TCT Tickets Still Available

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All the standard tickets for Noel's two headline gigs for Teenage Cancer Trust have sold out but if you didn't manage to get your tickets, don't panic - Teenage Cancer Trust and Ticketmaster are running an auction for exclusive packages for all the gigs including Noel's. All the proceeds from the auctions go to Teenage Cancer Trust.

For more information click HERE!

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Liam Gallagher on Pretty Green

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I’ve always been into clothes, and I take inspiration from so many people. Brian Jones from the Rolling Stones and George Harrison from the Beatles looked cool; Paul McCartney always looked like a nerd, but we forgave him for that because he had a top voice and wrote top tunes; Jimi Hendrix always looked pretty wild, which I liked. Kids these days, they don’t really know that period. I started my own label, Pretty Green, with the hope of bringing late-’60s British classics to the masses.

There’s nothing modern here—it’s not a ’90s line. I came up with the idea while sitting around the pool one day with not a lot to do. It was just shoes at first. I got a few guys to help me, and now we’ve done a deal with Clarks. No huge changes, just making them a bit more mine: lower the heel here, do this there. So that was cool. Then I realized I could really start making clothes. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not doing anything new with these clothes. But I am tweaking it a bit. When I get it right, it feels really good. And it means I don’t have to buy new clothes anymore.

Here’s the thing about jeans: You can go around the block and get all these new designs, but you always come back to Levi’s. I check out what’s new and what’s out there, but it’s always about Levi’s. All this True Religion shit—I don’t want to start going off, but I don’t like designer jeans. Stick with Wrangler jeans. If they were good enough for the cowboys, then they’re f***ing good enough for me. D’you know what I mean? I feel really good at the moment. If I weren’t doing Pretty Green, or working on this new record, I’d probably be sitting around being pretty bitter. But life’s too short.

Liam Has Classic Label

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Liam Gallagher says his fashion label Pretty Green is full of ''timeless, classic clobber'' and only contains stuff he would wear.

Liam Gallagher's label Pretty Green is full of "timeless, classic clobber".

The rocker - who launched his own fashion line last year - deliberately kept his designs and ideas simple but opted for luxurious fabrics to make sure the range wasn't too "wild".

He said: "Pretty Green is timeless, classic clobber. Nothing too wild - parkas, nice macs, boating blazers, quality button-down shirts, polo shirts, desert boots - all made really well in really nice materials. It's quality."

The 37-year-old singer runs his label on a collection of simple rules and if an item doesn't look good on him, it won't make it into his clothing range.

He explained to Esquire magazine: "We discuss ideas, then they make them up, and if it doesn't look good on me, then I'm not f***ing having it. I'm not a fashion man but I know what looks good and what I like and that is as far as it goes. It's more about style really than fashion, and Pretty Green won't take any notice of trends. Fashion comes and goes. Style remains. I hate it when people say, 'That goes with that, and that with that.' I say, 'Well f**k of! I'll do what I like.' "

Healthy Dad Liam Gallagher

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Liam Gallagher thinks he has changed ''for the better'' after relaxing his partying ways and taking up running.

Liam Gallagher quit his rock 'n' roll lifestyle for his children.

The former Oasis singer has toned down his partying ways and has started looking after his body so he can be a good father to his three kids.

Liam, 37, said: "Everyday I'm up at 6am for a run and do a few miles across Hampstead Heath. I love it. I've definitely changed, I think for the better. You must remember I've caned it for 20 years with all sorts and I've got the kids now. I just took my foot off the gas a little with all the bits and bobs because you can't be doing all that with the kids, it's not fair on them. And I love being a dad. It's the best thing in the world."

Liam has three children - daughter Molly, 12, with Lisa Moorish, and sons Lennon, 10, with his ex-wife Patsy Kensit, and eight-year-old Gene with his current spouse Nicole Appleton.

The 'Songbird' singer quit drugs in 2008 to focus on his family life after apparently taking illegal substances for two decades.

He recently said: "I've had a great time and now I'm having a break. It doesn't work with kids. You wake up the next day after a session and you're looking for bits of your kids' homework and football boots. You're all over the place - it's rubbish."

Back on the scene for new albu

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Noel Gallagher once described Ocean Colour Scene as “the second best band in Britain”. With Oasis gone, the Brummie folk-mod-rock combo should now be capitalising on their new-found position as the best in the business.

Their mid-nineties heyday of chart |success with singles including The Riverboat Song, The Circle and Better Day may be over, but OCS have a longevity, fuelled by the support of their dedicated fans, which has seen subsequent career highs including playing with thrash metal bands out in Korea and the honour of being pronounced 'Band of the Festival' at last year's V Festival.

The recent release of their critically-acclaimed ninth studio album, Saturday, using esteemed producer Gavin Monaghan (Kings of Leon, Robert Plant,The Editors,) marks 21 years in the business — Ocean Colour Scene may just have earned the status bestowed by the mad-for-it Manc, after all.

The band arrive at the Mandela Hall to showcase new material from their album. Support comes from local band The Vals, who are also looking forward to a successful 2010.

Read more: http://www.belfasttelegra...co.uk/entertainment/music/revie

Simmons on Noel and Liam

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'Liam and Noel Gallagher Are The Only Interesting People In British Music'

The UK is missing stars, he claims...

Gene Simmons has heaped praise on British music saying he loves Keane, Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand.

The Demon is in the country following KISS' one-off, ultra-intimate Islington Academy gig on Tuesday and, despite praising the music scene, he admitted the only “interesting people” in British music are Liam and Noel Gallagher.

“God bless the UK for giving the world the music that makes all our lives better”, said the Kiss bass player,” Simmons told Xfm's Ian Camfield.

“A thousand years from now they’re going to look back on the 20th Century and what have the countries of the world given us? The United States gave the world atomic weapons. England gave the world music. What a great legend”.

He continued: “I like Keane, I like Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand write great songs. What’s missing is stars. I don’t care what they do, who they’re shagging, where they live… they’re not interesting people.

“The most interesting people to me are the Gallagher brothers. The interesting thing about them is they’re drug addicts and alcoholics and they fight with each other. That’s really it”.

Liam blasts 'overrated' Noel

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Liam Gallagher thinks his brother Noel - who wrote the majority of their band Oasis' biggest hits - is the most ''overrated'' man of all time.

Liam Gallagher thinks his brother Noel is the most "overrated" man of all time.

The singer - whose older sibling quit the super-group last August after tensions and feuding between the pair became intolerable - believes his brother is completely over-hyped.

Discussing who he thought was the most overrated man in history, Liam told Esquire magazine: "Has to be Noel Gallagher."

Liam, 37, is currently working on new material with his ex-Oasis bandmates Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock, while 42-year-old Noel - who wrote the majority of Oasis' biggest hits - is preparing to launch a solo career.

Although they can no longer work together, Liam believes Oasis were successful because they just concentrated on making great music.

He explained: "What's the secret to my success? Taking the music 100 per cent seriously but the rest of it having a laugh. Getting everyone at it. There's no point in doing it any other way. We weren't built on a career plan. All these kids these days are so obsessed with their careers. We just f***ing did it and it happened, and if it didn't f***ing happen, then it didn't."

Read more: http://www.earthtimes.org...ticles/show/312528,liam-gallagh

Noel's message for Weller

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As many of you may already know, the Modfather Paul Weller picked up the Godlike Genius Award at last week's NME Awards. No argument from us; the guy is a legend. No one would agree with us more than Noel and Gem.

Noel recorded a special message for the awards and Gem was asked by Paul to join him on stage to perform as part of his band playing guitar and providing backing vocals.

If you're not in the UK or didn't catch the TV broadcast you may have missed the guys so we decided we'd go trawling the interwebs to find you the footage:

HERE's Noel talking about Paul (approximately 3'20" in).

And a little later on in the same video Gem performs 'Start' and 'Eton Rifles' with Weller.

Gem also performed with Paul at his performance at the Haiti Benefit at The Roundhouse on the 25th February. To donate to the charity or find out more about their work, click HERE!

And while we're on the subject, Gem is not only a killer guitar player he also enjoys dabbling in graphic design and made up an exclusive art print for us. You can check that out HERE!

Oasis split helped Man City

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Liam Gallagher has claimed that Oasis splitting up has helped the fortunes of Manchester City.

Hailing from Manchester, Oasis have always been closely linked with football. The Gallagher brothers were brought up to support Manchester City, and have never hidden a love of their hometown team.

Oasis played a celebratory show at the club's then home of Maine Road in 1996, with Noel Gallagher showcasing an iconic Union Jack guitar. Later returning to play the City Of Manchester stadium, the band sadly split after a tumultuous row backstage in France.

However as Oasis have fallen Manchester City has risen. A new owner, new players and a new management team have sent the club close to the top of the league.

A coincidence which seems to have sparked Liam Gallagher's curiosity. "When Oasis were doing well, City were doing shit," Gallagher told the Daily Mirror. "But now we've split, City are doing good. Maybe there's some good times ahead with City, and that'll take the pain of the band splitting off a bit."

Liam Gallagher is expected to launch his new musical venture this summer. Featuring several ex-members of Oasis, the new group are due to tour later this year.

Meanwhile Noel Gallagher is set to play two shows at London's Royal Albert Hall. The one time Oasis songsmith will only perform a pair of gigs this year, before knuckling down to a solo project.

Support for Noel's TCT gigs

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Plan B and The Courteeners will join Noel Gallagher at his Teenage Cancer Trust gigs in London later this month.

The Courteeners will support the former Oasis star on March 25, while rapper-turned-singer Plan B is set to appear the following day.

The shows will mark Gallagher's first solo performances since his quit the Manchester band last summer.

The Teenage Cancer Trust concerts get under way at the Royal Albert Hall on March 22 with a performance from Them Crooked Vultures.

The US band, which features Dave Grohl and Josh Homme, will be joined by Little Fish.

Suede will be supported by These New Puritans on March 24 and Mystery Jets will join Arctic Monkeys on March 27.

Lemar and Diana Vickers are set to support JLS on March 28, while The King Blues will open for The Specials on March 29.

The charity concert series ends on March 30 with a performance from The Who, supported by Sweet Billy Pilgrim.

Via L4E source: gigwise.com

NOEL MORE POPULAR THAN LIAM

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THE Gallagher brothers have banged on about their rivalry for years, who’s the best singer, who’s the funniest . . . yadda,yadda, yadda.

Finally, we can prove Noel Gallagher, 42, is six times more popular with the public than his juvenile kid brother.

Moments after Liam, 37, threw Oasis’s Brit award into the crowd during last week’s ceremony a prankster listed it on eBay under “Noel Gallagher’s Brit award”. Within hours a flood of bids from excited fans had surged past the £50,000 mark.

However, the joke seller was forced to admit it was a spoof and not the real McCoy.

Later, the real gold figurine which Liam tossed into the crowd was put on eBay by a genuine seller listed as “Liam’s Brit award”.

It received only 13 bids in a whole week with the top offer scraping just £7,800.

Noel To Build Summer House

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Former Oasis band member Noel Gallagher is hoping to create an 'oasis' of his own in Chalfont St Giles.

Mr Gallagher, who was a songwriter, guitarist and singer in the popular Britpop group, has applied for planning permission to build a summer house in his ten-acre gardens at his home in Nightingales Lane.

He plans to swap the rock'n'roll lifestyle for relaxing amongst wild flowers in the Buckinghamshire countryside. He has proposed a single storey octagonally-shaped structure where he can enjoy 'champagne supernova' and will be used by his family.

The timber building is to have a thatched roof - a world away from the Manchester streets where he grew up.

A council report states the summer house will not overlook his neighbours and will be screened by existing shrubbery - being more than 100 metres away from the wonderwalls of his house.
It states: "The family intend to enhance the existing shrubs and trees with more planting and native meadow flowers. The overall appearance of the summer house is designed to blend in with the surrounding trees and shrubs and create a refuge in the garden."

Last August Mr Gallagher quit the group after 18 years following a disagreement with fellow band mate and brother Liam. The band recently won a Brit award for best album of the past 30 years for their release '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'

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Oasis Digital Albums @ £3

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This Sunday 28th February is 10 years to the day since the release of 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants', the first Oasis album to be released on the band's own Big Brother Recordings label.

To celebrate this day in the band's history and to thank you the fans, every one of Oasis' albums will be available to purchase digitally at a celebratory £3 each for ONE DAY ONLY. This includes the 14 million selling album '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' which last week took the award for "Best Album Of The Last 30 Years" at the UK's Brit Awards.

You can access the digital store on Oasisinet HERE

DON'T FORGET THIS SPECIAL OFFER ON SUNDAY IS FOR ONE DAY ONLY FROM MIDNIGHT (UK TIME) ON 27TH FEB

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UK tabloid apologizes to Noel

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On Sunday one of the UK tabloids carried a story that Noel made derogatory comments about Liam's new band. The claims made in the article and the quotes attributed to Noel were untrue. Noel has never made any comment regarding Liam's new band. The newspaper concerned has subsequently withdrawn the story and apologised to Noel for their error.

Oasis Up For 3 Awards

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Oasis are in the running for three awards at a major music event - despite splitting six months ago.

The Britpop veterans received three nominations last month for the Shockwaves NME Awards 2010, including best British band.

Arctic Monkeys, whose third album Humbug topped the charts last year, have the highest hopes after landing nods for six awards at the event, which will take place ay the O2 Academy Brixton, in south London.

Kasabian are their biggest challengers with five nominations, while Muse clock up four.

Kasabian and Arctic Monkeys go head-to-head in five categories - best British band, live band, album, video and the new "giving it back" award, which recognises acts who are generous to fans.

Making up the best British band category for the music paper's annual awards are Muse and Biffy Clyro.

Oasis fell apart last year when guitarist and songwriter Noel Gallagher quit the band after years of bickering with his frontman brother Liam.

But NME readers have shown they are still fond of the band by voting them on to the shortlists for best video, best live event and best British band.

The best album title will be fought between Arctic Monkeys' Humbug, Kasabian's West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, Muse's The Resistance, the Cribs' Ignore The Ignorant and The Horrors' Primary Colours.

The best live event of the past year will be contested between Blur's reunion show at Hyde Park, Jay-Z at Alexandra Palace, Muse's homecoming show at Teignmouth in Devon, Oasis at Heaton Park, Manchester, and The Dead Weather's Halloween show at Shoreditch Church in east London.

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