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| "Lord don't slow me down" in Österreich |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/31, 15:25 Uhr) Die Oasis-Tourdokumentation "Lord don't slow me down" wird nicht nur in Deutschland zu sehen sein (siehe News vom 6. Oktober), sondern u.a. auch in Österreich.
21.11.2006 Wien, Lugner Kino City
Tickets wird es lediglich bei den diversen Medien (z.B. Ö3, FM4, GoTV, etc..) zu gewinnen geben.
21.11.2006 Wien, Lugner Kino City
Tickets wird es lediglich bei den diversen Medien (z.B. Ö3, FM4, GoTV, etc..) zu gewinnen geben.
(Q: Sony BMG Österreich)
| Oasis gewinnen Q Award |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/30, 20:26 Uhr) THE Q AWARDS 2006 brought to you by Yahoo! Music took place today at London's Grosvenor House Hotel and proved that it is, undoubtedly, THE music event of the year.
The cream of the world's music stars including: U2, Kasabian, The Who, The Kooks, Paul Weller, Oasis, Corinne Bailey Rae, Sugababes, Orson, The Feeling, Manic Street Preachers, Peter Gabriel, Embrace, Primal Scream, Take That, Smokey Robinson, Muse, Keane, Jay Kay, Razorlight, A-ha, Gnarls Barkley, Jeff Lynne of ELO fame and Girls Aloud all attended the unique, non-televised ceremony.
The big winners of the day were Oasis and U2. Oasis took home the award for Best Act in the World Today along with the Classic Songwriter Award for Noel Gallagher.
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Noel hat BBC Radio 1 nach der Preisverleihung ein Interview gegeben, welches ihr euch hier runterladen könnt: www.savefile.com/files/209182.
(Q: qawards.co.uk/qawards)
| Noel KOKO show information |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/30, 20:23 Uhr) Right, a bit of good and bad news regarding this show on the 2nd November.
The bad news is that Noel's record company won't let BBC 6 Music broadcast any of Noel's set during their highlights broadcast on Thursday night. Obviously someone in the Oasis camp still has their head firmly shoved up their arse. God, it's like the Be Here Now promotional campaign all over again.
The good news is that this hints at some new material being played, as a broadcast ban has been in place before when Oasis perform new material (starting with Radio 1 not being allowed to brodcast 'It's Gettin' Better (Man!!)' and 'My Big Mough' at the August 1996 Knebworth show, Sky being banned from broadcasting 'The Hindu Times' and 'Hung In A Bad Place' during their October 2001 Glasgow broadcast, and with the BBC being refused permission to broadcast 'A Bell Will Ring' and 'The Meaning Of Soul' during Oasis' Glastonbury 2004).
Brand also mentioned that Noel's set will be "an hour long", which should lead to at least a dozen songs being played, barring any crappy collaborations.
The bad news is that Noel's record company won't let BBC 6 Music broadcast any of Noel's set during their highlights broadcast on Thursday night. Obviously someone in the Oasis camp still has their head firmly shoved up their arse. God, it's like the Be Here Now promotional campaign all over again.
The good news is that this hints at some new material being played, as a broadcast ban has been in place before when Oasis perform new material (starting with Radio 1 not being allowed to brodcast 'It's Gettin' Better (Man!!)' and 'My Big Mough' at the August 1996 Knebworth show, Sky being banned from broadcasting 'The Hindu Times' and 'Hung In A Bad Place' during their October 2001 Glasgow broadcast, and with the BBC being refused permission to broadcast 'A Bell Will Ring' and 'The Meaning Of Soul' during Oasis' Glastonbury 2004).
Brand also mentioned that Noel's set will be "an hour long", which should lead to at least a dozen songs being played, barring any crappy collaborations.
(Q: oasispromo.blogspot.com)
| Gallagher's son loves rival's music |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/30, 11:01 Uhr) LIAM GALLAGHER's young son GENE is a huge fan of animated band GORILLAZ - the creation of his dad's arch-rival DAMON ALBARN. Gallagher's band OASIS and Albarn's BLUR battled to top the UK singles chart in 1995, and became involved in a heated war of words. Gallagher's fiancee, ALL SAINTS singer NICOLE APPLETON, admits their five-year-old son loves the Gorillaz, much to the chagrin of his father. She says, "Gene loves Oasis, but he really loves the Gorillaz. "Liam bumped into Damon in the street and told him, 'My kid is a big fan of yours.' "I love the Gorillaz too so I think Gene has good taste."
(Q: pr-inside.com)
| Appleton vows to marry Gallagher |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/30, 11:00 Uhr) ALL SAINTS singer NICOLE APPLETON is determined to wed her long-term love LIAM GALLAGHER, despite the OASIS rocker swearing off marriage.
The couple got together in 2000 - the same year Gallagher divorced English actress PATSY KENSIT after a rocky three year marriage.
Gallagher conceived love child MOLLY with singer LISA MOORISH just a week after marrying Kensit in April 1997.
Appleton, who has a five-year-old son GENE with Gallagher, says, "Absolutely, we will get married. Of course we will.
"Things are so great between us that it will just happen when it does.
"There's no pressure from our parents to get married, but when we go to friends' weddings, I think, 'I want to do this.' "We're pretty much married anyway and I call him my husband sometimes. We come as a unit - where he goes, our son Gene and I go. Having children together is a bigger commitment that getting married - but we will do it."
The couple got together in 2000 - the same year Gallagher divorced English actress PATSY KENSIT after a rocky three year marriage.
Gallagher conceived love child MOLLY with singer LISA MOORISH just a week after marrying Kensit in April 1997.
Appleton, who has a five-year-old son GENE with Gallagher, says, "Absolutely, we will get married. Of course we will.
"Things are so great between us that it will just happen when it does.
"There's no pressure from our parents to get married, but when we go to friends' weddings, I think, 'I want to do this.' "We're pretty much married anyway and I call him my husband sometimes. We come as a unit - where he goes, our son Gene and I go. Having children together is a bigger commitment that getting married - but we will do it."
(Q: pr-inside.com)
| New Noel interviews + AOL acoustic set |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/28, 11:58 Uhr) OK, first, and most importantly of all, Noel recently done an interview and an acoustic set for AOL. He played '(It's Good) To Be Free', 'Whatever' and 'Slide Away'.
You can listen to and download all of this at
music.aol.com/artists/the-interface/noel-gallagher
Noel also done a short interview with Chart Attack.com at
www.chartattack.com/damn/2006/10/2710.cfm
After 12 years of rock 'n' roll stardom, Oasis have officially announced that, after compiling their Stop The Clocks greatest hits album (due out November 21), they're taking a break.
Since emerging in 1994 with the release of their Definitely Maybe debut, the band have maintained a profile unmatched by any of their former Brit-pop rivals. Guitarist Noel Gallagher says that Oasis' longevity has more to do with the universal quality of the band's music than their ambition or tenacity.
"I think a lot of bands from 1994, particularly the English bands, were so British that you couldn't get it if you weren't British, you know what I mean?" Gallagher says. "The irony and the painful fucking trendiness of it all.
"Whereas Oasis, it's universal, man. Like 'Cigarettes And Alcohol' means the same to people in Brooklyn as it does in Burnage. The sentiments of those songs are the kind of feelings that young kids get every day. I guess all those bands from 1994 were just trying too hard. And I don't ever attempt anything unless I can make it look effortless."
So, what will Gallagher do while Oasis take their much-needed break? Don't expect any animated side-projects or self-indulgent solo albums. Gallagher plans to spend his time just hanging out and not doing much of anything at all.
"I have to get coaxed back into doing work," he says. "I don't aggressively pursue my muse.
"I'm not one that always has to be creating — if I'm not writing songs, I'm painting, and if I'm not painting I'm fucking trying to make a bottle out of a fucking table leg. I'm not into all of that. In that sense, I'm not very creative at all. You get some idiots that if they have more than a day off they start throwing fucking paint around the living room. I don't give a fuck about the creative process. I'll do it when I get around to it."
When Gallagher will "get around to it" remains to be seen. To most savvy music fans, "hiatus" can usually be translated as "we're breaking up, but we want to keep our options open just in case there's some money to be made in the future." In typical Gallagher style, Noel is staying cunningly cryptic about Oasis' future. While he consistently speaks of Oasis in the present tense, he won't speculate when — or even if — there will be another album of new Oasis songs.
"It would be wrong for me to say yes," he says when asked if the band will ever go into the studio again. "But I'd be lying if I said no.
"It could be a long time. To be honest, we've got 11 songs left over from the last album and, of that 11, seven are really good. And of that seven, four are really great. We've really got the starting point for a new album, so we could go and start a record and get half it done next week. So, there's not really any rush."
Gallagher pauses. "And if you believe that, you'll believe quite literally anything."
You can listen to and download all of this at
music.aol.com/artists/the-interface/noel-gallagher
Noel also done a short interview with Chart Attack.com at
www.chartattack.com/damn/2006/10/2710.cfm
After 12 years of rock 'n' roll stardom, Oasis have officially announced that, after compiling their Stop The Clocks greatest hits album (due out November 21), they're taking a break.
Since emerging in 1994 with the release of their Definitely Maybe debut, the band have maintained a profile unmatched by any of their former Brit-pop rivals. Guitarist Noel Gallagher says that Oasis' longevity has more to do with the universal quality of the band's music than their ambition or tenacity.
"I think a lot of bands from 1994, particularly the English bands, were so British that you couldn't get it if you weren't British, you know what I mean?" Gallagher says. "The irony and the painful fucking trendiness of it all.
"Whereas Oasis, it's universal, man. Like 'Cigarettes And Alcohol' means the same to people in Brooklyn as it does in Burnage. The sentiments of those songs are the kind of feelings that young kids get every day. I guess all those bands from 1994 were just trying too hard. And I don't ever attempt anything unless I can make it look effortless."
So, what will Gallagher do while Oasis take their much-needed break? Don't expect any animated side-projects or self-indulgent solo albums. Gallagher plans to spend his time just hanging out and not doing much of anything at all.
"I have to get coaxed back into doing work," he says. "I don't aggressively pursue my muse.
"I'm not one that always has to be creating — if I'm not writing songs, I'm painting, and if I'm not painting I'm fucking trying to make a bottle out of a fucking table leg. I'm not into all of that. In that sense, I'm not very creative at all. You get some idiots that if they have more than a day off they start throwing fucking paint around the living room. I don't give a fuck about the creative process. I'll do it when I get around to it."
When Gallagher will "get around to it" remains to be seen. To most savvy music fans, "hiatus" can usually be translated as "we're breaking up, but we want to keep our options open just in case there's some money to be made in the future." In typical Gallagher style, Noel is staying cunningly cryptic about Oasis' future. While he consistently speaks of Oasis in the present tense, he won't speculate when — or even if — there will be another album of new Oasis songs.
"It would be wrong for me to say yes," he says when asked if the band will ever go into the studio again. "But I'd be lying if I said no.
"It could be a long time. To be honest, we've got 11 songs left over from the last album and, of that 11, seven are really good. And of that seven, four are really great. We've really got the starting point for a new album, so we could go and start a record and get half it done next week. So, there's not really any rush."
Gallagher pauses. "And if you believe that, you'll believe quite literally anything."
(Q: oasispromo.blogspot.com)
| Kasabian team up with Noel Gallagher again |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/27, 18:01 Uhr) At a gig in London next month
Kasabian have joined their pal Noel Gallagher on the bill at a drugs benefit show in London next month (November 2).
As previously revealed on NME.COM, 'For Pities Sake Focus' is an evening of comedy and music, set to raise money for Focus12, a charity dealing with all aspects of drug addiction.
The event will take place at KOKO in Camden, the same place where Kasabian and Gallagher teamed up onstage at NME.COM's tenth birthday party last month. Gallagher guested on the Kasabian tracks 'Club Foot' and 'The Doberman'.
Comic Russell Brand and Gallagher will perform extended sets, while Kasabian's Tom Meighan and Serge Pizzorno will perform acoustically.
Kasabian have joined their pal Noel Gallagher on the bill at a drugs benefit show in London next month (November 2).
As previously revealed on NME.COM, 'For Pities Sake Focus' is an evening of comedy and music, set to raise money for Focus12, a charity dealing with all aspects of drug addiction.
The event will take place at KOKO in Camden, the same place where Kasabian and Gallagher teamed up onstage at NME.COM's tenth birthday party last month. Gallagher guested on the Kasabian tracks 'Club Foot' and 'The Doberman'.
Comic Russell Brand and Gallagher will perform extended sets, while Kasabian's Tom Meighan and Serge Pizzorno will perform acoustically.
(Q: nme.com)
| Liam blasts 'posh lightweights' |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/27, 09:08 Uhr) LIAM GALLAGHER has taken a pop at recent rehab residents TOM CHAPLIN and PETE DOHERTY – branding them posh lightweights.
The OASIS heavyweight says today's rock stars need to learn a thing or two from veterans like him and brother NOEL.
Liam is irritated with Pete and KEANE frontman Tom for having to seek help for their battle with drugs — because it is not rock 'n' roll.
He said: "None of us have ever been in The Priory, like all these little idiots today. They have one little line, they have one burn and they're all in rehab.
"That Pete Doherty is cabbaged already. And it's like, 'How old are you? Priory at 27 years of age? You idiot.'
"Posh boys can't take drugs, man. They're lightweights."
Liam's comments could not have come at a more sensitive time — and I hope his tongue is slightly in his cheek.
Tom is just back on the road with Keane after completing five weeks at The Priory for addiction to cocaine and alcohol.
Pete continues to battle a chronic crack and heroin addiction.
But worse — Tom will be at the Q Awards sat just a few feet away from Liam, who I'm sure will taunt him mercilessly.
Liam says he still likes to have the odd messy night out himself — even though he has calmed down with his fiancée NICOLE APPLETON and their son Gene. He also has son Lennon by PATSY KENSIT.
The singer said: "Obviously I don't go out as much as I used to because I'm in with my kids and missus and get a buzz off them. But when I do go out I still have a good time.
"We don't go out and say, 'Hey man, we're dads so we're gonna take it easy!' We'll still go boozing for a couple of days, drink anything — Guinness, lager, champagne, wine — and get high, get plastered."
Liam believes when Oasis were at their maddest in the early days, they surpassed any other band when it came to larging it.
He added: "It was as wild as you could imagine. It was living life on the edge. There were no safety nets.
"But we weren't GUNS N' ROSES wild because we're a different kind of band. All these bands who are rock 'n' roll are just daft. We never fell over drunk and all that because we like our clothes too much!
"And I've never poured Guinness or Jack Daniels on my head because we're not Beavis and Butt-Head!"
Oasis are about to release their Greatest Hits album Stop The Clocks. And Liam reckons life could not be better.
He said: "I've got two beautiful kids, I've got money in the bank, a nice house, a nice missus and my mum and brothers are happy. It could be worse."
The OASIS heavyweight says today's rock stars need to learn a thing or two from veterans like him and brother NOEL.
Liam is irritated with Pete and KEANE frontman Tom for having to seek help for their battle with drugs — because it is not rock 'n' roll.
He said: "None of us have ever been in The Priory, like all these little idiots today. They have one little line, they have one burn and they're all in rehab.
"That Pete Doherty is cabbaged already. And it's like, 'How old are you? Priory at 27 years of age? You idiot.'
"Posh boys can't take drugs, man. They're lightweights."
Liam's comments could not have come at a more sensitive time — and I hope his tongue is slightly in his cheek.
Tom is just back on the road with Keane after completing five weeks at The Priory for addiction to cocaine and alcohol.
Pete continues to battle a chronic crack and heroin addiction.
But worse — Tom will be at the Q Awards sat just a few feet away from Liam, who I'm sure will taunt him mercilessly.
Liam says he still likes to have the odd messy night out himself — even though he has calmed down with his fiancée NICOLE APPLETON and their son Gene. He also has son Lennon by PATSY KENSIT.
The singer said: "Obviously I don't go out as much as I used to because I'm in with my kids and missus and get a buzz off them. But when I do go out I still have a good time.
"We don't go out and say, 'Hey man, we're dads so we're gonna take it easy!' We'll still go boozing for a couple of days, drink anything — Guinness, lager, champagne, wine — and get high, get plastered."
Liam believes when Oasis were at their maddest in the early days, they surpassed any other band when it came to larging it.
He added: "It was as wild as you could imagine. It was living life on the edge. There were no safety nets.
"But we weren't GUNS N' ROSES wild because we're a different kind of band. All these bands who are rock 'n' roll are just daft. We never fell over drunk and all that because we like our clothes too much!
"And I've never poured Guinness or Jack Daniels on my head because we're not Beavis and Butt-Head!"
Oasis are about to release their Greatest Hits album Stop The Clocks. And Liam reckons life could not be better.
He said: "I've got two beautiful kids, I've got money in the bank, a nice house, a nice missus and my mum and brothers are happy. It could be worse."
(Q: thesun.co.uk)
| More Noel solo shows / Noel UK TV + Radio appearances |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/26, 20:56 Uhr) Noel is confirmed to be doing an acoustic set (along with "Friends" - Gem is rumoured to be one) at The Music Hall in Toronto on the 7th November. Tickets are available from Saturday 28th October. See http://danforthmusichall.ca for more details. There are also unconfirmed whispers of a similar LA show on the 9th.
Noel's going be on TV and Radio in the UK over the next couple of weeks, but in things unconnected with the new Oasis stuff. He'll be talking about the hit British sitcom 'The Royle Family', which returns with a new episode earlier that evening, in a programme entitled 'We Love The Royle Family' on BBC1 on Sunday 29th October at 10:15pm. As you will know, the theme song of the show is 'Half The World Away' and Noel also recorded a special version of Slade's 1973 classic 'Merry Xmas Everybody' for the 2000 Christmas Special of the show. Noel's also going to be contributing to the 4-part BBC Radio 2 documentary series 'What The World Needs Now - The Burt Bacharach Story', starting on Friday 27th October at 7:00pm. Although when BBC Radio 2 broadcast a similar programme a few weeks back, the clip of Noel talking was no more than 5 seconds long, so it won't necessarily be a lengthy contribution by Noel. Finally, Noel will contribute to a Paul Weller documentary on BBC2 on Sunday 9th November at 9:00pm.
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Oasis Unplugs For Select Shows
Noel Gallagher has cast off from the rest of the Oasis boys to do a few acoustic shows. The singer-songwriter stopped by AOL to record a set for The Interface, and he'll also be playing a special invite-only show at Los Angeles' El Rey Theatre on November 9th.
Noel's going be on TV and Radio in the UK over the next couple of weeks, but in things unconnected with the new Oasis stuff. He'll be talking about the hit British sitcom 'The Royle Family', which returns with a new episode earlier that evening, in a programme entitled 'We Love The Royle Family' on BBC1 on Sunday 29th October at 10:15pm. As you will know, the theme song of the show is 'Half The World Away' and Noel also recorded a special version of Slade's 1973 classic 'Merry Xmas Everybody' for the 2000 Christmas Special of the show. Noel's also going to be contributing to the 4-part BBC Radio 2 documentary series 'What The World Needs Now - The Burt Bacharach Story', starting on Friday 27th October at 7:00pm. Although when BBC Radio 2 broadcast a similar programme a few weeks back, the clip of Noel talking was no more than 5 seconds long, so it won't necessarily be a lengthy contribution by Noel. Finally, Noel will contribute to a Paul Weller documentary on BBC2 on Sunday 9th November at 9:00pm.
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Oasis Unplugs For Select Shows
Noel Gallagher has cast off from the rest of the Oasis boys to do a few acoustic shows. The singer-songwriter stopped by AOL to record a set for The Interface, and he'll also be playing a special invite-only show at Los Angeles' El Rey Theatre on November 9th.
(Q: oasispromo.blogspot.com; filter-mag.com)
| New content added to the stop clock |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/26, 15:34 Uhr) New content has been added to the STOP CLOCK today including a live performance clip of Fade Away from the Chicago Metro 1994, an audio stream of Some Might Say (live) taken from the Stop The Clocks EP out on the 13th November PLUS a new downloadable clip!
(Q: oasisinet.com)
| Q Awards Nominierungen |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/25, 19:44 Uhr) Am 30.10. werden in London die Gewinner der Q Awards 2006 bekannt gegeben. Oasis sind in den Kategorien 'Best Live Act' und 'Best Act In The World Today' nominiert. Die kompletten Nominierungen lauten wie folgt:
Best New Act
Best New Act
- Lily Allen
- Corinne Bailey Rae
- The Kooks
- Arctic Monkeys
- Orson
- Oasis
- Razorlight
- Muse
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Arctic Monkeys
- Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
- Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
- Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing
- The Feeling - Never Be Lonely
- Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
- Muse - Black Holes And Revelations
- Kasabian - Empire
- Keane - Under The Iron Sea
- Razorlight - Razorlight
- Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not
- Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
- Muse
- Coldplay
- Oasis
- U2
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
(Q: qawards.co.uk)
| New content added to the stop clock |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/23, 13:38 Uhr) New content has been added to the STOP CLOCK hub including; The Masterplan video, a new film clip and an audio stream of Cigarettes and Alcohol (demo) which features on the Stop The Clock EP out on the 13th November.
Click on the dartboard now to view all this new content!
Click on the dartboard now to view all this new content!
(Q: oasisinet.com)
| You're foul Noel |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/23, 09:04 Uhr) HOLLYWOOD soccer nut Anthony LaPaglia has put the boot into jaded Oasis gibberer Noel Gallagher for bagging the Socceroos.
Back to watch his beloved Sydney FC in their grudge match against Melbourne Victory at Aussie Stadium tonight, the LA-based Australian actor ripped into the British rock star, who this week called the Socceroos "sh**'' and said he would like to kick Tim Cahill in the "b******s''.
"Was he sober when he said that,'' LaPaglia said.
"When was the last time he had a No. 1 hit anyway?''
Our soccer blogger Tim Gill isn't impressed either - join him to discuss the Oasis oaf's outburst by clicking here.
Actually, Anthony, it was only last year Oasis topped the UK charts but Cahill and the boys would appreciate your support.
The Without A Trace star went into bat for the Australian game, just hours after arriving on what is a shotgun two-day trip here to catch tonight's game.
"(Gallagher) obviously didn't watch too much of the World Cup because I thought the Australians including Tim Cahill were tremendous,'' LaPaglia said.
"They certainly earned the respect of the football world and the people who count. Comments by people like him should be treated with contempt.''
A Sydney FC shareholder, LaPaglia's flying visit back to Australia is the seventh he has made simply to watch his team go around since the A-League kicked off last year.
Having turned up to training yesterday where he chatted with players including Sasho Petrovski and Alex Brosque, he will watch tonight's match from the chairman's box alongside Brazilian great Romario before having a few beers with the boys at the post-match function at Star City.
LaPaglia flies back to LA first thing tomorrow morning.
Back to watch his beloved Sydney FC in their grudge match against Melbourne Victory at Aussie Stadium tonight, the LA-based Australian actor ripped into the British rock star, who this week called the Socceroos "sh**'' and said he would like to kick Tim Cahill in the "b******s''.
"Was he sober when he said that,'' LaPaglia said.
"When was the last time he had a No. 1 hit anyway?''
Our soccer blogger Tim Gill isn't impressed either - join him to discuss the Oasis oaf's outburst by clicking here.
Actually, Anthony, it was only last year Oasis topped the UK charts but Cahill and the boys would appreciate your support.
The Without A Trace star went into bat for the Australian game, just hours after arriving on what is a shotgun two-day trip here to catch tonight's game.
"(Gallagher) obviously didn't watch too much of the World Cup because I thought the Australians including Tim Cahill were tremendous,'' LaPaglia said.
"They certainly earned the respect of the football world and the people who count. Comments by people like him should be treated with contempt.''
A Sydney FC shareholder, LaPaglia's flying visit back to Australia is the seventh he has made simply to watch his team go around since the A-League kicked off last year.
Having turned up to training yesterday where he chatted with players including Sasho Petrovski and Alex Brosque, he will watch tonight's match from the chairman's box alongside Brazilian great Romario before having a few beers with the boys at the post-match function at Star City.
LaPaglia flies back to LA first thing tomorrow morning.
(Q: news.com.au)
| Q organisers fear Oasis backlash against U2 |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/23, 09:01 Uhr) British megabands U2 and OASIS are having to be kept apart at the Q music awards later this month (30OCT06), because the organisers are terrified of a spat breaking out between the rival rockers. The two bands are both up for the Best Act In The World Today gong - but after Oasis star LIAM GALLAGHER branded COLDPLAY's CHRIS MARTIN "a plantpot" at last year's (05) bash, the bosses behind the event at London's swanky Grosvenor House fear the worst should Oasis not take home the coveted gong. An insider tells British newspaper the Daily Star, "Oasis and U2 are very important acts to Q and the fact that they've both confirmed to attend the awards has made everyone excited - but twitchy. "The last thing they want is either act to be disgruntled but we expect that whichever loses the gong will not be happy. "We're scheduling to keep them apart before the ceremony and the seating plan puts them on opposite sides of the room."
(Q: contactmusic.com)
| Special UK Album launch nights in Nov |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/19, 17:29 Uhr) To celebrate the release of Stop The Clocks several special album launches are happening across the UK in November. The launch nights include playbacks of the album, competitions to win exclusive oasis merchandise and lots more. Below are the confirmed dates; for more information on each individual night click on the link!
TUES 14TH LEEDS MET UNIVERSITY/KIRKSTALL BREWERY / CITY SITE BAR LEEDS
PLAYBACK START TIME: 9:00PM
http://www.leedsmetevents.co.uk
THURS 16TH MFI @ THE GLOUCESTER, BRIGHTON
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10:15PM
http://www.myspace/madforitbrighton
FRI 17TH FRIDAY FEELING @ 5TH AVENUE MANCHESTER
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10:00PM
http://5thavenuemanchester.com
http://www.myspace.com/5thAvenueManchester
FRI 17TH RAMSHACKLE @ ACADEMY BIRMINGHAM
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10:30PM
http://www.myspace.com/ramshackle_revolution
FRI 17TH RAMSHACKLE @ ACADEMY BRISTOL
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10:30PM
http://www.ramshackle.org.uk
http://www.myspace.com/ramshackleclub
FRI 17TH EOL @ LIQUID ROOMS EDINBURGH
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10:30PM
http://www.evolnation.com
FRI 17TH COLLISION @ TIMEPIECE EXETER
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10PM
http://www.timepiecenightclub.co.uk
FRI 17TH MOJO BAR, LEEDS
PLAYBACK START TIME: 8PM
http://www.mojobar.co.uk
SAT 18TH SONIC BOOM @ THE LEADMILL SHEFFIELD
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10PM
http://www.leadmill.co.uk
SAT 18TH LOADED @ KRAZYHOUSE LIVERPOOL
PLAYBACK START TIME: 9:30PM
http://www.thekrazyhouse.co.uk
SAT 18TH MELTDOWN @ THE WATERFRONT NORWICH
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10pm (and again at 12 in café bar)
http://www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk
SAT 18TH RISE N SHINE @ THE COOKIE CLUB NOTTINGHAM
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10:30PM
http://www.cookieclub.co.uk
SAT 18TH CHAOS @ SOUTH PARADE PIER PORTSMOUTH
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10PM
http://myspace.com/ukchaos
http://www.chaosuk.net
SAT 18TH STOP THE CLOCKS @ FIREWATER GLASGOW
http://www.myspace.com/firewaterglasgow
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10PM
TUES 14TH LEEDS MET UNIVERSITY/KIRKSTALL BREWERY / CITY SITE BAR LEEDS
PLAYBACK START TIME: 9:00PM
http://www.leedsmetevents.co.uk
THURS 16TH MFI @ THE GLOUCESTER, BRIGHTON
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10:15PM
http://www.myspace/madforitbrighton
FRI 17TH FRIDAY FEELING @ 5TH AVENUE MANCHESTER
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10:00PM
http://5thavenuemanchester.com
http://www.myspace.com/5thAvenueManchester
FRI 17TH RAMSHACKLE @ ACADEMY BIRMINGHAM
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10:30PM
http://www.myspace.com/ramshackle_revolution
FRI 17TH RAMSHACKLE @ ACADEMY BRISTOL
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10:30PM
http://www.ramshackle.org.uk
http://www.myspace.com/ramshackleclub
FRI 17TH EOL @ LIQUID ROOMS EDINBURGH
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10:30PM
http://www.evolnation.com
FRI 17TH COLLISION @ TIMEPIECE EXETER
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10PM
http://www.timepiecenightclub.co.uk
FRI 17TH MOJO BAR, LEEDS
PLAYBACK START TIME: 8PM
http://www.mojobar.co.uk
SAT 18TH SONIC BOOM @ THE LEADMILL SHEFFIELD
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10PM
http://www.leadmill.co.uk
SAT 18TH LOADED @ KRAZYHOUSE LIVERPOOL
PLAYBACK START TIME: 9:30PM
http://www.thekrazyhouse.co.uk
SAT 18TH MELTDOWN @ THE WATERFRONT NORWICH
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10pm (and again at 12 in café bar)
http://www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk
SAT 18TH RISE N SHINE @ THE COOKIE CLUB NOTTINGHAM
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10:30PM
http://www.cookieclub.co.uk
SAT 18TH CHAOS @ SOUTH PARADE PIER PORTSMOUTH
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10PM
http://myspace.com/ukchaos
http://www.chaosuk.net
SAT 18TH STOP THE CLOCKS @ FIREWATER GLASGOW
http://www.myspace.com/firewaterglasgow
PLAYBACK START TIME: 10PM
(Q: oasisinet.com)
| Brits honour 'outstanding' Oasis |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/19, 15:42 Uhr) Oasis are to be given an outstanding achievement prize at next year's Brit Awards, organisers have announced.
The Manchester band shot to fame in 1994, and were at the forefront of the Britpop scene which saw guitar music return to the UK charts.
BPI chairman Peter Jamieson said: "Oasis set the standard for many of the young rock bands who are currently enjoying success in the UK charts."
Next year's awards show will be held at London's Earls Court on 14 February.
Fronted by Noel and Liam Gallagher, Oasis have sold 40 million albums around the world since they formed in 1993.
Dry spell
Their first two albums - Definitely Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - were critically acclaimed and earned them global attention.
Be Here Now became the fastest-selling album in chart history when it was released at the height of their fame in 1997.
Despite their success, the outstanding achievement award sees Oasis breaking a 10-year dry spell at the Brits.
They last made it to the podium in 1996, when they received three awards - for best British group, best British video and best British album for What's The Story (Morning Glory)?
The band releases an 18-track greatest hits album in November, featuring a mixture of chart singles and lesser-known B-sides, all chosen by the band.
They are currently taking a break from touring and recording but have denied suggestions they are splitting up.
Previous winners of the Brit award for outstanding achievement include the Bee Gees, Paul Weller, Sting and the Spice Girls.
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Oasis to be honoured at next year's Brits
LONDON (Reuters) - Oasis will be recognised with an Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the BRITs next year, organisers announced on Thursday.
The band, which has sold more than 50 million records worldwide and is considered one of the most influential acts of the last 20 years, will receive the honour on stage on February 14, 2007, during the annual BRIT Awards ceremony.
"Oasis set the standard for many of the young rock bands who are currently enjoying success in the UK charts," said Peter Jamieson, chairman of the British Phonographic Industry which organises the annual show honouring the best of British pop.
"As the BRIT Awards goes live for the first time in nearly two decades, it is appropriate that we should honour one of the most exciting live acts the UK has produced."
The band have won several BRIT awards in the past, including Best British Breakthrough Act in 1995 and Best British Album in 1996 for "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?"
Previous recipients of the Outstanding Contribution Award include The Beatles, U2, Paul Weller, Tom Jones, Sting, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Eurythmics and The Who.
The Manchester band shot to fame in 1994, and were at the forefront of the Britpop scene which saw guitar music return to the UK charts.
BPI chairman Peter Jamieson said: "Oasis set the standard for many of the young rock bands who are currently enjoying success in the UK charts."
Next year's awards show will be held at London's Earls Court on 14 February.
Fronted by Noel and Liam Gallagher, Oasis have sold 40 million albums around the world since they formed in 1993.
Dry spell
Their first two albums - Definitely Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - were critically acclaimed and earned them global attention.
Be Here Now became the fastest-selling album in chart history when it was released at the height of their fame in 1997.
Despite their success, the outstanding achievement award sees Oasis breaking a 10-year dry spell at the Brits.
They last made it to the podium in 1996, when they received three awards - for best British group, best British video and best British album for What's The Story (Morning Glory)?
The band releases an 18-track greatest hits album in November, featuring a mixture of chart singles and lesser-known B-sides, all chosen by the band.
They are currently taking a break from touring and recording but have denied suggestions they are splitting up.
Previous winners of the Brit award for outstanding achievement include the Bee Gees, Paul Weller, Sting and the Spice Girls.
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Oasis to be honoured at next year's Brits
LONDON (Reuters) - Oasis will be recognised with an Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the BRITs next year, organisers announced on Thursday.
The band, which has sold more than 50 million records worldwide and is considered one of the most influential acts of the last 20 years, will receive the honour on stage on February 14, 2007, during the annual BRIT Awards ceremony.
"Oasis set the standard for many of the young rock bands who are currently enjoying success in the UK charts," said Peter Jamieson, chairman of the British Phonographic Industry which organises the annual show honouring the best of British pop.
"As the BRIT Awards goes live for the first time in nearly two decades, it is appropriate that we should honour one of the most exciting live acts the UK has produced."
The band have won several BRIT awards in the past, including Best British Breakthrough Act in 1995 and Best British Album in 1996 for "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?"
Previous recipients of the Outstanding Contribution Award include The Beatles, U2, Paul Weller, Tom Jones, Sting, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Eurythmics and The Who.
(Q: bbc.co.uk; reuters.co.uk)
| Cigs & Alc Demo / 2007 BRIT Awards / Noel Interview |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/19, 14:08 Uhr) On BBC Radio 1 earlier today, Jo Whiley played the demo of 'Cigarettes & Alcohol' that's going to be released on the 'Stop The Clocks' EP. Unfortunately, it's the same demo version that was released on an NME cover tape in February 1994 and which has been easily available on bootlegs since then.
Whiley also announced that Oasis will be given the Outstanding Contribution To Music award at the 2007 BRIT Awards on February 14, 2007. The band will be there in person to pick up the award and perform live.
Finally, excerpts of a Noel interview have been appearing in the Australian press today, mainly because Noel's been slagging off the Australian football team. You can read these excerpts of the interview at the link below.
Sydney Morning Herald
Whiley also announced that Oasis will be given the Outstanding Contribution To Music award at the 2007 BRIT Awards on February 14, 2007. The band will be there in person to pick up the award and perform live.
Finally, excerpts of a Noel interview have been appearing in the Australian press today, mainly because Noel's been slagging off the Australian football team. You can read these excerpts of the interview at the link below.
Sydney Morning Herald
(Q: oasispromo.blogspot.com)
| Liam talks to Colin Murray on Radio 1 |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/19, 13:09 Uhr) Liam will be talking to Colin Murray this evening on his Radio 1 show. You can listen to the show online from midnight tonight click on the link below or listen live on Radio 1 from 10pm - midnight;
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/colinmurray
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/colinmurray
(Q: oasisinet.com)
| Oasis' Masterplan to step into world of Lowry |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/19, 08:50 Uhr) AT first glance it could be one of the famous scenes of Salford artist L S Lowry.
But look a little closer at the matchstick men - and there's the inimitable swagger of Liam Gallagher.
Liam and the rest of Oasis have been transported into a series of famous Lowry scenes for the video of new single The Masterplan.
The lads got the full blessing of the Lowry estate to create the animated video - as they hope it will give the famous artist a "fresh new image".
It follows the band in a host of famous Lowry scenes - including Man Lying On A Wall and Fairground At Daisy Nook - with quirky modern day additions like the satellite dish pictured here.
Lindsay Brooks, head of galleries at The Lowry, consulted Oasis and the Lowry estate on the video plans.
Wonderful
She said: "It's an idea that could have resulted in something really naff, but in fact the end result is wonderful.
"I think it's something that both The Lowry and the Lowry estate felt would be great to see because LS Lowry is in danger of being set in stone in the memories of people in the north west, but this would be a great way to freshen up his image if you like. Both Oasis and Lowry are inextricably linked with the north west, so bringing them together like this is a masterstroke."
The Masterplan, along with a re-recorded version of Acquiesce forms a new EP from Oasis, Stop The Clocks, released on November 13.
Click here to watch The Masterplan video.
Click here to watch the Acquiesce video.
But look a little closer at the matchstick men - and there's the inimitable swagger of Liam Gallagher.
Liam and the rest of Oasis have been transported into a series of famous Lowry scenes for the video of new single The Masterplan.
The lads got the full blessing of the Lowry estate to create the animated video - as they hope it will give the famous artist a "fresh new image".
It follows the band in a host of famous Lowry scenes - including Man Lying On A Wall and Fairground At Daisy Nook - with quirky modern day additions like the satellite dish pictured here.
Lindsay Brooks, head of galleries at The Lowry, consulted Oasis and the Lowry estate on the video plans.
Wonderful
She said: "It's an idea that could have resulted in something really naff, but in fact the end result is wonderful.
"I think it's something that both The Lowry and the Lowry estate felt would be great to see because LS Lowry is in danger of being set in stone in the memories of people in the north west, but this would be a great way to freshen up his image if you like. Both Oasis and Lowry are inextricably linked with the north west, so bringing them together like this is a masterstroke."
The Masterplan, along with a re-recorded version of Acquiesce forms a new EP from Oasis, Stop The Clocks, released on November 13.
Click here to watch The Masterplan video.
Click here to watch the Acquiesce video.
(Q: manchestereveningnews.co.uk)
| Robbie Williams droht neuer Streit mit Liam Gallagher |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/17, 20:47 Uhr) London - Robbie Williams (32) und Liam Gallagher (34) von Oasis sind sich noch nie grün gewesen. Nach längerer Funkstille könnten die alten Zwistigkeiten jetzt wieder aufbrechen.
Der britischen Boulevardzeitung «The Sun» zufolge ist eine alte Aufnahme aufgetaucht, mit der sich der Frauenschwarm Williams über seinen Erzrivalen Gallagher lustig macht und böse über ihn herzieht.
Vor sechs Jahren soll Williams zusammen mit seinem Songwriter Guy Chambers einen John-Lennon-Klassiker umgetextet und zum Spass aufgenommen haben. Ob Gallagher der Track «Give Pies A Chance» schon zu Ohren kam, ist unbekannt. Gallagher hatte Williams einst als «den fetten Tänzer von Take That» bezeichnet.
Der britischen Boulevardzeitung «The Sun» zufolge ist eine alte Aufnahme aufgetaucht, mit der sich der Frauenschwarm Williams über seinen Erzrivalen Gallagher lustig macht und böse über ihn herzieht.
Vor sechs Jahren soll Williams zusammen mit seinem Songwriter Guy Chambers einen John-Lennon-Klassiker umgetextet und zum Spass aufgenommen haben. Ob Gallagher der Track «Give Pies A Chance» schon zu Ohren kam, ist unbekannt. Gallagher hatte Williams einst als «den fetten Tänzer von Take That» bezeichnet.
(Q: nachrichten.ch)
| Stars sign boots for charity |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/16, 09:37 Uhr) Celebrities including MADONNA and SIR MICK JAGGER are paving the way for Britain's National Giving Week by customising Doc Martens boots to be sold off on eBay. ALL SAINTS, OASIS and JANET JACKSON have also teamed up with organisers the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) to sign pairs of the shoes to raise cash for the National Aids Trust. CAF spokeswoman Sheila Hooper says, "If people raid their wardrobes, cupboards and attics to find items they no longer need but could sell on eBay for a favoured organisation, we can make a real difference."
(Q: contactmusic.com)
| 'Stop the clocks' Japanese content details |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/13, 19:46 Uhr) Sony Japan have announced final details on their 'Stop The Clocks' releases. Both the standard 2-disc and limited edition 3-disc versions will have 2 bonus tracks, 'Roll With It' and 'Let There Be Love', at the end of Disc 2, after 'Don't Look Back In Anger'. The bonus DVD content has also been confirmed with something called 'Lock The Box' (which is most probably the 40-minute EPK containing an interview with Liam and Noel), 'Champagne Supernova' from Knebworth in August 1996, 'Fade Away' live at the Chicago Metro in October 1994, and a picture gallery.
Sony Japan also confirmed that the 'Stop The Clocks' EP will have the same tracklisting as the UK release.
Sony Japan also confirmed that the 'Stop The Clocks' EP will have the same tracklisting as the UK release.
(Q: oasispromo.blogspot.com)
| New content added to the stop clock including online frustration game! |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/13, 19:45 Uhr) New content has been added to the Stop Clock today including a new film clip, a new down loadable clip, the Acquiesce video streamed. PLUS an online version of the game Frustration. Last week we posted a film clip of the band playing Frustration back stage at one of their gigs - now you can play the game too but online!
Check out the bullseye on the Stop Clock dartboard!
Check out the bullseye on the Stop Clock dartboard!
(Q: oasisinet.com)
| 'The masterplan' Video exclusive on MSN |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/13, 19:42 Uhr) You are able to view the brand new video for The Masterplan on MSN now! The animated video sees Oasis transported into a stunning world based entirely on the paintings of legendary northern artist L.S Lowry including subtle modern day twists and detailing.
The UK TV exclusive of the video will be aired on Top Of The Pops, BBC2 at 8pm on the 21st October.
The UK TV exclusive of the video will be aired on Top Of The Pops, BBC2 at 8pm on the 21st October.
(Q: oasisinet.com)
| For Oasis, now's a good time to stop the clock |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/13, 14:09 Uhr) IF YOU PAID close attention to "Don't Believe the Truth" — last year's subtly scathing effort from Mancunian supergroup Oasis — the truth itself was obvious: Bandleader Noel Gallagher had had enough of his adopted hometown of London.
If one more obsessive fan approached him with a camera phone begging for a quick snapshot, he grumbled at the time, he would gladly dropkick said cellular straight up the street. So it's no surprise that the star has finally made his disdain official. "I've just moved out of London and back into the English countryside," Gallagher reveals. "I just moved into my new Buckinghamshire mansion."
The guitarist's bratty kid brother, Oasis frontman Liam, has just ditched his old digs, as well. "So he's living in a flat full of cardboard boxes at the moment," Noel chuckles, phoning from home. "Right now, he's in the pub'round the corner from my house, just drinking on his own. How sad is that?"
In reality, the Gallaghers were merely enjoying their post-world-tour down time, with no plans whatsoever of entering a recording studio in the near future.
But Oasis is still maintaining a high profile this fall. There's the long-overdue single release of its early B-side "Acquiesce" (which ships to radio this week), a new best-of anthology "Stop the Clocks" on Columbia and a full-length concert documentary hitting theaters, the aptly-titled "Lord Don't Slow Me Down."
Not to mention, of course, the current heavy TV/radio rotation of early chestnut "All Around the World," as heard in that steady stream of AT&T ads.
So how, exactly, does an artist of Noel Gallagher's stature suddenly change residence? Yard sales are simply out of the question when you want to jettison your belongings, he sighs.
But he hit on a unique solution. Over a laborious three-day period, he says, "I actually put all my junk and clothes and stuff I didn't need into black bin bags, we call'em, or refuse sacks. And then I called the local Oxfam, a charity shop, and I got someone else to be here when they arrived. Because if the guys had seen it was me, it would've all ended up in Sotheby's. So I gave it all to charity and nobody knows," he laughs.
"It's all out there somewhere — people are walking around in my old clothes, eating off my old plates, enjoying all the old bits that I don't need."
As he cleaned house, Gallagher stumbled on a few items he just couldn't part with. "Like loads of unmarked cassettes and CDs that didn't have any writing on'em. I'd stick them in, and a couple of'em were just me, sitting in my front room, playing acoustic guitar, just working out songs. And some of'em were songs that I've yet to record which I'd forgotten about, and that was quite special, just listening to all of those one night."
Gallagher wasn't finished rummaging. Carefully, he and his sibling combed the Oasis catalog to select the 18 classics for "Stop the Clocks."
They arrived at an interesting mix of U.S. hits ("Wonderwall," "Live Forever"), U.K. smashes ("Lyla," "Some Might Say," "Don't Look Back in Anger") and pet B-sides ("Talk Tonight," "The Masterplan," alongside the crowd-pleasing show staple "Acquiesce").
"All the choices for the album are quite obvious, so it's put together for the fans," says Gallagher. As a composer, he's most proud of his vintage "Slide Away" and "Truth's" recent "The Importance Being Idle," he says. "Simply because nobody writes songs like that anymore. I mean, 'Idle' is a song about being lazy, but it's very Kinks, very swinging'60s. And I love 'Slide Away,' because it should've been a single and never was, so it's the one song that hasn't been overplayed to death. I find big hit singles these days are all incredibly commercial. Even bands who claim to be punk like Green Day are anything but."
As Gallagher tells it, there was a three-year period shortly after the band's "Definitely Maybe" 1994 debut "where everything I wrote was fantastic."
"Acquiesce" and "The Masterplan" hail from that productive period. But if Oasis had saved those precious B-sides to release instead of its third coolly received "Be Here Now" album, he reckons, "We would've gone on to be possibly one of the biggest bands of all time. Uhhh, not that we're not anyway. But I think we would've been as big as U2."
Oasis — thanks to its media-fueled rivalry with fellow English outfit Blur — went on to launch, then practically define, the Britpop movement. Unlike Blur's chameleonesque Damon Albarn, though, Noel Gallagher never altered his trademark sound — pealing cathedral guitars propped by huge flying-buttress riffs and Liam's snippy, Lennon-inspired sneer. And persistence paid off.
The group would suffer several lineup changes, but go on to sell over 50 million records.
"All Around the World" was one of the few career coups that failed to make the "Clocks" cut. "Only because it was just too damned long and we couldn't find a place for it anywhere," Gallagher says. But thanks to AT&T, the track now receives more airplay than any other Oasis standard.
When he first heard of the offer, Gallagher quickly nixed the idea. "But Liam, bless him, said, 'Look — that song's 10 years old, we never play it, so why don't you just cash in on it?' And I said, 'How much is it again?' and the figure came back, and it wasn't a very difficult decision after that. But the advert has no presence in England at all. It's not shown anywhere. But you go to the States, and you're bombarded with our song, or the 10 seconds of it that comes on."
Oasis might be resting on its laurels this holiday season, but Gallagher himself is far from idle.
He just joined his pals Kasabian (also featured in Baillie Walsh's "Lord" flick, which follows the groups, plus Aussie upstarts Jet, on a nine-month tour) onstage at an NME-sponsored bash.
He also taped two Beatles covers for an upcoming BBC tribute to John Lennon, one with Stereophonics, another with Cornershop and Johnny Marr; as well as tracked a few new home demos, with 6-year-old daughter Anais singing along on a few. "She's got a fantastic voice — seriously!" dad enthuses. "But unfortunately, she does like Kylie Minogue, which is something that I'm not too pleased about."
Rich is the examined life, as they say. And reflecting on his illustrious career, Gallagher says, has been a quite pleasant experience indeed.
With, of course, a few minor glitches in the memory circuit.
For example, one time in Thailand in 1998. Gallagher laughs, "When we were out at some bar, and there was this incessant HI-NRG dance music playing in a bar across the street. And I was thinking 'Wait a minute! I'm sure that's a version of "Some Might Say"! So we went across the street and up to the DJ, and it was a HI-NRG disco version of our song, completely illegal, recorded by some Thai person.
"The DJ had no idea who I was. But I said 'Gimme that CD!' even though there were lots of British people in the bar going mad when he played it. And Liam and I were like, that doesn't sound like Oasis, that sounds atrocious! And that — not AT & T — is easily the weirdest place I've ever heard one of our songs."
If one more obsessive fan approached him with a camera phone begging for a quick snapshot, he grumbled at the time, he would gladly dropkick said cellular straight up the street. So it's no surprise that the star has finally made his disdain official. "I've just moved out of London and back into the English countryside," Gallagher reveals. "I just moved into my new Buckinghamshire mansion."
The guitarist's bratty kid brother, Oasis frontman Liam, has just ditched his old digs, as well. "So he's living in a flat full of cardboard boxes at the moment," Noel chuckles, phoning from home. "Right now, he's in the pub'round the corner from my house, just drinking on his own. How sad is that?"
In reality, the Gallaghers were merely enjoying their post-world-tour down time, with no plans whatsoever of entering a recording studio in the near future.
But Oasis is still maintaining a high profile this fall. There's the long-overdue single release of its early B-side "Acquiesce" (which ships to radio this week), a new best-of anthology "Stop the Clocks" on Columbia and a full-length concert documentary hitting theaters, the aptly-titled "Lord Don't Slow Me Down."
Not to mention, of course, the current heavy TV/radio rotation of early chestnut "All Around the World," as heard in that steady stream of AT&T ads.
So how, exactly, does an artist of Noel Gallagher's stature suddenly change residence? Yard sales are simply out of the question when you want to jettison your belongings, he sighs.
But he hit on a unique solution. Over a laborious three-day period, he says, "I actually put all my junk and clothes and stuff I didn't need into black bin bags, we call'em, or refuse sacks. And then I called the local Oxfam, a charity shop, and I got someone else to be here when they arrived. Because if the guys had seen it was me, it would've all ended up in Sotheby's. So I gave it all to charity and nobody knows," he laughs.
"It's all out there somewhere — people are walking around in my old clothes, eating off my old plates, enjoying all the old bits that I don't need."
As he cleaned house, Gallagher stumbled on a few items he just couldn't part with. "Like loads of unmarked cassettes and CDs that didn't have any writing on'em. I'd stick them in, and a couple of'em were just me, sitting in my front room, playing acoustic guitar, just working out songs. And some of'em were songs that I've yet to record which I'd forgotten about, and that was quite special, just listening to all of those one night."
Gallagher wasn't finished rummaging. Carefully, he and his sibling combed the Oasis catalog to select the 18 classics for "Stop the Clocks."
They arrived at an interesting mix of U.S. hits ("Wonderwall," "Live Forever"), U.K. smashes ("Lyla," "Some Might Say," "Don't Look Back in Anger") and pet B-sides ("Talk Tonight," "The Masterplan," alongside the crowd-pleasing show staple "Acquiesce").
"All the choices for the album are quite obvious, so it's put together for the fans," says Gallagher. As a composer, he's most proud of his vintage "Slide Away" and "Truth's" recent "The Importance Being Idle," he says. "Simply because nobody writes songs like that anymore. I mean, 'Idle' is a song about being lazy, but it's very Kinks, very swinging'60s. And I love 'Slide Away,' because it should've been a single and never was, so it's the one song that hasn't been overplayed to death. I find big hit singles these days are all incredibly commercial. Even bands who claim to be punk like Green Day are anything but."
As Gallagher tells it, there was a three-year period shortly after the band's "Definitely Maybe" 1994 debut "where everything I wrote was fantastic."
"Acquiesce" and "The Masterplan" hail from that productive period. But if Oasis had saved those precious B-sides to release instead of its third coolly received "Be Here Now" album, he reckons, "We would've gone on to be possibly one of the biggest bands of all time. Uhhh, not that we're not anyway. But I think we would've been as big as U2."
Oasis — thanks to its media-fueled rivalry with fellow English outfit Blur — went on to launch, then practically define, the Britpop movement. Unlike Blur's chameleonesque Damon Albarn, though, Noel Gallagher never altered his trademark sound — pealing cathedral guitars propped by huge flying-buttress riffs and Liam's snippy, Lennon-inspired sneer. And persistence paid off.
The group would suffer several lineup changes, but go on to sell over 50 million records.
"All Around the World" was one of the few career coups that failed to make the "Clocks" cut. "Only because it was just too damned long and we couldn't find a place for it anywhere," Gallagher says. But thanks to AT&T, the track now receives more airplay than any other Oasis standard.
When he first heard of the offer, Gallagher quickly nixed the idea. "But Liam, bless him, said, 'Look — that song's 10 years old, we never play it, so why don't you just cash in on it?' And I said, 'How much is it again?' and the figure came back, and it wasn't a very difficult decision after that. But the advert has no presence in England at all. It's not shown anywhere. But you go to the States, and you're bombarded with our song, or the 10 seconds of it that comes on."
Oasis might be resting on its laurels this holiday season, but Gallagher himself is far from idle.
He just joined his pals Kasabian (also featured in Baillie Walsh's "Lord" flick, which follows the groups, plus Aussie upstarts Jet, on a nine-month tour) onstage at an NME-sponsored bash.
He also taped two Beatles covers for an upcoming BBC tribute to John Lennon, one with Stereophonics, another with Cornershop and Johnny Marr; as well as tracked a few new home demos, with 6-year-old daughter Anais singing along on a few. "She's got a fantastic voice — seriously!" dad enthuses. "But unfortunately, she does like Kylie Minogue, which is something that I'm not too pleased about."
Rich is the examined life, as they say. And reflecting on his illustrious career, Gallagher says, has been a quite pleasant experience indeed.
With, of course, a few minor glitches in the memory circuit.
For example, one time in Thailand in 1998. Gallagher laughs, "When we were out at some bar, and there was this incessant HI-NRG dance music playing in a bar across the street. And I was thinking 'Wait a minute! I'm sure that's a version of "Some Might Say"! So we went across the street and up to the DJ, and it was a HI-NRG disco version of our song, completely illegal, recorded by some Thai person.
"The DJ had no idea who I was. But I said 'Gimme that CD!' even though there were lots of British people in the bar going mad when he played it. And Liam and I were like, that doesn't sound like Oasis, that sounds atrocious! And that — not AT & T — is easily the weirdest place I've ever heard one of our songs."
(Q: insidebayarea.com)
| Gallagher expects to win chart battle with girlfriend |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/13, 11:07 Uhr) OASIS frontman LIAM GALLAGHER is confident he will come out on top when he goes head-to-head with longterm girlfriend NICOLE APPLETON in a UK chart battle.
Appleton's reformed girl band ALL SAINTS release their comeback album in Britain on 20 November (06) - the same day OASIS' greatest hits collection STOP THE CLOCKS hits shops.
When asked if he thinks Appleton - who is the mother of his son GENE - will come out on top, Gallagher replied, "No f**king chance!"
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Oasis batteln All Saints
Liam Gallagher und Nicole Appleton sind ja eigentlich ein mehr oder weniger schönes Paar. Aber jetzt fordern sie sich gegenseitig heraus!
Ihre Beziehung wird hart auf die Probe gestellt! Liam und seine Nicki bringen nämlich zeitgleich mit ihren jeweiligen Bands ein neues Album raus: Oasis werden am 20. November ihr Best Of 'Stop The Clocks' veröffentlichen, und die All Saints starten in derselben Woche ihr Comeback mit 'Studio 1'.
Tja, wer wird da wohl den grösseren Erfolg in den Charts haben? Die Chancen von Oasis sind zweifellos besser, sie sind alteingesessen in dem Metier und haben mehr Fans. Aber die Damen von All Saints sehen nun mal besser aus...
Die eigentlich richtig ernstzunehmende Konkurrenz für die Britpopper kommt allerdings aus Dublin: U2 bringen im November ebenfalls ihr Best Of raus. Na, da können sich die Gebrüder Gallagher warm anziehen - notfalls kann sich Liam ja von Nicole trösten lassen...
Appleton's reformed girl band ALL SAINTS release their comeback album in Britain on 20 November (06) - the same day OASIS' greatest hits collection STOP THE CLOCKS hits shops.
When asked if he thinks Appleton - who is the mother of his son GENE - will come out on top, Gallagher replied, "No f**king chance!"
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Oasis batteln All Saints
Liam Gallagher und Nicole Appleton sind ja eigentlich ein mehr oder weniger schönes Paar. Aber jetzt fordern sie sich gegenseitig heraus!
Ihre Beziehung wird hart auf die Probe gestellt! Liam und seine Nicki bringen nämlich zeitgleich mit ihren jeweiligen Bands ein neues Album raus: Oasis werden am 20. November ihr Best Of 'Stop The Clocks' veröffentlichen, und die All Saints starten in derselben Woche ihr Comeback mit 'Studio 1'.
Tja, wer wird da wohl den grösseren Erfolg in den Charts haben? Die Chancen von Oasis sind zweifellos besser, sie sind alteingesessen in dem Metier und haben mehr Fans. Aber die Damen von All Saints sehen nun mal besser aus...
Die eigentlich richtig ernstzunehmende Konkurrenz für die Britpopper kommt allerdings aus Dublin: U2 bringen im November ebenfalls ihr Best Of raus. Na, da können sich die Gebrüder Gallagher warm anziehen - notfalls kann sich Liam ja von Nicole trösten lassen...
(Q: pr-inside.com; mtv.de)
| musikexpress.de verlost Tickets für "Lord don't slow me down" |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/11, 22:12 Uhr) Zeitgleich mit ihrem Best Of Album STOP THE CLOCKS (erscheint am 16.11.) warten Oasis mit ihrer Tour-Dokumentation LORD DON'T SLOW ME DOWN auf. Wir verlosen Tickets für die deutschen Kinopremieren.
LORD DON'T SLOW ME DOWN wurde im Rahmen der Don't Believe The Truth-Welttour der Band mitgeschnitten. Einen ersten Vorgeschmack gibt der Trailer zum Film >>>
Hier finden die LORD DON'T SLOW ME DOWN-Kinopremieren statt
präsentiert von MUSIKEXPRESS
15.11. 21:00 Berlin, Lido (danach Oasis Ultras-Party)
15.11. 22:30 München, Rio Filmpalast (danach Oasis Ultras-Party im Atomic Café)
16.11. 22:30 Hamburg, Zeise Late Night Kino
+++Verlosung+++
Wir verlosen 5 x 2 Tickets pro Stadt. Um mitzumachen, bis spätestens 09. November 2006 eine Mail mit Wunschort, Name und Adresse an gewinnen@musikexpress.de, Betreff: "Oasis im Kino" schicken. Die Gewinner werden aus allen Einsendungen ausgelost. Der Rechtsweg ist ausgeschlossen.
LORD DON'T SLOW ME DOWN wurde im Rahmen der Don't Believe The Truth-Welttour der Band mitgeschnitten. Einen ersten Vorgeschmack gibt der Trailer zum Film >>>
Hier finden die LORD DON'T SLOW ME DOWN-Kinopremieren statt
präsentiert von MUSIKEXPRESS
15.11. 21:00 Berlin, Lido (danach Oasis Ultras-Party)
15.11. 22:30 München, Rio Filmpalast (danach Oasis Ultras-Party im Atomic Café)
16.11. 22:30 Hamburg, Zeise Late Night Kino
+++Verlosung+++
Wir verlosen 5 x 2 Tickets pro Stadt. Um mitzumachen, bis spätestens 09. November 2006 eine Mail mit Wunschort, Name und Adresse an gewinnen@musikexpress.de, Betreff: "Oasis im Kino" schicken. Die Gewinner werden aus allen Einsendungen ausgelost. Der Rechtsweg ist ausgeschlossen.
(Q: musikexpress.de)
| Noel mencap gig notice |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/10, 13:25 Uhr) Mencap have issued the following press statement re this sold out show :
We are aware that Mencap's Little Noise Sessions tickets are currently appearing for sale on auction sites. This is not something that has been sanctioned or encouraged by Mencap.
Mencap is working with seetickets.com the official ticket agency for the Little Noise Sessions. They are taking all action possible to cancel touted tickets.
To purchase an official ticket where by your money will go towards helping people with a learning disability visit www.seetickets.com.
We are aware that Mencap's Little Noise Sessions tickets are currently appearing for sale on auction sites. This is not something that has been sanctioned or encouraged by Mencap.
Mencap is working with seetickets.com the official ticket agency for the Little Noise Sessions. They are taking all action possible to cancel touted tickets.
To purchase an official ticket where by your money will go towards helping people with a learning disability visit www.seetickets.com.
(Q: oasisinet.com)
| "Stop the clocks" - Release - Parties |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/10, 10:34 Uhr) Zwischen dem 15.11. und 18.11. wird es diverse Oasis - Parties anlässlich der neuen Scheibe "Stop the clocks" geben. Die Oasis - Tour - Doku "Lord don't slow me down" wird, wie bereits vor 4 Tagen in den News berichtet, in Berlin, München und Hamburg vor den jeweiligen Parties gezeigt.
15.11., Berlin, Lido, Oasis Ultras-Party (vorher Kino-Premiere vor Ort)
15.11., München, Atomic Café, Oasis Ultras-Party (vorher Kino-Premiere im Rio Filmpalast)
15.11., Köln, Purple Club, M-Klub
16.11., Hamburg, Grüner Jäger, Revolver Club - Oasis Special (vorher Kino-Premiere im Zeise Late Night Kino)
16.11., Bad Kötzting, Disco Flash, club-X-TRA
17.11., Emsdetten, Klub Kiesinger, Beam Me Up-Club
17.11., Dortmund, Bakuda Klub, Supersonic Stereo
17.11., Nürnberg, Stars And Stairs, Supersonic
18.11., Frankfurt a. M., O25, Karrera Klub
18.11., Leipzig, Moritzbastei, Crossfire Crash
15.11., Berlin, Lido, Oasis Ultras-Party (vorher Kino-Premiere vor Ort)
15.11., München, Atomic Café, Oasis Ultras-Party (vorher Kino-Premiere im Rio Filmpalast)
15.11., Köln, Purple Club, M-Klub
16.11., Hamburg, Grüner Jäger, Revolver Club - Oasis Special (vorher Kino-Premiere im Zeise Late Night Kino)
16.11., Bad Kötzting, Disco Flash, club-X-TRA
17.11., Emsdetten, Klub Kiesinger, Beam Me Up-Club
17.11., Dortmund, Bakuda Klub, Supersonic Stereo
17.11., Nürnberg, Stars And Stairs, Supersonic
18.11., Frankfurt a. M., O25, Karrera Klub
18.11., Leipzig, Moritzbastei, Crossfire Crash
(Q: Sony BMG Deutschland)
| "Thunderbirds" home to be purchased by Oasis Lead Singer |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/09, 21:37 Uhr) Dorset, England (BANG) - Liam Gallagher will soon be able to live inside his television world fantasy - a lavish "masterpiece" he will probably never want to leave. The Oasis frontman is set to buy a house inspired by the classic TV show "Thunderbirds."
The "Wonderwall" singer will dish out $5 million on the property in Dorset, in the South West of England, which is based upon the fictional Tracy Island featured in the cult puppet series.
The luxury pad - named "Thunderbird" - has been described as "a modern architectural masterpiece" and is located in an area dubbed "Millionaire's Row," which was designed by award-winning architectural firm Seven Developments. The home has seven bathrooms, five bedrooms, an outdoor pool, a cinema and a gym.
Neighboring houses include a property named "Moonraker," which has been short-listed as a possible location for the next James Bond film. Liam's neighbors will include England football player Sol Campbell and "Notting Hill" actor Hugh Grant.
The rocker will move into the property with his fiancйe, All Saints singer Nicole Appleton, and their four-year-old son Gene.
One resident told Britain's Daily Express newspaper, "I can see why Liam would want to buy here. It's special and lots of families have come here after getting stressed by life in the city."
The "Wonderwall" singer will dish out $5 million on the property in Dorset, in the South West of England, which is based upon the fictional Tracy Island featured in the cult puppet series.
The luxury pad - named "Thunderbird" - has been described as "a modern architectural masterpiece" and is located in an area dubbed "Millionaire's Row," which was designed by award-winning architectural firm Seven Developments. The home has seven bathrooms, five bedrooms, an outdoor pool, a cinema and a gym.
Neighboring houses include a property named "Moonraker," which has been short-listed as a possible location for the next James Bond film. Liam's neighbors will include England football player Sol Campbell and "Notting Hill" actor Hugh Grant.
The rocker will move into the property with his fiancйe, All Saints singer Nicole Appleton, and their four-year-old son Gene.
One resident told Britain's Daily Express newspaper, "I can see why Liam would want to buy here. It's special and lots of families have come here after getting stressed by life in the city."
(Q: allheadlinenews.com)
| Have you seen Oasis ...? Google Video Promotion |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/06, 18:57 Uhr) To celebrate Oasis forthcoming album Stop the Clocks out on the 20th November.
Oasisinet in conjunction with Google video are inviting fans from all over the world to upload their own Oasis clips and memories to a special Google map. You can also view clips from the on the road Oasis documentary film Lord Dont Slow Me Down.
Every fan clip that is submitted will go into a random draw to win an exclusive signed Stop The Clocks artwork print. The draw will take place on November 20th to coincide with the release of the new album and 1 winner will be picked at random then notified via email.
You can go direct to the promotion if you click here: GOOGLE OASIS PROMOTION.
Oasisinet in conjunction with Google video are inviting fans from all over the world to upload their own Oasis clips and memories to a special Google map. You can also view clips from the on the road Oasis documentary film Lord Dont Slow Me Down.
Every fan clip that is submitted will go into a random draw to win an exclusive signed Stop The Clocks artwork print. The draw will take place on November 20th to coincide with the release of the new album and 1 winner will be picked at random then notified via email.
You can go direct to the promotion if you click here: GOOGLE OASIS PROMOTION.
(Q: oasisinet.com - Official Oasis Mailing List)
| "Lord don't slow me down" in ausgewählten Kinos |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/06, 13:39 Uhr) Am 17. November erscheint "Stop The Clocks", das erste Best-Of-Album von Oasis. Für Fans wird - zumindest an diesem Tag - die Zeit still stehen, sich vielleicht sogar zurückdrehen ins Jahr 1994, als die Singles "Supersonic" und "Shakermaker" erschienen und die Welt veränderten.
Zur Veröffentlichung des Greatest Hits Albums wird es in einigen ausgesuchten Kinos die Oasis-Tourdokumentation "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" zu sehen geben. Gedreht von Baillie Walsh (Massiv Attack, INXS) auf der ausgedehnten "Don't Believe The Truth"-Tour 2005/06, gibt diese ultimative Dokumentation einen Einblick hinter die Kulissen, begleitet die Band auf ihrem Weg rund um den Globus, zeigt Liam, Noel, Andy, Zack und Gem in privaten Momenten und in direktem Kontakt mit den Fans.
Und zwar hier:
15.11.2006 21:00 Uhr Berlin, Lido (www.lido-berlin.de), danach Oasis Ultras-Party
15.11.2006 22:30 Uhr München, Rio Filmpalast (www.riopalast.de), danach Oasis Ultras-Party im Atomic Café
16.11.2006 22:30 Uhr Hamburg, Zeise Late Night Kino (www.zeise.de)
Für die Oasis-Kinoevents wird es keine Karten im Verkauf geben, sondern nur über Verlosungen!
Auf www.thepop.de/oasis wird demnächst nachzulesen sein, wo und wie ihr an die begehrten Tickets kommen könnt!
Mehr unter: www.thepop.de/oasis.
Zur Veröffentlichung des Greatest Hits Albums wird es in einigen ausgesuchten Kinos die Oasis-Tourdokumentation "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" zu sehen geben. Gedreht von Baillie Walsh (Massiv Attack, INXS) auf der ausgedehnten "Don't Believe The Truth"-Tour 2005/06, gibt diese ultimative Dokumentation einen Einblick hinter die Kulissen, begleitet die Band auf ihrem Weg rund um den Globus, zeigt Liam, Noel, Andy, Zack und Gem in privaten Momenten und in direktem Kontakt mit den Fans.
Und zwar hier:
15.11.2006 21:00 Uhr Berlin, Lido (www.lido-berlin.de), danach Oasis Ultras-Party
15.11.2006 22:30 Uhr München, Rio Filmpalast (www.riopalast.de), danach Oasis Ultras-Party im Atomic Café
16.11.2006 22:30 Uhr Hamburg, Zeise Late Night Kino (www.zeise.de)
Für die Oasis-Kinoevents wird es keine Karten im Verkauf geben, sondern nur über Verlosungen!
Auf www.thepop.de/oasis wird demnächst nachzulesen sein, wo und wie ihr an die begehrten Tickets kommen könnt!
Mehr unter: www.thepop.de/oasis.
(Q: Sony BMG - Newsletter)
| Noel's Oasis despair |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/05, 14:58 Uhr) Noel Gallagher has admitted he and his Oasis bandmates became "directionless" after their massive Knebworth concerts.
Oasis played two famous shows in front of 250,000 people at Knebworth in August 2006 - the biggest gigs in UK history at the time - following the incredible success of their first two albums.
But guitarist Noel has admitted that the band struggled with the pressure of matching their mid-nineties success in the years that followed.
He told Uncut: "At the time, doing the biggest ever gigs in England, 'Morning Glory' being the biggest album in British history, it was like, 'Well, what now?'
"I remember sitting there, at Knebworth, in the backstage area, and someone saying, 'Well, what now?' And I was like, 'I couldn't tell ya.'
"And that was how I felt for a good couple of years afterwards, I really suffered.
"It's like, what do you do when you've done everything? I suppose it's like getting a massive, massive pay rise and buying everything you want.
"What do you do after that? You kind of sink into boredom. Kind of directionless."
Meanwhile, Noel has confirmed he is to play an intimate acoustic gig for charity Mencap at the Union Chapel in Islington on November 26.
The gig will be part of the Little Noise Sessions curated by Jo Whiley and tickets go on sale at 9am on Saturday (October 7).
Oasis played two famous shows in front of 250,000 people at Knebworth in August 2006 - the biggest gigs in UK history at the time - following the incredible success of their first two albums.
But guitarist Noel has admitted that the band struggled with the pressure of matching their mid-nineties success in the years that followed.
He told Uncut: "At the time, doing the biggest ever gigs in England, 'Morning Glory' being the biggest album in British history, it was like, 'Well, what now?'
"I remember sitting there, at Knebworth, in the backstage area, and someone saying, 'Well, what now?' And I was like, 'I couldn't tell ya.'
"And that was how I felt for a good couple of years afterwards, I really suffered.
"It's like, what do you do when you've done everything? I suppose it's like getting a massive, massive pay rise and buying everything you want.
"What do you do after that? You kind of sink into boredom. Kind of directionless."
Meanwhile, Noel has confirmed he is to play an intimate acoustic gig for charity Mencap at the Union Chapel in Islington on November 26.
The gig will be part of the Little Noise Sessions curated by Jo Whiley and tickets go on sale at 9am on Saturday (October 7).
(Q: musicnews.virgin.net)
| Oasis Acquiesce Video online exclusive |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/05, 14:03 Uhr) Ahead of the release of Oasis' first ever Best Of album 'Stop The Clocks' (out on November 20th) and the release of the previously announced 'collectors' EP of the same name on NOVEMBER 13th. Oasis have made a brand new promo video to accompany ACQUIESCE, which features on the EP the video has it first has its world wide online premiere on Yahoo today Thursday 5th October The video was shot on location in London and Japan and features a range of Oasis look-a-likes - its a video not to be missed!!!
Check out Yahoo.com from 3pm for more details.
The video also gets its first UK TV showing today at 11pm on ITV2.
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Check out Yahoo.com from 3pm for more details.
The video also gets its first UK TV showing today at 11pm on ITV2.
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(Q: oasisinet.com; youtube.com)
| Noel Unplugged |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/05, 12:21 Uhr) Noel Gallagher is confirmed to perform at this years "Little Noise Acoustic Sessions" being staged in London's Union Chapel. All shows are in aid of the learning difficulties charity Mencap. Noel will headline the Sunday evening, 26th November. Tickets go on sale this Saturday 7th October at 9am.
Tickets available only from SeeTickets:
www.seetickets.com & 0871 220 0260
Further details from: www.mencapmusic.org.uk.
Tickets available only from SeeTickets:
www.seetickets.com & 0871 220 0260
Further details from: www.mencapmusic.org.uk.
(Q: oasisinet.com)
| Oasis Interview in UNCUT |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/04, 21:06 Uhr) The new (November 2006) issue of UNCUT features an 11-page feature and interview with the band about the songs on 'Stop The Clocks'. Noel gives the bulk of the answers, Liam chips in with bits and bobs, and Andy and Gem have their own mini-interviews.
Highlights include Liam revealing he's got a new song called 'Guess I'm Out Of Time', and Noel revealing the original title of 'Wonderwall' was 'Wishing Stone'.
Highlights include Liam revealing he's got a new song called 'Guess I'm Out Of Time', and Noel revealing the original title of 'Wonderwall' was 'Wishing Stone'.
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(Q: oasispromo.blogspot.com)
| Forthcoming Liam BBC Radio 1 appearance |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/04, 11:16 Uhr) Radio 1 DJ Colin Murray, who amongst other things wrote the official promotional blurb for 'Don't Believe The Truth' as well as interviewing the band for the 'DBTT' and 'Stop The Clocks' EPK's, revealed on his show on Monday evening that Liam will appear on the show on Thursday 19th October at 10pm. Of course, Liam being Liam, this appearance is subject to cancellation at any time (like his last scheduled Radio 1 appearance).
(Q: oasispromo.blogspot.com)
| Pics vom 'Stop the clocks' - Promo - Album |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/04, 11:12 Uhr) Bilder vom australischen 'Stop the clocks' - Promo - Album:
(Q: oasispromo.blogspot.com)
| Dirty Pretty Things play chaotic surprise show |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/02, 21:39 Uhr) Liam Gallagher appearance drives crowd wild
Dirty Pretty Things have played a surprise gig at London's Proud Gallery - where they were joined briefly by a very special guest.
As previously reported on NME.COM the band only confirmed the last-minute show on the day of the gig (September 29). However, the venue in Camden was packed out with fans.
Despite the threat of cancellation due to the weight of numbers Carl Barat and his men managed to play five songs before the crowd surged forwards.
However the band managed to continue and almost played a song with surprise guest Liam Gallagher.
"The crowd just started chanting 'Liam!', 'Liam!'," an eyewitness told NME.COM. "He managed to push his way to the front and got on stage with Dirty Pretty Things. He just stood there with his back to the crowd banging a drumstick."
However with security struggling to maintain a cordon around the Oasis frontman, organisers decided to abort the gig and emptied the venue. This meant a full collaboration failed to take place.
(Q: nme.com)
| Calling All Oasis Fans |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/02, 21:15 Uhr) Think you're the biggest Oasis fan? Get ready to prove it.
With the upcoming release of Stop The Clocks, the definitive Oasis' greatest hits collection, we've launched the Official U.S. Oasis Street Team and we want you to join.
To make it MORE interesting we're hosting our first contest, and everyone on the team has a chance to win! See below for details.
Phase 1 - 10/2 - 11/3:
The top 10 fans who provide the most unique screengrabs of Oasis "Stop Clock" banner postings will win rare Stop The Clocks lithographs, suitable for framing
Phase 2 - 11/3 - 12/1:
The top 10 fans who provide the most unique screengrabs of Oasis "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" banner postings will win one Stop The Clocks 7" gatefold EP each
The top overall winner from both phases will win a grand prize including:
-- UK promo-only "Champagne Supernova (lynch mob beats mix '95)" 12" LP autographed by Noel Gallagher
-- Stop The Clocks triple-LP vinyl set
-- Stop The Clocks T-Shirt
-- Second and third place winners will also receive triple-LP vinyl sets and T-shirts.
Click www.sonybmgemail.com/arch/Hit?m=tctjmzomt&u=ffjzj to sign up for the street team and enter the contest
With the upcoming release of Stop The Clocks, the definitive Oasis' greatest hits collection, we've launched the Official U.S. Oasis Street Team and we want you to join.
To make it MORE interesting we're hosting our first contest, and everyone on the team has a chance to win! See below for details.
Phase 1 - 10/2 - 11/3:
The top 10 fans who provide the most unique screengrabs of Oasis "Stop Clock" banner postings will win rare Stop The Clocks lithographs, suitable for framing
Phase 2 - 11/3 - 12/1:
The top 10 fans who provide the most unique screengrabs of Oasis "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" banner postings will win one Stop The Clocks 7" gatefold EP each
The top overall winner from both phases will win a grand prize including:
-- UK promo-only "Champagne Supernova (lynch mob beats mix '95)" 12" LP autographed by Noel Gallagher
-- Stop The Clocks triple-LP vinyl set
-- Stop The Clocks T-Shirt
-- Second and third place winners will also receive triple-LP vinyl sets and T-shirts.
Click www.sonybmgemail.com/arch/Hit?m=tctjmzomt&u=ffjzj to sign up for the street team and enter the contest
(Q: columbiarecords.com - newsletter)
| Noel Gallagher already thinking about 'next record' |
(Thorsten, 2006/10/02, 10:32 Uhr) Oasis have plenty of material for new album
Noel Gallagher has revealed that Oasis are already thinking about their next album.
Despite reports that the band had no plans following the release of their best of 'Stop The Clocks' on November 20, the guitarist has told NME.COM that he is not only thinking about the follow-up to 2005's 'Don't Believe The Truth', it's their priority.
"We've got so much left over from the last album, at least another two or three albums worth of material," Gallagher explained. "Our next new record is more important than this one, but this (the best of) had to happen now."
The release of 'Stop The Clocks' ends Oasis' deal with Sony BMG, and Gallagher confirmed the band would not be resigning.
Because of this, he explained, the compilation was the label's idea, not the band's, though he is not against its release.
"In a way it's liberating," he explained. "We've done it and it's out there, it's finished now and it stops people asking about it, because we were getting asked about it constantly!"
For the full interview with the Oasis leader, see this week's NME - dated September 30 - which is out now.
Noel Gallagher has revealed that Oasis are already thinking about their next album.
Despite reports that the band had no plans following the release of their best of 'Stop The Clocks' on November 20, the guitarist has told NME.COM that he is not only thinking about the follow-up to 2005's 'Don't Believe The Truth', it's their priority.
"We've got so much left over from the last album, at least another two or three albums worth of material," Gallagher explained. "Our next new record is more important than this one, but this (the best of) had to happen now."
The release of 'Stop The Clocks' ends Oasis' deal with Sony BMG, and Gallagher confirmed the band would not be resigning.
Because of this, he explained, the compilation was the label's idea, not the band's, though he is not against its release.
"In a way it's liberating," he explained. "We've done it and it's out there, it's finished now and it stops people asking about it, because we were getting asked about it constantly!"
For the full interview with the Oasis leader, see this week's NME - dated September 30 - which is out now.
(Q: nme.com)