I reckon they'll do a handful.

Liam has said they want to go round the world, so that must involve at least 2-3 dates in Aus.

I wish it were so but I'm skeptical. That link is to one of those generic ticket websites so it probably isn't to be relied upon. It doesn't actually provide any touring information.

Beady Eye's record has sold poorly here and has basically been ignored (number seventeen on debut week, gone from the top fifty the next). I didn't hear any mention of DGSS in the music press, see any videos on tv or hear any singles on the radio. That's why that Sunrise interview was surprising- broad exposure on a popular television program. Nonetheless, it was a bloody terrible interview by Molly Meldrum and David Kosch is a complete peanut.

Oasis, one of the biggest touring bands on the planet, didn't even tour Australia in 2009 despite doing ALL of South East Asia. My theory is that their 'business people' knew Australia was a case of diminishing returns. They'd cancelled a 1996 tour, ballsed up a 1998 tour, rejuvinated themselves at Livid in 2002 and met to widespread indifference during the DBTT tour in 2005. They're basically ignored now- you never hear the band anywhere except on nostalgia stations with THAT song!..

That brings us to Beady Eye- a much smaller prospect, no exposure, great expense to travel to Australia. The major positive is the massive strength of the Australian dollar which is stronger than the U.S dollar at the moment ($1.07 US today). That's a big incentive for touring artists. Liam would probably have an established and curious enough fanbase from the Oasis days to maybe to fill a venue like The Forum in Melbourne.

But The Big Day Out would be an intriguing prospect. Beady Eye are in a strange position, at least here, in that they are mostly unknown, yet their lead singer was arguably the biggest rock star in the world for a short time in 1996. So where would you put BE on a Big Day Out bill? Certainly not on one of the main stages. I think it would be a strange and slightly sad sight to see Liam and the boys belting it out on on of the side stages. It's not something the Gallagher ego would deal with too well either... It's not like in England where they can play relatively large festivals as a main act.

Man, I hope you're right though. I'd buy a BDO ticket to see them! And hopefully, there'd be sideshows too.. I think until Lees and West or the BDO website says it's so, it's all speculation. Afterall, Liam only made a passing reference to Australia in the interview and as we all know, he is full of shit (and I mean that in the nicest possible way

Yeah, I've heard that interview. Your right about the Oasis v Australia situation. They cancelled a tour in 1995, a BDO appearance in Jan 1996 and then headline shows in Nov 1996 and then the whole 1998 saga happened. Liam is keen to do the BDO as he has stated that they always miss it and that he wants to get a sun tan at the festival next year or something. They would be fine on the Green Stage, the one that is the next step down from the two big ones. They've played small club and theatre shows all throughout Europe on this tour so it would not be dissimilar to that. They would be fine for it.

As for the 2009 tour, that was bullshit that they played South-East Asia and never came here even when Noel said that they were gonna come before Argentina and possibly BDO 2009. But then they always canceled and decided to take a holiday at that time, so we always missed out. So disappointing!

^^Indeed I would also be more excited for a Noel tour than Beady Eye. But BE would be fine playing the small stages here, they've been doing that the whole tour so far.

I agree. I don't see the obsession with Foo Fighters over here, decent band but do people actually listen to the songs? They're not all that good.

Oasis would have killed for an album like 'Wasting Light'(or atleast the comercial acclaim that has in the US)

i think it's their best album since "the colour and the shape." i've been listening to it in my car all the time. really, really well done. a stellar collection of songs.

Well yeah they are an average band who did an average album and a GH with two new songs that were BAD they were about to become a parody of themselves(if they werent yet), they came back with this album that has atleast 7 songs that could be a single and everyone who has listened to their 3 first albums(the ones who are good, does this reminds you of a certain english band?) said that this was their best in long time. Just sayin'

And yes Dave Grohl is better at the drums than at guitar, so what?

If we were to get any, it would probably be around sept or oct this year.

lmao

Could not have said it better myself...
Oasis only have themselves to blame for the way they get treated over here (AU). Don't get me wrong, I can tell when Noel's joking and see the funny side to most things (unlike the general public who think he and his brother are the two most arrogant people in the world), however sometimes you need to play the game a little.
As said above, the Foo Fighters are PERFECT examples of how this translates to a great reception and even better album sales.
Their music(since "The Color and the Shape") is half the quality of Noel's 2000-2009 Oasis tracks yet the general public fall over themselves to see FF live / buy their records...

Had Oasis not cancelled in 96 and came here and blew everyone away with their perfect attitudes / performances in 98, we wouldn't be having this discussion.

It's funny, back in 2008 I was at a friends place and at that stage I was under the impression Oasis would tour here off the back of DOYS, as they had done with the previous 2 tours and I was telling a friend how I was looking forward to seeing then again. He said, "are you looking forward to seeing them fight and make asses of themselves too?". 10 WHOLE years after the 98 debacle and that's the only thing he could associate with the band. Not the great 02 tour or the relatively popular 05 tour, hell, I would have preferred him to mention Wonderwall! Unfortunately his reaction is a perfect example of roughly 95% of the people in AU when Oasis are mentioned.

In the early 00s Noel made a comment about Kylie Minogue which didn't go down too well over here and kyle sandilands made a huge deal on his radio show about it (i think he also vowed to never play an Oasis track again or something stupid like that)... All because Noel spoke his mind re his thoughts on Kylie Minogue...
Dave Grohl would never say anything like that and, well, you see just how far that has gotten his band.. VERY sad!

1 last thing in regards to still holding a grudge 10 years after a bad tour and the Kylie Minogue thing; Chris Brown beats a female and pleads no contest in court and within 1.5 years has one of the biggest hits on Australian radio. Where is the fucking justice in that???