Oasis‘ Liam and Noel Gallagher that led to the band’s break-up has sold at auction for £325,000.The red Gibson ES-355 guitar was broken backstage at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris in August 2009, where the band notoriously cancelled their set at the last minute after Noel left the band with immediate effect.It was announced last month that the guitar would be going up for auction, with a starting price of €150,000 (£125,000). Auctioneers were predicting that the item could go for as much as €500,000 (£415,000), but in the end it sold for €385,500 (£325,000).The auction was held by the Artpèges gallery, with founder Jonathan Berg saying that the guitar represented “a cult moment” in modern musical history, adding: “Things had been brewing for a while between the two brothers.
Noel Gallagher says new High Flying Birds record has an “orchestral” sound
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Noel Gallagher has spoken of a shift in style for his next High Flying Birds album, revealing that it’ll have a largely “orchestral” sound.The former Oasis musician released his most recent NGHFB record, ‘Who Built The Moon?’, back in 2017 before sharing a best-of compilation called ‘We’re On Our Way Now’ last summer.Gallagher then shared a demo of a new track, ‘Trying To Find A World That’s Been And Gone: Part 1’, on New Year’s Day (January 1). He revealed at the time that he’d finished writing and demoing the fourth High Flying Birds LP just before Christmas.During a recent interview with the Daily Star newspaper’s ‘Wired’ column, Gallagher shed some more light on his forthcoming full-length project, which he said he’s been recording since January.“There is a track on the album called ‘Dead To The World’, which is one of the best songs I have ever written,” he explained (via Music-News.COM).
“It gives people goosebumps. It’s quite orchestral and a bit like [1969 film] Midnight Cowboy.”Gallagher continued: “The whole album has got a vibe.
There’s 10 songs and six of them have got strings.”The singer-songwriter said that he made a “conscious decision” to head in a more orchestral direction following ‘Who Built The Moon?’, which Gallagher described as being “quite electronic and psychedelic” with “beats and all that kind of things”.He added: “When I was writing these [new] songs, I just heard strings and choirs.”Gallagher went on to say that his as-yet-untitled new album “took [him] a year to write” overall, and spoke of the early positive reaction it’s had.“People are coming to the studio and you play them the track and they’re like, ‘Fucking hell! I’m getting goosebumps listening to that’,” he said. “I forget because
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Liam Gallagher says he hasn’t seen his brother Noel in about 10 years
Liam Gallagher has said that he hasn’t seen his brother and Oasis bandmate Noel in about 10 years.The Britpop icons split up in 2009, and despite countless rumours of the band’s imminent reunion, the Gallagher brothers are still not on speaking terms.In a new interview with Esquire, Liam revealed: “The last time I saw Noel was at a football match about 10 years ago. It’s a shame, isn’t it?“The good times outweigh the bad times,” he added. “I think it’s best to just leave it at that.”Of the prospect of an Oasis reunion, Liam added: “I like to think Oasis will get back together, but not this week.“The door is ajar on everything.
Influential folk singer-songwriter Judy Henske dies, aged 85
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Ed Sheeran, Noel Gallagher, The Who, AC/DC, Depeche Mode donate to Teenage Cancer Trust auction
Ed Sheeran, Noel Gallagher, The Who, AC/DC, and Depeche Mode are among the more than 35 musicians supporting the Teenage Cancer Trust auction.The artists have donated items for the charity’s Star Boot Sale fundraiser, which started on April 29 and will continue for two weeks before ending on May 12.
Noel Gallagher says he's being harassed by a sex-crazed female stalker who's followed him round Europe for years
Noel Gallagher says he's been plagued by a sex-crazed female stalker who has followed him for years. The former Oasis guitarist, 54, says he's been harassed by the woman whenever he tours Europe, the Mirror reports.
Noel Gallagher calls ‘Angels’ by Robbie Williams “Oasis by numbers”
Noel Gallagher has called Robbie Williams‘ hit song ‘Angels’ “Oasis by numbers”.Gallagher, who once referred to Williams as “the fat dancer from Take That” was discussing the track on ‘The Matt Morgan Podcast’.“I’ve heard it and thought, ‘I wish I’d written that,’” he said at first, adding: “‘Angels’ is Oasis by numbers. Add a fucking electric guitar on it and it would be.”The Gallagher brothers and Williams have had a long, ongoing feud, which first started in the mid-90s and escalated with Robbie challenging Liam to a boxing match.
Kehlani says Noel Gallagher can “kiss my ass” over “real music” comments
Kehlani has criticised Noel Gallagher over his recent comments regarding authenticity in music.The Californian R&B artist sat down with NME for this week’s Big Read cover interview in which she talked about their third album ‘Blue Water Road’ (out today, April 29), becoming at peace with their sexual identity, and recalled appearing on American Idol back in 2011.Kehlani was 16 years old when their band PopLyfe auditioned for the aforementioned singing competition. The group came in at fourth place on that season, a feat that bolstered the star’s solo career thanks to the connections she made along the way.Explaining that she didn’t face much snobbery over those reality TV beginnings, Kehlani then spoke about Noel Gallagher recently dismissing Harry Styles as not a “real” musician owing to his X Factor and One Direction past.“That person – whoever that is – can kiss my ass,” Kehlani told NME.
Glastonbury Festival launch new TikTok account
Glastonbury Festival have launched a new, official TikTok account.“We now have an official TikTok account”, the Glastonbury Twitter account tweeted, along with a link to their new page, which can be found here. The latest video posted to the account, which you can see below, was a brief history of the festival’s famous Pyramid Stage.Watch Glastonbury’s latest TikTok here:The world famous Pyramid Stage #glastonbury #billieeilish #paulmccartney #kendricklamar ♬ original sound – Glastonbury Festival This year will be Glastonbury’s first edition since 2019, with both the 2020 (due to be headlined by McCartney, Lamar and Taylor Swift) and 2021 festivals both cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.This year, the festival will be headlined by Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar, which runs between June 22-26.Other names already confirmed for the Glastonbury 2022 line-up include Lorde, Foals, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Sam Fender, Megan Thee Stallion, Charli XCX, Arlo Parks, Haim, Blossoms, Beabadoobee, Olivia Rodrigo, Girl In Red, Megan Thee Stallion, Fontaines D.C., Elbow, Pet Shop Boys, Phoebe Bridgers, IDLES, St. Vincent, Wolf Alice, Self Esteem, Sleaford Mods, Turnstile and The Jesus and Mary Chain.
Oasis star diagnosed with tonsil cancer and pulls out of upcoming shows
Ex Oasis and Beady Eye rocker Bonehead has been told he is suffering from tonsil cancer.
Noel Gallagher has reversed his tinnitus
Noel Gallagher has reversed his tinnitus. The 54-year-old musician revealed in 2020 that he was suffering from the condition, which left him with a constant ringing in his ears, similar to a "whistling kettle", after years of performing on stage but Noel says he has naturally cured himself. Speaking on Matt Morgan's 'Funny How?' podcast, Noel explained: "I had tinnitus for a while.
Noel Gallagher’s guitar broken the night Oasis split up to be auctioned
The guitar that broke up Oasis – or at least the guitar that broke when Oasis split up – is going up for auction.Noel Gallagher’s red 1960 Gibson ES-355 was smashed during the altercation with his brother Liam backstage at the Rock En Seine festival in France in 2009. Noel’s most used instrument, he once said that it was “the best guitar I ever had”.So loved was it that he had it restored in 2011 and then played it with his current band Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.
Noel Gallagher’s damaged guitar on night Oasis split is being auctioned
Noel Gallagher‘s guitar, which was damaged backstage on the night Oasis‘ split in Paris in 2009, is being auctioned off.The band were slated to headline Rock en Seine at the time, but Noel clashed with brother Liam, minutes before their scheduled appearance and a guitar got damaged in the process.The red Gibson ES-355 has since been repaired and is set to go under the hammer on May 17, with a starting price of €150,000 (£125,000). Auctioneers are predicting that the item could go for as much as €500,000 (£415,000).Arthur Perault, a co-founder of the Artpèges gallery, which is holding the auction said Gallagher got rid of the guitar in the end, because “it reminds him too much of Oasis”, according to The Guardian.Oasis split after the row with Noel recently recalling how he sat in the back of a car at the music festival before he decided it was time to quit the band.“And the driver pulled off and that was it.