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Post by jxing on Dec 26, 2017 9:15:54 GMT -5
The Sydney Morning Herald amp.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/liam-gallagher-riding-high-on-his-last-roll-of-the-dice-postoasis-success-20171226-h0a4vw.htmlLiam Gallagher riding high on his 'last roll of the dice' post-Oasis success FACEBOOK SHARE EMAIL EMAIL TWITTER WHATSAPP December 26 2017 - 1:27PM Kylie Northover After the demise of his post-Oasis band Beady Eye, Liam Gallagher sat things out for a while, declaring that a solo career would be a "last roll of the dice". He released his first solo album, As You Were in October, and has been touring solidly to sold-out crowds and rave reviews. Liam Gallagher considers himself a singer rather than a songwriter. Liam Gallagher considers himself a singer rather than a songwriter. Photo: Secret Service Public Relations "Obviously you need a good record and the record's been going well. The band are playing well, I'm singing well and the gigs have been good, man," Gallagher told The Age ahead of his arrival in Australia this week. "The crowds have been amazing, the gigs have been f---ing up there with the old-school Oasis ones, people jumping around and having a good time." Liam Gallagher is hoping to soak up some sun Down Under. Liam Gallagher is hoping to soak up some sun Down Under. Photo: Secret Service Public Relations Before the album dropped, Gallagher wasn't sure what to expect. "I'm a pretty … hard person to be a fan of. I can be a pain in the arse, you know what I mean? You just don't know whether people have had enough of you or not. But it's been good, man, knowing that people have come out and supported the record and seem to be liking it." In the 1990s, when Britpop ruled, Liam was the Oasis frontman but it was his brother Noel who wrote the bulk of the songs. On As You Were, which debuted at No.1 in Britain, Gallagher has written a handful of songs and enlisted the help of Adele producer Greg Kurstin. There's a distinctly Oasis feel to some of the tracks, with – of course – shades of the Beatles and even David Bowie. "I do the odd song every now and again and I've written a few on the album, but I wouldn't call myself a songwriter," he says. "I class myself as a singer more than anything else. That's the way I was brought up, just to sing songs, you know what I mean?" Liam Gallagher: "I'm a pretty … hard person to be a fan of." Liam Gallagher: "I'm a pretty … hard person to be a fan of." Photo: Secret Service Public Relations With his touring band (Gallagher isn't completely sure who the musicians are: "Jay, the guitarist, was in Baby Shambles, Mike; don't know what band he was in, the drummer; don't know what band he was in, the bass player was in Kasabian and Beady Eye … I don't know but they're all good, man"), he's playing all the Falls festivals this week and sideshows in Melbourne and Sydney, and is looking forward to the Australian summer. "Mate, I can't wait – it's pissing down here, there's fog, you can't see anything ... obviously Christmas is a good time and that but I'm looking forward to it." And while he's not familiar with many of the bands he's sharing the bill with – "I don't really listen to new music" – he did name-drop Gang of Youths – "I heard they're good, wouldn't mind checking them out" – and says he's a fan of Sydney band DMAs. "I went to one of their gigs in London and they're all right." But he doesn't though that they sound like Oasis. "No. They've got some good tunes – and they're good lads – but they're not as good as Oasis. I mean, yeah, they've got that Britpop thing, but no. No way, man." If you've followed him on social media lately, you'll know Gallagher revels in his bad-boy, outspoken schtick, be it his ongoing feud with Noel – although he claims it's now "all good" after a pre-Christmas tweet he sent – or insulting other musicians (Florence Welch "sounds like someone's stood on her foot"; Mumford and Sons "look like they've got f---ing nits"; "I've mellowed but not in the sense of liking Radiohead or Coldplay"), or lamenting the lack of "proper" rock stars in today's musical landscape. "They're all a bit quiet at the moment – I don't know what it is. Maybe there was something in the water in the '90s?" Liam Gallagher plays Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on January 4 and Festival Hall in Melbourne on January 5. Liam Gallagher is performing at Falls Festival: Lorne VIC: 28 Dec, 29 Dec, 30 Dec, 31 Dec (est. 1993) 18+ event *sold-out Marion Bay TAS: 29 Dec, 30 Dec, 31 Dec (est. 2003) All ages Byron Bay NSW: 31 Dec, 01 Jan, 02 Jan (est. 2013) 18+ event *sold-out Fremantle WA: 06 Jan, 07 Jan (est. 2016) 18+ event
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Post by jxing on Dec 23, 2017 11:27:20 GMT -5
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Post by jxing on Dec 23, 2017 11:09:01 GMT -5
Radio New Zealand www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/2018627383/liam-gallagher-it-s-good-to-be-backLiam Gallagher: It's Good To Be Back From RNZ Music, 2:00 pm on 23 December 2017 Sam Wicks Liam GallagherLiam Gallagher Photo: supplied If you’ve followed the recent career trajectory of Liam Gallagher, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d travelled back to the supernova heights of Cool Britannia when the Gallagher brothers’ dust-ups commanded as many headlines as their football terrace anthems. Just over 12 months ago, the mouthy ex-Oasis frontman was ready to throw in the tambourine, the collective shrug his band Beady Eye received knocking his supersonic confidence. But now armed with a solo debut, As You Were, Liam’s rocketed back with the third fastest selling album in the UK this year and a sold-out run of arena shows. Added to that, he’s once again captured hearts and minds with his Twitter skills and eminently quotable interviews. On some much-needed downtime, the parka-clad singer talks to Sam Wicks about his triumphant return. Listen duration 11′ :54″ Playlist Download Download as Ogg Download as MP3 Play Ogg in browser Play MP3 in browser Listen Liam Gallagher: Alright mate? Sam Wicks: How’re you doing man? Good. Little bit rough, man. I had a party on… had the last gig of the tour in Manchester on Saturday so I’m still recovering. That was at the Manchester Arena. Your mum and your boy were in the building, you performed a 21-song set, [founding Oasis guitarist] Bonehead joined you for the encore. It feels like the perfect way to finish what’s been a victory lap for you this year. Yeah, this year has been… I’ve had some good years over the years and obviously some not so good years, so this is up there with the best of them, for sure man. I feel like this is your biggest year since ’97. There you go. Well, I’ve not sat and thought about it, but I’ve not pinpointed any years specifically, but it’s definitely been up there with all the golden era, as they say, the youth. I say that the best thing about it is, for four years when I was in Beady Eye or after Beady Eye, I felt like there was a lot of agro from the fans and I feel like the fans have come back on my side and that, so that’s good. I felt like when Noel spun his yarns about how Oasis split up, there was four or five years [when] Oasis fans were kind of like, ‘Oh, he’s a ****, he’s this, he’s that.’ They sort of took Noel’s side, which is ridiculous. But I feel like I’ve got the fans back and that’s more successful than having a successful album or playing the gigs. Knowing that… ’cause I grafted my balls off in that band for 20 years or whatever it was and to not have them there – whether they’re buying your records or not, there was a big hole, so now I feel like I’ve got them back and that’s good and I ain’t gonna let them go, you know what I mean. Along with the fans that have been with you since day one, there’s a new generation of parka monkeys who are along for the ride this time. What do you think you’re giving them that they’re not getting elsewhere? Ah, the truth, honest, no bullsh**, the Oasis classics and just good songs. Good music, man, good music and a good no-nonsense attitude. I think that’s what it is. I mean, I’m not sure, you’d have to ask them, man. They go and see Noel and he plays some of the songs so… I tell you what it is, energy. They’re getting a lot of energy and a lot of explosive aggression and I think when they come to my gig or whoever’s gig it is, people come to a concert for a release, don’t they? They have a hard life, they’re working, they’ve got a sh***y job maybe sometimes, they've got sh** at home. They want to go to a concert and release it all. And if you’re going to a concert being told to sit down and they’re doing acoustic songs all the time, you’re going to come out and you’re going to still be uptight, you know what I mean. So I think when they come to my gig they’re letting it all out. I get the impression you know how much music needs Liam Gallagher right now. Yeah, totally, I do get the impression, man. I mean, listen, I’ve missed playing on stage as much as people could have missed me, but judging by the reaction… this is only in the UK. We went to America and we did some good gigs, you know what I mean, but from the UK perspective it’s been missed, big time man. Was there ever a point you lost sight of that, you didn’t realise how important you were and how much your voice was needed? Maybe. I mean, I’ve always felt pretty important and that I was needed, but in Beady Eye that obviously didn’t take off as well as we thought it would do. But I think the four years off when Beady Eye come to an end, I think there was a big gap there. It’s like gout, it’s like eating a lot of food. There’s a lot of sh** out there, there’s a lot of sh** for people to take in, and at some point they’re going to throw it up. They’ve took all the sh** in and they’re just gone, ‘You know what, this is making me feel sick – bleurgh!’ and they threw it all up. You know when you’ve thrown up and you’ve got an empty stomach and you think, right, and you feel a bit clearheaded and we’re away to go. Listen man, who knows man. There’s a new generation coming to see us now so they’re the ones that are breathing fire, breathing new life into the gigs, you know what I mean, as well as the people that were there at the beginning, so it’s a good mix, man. You’ve kept a lot of journalists in jobs with the material you’ve given them to work with over the years. Are you aware of your longstanding service to the British press? (Laughs) Oh, I am mate, yeah, course I am. I enjoy doing interviews man, I enjoy the hustle and the bustle and the toing and froing when someone wants a bit of a ding-dong, you know what I mean, and I enjoy it. Do you think of interviews as a kind of performance? Erm, yeah. I think they’re equally as important as a record or a gig, man, for sure. I’m not one of them type of guys that goes on stage and has big chats in between songs so I think it’s another way of expressing yourself and letting the people who buy your records, who come to see you, see another side to you, you know what I mean. The most that you’re saying on stage these days is, ‘“I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.” What inspired you to begin the shows with that opening line from ‘I Am the Walrus’? Well, it was after all the bombings coming down, you know what I mean. Like now when we go to a concert, I think it’s a dangerous place going to concerts these days. It used to be a nonchalant thing – you’d just go in there and do your thing and rightly so and that, but these days it’s not as safe as it used to be. I don’t want to put fear in people – everyone knows the score anyway – but that’s why I say it really. Your next show is not till next week when you play the first of your Australian dates. F***in’ hell, is it next week? Next week! That sounds really soon. I thought it’d be about two weeks. Don’t say it’s next week – I’ve got to drink lots of Guinness and eat lots of mince pies, man. So you’re officially on holiday now? Yeah mate, yeah, totally. So, go on, next week – sh**. No, I’m looking forward to it. I’m looking forward to getting down there and getting some sun on me bones and playing some loud music, man. What are you doing with the downtime apart from mince pies and Guinness? Right, downtime, what am I doing? Today, this is the first day I’ve got out of me bed since Saturday ’cause I’ve been mashed. Today I’ve got to do some more interviews and then I’ve got to do a bit more Christmas shopping, and then we go to the country and then we do what we do, and then we leave on the 27th to come and see you lot. With all your wins this year, what do you want for Christmas? Mate, ah, I don’t want anything, to be fair. I just want to have a laugh, you know what I mean. I want to have a good time, no arguing. I want to drink lots of alcohol, I want to eat nice food, I want to have a good old chat, you know what I mean. Life goes fast sometimes and you get in little snippets – ‘Alright mate, how’s it going?’ I want to just have a sit-down and have a good old chat about their life, my life, what they’ve been up to, you know what I mean. I want to lend my ears to someone’s yap, you know what I mean. That’s what it’s all about. It’s nice to be back and let’s have another 2018, another good year and keep the dickheads at bay, that’s the way I see it. Liam Gallagher’s debut solo album As You Were is out on Warner Bros. Other links: www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/201784672/noel-gallagherTags: music Liam Gallagher
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Post by jxing on Dec 23, 2017 0:13:16 GMT -5
noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/gywqkx/the-year-of-liam-gallagher-2017?utm_campaign=sharebuttonVICE NOISEY 2017 The Year of Liam Gallagher Ryan Bassil Ryan Bassil Dec 22 2017, 5:00am From post-britpop dust Liam Gallagher ascended to the moon or at least his rightful place as the mouthpiece of the year. 'As You Were' album art SHARE TWEET Liam Gallagher didn’t want a solo career. “I hate that fucking word,” he said earlier this year, referring to his solitary musical venture in an interview with Radio X. It’s no secret that the younger Gallagher brother would love for nothing more than an Oasis reunion, but that doesn’t make his admission any less refreshing. Usually when you’re promoting a new project you get behind it. For Gallagher, however, nothing less than the truth – or at least his truth in any given moment – is what you get. This say-it-all-and-dont-look-back approach has always been Liam G’s modus operandi. He’s an eternal shit-talker, a larger-than-life Mancunian gobshite who – despite being 45 years old – still baits his older brother as though he’s taunting him from across their childhood kitchen table. All of this makes for good entertainment, feeding an alternate 24 hours news cycle in which the potato is a regular feature. Yet between the creative insults, the unrelenting pining, is something more – a verisimilitude that, this year, stood at a stark yet honest contrast to much of the wider world. Gallagher represents truth and he also represents hope. He’ll argue the latter point perhaps, but even the most cursory glance over the Oasis back catalogue presents the search toward a better future, a need to grasp life in the moment, to believe in something a little more cosmic than day-to-day life. And though Noel may have written the songs, it was Liam who gave them a voice – a spirit, of sorts, which is exactly what’s returned this year with the release of his debut album As You Were and, more importantly, the return of Liam Gallagher: the top pupil of unrelenting faith in true life. The album – 15 tracks on the deluxe edition, two of which strangely don’t include a Gallagher writing credit – isn’t bad. But that’s not to say it’s good, either. Instead As You Were is a confident yet mild collection of songs that’s mostly better than Beady Eye but a running leap from Oasis. It’s fine and forgettable all in the same listen. What is memorable however is how As You Were became a vehicle upon which Gallagher could project and present from. Promoted a staggering 14 months before its release, As You Were allowed Liam to have a permanent soap-box this year. Had that platform been given to any other male musician from the British rock (or pop) world, it’s unlikely they would have been able to maintain a consistently entertaining, enlightening presence. Take Ed Sheeran, for example, a living dishcloth who claimed 2017 would be “all Ed, all year”. He may have been omnipresent, but his presence was also impotent – tied up in little more than sales figures. Gallagher meanwhile occupied an essential space. Performing first and foremost at the benefit concert for victims of the Manchester bombing in May, his rendition of “Don’t Look Back In Anger” brought a heartbroken city together while also encouraging acts of good faith and non-violence. The song has since become what Noel Gallagher has called an “anthem of defiance”. It’s hard to quantify whether that performance galvanized Gallagher’s press cycle into something more impactful, but at the least it set him right in the court of public opinion. From then onward he appeared as comedically brutal as he did a spokesperson of sorts for the topic of the day. Whether it’s being “the voice of reason” on Brexit or his recent campaign for climate change, Gallagher has spoken truths this year that have often been politically on point – something that was always missing from Oasis but he has achieved simply by being nothing other than himself. Plenty of other musicians have reacted to the current political climate this year, many of them in more impactful ways than Liam Gallagher. To say he’s gone above and beyond would be hyperbole and a discredit to the crucial work of other artists in 2017. In spite of this however, he has emerged this year as perhaps the sole or at least most prominent voice among any British musician in his age group to not be talking absolute smack – something that’s important when you consider his core audience. In another world, his reemergence could have been messy (hello Noel Gallagher and his branding of Jeremy Corbyn as a communist or believing misogyny doesn't exist). Thankfully, the return of Liam Gallagher this year been anything but that. As always, Liam has also provided provided light entertainment in addition to being more coherent than the Prime Minister has regarding Brexit. An “Isn't it good be alive cmon you fuckers as you were LG x” tweet here, an unlimited fountain of radio and TV and print interviews there. In a dark year, reporting on Liam Gallagher has seemed less like an unrelenting overload of Oasis coverage and more like a relief from whatever other fuckery has exploded onto the world on that given day. If you listen to what he says – maybe to the point of living inside the Gallagher stream of consciousness and feeling empowered as a result, or even if you’re simply repulsed – there’s no denying Liam Gallagher’s credibility. He may be the action figure of the genre – a bold caricature that as much as people have tried cannot be replicated – but he’s also never less than himself. And, somehow, speaking with the demeanour of his figure as much as he does the words coming out of his mouth, that person is the embodiment of believing in something better. Whether or not the music is any good, the spirit of Liam Gallagher is something we needed in 2017. He’s been a strong and essential presence: floating in and out, saying some purposeful or ridiculous shit, then leaving you As You Were.
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Post by jxing on Dec 22, 2017 8:10:10 GMT -5
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅
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Post by jxing on Dec 22, 2017 0:24:53 GMT -5
Ok so their mother says that their relationship its not like the press makes it to be and that they're fine. But isn't the press fuelled by their statements?? I would love if they were actually on speaking terms, but all their interviews paint a totally different picture. So what the hell is happening really?? It's been long speculated that their rivalry is purely for media hype and as setup for an inevitable reunion. With that in mind, her comment isn't too surprising. But how deep does this go? Is it on the fly or practically scripted? Scripted? Well, shit meg has to be the best "written" insult.
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Post by jxing on Dec 21, 2017 21:05:11 GMT -5
So they are, sorta, talking then? Who knows!? I'm still not 100% convinced.
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Post by jxing on Dec 21, 2017 21:04:02 GMT -5
Does Peggy really talk to tabloids like that about the feud between her sons? Is this interview legit? I normally don't post stuff from tabloids but found this one to be interesting. I have no idea if it's 100% true.
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Post by jxing on Dec 21, 2017 20:57:29 GMT -5
I’m still so confused by all this. Genuine truce or threats of legal action from Noel camp? I'm going with the legal actions... his statement about receiving something from Noel's management just seems weird. It will take a picture or Noel's word for me to completely believe it.
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Post by jxing on Dec 21, 2017 20:50:03 GMT -5
These are the songs that are on my playlist.... random order
Be careful what you wish for If love is the law The man who built the moon Keep on reaching She taught me how to fly
Occasional listen- Fort knox- the alarm is the only thing I hate.
Dead in the water- it's beautiful but definitely have to be in mood for it.
After giving it more time, it's good and definitely different. I really like the 5 songs I listed. But, I'm just not as interested in the entire album like i am with Liam's.. i can jam beginning to end.
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Post by jxing on Dec 21, 2017 17:37:42 GMT -5
I don't mind chilling with family friends (my real relatives are useless) on Christmas eve but it gets awkward when they all start the gift exchange. My parents and I are the only non-related ones so we just give the kids money... and couple presents to the host and her daughter. And I never know if those presents are too little or too big? Christmas is just awkward and complicated.
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Post by jxing on Dec 21, 2017 9:17:58 GMT -5
* I find this very amusing These are the latest bookies’ odds on Oasis reforming www.google.com/search?q=liam+Gallagher&client=ms-opera-mobile&channel=newMUSIC NEWS These are the latest bookies’ odds on Oasis reforming Getty Could Oasis play Knebworth next year? SAMANTHA MAINE DEC 21, 2017 4:39 AM EST The latest odds on an Oasis reunion have been released, after Liam Gallagher claimed that Noel Gallagher had “reached out” to him and that they were “all good again”. Buy this Oasis-inspired ‘Tea Here Now’ mug The two brothers have been engaged in a very public feud ever since their Britpop band split in 2009. Their beef has escalated in recent months, with both brothers releasing solo albums this year. Liam has regularly made digs about Noel on social media, with Noel recently hitting back by calling Liam a “village idiot” and describing him as “not well”. Noel even recently explained why Liam wouldn’t be getting a Christmas present from him this year, quipping: “Liam’s been benefiting from my genius for a long time”. However, Liam took to Twitter on Tuesday (December 19) to suggest that the pair were going to meet up on Wednesday (December 20) for a festive get-together. “I wanna say Happy Xmas to team NG it’s been a great year thanks for everything looking forward to seeing you [tomorrow],” he wrote. “He’s already reached out,” Liam then replied when a fan questioned his first tweet. He later added: “We’re all good again”. You can see the tweets below. Now the bookies have released the latest odds on a Oasis reunion, with Paddy Power slashing the price on an Oasis tour in 2018 from 100/1 to 8/1. The release of a new album in 2018 is priced at 10/1, while there’s a 6/4 chance that Liam goes on another rampage, and tweets that they will never get back together again in 2018. A spokesman Paddy Power said: “It’s time for the Gallagher brothers to stop looking back in anger, isn’t it? We need to liven up 2018, and what better way than with a reunion between two Manc gobsh*tes? “Hopefully it will put a stop to those dreary solo albums, and may even rival the magnitude of Take That’s reunion. A statement I’m sure they’ll both be pleased with…” You can see the full odds below. 6/4 Liam to tweet that Oasis will never get back together in 2018 8/1 Oasis to announce a 2018 tour 10/1 Oasis to announce an album for 2018 12/1 Oasis to announce a 2019 tour 16/1 Oasis to play Knebworth in 2018 Many fans believe Liam’s initial tweet to simply be another jibe at his brother Noel and that the brothers aren’t making up at all. Some joked that Liam wasn’t talking about Noel at all but rather Radio One DJ Nick Grimshaw. Following Liam’s initial claims, he took to Twitter to tweet about the supposed meet-up, appearing to suggest that he and Noel went to the Chiltern Firehouse in Marylebone, London and that the food was “biblical” and the drinks “boom ting”. Photos have since emerged from the meal and Noel doesn’t appear to be anywhere in sight, prompting further evidence that the initial tweets may be a joke. Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Cookie Consent Contact Us ©1996-2017 Time Inc. (UK) Ltd. All rights reserved NME is part of the Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Entertainment Network
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Post by jxing on Dec 21, 2017 9:11:49 GMT -5
Liam Gallagher reveals what he bought with his first royalty cheque www.google.com/search?q=liam+Gallagher&client=ms-opera-mobile&channel=newMUSIC NEWS Liam Gallagher reveals what he bought with his first royalty cheque NME His purchase ended up on the cover of 'Definitely Maybe' RHIAN DALY DEC 21, 2017 7:43 AM EST Liam Gallagher has revealed what he bought with the first royalty cheque he ever received. Buy this Oasis-inspired ‘Tea Here Now’ mug The Manchester icon, who will be crowned Godlike Genius at the VO5 NME Awards 2018 in February, is set to appear on BBC 6Music’s The First Time With… show on Christmas Eve. In a clip from the show, Gallagher tells host Matt Everitt about his first purchase with royalty money, revealing that the item would later end up on the cover for Oasis‘ ‘Definitely Maybe‘. “I don’t know about the cheque, I’m still waiting for it mate” Gallagher joked. “I remember the first thing I bought with it was a scooter – a 1954 Lambretta, which I’ve still got. That’s on the cover of ‘Definitely Maybe’. There’s some shots of it on there.” He also explained he used his second royalty cheque to buy his mum a house, “but she didn’t want it”. “It was a lovely little cottage up in Heaton Moor,” he said. “I give her the keys and she’s going, ‘What do I want this for?’ I was like, ‘Cos it’s better than the one that you’re in, innit.’ She goes, ‘No, I don’t want it.’ “So I had to sell it back to the geezer,” he continued. “She didn’t want it. She goes, ‘All I want is a brand new gate.’ Cheap date, mate – you know what I mean? So I went, ‘I’ll tell you what, I can do better than that – I’ll buy you a fence and a gate.’ And that’s all she’s ever wanted.” Gallagher said that his mum “took offence” at the suggestion she needed a new house, and still lives in “the same house with the same fence and the same gate”. “She’s a legend,” he added. You can hear the full interview on BBC 6Music at 1pm on Christmas Eve. Meanwhile, the bookies have given new odds on Oasis reforming in 2018 after Liam suggested he and brother Noel had made up. Liam took to Twitter on Tuesday (December 19) to suggest that the pair were going to meet up on Wednesday (December 20) for a festive get-together. “I wanna say Happy Xmas to team NG it’s been a great year thanks for everything looking forward to seeing you [tomorrow],” he wrote. “He’s already reached out,” Liam then replied when a fan questioned his first tweet. He later added: “We’re all good again”. You can see the tweets below. Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Cookie Consent Contact Us ©1996-2017 Time Inc. (UK) Ltd. All rights reserved NME is part of the Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Entertainment Network
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Post by jxing on Dec 21, 2017 9:08:10 GMT -5
www.google.com/search?q=liam+Gallagher&client=ms-opera-mobile&channel=newWA Today WA NEWS 'I can handle any heat': Liam Gallagher set for Australian shows FACEBOOK SHARE EMAIL EMAIL TWITTER WHATSAPP December 21 2017 - 9:22AM Kate Hedley Liam Gallagher's on the line and something's not quite right. For a start, he's perfectly charming. Liam Gallagher is set to play Falls Festival in Fremantle on January 7. Liam Gallagher is set to play Falls Festival in Fremantle on January 7. Photo: Kate Hedley Where's the belligerent rock star with the cutting one-liners and foul mouth? The British tabloids would have you believe the enfant terrible of the 90s Britpop explosion is difficult, moody, and more likely to flip you the bird than engage in witty banter over a crackly phone connection. Playing times for the Falls Festival Fremantle shows. Playing times for the Falls Festival Fremantle shows. Photo: Kate Hedley But the Liam Gallagher I'm chatting to is friendly, and generous with his time. He's up for a laugh. Mostly, the younger Gallagher brother and former Oasis frontman is excited to be heading Down Under for Falls Festival. Fresh off the back of a UK tour promoting his debut solo album As You Were, Gallagher is looking forward to leaving the gloomy English winter behind for the warmth of Australia. The former Oasis frontman is looking forward to his Australian tour. The former Oasis frontman is looking forward to his Australian tour. Photo: Supplied. "I always look forward to getting out there," he says. "I want to get a bit of sunshine and play some tunes and that, so yeah, can't wait." I ask if he's ready for Australia's scorching hot summer weather. Silly me. "Mate, I can handle any heat," he says. "I'll be there in my parka as well." The last time Gallagher hit our shores was in 2014 when he played the Big Day Out with his band Beady Eye. He had hoped to bring his sons, Gene and Lennon, with him this time, but with the boys due back at school soon and the pair baulking at the long-haul flight, they may have to wait awhile before they get a dose of Aussie warmth. "I asked them if they wanted to come and they've gone 'well how far is it?'" Gallagher said. "I said it's pretty far. "They've got to be back for school so maybe next time, but I would've loved to have brought them." Joining him on tour will be Gallagher's band, his girlfriend, Debbie Gwyther, and a "few of me mates". While his schedule is tight - "it's just gonna be gigs, gigs, gigs, you know?" - he hopes to take a look around. It's been a "lunatic" few months for the Mancunian. While his album has copped mixed reviews, his shows have been "biblical", according to Gallagher. "I tell you what, they've been as good as like the good old days," he said. "Lots of jumping about, lots of pushing around - really rowdy gigs and that's just how I like it. "I hate going to concerts and people are stood there scratching their chins, you know what I mean?" Oasis fans can expect "lots and lots" from the Gallagher back catalogue. "We do all the proper ones and I do them proper nice and loud - how they're meant to be done," he said. And while I'm not supposed to mention his brother Noel, Gallagher can't help himself. "Noel sort of does them a bit cutesy, a bit like Dolly Parton," he said. "She's alright. But she's not up there with Oasis, you know what I mean?" Come January Gallagher will be sharing a stellar line-up with the likes of Flume, Fleet Foxes, Foster the People and Daryl Braithwaite. "Who?", Gallagher asks. "Daryl Braithwaite," I say. "He fronted one of the biggest Australian bands in the '70s." "I'll check him out, then," he says. "I'm looking forward to having a listen to a few people." Falls Festival will hit Lorne, Marion Bay and Byron Bay before landing in Fremantle for two massive days on January 6 and 7. Gallagher has also booked sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne. FOLLOW US Share on Facebook Share on Google Plus Share on Twitter RSS Feed BACK TO TOP TERMS FULL SITE FEEDBACK Copyright © 2017 Fairfax Media
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Post by jxing on Dec 21, 2017 9:03:40 GMT -5
Irish mum of Liam and Noel Gallagher dismisses Oasis brothers bitter feud www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/irish-mum-liam-noel-gallagher-11728695.ampIrish mum of Liam and Noel Gallagher dismisses Oasis brothers bitter feud Oasis split up in 2009 and the pair have delivered barbed comments about each other in recent year BY TREVOR QUINN 06:00, 21 DEC 2017UPDATED18:54, 20 DEC 2017 Oasis-Photo-Session-At-Wembley.jpg Noel Gallagher and Liam Galllagher(Image: Getty) Liam and Noel Gallagher are getting on fine and their bust-up was exaggerated by the media, their Irish mum Peggy told the Irish Mirror on Wednesday. Her sons superband Oasis split in 2009 and the pair have delivered barbed comments about each other in recent years with Noel reportedly saying he couldn’t work with Liam ‘a day longer’. But on Tuesday Liam took to Twitter to wish Noel a Happy Christmas and tweeted: “I wanna say Happy Xmas to team NG it’s been a great year thanks for everything looking forward to seeing you tmorrow as you were LG x.” PROD-PEGGY-GALLAGHER.jpg (Image: Manchester Evening News) He also said the pair were “all good again” and told a fan online that Noel has “already reached out”. And their Irish mum Peggy, a Charlestown, Co Mayo native, revealed the relationship between Liam and Noel is much better than people think. READ MORE The war is over! Liam Gallagher confirms he's made friends with brother Noel after YEARS of fighting Peggy, 74, said: “Ah they’re fine, the papers make it a lot worse than what it is. They’re alright, they’re fine.” Noel, Paul, Liam and Mum Peggy Gallagher(Image: Getty) And asked about whether she believes the split has been positive for her sons, Peggy said: “I think so because I really think they needed that break away from each other. "And Liam is doing really well thank God, everything is going just lovely for him now. Both of them are doing their own thing and I think that’s a good thing. “They’re happy working separately because when you’re in somebody’s pocket for 20 odd years brothers don’t always get on do they. Every family is like that aren’t they.” READ MORE Noel Gallagher responds to brilliant fan letter from school kid asking about drugs Liam Gallagher, mum Peggy and son Gene.(Image: Channel 4) The brothers are both touring Ireland separately next year as solo singer-songwriters after both of their new albums in 2017 were well received. Peggy said: “Liam and Noel are coming over to Ireland next year, they’re going to have a busy year. The fans love them over there. And all the ones that went to see them years ago they’re all bringing their own families to see them now. “Liam says to me, ‘There’s all younger kids here now, I don’t know where they’re coming out of? And I said well their parents are bringing them to hear you. It’s good because there’s kids around here in Manchester about 13 or 14 and they know all about them and they love that music.” READ MORE Liam Gallagher admits Oasis splitting is the biggest disappointment of his life Asked if Liam was pleased to be back touring after a hiatus for four years prior to the release of his debut solo ‘As You Were’ in October, Peggy replied: “He needed that break for a bit and he’s a lot more settled now and a lot happier.” Noel Gallagher and mum Peggy at the Irish Post Awards Peggy Gallagher (Image: Daily Record) Peggy said she will be spending Christmas Day in Manchester with her four sisters and her brother she plans to travel home to Charlestown, Co Mayo on January 7. The Mayo woman emigrated to Manchester from Charlestown in 1961 but she said it is “still home” and she returns there on a monthly basis to stay at her holiday home just outside the town. READ MORE Liam Gallagher wants to 'meet up and hug it out' with brother Noel: "Enough is enough now" Asked if she would be spending Christmas Day with Liam and Noel, Peggy said: “They’re all going away. Liam is after finishing his tour and so is Noel and they’re going to go for break and they just want a quiet time for Christmas. They’ve just got a week or something off.” Speaking about Liam and Noel’s talent she added: “I think my lads got it from my mother Margaret because her side of the family the O’Briens were always into Irish music; the fiddle and the flutes and the accordions and she loved music.” Follow @irishmirror VIEW FULL MOBILE PAGE MORE ON Noel GallagherOasisTwitter NEWS SPORT LIFESTYLE FOLLOW US © 2017 MGN Limited
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Post by jxing on Dec 21, 2017 0:28:17 GMT -5
"got a little thing through the door from his management team and so I think there's been a bit of a reach-out and a bit of a truce," he said."
This statement is just weird. Was it Noel or his management? I don't know.. it's just awkward.
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Post by jxing on Dec 20, 2017 21:24:01 GMT -5
The Sydney Morning Herald ENTERTAINMENT Liam Gallagher talks about 'truce' with brother Noel and Oasis
FACEBOOK SHARE EMAIL EMAIL TWITTER WHATSAPP Kylie Northover December 21 2017 - 11:27AM Kylie Northover Liam Gallagher has unequivocally ruled out an Oasis reunion.
Speculation that the '90s Britpop band would reform was reignited when Gallagher posted a cryptic message on Twitter this week suggesting he and his brother Noel had made up after the pair's almost decade-long feud.
Speaking to The Age on Wednesday night, Liam confirmed the pair have called a truce.
"I got a little thing through the door from his management team and so I think there's been a bit of a reach-out and a bit of a truce," he said.
Despite the truce, Liam Gallagher tells fans Oasis "isn't getting back together". Despite the truce, Liam Gallagher tells fans Oasis "isn't getting back together". Photo: AMY SUSSMAN "It's all good - season of goodwill and all that, you know?"
The brothers haven't spoken to each other since the acrimonious split of Oasis in 2009, but on Tuesday evening UK time, Liam posted a tweet hinting that the pair's often very public feud, had been put aside - and the internet went wild.
"I wanna say Happy Xmas to team NG it's been a great year thanks for everything looking forward to seeing you tomorrow," Liam tweeted.
When a fan replied to the tweet - which has been 'liked' more than 54,000 times - querying if Liam was in fact referring to Noel, Liam replied "we're all good".
Noel Gallagher and brother Liam Gallagher in their Oasis days. Gallagher seemed baffled that his tweet had generated so much excitement online - "I don't look at the internet, what's it saying then? About a reunion and that?" - and said there would be "no more slagging".
"All is good in my neck of the woods," he said, before adding that fans should not expect this to mean an Oasis reunion was on the cards.
"God no, no. Oasis isn't getting back together, not at all. I'm doing my thing, he's doing his thing and that is the end of it," he said.
"It's still the same - it's just that I've called a truce on it and he's called a truce on it and no more slagging."
Even when Oasis where one of the biggest Britpop bands in the '90s, Noel and Liam had something of a public sibling rivalry, but things came to a head in 2009 when the band split and their feud has escalated in recent years.
Both brothers released solo albums this year - Liam, 45, is currently touring his album As You Were, and Noel, 50, is playing with his band High Flying Birds - and their "slagging" of each other has reached new heights; Liam has frequently referred to Noel as "a potato", while Noel has called Liam "a village idiot".
But Liam, who arrives in Australia next week to play the Falls Festival and a series of sideshows, says he's going to lay off his brother.
"I'm gonna not be as naughty as I am on the Twitter and slag him off," he said.
"You've gotta try sometimes, haven't you? Who's to say the wheels won't fall off again - but you've gotta try. And all is good in my neck of the woods. I'm gonna try and see Noel at Christmas."
But he couldn't resist a final jibe when talking about the long flight to Australia.
"It's f---ing far man, isn't it?" he asked.
When we suggested that surely a rock star of his stature might have a private jet, he said he "didn't do any of that stuff".
"God no, mate - my name's not Noel Gallagher."
Liam Gallagher plays Falls Festival
Lorne VIC: 28 Dec, 29 Dec, 30 Dec, 31 Dec (est. 1993) 18+ event *sold-out
Marion Bay TAS: 29 Dec, 30 Dec, 31 Dec (est. 2003) All ages
Byron Bay NSW: 31 Dec, 01 Jan, 02 Jan (est. 2013) 18+ event *sold-out
Fremantle WA: 06 Jan, 07 Jan (est. 2016) 18+ event
And at Hordern Pavillion, Sydney on January 4, and Festival Hall, Melbourne, January 5. Get unlimited digital access to independent news. Subscribe to The Sydney Morning Herald from only 50c a day.
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Post by jxing on Dec 20, 2017 21:23:39 GMT -5
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Post by jxing on Dec 20, 2017 19:08:56 GMT -5
They are probably signing Holy Mountain in Karaoke now. Noel: "That's mega that" Liam: "Not 'aving it mate." *Fruit thrown* Reunion over. Actually, I wouldn't mind another classic fight like this one...
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Post by jxing on Dec 20, 2017 15:48:43 GMT -5
As did with Obama,Bush,Clinton,Bush. Ok, comrade........ God bless. www.rollcall.com/news/politics/notable-presidential-firings-since-1951Here is a list of those presidents with the most cabinet turnover: (Including the cabinet members who resign between terms of a multi-term president, Hillary Clinton for ex) The biggest changes came under President Reagen at 28, many as a result of the Iran-Contra Affair. George W Bush - 27. Bill Clinton - 24. Harry Truman 23. Barack Obama, Theodore Roosevelt, Richard Nixon - 20. Ulysses S Grant - 18. Franklin D Roosevelt had 17 which is surprising little considering he served 4 terms and all the chaos during his terms. Grover Cleveland - 16 - complete turnover for his second term as well as a few changes during each term. John Tyler - 15. Andrew Jackson and Lyndon Johnson - 14. James Madison and Gerald Ford - 12.
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Post by jxing on Dec 20, 2017 15:38:19 GMT -5
Everyone from Trump's campaign and cabinet are resigning or getting indicted, on top of the fact that no cats voted for Trump, says it all really.... Thanks. As did with Obama,Bush,Clinton,Bush.
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Post by jxing on Dec 20, 2017 15:29:44 GMT -5
I don't remotely believe that people who voted for Trump were morons. I believe they willingly and blatantly ignored that someone was a detestable human being and gave them their vote. When you're clearly presented with facts. When you're told that someone is homophobic, racist, sexist, a sexual harrasser and you still vote for him. That says either you didn't care or you didn't care enough. That's not a judgement on intelligence. That's a judgement on morals. Personally, I'm more than willing to debate philosophical aims and the trajectory of the country in a "respectful manner." I do believe that part of the issue with liberalism in America is it's overreaching judgment. It's the shutting down of debate before debate can happen. But who you voted for and what that person did before you voted for them isn't a debate. That's fact. That's as much fact as the sky being blue. Because in actuality, morally, there's no defense and there's no debate in voting for the above. Morally, there's no defense for ignoring homophobia, sexism, racism, or sexual harassment, or letting those things being outweighed by any counterargument. And as an addendum, when I say "voted" for those things. I don't mean that if you voted for Trump then that means you're homophobic, racist, sexist, or pro-sexual harassment. However, voting for Trump, whether one likes it or not, is voting for those things. Please list all the "facts" that actually, without a doubt prove that he is a racist,homophobic,sexist,etc. I'm not talking about "accusations, assumptions, or hearsay"... Also, any example or "fact" has to be 100% never done,said,or an order given by a previous president or political figure.
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Post by jxing on Dec 20, 2017 15:16:12 GMT -5
Outrageous. When there is a 50/50 split between two shitheads to vote for, I don't for one second believe even close the a majority of Trump voters did so because they morally overlooked things. We're talking 10s of millions of people. You may not want to believe, but the very act of people voting for him says that's what happened. You may say shitheads, but are you saying that that one person was worse than a racist, homophobic, sexist, sexual harasser? Mind you, Trump ALSO needed to make it through a primary to face Clinton. People in multiple primaries voted for him. He won multiple mini elections on his way to winning the big election. There wasn't just 1 moral test for voters, Trump against Clinton, there were multiple. And he won. The ONLY way that doesn't happen is if people weren't in full view of the facts. This isn't a surprise. There have been genocides predicated on tens of millions of people supporting them. The sheer number doesn't mean the act isn't possible. In fact, history has shown that tens of millions of people are always willing to ignore morals. I'm curious. What adjectives would you use to describe Hillary Clinton?
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Post by jxing on Dec 20, 2017 13:41:24 GMT -5
2nd photo
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Post by jxing on Dec 20, 2017 13:30:33 GMT -5
Liam & Noel are nominated
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