Check out Noel Gallagher discussing a £10,000 bet he was reported to have made!
Noel Gallagher
Check out Noel Gallagher discussing a £10,000 bet he was reported to have made!
Noel Gallagher Discussing A £10,000 Bet He Was Reported To Have Made
Check out Noel Gallagher discussing a £10,000 bet he was reported to have made!
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Noel Gallagher is adamant his former band Oasis became a "sham" in later years because he had to pretend to be pals with his brother Liam onstage.
The Wonderwall hitmakers split in 2009 after a backstage bust-up between the guitarist and his singer brother minutes before they were due to perform in Paris, France.
Gallagher admits he and Liam always struggled to remain on friendly terms throughout the history of the band - but he insists their relationship deteriorated so badly in the years before the break-up, it felt false to play gigs together.
He tells Britain's Telegraph magazine, "There's always a power struggle in a band, and when you're young and daft and hopped up (sic) on drugs and alcohol, it can get violent. But when you're all grown men with kids, it just doesn't feel right.
"I found it quite undignified. We're supposed to be the elder statesmen now! All this effing and blinding before gigs, and then going up and singing Live Forever. It was all a bit of a sham, really."
Source: www.contactmusic.com
Noel Gallagher 'Oasis Was A Sham'
Noel Gallagher is adamant his former band Oasis became a "sham" in later years because he had to pretend to be pals with his brother Liam onstage.
The Wonderwall hitmakers split in 2009 after a backstage bust-up between the guitarist and his singer brother minutes before they were due to perform in Paris, France.
Gallagher admits he and Liam always struggled to remain on friendly terms throughout the history of the band - but he insists their relationship deteriorated so badly in the years before the break-up, it felt false to play gigs together.
He tells Britain's Telegraph magazine, "There's always a power struggle in a band, and when you're young and daft and hopped up (sic) on drugs and alcohol, it can get violent. But when you're all grown men with kids, it just doesn't feel right.
"I found it quite undignified. We're supposed to be the elder statesmen now! All this effing and blinding before gigs, and then going up and singing Live Forever. It was all a bit of a sham, really."
Source: www.contactmusic.com
Noel Gallagher
In the video below Noel talks about the 'Noel Gallagher High Flying Birds' album and more.
Video: Noel Gallagher Interview
In the video below Noel talks about the 'Noel Gallagher High Flying Birds' album and more.
Noel Gallagher
Fans in the UK with Sky Anytime can catch Noel Gallagher's interview from 'Soccer Saturday'.
The interview is available until Sunday 23rd October
Fenners catches up with Manchester City's avid supporter Noel Gallagher, the former Oasis rocker and High Flying Birds frontman with plenty to say on his club's start to the season.
Watch Noel Gallagher's Interview With Soccer Saturday On Sky Anytime
Fans in the UK with Sky Anytime can catch Noel Gallagher's interview from 'Soccer Saturday'.
The interview is available until Sunday 23rd October
Fenners catches up with Manchester City's avid supporter Noel Gallagher, the former Oasis rocker and High Flying Birds frontman with plenty to say on his club's start to the season.
Noel Gallagher
We speak to former Oasis legend Noel Gallagher about his debut solo album, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds…
One thing Noel Gallagher has never been short of is confidence. Known to his former Oasis bandmates as 'the chief', he was the musical brains behind the UK's biggest band of the 1990s. With his debut solo album, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, just out, we caught up with him for a chat and took the opportunity to gently prick his ego. Thankfully for us, Noel's sense of humour proved to be more than a match for his well-documented self-regard.
Click here to watch the interview.
Video: Noel Gallagher Interview: "Long Live The Knobs!"
We speak to former Oasis legend Noel Gallagher about his debut solo album, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds…
One thing Noel Gallagher has never been short of is confidence. Known to his former Oasis bandmates as 'the chief', he was the musical brains behind the UK's biggest band of the 1990s. With his debut solo album, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, just out, we caught up with him for a chat and took the opportunity to gently prick his ego. Thankfully for us, Noel's sense of humour proved to be more than a match for his well-documented self-regard.
Click here to watch the interview.
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
8 out of 10
Album Info
Release Date: October 17, 2011
Producer: Noel Gallagher and Dave Sardy
Label: Sour Mash
Fact: High Flying Birds is a reference to a Jefferson Airplane track
Is Noel Gallagher fucked? Less than 100 days since his comeback press conference and he’s been abandoned by Radio 1 (too old), failed to really set the charts alight with any of his new tunes and seen the debut performance with his High Flying Birds on Italian TV lambasted by Oasis fans who said he looked too nervous to pull off being a frontman (sample YouTube comment: “Come on Noel! You’ll get used to it!”).
Noel’s admitted from the off, of course, that the idea of standing centrestage without little bro around to lap up the attention has left him biting his fingernails. But actually hearing him say that is really weird. Why? Because he’s the most brash, outspoken, bolshy and bitchy musician – no, personality – of the last 20 years. To have the guy come across as vulnerable just doesn’t sit right. And that’s exactly what makes this album so crucial, because for the first time since ‘Don’t Believe The Truth’ in 2005, Noel Gallagher actually has something to prove to people. He’ll always have ‘Wonderwall’ to bang his head against, sure, but to start your post-Oasis career with a shitter of a solo album? That’s something that’s definitely not in the manuscript.
But let’s not be prissy here. You’ll have already seen the album’s mark at the end of this review. It’s no monstrosity, no major fuck-up, and no minor fuck-up either. On the contrary, it’s rather brilliant in places. Take the second track, ‘Dream On’. Noel says it’s “throwaway”, which doesn’t do it any favours. It’s a key song here because it’s so goofy. It’s carefree and catchy as hell; catchy the same way ‘Telegram Sam’, ‘Hotel Yorba’ or – hah! – ‘She’s Electric’ were. There’s a great, moronic line in it about all the kids drinking up their lemonade, and it proves that away from the arched-eyebrow seriousness of the past decade (‘Falling Down’, ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’, ‘Little By Little’), Noel can still bash out a three-minute guitar-pop gem that sounds at once wonky, blithe and brilliantly stupid. And for a 44-year-old father of three, that’s pretty impressive. It also takes precisely 52 seconds to get to the chorus, which as any burger-flippin’, jukebox-owning hick from 1950s America will tell you, is the OPTIMUM time in pop to get the masses singing along. Any longer and you’ve lost them. I raise this point for a reason, because structurally Noel’s reined everything in on these 10 tracks. Gone are the days of the three-minute intro (apart from opening track ‘Everybody’s On The Run’, everything here gets down to business within about 20 seconds), and gone are the maddeningly repetitive guitar solos and endless outros. In fact this is probably the first Noel album since ‘…Morning Glory?’ where you feel the songs never really outstay their welcome, and it’s all the better for it. Weller played the same trick on 2010’s ‘Wake Up The Nation’ (where many of the songs clocked in at around two minutes), and while there’s nothing as brash’n’breezy as that here, it’s still an absolute joy to listen to the songs, think to yourself, ‘THIS is where the vocals need to start’, and then hear Noel’s voice come in. Simple, but effective.
Elsewhere, you’ll have already heard ‘The Death Of You And Me’, which along with ‘If I Had A Gun…’ is the best thing on here. It’s got the much-touted brass section wheezing away at the side (you’d hope Noel takes them on tour), and marks a highpoint of Side A. Just about, that is, because the aforementioned ‘…Gun…’ trumps it. Ever since that scraggy soundcheck bootleg appeared online it’s stood out as something special, so you’ve gotta give its creator credit for fully realising its potential in the studio. Its chords, capo placing and canter-pace may be nicked from The Book Of Wonderwall, but it’s a far more contemplative piece overall, even sounding faintly glam when the drums and distortion kick in. The yearning, lovelorn chorus of, “Excuse me if I spoke too soon/My eyes have always followed you around the room” is one of the prettiest things Noel’s ever come up with, and it rightfully feels like the album’s centrepiece. By the time the ending saunters in (with a guitar line pinched from ‘Fade Away’), he may as well be off buying guitar-shaped beds and waiting for Chris Martin to cover it at Glasto.
Of course, ‘Stop The Clocks’ and ‘(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine’, both of which have been online in demo form for years, are the two that sound the most Oasis-like. How could they not? The former – now with added choir and ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’-esque guitar solo (the only one on the record, incidentally) – features a chorus dug straight outta the soul of Noddy Holder’s platform boots, while album closer ‘Stop The Clocks’ is an altogether more simplistic muse on what happens when you die (it’s uplifting rather than depressing, because it’s Noel). But then, you already know what they’re like, ’cos you’ve heard them both before. Their inclusion here is slightly perplexing because of that. Noel says it’s because they’re too good to fall by the wayside, and that they act as a final goodbye to his Oasis years… and you can kind of see his point. But he needs to stick to his guns, because the genuine newbies here (like ‘AKA…What A Life!’ and ‘AKA…Broken Arrow’) show he’s still got enough chops in him to carry off being solo without surviving off his former glories. Now, you want him to run with the idea of change and end up god knows where.
The big question, of course, is does he miss Liam? And yeah, he does at times. Take opener ‘Everybody’s On The Run’. It’s a brilliant song. It’s got a 100-piece Abbey Road choir on it and would sound great bouncing off the walls of Wembley Stadium. But it’s built for Liam Gallagher to wrap his lungs around. Without him, it’s subbed to merely ‘great’ status, and the lingering thought of what it’d be like with its rightful singer in place is tantalisingly frustrating.
They need each other, everyone knows that. But this is a redundant point, as well as a minor quibble. We all know where Noel and Liam stand at present, and things aren’t gonna change between them for at least another album apiece. What Noel’s done on ‘…High Flying Birds’ is test the water, keep the good ship from listing and hand over a collection of tracks of which the best can stand proudly alongside ‘The Importance Of Being Idle ’. Fuck radio, fuck the charts and fuck nerves. Noel’s still got it. Only a fool would write him off.
Source: www.nme.com
NME Review Of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
8 out of 10
Album Info
Release Date: October 17, 2011
Producer: Noel Gallagher and Dave Sardy
Label: Sour Mash
Fact: High Flying Birds is a reference to a Jefferson Airplane track
Is Noel Gallagher fucked? Less than 100 days since his comeback press conference and he’s been abandoned by Radio 1 (too old), failed to really set the charts alight with any of his new tunes and seen the debut performance with his High Flying Birds on Italian TV lambasted by Oasis fans who said he looked too nervous to pull off being a frontman (sample YouTube comment: “Come on Noel! You’ll get used to it!”).
Noel’s admitted from the off, of course, that the idea of standing centrestage without little bro around to lap up the attention has left him biting his fingernails. But actually hearing him say that is really weird. Why? Because he’s the most brash, outspoken, bolshy and bitchy musician – no, personality – of the last 20 years. To have the guy come across as vulnerable just doesn’t sit right. And that’s exactly what makes this album so crucial, because for the first time since ‘Don’t Believe The Truth’ in 2005, Noel Gallagher actually has something to prove to people. He’ll always have ‘Wonderwall’ to bang his head against, sure, but to start your post-Oasis career with a shitter of a solo album? That’s something that’s definitely not in the manuscript.
But let’s not be prissy here. You’ll have already seen the album’s mark at the end of this review. It’s no monstrosity, no major fuck-up, and no minor fuck-up either. On the contrary, it’s rather brilliant in places. Take the second track, ‘Dream On’. Noel says it’s “throwaway”, which doesn’t do it any favours. It’s a key song here because it’s so goofy. It’s carefree and catchy as hell; catchy the same way ‘Telegram Sam’, ‘Hotel Yorba’ or – hah! – ‘She’s Electric’ were. There’s a great, moronic line in it about all the kids drinking up their lemonade, and it proves that away from the arched-eyebrow seriousness of the past decade (‘Falling Down’, ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’, ‘Little By Little’), Noel can still bash out a three-minute guitar-pop gem that sounds at once wonky, blithe and brilliantly stupid. And for a 44-year-old father of three, that’s pretty impressive. It also takes precisely 52 seconds to get to the chorus, which as any burger-flippin’, jukebox-owning hick from 1950s America will tell you, is the OPTIMUM time in pop to get the masses singing along. Any longer and you’ve lost them. I raise this point for a reason, because structurally Noel’s reined everything in on these 10 tracks. Gone are the days of the three-minute intro (apart from opening track ‘Everybody’s On The Run’, everything here gets down to business within about 20 seconds), and gone are the maddeningly repetitive guitar solos and endless outros. In fact this is probably the first Noel album since ‘…Morning Glory?’ where you feel the songs never really outstay their welcome, and it’s all the better for it. Weller played the same trick on 2010’s ‘Wake Up The Nation’ (where many of the songs clocked in at around two minutes), and while there’s nothing as brash’n’breezy as that here, it’s still an absolute joy to listen to the songs, think to yourself, ‘THIS is where the vocals need to start’, and then hear Noel’s voice come in. Simple, but effective.
Elsewhere, you’ll have already heard ‘The Death Of You And Me’, which along with ‘If I Had A Gun…’ is the best thing on here. It’s got the much-touted brass section wheezing away at the side (you’d hope Noel takes them on tour), and marks a highpoint of Side A. Just about, that is, because the aforementioned ‘…Gun…’ trumps it. Ever since that scraggy soundcheck bootleg appeared online it’s stood out as something special, so you’ve gotta give its creator credit for fully realising its potential in the studio. Its chords, capo placing and canter-pace may be nicked from The Book Of Wonderwall, but it’s a far more contemplative piece overall, even sounding faintly glam when the drums and distortion kick in. The yearning, lovelorn chorus of, “Excuse me if I spoke too soon/My eyes have always followed you around the room” is one of the prettiest things Noel’s ever come up with, and it rightfully feels like the album’s centrepiece. By the time the ending saunters in (with a guitar line pinched from ‘Fade Away’), he may as well be off buying guitar-shaped beds and waiting for Chris Martin to cover it at Glasto.
Of course, ‘Stop The Clocks’ and ‘(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine’, both of which have been online in demo form for years, are the two that sound the most Oasis-like. How could they not? The former – now with added choir and ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’-esque guitar solo (the only one on the record, incidentally) – features a chorus dug straight outta the soul of Noddy Holder’s platform boots, while album closer ‘Stop The Clocks’ is an altogether more simplistic muse on what happens when you die (it’s uplifting rather than depressing, because it’s Noel). But then, you already know what they’re like, ’cos you’ve heard them both before. Their inclusion here is slightly perplexing because of that. Noel says it’s because they’re too good to fall by the wayside, and that they act as a final goodbye to his Oasis years… and you can kind of see his point. But he needs to stick to his guns, because the genuine newbies here (like ‘AKA…What A Life!’ and ‘AKA…Broken Arrow’) show he’s still got enough chops in him to carry off being solo without surviving off his former glories. Now, you want him to run with the idea of change and end up god knows where.
The big question, of course, is does he miss Liam? And yeah, he does at times. Take opener ‘Everybody’s On The Run’. It’s a brilliant song. It’s got a 100-piece Abbey Road choir on it and would sound great bouncing off the walls of Wembley Stadium. But it’s built for Liam Gallagher to wrap his lungs around. Without him, it’s subbed to merely ‘great’ status, and the lingering thought of what it’d be like with its rightful singer in place is tantalisingly frustrating.
They need each other, everyone knows that. But this is a redundant point, as well as a minor quibble. We all know where Noel and Liam stand at present, and things aren’t gonna change between them for at least another album apiece. What Noel’s done on ‘…High Flying Birds’ is test the water, keep the good ship from listing and hand over a collection of tracks of which the best can stand proudly alongside ‘The Importance Of Being Idle ’. Fuck radio, fuck the charts and fuck nerves. Noel’s still got it. Only a fool would write him off.
Source: www.nme.com
Adele
Arctic Monkeys
David Cameron
Kasabian
Matt Cardle
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Tony Blair
In between his ongoing feud with brother Liam and mouthing off about this year's X Factor lot, it's easy to forget that Noel Gallagher has a new album out. His first sort-of solo album, to be precise - with the backing of his anonymous High Flying Birds bandmates.
Having given the album a spin earlier this month, we called him up to find out whether he's suffering any release-week nerves and his take on today's rock bands.
What would you be doing now if you weren't talking to us?
"If I get a day off I'd just be mooching about the house. I don't like to do a great deal. Smoke some cigarettes, strum the guitar. You don't get much of a chance to do that when you've kids running around you all the f**king time."
You have an album out soon; are you allowed to relax at the moment?
"I work until about 7 o'clock and then clock in with my wife for the night shift. It's been OK - I don't mind the work because I allow myself such long periods of time off between recording and touring. I kind of get geared up for it; to know that I'm working flat out for the next two years feels great because I know I'll take another 18 months off after."
Early reviews of the album are suggesting it's on a par with Oasis's What's the Story Morning Glory?. Do you agree?
"I've only read the Q and Mojo ones, but it's difficult for me to get involved in that argument - but I think it's the best collection of songs I've had on an album in a long time. I've not written a whole album since 1999, so I'm glad people are saying that."
Some of the songs were written as long as ten years ago; did you always intend to keep them back for a solo project?
"I'd actually recorded those songs for the last two Oasis albums - and they were f**king great - but the vocals were never finished on them - they weren't as good as the versions on this album. Liam always ran out of time to finish them, and I thought if I didn't put them out now, I'm never going to."
You've released two great singles from the LP but they haven't charted as highly as you'd necessarily expect. Does that annoy you?
"Chart positions haven't bothered me since [2005's] Don't Believe The Truth - it all seemed to change after that. I was actually blown away that the singles managed to hang around for as long as they did - it shows a good song is a good song. I mean, how many 45-year-old fathers of three are in the charts? None! Beady Eye have done similar chart-wise, so why should I expect any different?"
What's wrong with the charts at the moment?
"There's nothing wrong them, they're just unrecognisable now from when I was growing up. It's a f**king free-for-all now! When 'The Death of You and Me' charted, the only other guitar song in the Top 40 was Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Under The Bridge' which was out 20 years ago but was in some new film. It's a mish-mash of all sorts of s**t. Who cares what's number one anymore? Just be thankful we lived in the '90s."
Are you hoping for a number one on the album chart instead then?
"I can't see it being number one as it's out the same week as Matt Cardle. Chart positions are for people with manbags who get to work at 11am because they've been at a digital meeting. It definitely won't affect the band - I'm on my own label and funded it with my kids' school fund - I'm hardly going to drop myself."
It would be quite funny if you did, though.
"It would - and then I can sue myself for aggravated dismissal. All I need is the record sales to break even so I can make another one."
'AKA... What A Life' is being used on the Vauxhall TV ads; has that ruined the song for you yet?
"Not really. Radio 1 are refusing to play my records - I understand that because I'm too old - but there are very few ways to get your music out there today, and unfortunately everything is for sale. I've had my shot with Radio 1 - I'm not going to sue them like Status Quo did. I wasn't sure on the advert at first - I want you to know that I was only thinking of the money when I agreed to it. It's hard being this age in the music industry."
Adele has bucked the current trends and become one of the biggest successes of the year. Are you a fan of her album?
"I've not heard it. I've heard 'Rolling in the Deep' and that was pretty good. I haven't got the album though - and to be frank I don't know anyone who has."
Aren't you intrigued to see what all the fuss is about?
"Not really. I know what she's about and I have no desire to hear that album."
As well as the charts being in a bit of a state, so is the country. Could that be a driving force for the revival of rock music?
"I don't think we live in those times when great art comes out of great adversity. People don't give a s**t anymore - as long as they've got an iPod, an iPad, mobile phone, and a flatscreen TV then they don't give a f**k. Everything you want you can get because it's all superficial. People don't aspire to be what Oasis and similar bands were about. They all want to be on The X Factor."
Do you think The X Factor is to blame for the state of the music industry?
"Take that Frankie [Cocozza] kid - he looks like an indie kid yet he's on The X Factor. They want the fast track to the big car. F**king go for it, but it's nothing to do with music. I think this country will produce less and less Morrisseys and Ian Browns because people won't sign them. Labels don't want it and the working class people can't afford to do it for themselves."
There's still a lot of indie bands around, though...
"There are, but what are those bands about? Will any of them say anything controversial? I don't think they ever will. I read interviews with bands and I don't give a f**king shit about what they're saying. It's all superficial nonsense. There's no reason why Kasabian or the Arctic Monkeys couldn't sell out Wembley for three nights - so it's something else. Whatever it is, these bands don't have it anymore."
You met Tony Blair when he was appointed prime minister; would you do the same if David Cameron invited you today?
"No way. I gave up on politics at the last election - it's all bollocks now. It all ended at this coalition - I don't remember an option for a coalition. How many people would have voted for it if it was an option? Who gives them the f**king right to decide that? I've don't mind Cameron - but get a proper f**king job, because what they're doing is pointless."
You're including some Oasis songs on your upcoming tour. Which do you think are the best?
"I have to include them - I don't have enough material for a show otherwise! Fortunately I've got an excellent back catalogue to fall back on. I'm doing 'Don't Look Back In Anger' on the acoustic guitar which is sounding particularly poignant at the moment. Rehearsing is getting f**king boring now. I just want to get on with it before we over-rehearse and turn s**t."
Noel Gallagher releases Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds today.
Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk
Noel Gallagher On Adele, Matt Cardle, X Factor And More
In between his ongoing feud with brother Liam and mouthing off about this year's X Factor lot, it's easy to forget that Noel Gallagher has a new album out. His first sort-of solo album, to be precise - with the backing of his anonymous High Flying Birds bandmates.
Having given the album a spin earlier this month, we called him up to find out whether he's suffering any release-week nerves and his take on today's rock bands.
What would you be doing now if you weren't talking to us?
"If I get a day off I'd just be mooching about the house. I don't like to do a great deal. Smoke some cigarettes, strum the guitar. You don't get much of a chance to do that when you've kids running around you all the f**king time."
You have an album out soon; are you allowed to relax at the moment?
"I work until about 7 o'clock and then clock in with my wife for the night shift. It's been OK - I don't mind the work because I allow myself such long periods of time off between recording and touring. I kind of get geared up for it; to know that I'm working flat out for the next two years feels great because I know I'll take another 18 months off after."
Early reviews of the album are suggesting it's on a par with Oasis's What's the Story Morning Glory?. Do you agree?
"I've only read the Q and Mojo ones, but it's difficult for me to get involved in that argument - but I think it's the best collection of songs I've had on an album in a long time. I've not written a whole album since 1999, so I'm glad people are saying that."
Some of the songs were written as long as ten years ago; did you always intend to keep them back for a solo project?
"I'd actually recorded those songs for the last two Oasis albums - and they were f**king great - but the vocals were never finished on them - they weren't as good as the versions on this album. Liam always ran out of time to finish them, and I thought if I didn't put them out now, I'm never going to."
You've released two great singles from the LP but they haven't charted as highly as you'd necessarily expect. Does that annoy you?
"Chart positions haven't bothered me since [2005's] Don't Believe The Truth - it all seemed to change after that. I was actually blown away that the singles managed to hang around for as long as they did - it shows a good song is a good song. I mean, how many 45-year-old fathers of three are in the charts? None! Beady Eye have done similar chart-wise, so why should I expect any different?"
What's wrong with the charts at the moment?
"There's nothing wrong them, they're just unrecognisable now from when I was growing up. It's a f**king free-for-all now! When 'The Death of You and Me' charted, the only other guitar song in the Top 40 was Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Under The Bridge' which was out 20 years ago but was in some new film. It's a mish-mash of all sorts of s**t. Who cares what's number one anymore? Just be thankful we lived in the '90s."
Are you hoping for a number one on the album chart instead then?
"I can't see it being number one as it's out the same week as Matt Cardle. Chart positions are for people with manbags who get to work at 11am because they've been at a digital meeting. It definitely won't affect the band - I'm on my own label and funded it with my kids' school fund - I'm hardly going to drop myself."
It would be quite funny if you did, though.
"It would - and then I can sue myself for aggravated dismissal. All I need is the record sales to break even so I can make another one."
'AKA... What A Life' is being used on the Vauxhall TV ads; has that ruined the song for you yet?
"Not really. Radio 1 are refusing to play my records - I understand that because I'm too old - but there are very few ways to get your music out there today, and unfortunately everything is for sale. I've had my shot with Radio 1 - I'm not going to sue them like Status Quo did. I wasn't sure on the advert at first - I want you to know that I was only thinking of the money when I agreed to it. It's hard being this age in the music industry."
Adele has bucked the current trends and become one of the biggest successes of the year. Are you a fan of her album?
"I've not heard it. I've heard 'Rolling in the Deep' and that was pretty good. I haven't got the album though - and to be frank I don't know anyone who has."
Aren't you intrigued to see what all the fuss is about?
"Not really. I know what she's about and I have no desire to hear that album."
As well as the charts being in a bit of a state, so is the country. Could that be a driving force for the revival of rock music?
"I don't think we live in those times when great art comes out of great adversity. People don't give a s**t anymore - as long as they've got an iPod, an iPad, mobile phone, and a flatscreen TV then they don't give a f**k. Everything you want you can get because it's all superficial. People don't aspire to be what Oasis and similar bands were about. They all want to be on The X Factor."
Do you think The X Factor is to blame for the state of the music industry?
"Take that Frankie [Cocozza] kid - he looks like an indie kid yet he's on The X Factor. They want the fast track to the big car. F**king go for it, but it's nothing to do with music. I think this country will produce less and less Morrisseys and Ian Browns because people won't sign them. Labels don't want it and the working class people can't afford to do it for themselves."
There's still a lot of indie bands around, though...
"There are, but what are those bands about? Will any of them say anything controversial? I don't think they ever will. I read interviews with bands and I don't give a f**king shit about what they're saying. It's all superficial nonsense. There's no reason why Kasabian or the Arctic Monkeys couldn't sell out Wembley for three nights - so it's something else. Whatever it is, these bands don't have it anymore."
You met Tony Blair when he was appointed prime minister; would you do the same if David Cameron invited you today?
"No way. I gave up on politics at the last election - it's all bollocks now. It all ended at this coalition - I don't remember an option for a coalition. How many people would have voted for it if it was an option? Who gives them the f**king right to decide that? I've don't mind Cameron - but get a proper f**king job, because what they're doing is pointless."
You're including some Oasis songs on your upcoming tour. Which do you think are the best?
"I have to include them - I don't have enough material for a show otherwise! Fortunately I've got an excellent back catalogue to fall back on. I'm doing 'Don't Look Back In Anger' on the acoustic guitar which is sounding particularly poignant at the moment. Rehearsing is getting f**king boring now. I just want to get on with it before we over-rehearse and turn s**t."
Noel Gallagher releases Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds today.
Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk
Noel Gallagher
Steps
The Stone Roses
On the day that Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is released, the man himself came into Xfm Towers to chat to Danny Wallace...
They chatted about the chances of the album hitting number one in the face of stiff competition from Steps and Matt Cardle, plus their favourite Borises.
Noel confesses to Danny that "he's not that talented" (we don't believe him), his regrets about not being able to play Cigarettes And Alcohol the same way again, plus his thoughts on the mooted Stone Roses reunion.
Click here for all the recent articles and interviews from XFM.
Video: Noel Gallagher Interview With Danny Wallace
On the day that Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is released, the man himself came into Xfm Towers to chat to Danny Wallace...
They chatted about the chances of the album hitting number one in the face of stiff competition from Steps and Matt Cardle, plus their favourite Borises.
Noel confesses to Danny that "he's not that talented" (we don't believe him), his regrets about not being able to play Cigarettes And Alcohol the same way again, plus his thoughts on the mooted Stone Roses reunion.
Click here for all the recent articles and interviews from XFM.
Bonehead
Guigsy
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Tony McCarroll
Below is a video from October 17th 1994, when Oasis played Supersonic on the John Stewert Show.
On This Day In Oasis History...
Below is a video from October 17th 1994, when Oasis played Supersonic on the John Stewert Show.
Noel Gallagher
The Jonathan Ross Show
Saturday 22nd October on ITV1 from 9:55pm to 10:55pm (UK Only)
For the last in the current series of his chat show, Jonathan Ross is joined by comedian Miranda Hart, actor Michael Sheen, and musician Noel Gallagher who talks about life after Oasis, and performs his new single.
Noel Gallagher On 'The Jonathan Ross Show' On Saturday
The Jonathan Ross Show
Saturday 22nd October on ITV1 from 9:55pm to 10:55pm (UK Only)
For the last in the current series of his chat show, Jonathan Ross is joined by comedian Miranda Hart, actor Michael Sheen, and musician Noel Gallagher who talks about life after Oasis, and performs his new single.
Noel Gallagher
Click here to see what albums Noel Gallagher picked as his thirteen favourite albums for The Quietus.
Noel Gallagher Selects His Thirteen Favourite Albums
Click here to see what albums Noel Gallagher picked as his thirteen favourite albums for The Quietus.
Ian Brown
Noel Gallagher
The Stone Roses
It's all a bit "will they"... "won't they" as rumours continue about a forthcoming return from the band so we asked Noel for the inside view...
The rumour mill started turning over the weekend after journalists were invited to a "special press conference for a very important announcement" at a London hotel tomorrow.
A spokesperson for the band has refused to comment on the rumours or the nature of the event.
A message to the music press by original drummer Reni seemed to deny the speculation saying "Not before 9T will I wear the hat 4 the Roses again"
Reni quit The Stone Roses in March 1995 - the year before the band split - and was replaced by Robbie Maddix.
But tabloid reports this morning seem to suggest it is happening - with The Sun claiming lead singer Ian Brown confirmed the news in a text to a friend.
According to the paper the message read "We are going to rule the world again. It's happening."
So when the Mancunian music legend that is Noel Gallagher came in on the day his debut solo album - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - is released we had to ask him about his insider knowledge...
""It's not for me to say is it?" he answered, "it's not for me to say what I've heard."
When asked if he thought it would be a good thing if the band did reunite he crypitically replied, "I'd rather not say" before adding, "one legendary Mancunian band goes on ice... the road is open."
Source: www.xfm.co.uk
Noel Gallagher On Stone Roses Reunion
It's all a bit "will they"... "won't they" as rumours continue about a forthcoming return from the band so we asked Noel for the inside view...
The rumour mill started turning over the weekend after journalists were invited to a "special press conference for a very important announcement" at a London hotel tomorrow.
A spokesperson for the band has refused to comment on the rumours or the nature of the event.
A message to the music press by original drummer Reni seemed to deny the speculation saying "Not before 9T will I wear the hat 4 the Roses again"
Reni quit The Stone Roses in March 1995 - the year before the band split - and was replaced by Robbie Maddix.
But tabloid reports this morning seem to suggest it is happening - with The Sun claiming lead singer Ian Brown confirmed the news in a text to a friend.
According to the paper the message read "We are going to rule the world again. It's happening."
So when the Mancunian music legend that is Noel Gallagher came in on the day his debut solo album - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - is released we had to ask him about his insider knowledge...
""It's not for me to say is it?" he answered, "it's not for me to say what I've heard."
When asked if he thought it would be a good thing if the band did reunite he crypitically replied, "I'd rather not say" before adding, "one legendary Mancunian band goes on ice... the road is open."
Source: www.xfm.co.uk
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher will be a guest of Capital Radio (ITALY) at 21:00 pm (local time).
To listen live click here or here.
Noel Gallagher On Capital Radio Italy Later Today
Noel Gallagher will be a guest of Capital Radio (ITALY) at 21:00 pm (local time).
To listen live click here or here.
Beady Eye
Tickets are still available for a number of Beady Eye live dates in Europe, South America, North America and the United Kingdom.
For details click here.
Tickets Still Available For Beady Eye's World Tour
Tickets are still available for a number of Beady Eye live dates in Europe, South America, North America and the United Kingdom.
For details click here.
Beady Eye
Below is the setlist from Beady Eye's gig at the Vega in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Four Letter Word
Beatles And Stones
Millionaire
Three Ring Circus
Two Of A Kind
For Anyone
The Roller
In The Bubble With A Bullet
Bring The Light
Standing On The Edge of The Noise
Kill For A Dream
The Beat Goes On
The Morning Sun
Beady Eye's Setlist From Copenhagen
Below is the setlist from Beady Eye's gig at the Vega in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Four Letter Word
Beatles And Stones
Millionaire
Three Ring Circus
Two Of A Kind
For Anyone
The Roller
In The Bubble With A Bullet
Bring The Light
Standing On The Edge of The Noise
Kill For A Dream
The Beat Goes On
The Morning Sun
Noel Gallagher
Below is an interview and live performance by Noel Gallagher on Radio Monte Carlo TV.
Thanks to frjdoasisfan
Video: Noel Gallagher Interview And Live Performance From Radio Monte Carlo
Below is an interview and live performance by Noel Gallagher on Radio Monte Carlo TV.
Thanks to frjdoasisfan
Noel Gallagher
Sara MacDonald
Noel Gallagher's son changed the words of his track 'If I Had a Gun' to rhyme with ''shoot poo out of my bum''.
Noel Gallagher's son changed the words to one of his songs to feature the line "shoot poo out of my bum".
The High Flying Birds rocker is father to three children - Anais, 11, Donovan, four and Sonny, 12 months - and said they are not only hard to please musically, but they mess around with his lyrics.
The former Oasis guitarist told Esquire magazine: "I've got three kids, so if you can get through three minutes of a song in our house without somebody throwing something at you, you're lucky.
"They were never big Oasis fans. There's a song on my new album, 'If I Had a Gun' - the lyrics go, 'If I had a gun / I'd shoot a hole in the sun' but Donovan, my eldest son, changed them to, 'If I had a gun / I'd shoot a poo out of my bum.'"
Noel - who is married to publicist Sarah McDonald - has a hard to please family, and his wife was initially unmoved by his new album with his High Flying Birds project, as it wasn't rocking enough for her.
Referring to Sara's favourite psychedelic rock band, he said: "I've got to say, my missus is not the biggest fan of anything I've ever done ever. She's a bit like - meh. It's not Kasabian, is it? Do you know what I mean?"
"There's one on the new album she really doesn't like. The last track. When she saw the track listing, she said "Oh, you've not included that bloody song have you?" Someone might like it. She's from Scotland, I know my place. She's more Northern than I am."
Source: www.list.co.uk
Noel Gallagher's Foul Smelling Lyrics
Noel Gallagher's son changed the words of his track 'If I Had a Gun' to rhyme with ''shoot poo out of my bum''.
Noel Gallagher's son changed the words to one of his songs to feature the line "shoot poo out of my bum".
The High Flying Birds rocker is father to three children - Anais, 11, Donovan, four and Sonny, 12 months - and said they are not only hard to please musically, but they mess around with his lyrics.
The former Oasis guitarist told Esquire magazine: "I've got three kids, so if you can get through three minutes of a song in our house without somebody throwing something at you, you're lucky.
"They were never big Oasis fans. There's a song on my new album, 'If I Had a Gun' - the lyrics go, 'If I had a gun / I'd shoot a hole in the sun' but Donovan, my eldest son, changed them to, 'If I had a gun / I'd shoot a poo out of my bum.'"
Noel - who is married to publicist Sarah McDonald - has a hard to please family, and his wife was initially unmoved by his new album with his High Flying Birds project, as it wasn't rocking enough for her.
Referring to Sara's favourite psychedelic rock band, he said: "I've got to say, my missus is not the biggest fan of anything I've ever done ever. She's a bit like - meh. It's not Kasabian, is it? Do you know what I mean?"
"There's one on the new album she really doesn't like. The last track. When she saw the track listing, she said "Oh, you've not included that bloody song have you?" Someone might like it. She's from Scotland, I know my place. She's more Northern than I am."
Source: www.list.co.uk
Noel Gallagher
The debut album from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is out now! The album, released through Noel's own label Sour Mash Records, features 10 brand new tracks and includes the hit singles 'The Death Of You And Me' and 'AKA… What A Life!'.
The album is available to buy on the following formats:
CD / DVD
Standard CD
Vinyl
iTunes LP
Download
The CD / DVD and iTunes LP both come with 40 minutes of exclusive video footage including the making of documentary, 'It's Never Too Late To Be What U Might Have Been', the video for 'The Death Of You And Me' and 'The Making Of The Death Of You And Me'.
The album is available to buy through:
Official Store
iTunes
Amazon
HMV
The album has received fantastic reviews with The Telegraph declaring, "High Flying Birds is the best collection of Noel Gallagher tunes since his 'Morning Glory’ days" *****; Q Magazine calling it, "Proof that Noel Gallagher remains one of the best songwriters this country has ever produced" **** and Mojo saying, "The primetime Gallagher swagger is back… a joy to behold" ****.
Fans have also been giving the album great reviews. Sour Mash Records recently held an album playback for fans in London and Manchester and we posted some of their reviews last week. Click HERE! to read their thoughts on the album.
For a taster of the album fans can watch the videos for the band's debut single 'The Death Of You And Me' and the follow up 'AKA… What A Life!' below.
Source: www.noelgallagher.com
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Album Out Now!
The debut album from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is out now! The album, released through Noel's own label Sour Mash Records, features 10 brand new tracks and includes the hit singles 'The Death Of You And Me' and 'AKA… What A Life!'.
The album is available to buy on the following formats:
CD / DVD
Standard CD
Vinyl
iTunes LP
Download
The CD / DVD and iTunes LP both come with 40 minutes of exclusive video footage including the making of documentary, 'It's Never Too Late To Be What U Might Have Been', the video for 'The Death Of You And Me' and 'The Making Of The Death Of You And Me'.
The album is available to buy through:
Official Store
iTunes
Amazon
HMV
The album has received fantastic reviews with The Telegraph declaring, "High Flying Birds is the best collection of Noel Gallagher tunes since his 'Morning Glory’ days" *****; Q Magazine calling it, "Proof that Noel Gallagher remains one of the best songwriters this country has ever produced" **** and Mojo saying, "The primetime Gallagher swagger is back… a joy to behold" ****.
Fans have also been giving the album great reviews. Sour Mash Records recently held an album playback for fans in London and Manchester and we posted some of their reviews last week. Click HERE! to read their thoughts on the album.
For a taster of the album fans can watch the videos for the band's debut single 'The Death Of You And Me' and the follow up 'AKA… What A Life!' below.
Source: www.noelgallagher.com
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