(Thorsten, 2005/05/31, 23:02 Uhr) MTV TRL wird nächste Woche eine Special Rockwoche, wo jeden Tag von 18.30h-19.30h eine Special Rockshow live ausgestrahlt wird, machen. Am Montag werden MTV vorraussichtlich Oasis bzw. Noel Gallagher zu Gast haben und sind dafür auf der Suche nach Publikum. Das ganze ist allerdings noch nicht 100%ig bestätigt, sieht aber ganz gut aus. Man kann sich unter www.mtv.de/trl als Zuschauer in der Show bewerben. Damit möchte MTV sicherstellen, dass auch wirkliche Fans am Start sind und die Jungs und Mädels hätten ja auch was davon. Die Show wird von 18.30h-19.30h live on air sein und anschliessend ist noch genug Zeit um zum Konzert gehen zu können.

Aktueller Stand: Liam & Noel werden im MTV Studio vorbeischauen.

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/31, 22:54 Uhr)

THIS WEEK:

The World's Greatest Music Weekly On Sale Now!

Going bald, eating hedgehogs and fookin' pink dinner jackets - Oasis face your questions in the funniest interview you'll read all year

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(Q: nme.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/31, 17:09 Uhr) Im amerikanischen iTunes-Store gibt es seit heute einen weiteren Bonus-Track: "Pass me down the wine". Der Haken: Man muss sich, um diesen Bonus-Track runterladen zu können, das komplette Album runterladen.

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(Christian, 2005/05/31, 11:24 Uhr)

Sammler von Oasis-Fan-Ware aufgepasst! Zum Verkauftsstart des neuen Albums der Ur-Brit-Popper verlost GQ.com dreimal deren aktuelle DVD-Single "Lyla" inklusive einer Sammel-Box für die anstehenden Auskopplungen aus "Don't Believe The Truth".

Die Teilnahmebedingungen und alles weitere gibt es hier:
www.gq-magazin.de/gq/3/content/10624/1/index.php

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(Q: gq-magazin.de)

(Nadine, 2005/05/30, 20:20 Uhr) The Oasis song Wonderwall has beaten tracks by The Beatles and Led Zeppelin to be named the best British song of all time in a radio listeners' poll.

The 1995 song topped the Virgin Radio poll of more than 8,300 listeners.

"It is the perfect song to stick your arm around your mate and sing out at the top of your voice after a few beers," said DJ Pete Mitchell.

Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody was in second place with Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven third.

Despite not taking the top spot Queen and the Beatles notched up the most entries in Virgin Radio's top 100, scoring eight entries each.

The Rolling Stones and David Bowie had six entries each but new band Coldplay, who had their first chart single in 2000, had five tracks in the top 100.

The male-dominated chart featured only one song by a female solo artist - Kate Bush at number 16 with Wuthering Heights.

Alison Moyet is included as half of electropop duo Yazoo, whose 1982 hit Only You is at number 73 and Annie Lennox appears in The Eurythmics, whose 1983 hit Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) is at number 93.

Wonderwall topped the Virgin Radio chart despite failing to top the UK singles chart on its release, being kept in second place by Michael Jackson's Earth Song.

Nevertheless Oasis secured their seventh UK number one last week, topping the chart with latest single Lyla before being ousted after one week by The Crazy Frog's ringtone hit Axel F.

BEST BRITISH SONGS OF ALL TIME
1. Oasis - Wonderwall
2. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
4. The Beatles - Let It Be
5. John Lennon - Imagine
6. Police - Every Breath You Take
7. The Jam - Going Underground
8. Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
9. Robbie Williams - Angels
10. The Stranglers - Golden Brown

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/30, 20:17 Uhr) OASIS star LIAM GALLAGHER has slammed his own song-writing abilities - insisting he's so stupid he can't compose decent lyrics.

The wild rocker complains he struggles writing lyrics because he has a limited vocabulary, so he's amazed he's written three tracks for the band's new DON'T BELIEVE THE TRUTH album.

Gallagher, 32, says, "I can get a melody just like that - it's the words I'm really bad at 'cos I'm f***ing thick.

"I'm a nightmare, I'm a proper STEPTOE AND SON (classic British TV show) when it comes to writing.

"I'm winging it - the only thing I'm not winging is the singing."

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(Q: contactmusic.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/30, 20:15 Uhr) LIAM GALLAGHER has slammed reports the new OASIS album DON'T BELIEVE THE TRUTH took three years to create, because if it had taken that long her would have quit the band.

The wildman rocker dismisses claims Oasis have been working continuously on the new disc since their last album HEATHEN CHEMISTRY was released in 2002.

He says, "It didn't take three years to record. When we actually started recording it in America, it took us two months.

"We work pretty quickly, sometimes three songs in a day.

"If it had taken us three years to record I wouldn't be here, I'd be looking for another job."

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(Q: contactmusic.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/30, 13:51 Uhr) HERBSTTOUR

Und endlich wurde zumindest schon einmal ein Tourzeitraum avisiert - die Band kommt irgendwann zwischen dem 15. Oktober und dem 9. November nach Deutschland... aber nur für einige Gastspiele ....

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(Q: brosch-tours.net)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/30, 11:47 Uhr) Wenn Oasis ein neues Album machen, sind die Erwartungen jedes Mal ziemlich groß. Kein Wunder, die britische Band um das Brüderpaar Noel und Liam Gallagher hat seit ihrem Debüt "Definitely maybe" von 1994 weltweit über 39 Millionen Platten verkauft und ist mit insgesamt sieben Nummer eins Singles (inklusive der aktuellen Nummer "Lyla") die erfolgreichste Band ihrer Heimat noch vor Robbie Williams oder Madonna. Nach drei Jahren Pause melden sich Oasis jetzt mit ihrem sechsten Studioalbum "Don't believe the truth" zurück. Ein Ereignis, das natürlich gebührend gefeiert werden muss ...

Deswegen widmet Eins Live Oasis zwei Stunden Programm. Hier erfahrt ihr alles über das neue Album und darüber, was die Band über ihre Musik zu erzählen hat. Gewinnen könnt ihr außerdem noch Karten für das einzige Oasis-Solokonzert in Berlin am 6. Juni, inklusive Übernachtung, Hin- und Rückfahrt!

Oasis-Sondersendungen:

Montag, 30. Mai, 15-16 Uhr
Verlosung von zwei Karten für das Oasis-Konzert in Berlin

Donnerstag, 2. Juni, 20-21 Uhr (Eins Live Kultkomplex)
Verlosung von zwei Karten für das Oasis-Konzert in Berlin

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Eins Live Plattenkritik zu "Don't believe the truth"

Wenn es um die Bewertung seines eigenen Schaffens geht, war Oasis-Chef Noel Gallagher noch nie sonderlich bescheiden. So auch bei "Don´t Believe The Truth". Das neue, sechste Alben der Brit-Pop-Veteranen bezeichnet der 37jährige vollmundig als bestes Oasis-Epos seit dem 95er Meilenstein "(What´s The Story) Morning Glory". Eine maßlose Übertreibung. Schließlich findet sich hier außer dem epischen Finale "Let There Be Love" nicht ein einziger Pop-Song in bewährter Beatles-Manier. Mehr noch: Nette Melodien, eingängige Refrains und hymnische Songs sind absolute Mangelware. Dafür tendieren Oasis mehr in Richtung Velvet Underground ("Mucky Fingers"), klingen mal wie die Rolling Stones ("Lyla"), mal wie Dylan ("Love Like A Bomb") oder versuchen sich sogar an kurzem, ruppigem Punk-Rock ("The Meaning Of Soul"). Das Ergebnis ist ein Werk ohne Neuerungen, ohne Höhepunkte, aber auch ohne echte Schwachstellen. Die selbsternannte "größte Band der Welt" erliegt dem kreativen Stillstand und läuft Gefahr, auf kurz oder lang tatsächlich Status Quo zu beerben. Eine schreckliche Vorstellung - aber gar nicht so abwegig. Fazit: Ein Album für eingefleischte Oasis-Fans. Wirklich neue Freunde dürften die Gallaghers damit allerdings nicht gewinnen.

von Marcel Anders

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/30, 11:38 Uhr) Despite comparing the London's band's line-up to a panel of students on ‘University Challenge', the Oasis frontman said he'll work with Kele Okereke and co if they write meet his standards.
"I'd love to do a tune with Bloc Party," Liam told Virgin Radio. "If they've got a song that's good enough then I'm having it."

Liam added that Bloc Party and the other bands he attacked, were justified to hit back at him recently.

"I am a music lover and they (the bands he's attacked) have every right to slag my band off," he explained. "I just put bands in their places. There are a load of bands I like and there is a load of bands I fucking detest because they are shit."

The Oasis frontman, who's new album ‘Don't Believe The Truth' is released tomorrow (May 30), also explained that he's not really concerned about writing songs for his band.

"If I didn't write another song again it wouldn't bother me," he said. "I get my kicks from singing more than sitting there doodling about with fucking lyrics."

Liam added that he doesn't believe he's improving as a writer and often needs guitarist Gem's assistance.

"Gem helps me out a lot, I struggle with lyrics sometimes," Liam explained. "I can't find the words. The words I find hard ‘cos I'm fucking thick."

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(Q: nme.com)

(Christian, 2005/05/28, 20:13 Uhr) Noel Gallagher on why it has taken three years for Oasis to come back on top form

By TOBY MANNING

There's something rather uncanny about Noel Gallagher's ability to imitate his younger brother. When relaying a conversation he's had with Liam, Noel simply adopts his stroppy sibling's voice – with such accuracy that it's as if the singer is right here in the room.

""Where've you been for the last two weeks?'" he demands, parodying an aggressive Liam.

"Been on holiday," Noel replies as himself.

""Where?'"

"Out to Spain."

""What you been doing?'" he asks, the Liam voice now sounding confused.

"I've not been doing anything."

""Didn't you write any songs?'"

"I didn't even take a guitar."

""You lazy bastard!'"

At his management offices in Marylebone, London, Noel – nattily dressed in chocolate brown Fred Perry, matching pinstripe jacket, designer jeans and slightly suspect fawn leather shoes – makes much of his brother being Oasis's current motor.

"He drives it along," he says. "Which is quite a paradox 'cos he's also the one who kicks the wheels off every six months and brings it crashing to a halt."

Noel, who turns 38 on Sunday, was once famously the band's boss, but he now says he prefers to take his time over his craft. In fact, the band's new album, Don't Believe The Truth, even contains a track entitled The Importance Of Being Idle.

But although they've certainly not rushed this release – it's three years since Heathen Chemistry – Noel's relaxed attitude seems more to do with knowing that Don't Believe The Truth finally puts a stop to the creeping malaise that has infected Oasis ever since 1997's Be Here Now rather than any innate indolence.

"If it was down to me, there'd be five years between records," he claims. "I spent five years working on the songs for Definitely Maybe – that's why they're so good. And we followed up Morning Glory too quickly. If it was down to me I reckon we'd have been following up Morning Glory now.

"Be Here Now was when the real partying was at its peak and it was a token gesture making that record. Again that's all part of the legend, isn't it?"

He's quite right. And now that legend is about to be tweaked again, for this album really does feel in many ways like the long-delayed follow-up to Morning Glory. And in Let There Be Love, they have an anthem that makes Oasis not just good again, but important.

The funny thing is, most of us had given up on Oasis. They felt like a relic, stuck in a faded Cool Britannia past, increasingly – in Liam's case – caricatures of themselves. And all that news of smashed teeth, scrapped sessions (with producers Death In Vegas in 2003), Noel's admission of a lack of decent songs and sacked drummers (Alan White left the band earlier this year) really didn't help. They sounded like a group slowly shuffling off into irrelevance.

But perhaps it's that very situation – the lack of expectation and pressure – which has enabled Oasis to pull off this record. For when Noel talks about idleness, he's not really talking about being lazy.

"It was a very, very warm day," he recalls of The Importance Of Being Idle's genesis. "The front door was open and I was sitting looking out the window and my missus is going, "You've been staring out the window for three quarters of an hour. What you doing?' And I go, "I'm working'. "On what?' "I'm thinking'."

"The point is, creativity needs space. If it takes three years to get it right, then it takes three years to get it right. I can't work to time constraints. I done that with Be Here Now."

Liam may be down at the studio all the time with Gem Archer (guitar), Andy Bell (bass) and Zak Starkey (drums), he may have written three songs for this album – a fraction of what he presented to the band – but it's still Noel's five compositions that are the record's cornerstones.

Not that Liam sees it like that.

"He gets a bit tetchy about me singing more these days," Noel says, with an impish innocence. Then he does that impression again.

""Well, I'm supposed to be the singer…'" he says as Liam.

"Well I'm supposed to be the songwriter."

""But I should be singing more'."

"Well I should be writing more songs."

""Yeah, but... Yeah but you're not'," he says, Liam getting confused.

""Then you're not singing more'."

There's a long pause as Liam ponders this. ""Are you saying that if we stop writing songs then I can start singing more?'"

""That's pretty much what it boils down to, yeah'."

This doesn't sound like a man who's taken his foot off the pedal, nor indeed one inclined to indolence. It just sounds like someone who knows his value in the scheme of things.

"I've absolutely not stopped being a control freak," Noel says, as if such a suggestion were insulting. "But now Gem and Andy have been in the band long enough they go, "You're not playing that right, give it here'.

It's back to the old days where you just grabbed the bass off Guigsy and said, "Psst, put the kettle on'."

Did you play some of his parts?

"All of 'em," Noel admits. "He wasn't fussed about that. Guigs will quite happily tell you that he was the luckiest man in the world. But he was a mate of ours, he supported Man City, he was in the band and that's the end of that. But on record, I played most of the stuff in the early days. Equally, Bonehead's on the records, but if you took him out of the mix you wouldn't notice. Bonehead was never interested in guitars, he was into having it. But they had the spirit of the band, which was, "If we can do it, anybody can do it'. And I admired them for it.

"It's quite telling that when Bonehead left, Guigs soon followed because he knew that we'd get someone in who was the b******s."

Do you think the spirit departed with them, then?

"What was one supposed to do?" Noel replies after a long pause. "Say, right well that's it then?" He looks slightly wistful. "But I miss them in a way. They had a kind of innocence about music. We can get a bit picky these days."

You're a more professional unit? Noel raises the famed monobrow in response.

"I wouldn't say it's professional," he counters. "Cancelling 12 gigs last year 'cos the singer's got his teeth rolling round a bar in Germany? Is that professional? Would you class Liam as professional? It's not a word that springs to mind."

Everyone's so used to the sparring between these siblings that the affection within Noel's bitchiness often goes unnoticed. It's the same when he dismisses Scissor Sisters and Keane as "music for squares".

What's your definition of a square?

"People who watch CD:UK," he smiles. "Robbie Williams fans. Ian Beale types. People who don't really like music. People who don't really like football. People who don't really like anything at all.

"And I hate people who drink outside pubs. Get inside the pub man, that's what it's for! You've got to be in the bar, coughing."

Despite his tongue in cheek venom, Noel is the first to admit that it's the "squares" who made him rich. Again, it's the sound of a man at ease with the world. It's good to have him back.

l Don't Believe The Truth is released on Monday. Toby Manning writes for The Big Issue.

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/28, 15:00 Uhr) Noel Gallagher and Gem from Oasis came into Xfm to talk John Kennedy through every single track on their new album 'Don't Believe The Truth'. Find out some of what they had to say here.

Gallagher and Gem came into Xfm for a special exclusive album playback for the The X-Posure Part 2 Show with John Kennedy, and talked through every track on the new record.

Talking about the album's closing track, and the rumoured next single of the album, 'Let There Be Love', Gallagher revealed that the song had been around since the sessions for Oasis' album 'Be Here Now'.

"Its seven years old," he confessed, "There's a demo going around that's on a bootleg of 'Heathen Chemistry' somewhere. I was never quite happy with the words and I got hassled by the record company we were with at the time to put it out, but I was never happy with the words or the arrangement and left it for ages and in that few months lay off I went back to it."

Although when it was finished, Noel, was still against using it as he couldn't bear the idea of song providing the soundtrack to another English sporting disaster,

"I was a bit reticent about putting it on the record, my argument was 'Can't we do one album without the f**king flag waver that's going to signify England's glorious exit from the next World Cup?' and [producer] Dave Sardy took me aside and said 'People want this when they listen to your records. Let me persevere with it'.

"I was arguing against it, I said it should be smaller, Liam said it should be more grandiose, and we kind of compromised in the end. It's a great, great, great song."

To hear the full interview and find out what the man Oasis call The Guv'nor has to say on the matter of his brother's songs, just tune into The X-Posure Part 2 Show with John Kennedy, on Monday 30 May from 11pm until midnight on 104.9 Xfm.

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(Q: xfm.co.uk)

(Nadine, 2005/05/27, 19:13 Uhr) If you're a fan of the British group Oasis you know they're releasing their latest project "Don't Believe the Truth" on May 31. On June 1 in a rare online chat event Liam Gallagher and Gem Archer take to the MSN Live stage to answer fan questions about the process of making this record and what fans can expect when Oasis hits the road this summer.


Chat begins on Wednesday, June 1
at 1pm ET/10am PT
Enter the Chatroom here : MSN CHAT

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/27, 12:20 Uhr) Damon Albarn has admitted that he has a renewed respect for his once arch nemesis Oasis.

After beating Oasis's 'Roll With It' to the number one spot with 'Country House' in their head-to-head battle during Brit-pop's heyday, it seems the Blur frontman now holds Oasis in higher esteem.

He told the Daily Star: "All credit to Oasis - the way they've managed to keep themselves together. They're threatening to be the Rolling Stones."

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(Q: gigwise.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/26, 19:15 Uhr) Oasis have announced that they are re-scheduling their show at Copenhagen Vega on 8th June to take place in a larger venue in the autumn.

All tickets for the Vega show will remain valid for the new date which will be announced shortly. Existing ticket holders should watch the press and www.oasisinet.com for details of a preferential offer.

Tickets for the Vega concert sold out in 15 minutes which is a record for Oasis in Denmark. Oasis thank their fans for their understanding and look forward to playing in Copenhagen in the autumn.

Oasis' new album "Don't Believe The Truth" is released on May 30th.

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/26, 16:34 Uhr) OASIS celebrated LIVERPOOL FC's incredible CHAMPIONS LEAGUE victory at an intimate LONDON gig last night (May 25).

The band didn't come on stage at the Coronet until the match between Liverpool and AC Milan had been shown on a giant screen, in front of thousands of drunken fans.

Instead of coming on to their traditional intro tape of 'Fuckin' In The Bushes', the band came on to Liverpool's anthem 'You'll Never Walk Alone', bathed in red light.

Speaking recently about the show, Noel Gallagher explained: "The gig was sold out and I said, 'Instead of getting a support band, why don't we get a big screen and stick it in the middle of the stage so everyone can watch the game. Then we'll play after the game and get a late curfew'. They all went for it, so we hired a big cinema thing."

Liam Gallagher dedicated 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out' to the Italian fans. AC Milan were 3-0 up at half-time, but ended losing on penalties 3-2 after extra time after Liverpool came back to draw 3-3.

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(Q: nme.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/25, 12:33 Uhr) Mourning glory for Liam

OASIS frontman LIAM GALLAGHER dressed as a funeral director to film the band's video for Let There Be Love.

And he had to add a rock 'n' roll rebel touch - a can of lager and a pair of trainers.

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/24, 18:10 Uhr) Ab dem kommenden Montag steht das neue Album in den Plattenläden. Eine E-Card zum Album gibt es hier:

(Anklicken zum öffnen)

Vorbestellen kann man das Album hier:

• amazon.de (Album)
• amazon.de (Album - Special Edition)

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/24, 17:18 Uhr) 'Lyla' steigt auf Platz #33 der deutschen Single-Charts ein.

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/24, 15:24 Uhr) Nach dreijähriger Plattenpause präsentieren sich die Gallaghers selbstbewusst wie eh und je. Nur die musikalischen Referenzpunkte haben sich geändert: Statt Beatles und Kinks dominieren auf "Don't believe the truth" Anleihen bei Velvet Underground und Neil Young. Ein kleiner Schritt für die Menschheit, ein großer für Bandleader Noel. Der zwar weiser, aber nicht leiser geworden ist: Im Interview großkotzt sich der Mittdreißiger mit dem charmanten Manchester-Akzent wieder auf gewohnte Weise aus. Und lässt - nomen est omen - kein gutes Haar an niemandem. Am wenigsten an sich selbst. Eins Live Reporter Marcel Anders hat zugehört.

Link zum Interview: www.einslive.de/diemusik/dasinterview/noel_gallagher.phtml

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/24, 15:17 Uhr) Oasis werden am 7. Juni bei TV Total (Pro7) live 'Lyla' performen.

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/24, 13:16 Uhr) Auf mtv.de kann man sich ab sofort jeden Song vom neuen Album 'Don't believe the truth' anhören.

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/24, 09:01 Uhr)

TITELTHEMA: OASIS - UNGEBEUGT IN KARGER ZEIT
Von Birgit Fuß
"Don't Believe The Truth" heißt das neue Album von Oasis, das nach drei harten Jahren und vielen Fehlversuchen doch noch geglückt ist. Aber man darf Noel Gallagher ruhig glauben, wenn er von Reamplay und Gelassenheit spricht, wenn er Coldplay dankt und seine Band als Außenseiter sieht. Die neue Bescheidenheit steht ihm.

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/23, 19:55 Uhr) OASIS are officially the most successful UK act of the last ten years, according to the BOOK OF BRITISH HIT SINGLES + ALBUMS.

The WONDERWALL band, fronted by brothers LIAM and NOEL GALLAGHER, beat pop icons such as ROBBIE WILLIAMS and U2 to the coveted title after new single LYLA topped the UK singles chart yesterday (22MAY05).

Throughout their career so far, Oasis have enjoyed 766 weeks on the official UK singles and albums charts.

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(Q: contactmusic.com; isifa.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/23, 19:39 Uhr)

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(Q: Focus [Dank an Martin])

(Thorsten, 2005/05/22, 22:44 Uhr) Oasis have returned to the top of the UK singles chart with Lyla, ending Akon's two-week reign at number one.

The song, taken from their new album Don't Believe the Truth, marks the rock group's seventh UK number one single.

Black Eyed Peas entered the chart at three with Don't Phunk With My Heart, while Jennifer Lopez's Hold You Down debuted at six.

Faithless' Greatest Hits compilation tops the UK album chart on its first week of release.

Numbers two and three were also new entries - Mezmerize from metal band System of a Down, and Magic Time by veteran performer Van Morrison.

Oasis last topped the singles chart in April 2002 with The Hindu Times.

Their other number ones include Some Might Say in May 1995 and Don't Look Back in Anger in March 1996.

Their new album is released later this month ahead of their summer festival and stadium dates.

The other new entries in the Top 10 singles were Owner of a Lonely Heart by Max Graham vs Yes at nine, and the Kaiser Chiefs' Everyday I Love You Less and Less at ten.

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Oasis landen siebte Nummer-eins-Single

Die Rockband Oasis schubst in dieser Woche mit ihrer Single "Lyla" Rapper Akon vom UK-Charts-Thron und verbucht damit die siebte Nummer-Eins-Single ihrer Karriere. Zuletzt standen sie im April 2002 mit dem Track "The Hindu Times" an der Spitze der britischen Hitliste. Andere Nummer-eins-Singles ihrer Bandgeschichte waren u.a. "Don't Look Back In Anger" im März 1996 und "Some Might Say" im Mai 1995. Die Single "Lyla" stammt aus dem Album "Dont Believe The Truth" (Sony BMG), das am 30. Mai in den Handel kommen soll.

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(Q: isifa.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/21, 15:33 Uhr) Laut eines Mitgliedes im Soapbox-Forum steht "Don't believe the truth" in den USA (North Carolina) bereits in einigen Plattenregalen.

Hier einige Bilder des Albums:

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/21, 15:29 Uhr) STONE ROSES REFORM?

It's "only a matter of time" until STONE ROSES reform, NOEL GALLAGHER has claimed.

Speaking in the current issue of City Life magazine in Manchester, Gallagher, who is friends with Ian Brown, claimed the four original members of the Roses would "be idiots" if they didn't play together again.

He said: "They've got unfinished business, and they'd have to do new tunes, but they'd be idiots if they didn't; Mani would at the drop of a hat; Ian (Brown) and John (Squire) have got issues, but they can be worked out."

The three original members of the band, except Brown were recently spotted at a gig together in Manchester.

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(Q: nme.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/21, 15:28 Uhr) Mr Noel Gallagher has revealed the inspiration behind the cryptic title of Oasis's new release 'Don't Believe The Truth', and it's all about politics.

The Lyla rocker came up with the contradictory monicker after having a ponder on how those dastardly politicians lie through their teeth to the unsuspecting public.

He explains to Uncut, "It just struck me that politicians lie so blatantly these days, the man in the street has got no hope of finding out the real story...the whole weapons of mass destruction thing."

But talking of politics, after such a phenomenal let down all round, will Mr G be putting his X next to Labour in the future?

He says, "Of course I will. It's the one chance you get to be political.

"People go on about Tony Blair but he'll be gone in a few years and the Labour Party will still be there."

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(Q: gigwise.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/20, 16:44 Uhr) Oasis are pleased to announce that they will play the House of Blues, Las Vegas on Thursday 15th September 2005 with special guests Kasabian.

The last time Oasis played Las Vegas in 2002 in the audience was Brandon Flowers who was inspired to form a band by what he heard. He did and they called themselves the Killers. The rest is history!

Tickets for this show will go on sale Saturday 28th May at 10am PST and will be available through, House of Blues Box Office inside Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. Ticketmaster Outlets - Smiths, Tower Records, Robinson's May, and select Wherehouse music stores or online at www.hob.com or www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone: 702-474-4000

However, prior to the public on sale of these shows, Oasis fans can access a special pre sale for these dates starting at 8.30am local time on Tuesday 24th May! To access the pre sale click on the link below; www.oasis tickets.musictoday.com/Oasis/calendar.aspx

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(Q: oasisinet.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/20, 10:26 Uhr) Laut der Webseite des Tourveranstalters wird der Berliner Oasis-Gig am 6.6.2005 ab ca. 21.05 Uhr live auf Radio 1 ausgestrahlt!

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(Q: brosch-tours.net; radioeins.de)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/20, 10:16 Uhr) Oasis star Noel Gallagher has slated the band's third album, Be Here Now, admitting the songs were too long.

The rocker claims the album started a "creative slide" for him that has only started an upturn with the group's long-awaited sixth album Don't Believe The Truth.

He says: "If you bought it (Be Here Now) on the day it came out and listened to it, I'd have thought it was f**king mind-bending too. But it really doesn't stand up now.

"The songs are too long and the lyrics are f**king appalling.

"The clue to the album is in the title. You had to be there, really.

"It was all about that f**king week that it came out."

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(Q: breakingnews.iol.ie)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/19, 17:30 Uhr) Noel Gallagher has revealed he snubbed meeting the Queen at Buckingham Palace because he doesn't have respect for the Royal family.

The Oasis guitarist-songwriter admits he was surprised by the invitation but had no intention to visit, reports contactmusic.

Noel said: "We wouldn't go. Royalty - they're not from a world I can comprehend.

"I don't know where they come from or what they do or what their role is in life or who the fuck they think they are."

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(Q: gigwise.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/19, 09:14 Uhr) OASIS star NOEL GALLAGHER has urged record companies to put albums out as soon as they're complete in a bid to beat the internet pirates.

The rocker was initially thrilled when he heard the new Oasis single LYLA was being played ahead of its embargo on a radio station in Poland - and then he was contacted by frantic record label bosses.

Gallagher recalls he was still excited to hear the single was getting air play, but can't understand why record bosses present themselves with piracy problems.

He says, "I don't even know what the internet is. I don't have a computer, so it doesn't concern me. I don't understand the corporate record system anymore.

"You give them an album, and six months later you're still waiting for it to come out. When it's finished, get it out as soon as possible. Put it in the f**king shops within the week. It can be done that way."

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(Q: contactmusic.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/17, 13:48 Uhr) DRS 3 erleichtert den Fans der britischen Band Oasis das Warten und stellt die neuen Songs vom neuesten Werk «Don't Believe the Truth», das am 30. Mai erscheint, bereits eine Woche vor der Veröffentlichung exklusiv vor: Von Montag, 23. bis Freitag, 27. Mai, jeweils in der Vorabendsendung nach 19.00 Uhr.

Und zum Abschluss dieser Oasis-Woche gibt es am Freitagabend noch etwas Besonderes zu gewinnen: DRS 3 verlost 1x2 Tickets für das ausverkaufte Oasis-Konzert am 6. Juni in Berlin, inkl. Reise und Unterkunft während einem verlängerten Wochenende von Samstag, 4. Juni bis Dienstag, 7. Juni 2005.

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(Q: drs.ch)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/17, 13:30 Uhr) Entgegen der News-Meldung vom 4. April wird BBC Radio 1 am 23. Mai den Paris - Gig doch nicht live übertragen. Stattdessen wird es einen Mitschnitt des Konzerts im Londoner Clapham Grand (22. Mai) geben.

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(Q: bbc.co.uk)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/16, 17:59 Uhr) Oasis' Noel Gallagher is starting to feel his age and realises that he ain't gonna live forever.

The one time party animal, now 37, prefers an early night to any rock and roll excess.

He has spoken to Scotland On Sunday and said: "Up here, in my head, I feel great, but I'll take the Les Paul off and… me fuckin' back! There's a self-pity that comes with approaching 40."

"When you're 24 you're immortal, but hangovers last two days now, and when nine o'clock comes, you turn into a stupid, tired old man and look forward to bedtime."

And its not just hangovers that are easier when you are young, Noel feels that he works a lot harder at his music these days: "I was blessed back then. I was showered with magic dust. Now? I think I've got to work at it more."

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(Q: gigwise.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/15, 21:29 Uhr) Am 06.06. spielen Oasis in Berlin auf - MTV.de verlost 1x2 Tickets für dieses Must See Konzert!

Langsam wird's ernst: Nur noch bis zum 30. Mai muss man sich gedulden - dann gibt's endlich das neue Oasis Album 'Don't Believe The Truth' zu kaufen! Freuen könnt ihr euch auch über unsere MTV.de Oasis Tix Competition: Wir verlosen 1x2 Tickets für das Konzert am 06. Juni in Berlin. On Top bekommt der Gewinner auch noch eine original Oasis Collectors Box! So kannst du mitmachen - beantworte einfach folgende Frage: 'Wie heißt die erste Singleauskopplung des neuen Oasis Albums?' Die Antwort geht an win@mtv.de. Einsendeschluss ist der 01.06.2005.

Und: Am 7.6. zeigt MTV von 23 - 24 Uhr "MTV Live - Oasis". Ob es sich dabei um einen Mitschnitt des Berlin - Konzertes vom Vortag handeln wird, ist bisher noch nicht klar.

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(Q: mtv.de)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/14, 20:07 Uhr) Oasis bad boy Liam Gallagher is "mad for" a part as a villain in a new gangster film, it emerged today.

The makers of the movie will hold talks with the rocker, who has never acted before, in Edinburgh tomorrow before the band's sell-out gig in the Scottish capital.

Trainspotting star Robert Carlyle has reportedly already been cast as the lead role in the film about the life of convicted Glasgow gun-runner Paul Ferris.

But if Liam, 32, wants the part, he may have to put aside his staunch allegiance to Manchester City football club and sport a shirt of their bitter rivals, Manchester United.

The Oasis frontman, from Burnage, would play real life Mr Big and United fan Paul Massey, from Salford.

The gangland boss and long-standing ally of Ferris is serving a 14-year sentence at Frankland Prison, Co Durham, for a stabbing in 1999.

Liam and his brother Noel, who also support Celtic, will watch the Hoops play Hearts at Tynecastle in Edinburgh tomorrow before their concert.

The brothers will meet up between the two events with Ferris and members of the production team of the £14 million film, which has the working title of The Apprentice.

The film's executive producer Paul Kerr, who is the brother of Simple Minds frontman Jim, today declined to comment at his home.

But Ferris' biographer, Reg McKay, told the Scottish Press Association: "I've just spoken to Ferris and yes, Liam Gallagher has expressed interest in this part. Dare I say it, he's mad for it.

"Paul Massey is a big fan of Liam and thinks he will be brilliant in the part as he has the menace and the presence and, even better, he's also a Manchester boy.

"Thing is, Massey is a mad United fan so it's going to test Liam's acting abilities to the utmost to see if he can bear wearing the jersey of his beloved City's rivals."

Earlier this week, Ferris and representatives from Box Office Films were at the Cannes Film Festival looking for funding for the film.

Massey, 44, built a fortune from protection rackets and his assets included hundreds of properties across Europe.

He lived in a semi-detached house in Salford and was chauffeured around council estates in his Rolls Royce sipping champagne in the back seat.

Ferris started out with notorious Glasgow gangland godfather Arthur Thompson Snr in the late 1970s, but they parted company in the 1980s.

In 1998 he was jailed for seven years at the Old Bailey in London for trafficking guns and explosives.

Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell's London-based firm BMG is one of the backers of the new film.

BMG is reported to have paid Ferris a six-figure sum to bring his book, The Ferris Conspiracy, to the big screen.

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(Q: scotsman.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/13, 16:55 Uhr) OASIS star LIAM GALLAGHER concedes his band will never repeat the success they enjoyed in their mid-1990s heyday.

The band's new album DON'T BELIEVE THE TRUTH has attracted a luke-warm response from critics, but Gallagher insists fans and commentators must be realistic.

Speaking of the band's first and second albums DEFINITELY MAYBE and (WHAT'S THE STORY?) MORNING GLORY, which propelled the band to superstardom, he says, "We have to be realistic. We will never sell that amount of records again."

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(Q: contactmusic.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/13, 14:24 Uhr) Noel Gallagher is set to see his dreams come true at this year's Live Aid 2 – He is to be joined on stage by Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney.

This mornings Daily Star reports that Gallagher will close the show alongside McCartney and the Rolling Stones. A source told the paper: "As with the original Live Aid all the acts who've been involved will join together at the end of the show to perform the closing number."

"You'll have Oasis playing with Paul McCartney and The Stones – real rock royalty."

On the same day a sister show will take place across the pond in Washington DC featuring Eminem and Red Hot Chili Peppers. There are also plans for a third show in Europe.

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(Q: gigwise.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/13, 14:21 Uhr) DON'T BELIEVE THE UNCOUTH!

Rock's new school have hit back at OASIS after their controversial NME cover story.

In our recent interview with the band, who are on the comeback trail with new album 'Don't Believe The Truth', the Gallagher brothers rubbished the vast majority of Britpop's next generation.

Talking about Keane, Noel said: "Traditionally speaking, the three biggest twats in any band are the singer, the keyboardist and the drummer. I don't need to say anything else."

But Keane pianist Tim Rice-Oxley slammed Noel, telling NME.COM: "The biggest twats in a band? We don't really care. I think he's a c*** to be honest. He was in a band that was very brilliant in the mid-nineties and now they're just not important anymore. No-one really cares."

Responding to Liam's diss that they looked like "a band off University Challenge," Bloc Party guitarist Russell Lissack told NME.COM: "I used to buy NME in the nineties when Oasis were in their prime and the reason I bought it was 'cos Liam Gallagher would say something stupid and funny every week. However, I thought that was really poor, that was the same thing he said about Travis and Coldplay. I'm throwing down the gauntlet because we don't hate Oasis but I want a nice insult."

However, Kaiser Chiefs singer Ricky Wilson wasn't so phased to be branded "a bad Blur" who "wear make-up", beaming: "I was chuffed to bits. To even occupy space in Liam's mind so he'd open his mouth about us is a compliment. He had a go for me wearing make-up, but the only reason I ever wore make-up was to look like him. It's hard to get that dark, swarthy look in your eyes when you're a ginger."

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(Q: nme.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/12, 14:34 Uhr) Ab dem kommenden Montag steht die neue Single in den Plattenläden. Eine E-Card zur Single gibt es hier:

(Anklicken zum öffnen)

Vorbestellen kann man die Single hier:

• amazon.de (Single)
• amazon.de (Album)
• amazon.de (Album - Special Edition)

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(Q: nicht erfasst)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/12, 14:22 Uhr) Following their storming live return to the UK earlier this week, Oasis helmsman Noel Gallagher has stated he'll never play the Glastonbury Festival again after his bands lukewarm reception last year.

While Oasis' mid-afternoon performance at Glastonbury 1994 was the stuff of legends, and their first headlining slot in 1995 was fine, but somewhat less impressive, last year's Saturday night top of the bill show was generally regarded by most as a real letdown.

Now in a new interview taken after the stunning performance at the London Astoria that kicked off their first UK tour in three years, Noel Gallagher has said Oasis will never play Glastonbury ever again.

"Glastonbury is probably better to be at than to play at,” he explained to the BBC, somewhat grumpily, “I've played there three times now and I've not enjoyed it."

"You go on at about eleven o'clock and by that time everyone around you is absolutely f**ked."

"By the time you get off, everyone's crashed out vomiting on the floor or asleep. I don't know if it's the weight of expectation or what, but we've come to the conclusion that we probably won't do it again."

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(Q: xfm.co.uk)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/12, 12:41 Uhr) Britain's top two rock bands are releasing albums within a week of each other. Neil McCormick has heard them both.

Oasis and Coldplay, arguably the most popular and significant rock bands in the UK, are set to release new albums which should reveal a great deal about the healthy state of British pop music.

Oasis: 'There's this thing about passing the torch,' says Noel.
'But the torch is never passed, it's taken'

This is no bitter Blur vs Oasis rivalry. They may seem worlds apart in terms of background and sensibility - the hedonistic, defiantly working-class Manchester lads and the polite public school students from the south - but there is surprising respect between both camps.

Oasis's band leader Noel Gallagher describes Coldplay as a "top band. They blew me away." Coldplay singer and songwriter Chris Martin says that Oasis songs were pivotal in his own development. "They're lad anthems," he says, "but you don't have to be a lad to like them. They're for everyone. When Noel cares and he's got something to say about his life, then he's untouchable."

Which is not to say that Coldplay don't have ambitions to reach the same dizzy heights as Oasis. At the root of both bands is an overarching optimism, fierce ambition and respect for the power of song as a vehicle for human dreams. "I don't see it as competing against any other person," Martin has said. "I just see it as pushing what we can do as far as we can. What matters is trying to write the best tunes in the world."

Following the worldwide success of 2001's A Rush of Blood to the Head there is a sense that Coldplay are poised on the brink of all-conquering global household name status. Noel Gallagher, however, is not going to surrender the mantle of Britain's Greatest Living Band easily. "There is always this thing about passing the torch," according to Noel. "But the torch is never passed, it's taken away. We took it off the Stone Roses. Chris Martin has to take it off us."

Oasis are up first. Their single Lyla is released on Monday, followed by their sixth studio album, Don't Believe the Truth. Coldplay release a single, Speed of Sound, on May 23, followed by their third album X&Y. Both albums took more than a year to record amid aborted sessions, changes of producer, much rethinking and rewriting.

Despite this, Don't Believe the Truth is the kind of pithy, lively little rock and roll album that sounds as if it might have been recorded in a week in a sweaty basement. (Early experimental sessions with psychedelic dance-rock producers Death in Vegas were quickly scrapped by Noel.) The elder Gallagher doesn't so much wear his influences on his sleeve as parade them like a robber baron showing off his swag.

Mucky Fingers has the chunky rhythm of the Velvet Underground's Waiting for the Man, Lyla purloins a melody from the Rolling Stones' Street Fighting Man, The Importance of Being Idle may be the greatest Kinks song Ray Davies never wrote, and the epic ballad Let There Be Love rises from a Lennon-esque electric piano sequence (the closest thing to a genuine singalong classic on the album). And then there are the usual shades of the Beatles, T-Rex and Led Zeppelin.

After the morbid introspection that had infected recent offerings, Noel's songs display the kind of belligerent optimism that characterised Oasis at their height. It is part of the paradoxical charm of this band that they can combine a kind of brutal hard-rock aesthetic with a sunny, singalong optimism. Liam Gallagher can turn blandishments such as "Let love be your guide" into a threat, singing with a sneer that makes you think it's a choice between love or a broken nose.

There is an edge to Coldplay, a kind of stuttering, indie grit that counteracts its sweetness

The odd chord shifts and sweet melodies of Liam's own three compositions confirm his growing abilities as a songwriter (albeit with an overriding Lennon obsession), while bassist Andy Bell and guitarist Gem Archer fill the album out with uplifting melodic rockers.

What is missing are the kind of generation-defining songs that made Oasis the essential band of their era. With its freshness and spirit, Don't Believe the Truth may be hailed as a return to form, but it does not reclaim the zeitgeist. It's a collection of songs that sound as if you've heard them before (and in some cases you probably have).

Coldplay have their eyes set higher. X&Y is an album that aches with its own significance. It opens with an atmospheric wash of synths and weird guitar treatments as portentous as anything in the Pink Floyd canon, over which Martin's voice floats, singing, "You're in control, is there anywhere you wanna go?"

It's a promise that he is going to take the listener on a journey. And when the full force of the band kicks in, the thrill of anticipation is high.

This is a lush, layered work, but at the core of the luxurious soundscapes are songs that get under the skin. If Oasis remain in thrall to the sonic thrust of hard rock, Coldplay are the undisputed kings of a new, softer form.

On tremulous, touching ballads such as What If and Fix You there is melodic sweetness, epigrammatic positivity and high, ""ooh ooo" harmonies oddly reminiscent of Wings. But if, in the Beatles template that also underpins Oasis, Martin's writing owes more to McCartney than Lennon, he has some of the questioning spirit, angry idealism and seriousness of purpose of the latter.

There is an edge to Coldplay, a kind of stuttering, indie grit that counteracts its sweetness. This is an album that asks questions about the state of the world and concludes not with blandishments about love but with the angry snarl of Twisted Logic, urging listeners to stand up for what they believe in.

Martin is not always the most eloquent songwriter. His rhyming can be trite (I suspect even Noel at his most throwaway would have baulked at Swallowed By the Sea's opening rhymes of "tree", "me" and "see"), his metaphors repetitive (there is a lot about the sea and outer space) and his melodies sometimes have a nursery-rhyme quality, but the emotional commitment of the performance, the modernity of his band's sound and the inventiveness of the constantly shifting arrangements (his songs are as immediate as Noel's without being quite so obvious) lend X&Y a sense of substance.

While the new Oasis album almost revels in its lack of pretension, X&Y is greater than the sum of its parts. I hate to break it to Noel, but I suspect that while Oasis have already staked their place in history, Coldplay are about to.

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(Q: telegraph.co.uk)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/12, 12:06 Uhr) Oasis are pleased to announce that the band will play the Sudoeste Festival in Odemira on Friday 5th August. Tickets are available to purchase on line at www.ticketline.pt or by telephone + 351 210036300.

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(Q: oasisinet.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/12, 08:17 Uhr) NOEL GALLAGHER: 'LIAM ISN'T MY CUP OF TEA'

OASIS star NOEL GALLAGHER has hailed the rock performance skills of his brother LIAM, but admits he often fantasises about drowning him.

The LIVE FOREVER siblings have a long history of bitter feuds and violent punch-ups, and eldest brother Noel believes he's worked out the reason for their explosive relationship - he simply doesn't like Liam's personality.

However, Noel concedes frontman Liam deserves all the praise he receives for his onstage showmanship.

He says, "Liam's incredible to be in a band with, but as a person he's not my cup of tea at all. Half the time he needs throwing down the (River) Thames - because he can't swim."

And Noel also accuses Liam of knowing nothing about the real world - because he launched to fame in Oasis at such a young age.

He adds, "Liam never had a job. He went straight from living at my mum's to living with (ex-wife) PATSY KENSIT. He was 20 when he was on TV. He's got less of a grasp on reality than the BEATLES' kids."

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(Q: femalefirst.co.uk)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/11, 20:56 Uhr) A limited number of production hold tickets have been released for the City of Manchester shows on the 30th June and 2nd/3rd July, The Rosebowl Southampton on Wednesday 6th July and the National Milton Keynes Bowl shows on the 9th/10th July. Tickets are priced at £32.50 plus booking fee and will be on sale this Friday 13th May at 9am. As usual, tickets for these shows are expected to sell very fast, so fans are urged to check out all available purchase details below:

by telephone;
Oasis to call ticketline: 0870 143 2205
Or buy on line at oasisinet.com and www.gigsandtours.com.

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(Q: oasisinet.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/11, 13:29 Uhr) When trouble raised its head after the Oasis gig in the West End, few people who have followed the exploits of Britpop's favourite bad boys over the years would have been in the slightest bit surprised.

So there they were again: Liam getting stroppy, the police getting involved, and everything turning a bit nasty.

Last night, however, there was a big difference. For once in his life, the younger and more troubled of the Gallagher brothers was not to blame.

Instead the incident which caused such a fracas in Tottenham Court Road was down to the driver of their limo who nearly hit a pedestrian as they slipped away from the band's concert at the Astoria.

Whether it was the driver's fault or the pedestrian's was open to question, but it was enough for the driver to earn himself a stern talking-to from the police before being allowed to go on his way. Liam confined himself to gesticulating angrily from the back seat while his girlfriend Nicole Appleton looked on.

If anyone thought that all this sounded like remarkably restrained behaviour from the band's front man, they would be right.

This, after all, is someone who could pick a fight with his own shadow.

In December 2002 he got involved in a brawl in a Munich nightclub which cost him his two front teeth, although prosecutors dropped charges in exchange for a £35,000 fine because they could not work out who started it.

Run-ins with friends, fans and assorted photographers - not to mention his loving brother Noel - are too numerous to detail.

Last night, however, Liam, 32, was not starting anything. The man who once boasted he sprinkled cocaine on his cornflakeswas to be seen on stage drinking nothing stronger than water, while Noel sustained himself with a beer.

Cigarettes And Alcohol indeed. He'll be giving up smoking next.

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(Q: thisislondon.co.uk)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/11, 12:03 Uhr) Oasis, Astoria, London

Bathe in the anthems, but don't look back in anger

By Andy Gill
Published : 11 May 2005

Nobody could ever accuse Oasis of swanking it up when it comes to concerts. A few fairy lights round the backline, a modest light show, and five or six virtually immobile blokes who've mostly undergone personality by-passes.

Their stage wear is their street clothes, and the brothers Gallagher have somehow managed the impressive feat of replacing departed band members with new players who make even less impression on one's consciousness than their predecessors - at least Bonehead had a certain lumpen charm about him.

Still, that seems more than enough for the lad a few yards along from me, his arms aloft in acclamation throughout the entire show, who keeps shouting for Liam to "get your packet out".

The object of his affections is in typical swaggering monkey-boy mode tonight, fetchingly attired in white hoody, red knee-length shorts and shades, while Noel was in his usual dark denim outfit. Occasionally Liam mumbles some between-songs banter, but it's mostly indecipherable: the only word I caught for sure was "shit", which was not much help.

Tonight's show is the opening salvo in the promotional campaign for the new Oasis album Don't Believe The Truth, which Noel has been assiduously bigging up as their "best since Definitely Maybe", a litany repeated for every Oasis album since Be Here Now. And on the strength of the new material premiered here, it's just as fanciful a claim. The band jump feet-first into the new stuff, opening with a droney, plodding piece called "Turn Up The Sun", and the new single "Lyla", which is warmly greeted as their latest sing-along anthem.

In a way, it seems to herald a change in the Oasis formula, being based not on the Beatles but the Stones, lifting the vocal melody from "Street Fighting Man". Confirming one's suspicions, another new song, "The Meaning Of Soul", is like a cross between The Seeds' "Pushin' Too Hard" and the Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash".

Not that Noel has entirely finished with the Fabs, of course. Another new number, "The Importance Of Being Idle", has the prancing oompah charm of a McCartney granny-grabber. "Surprisingly, sounds like The Beatles," mutters the fellow next to me, sardonically; imagine our shock, then, when the very next song, "A Bell Will Ring", adopts a miasmic drone and lumpy rhythm akin to "Tomorrow Never Knows". It comes as almost a relief when "Mucky Fingers" draws more on the chugging riff to "I'm Waiting For My Man": it may not be original, but at least it's half a world away.

Ultimately, Noel's claims for Don't Believe The Truth are roundly rebuffed by the band's own back catalogue. There's a huge wave of euphoria that washes over the audience as the opening brace of unfamiliar songs is at last followed by "(What's The Story) Morning Glory": this is why we're all here, to bathe in the old anthems, not to hear the plodding new material.

From that point on, the show is defined by a series of grand community-singing exercises of "Cigarettes & Alcohol", "Live Forever", "Champagne Supernova", "Rock'n'Roll Star", the encores of "Wonderwall" and "Don't Look Back In Anger", during which it becomes clear that Oasis's great gift to pop is to bring the football terraces into the concert halls. Alas, the prognosis for the new album may be less a tilt at the Premiership title than a struggle for mid-table security.

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Oasis

**** Astoria, London

Alexis Petridis
Wednesday May 11, 2005
The Guardian

If nothing else, it's hard not to be impressed with Liam Gallagher's defiant attitude.

You might think that Oasis's vocalist would be cowed by the fact that the band he fronts last released a decent album when Tony Blair was leader of the opposition, or by their disastrous headlining appearance at last year's Glastonbury, a sort of terrible embodiment of rock star ennui.

Yet a few weeks ago, in the pages of the music press, he poured scorn on virtually every working musician in Britain who had the temerity not to be a member of Oasis, in terms that were variously flippant (the Libertines were "rubbish"), surprisingly acute (this year's hot newcomers Bloc Party, he noted, look like they are "on University Challenge") or entirely imponderable (Franz Ferdinand apparently, are "Right Said Fred on the Atkins Diet").

It was certainly more entertaining than a note of music Oasis have released since 1996, not least because, with his belligerent refusal to concede that Oasis's star may have faded, Gallagher is starting to resemble one of those Japanese soldiers discovered in the Philippines in the 1970s, convinced that the war was still in full swing.

The plonking title of Oasis's forthcoming album rather completes the picture: Don't Believe the Truth.

It's probably an overstatement to say that a lot rests on their sixth album's contents. Oasis's audience more closely resemble football fans than music lovers, both in their ferocious loyalty - Oasis albums always go to number one, regardless of their merits; their summer stadium tour sold out long ago.

Mostly male and dressed down, they are given to terrace chanting at the slightest provocation. When Liam Gallagher - who somehow manages to exude a certain panache and cool while wearing a terrible pair of shorts and a white zip-up kagoul - launches into a running commentary between songs, in which literally the only intelligible words are "shit", "fuck" and "fucking", his name rings out around the Astoria, as if he had just announced he was personally responsible for the cancellation of all debt in the developing world.

You can occasionally see why Oasis inspire such devotion eight years after their last decent album. Playing the Astoria is a smart move. If festivals like Glastonbury seem to bring out the worst in Oasis's music - its terrible tendency towards pomposity - then small venues bring out its best: the wall of guitar noise they stole from Sex Pistols seems more visceral and exciting at close quarters, the sneering edge in Liam Gallagher's vocals more sour and threatening.

Old songs like Bring it On Down and Morning Glory sound impossibly thrilling.

Not even an intimate venue can do much for Stop Crying Your Heart Out, as flaccid and dull a song as Noel Gallagher has ever written, but Live Forever, its impact dulled by a decade of closing-time jukebox singalongs, suddenly regains its sharpness.

The new songs prove to be a mixed blessing. The opening Turn Up the Sun is precisely the kind of lifeless, mid-tempo slog that has depressingly become Oasis's default setting in recent years, while The Importance of Being Idle sees Noel Gallagher applying his usual taking-without-consent approach to The Kinks' Sunny Afternoon and somehow managing to turn the august 60s classic into a lifeless mid-tempo slog in the process.

Similarly, Mucky Fingers plunders heavily from the Velvet Underground's I'm Waiting For My Man, which at least suggests a broadening of the elder Gallagher's influences.

Guitarist Gem Archer's A Bell Will Ring is far better, lifting its melody from the unlikely source of Abba's gay disco favourite Does Your Mother Know That You're Out?, and setting it to a rhythm that thunders rather than trudges.

Best of all, however, is Liam Gallagher's latest songwriting contribution. The Meaning of Soul is nothing near as windy or portentous as its title suggests. Instead, it rattles frantically along on a churning, off-kilter guitar riff for barely two minutes, before suddenly juddering to a standstill.

It never quite does what you expect - not a sentence often uttered in conjunction with Oasis's music - and if it doesn't quite back up his bullish dismissal of virtually all other current music, it certainly suggests that Oasis's fire may not be entirely dead yet.

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(Q: independent.co.uk; guardian.co.uk)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/11, 11:35 Uhr) OASIS REVEAL THE 'TRUTH'

OASIS played a clutch of songs from their new album at the first of their club dates in LONDON last night (May 10).

The group, who are due to release their new record 'Don't Believe The Truth' on May 30, played six songs from the record at the show at the London Astoria last night – the first date on a European tour of small venues, and their first show since Glastonbury.

One fan at the show told NME.COM: "They opened with 'Turn Up The Sun', just as I'd hoped. It sounded fucking immense. Next came 'Lyla', and on the opening chords everyone was going mad - Liam's voice was spot on."

Other new songs performed included 'Mucky Fingers', 'A Bell Will Ring', 'The Importance Of Being Idle' and 'The Meaning Of Soul'. They closed with the now traditional cover of The Who's 'My Generation'.

The crowd included presenter Jonathan Ross and comic Ricky Gervais. Support came from Yeti.

The setlist ran:

* 'Fuckin' In The Bushes'
* 'Turn Up The Sun'
* 'Lyla'
* 'Bring It On Down'
* 'Morning Glory'
* 'Cigarettes & Alcohol'
* 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out'
* 'The Importance of Being Idle'
* 'A Bell Will Ring'
* 'Live Forever'
* 'Headshrinker'
* 'The Meaning of Soul'
* 'Mucky Fingers'
* 'Champagne Supernova'
* 'Rock'n'Roll Star'
* 'Songbird'
* 'Wonderwall'
* 'Don't Look Back In Anger'
* 'My Generation'

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/11, 11:16 Uhr)

Weitere Screenshots gibt es hier:

www.sadsong.net/theband/pics/index.php

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/11, 08:10 Uhr) Folgende Songs wurden gestern im Astoria, London gespielt:

Fuckin' in the bushes
Turn up the sun
Lyla
Bring it on down
Morning Glory
Cigarettes & Alcohol
Stop crying your heart out
The importance of being idle
A bell will ring
Live forever
Headshrinker
The meaning of soul
Mucky fingers
Champagne Supernova
Rock 'n' Roll Star

Songbird
Wonderwall
Don't look back in anger
My generation

(ohne Gewähr)

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/10, 10:24 Uhr) OASIS frontman Liam Gallagher helps girlfriend Nicole Appleton take home the weekend shopping - but we reckon the singer will go off his trolley when he hears what the latest rash of Brit bands think of him and brother Noel.

The Mancunians recently mouthed off at new groups branding Keane "tw*ts", the Kaiser Chiefs "a bad Blur" and The Paddingtons "f***in' awful".

Now the bands have hit back. Keane's Tim Rice-Oxley told this week's NME: "Noel's a c***. He was in a band that was very brilliant in the mid-90s but now they're just not important any more."

Kaiser Chiefs' Ricky Wilson said of Liam: "He had a go at me for wearing make-up. I only wore it to look more like him." And Josh Hubbard, guitarist with The Paddingtons, hisses: "Noel's a genius but what does his fat, toothless vocalist know about youth culture?" Seconds out, round three...

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(Q: mirror.co.uk)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/09, 20:15 Uhr) Oasis's club shows kick off on May 10th at the Astoria in London with support from ex Libertine's member John Hassall's band, Yeti. In Milan support comes locally from Magrcillo Agro. At the Edinburgh Usher Hall the support band will be El Presidente; London, Clapham Grand – The Redwalls, Paris, Olympia – The Stands; London, Carling Apollo - The Subways; Madrid, Aqualung – Secret Machines; Brussels, Ancienne Belqigue – The Stands; Berlin, Columbiahalle – The Secret Machines; Copenhagen, Store Vega – Magic Numbers.

Please note that there will be no support for the Coronet show in London on the 25th May but the venue will be open from 7pm to all ticket holders who would like to watch the Champion League Final (between Liverpool and AC Milan) on big screens.

Also, on their North American June tour Oasis have added Nic Armstrong and The Thiefs to special guests Jet on all shows except Madison Square Garden.

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(Q: oasisinet.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/09, 16:59 Uhr) Oasis star Noel Gallagher was left devastated when some young fans recently called him "the coolest man ever" because he suddenly realised he was old.

He said: "A gaggle of schoolgirls came up to me at a gig and one of them went, 'You're the coolest man ever.

'I was like 'man'? F**ing hell, it's changed overnight! I'm now a man? That's like being someone's f***ing dad or something.
I had to sit in the VIP are for ages and mull it over.

"I was like 'Yes, I am the f***ing coolest. Man? Did she just say 'man'? My girlfriend (Sara MacDonald) was taking the p**s for f***ing ages, I had to go and get extremely drunk".

However, after pondering the comments, Noel says he has started to accept he is getting older because he knows he can't do anything about it.

He added: "I don't think it's a crisis but, y'know, I used to be a geezer, a lad Now I'm a man?

Our fathers are men, but I suppose it comes to us all some day"

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(Q: femalefirst.co.uk)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/09, 16:58 Uhr) Outspoken OASIS singer LIAM GALLAGHER is relishing THE BRAVERY's war of words with THE KILLERS - and he's urged more rockers to get aggressive with their rivals.

Oasis' own feud with British rivals BLUR grabbed UK headlines in the mid-1990s and proved instrumental in turning both bands into chart-toppers.

And now the LYLA rocker is encouraging the American antagonists to take their fight to the bitter end.

The Bravery singer SAM ENDICOTT says, "We were talking to Liam Gallagher on Saturday and he said it's really good to see bands fighting again."

But not every member of the New York act agree - guitarist MICHAEL ZAKARIN admits he simply wants to forget about the highly-publicised spat with their Las Vegas rivals.

He says, "We like to be friends with bands we like. Liam Gallagher was really nice to us. We're totally over The Killers thing."

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(Q: contactmusic.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/09, 12:50 Uhr) Songs bei Itunes wieder entfernt - Album erscheint weltweit am 30.5.05

"Aus Gruenden, die derzeit untersucht werden, waren die Songs des neuen Oasis-Albums "Don't Believe The Truth", das weltweit am 30. Mai 2005 erscheinen wird, fuer kurze Zeit im deutschen iTunes-Shop erhaeltlich. Nachdem wir von dieser Tatsache erfuhren, wurden die Songs sofort entfernt. Derzeit finden Gespraeche mit iTunes statt, um festzustellen, wie dies geschehen konnte", erklaerte ein SONY BMG Sprecher in London.
"Unsere Sorge ist natuerlich, dass illegale File-Sharer versucht haben die Songs des Albums downzuloaden und nun anbieten. Gegen derartige Aktivitaeten wuerden wir natuerlich sofort vorgehen."

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(Q: Sony BMG International Pressemeldung)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/08, 13:24 Uhr) Oasis star Noel Gallagher has ended his feud with pop star Robbie Williams, conceding the chart-topper is a "very, very nice boy".

The Wonderwall band have had a longterm feud with Williams - he almost came to blows with Liam Gallagher at the Brit Awards in 2000.

But Noel insists there are no hard feelings.

He says: "I hate his music, but I don't hate him. He seems like a very, very nice boy, but he is a bit cheeky."

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Noel Gallagher findet Robbie Williams «sehr nett»

London (dpa) Noel Gallagher (37) von Oasis hat dem bisher besonders leidenschaftlich verachteten Robbie Williams (31) ein Friedensangebot gemacht. «Ich hasse seine Musik», sagte Gallagher einem Bericht von «IOL» zufolge. «Aber er scheint wirklich ein sehr, sehr netter Junge zu sein, auch wenn er ein bisschen unverschämt ist.»

Gallaghers kleiner Bruder Liam (32) hatte Williams vor einigen Jahren als «den dicken Sänger von Take That» bezeichnet und auch später keine Gelegenheit ausgelassen, den Popstar zu beleidigen. Bei der Verleihungszeremonie für den britischen Schallplattenpreis 2000 drohten sich die beiden öffentlich Prügel an, ließen es dann jedoch nicht wirklich auf Handgreiflichkeiten ankommen.

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/08, 13:23 Uhr) OASIS singer LIAM GALLAGHER has promised his well-publicised feud with brother NOEL will never threaten the band's future.

The outspoken star is constantly at odds with his guitarist sibling, but he insists Oasis will be topping the charts for years to come - because all their bitter fights end in a truce.

He says, "Me and him are brothers and we'll never be over. That's the beauty of the band. If we were mates then we'd be on our a**e before now, but we're in this forever."

However, he admits he still can't get on with him.

He adds, "I don't like him, he's a f**king smug c**t. And he don't like me because I'm happy-go-lucky kind of guy.

"I embarrass him because I don't take things quite as seriously as he does."

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/06, 11:57 Uhr) GALLAGHER DISMAYED BY ANASTASIA COMPARISON

OASIS guitarist NOEL GALLAGHER furiously abandoned a meeting with a SONY executive when the record company man compared him to pop singer ANASTASIA.

The DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER star was already offended by the American businessman's attempts to make him speed up the recording of upcoming album DON'T BELIEVE THE TRUTH, and was left with no option other than to turn his back on the executive when he went one step too far.

Gallagher recalls, "We go to a posh restaurant. He's kind of asking, 'Why can we not get this record done?'

"And I'm telling him how it doesn't sound right, and how I'm going to write more songs, and he says, 'You know who you sound like? Right now, just sitting there? Just talking about your grievances and worries about the record? Do you know who you sound like?'

"Well, I'm scrolling through the Sony acts thinking, 'Is he going to say (BOB) DYLAN? I'll go as low as BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN...' Anyway, I go, 'Who?' He says, 'Anastasia!' It didn't compute for a moment. Again I went, 'Who?' And there it was again, 'Anastasia.'"

Taken aback by the executive's lack of tact, Gallagher took drastic measures.

He continues, "So I poured another glass of wine, necked it in one, looked at him and said, 'I've got to fucking go now, cos I've just broken out in a rash.' As I was looking at him I thought, 'You will never see my face again, and I will never lay eyes on you. Whoever you fucking are, and whatever your fucking name is, this is where it finishes for me and you.'

"I walk off, down Knightsbridge, collar up, pissing down with fucking rain. Just when it can't get worse, a black cab pulls up and goes, 'All right LIAM (his brother and Oasis frontman).'"

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/06, 11:56 Uhr) OASIS are happy to let fellow rockers U2 hold the "biggest band in the world" title - because they are too lazy to compete for it.

Songwriter and guitarist NOEL GALLAGHER insists the group - who release their sixth studio album, DON'T BELIEVE THE TRUTH, later this month (30MAY05) - aren't interested in titles.

He says, "There is a lot of hard work involved in being the biggest band in the world - and it's work that I'm, frankly, not f**king prepared to do.

"U2 are all-timers and probably will be for as long as they can be bothered to make music."

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(Q: contactmusic.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/06, 11:54 Uhr) OASIS will continue making music until one of the band dies, according to songwriter NOEL GALLAGHER.

Critics claim the band's recent releases have failed to live up to their debut album DEFINITELY MAYBE - most notably their new LP DON'T BELIEVE THE TRUTH.

But Gallagher maintains only death will stop them performing.

He says, "I would have thought (we'll stay together) until someone dies. But like I say, I don't particularly want to be putting out albums every year and going out on the road, because I don't need the money. I don't need the adulation or the fame.

"But we'll be going for a long time, I would have thought."

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(Q: contactmusic.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/05, 22:37 Uhr) Oasis will be performing their new single 'Lyla' on the Johnathan Ross show tomorrow (Friday 6th May - UK only). The show broadcasts on BBC1 at 10.45pm!

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Exclusive Oasis performance on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

In tonight's show, Jonathan Ross talks to Coronation Street star and Oasis fan Bradley Walsh, who reveals that he's staying in the soap: "I've just signed for another year".

He talks about his early days as a Pontins Blue Coat: "I thought 'Why don't I just get paid for messing around [at Pontins]?' And after two months I got fired for just messing around".

He discusses his subsequent success as an actor working alongside Sir Ian McKellen - "There are a lot of big actors who want to be in the show; he said he was quite daunted" - and how he's a big Oasis fan: "Like watching the young Rolling Stones - they're going to be there forever."

Jonathan also welcomes to the show Oscar-nominated actress Juliette Lewis, who reveals her passion for her co-star in Cape Fear, Robert de Niro – "I found him sexy as hell [but] I had a boyfriend at the time" - and how with her new-found success as a musician (with band The Licks), she has a devoted male following: "There's a lot of boys … I'm tempted, but I like to keep my focus … I need to be deeply connected: no quick love for me."

Completing this week's line-up are Colin and Justin, who are about to co-host the new series of Five's The Farm from Monday.

There's music from Oasis, with an exclusive live appearance in the studio performing their new single, Lyla, as well as a unique cover version of The Who's My Generation.

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/05, 18:56 Uhr) OASIS have released extra tickets for two dates of their forthcoming tour.

Though the band's stadium tour has been sold out for months, more tickets for the band's shows at the National Bowl, Milton Keynes have been released.

There extra tickets for the following dates:

* The National Bowl in Milton Keynes (July 9)
* The National Bowl in Milton Keynes (10)

For ticket availability, go to NME Tickets or call them on 0870 1 663 663.

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(Q: nme.com)

(Thorsten, 2005/05/05, 18:48 Uhr) Oasis are pleased to announce that they will be playing the main stage at the Austin City Limits Festival on the 24th September 2005 other bands confirmed on the festival line up are Coldplay and the Black Crowes. Tickets are on sale now for more information on how to purchase tickets and general festival info go to www.aclfestival.com.

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/04, 15:33 Uhr) Von Ulf Lippitz, London

Viele britische Popstars halfen Tony Blair einst, Premierminister zu werden. Nach zwei Amtsperioden mit Sozialkürzungen und Irak-Krieg möchte daran am liebsten niemand mehr erinnert werden. Ob Oasis, Blur oder New Order: Bei den engagierten Bands von einst herrscht Katerstimmung und Resignation.

In London ist gespenstische Ruhe eingekehrt. Kurz vor der Wahl in Großbritannien harren Popstars der Nachricht, die - glaubt man den Umfragen - auf jeden Fall kommen wird: Tony Blair gewinnt zum dritten Mal mit seiner Labour-Partei die Mehrheit. Freuen will sich darüber keiner mehr im Popgeschäft. Vom "Cool Britannia", das Blair 1997 noch mit Unterstützung von Bands wie Oasis, Blur oder Pulp ausrief, fehlt heute jede Spur. Die einstige Allianz zwischen Politik und Pop ist vergessen, die Euphorie der Anfangstage ist verflogen.

Bereits 1998 kündigte die Band Blur die Ideen-Gemeinschaft mit New Labour auf. Die linke Regierung erließ zu der Zeit Kürzungen von Studentenstipendien, dadurch erhöhten sich Studiengebühren, auch Damon Albarns Band protestierte dagegen - erfolglos. Die Einführung von Blairs New-Deal-Programm entsetzte viele Kreative. Das Programm sah unter anderem Kürzungen von Sozialleistungen und die Vermittlung von Langzeitarbeitslosen in Billigjobs vor. Der Oasis-Entdecker Alan McGee wütete: "Tony Blair ist schlimmer als Margaret Thatcher." Der größte Aufschrei ging jedoch durch die britische Popwelt, als Blair im vergangenen Jahr den Amerikanern Unterstützung im Irak-Krieg zusagte. Das Band zwischen Pop und Politik zerriss endgültig.

Das nun entstandene Dilemma vieler Musiker zeigt sich am deutlichsten in einem Vorfall vom 13. April: Als Labour die letzte Wahlkampfphase zünftig mit dem U2-Hit "Beautiful Day" einläutete, distanzierten sich die linken Rocker eifrig von der Vereinnahmung. "Die Gruppe ist geschmeichelt", hieß es in einer offiziellen Erklärung der Iren, "behält sich aber das Recht vor, für oder gegen Inhalte jeglicher Partei zu sein." Eine recht kühle Reaktion, bedenkt man die zahlreichen Fototermine und öffentlichen Auftritte, die U2-Frontmann Bono in früheren Jahren gerne mit Blair absolviert hat. Heute ist von der Nähe nichts mehr zu spüren. Niemand will für Labour werben, aber es will sich auch kaum jemand öffentlich gegen sie stellen - und damit den konservativen Torys zuspielen.

Südlich von Hampstead Heath im Norden Londons spürt man die Unaufgeregtheit des Wahlkampfes. An der Gordon House Road stehen Reihenhäuser dicht an dicht, kein Wahlplakat verschmutzt die Idylle, nur an einem Fenster klebt ein selbst gebasteltes Pappschild: "Vote Green", steht darauf. Die Grünen haben in Großbritannien so viele Chancen wie in Sachsen oder Sizilien: nämlich gar keine. Da kann man es als kleine Sensation vermelden, dass die schottische Band Franz Ferdinand ihnen ihr Lied "This Fire" für den Wahlkampf zur Verfügung stellte. Ein Engagement bedeutet das allerdings noch lange nicht: Das erfolgreiche Quartett vermeldet, man sei zu beschäftigt im Studio, um sich in Politik einbinden zu lassen.

Gleich gegenüber dem Fenster mit dem Plakat sieht man das ähnlich. In einem weißen Ziegelbau residiert das geschäftige Indie-Label Warp. Die Wirtschaft boomt seit zehn Jahren im Vereinigten Königreich, die Firma macht gute Geschäfte, Künstler wie die Zeitgeist-Band Maximo Park sind ihr Aushängeschild. "Ach ja, die Wahl", sagt einer der Mitarbeiter müde, als wolle man ihn in ein Gespräch über gestiegene Portokosten verwickeln. Dann lässt er das Thema schnell wieder fallen. Er gehe nicht wählen, sagt er, als Zeichen gegen das System, das so nicht mehr funktioniere.

Solche Sätze hört man immer wieder. Immerhin: Chris Martin will das ändern. Der Sänger der Band Coldplay engagiert sich in der Kampagne "Rock The Vote". Wie beim amerikanischen Vorbild sollen jugendliche Wähler animiert werden, ihre Stimme abzugeben. Auch Oasis-Gitarrist Noel Gallagher, "Pop Idol"-Gewinner Will Young und die Soul-Sängerin Beverley Knight leihen der Kampagne ihr Gesicht, die ausdrücklich keine politische Richtung favorisiert. Die Künstler kämpfen gegen die zunehmende Apathie. Gerade einmal 59,4 Prozent aller Wahlberechtigten beteiligten sich an der letzten Abstimmung 2001, der Anteil junger Wähler schwindet von Wahl zu Wahl.

Doch so richtig zünden will die Politikbegeisterung nicht - schon gar nicht in den Reihen der Popstars. Wenige stehen für eine politische Richtung ein, zumeist sind es nicht gerade die aktuellen Jugend-Idole. Chris Lowe von den Achtziger-Jahre-Veteranen Pet Shop Boys erklärte in einem Interview mit dem Online-Magazin "Skrufff", wie sehr er Premier Blair seit dem Eintritt in den Irak-Krieg hasse. Außerdem wolle er die Einführung von Personalausweisen verhindern. Lowe sieht darin eine Kontrolle Orwellscher Dimensionen. Er schloss mit dem Aufruf, die Liberaldemokraten unter Charles Kennedy zu wählen.

Der ehemalige Roxy-Music-Komponist und Ambient-Künstler Brian Eno sieht das ähnlich. Der frühere Labour-Sympathisant unterstützt in Blairs Wahlkreis einen unabhängigen Kandidaten, dessen Sohn während des Irak-Einsatzes ums Leben kam. Landesweit plädiert der 57-jährige Musiker für die Liberalen. Er hat sogar eine eigene Website geschaltet, auf der sich prominente Befürworter wie Fran Healy, Sänger der Band Travis, eintragen ließen.

Mit Engagements wie diesen steht Eno ziemlich allein da. Musiker von Blur und Massive Attack, die sich vehement gegen den Krieg im Irak ausgesprochen haben, verhalten sich vor den Wahlen auffallend still. Der Hass gegen die geplatzten Labour-Versprechen ist einer Lethargie gewichen. Oder einer Angst: Viele Musiker wollen sich nicht einspannen lassen, weil sie das später bereuen könnten. Jedem ist das Beispiel Alan McGees in unguter Erinnerung. Der Erfolgsproduzent spendete 1997 rund 100.000 Pfund, um Blair ins Amt zu heben. Vier Jahre später brach er den Stab über New Labour, beschimpfte die Partei als "Big Brother", acht Jahre später beschuldigt er den Premier, mehr daran interessiert zu sein, auf die Titelblätter zu gelangen, als das Land zu führen. McGee kämpft gegen einen Makel, der ewig an ihm haften bleiben wird.

Der "New Musical Express" fand dementsprechend wenig Musiker, die für die größte Musikzeitschrift des Landes ihr Wahlverhalten offen legen wollten. Noel Gallagher votierte für Labour, Kele Okereke von den Newcomern Bloc Party für die Grünen und New Order stimmen für die amerikanische Rockband The Killers - weil es ja ohnehin egal sei, wen man wähle. Die Labour-Partei komme ja sowieso wieder an die Macht, meinte Sänger Bernard Sumner.

Zu einem Schabernack ließ sich die Zeitung trotz des ernsten Themas hinreißen. Der "NME" wollte von seinen Lesern wissen, welchen Musikern einzelne Parteien oder Politiker ähnlich seien. Das Ergebnis: Blair sei wie Oasis - beide hätten ihre beste Zeit 1997 gehabt. Wunschkandidat für den Posten des Premierministers ist der Umfrage zufolge Chris Martin. Der Musiker erwiderte, falls die anderen drei Mitglieder von Coldplay sowie Danny McNamara von Embrace, Noel Gallagher, Morrissey und ein Kraftwerk-Mitglied im Kabinett wären, könnte er sich für den Job erwärmen.

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/03, 14:48 Uhr) London (dpa) - Rockmusiker Noel Gallagher (37) von Oasis ist von seiner Ex-Frau Meg Mathews heftig angegriffen worden.

«Ich habe ein schönes Haus, aber ich habe den geizigsten Mann der Rockszene geheiratet», klagte Mathews (38) einem Bericht des «Mirror» zufolge. Gallagher und Mathews hatten sich im September 2000 nach drei Ehejahren getrennt.

Bei der Scheidung bekam Mathews Presseberichten zufolge eine Abfindung in Höhe von umgerechnet 15 Millionen Euro. Mathews sagte, sie sei nach wie vor mit der Trennung nicht fertig geworden. Ihre Tochter Anais (5) habe sie und ihren Vater seit der Trennung nicht mehr zusammen erlebt. «Er ist ein guter Vater, aber er ist auf der Erde, um ein brillanter Musiker und Rockstar zu sein.» Mathews sagte: «Ich würde gerne glauben, dass wir irgendwann mal eine Tasse Kaffee gemeinsam trinken. Aber das kann ich mir noch eine ganze Weile nicht vorstellen.»

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/03, 07:46 Uhr) Oasis have announced their first show in Seattle in five years as part of their September US tour. The last time the band played in Seattle was at the Paramount Theater on the April 5, 2000.

Oasis will play the Everett Event Center, Seattle on Friday September 9, 2005. Tickets for this show will go on sale Saturday May 7th at 10AM (local time PST). Tickets will be available online at www.everetteventscenter.com, or charge by phone at (866) 332-8499 and also available at the venue box office.

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/02, 19:10 Uhr) Oasis to play for lucky winners at the Molson Canadian RockStar event

One-of-a-kind concert experience happens in Toronto on June 15

-- This Summer.... See a Rock Star and be a Rock Star --

TORONTO, May 2 /CNW/ - The life of a Rock Star - limos, private concerts, famous friends, the best times and non-stop adventure. Now consumers can experience this lifestyle through the Molson Canadian RockStar - See One Be One promotion. Thousands of winners and their guests will be treated to one of three private concerts in three cities this summer where they will receive the red carpet treatment. The Molson Canadian RockStar promotion will bring world-renowned bands to three intimate venues, while awarding one winner at each concert a once-in-a-lifetime prize to live like a rock star during an unforgettable jet-setting weekend.
The Molson Canadian RockStar promotion presents British Rock phenoms, Oasis as its first big act. Playing their first North American show in three years, Oasis is a band known for taking the Rock Star lifestyle to the extreme. They will play for 800 lucky winners and their guests in Toronto at a private Molson Canadian RockStar concert on June 15. The exclusive guest list for this unique event is limited to winners of the Molson Canadian RockStar promotion from all across Canada and their guests. Winners and their guests will be indulged with rock star perks, including limos, red carpets, massage stations and much more. The band's official North American tour kicks-off on June 17 at a Toronto show that sold out in 1 hour.
"Molson Canadian RockStar is a real-life, street-level extension of our new It Starts Here brand idea. The chance to live like a Rock Star is a once-in-a-lifetime dream any thrill-seeker would jump at, and you know it's an experience that you'll never forget as long as you live," said Rob Assimakopoulos, Vice President Marketing for Canadian, Molson Canada. "Molson Canadian is the only brand that can get you this close to big-time rock stars, and the rock star lifestyle."

How to see a Rock Star

In specially-marked cases of Molson Canadian, consumers will get a chance to win access passes to one of the three different Molson Canadian RockStar shows throughout the summer which will be held in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. Consumers can also win access passes at their favorite local bar or club and through radio stations. The promotion starts on May 2, and the Toronto concert featuring Oasis will be held on June 15 in a small downtown club. The other two big acts playing at the Calgary and Vancouver concerts, as well as the dates, will be announced later in the summer.

How to be a Rock Star

Each concert will feature a world-class music act performing in an intimate venue, while treating winners and their guests to the Rock Star lifestyle. At each concert, one winner in the audience will be randomly selected to live it up like a Rock Star during a $50,000, 48-hour weekend in Miami, Las Vegas or Los Angeles. Molson Canadian RockStar Access Passes will be available inside specially-marked bottle and can packs of Molson Canadian in the Atlantic provinces, Ontario and the Western provinces.

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/02, 15:36 Uhr) That's right; Oasis, one of the biggest bands in the whole damn world, are playing the legendary, and by their standards astonishingly intimate, London Astoria. Win tickets here.

Seeing Oasis live at The Astoria is a dream that died sometime almost a decade ago, when the Gallagher brothers headed for the bright lights of the world's stadiums.

But now, like some kind of gruff genie, Noel Gallagher is making that dream come true for those luckiest enough to score tickets, as Oasis will be taking to the Astoria's stage on May 10 for the first of a series of intimate club venues around the capital.

Demand for tickets, as you might expect, made getting to Glastonbury look like buying a travelcard and every single one was snapped up within about a nanosecond of going on sale.

So you've got two choices, either remortgage your flat and get a pair off a tout or enter this here competiton.

Oh yes - here at Xfm we've got a pair of tickets sealed in a heavily armoured vault which we've buried inside Shaun Keavney's beard, and we want to give them to you.

So for your chance to attend, free of charge, what will undoubtedly be the Gig Of The Year, just answer the following question using the form below, and may the Gallaghers be with you.

Link: xfm.co.uk

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(Thorsten, 2005/05/02, 12:21 Uhr) Rabatz hat seit 1991 einen neuen Namen: Oasis. Weit vorauseilend ist ihr Proletarier-Image, die Großmäuligkeit steht ihnen unverkennbar ins Gesicht geschrieben. "Wir sind die beste Band der Welt", posaunen sie laut und mit geschwellter Brust heraus, die Jungs aus Manchester.

Ihr Debüt-Album "Definitely Maybe" wurde von den Kritikern in den Himmel gelobt und setzte einen wahren Bitpop-Hype in Gang. Riesige Konzerte, das schnellst verkaufte Debüt aller Zeiten – Oasis waren nach kürzester Zeit die ganz großen Abräumer der Rockszene.

Mit den folgenden Alben konnten die Briten jedoch nicht mehr so richtig überzeugen und blieben weit hinter ihren Fähigkeiten zurück. Außerdem legte sich die Band ständig selber Stolpersteine in den Weg, womit sie ihre musikalische Entwicklung aufhielten. Noel verließ wegen Streitereien mit seinem Bruder Liam mehrmals während einer Tour die Band, gemeinsame Interviews wurden verweigert und Alkohol- und Drogenexzesse fanden in den Medien bald mehr Interesse als die Musik.

Jetzt scheinen Oasis jedoch zu alter Form zurückgefunden und jegliche Streitereien beendet zu haben. Mit ihrem neuen Album "Don't Believe the Truth" zeigt die Band, welche Qualitäten in ihr stecken. Es ist eine vielschichtige Platte, vor allem deshalb, weil nicht mehr nur Noel allein für das Songwriting verantwortlich war, sondern sowohl Liam als auch Gem und Andy Bell eigene Kompositionen beisteuerten. Noch nie zuvor war eine deratige Harmonie unter den Bandmitgliedern zu spüren, die sich mit ebenso großer Stärke auf die Musik übertrug. Mit dem Video zur ersten Single "Lyla" können Sie sich schon mal auf das komplette Album einstimmen. Viel Spaß damit!

Link: aol.de

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