On Bank Holiday Monday 29th May, Absolute Radio 90s will be celebrating one of Britain's greatest songwriters as Noel Gallagher turns 50!
Throughout the day, Andy Bush and Danielle Perry will be counting down the top 50 Noel songs as voted for by you.
Then at 7pm, we'll bring you a special hour-long documentary: Noel at 50. Ben Burrell chats to artists, journalists and friends of Noel including Alan McGee.
At 8pm, Andy Bush will be speaking to the man himself as they look back over his career, telling the stories behind some of his most important songs.
The day culminates with another chance to hear Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds live at the Rivoli Ballroom. With an incredible atmosphere and tracks from his solo career and time with Oasis, this was a very special and exclusive gig for Absolute Radio, recorded in 2014.
Voting is now open for you to choose your top 5 Noel songs below. Everyone who votes will be entered into our prize draw for the chance to win a Roberts Stream 104 Smart Radio! Voting closes at 10am on the 19th May 2017. And don't forget to listen to Nothing But Noel, This Bank Holiday Monday on Absolute Radio 90s, to find out which song wins.
Red Stripe presents: This Feeling TV: giving future festival headliners their first chance to shine along with some of the biggest names in the game
Music TV shows once offered bands their big break; any group seeking a platform and exposure fought for that memorable moment to spark chart success.
The likes of The Tube set the foundations for The Word and TFI Friday. They have all since gone along with Top of the Pops, The Chart Show and T4 all disappearing from our screens in recent years.
Jools Holland is the last man standing on terrestrial telly and few new indie bands can elbow their way into his line-up, let alone stay awake during the show.
Things have gone stale in music telly. Until now...
This Feeling and Red Stripe are taking things into their own hands to reverse the trend in 2017. A new partnership is born; ‘Red Stripe presents: This Feeling TV’.
It’s a new music show, hosted by Radio X DJ Gordon Smart, for the digital age providing a platform for new bands in the industry to showcase their talent with more established acts creating some much needed magic on the small screen.
Show 1...it's coming! Sneak peek...
The first show features Carl Barat, Martin Compston, Slaves (who flew back early from USA to do the show), DMA's, Tom Grennan, Black Honey AND a cameo from Liam Gallagher who requested DMA's go on early so he could watch the Manchester derby. Show 1 airs Monday 8th at midday.
“When Rock N Roll makes its glorious comeback, you can bet you will have seen it first on This Feeling TV.” Noel Gallagher
“This Feeling are once again putting their magic where their mouths are and giving kids with guitars the chance to shine on the screen with This Feeling TV.” Blossoms.
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A well known haunt of well known faces, and where to see future next big things in advance, this week's event are in Brighton, Cardiff, London, Sheffield, Southampton, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.
Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and information on club nights all over the UK.
The video below is from May 2nd 2000 when Oasis appeared on The Late Show With David Letterman in New York, USA and played the classic I Can See A Liar.
The Courteeners frontman has spoken out about the early comparisons that were made between Oasis and his band
The Courteeners frontman Liam Fray has admitted that he was “a pale imitation” of Liam Gallagher during the band’s early days.
As the Manchester band emerged in 2008 with their debut album ‘St Jude’, a number of commentators were quick to draw comparisons between the then-quartet and Oasis. However, those comparisons prompted a backlash from fans of the Britpop band following the release of that album.
Speaking about that time period in a new interview with The Independent, Fray opened up about how he “hated [The Courteeners’] ‘new Oasis'” tag and understood the backlash to those particular comparisons.
“I was never the new Liam Gallagher,” Fray admitted. “I was a pale imitation, but then it was never my intention to be an imitation at all.” Admitting that he may have been partly responsible for the comparisons, Fray said: “Oh, I tended to shout my mouth off, but who wouldn’t after seven pints on a Thursday night?
The Courteeeners will play a huge homecoming show at Manchester’s Old Trafford cricket ground later this month. Speaking to NME ahead of the gig, Fray declared that fans shouldn’t expect “bells, whistles and spaceships” come the big day.
“That’s not our game,” he said. “We couldn’t walk around Manchester Arndale if we had spaceships coming out the roof. We’d get hammered for it. They wouldn’t serve us in the chippy if we started doing things like that.”