Oh. My. LORD. Never thought DYWBAS would ever be heard again....I'm so happy right now. :heart:

The secret gig in Glasgow is going to be broadcast in all this radios the 11th March at 7pm:

 

Clyde 1, Forth One, MFR, Northsound 1, Tay FM, Radio Borders, West Sound and West FM.

 

http://www.clyde1.com/on-air/noel-gallagher-2012/

 

We are going to have a bootleg with D'Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman! :dance:

 

 

And this sunday is the special Noel Gallagher night in Absolute Radio:

An evening of music and conversation with one of Britain's most successful and charismatic musicians, including an exclusive stage set recorded at Noel Gallagher's sell-out gig at the O2 Arena in London and a documentary on Noel's extensive career, plus a music special in which Noel talks picks some of his favourite tracks. The Noel Gallagher documentary, 'The Good Rebel - The Story of the Boy from Burnage' is set to be narrated by Manchester music expert and host of Absolute Radio 90s Pete Mitchell, who talks to Noel, his fans and the people who played a part in his career.

Event details

When:

7.00pm on Sunday, 4 March 2012

Until:

11.00pm on Sunday, 4 March 2012

http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/onair/events/1211-Noel+Gallagher+Night

New Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere:

 

Yes..now then.

 

 

Been a long time eh? Lots to tell .. . think the last time we had words I was just on my way to the great city of Glasgow? Had a gig at the SECC I think? Top night as I recall. It always is up there.

 

 

There was a nice surprise before the show. Bonehead was in town and stuck his head round the door to say hello!! Hadn't seen him for . . . well fuckin' years!! He was in good spirits, he says hello by the way.

 

 

Did a gig at that 02 place in London couple of nights after. It was shit yet mega at the same time somehow. It felt a bit too big for me. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood. Dunno. I didn't enjoy it much anyway. I seen people eating while I was playing . . . ACTUALLY EATING!!!!!!!??????????? Please somebody explain to me what the FUCK that's all about. Cheeky ****s! Tthere is of course a time and a place for such things and surely at a gig isn't one of them . . . is it?

 

After that nonsense it was good to jib back up to Glasgow for a little (and I mean tiny) gig for some competition winners in a place called "the Grand Ole Opry" which was neither grand nor old!! Great night though. Loved it. Next up was them NME awards. Bizarre affair that thing now. Is it an award ceremony or is it a mini indoor festival?? Seems like it's a bit of both. I was presented with the god-like genius award, which was nice. I must thank all the people what said such nice words about me. I'm talking 'bout you Paul Weller and you Ray Davies and you Bobby G and you Guy Garvey and you Sergio and you Brandon Flowers and you Sir Roger Daltrey and you you little Arctic Monkey chops and Johnny Marr. Had to keep a lid on the celebrations though. Had a gig up in Birmingham the next day. Great show. Some clowns down the front were seemingly hell bent on trying to start a fight. Luckily they never quite managed it. Knob heads.

 

Legged it up to Manchester that night as I had been invited to go and watch Man City train!! What an honour. Fuck me them boys can play. Got to meet and do an interview with the man simply known as . . . Balotelli. It was filmed by the BBC so you'll be able to see it soon. WHAT A DRUID!!! That kid truly does not give a flying fuck about anything.

 

You currently find me in the great city of Barcelona. Had a gig last night which was tip- top. Some of the lads were in a right mess from the night before. A dodgy rogan-Josh apparently!!!

 

 

Off to Paris now and I'm late.

 

Au revoir.

 

ONWARDS.

 

GD.

 

 

And also:

 

NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING - NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS

2 x Platinum Certification (Album) 2 March 2012

 

SOUR MASH (SOUR MASH)

 

:dance:

Yesterday, Noel made an acoustic performance of If I Had A Gun on french television. It was amazing!

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I was thinking that a performance like this on the Brits with Chris on the piano, it would have been incredible.

I've been popping in here regularly for a while now, so thought I'd say thanks for posting all these videos and blogs. :) I can't stop listening to Alone on the Rope now - I'm addicted!

I've been popping in here regularly for a while now, so thought I'd say thanks for posting all these videos and blogs. :) I can't stop listening to Alone on the Rope now - I'm addicted!

 

:kiss: Glad you like it.

 

Alone on the Rope is an amazing song. It makes me sad, but in the good way. :laugh3: I want a live version so much. It's like a forgotten song. Noel never speaks about it and the release was so strange. It pop like that one day on Amazon and then, it dissapear.

22 days until I see this man live! I can't wait!

http://cowjumpedoverthemoon.webs.com/

 

AKA...What A Life! electronica/dubstep remix, if anyone's interested.

http://cowjumpedoverthemoon.webs.com/

 

AKA...What A Life! electronica/dubstep remix, if anyone's interested.

 

Thank you! It's very good. The UNKLE remix is fantastic too.

I liked that remix! thanks for sharing!

Yesterday, Noel made an acoustic performance of If I Had A Gun on french television. It was amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRx5LZgNz-4&feature=player_embedded

 

I was thinking that a performance like this on the Brits with Chris on the piano, it would have been incredible.

 

brilliant

New Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere:

Yes..well been mad busy. Lot's to tell. So . . . where were we? Barcelona right?

 

The trip from Barcelona to Paris was uneventful as you would imagine. Landed in the rain and rushed across town to sit in a cold room for 3 hours waiting to do some bizarre tv show where me and 6 other French people occupied some kind of rustic dining table for a casual chat while they ate desert!! For real!!!!! As you can imagine it was a bit awkward. Me . . . not knowing the lingo had to wear an ear piece what had an interpreter translating the conversation into my lug-hole. Still had no fucking idea what they were on about.

 

The gig in Paris was great. It was in a place called Grand Rex Theatre. Incredible upholstery!! The seats would most definitely have been stolen had it been in England!! 2 of that band The Strokes were there . . . Fab and Albert to be exact. I ain't seen them for long time..cool cats man.

 

 

Had a brilliant night out after.stumbled into an empty restaurant at fuck knows what time to catch 2 french dudes - one on piano and one on the guitar - playing that song "harvest moon" by Neil Young. What followed was mega. They started taking requests. . . well at least I think they did . . . and before you know it it was 5am!! They went through every genre of music I've ever heard of!! 50's,60's,70's,80's . . . they stopped at the 90's though thankfully. My lovely good lady wife kept them on their little French toes with a barrage of 80's demands what peaked with "the wham rap"!!! It really was fucking mega. Needless to say the next day was spent nursing a rather sore head. Well worth it though. I LOVE PARIS!

 

So...last night's gig here in Hamburg was ok . . . not bad . . . if I'm being honest I was still feeling it a little bit from Paris. Someone - they were definitely german - kept shouting out, clear as day, in between songs . . . "KEVIN KEEGAN!!!!"

??????????????? Indeed.

 

Off to Berlin just now.

 

 

Gotta go.

 

ONWARDS.

 

GD.

My ticket for the BIC has come :)

 

Although it was an extra ordered last week on top of the first couple tickets purchased when they went on sale last year (which hasn't come yet)

Videos of the acoustic gig in Glasgow

 

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Setlist:

 

It's good to be free

Talk tonight

If I had a gun

Supersonic

Wonderwall

What a life

D'yer wanna be a spaceman

Half the world away

Don't look back in anger

New Tales From The Middle of Nowhere:

Yes...

 

Well now it has been a long time hasn't it? About a week or so? Fuck knows. I'll try and recall some of the best bits for you.

 

Berlin!! Never really got to see much of that place down the years and if I did it was under cover of darkness. I had a much better look around this time though. Very beautiful indeed - the sunny weather might have had something to do with it, but to say it was virtually destroyed during that Second World War it still has some magnificent sights. The gig itself was great I think. I do remember the soundcheck being the the worst I've ever, ever done, truly appalling. The gig was mega though...oh yeah...and there was some bird down the front with a placard that read something like...PLEASE COME TO THE LEBANON! WE LOVE YOUR HIGH FLYING BIRDS!

 

The Lebanon eh? Might give that a miss...

 

Now...Munich? Not much going on there as I remember. Cold, wet and windy. The end.

 

Rome on the other hand was magnificent. Rome is magnificent, I fucking LOVE that place!! One of the greatest places on earth, no question. Pity I was working though. The sun was out, the streets were full, the only thing missing was my good lady wife, she'd have been in her element!!

 

The gig was equally as magnificent. Those kids break all kinds of records for the loudest, most passionate, most intense, most...most mostest fans in the world!! Crazy kids. They are mithering fuckers though..."one picture, please sign, one picture, please sign, one picture, please sign, one picture, please sign, one picture, please sign, one picture, please sign, one picture, please sign, one picture, please sign, one picture, please sign, one picture, please sign..."

 

...and that was just the hotel staff!!

 

Outside the gig they have A LOT of bootleg t-shirt stalls. I had to drive through them to get to the backstage area bit upon where I saw many, many t-shirts bearing my name and face etc. Right in the middle of one particular stall though was a t-shirt that simply said...SEXY BITCH!!

 

Now it remains unclear as to who or what this particular item was referring to. I'd like to think it may have had a little picture of me on the back...or my drummer!!

 

Took the train to Milan the day after that for a little one of those acoustic gigs I do from time to time. Not the best I have to say, I just wasn't in the mood somehow.

 

Caught another train to Zurich the next day. What a ride!! Up and over the Alps, magnificent scenery. T'was all too beautiful (as Steve Marriott once sang). Unfortunately the gig was a shocker. Without doubt the worse I've ever done, just piss poor. The crowd loved it though which somehow made it even worse. An unsatisfactory end to a great little tour.

 

You currently find me in the most depressing hotel in all of Europe. Flying home today...10 days off!!

 

See you in America.

 

ONWARDS.

 

GD.

 

He wasn't in the mood at all for the acoustic gig in Milan. He was very grumpy. :lol: Here's the gig complete:

 

http://video.virginradioitaly.it/tv/episode/view/id/1484

I can totally understand him, Milan is such an ugly city compared to Rome, it probably dumped his mood moving from one city to the other.

 

Anyway, really digging his tour blog, he genuinely says what he wants to say, good or bad and, it might just be me but, he makes it rather hilarious to read it

He's got a new b sides 12" EP coming out for record store day. It includes Let The Lord Shine A Light On Me, The Good Rebel, I'd Pick You Everytime, And Shoot a Hole Into The Sun. It's limited to 2,000 copies and I think it's a U.K only release.

He's got a new b sides 12" EP coming out for record store day. It includes Let The Lord Shine A Light On Me, The Good Rebel, I'd Pick You Everytime, And Shoot a Hole Into The Sun. It's limited to 2,000 copies and I think it's a U.K only release.

 

I want it, but I already have all those songs on vinyl. I think it's a little bit pointless. If A Simple Game Of Genius and Alone On The Rope where there...

It's only available on stores? Because I don't see a page for preorder.

^I don't know. I think it was an odd choice not to go with the digital only b sides but whatever. I'll see if I can get my hands on it because I haven't managed to track down any of his 7"s yet. Wonder if it'll have any interesting cover art....

I want it, but I already have all those songs on vinyl. I think it's a little bit pointless. If A Simple Game Of Genius and Alone On The Rope where there...

It's only available on stores? Because I don't see a page for preorder.

 

Im pretty sure its a record store day release only...

The problem of Record Store Day releases is that the record store employees normally grab the best releases they get sent before the store opens, to either listen to or sell on ebay for mega bucks.

 

But I'm going to my first RSD day this year, as there is an record store somewhere in Reading which is doing it

I'm seeing Noel tomorrow!!! Can't wait to see this genius for the second time!

 

Anway, i've seen Beady Eye, i'll see Noel tomorrow, but nothing compares to OASIS..

Totally excited for his show! It's the first show in the U.S tour. I feel honored!:D

I'm seeing Noel tomorrow!!! Can't wait to see this genius for the second time!

 

Anway, i've seen Beady Eye, i'll see Noel tomorrow, but nothing compares to OASIS..

 

Totally excited for his show! It's the first show in the U.S tour. I feel honored!:D

 

Have a great time, you two!

New Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere:

 

Yes...well, hello.

 

Enjoyed that time off. Nice and easy. Beautiful weather...is there anywhere nicer than London in the spring...? (well, yes...Paris and Rome to name but 2 places...and New York and Los Angeles, but apart from those, NO!! There isn't).

 

Didn't get up to much...did an interview with Sir David Frost (which was nice).

 

Other than that not a great deal going on.

 

Flew into Washington DC last night. Those cats at immigration was in a bad mood!! One of them asked me did I leave Oasis "cuz of the money"?

 

Fuck knows what that was supposed to have meant so I just said "erm...I dunno?" I sounded like my 4yr old son.

 

Lovely day today. The sun is shining. Feels like spring has sprung over here too. Nice.

 

I wonder if Obama and Michelle are in? Might go and give them a knock.

 

 

 

ONWARDS.

 

 

 

GD.

 

And I want to ad a quote from this interview:

Obviously you’ve heard Beady Eye. Any thoughts on it?

I think they're the best rock and roll band in the world. And that's the whole world. Not just America or England. In Tanzania. And Paraguay. And Mogadishu. And Turkey. There are no better rock ‘’n’ roll bands than Beady Eye.

 

:cool: Great interview, very much worth reading.