Blossoms’ lead singer Tom Ogden revealed that music legend Rick Astley spent the night at his house in Stockport. The Never Gonna Give You Up was visiting the band and ended up staying in Tom’s spare room.
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Noel Gallagher has hit out at his brother Liam for trying to “rewrite history” of Oasis‘ “dreadful” final year.The news comes after Liam announced the ‘Definitely Maybe’ 20th anniversary tour, due to take place in 2024. Full dates and tickets will be available here. Liam is planning on embarking the tour with former Oasis guitarist Bonehead, but not Noel.
According to Liam on X/Twitter, Noel was approached and refused to play the upcoming tour.Oasis split up in 2009 after an altercation in Paris just after they were due to play Rock en Seine festival. Noel wrote: “It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.”Today, Noel has expanded on his thoughts, claiming it was a “dreadful” final year for the Manchester band, and that he didn’t want to waste his life being “unhappy”.
According to the Daily Star, Gallagher reportedly said: “The last tour was not happy. The other fella is trying to rewrite history that it was all fucking great. It wasn’t.“It was a fucking dreadful last year of Oasis.
You get one shot at life. Why be unhappy? Whether it be in your personal or professional life, why? You’re just wasting a precious thing.”This June, NME spoke to Gallagher about the Oasis split. After asking him what he made of Pulp and Blur‘s reunion tours, he said: “I didn’t know that, but good luck to them! Blur never split up, did they? Pulp never split up, they just went and did other things, which is the adult way of doing it.”“Sadly my fucking band were very far from adult about it.
Blossoms’ lead singer Tom Ogden revealed that music legend Rick Astley spent the night at his house in Stockport. The Never Gonna Give You Up was visiting the band and ended up staying in Tom’s spare room.
Blossoms have today announced the 'biggest' headline show of their career. The Stockport five-piece will perform a huge homecoming gig at Wythenshawe Park next August bank holiday weekend.
Liam Gallagher has shared some insight on his upcoming ‘Definitely Maybe’ tour, telling fans that he is “gonna go for it visually”.The news of a forthcoming tour across the UK and Ireland was shared earlier this month when the former Oasis frontman confirmed that he would be hitting the road to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band’s 1994 debut album.For the shows, Gallagher will be making stops at arenas in Sheffield, Cardiff, Glasgow and Dublin, as well as numerous dates at London’s O2 Arena and at the Co-Op Live venue in the singer’s hometown of Manchester.Now, according to a new post shared on social media, the Britpop icon is planning on presenting fans with an elaborate visual display at the concerts, and wants to “bring the cover alive on stage”.It’s gonna be mega trust me,” he wrote on X/Twitter “I’m gonna go for it visually.”“I’m gonna bring the cover alive on stage flamingos bowls of lasagna that I’m gonna dive head first in naked cmon,” he added, presumably referring to the plastic flamingo placed atop the fireplace on the album cover.It’s gonna be mega trust me I’m gonna go for it visually I’m gonna bring the cover alive on stage flamingos bowls of lasagna that I’m gonna dive head first in naked cmon— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) October 26, 2023The announcement of the tour was first teased by Gallagher to fans earlier this year, when he reflected on the 30-year milestone and said that he was looking for a way to play the 1994 album in full.Liam continued to tease the prospect, later announcing that he’d be playing “naughty” B-sides from the era too as well ‘Half The World Away’ sung by his brother, former bandmate and Oasis’ chief songwriter, Noel.More recently, the singer said that brother and
“The last time we played in arenas, we didn’t really have many songs that were arena-worthy,” says Guy Garvey. Taken at face value, it’s a strange admission from the frontman of a band who have been filling UK arenas for nearly 15 years, but those who have followed Elbow’s trajectory since The Seldom Seen Kid catapulted them into the UK’s musical stratosphere will have an idea of where he’s coming from.
A support programme designed to help young people during the cost of living crisis will be back during the autumn half-term break. 'Loads To Do' will see a variety of activities put on during the holidays. Young people will be given the chance to take part and get a free meal.
Metric has spoken to NME about the second half of their ‘Formentera’ project, their recent US tour with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and how she tackled her “toxic positivity”.The nine-track ‘Formentera II’, released last week, was largely written and recorded at the same time as last year’s ‘Formentera’ album and completed at Motorbass Studios in Paris earlier this year. To mark the release, Haines and Metric guitarist Jimmy Shaw recently played a series of acoustic shows in the UK, following on from a run of US and Canada dates celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?’Haines caught up with NME just after their London gig, which she described as “a full 10 out of 10”“We sit down at a piano with a guitar, and I’d already planned the setlist that people will maybe sing along on the last few songs of the whole show,” she said. “Instead, from the very beginning of the show, it was like a choir and everyone was good.
Bars and restaurant owners across Greater Manchester have spoken of their fears that they 'may not survive' this Christmas if rail strikes go ahead again. It was announced yesterday that rail workers have agreed to keep striking for the next six months due to ongoing disagreements regarding pay and working conditions.
Liam Gallagher has added more dates to his 2024 ‘Definitely Maybe’ tour. Find out ticket details below.As announced earlier this week, the former Oasis frontman will embark on a tour of the UK and Ireland next summer to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band’s 1994 debut album.Tickets for the tour went on sale at 9am this morning (October 20) and due to the high demand, Gallagher has now announced two extra dates.This includes a fourth date at London’s O2 Arena on June 11, and an extra show at the singer’s hometown of Manchester on June 28, taking place at Co-Op Live.Previously listed dates include stops at arenas in Sheffield, Cardiff, Glasgow and Dublin.
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Thousands of Liam Gallagher fans are set to join ticketing queues on Friday as his new Definitely Maybe tour offficially goes on sale. There is set to be a ticket buying frenzy after Liam announced he would be celebrating the 30th anniversary of Oasis' debut album with a solo tour in 2024.
Johnny Marr has said that gifting Noel Gallagher with an expensive guitar – after he smashed the previous one – is partly what motivated him to stop drinking.Marr previously recalled the time he gave a young, “skint” Gallagher his guitars before the pre-Oasis guitarist could afford his own.“He was just this guy who I recognised was intense and really serious about what he was doing, and he was skint and I had a load of guitars and I thought, ‘right OK well I’ll give him this guitar’,” he told Radio X.The Smiths guitarist gave Gallagher a 1960 Gibson Les Paul – which can be heard on The Smiths’ 1986 album ‘The Queen Is Dead’, and was formerly owned by The Who‘s Pete Townshend – only for him to smash it while dealing with a stage invader during a gig in Newcastle.Gallagher called Marr to ask for a replacement, after which the guitarist gifted his black 1978 Gibson Les Paul Custom.Marr also gave his 12-string sunburst Gibson 335, which features in the video for ‘Sheila Take a Bow’, to former Suede guitarist and producer Bernard Butler.“It’s just to be nice,” Marr told The Guardian. “As simple as that.
On Monday, Liam Gallagher delighted fans as he announced a new tour celebrating Oasis' seminal debut album Definitely Maybe would take place in 2024. The new tour will include three homecoming shows at the new Co-Op Live arena in Manchester.
Liam Gallagher has claimed that Noel Gallagher turned down the opportunity to take part in the upcoming ‘Definitely Maybe’ tour.News of the UK tour was announced yesterday (October 16) and confirmed that Liam would be hitting the road to celebrate 30 years of Oasis’ debut album ‘Definitely Maybe’.The live shows follow on from an update shared by the singer earlier this year in which he reflected on the milestone and teased fans by saying that he was looking for a way to play the 1994 album in full.Liam continued to tease the prospect, later announcing that he’d be playing “naughty” B-sides from the era too as well ‘Half The World Away’ sung by his brother, former bandmate and Oasis’ chief songwriter, Noel.However unfortunately for fans it looks like his brother and ex-bandmate has no intention of taking part in the upcoming tour. The live shows will instead be more of a solo venture for Liam.This news came when Liam took to X (formerly Twitter) earlier today (October 17) to confirm that he offered his brother the chance to participate in the Oasis tour but that no plans ever materialised.“He’s been asked and he’s refused,” he wrote, responding to a fan who asked when he was going to announce Noel’s involvement in the tour.He’s been asked and he’s refused— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) October 17, 2023The 12-date ‘Definitely Maybe 30 Years’ UK and Ireland tour will kick off in Sheffield on June 2 before making stops in Cardiff, Glasgow and Dublin.Three dates at London’s O2 venue are also planned, as are three in his hometown of Manchester, held at the Co-Op Live venue.“I’m bouncing around the house to announce the ‘Definitely Maybe’ Tour,” he said at the time.
Naman Ramachandran Liam Gallagher has revealed a 2024 U.K. and Ireland tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first Oasis album “Definitely Maybe.” “I’m bouncing around the house to announce the ‘Definitely Maybe’ tour. The most important album of the ‘90s bar none.
Oasis fans have been speculating this morning after Liam Gallagher announced details of a tour to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the band’s debut album Definitely Maybe.
Liam Gallagher has sent fans into a frenzy announcing an epic new tour celebrating Oasis' seminal debut album Definitely Maybe in 2024. The new tour will include three HUGE homecoming shows at the new Co-Op Live arena in Manchester.
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Liam Gallagher has announced a new tour to celebrate the 30 year anniversary of Oasis' debut album Definitely Maybe. The run of dates in 2024 include three HUGE homecoming gigs in Manchester.
Liam Gallagher has shared details of a tour to celebrate 30 years of Oasis‘ seminal album ‘Definitely Maybe’. Check out full dates and ticket details below.Fans have been awaiting news of the shows since Gallagher confirmed earlier this year that he was looking to play their 1994 debut album in full.
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