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Bookies have stopped taking bets on who'll take the Brit for Best Album Of 30 Years after a run of big money on Oasis.
They look dead certs to win it for (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - their second album released in 1995. The band, who split last year, are up against Coldplay, Dido, Dire Straits, Duffy, Keane, Phil Collins, Sade, The Verve and Travis.
However, the prospect of Oasis landing the gong has put organisers under pressure in case warring brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher both want to attend.
They will have to be seated well apart and you know there's a chance of trouble.
The lads have not spoken since the huge bust-up backstage in Paris in August when Noel quit the band for good. Liam has already shaken things up nicely - slating Florence And The Machine.
He said: "I'm not having anyone with ginger hair making music. I can't go down that road.
"I'm sure she's a nice girl but she sounds like someone has stood on her f***ing foot."
10 Year Anniversary : Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
Big Brother Recordings Limited celebrate their 10th anniversary on 7th February 2010 (today) having sold over 6 million albums by Oasis in the UK alone in the last decade. The label was formed after the demise of Creation Records and has released every Oasis record since then.
From Sunday 7th February (10 years to the day that 'Go Let It Out', the very first release on Big Brother Recordings, was released) Oasisinet and Oasis' YouTube page will be hosting footage from the era including a rarely seen TV ad with voice over by Ricky Tomlinson of TV's Royle Family fame.
Here, the band from 2000 talk about the making of their 4th studio album, 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants".
To celebrate this anniversary, OASISINET.COM are also offering one lucky fan the opportunity to win Big Brother's Platinum Disc of the album 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants'.
This is an extremely rare piece of memorabilia from Oasis' history so would make a great addition to any fans' collection.
To be in with a chance of winning this prize, go to the Competitions page HERE*
Liam Gallagher: Noel Wanted Out, But Fair Play To Him.....
Liam Gallagher has told Xfm that Noel Gallagher wanted to leave Oasis before the band’s row at last year’s V Festival.
Speaking to Clint Boon, the frontman said, “It just felt like some people were talking out of their arse. A lot of lies went down. “I find it funny that our kid was going around saying he had no support from his band members and management. A week later they’re all round his house having a party. Someone’s telling porkies – and it weren’t me.”
“I think it was all going on anyway, behind my back. Noel wanted out, but fair play to him, that’s life. I’m not going to dwell on it”.
Big Brother Recordings Special Anniversary Package Deal
Big Brother Recordings Limited celebrate their 10th anniversary on 7th February having sold over 6 million albums by Oasis in the UK alone in the last decade. The label was formed after the demise of Creation Records and has released every Oasis record since then.
To celebrate this anniversary, we have put together a very special package exclusive to Oasisinet - limited to only 300 copies!
Package includes:
- Strictly limited vintage wash T-shirt featuring the first Big Brother promo-only T-shirt design.
- 'Go Let It Out' CD single - a No. 1 single and the very first release on Big Brother Recordings.
- 'Falling Down' - Chemical Brothers Remix - exclusive CD promo.
- Big Brother sticker/postcard.
All packaged together in a drawstring cotton bag.
PLUS 1 in 10 lucky customers will receive an additional very special promo item from the 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants' campaign in their bundle!
We are also offering one fan the opportunity to win Big Brother's Platinum Disc of the album 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants'. This is an extremely rare piece of memorabilia from Oasis' history so would make a great addition to any fans' collection. To be in with a chance of winning this, go to the Competitions page HERE!
From Sunday (10 years to the day that 'Go Let It Out', the very first release on Big Brother Recordings, was released) Oasisinet and Oasis'YouTube page will be hosting footage from the era including a rarely seen TV ad with voice over by Ricky Tomlinson of TV's Royle Family fame.
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In other news, for a limited period the 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' Special Edition (2 x DVD) is reduced from £13.99 to £10.99 at the official Oasisinet Store.
And lastly, there will be a very special offer coming to the Oasisinet Store on 28th February so keep checking back for more info...
Noel Gallagher To Appear in Court for Sullivan's Sentencing?
A Toronto judge has approved an “eleventh hour” request by Oasis star Noel Gallagher to appear in court at a sentencing hearing for a man who assaulted him while he performed on an outdoor Toronto Island stage.
Danny Sullivan, a 48-year-old contractor from Pickering, pleaded guilty in November to assault causing bodily harm for the Sept. 7, 2008 attack that broke three of Gallagher’s rib.
Oasis cancelled five concerts after the incident, which was caught on camera by concertgoers, posted on YouTube and seen around the world.
Crown attorney Ruth Kleinhenz told the Ontario Court Justice Gallagher wants to read his victim impact statement in person.
Defence lawyer John Collins had asked Ontario Justice Richard Schneider to turn down Gallagher’s request, saying he should not “control the proceedings.”
Sullivan did the right thing by pleading guilty and this continues to hand like an “albatross around his neck.”
“He and his family have suffered significant emotional distress.”
Court adjourned to pick a date when Gallagher can appear.
Oasis disbanded last summer. Gallagher, 42, plans to continue as a solo act.
Update:
Toronto radio station 680News is reporting that sentencing will be delayed - Noel's lawyer says he will be at the sentencing personally to read a "victim impact statement"!
via L4e / thestar.com
Liam Gallagher’s new band won’t be called Oasis because it’s a “s**t name”.
The rocker has been busy working on a new album with his fellow former Oasis bandmates – Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock – but won’t be reprising the name because he hates it.
"No, it's not Oasis," Gallagher told XFM. "That was a s**t name anyway. I'm glad to see the back of it," he commented, before addressing other ideas.
"There’s one that we're digging at the moment, but we’re going to get on with the music and see how it goes. If we haven’t got a better one by then, we’ll go with the one we’re into.”
Liam – whose brother Noel Gallagher quit Oasis last August after a huge bust-up with his rock ‘n’ roll sibling – also revealed he plans to return to the stage in 2010.
The ‘Songbird’ singer added: “We’ll be on stage this year, without a doubt. We’re halfway through the record – the demos, that is.
“We’re in the studio this April to see if this producer works out. If he does, we’ll crack on with the album through June and July.”
Liam’s live announcement comes just days after it was revealed Noel will be playing two solo shows as part of this year’s Teenage Cancer Trust charity concerts in March.
They will be his first performances since quitting Oasis
Paulo Maldini : Liam Gallagher Has Been a Style Icon For Years
Paolo Maldini is loving his new business with rocker Liam Gallagher.
As I revealed earlier this week, the AC Milan and Italy legend is investing in the Oasis star's fashion label Pretty Green. And he is glowing in his praise for Liam.
Paolo said: "I won't just invest in anything. But if there's an opportunity with the right people then I'm always interested.
"Liam has been a style icon for years and he is a distinctive kind of guy as well.
"Icons in sport or music always influence fashion, you only need to look at David Beckham to see that."
Not sure die-hard City fan Liam will enjoy being compared to Red Becks.
Noel Gallagher's Attacker Faces Sentencing This Friday
With a drunken shove, Pickering contractor Danny Sullivan pitched British rock star Noel Gallagher into a bank of amplifiers and speakers, and catapulted himself into instant, worldwide notoriety,courtesy of YouTube.
Now it's time for Mr. Sullivan to face the music, in the shape of a sentencing hearing Friday morning at downtown Toronto's Old City Hall courthouse.
In September he pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm. His lawyer, John Collins, said Thursday that in light of his client's otherwise “exemplary” track record, he would be seeking a conditional, non-custodial sentence.
The broad facts of the Sept. 7, 2008, incident during the two-day Virgin Music Festival on the Toronto Island are not in dispute. Oasis was the headline act, and it was just after 10 p.m. when Mr. Gallagher, the band's songwriter and lead guitarist, struck up the opening chords of the band's monster 1995 hit (What's the Story) Morning Glory? That's when the intoxicated Mr. Sullivan made his unscripted appearance.
Quite how he was able to elude security and clamber up on to the stage remains unclear, because by his own admission, outlined in an agreed statement of facts, he was so drunk that he had no recollection of getting there.
All he could remember later was trying to climb over a security fence, falling on his back in the process.
But what happened next was captured on several videocameras, in footage that swiftly made its way on to the Internet and around the world.
The video clips show Mr. Sullivan, now 48, running across the stage toward Mr. Gallagher and violently pushing him from behind.
Mr. Gallagher fell forward, striking one of the speaker cabinets facing the audience, Mr. Sullivan then lunged toward Liam Gallagher, Noel's younger brother and the Oasis lead vocalist, standing about three metres away. Three security guards, however, intervened and grabbed the intruder who was held backstage until police arrived.
Noel Gallagher was taken off stage, saying he felt “winded,” but returned for the last 20 minutes of the show.
X-rays taken at Toronto General Hospital the next day showed no obvious fractures, but he complained of pain and of difficulty in moving, and on the advice of doctors, he and the band cancelled the rest of the tour, which would have comprised five more gigs.
A subsequent CT Scan in London on Sept. 22 identified three broken ribs – numbers 9, 10 and 11. All told, Mr. Gallagher said it took him about eight months to fully recover. And parallel to the criminal proceedings he has filed a statement of claim against his attacker – originally charged with aggravated assault until prosecutors agreed to the lesser charge – seeking more than $2-million in damages, For those familiar with Oasis, the situation was rich in irony.
In August, Noel Gallagher announced his departure from the band.
But in the 18 years that followed its formation in Manchester under the name The Rain, it evolved into one of rock stardom's biggest attractions, selling more than 70 million records world-wide and accumulating eight number-one singles in Britain and seven number-one albums. Among the latter was Be Here Now , released in 1997 and the fastest-selling album in British chart history.
Along the way, Oasis also chalked up a well-earned reputation for rowdiness and a wild, alcohol-fuelled lifestyle. For years the Gallagher brothers' antics and sibling rivalry were fodder for tabloid newspapers. Sufficiently so that when word of Mr. Sullivan's assault reached the Internet, sympathy for Mr. Gallagher was diluted with approval for his assailant.
One British commenter lauded Mr. Sullivan as “a true hero,” lamenting the fact that he had not “finished the job through by smacking his loud mouthed pikey brother in the chops, you know, just for good measure.”
Friday's sentencing hearing will be in front of Mr. Justice Richard Schneider.
The judge has been given a pre-sentencing assessment of Mr. Sullivan, who is married with children and has never before been in trouble with the law.
This incident, Mr. Collins said, was “totally out of character.”
Pete MacLeod and his band will be promoting and performing his new EP “Lost and Found” in the US for the very first time. The digital only release (Modrock Music) will be available from itunes and all other digital stores worldwide in March.
Music visionary Alan Mcgee says of Macleod: “Pete is a great songwriter I have met over here in LA. He’s in my top friends and his song Panic which is an amazing tune is my profile song. Download Panic it costs nothing and is a tune worth having on your ipod…McGee”
2008 was a GREAT year for Pete and Q magazine even got in contact with him to feature one of his songs in the top 50 downloads of the month. The song was actually recorded in a cupboard at Pete’s apartment in L.A. This made it even sweeter for Pete considering what most artists probably spent on there recordings in the same top 50!
The year ended on a high with Pete touring the UK on an acoustic tour with Bonehead (Oasis) joining him on stage for the whole tour! 2009 Macleod spent most of the year taking a break from touring to concentrate on his writing.
Gig info:
Molly Malones (EP LAUNCH GIG/PARTY)
575 South Fairfax Ave, LOS ANGELES, California
Onstage @ 9PM, 5th February 2010.
Tickets available online @ www.ticketweb.com
You can stream and purchase the tracks from his new EP “Lost and Found” on Macleod’s website:. www.petemacleodmusic.com
Pete will also be touring the UK in OCT/NOV/DEC IN 2010 as main support to The Complete Stone Roses.
Teenage Cancer Trust Presale for Noel Gallagher Gigs
EXCLUSIVE OASISINET MEMBERS PRE-SALE LINK FOR NOEL'S TCT GIGS
As mentioned before, Community members of Oasisinet have an exclusive two-day pre-sale available to them to purchase tickets for Noel's forthcoming headlining gigs at this year's Teenage Cancer Trust Benefit on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th March.
The pre-sale will be available from 10am on Wednesday 3rd February. Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday 5th February at which point the pre-sale will end.
This pre-sale is only available to Community members of Oasisinet. These will be Noel's first gigs of 2010 so demand for the tickets is going to be very high. If you've not already signed up to the Community why not do it NOW!
From 10am on Wednesday fans will be able to use the link that's in the Competition section HERE. This link will only work from that page and will take you to the exclusive ticket page for the pre-sale.
There is a maximum of four tickets per person. Ticket prices are £35, £50 or £75.
Ocean Colour Scene on Britpop , Music Reality Shows and More
Channel M Today's Jemma Gofton chats to the members of a band that have been praised by Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher for keeping the flame of real rock & roll burning during the '90s.
