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Noel Gallagher has joined forces with his beloved Manchester City football team, and designed the new font on their kit.The Britpop legend and former Oasis star has been a longtime supporter of the team, and is often seen in attendance at their matches rooting for them.

It was the start of the fishing season and Mike Duddy was hoping to catch some trout, roach or chub. Instead he ended up talking to Ethan Davies about a load of ‘s***’ that was dumped into the Irwell.

Liam Gallagher debuted the ‘rap’ from the Sawmills demo of Oasis‘ ‘Columbia’ during one of his recent shows in Manchester. Watch the footage below.The Britpop band released the previously unheard version of the song – titled ‘Columbia (Sawmills Outtake)’ – last week to preview their upcoming 30th anniversary edition of ‘Definitely Maybe’.Mixed for the first time by Noel Gallagher and Callum Marinho, the extended early take of the track clocks in at over seven minutes, and is based around an effectively simple chord structure.It boasts “hypnotic rhythms” that “spiral into delayed drums and droning feedback”, as well as a ‘rapped’ segment from Liam.The singer incorporated the ‘rap’ into his live performance of ‘Columbia’ at his show at the Co-Op Live arena on Saturday night (June 15) – which marked the first ‘Definitely Maybe’ tour date since the demo dropped.Later, a fan on X/Twitter asked Liam if he was “gonna rap again for the rest of the tour”.

Liam Gallagher “almost” played there earlier this year.Last month, the former Oasis frontman joked that if his show at the city’s Co-Op Live Arena wasn’t “sorted” in time, then he would have to play at Lidl instead.At the time, the Manchester venue was going through a torrid series of complications and delays as it was trying to open its doors, causing Gallagher to make the quip on social media.Gig in LIDL— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) May 2, 2024And now, the Newton Heath branch of the supermarket, the closest one to Co-Op Live, has unveiled a commemorative blue plaque, bearing the words “Liam Gallagher. Legend.

If you want your fresh flowers to last longer and to see it bloom, then there's one trick you need to try when cutting the stems.

In the newspaper trade the summer months are known as silly season. It’s the time of year when, with Parliament not sitting and everyone on holiday, the papers tend to be filled with fluff.

Manchester United fans are likely to hate the reason behind cricket star Phil Salt's shirt number that he will be rocking in England's match vs Oman.

Holidaymakers who endured a nightmare 40-hour delay over TWO nights for a flight to Manchester Airport from Turkey claim there were 'multiple malfunctions' with the original plane. One said there was an 'engine blow' resulting in an 'emergency stop just as the nose tilted off the ground' - with holiday giants TUI later confirming a 'rejected take-off'.

Seven years ago, the haunting image of people ‘frozen’ in slumped-over poses was a regular sight in Manchester city centre.

Céline Dion continues to open up about what it’s been like living with stiff-person syndrome. This time around, she talked about how the rare neurological disease greatly impacted her iconic voice. And it’s very scary, Perezcious readers!

On June 6 1944, Allied forces from Britain, America and the Commonwealth gathered on five beaches in Normandy, ready to launch the biggest naval and airborne invasion the world had ever seen.

It was a symbol of Ancoats’ remarkable rejuvenation. But now the company behind much-loved bakery Trove has gone into liquidation with more than £1.6m of debt and troubling claims over its pension duties.

Change. It’s Sir Keir Starmer’s favourite word as he bids to become the first Labour Prime Minister in 14 years.

How would you feel about being made to join the armed forces for a year? That’s the question Rami Mwamba had for Greater Manchester’s young people when he took to the streets to ask them about national service yesterday.

ABBA have teased the one way they might be able to appear at Glastonbury, as well as discussing their career highlights, heroes and songs they wish they’d written.To celebrate the second anniversary of their ABBA Voyage show last night (May 27), Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson took part in a special Q&A with writer Peter Paphides in front of an arena full of ticket-holders and celebrity fans.At one point, Paphides shared a story told to him by Glasto organiser Emily Eavis.“[She] told me that in the lead-up to last year’s festival, when things were going wrong and she wasn’t sure if it was going to be OK, she would play, [2021 single] ‘I Still Have Faith In You’, and it made it feel like it might just turn out OK.”While the technology of the ‘ABBA-tars’ and the custom-made ABBA Arena is too complicated to take the show to a festival, Ulvaeus and Andersson were open to the idea of the Voyage live band making at appearance at Worthy Farm.“Oh yes! It’s a brilliant idea,” said Ulvaeus.” They’re a great band, why shouldn’t they play?”When Texas‘ Sharleen Spiteri then took the mic to ask the songwriting duo if they’d ever considered getting up on stage to play with the band during a Voyage show, Andersson replied: “Definitely. Maybe if they play Glastonbury and need an extra piano player…”Speaking to NME last year about taking the full ABBA Voyage experience to Glasto, Ulvaeus said: “I don’t think that’s possible, yet.

Liam Gallagher has revealed that he is “blown away” by the live production of his upcoming ‘Definitely Maybe’ tour, and described the stage as being almost identical to the image he had envisioned.The former Oasis frontman is due to play the Britpop band’s 1994 debut album in full across the UK and Ireland next month to mark its 30th anniversary. The dates will include four gigs at The O2 in London and the new Co-Op Live arena in Manchester, as well as further stops in Sheffield, Cardiff, Glasgow and Dublin.Now, with just days to go before the opening night, the singer has shared insight on the live production for the tour, and described it as being like “a photo of what’s in my mind”.“Production rehearsals tday for DM shenanigans CMON,” Gallagher wrote on X/Twitter yesterday (May 27).

Oasis exhibition will be headed to the iconic Salford Lads’ Club.The club, famous for being the location of the insid sleeve for The Smiths album ‘The Queen Is Dead’, is now set to host a giant Oasis exhibition. It will reportedly feature rare and exclusive memorabilia from the band, along with a selection of Noel Gallagher‘s six-figure guitar collection.Put together by memorabilia company Bittersweet Home and sponsored by Propstore, Madchester & GioGoi, the exhibition promises to cover “every release, item, image, and story from 1992-2009, then to current day.”Kyle Dale, Director at Bittersweet Home said: “Never before have we seen such historical items together in one room for any band, never mind a band as globally adored as Oasis.

Liam Gallagher has revealed more details on how he’ll approach the setlist for his upcoming ‘Definitely Maybe’ tour.The former Oasis frontman is due to play the Britpop band’s 1994 debut album in full across the UK and Ireland next month to mark its 30th anniversary. He’ll perform four gigs at both The O2 in London and the new Co-Op Live arena in Manchester as part of the run.Gallagher is also scheduled to showcase the record in its entirety when he headlines Reading & Leeds 2024 in August.Yesterday (May 22), a fan asked Gallagher if he would be “following the original order of the tracks” featured on ‘Definitely Maybe’ at the dates, “or will it be mixed up?”In response, LG wrote: “Mixed up.” He added that he “can’t be singing ‘Live Forever’ [four] songs into the set.”Mixed up can’t be singing live forever 4songs into the set— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) May 22, 2024The aforementioned single is actually third on the LP’s tracklist, which begins with ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Star’ – a past opener at Gallagher’s solo concerts.