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Post by jxing on Oct 9, 2017 10:47:41 GMT -5
http://instagram.com/p/BaBqvGfHU-q www.musicweek.com/interviews/read/liam-gallagher-the-music-week-interview/070079Liam Gallagher: The Music Week Interview James Hanley by James Hanley Monday, Oct 9th 2017 at 1:26PM If Liam Gallagher was the Muhammad Ali of Britpop, then this is his Rumble In The Jungle. On the ropes after the relative failure of his post-Oasis band Beady Eye, the legendary frontman regrouped to land his own knockout combination. Gallagher’s eagerly-anticipated solo debut LP, As You Were, has just dropped and is rocketing towards the top of the charts, while his December UK arena tour is already sold out, putting the seal on 2017’s most glorious comeback. “I’m feeling ... www.musicweek.com/labels/read/i-m-delighted-with-how-the-music-has-resonated-warner-bros-uk-s-phil-christie-on-liam-gallagher-s-solo-debut/070054Warner Bros UK president Phil Christie has declared himself “delighted” with the campaign around Liam Gallagher’s long-awaited debut solo album As You Were, which is out today (October 6). The former Oasis frontman, who signed to the label last summer, returned in June with the No.21 hit Wall Of Glass, the highest-charting rock single of 2017. He has since released three more album tracks - Chinatown, For What It’s Worth and Greedy Soul. “We had to get up and running in order to let him go out across the summer and play some new music that people would know, and then put the album in after that,” Christie told Music Week. Gallagher, who signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell at the end of 2016, played a string of European festival dates over the summer, including well-received slots at Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds, and has a sold out UK arena tour scheduled for later this year. “I've been delighted by how the music has resonated and how Liam's stepped up,” said Christie. “I feel like there's been a slight shift in public perception of who Liam is and what he represents, which I think has been wholly positive. “We're getting some great reviews, which I'm delighted by because it's really important for Liam to have come back with a great album of music. The songs are great and reviews are beginning to reflect that, which is really pleasing.” Produced by Greg Kurstin, As You Were is Gallagher’s first LP since the second and final Beady Eye album, BE, in 2013. Gallagher, who is being managed by his girlfriend Debbie Gwyther and UROK Management's Sam Eldridge, continues on the promotional trail today, appearing on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2, followed by a pre-recorded performance on The Graham Norton Show on BBC One tonight. “There are some TV moments to come and then there's no shortage of interviews for Liam to do,” added Christie. “In fact, we've been spreading things out and looking for interesting and new promotional hooks for him. “I couldn't be happier with the way that Warner Bros and the team have risen to the challenge. Everyone has been energised by the opportunity of working with Liam
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Post by jxing on Oct 10, 2017 10:14:12 GMT -5
Music Week Toggle navigation LOGIN 'We shouldn't have split up': Liam Gallagher talks reuniting Oasis and going head-to-head with Noel by James Hanley October 10th 2017 at 12:01AM 'We shouldn't have split up': Liam Gallagher talks reuniting Oasis and going head-to-head with Noel Liam Gallagher has tipped Oasis to reunite one day - and revealed he would relish the opportunity of releasing new music on the same day as his brother Noel.
While Liam's debut solo LP As You Were is enjoying monster first-week sales, Noel Gallagher dropped Holy Mountain, the first track from the third High Flying Birds album Who Built The Moon?, yesterday.
“He’s got to do his thing, I do my thing - I’m sure it’s really good. Noel’s a good songwriter man,” Liam told Music Week's latest edition.
And following on from Oasis' famous chart battle with Blur in 1995, Liam said he would happily go head-to-head with his estranged sibling.
"Fucking too right I would," he said. "Let’s have it, let’s get in the fucking ring and have a little ding-dong - whether it’s me and my brother or someone else. Everyone’s too careerist man, they’re all just going, ‘I could put a foot wrong and people won’t like me’, but that’s what it’s a-fucking-bout as far as I’m concerned.”
According to the Official Charts Company's midweek sales flash, As You Were sold 78,756 copies in its first three days to all but guarantee it will be Friday's No.1. It has already out-sold the final album by Liam's previous band Beady Eye, 2013's BE, which has shifted a total of 77,930 units.
But despite his solo success, Liam predicted Oasis will get back together in the future. “I’m not sure when, but I think [Oasis will reunite] because I know how people with egos work. Once they get a bit dinted, their heads go, you know what I mean?
"One day [Noel] will slowly start coming down to earth. It’s all in his hands - as soon as he gets a bit of a whack or things aren’t going too well, he’ll roll out the Oasis cards, without a doubt.
“I’m proud of every minute I was in Oasis, even the bad times. We shouldn’t have split up, we still should be together today."
The last Noel Gallagher album, Chasing Yesterday, charted at No.1 in March 2015 after first-week sales of 89,110.
Click here for the full Music Week interview with Liam Gallagher and his label boss Phil Christie of Warner Bros UK, while Warner/Chappell's Mike Smith talks publishing the frontman here.
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Post by frjdoasis on Oct 22, 2017 6:28:18 GMT -5
Thanks a lot for this
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