Oasis, High Flying Birds And More

IN THE case of the life-long family feud between brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher, it's funny until someone gets sued.

From the day they shared a band - Oasis - a fuse was lit. Their public fighting graced stages and interviews, but never a courtroom.

However, when Noel Gallagher claimed Liam had pulled out of one of the final Oasis gigs in 2009 because of a hangover, not laryngitis, the singer took legal action.

"I am used to being called all sorts of things by Noel and I have in the past said things about him," Liam said in a statement in August. "But what Noel has alleged this time went way beyond rock and roll banter and questioned my professionalism. I tried to resolve this amicably, but have been left with no choice but legal action. All I want is an apology."

His older brother validated Liam's illness and said: "If he gets offended by my opinions on such things, then I apologise. It's all getting a little silly and out of hand ..."



Reports at the time claimed their mother Peggy was involved in ending the lawsuit.

"She may have been able to solve family disputes when we were three," Noel says. "I think the time of that authority is long since gone. It is a funky story. But not true."

Noel politely declines to talk about the since-dropped lawsuit. "That's a conversation you should have with Liam, not me. But be very careful because he might sue you," he says.

After the messy end of Oasis, Liam Gallagher made a clean break, forming new band Beady Eye with Oasis members Gem Archer and Andy Bell, who said that spoke volumes about where the loyalties in Oasis lay.

"We agreed it wouldn't be the end just because Noel left," Bell said.

"Andy's entitled to Liam's opinion," Noel says.

Post-split, Noel has formed his own new band, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

The self-titled album features a few tunes familiar to Oasis trainspotters. (I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine surfaced in demo form on YouTube years ago. "Some thieving bastard put it out there on the internet," Noel says.

Stop the Clocks was written for Oasis - it provided the title of their singles compilation - but has never been released until now.

"Record Machine was almost on the last Oasis album. And the one before," Noel says. "But our (long pause) ... singer never quite got around to finishing it off. It's a shame. Would have made the last album infinitely better. And same applies to Stop the Clocks. That should have been on the last two Oasis albums; he never got around to finishing the singing on that, either.

"I tailored them to suit my voice. I feel a bit of an a--- putting songs on albums that are 10 years old, but they're f---ing good songs and they need to be heard."

When If I Had a Gun surfaced online in skeletal demo form, eager fans tried to finish it off for him. "Hasn't anybody got jobs these days? Sit around on Skype with a guitar going, 'I think it goes like this...'," Noel says.

On the last few Oasis albums, Noel had opened up the songwriting to the group; for High Flying Birds he enjoyed having no democracy.

"It was nice to be able to dictate my own pace. It was also nice to play all the instruments, I don't have to teach anybody else how it goes. If an album is a picture you're trying to paint, imagine five painters with only one paint brush. You're constantly trying to get the paintbrush off the other guys to do your bit. If you're just doing it on your own, you can do what you want - bit of green there, bit of yellow there, trumpets there and there and there."

Noel was so productive he made two albums - a follow-up with electronic act Amorphous Androgynous will be released next year.

"It's like the High Flying Birds album, but more psychedelic and trippy and weird. I've spent a full year in the studio. At the end, to be quite honest, I was f---ing sick of it. But I've managed to get two records out of it. And half a record left over..."

New single AKA ... What a Life! sees Gallagher step out of his stadium rock comfort zone.

"I was in a stadium rock band for 20 years, which I loved and adored. I wrote stadium rock music for that purpose. Look at all the stadium rock bands - Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Oasis, Muse ... Does anybody really change their formula from record to record?

"You tailor your music for that environment. But I haven't stopped writing other more human, mellow..."

Noel stops mid-sentence, post-"mellow".

"I actually said that word then. Put it in inverted commas. With a little asterisk at the bottom of the page saying, 'I didn't mean that'. Whatever the High Flying Birds sound is, I was always writing stuff like that. But I couldn't get a trumpet past Liam. He'd be like, 'No! No trumpets!'"

Noel says the public are the losers in the Oasis split.

"To think I've played the last version of Champagne Supernova, after playing it for 20 years, f---ing hell. That's the saddest thing about the whole thing. It's terrible. The band dying, whatever, who gives a s---? But the songs have died. But there you go. Circumstances ran out of control."

After years taking the occasional lead vocal in Oasis, Noel has now moved from being "sideshow Bob" to "centre-stage Steve".

"I'm not sure how it's going to go or what people are going to expect," he says of fronting his new band.

"But I've got nothing to say. I don't have any new moves. I don't know any jokes. I haven't taken up juggling. I don't look different. There's nothing to see. Unless you want to see a 45-year-old man strumming his guitar."

He has a firm policy on playing Oasis songs in High Flying Birds. "They're not Oasis songs any more, they're my songs. I don't recall anybody being there when I was writing them. Although I was taking a lot of drugs at the time, I don't recall anybody there, apart from the little people that came to visit me in the middle of the night. But they don't require any songwriting credits.

"As the band don't exist any more, Oasis songs don't exist any more. I wrote them all. So I'll be playing as many as I feel like. At the minute, there's four. I could go as high as six. Or five. But no fewer than three. I've written some songs that people really f---ing love. I'm not going to cut my nose off to spite my face by saying I will never play those songs again. Nobody helped me write those songs. I'm not cheating on anybody. If I feel like playing She's Electric, then I'll f---ing play it."

As for an Oasis reformation in the future, Noel is coy. "Is it possible Oasis will get back together? Well, Liam is on record saying the idea of working with me again makes him want to vomit. So in the interests of the boy's health..."

HEAR Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (Universal) out tomorrow.

SEE Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are expected to be announced next month for the 2012 Big Day Out.

Source: www.adelaidenow.com.au

Watch Noel Gallagher's Interview With Newsnight Now!

Former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher talks to Newsnight about the UK riots, coalition government, voting and political sleaze.

Click here to watch the video.

Noel Gallagher: 'I Voted For A Pirate At The Last General Election'

Oasis man says he's 'offended' by the coalition government

Noel Gallagher has claimed he is "offended" by Britain's incumbent coalition government - and claimed he voted for a pirate at the last election in protest at there being "nothing left to vote for".

The High Flying Birds man appeared on last night's (October 11) BBC Newsnight to speak about the state of British politics and August's UK riots.

He admitted that he didn't plan to vote at the last election and was only cajoled into the polling booth by his wife, Sara MacDonald.

Gallagher commented: "It's the first time I've just picked the most ludicrous thing on the list. Some guy dressed as a pirate - there's nothing cooler than a pirate."

He continued: "When the election came around I don’t recall it being a coalition government on the bill when you went to vote. I'm a bit offended by it, to be honest. If they were going to form a coalition government they should have had a re-election. Nobody voted for this Conservative/Liberal Democrat nonsense."

Speaking again about the causes of the UK riots earlier this year, Gallagher said that although there was "no excuse" for the disturbances, the way the media is "bombarding" young people with an unattainable lifestyle was a factor.

He added: "When I was growing up we were the working class and we were the lowest [in society], there's a level underneath that now, the 'can't be bothered working class' who've grown into a culture of benefits."

Earlier this week, Gallagher turned his attention to the state of the charts in an NME video interview you can watch by scrolling down and clicking below.

The former Oasis man releases his debut solo album, 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', on Monday (October 17).

Source: www.nme.com

Noel Gallagher Wants More Simon Cowells In Music

The music industry needs more people like mogul Simon Cowell, according to musician Noel Gallagher.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Front Row, Gallagher said he thought the "unsettled" pop world needed more people with The X Factor mogul's attitude.

"This is going to sound crazy but if the music business was inhabited by more people like him it would be in a better place because he's brutally honest.

"He's not pretending to be anything he's not. He's not claiming he's going home and listening to The White Album.

"If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors," he said.

The former Oasis star is about to release his debut solo album, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, but admitted he was not sure what to expect.

"I can't define success any more. It used to be whoever was headlining Top of the Pops. I look at the charts now, and singles are out when they're not even out, it's crazy," he said.

"It's all changed and it will all change every three years. We still haven't got to a settled place with the music industry."

But while some feel The X Factor has become too powerful, Gallagher said he did not agree.

"It's just a TV show, people take that too seriously," he said.

"It has got nothing whatsoever to do with finding talent. You're not telling me Louis Walsh is a barometer for talent? Come on, with the best will in the world."

But he admitted he loved watching the show with his 11-year-old daughter.

"It's a shared family experience. She loves it and I love it because I get to vent my spleen. It's nothing to do with music."

But Gallagher does allow the programme to use his songs, and admitted he was happy to accept the royalties.

"I'll give you one word - or rather a noise. Kerching! I've got to keep the Mrs in shoes."

He also defended the show against people who were annoyed that the winner of The X Factor tends to take the Christmas number one spot.

"Somebody said to me, 'Oh it's spoiled the Christmas number one', and I was like 'that's such a cultural thing to look forward to wasn't it?' Little plastic furry things singing, come on, I'm not having that."

But he said he has drawn the line at being a judge and turned down Simon Cowell when he was asked.

"He called me up and he said he needed an alpha male to replace him... and he pushed and pushed for a while... but I was never going to say yes.

"All my mates were going, 'You've got to do it' and I was like it's eight months and I can't have these people round my house crying in the kitchen."

He admitted his daughter Anais has never forgiven him for turning the offer down.

"I'll never forget her face, the little veins were popping out on the side of her head and she thrust her face into me and [she shouted] 'But it's The X Factor!' It was like something out of The Exorcist."

He said she was more impressed with the thought of him appearing in The X Factor than his fame with Oasis, and it sounds like she may have taken after her outspoken father.

"We were watching X Factor the other night and I was saying 'Get off, you're rubbish' and she leant over and said, 'Well you could have told him that yourself.'"

Listen to the full interview with Noel Gallagher on BBC Radio 4s Front Row on Wednesday, 12 October, 19:15 BST.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Noel Gallagher To Co-Host The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show Later Today

Absolute Radio have Noel Gallagher co-hosting the Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show from 8am (UK time).

The show starts at 6am but Noel's Twitter page yesterday said he would be on at 8am.

"Noel will be co-hosting @Ocbreakfastshow tomorrow morning on Absolute Radio. Listen live here from 8am"

To listen to the show live click here, they will have a live webcam here while Noel is on-air!

Noel Gallagher To Be A Guest On Radio 4 Later Today

Noel Gallagher will be a guest on BBC Radio 4's show Front Row, later today.

The show starts at 19:15 (UK Time) for details or to listen live click here.

Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweet

Zurich, apologies for cancelling tonight's gig, I've got a throat infection, absolutely gutted, hope to see you all again soon...LG

Follow Liam on Twitter by clicking here.

Videos Of Beady Eye In Munich

Below are a few videos from Beady Eye's gig yesterday in Munich.

Win A Pair Of Limited Edition Noel Gallagher Adidas Trainers And A Signed Guitar

One of the world’s most influential music icons, Noel Gallagher has partnered up with adidas Originals this season to create a special version of his favorite shoe, the Training 72. Now is your chance to not only win a pair signed by the man himself, but also have Noel pick your question to be answered on film. The shoes go on sale October 22nd at No6 London and No74 Berlin.

Head on over to the Adidas Originals Facebook page here for details.

Video: Kasabian On Why Oasis Are The Most Influential Artists Of The Last 25 Years

Kasabian on why Oasis are the most influential artists of the last 25, and why without Noel and Liam Gallagher Sergio and Tom would be running a cafe together... though it would have been a "fucking good cafe". Plus why they hope they will be an influence themselves in the future.

Listen Again To Noel Gallagher On BBC 6

Noel Gallagher joins Steve to talk about, why he'd have been friends with Kurt Cobain, living opposite Paul Weller, the loneliness of music video shoots and his debut solo album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', which is released next Monday.

Click here to listen to the interview.

Noel Gallagher To Be A Guest On Skavlaon On Friday

Noel Gallagher will be a guest on Skavlan on Friday, the show is broadcast in Norway and Sweden.

For more details click here.

Thanks to Joakim and Hampus

The whole show will after it had aired become available here after broadcast.

Noel Gallagher Is On The Cover Of Word Magazine

UK Magazine

It's Word 105, and it features Noel Gallagher, Tintin, Mick Jagger and Superheavy, Thea Gilmore, Feist, the Best & Worst of The Past, Rob Brydon, Nile Rodgers, Fatoumata Diawara, Marc Ribot, Gary Oldman, Gary Numan, Pauline Black, David Coultas, Max Hastings, David Croft, Tom Hibbert, Day Of The Jackal and The Inbetweeners.

More details here.

Video: Noel Gallagher: 'There's Nothing Left To Vote For'

Former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher talks to Newsnight about the coalition government, voting and political sleaze.

See the interview in full on Tuesday 11 October 2011 at 2230 BST on BBC Two, and then afterwards on the BBC iPlayer and Newsnight website.

Click here to watch a short bit of the interview.

Beady Eye Forced To Cancel Gig In Zurich

It's been reported by a number of fans on Twitter that Beady Eye have been forced to cancel tonight's gig in Zurich.

The band were on stage for 15 minutes , before Liam was forced to pull out with problems with his voice.

No official word yet, but I will keep you updated.