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Oasis star Gallagher is Drums For Weller

OASIS star NOEL GALLAGHER is back in the studio as pal PAUL WELLER's drummer. The rocker has swapped for sessions with Weller and the former Style Council star is more than a little impressed with his new percussionist.

Weller said in radio, "He's a nice drummer, I haven't chartered him, he came free. He always keeps it fat and funky, you know, that's how we like it. He's a good all rounder; people don't realise what a good musician he is. He can plays keys, bass, all sorts actually, harmonica, electric kettle, all sorts."

But he insists that you do working with the older Gallagher brother doesn't mean he has less love for singer Liam

Weller adds, "I'd definitely be up for collaborating with Liam and with Noel. I love them both becouse they're both extremely talented in their own ways."

In World Cup for Oasis Argentina’s Messi to Crush Germany

The world’s best soccer player, Argentinean Lionel Messi, is also a committed for Oasis fan. The diminutive striker says he will defeat Germany for Oasis and the Gallagher brothers when Argentina play Germany in the World Cup quarterfinal.
Argentina teammate Carlos Tevez, who plays his club soccer in Oasis’ hometown of Manchester, U.K., turned Messi on to the Gallaghers. “Ever since he has been playing in Manchester, Carlos has told me how great Oasis was. I kept promising I would listen to them, but I never got ’round to it. On the plane on the way to the World Cup, Carlos made me listen to their first two albums.
“I have to say I wasn’t expecting much, but it is some of the best material I have ever heard. They are absolutely amazing.”
Germany eliminated England from the tournament with a controversial 4-1 victory last weekend.
Messi told The Sun, “If they love England as much as they do Manchester City, you can tell them from me I will do everything I can to defeat the team who knocked their beloved England out of the Cup.”
Germany play Argentina on Saturday. The winner will move on to next week’s semifinal ahead of the 2010 World Cup Final on July 11.

Oasis Middle students: Create cool hangout

At Oasis Middle School a group of 13 math students dedicated their newly renovated courtyard on Monday.
School's students were bored with the plain, grassy courtyard and took on the task of sprucing it up.
The group of students designed a scale drawing, researched native plants, created a budget and designed a 3-D model to scale on Google SketchUp.
The students came in on a current Saturday to bring their project to life.
“I just hope it would become a popular place to hang out before and after school,” said Justus Pierce, 13. “It actually turned out better than I thought it would.”

Former 'OASIS' Singer Liam Gallagher not happy.

Former Oasis singer Liam Gallagher has revealed some of his pet hates about the current British music scene.

Liam Gallagher is an angry man. On the final Oasis tour before the band imploded the singer stood before an entire crowd and insisted they stop clapping so loudly. Apparently he found it distracting.

Since the Manchester giants split last year Liam Gallagher has not shied away from the limelight. Launching his new label Pretty Green the singer has also been telling anyone who will listen his thoughts on British music.

Apparently, it's in a bad way...

Recently Liam Gallagher launched into a rant against Bloc Party labelling the band "students" amongst other insults. Now the one time Oasis icon has unleashed vitriol against a few other targets.

Oasis - Wonderwall HQ (Happy 2010!!! Stay Madferit)

Oasis - Wonderwall HQ (Happy 2010!!! Stay Madferit)

Noel Gallagher announces first post-Oasis solo gigs

Noel Gallagher is set to play his first post-Oasis gigs in March, for the Teenage Cancer Trust.The guitarist will join Arctic Monkeys, Them Crooked Vultures, a reformed Suede, The Who, Depeche Mode and JLS on the line-ups for the charity gigs. They will take place at the London Royal Albert Hall from February 17.

Gallagher will play two gigs at the venue, on March 25 and 26. The Who's Roger Daltrey, whose band play their gig for the series on March 30, told NME that the shows would be the guitarist's only live dates of 2010. For the rest of the line-up dates see below.It was announced last month that Suede would be reforming for their Teenage Cancer Trust show – without original guitarist Bernard Butler.In addition to the gigs, a comedy night will take place at the venue as part of the series on March 23.

The Mighty Boosh's Noel Fielding, Jimmy Carr and Rhod Gilbert will appear.Tickets for all the shows go on sale at 9am (GMT) on Friday (February 5). See Teenagecancertrust.com for more information.

The Teenage Cancer Trust gigs line-up at the London Royal Albert Hall is:

Depeche Mode (February 17)

Them Crooked Vultures (March 22)

Jimmy Carr, Noel Fielding and Rhod Gilbert (23)

Suede (24)

Noel Gallagher (25, 26)

Arctic Monkeys (27)

JLS (28)

The Who (30

Oasis Of The Seas Slips Under Bridge

The world's largest cruise ship, bound for Port Everglades, cleared a crucial obstacle Sunday, lowering its smokestacks to squeeze under a bridge in Denmark. The Oasis of the Seas, which rises about 20 stories high, passed below the Great Belt Fixed Link with a slim margin as it left the Baltic Sea on its maiden voyage to Ft. Lauderdale.Bridge operators said that even after lowering its telescopic smokestacks the giant ship had less than a 2 foot gap. Hundreds of people gathered on beaches at both ends of the bridge, waiting for hours to watch the brightly lit behemoth sail by shortly after midnight local time, or about 7 p.m. EDT."It was fantastic to see it glide under the bridge. Boy, it was big," said Kurt Hal, 56.Officials of Miami based Royal Caribbean Cruise Line are banking that its novelty will help guarantee its success. Five times larger than the Titanic, the $1.5 billion ship has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a small golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. It has 2,700 cabins and can accommodate 6,300 passengers and 2,100 crew members. Oasis of the Sea, nearly 40 percent larger than the industry's next biggest ship, was conceived years before the economic downturn caused desperate cruise lines to slash prices to fill vacant berths. It is due to make its U.S. debut on Nov. 20 at its home port, Port Everglades.It was built by STX Finland for Royal Caribbean International and left the shipyard in Finland on Friday. Officials hadn't expected any problems in passing the Great Belt bridge, but traffic was stopped for about 15 minutes as a precaution when the ship approached, Danish navy spokesman Joergen Brand said.Aboard the Oasis of the Seas, project manager Toivo Ilvonen of STX Finland confirmed that the ship had passed under the bridge without any incidents."Nothing fell off," he said.Accommodations include loft cabins, with floor-to-ceiling windows, and 1,600-square-foot (487-meter) luxury suites with balconies overlooking the sea or promenades. The liner also has four swimming pools, volleyball and basketball courts, and a youth zone with theme parks and nurseries for children.It's inaugural voyage is set for December 5th from Port Everglades, where it will sail to St. Thomas, St Maarten, and Nassau. A particular 4 night preview voyage to Royal Caribbean's resort in Labadee, Haiti will sail December 1. The enormous ship features various "neighborhoods" — parks, squares and arenas with special themes. One of them will be a tropical environment, including palm trees and vines among the total 12,000 plants on board. They will be planted after the ship arrives in Fort Lauderdale. In the stern, a 750-seat outdoor theater — modeled on an ancient Greek amphitheater — doubles as a swimming pool by day and an ocean front theater by night. The pool has a diving tower with spring boards and two 33-foot (10-meter) high-dive platforms. An indoor theater seats 1,300 guests.One of the "neighborhoods," named Central Park, features a square with boutiques, restaurants and bars, including a bar that moves up and down three decks, allowing customers to get on and off at different levels.Once home, the $1.5 billion floating extravaganza will have more, if less visible, obstacles to duck: a sagging U.S. economy, questions about the consumer appetite for luxury cruises and criticism that such sailing behemoths are damaging to the environment and diminish the experience of traveling.

Expected Oasis split, Liam Gallagher

When Oasis split up Liam Gallagher wasn't shocked.
The future of the pair was left hanging in the balance in August when Liam's brother, guitarist Noel Gallagher, quit the band because of arguments with his sibling.
The singer admits he expected the 'Live Forever' hitmakers to disband but is still struggling to deal with what happened.
He said: "I'd love to talk about it but I can't do this because I haven't after 18 years in Oasis had the time to think about the situation. It's only been just over a month and I have to sit down and work it out because my comments would be on my musical headstone.
"But I'm gutted. I love being in Oasis. When I'm ready, you will hear the story of side. It wasn't a shock to me hat we split."
Despite his unhappy , Liam says he is "proud" of the way the band ended.
He added to Live magazine: "It took the members of Oasis to knock it on the head. All the people who said we wouldn't last? We did and in the end no one got to us except for us. We were the ones who brought Oasis down and not our critics. I'm very proud of that."

Oasis Liam’s clothing range, Fans say definitely maybe not

Oasis star Liam Gallagher's brand new clothing range has been slammed by fans, outraged with its expensive prices.
It's been a catchy few months for Gallagher as feuds with his brother Noel have brought about the prostration of their famous band.
When the mouthy rocker announced the launch of the Pretty Green label back in June, interest was so high it crashed his website within seconds.

Desert Oasis defense turns back Spring Valley

Desert Oasis running back C.J. Hunt rushed for three touchdowns on Friday night in a 23-6 victory against visiting Spring Valley.
Desert Oasis (3-3, 3-2 Southwest Division) coach Faron Seibel credits his team’s defense in the win. They only surrendered 29 yards in the first half, he said.
“Our defense played outstanding,” Seibel said. “We came out, they never got going and well played.”
It was the second straight loss for Spring Valley (3-3, 3-2 Southwest).
“We didn’t do anything right on offense,” Spring Valley coach Kelly Murphy said. “We absolutely stunk.”

Nelly Furtado mourned Oasis split

NELLY FURTADO was devastated when NOEL GALLAGHER quit OASIS because she adored the band when she was growing up.

The Maneater hitmaker looked to the British band for stirring when she was starting out in the music business, and even dreamed of dating frontman Liam Gallagher.Furtado was distraught to learn guitarist Noel walked away from the pair after a fight with his brother before a gig in Paris last month (Aug09).She says, 'I was disconsolable when Oasis split up. That band meant the world to me.'As a 16 year old I would write letters to Liam with my photo attached and pray that he would ask me out on a date, but he never did. At college I learned to play guitar to Wonderwall.'Oasis were everything I loved about pop music. They could express emotions with the most simple song structures. They had the kind of brash attitude I could completely relate to.'The Champagne Supernova hitmakers are yet to confirm plans for the future, but reports suggest Liam is auditioning for a replacement for his brother and intends to continue with the band.

Oasis also star, Arctic Monkeys lead Q award lists

LONDON (Reuters Life!) Sheffield band the Arctic Monkeys lead this year's Q Awards with four nominations, while Oasis, who currently announced their split, are up for two prizes.
Among other artists with multiple nominations for the music publication's annual awards were U2, Florence & The Machine, The Prodigy, Kasabian and Dizzee Rascal. The prizes are handed out on October 26.
Arctic Monkeys, who have just released their third album, appear on the shortlist for best track ("Crying Lightning"), best live act, best album ("Humbug") and best act in the world.
Manchester's Oasis have been nominated for best live act and best act in the world, despite songwriter and guitarist Noel Gallagher announcing last month that he had quit the band due to a bust up with his brother and frontman Liam.
"The nominations are compiled from votes cast in their thousands by Q's readers, listeners, viewers and online users, so they reflect the choice of the nation's music fans," said Q Magazine editor-in-chief Paul Rees.
Following are the nominations:
Best New Act:
White Lies; Friendly Fires; Empire Of The Sun; Passion Pit; The Dead Weather
Breakthrough Artist
Florence & The Machine; Lady GaGa; La Roux; Mr. Hudson; Pixie Lott
Best Track
Kasabian/Fire; Muse/Uprising; Arctic Monkeys/Crying Lightning; Dizzee Rascal/Bonkers; Noisettes/Never Forget You; Lily Allen/The Fear
Best Video
The Dead Weather/Treat Me Like Your Mother; Dizzee Rascal/Holiday; Florence & The Machine/Drumming Song; Mika/We Are Golden; Lady GaGa/Just Dance
Best Live Act
The Prodigy; U2; Oasis; Kasabian; Arctic Monkeys; Blur; Take That
Best Album
Arctic Monkeys/Humbug; U2/No Line On The Horizon; Florence & The Machine/Lungs; The Prodigy/Invaders Must Die; Kasabian/West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Best Act In The World Today
Kings Of Leon; Arctic Monkeys; Oasis; Coldplay; Muse

Oasis (Update1), Debenhams Said to Consider Buying Karen Millen

Debenhams Plc is considering buying Karen Millen and Oasis, U.K. fashion brands that were forced into administration when Iceland’s banking system collapsed, a person familiar with the matter said.
Debenhams, the U.K.’s second largest department store chain, is concerned in the Aurora Fashions Ltd. brands, which also include Coast and Warehouse, said the person, who declined to be identified because the talks are private. Aurora, held by Kaupthing Bank Hf and former managers, bought the brands from administrators in March.
“You could get Aurora for not a lot of money, say 100 million pounds ($164 million),” said Nick Bubb, an analyst at Pali International in London who has a “neutral” rating on Debenhams. “They have some nice brands. It would be a useful thing to do.”
A spokesman at Aurora, who declined to be identified, said Kaupthing sees the business as a long term investment and it has no intention of disposing of any assets. The brands are performing ahead of plan, he added.
Officials at Debenhams declined to comment. Debenhams, which makes more money from designer brands that it owns than it does from selling clothes on behalf of third parties, is considering “opportunistic acquisitions,” Chief Executive Officer Rob Templeman said in June.
The owner of the clothing lines before Aurora, Mosaic Fashions Hf, entered bankruptcy protection in March following newspaper reports that it owed creditor Kaupthing 450 million pounds in the wake of Iceland’s financial crisis.
Aurora brands, aside from Karen Millen, are already stocked at Debenhams in retail concessions. In March, Debenhams bought clothing inventory from the failed Principles chain, once also owned by Mosaic.
Baugur Stake
“Switching Debenhams concessions to own bought would be logical and would internalize quite a lot of margin,” UBS AG analyst Andy Hughes said by phone. “It would take Debenhams into new territory, as they would have some standalone stores.”
Failed retail investment firm Baugur Hf, which collapsed in February after talks broke down with its main creditors, had a nonage stake in Mosaic.
Debenhams is interested in buying other brands that have currently been taken private, the person familiar with the retailer’s plans said. The person said brands would be like to, but not include, surfwear maker Fat Face Ltd., the U.K. sports clothing chain acquired by Bridgepoint Capital Ltd. Adding stores from competitors such as department-store chain House of Fraser Plc is also an option, the person said.
House of Fraser Chairman Don McCarthy said last week he would “never rule out” selling underperforming stores at the right price.
Debenhams, which has 144 stores, said today that annual profit rose after it gave more space to its more profitable designer ranges. So-called concession ranges, which include Oasis, Coast and Warehouse, under-performed its “Designers at Debenhams” brands, Templeman said on a conference call today.
The shares, which have more than tripled in value this year, fell 4.1 percent to 81.55 pence in London trading. The company has a market value of 1 billion pounds, less than a fifth that of its larger rival, Marks & Spencer Group Plc.
Templeman, besides considering purchases, has been repaying debt after raising 323 million pounds selling shares. The CEO said he would update the market on acquisition plans at the Oct. 22 earnings announcement.

Daily Gossip, Natalie Appleton say, 'Oasis will never split up'

Lily Allen, Jay Z, Beyonce your music gossip stop.

Welcome to the Daily Gossip: your daily stop off to find out who in the world of music has been up to what.Today’s top gossip:Liam Gallagher's sister in law former All Saints singer Natalie Appleton says Oasis will never split up. She revealed that the band were "destroyed" they had to cancel last Sunday's (August 23) headline appearance at V Festival Chelmsford due to Gallagher being ill, and scoffed rumours that they are on the brink of splitting. "Oasis will die before they split up… they're going to go on eternally until they are old men," she explained. "The rumours are relative scrap. Even in his sick bed Liam was vowing to get back on stage." She added that Gallagher was "so happy" that Snow Patrol and Keane covered Oasis songs at the festival (Daily Mirror).

From the papers:Calvin Harris round Dizzee Rascal at a game of table tennis currently, sending the rapper into a massive sulk (The Sun).Lily Allen says she needs to seem on 'Celebrity Come Dine With Me' (Daily Star).Jay-Z and Beyonce are looking to buy a house in Singapore ahead of the inaugural F1 Rocks event there on September 24-26, at which Beyonce will perform (The Sun).Preston bought The Big Issue in Chiswick, west London (Daily Star).The Killers ate sushi with Chris Martin in Zuma, London (Daily Mirror).Emailed from NME.COM readers:Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys looked Arctic Monkeys' London O2 Academy Brixton gig last night (from Paul).

Oasis controversy to go shopping with his missus - see pic

Writing on his blog, he said of the show that he "didn't enjoy it one atom".
He continued: "Don't feel too clever. Outrageous stomach ache. Feel like I'm coming down with summat.
"Might have to get the doctor out in the morning. Hope it came out of the speakers ok. Gutted. Oh well, there's always tomorrow."
But, thousands of fans were saddened when the show was pulled entirely where normally Noel would have filled Liam's shoes to take lead vocals and Snow Patrol stepped in to close the festival at the last minute.
However, whatever Noel had, he seems to have renewed now hopefully enough to complete their world tour for contemporary album Dig Out Your Soul.Noel Gallagher looked as if he didn't have a care in the world as he ambled around the shops in central London yesterday with his girlfriend Sara MacDonald.
The Oasis songwriter and his brother Liam have come under heavy criticism this week for pulling out of their headlining set at the V Festival in Chelmsford on Sunday with only hours to go.
Liam was thought out by doctors not to perform as he had 'viral laryngitis', and Noel said after their V gig in Stafford the night before that he hadn't been well either.

Oasis miss festival Liam sorry

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has excused to fans after illness pressured the band to pull out of their headline slot at the V Festival in Essex.
The band performed in Stafford on Saturday but Gallagher was apprised by doctors not to perform again after being diagnosed with viral laryngitis.
"The voice may of [sic] ceased but I'm still here," he said via Twitter.
"First things first, V, I'm gutted, you're gutted. I'm sorry, what can I say?"
Snow Patrol stepped up to fill the headline slot.
Their encore added versions of Oasis classics Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova, while psychedelic US rockers MGMT accomplished a cardboard cut out of Liam on stage as they played Live Forever in his honour.
Liam Gallagher added: "Respect to those bands who covered Oasis last night."

Oasis at war

Liam and Noel Gallagher no longer speak to each other, the band's singer has anounced.The Oasis brothers have been at the centre of press speculation in recent months, amid reports that their relationship has failed. The band's singer has now approved these rumours, confessing: "He doesn't like me and I don't like him, that's it. "He hasn't told me what he thinks of anything this year. We've got nothing to say to each other at the moment", Liam told the NME.Explaining what prompted the current situation, which has coincided with Oasis touring the world in support of new album "Dig Out Your Soul", Liam cited a recent "ding-dong".He said: "So we had a f*cking ding dong in the airport and I think he started crying then. That was it doesn't travel with me anymore."For the first time in my life, I haven't got a f*cking clue what's going on with Oasis. It's pretty confusing but I'm not going to freak out about it", commented Gallagher.Oasis are due to headline the V Festival this weekend, in Essex and Staffordshire.

Oasis - The Band

Oasis are an English rock band that created in Manchester in 1991. The group was formed by Liam Gallagher (vocals), Paul Arthurs (guitar), Paul McGuigan (bass) and Tony McCarroll (drums), who were rapidly joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher (lead guitar, lead vocals). Oasis have sold more than 50 million records worldwide, have had eight UK number-one singles and have collected 15 NME Awards, 5 Brit Awards and 9 Q awards. The Gallagher brothers are the band's important songwriters and the only continual members. The present schedule is completed by guitarists Gem Archer and Andy Bell, as well as unofficial drummer Chris Sharrock.

The bands initially got importance performing on the Manchester club circuit. They were signed to independent record label Creation Records and afterwards released their debut album Definitely Maybe in 1994. The following year, the band recorded (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995) with their new drummer Alan White, whilst rivaling with Britpop peers Blur in the charts. The Gallagher brothers were attributed regularly in tabloid newspapers for their sibling rivalry and wild lifestyles, cultivating reputations both as bad boys and as a band of the people. At the height of their fame, Oasis released their third album, Be Here Now (1997). It became the fastest-selling album in UK chart history, but lost much of its long-term appeal after the initial hype and positive reception tempered. The band suffered a notable decline in popularity in America and lost three long-time members between recording and releasing Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000) and Heathen Chemistry (2002).

Their sixth album Don't Believe the Truth (2005), despite turbulent recording, became their best-selling and best-received album in a decade. The following year, the band released a compilation album entitled Stop the Clocks. In February 2007, Oasis received the BRIT Award for outstanding contribution to music. Dig Out Your Soul, the seventh studio album by the band, is set to be released in October 2008, with the lead single from that album, "The Shock of the Lightning", set to be released on 29 September 2008.