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Luke Haines Ditches the Grimace for Retrospective London Gig

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:29:00 +0000

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK Luke Haines was never supposed to be cheerful. As one of Britpop's most unlikely leading lights in his role as the Auteurs frontman, Haines seemed to spend much of the decade wearing the kind of frown most people only pull when investigating whether the milk has gone off. Now, nearly 15 years on from the high water marks of Blur vs Oasis , Haines is still with us; a little thicker round the middle, a little less thatch on top, but much less grumpy. Haines was an always an acerbic and off-kilter frontman, and Auteurs gigs were rarely full of urbane story-telling or jokey bonhomie. But on Thursday night at Kilburn's Luminaire, Haines seemed in positively rude good humour.

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Noel Gallagher attacker pleads guilty to Oasis assault

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:15:09 +0000

A Canadian man claims that he was drunk when he shoved the former Oasis guitarist at a concert in Toronto in 2008 A Canadian man has admitted shoving Noel Gallagher at an Oasis concert in Toronto in September 2008, claiming he was drunk at the time. Daniel Sullivan pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm but said he has no recollection of how he mounted the stage. According to attorney Ruth Neilson, Sullivan made his way on to the main stage at Toronto Island's Virgin Music festival, "ran past the electrical cords ... past the drum kit and lunged toward Noel Gallagher, shoving him violently from behind with great force". The former Oasis guitarist fell on to a speaker, fracturing three ribs. "Sullivan almost made it to Liam Gallagher, but was tackled by security and was taken to the ground," Neilson said. Noel Gallagher said that he felt "winded" after the attack, but was fit enough to carry on – and Oasis completed the last 20 minutes of their concert. Though the band eventually ...

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Man Who Attacked Noel Gallagher at Festival Pleads Guilty

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:51:00 +0000

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK A man has pleaded guilty to assault after attacking Noel Gallagher at the V Festival in Canada in September 2008. During a headlining performance from Noel's former band Oasis , Daniel Sullivan was accused of mounting the stage and lunging at the guitarist, causing him to fall and injure himself. Sullivan admitted to causing bodily harm to Gallagher in the Ontario Court of Justice on Nov. 20. Crown attorney Ruth Neilson -- reading an agreed statement of facts to Justice Richard Schneide -- said, "Sullivan managed to make his way up to the main stage area, run past the electrical cords set up along the stage, pass the drum kit and lunge toward Noel Gallagher, shoving him violently from behind with great force."

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Man who attacked Oasis' Noel Gallagher appears in court

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:11:23 +0000

Daniel Sullivan pleads guilty to assault

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Liam Gallagher Confident About Post-Oasis Material

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:14:00 +0000

Filed under: News Ex- Oasis singer Liam Gallagher has stated his intention to release a new album in July 2010. In an interview for MTV Italy Liam said that he has been demoing new songs with the rest of the most recent Oasis line-up, minus brother Noel . He went on to reveal, with characteristic bravado, that the songs he is working on, alongside Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock, are so good he is a "million per cent confident that they could be better than Oasis." Speaking of the sessions Liam said: "We've been demoing some songs that we've had on the quiet. We're not making a big fuss about it. After Christmas we might go in the studio and record them and hopefully have an album out in July, or something."

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Ex-Oasis Liam Gallagher reveals solo album plan - video

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:33:05 +0000

Singer says he's a 'million percent confident' his songs are better than Oasis

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The Trews' Unlikely Tropical Birthplace

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:30:00 +0000

Filed under: Exclusive , New Music , Canada They may have been born and raised on Canada's East Coast, but the Trews may not have found their maritime pop-rock sound if they hadn't spent two years living in the Caribbean. Colin and John-Angus MacDonald, the band's singer and lead guitarist, spent the majority of their formative years in the tiny town of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, about 200 kilometres outside of Halifax. But when their father moved their family to the Caribbean -- settling in Jamaica and Barbados for a year each -- the brothers found their penchant for rock riffs in high demand. "Nobody played rock at all down there. The influence of rock always got amalgamated into the reggae or soca or calypso vibe and Colin and I were playing Nirvana and Oasis songs," elder brother John-Angus MacDonald tells Spinner. "People loved them but it wasn't really part of the culture. Not a lot of people [played rock music], so we would get gigs playing house parties all the time." ...

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Arctic Monkey's Alex Turner on Arena Rock and the Art of Songwriting

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:21:00 +0000

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , Spinner Interview , UK Alex Turner is feeling hungover. "Everyone's a bit rough today," he drawls. "We're in Amsterdam and er... well yeah, you know? Everyone's a bit reduced today." It's early afternoon and Spinner has caught up with the Arctic Monkeys front man to talk about the band's biggest tour to date, his prodigious song writing talents and the future. Will their diminished state affect forthcoming performances we wonder? "No, no," Turner says mischievously. "It'll enhance them." The year 2009 has been one of transition for Turner and his band. He left his Sheffield roots, and band mates, behind in a much publicised move to Brooklyn, N.Y.. And for the first time in the band's short career their latest album, 'Humbug' -- co-produced by Queens of the Stone Age 's Josh Homme -- wasn't universally lauded by the British press. A darker, looser, lyrically opaque and more lascivious beast than previous outings, the album has divided fans and critics ...

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Liam Gallagher Starts New Band With Oasis Minus Brother Noel

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:52:35 +0000

Now that Oasis are “no longer,” frontman Liam Gallagher is starting a new band… with the members of Oasis who aren’t his brother Noel. Guitarist Gem Archer, bassist Andy Bell and drummer Chris Sharrock are currently working with Liam on new material, and Gallagher promises fans in an interview with an Italian radio station that this new incarnation of “Oasis” — they’ll sport a different moniker — will return to the stage shortly. “I’ll be back doing that, playing live, within a couple of months,” Liam said. “I’ve just done a tour, I always miss singing songs. I miss the people.” Check out backstage and live shots from Oasis’ final U.S. tour. As Rolling Stone previously reported , Noel Gallagher left Oasis in late August following a “fight backstage” before a performance at a French music festival. In the Italian interview (via Billboard ), Liam reveals the argument started when Noel ...

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Liam Gallagher to Continue Oasis With New Band Name, Without Noel

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:24:44 +0000

Does a rock group become a completely new band if one member leaves? Ex-Oasis guitarist and songwriter Liam Gallagher would likely answer yes—especially when that member is his brother Noel. During an interview to support his Pretty Green clothing line, Gallagher told an Italian radio station that the remaining members of Oasis (as in, everyone but Noel) will continue as a reformed band under a different moniker....

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Calvin Harris revels in 'The X-Factor' pineapple stage invasion - Daily Gossip

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:28:34 +0000

Lemmy parties with Lotto winner, Snow Patrol: the new Oasis – your music gossip stop

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Comedian Noel Fielding Joins Kasabian for London Show

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:37:00 +0000

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK Kasabian were joined by comedian Noel Fielding of The Mighty Boosh at their London gig on Saturday (Nov. 14). The band -- now tipped to take over from Oasis as the most terrace-friendly UK rock band after the Britpop veterans' demise -- were playing Wembley Arena as part of their tour for this year's award-winning album 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum.' Fielding turned up to reprise his role as Vlad the Impaler from the video for Kasabian's single of the same name, appearing in a cape and brandishing an impaling stick for the song during the encore. He threw fake severed heads into the crowd, NME reported .

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