Melwen

Great! Have fun on the festivals. New Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere: Yes comrades. So where were we? What day is it today? Sunday? It is here anyway. So . . . back to Friday was it? Or Saturday? Fucked if I know anymore . . . I've had about 16 hours kip in a week!! So spaced out now it's getting psychedelic (I used to pay £20 to feel like this back in the 80's!!). Right well . . . I remember waking up in Tokyo whenever it was. Beautiful day. Caught the bullet train to Osaka was it? Got man handled at the station by an increasingly hysterical crowd of well wishers. They don't half like to scream questions at you over here. It can be quite an experience. Like a medium level bad trip. I mean what are you supposed to say when crazy birds are SCREAMING into your face . . . "I LIKE YOUR SHOES . . . WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR SHOES!?!?!?!?!?" Eventually got prized into the train, shades all wonky . . . dying for a piss. Lovely journey though. Through what looks like beautifully manicured countryside. None of your unkempt foliage here mate! It looks like that kids toy gear, that Playmobil stuff? Like little Lego toy towns! I'm not even joking, it was like being on a giant train set in fact. I'm sure the Mighty I has got half the towns we passed through!!! A couple of hours staring out the window is my idea of a top day out. Arrived in Osaka. Chaos ensued. Running, shouting. More fucking screaming questions . . . "WHY DID YOU NOT ANSWER MY LETTER!?” “HOW IS YOUR WIFE!!? WHO IS YOUR CAT!?" Or was it the other way round (who is your wife and how is your cat??). All very strange. A good laugh all the same though. The gig was great. The best one of the tour I reckon. Now, you know the girl what made the sign that says "NOEL OR DIE!!"? Well, she must have read the last post and bless her she'd only gone and sewn on two White arrows on the sign pointing to the "OR"!! She also had made for me a couple of t-shirts to celebrate Man City winning the league. She'd substituted the eagle on the City badge for a Simpsons caricature of my face . . . thanks very much etc . . . but on closer inspection in big bold championship style lettering it said . . . (and this is so fucking true it hurts): “MANCHESTER CITY PREMIER REAGUE CHAMPIONS 2012"!!!!!!! Japan you are the bollocks. See you next time. ONWARDS. GD

Great review! :thumbsup: Are you going to Rock en Seine this year? Noel is going to be there. Maybe he is going to split with himself. :lol: I upload some time ago the whole concert of Casino de Paris on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAA91C8DB8390298E&feature=plcp

1- Raising Steam - Jethro Tull 2- Spies - Coldplay 3- The River - Bruce Springsteen 4- Champagne Supernova (live) - Oasis 5- Day Tripper - The Beatles 6- Southbound Again - Dire Straits 7- Dramatic Theme - Pink Floyd 8- One Vision - Queen 9- I Am The Walrus (live) - Oasis 10- Must Get Out - Maroon 5

1- Patience - Guns N' Roses 2- The Death Of You And Me - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 3- Cinnamon Girl - Neill Young 4- Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan 5- We Never Change - Coldplay 6- Rosa On The Factory Floor - Jethro Tull 7- Married With Children (live) - Noel Gallagher 8- Soñé Otro Mundo - Manu Chao 9- She's A Woman - The Beatles 10- Where Did It All Go Wrong? (live) - Oasis :cry:

New Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere: Well that tv show was - as predicted - fucking insane. It’s quite difficult to know what these Japanese shows are actually supposed to be about, but I'm guessing it was like some kind of version of our very own Top Of The Pops (R.I.P.). It was all executed with military precision. For example they give you instructions like: You will exit the dressing room at 8:34 You will enter corridor A at 8:37 You will shake this persons hand at 8:39 You will perform said song at 8:41 etc . . . And the most amazing thing is it all runs like clockwork! I was on with a load of Japanese acts one of which was a manufactured girl group called AKB48. I kid you not. There was maybe 30 of them all between the ages of 13-15!!! I suddenly started to feel very old. The presenter was some old dude who looked at best like a James Bond villain. It was loud fast and chaotic. Lord only knows why I was on there. A good laugh all the same though. Off to Osaka today. That's all I've got for you I'm afraid. Jet-lagged out of my mind. ONWARDS (and a little bit sideways!) GD.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3z8eBKZ5Zk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3z8eBKZ5Zk[/ame] "...Back in Tokyo now. Got some TV show to do today. No doubt it'll be utterly bizarre. They usually are. Singing live vocal to a backing track. I fucking HATE that gear. Mustn't grumble though." That wasn't bad at all. Chill out, Noel! :D

New Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere: Yes comrades. It’s been a couple of days. This jet-lag is a fucker. Hardly slept a wink. So . . . Did a show a couple of days ago at the Budokan. Quite a prestigious gig. Bob Dylan played here back in the day as did a little known band from Liverpool called The Beatles. It’s quite a big deal. Up there with Madison Square Gardens, Wembley Stadium, the Hollywood Bowl and erm . . . the Boardwalk!! Did it in the round and all, which I have to say I really like. That's the second time we've done that kind of thing on this tour and I love it. Not sure if the people behind the stage would agree but . . . y'know . . . fuck 'em!!! The gig was great. Very hot. My old mate Alan McGee turned up to see us which was nice as I haven't seen him in a long time. Great crowd. The heat didn't help the jet-lag though. I felt rooted to the spot. It really is a killer that gear. So, yesterday after being chased through the train station we jumped on the bullet train to Nagoya. Had a gig in a mega little theatre. Stunning. Reminded me of one of my living rooms!! Remember that girl what coined the phrase "Noel or die"? Well, anyway she was there with what seemed like a brand new posh as piss sign. Thing is the "Noel" and "die" bits were in bright luminous yellow and the "or" bit was in fucking navy blue all sewn (by hand one would imagine) onto a black background so all I could see was a sign that said "NOEL DIE!!" It was only when the lights went up at the end of the show that I realised what the fuck was going on!! Great gig though. Back in Tokyo now. Got some TV show to do today. No doubt it'll be utterly bizarre. They usually are. Singing live vocal to a backing track. I fucking HATE that gear. Mustn't grumble though. Right . . . I'm off. ONWARDS. GD.

New Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere: Yes comrades. You might have guessed we've had a few days off. Back in London. Very nice it was too. So . . . where were we? Santiago? Don't remember much about the gig. I'm sure it was stunning. To be honest I was on cloud 9 after the football. I don't remember much at all. You'll know by now that we (Manchester City) pulled it off. In the most dramatic scenes ever witnessed. What a rollercoaster. We had it, we lost it, we got it back, we lost it again and right at the death we won it. I went fucking mental and I don't mind telling you I might have lost it for a little bit. I must have watched it a hundred times since and it's still blowing me away every time. Anyway . . . oh yeah!! When we got to the gig that night just before we was about to go onstage my tour manager stuck her head round the door and says "the British ambassador is outside and wants to see you!!" "What for?" "He wants to congratulate you on Man City winning the league!!" Fuck me eh?? Manchester City . . . the pride of Great Britain? Who'd have thought . . . . You find me back in Japan. Got a little tour and a couple of tv things to do. Then a little jib over to Korea (the south . . . obviously . . . as much as I've tried that northern mob have remained immune to my charms . . . cloth eared communist fuckers!) where for the first time ever I will spend my birthday onstage!!!!!! Mad that innit? ONWARDS. GD.

I love that one :thumbsup:

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play the iTunes Festival at the Roundhouse in London on the 12th September! Tickets are only available to competition winners and you can apply either by downloading the free official iTunes Festival app, or check back here soon as we will also have some to give away! http://www.itunesfestival.com/ Great! An iTunes Festival EP and maybe a live webcast!

1- [untitled Track] - Oasis :P 2- Love Me Two Times (The Doors cover) - Aerosmith 3- Where Did It All Go Wrong? (demo) - Oasis 4- My Sunday Feeling - Jethro Tull 5- Song For Jeffrey - Jethro Tull 6- What Do You Want From Me (live) - Pink Floyd 7- Footballer's Wife - Amy Macdonald 8- Lover in Japan (demo) - Coldplay 9- Smell Of Desire - Enigma 10- In Limbo - Radiohead

1- Mal Bicho - Los Fabulosos Cadillacs 2- Married With Children (Live) - Noel Gallagher 3- Kind of Magic (Live) - Queen 4- Since I Don't Have You - Guns N' Roses 5- Us and Them - Pink Floyd 6- Night Psycho - Vladimir Simunek 7- Hello - Oasis 8- The Shock Of The Lightning (Instrumental) - Oasis 9- Black Burning Heart - Keane 10- The Last Laugh - Mark Knopfler

He was very kind with the fans in Peru. Maybe because he was making the documentary. :lol: Since the beginning of the tour, Scully always film fans at the gigs. Maybe some of the footage is going to be on the DVD.

1- Tango En Segunda - Sui Generis 2- Bends Like A Willow - Jethro Tull 3- Acquiesce (Live) - Oasis 4- Blackbird - The Beatles 5- In My Place (Live) Coldplay 6- Stop - Pink Floyd (again? :stunned:) 7- German Dance N° 3 K 605 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 8- Do Da Da - Green Day 9- It Won't Take Long - The Rolling Stones 10- For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me - Jethro Tull

1- Symphony N° 25 In G Minor K 183 Allegro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2- Peligro - Manu Chao 3- Another One Bites The Dust - Queen 4- Tombstone Blues - Bob Dylan 5- Such a Rush - Coldplay 6- A Heart In New York - Simon & Garfunkel 7- Cigarettes & Alcohol (Demo) - Oasis 8- I Can't Stop Loving You - The Chieftains 9- Politik - Coldplay 10- Stop - Pink Floyd

Yes, he said it on Talk Sport. That a DVD is going to be released at Christmas. At 7.30: http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/andy-goldsteins-sports-bar/120516/gallagher-man-city-title-win-had-nothing-do-money-172238 And I don't know if it is for the DVD, but in Peru he was making a documentary. He even took pictures with fans: Lucky girls!

Yeah, and I want to know wich Oasis songs they are going to play.

Beady Eye have announced a special one off show at Warrington Parr Hall on 28th June 2012. The show is a warm up prior to the band's support slot with the Stone Roses at Heaton Park on 30th June. Tickets are available via a special lottery on the band's website - you can enter here: http://www.beadyeyemusic.com/ticketlottery

Tomorrow Wednesday 16th May 9am, Beady Eye announce an exclusive intimate UK show! To make it fair, tickets will be made available to purchase via a lottery through the Beady Eye website, keep an eye out for further announcements tomorrow! So, for now, we have: Intimate UK show Support The Stone Roses - Heaton Park - Saturday 30th June Fuji Rock Festival - 27-29th July Jisan Valley Rock Festival in Seoul - 27-29th July And Liam said "no gigs in 2012" :laugh3:

Yep, he is in Chile right now. Liam was at the stadium, I saw him on TV. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tuEA3vVn6Y&list=UUy2AidDnXirVxGlGivvyUBg&index=1&feature=plcp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tuEA3vVn6Y&list=UUy2AidDnXirVxGlGivvyUBg&index=1&feature=plcp[/ame]

New Tales From The Middle of Nowhere: Yes comrades . . . so Lima? (that's in Peru by the way) It's also the place where I wrote that song of mine called "If I Had A Gun". Nice place. Foggy. Stinks of dead fish!! Got a little bit wasted the first night on that drink "pisco sour"? The locals say you should only ever have 2 and under no circumstances should one attempt a 3rd. I must admit that did sound like a bit of a challenge at the time and one I would live to regret!! Think I got into double figures. Great night . . . horrific morning. Terrible hangover. Someone suggested a walk about the following afternoon and as I'd never actually left the hotel last time I was here I thought "fuck it . . . why not?" It quickly descended into farce with an ever growing mob of kids (fans and that . . . ) following us everywhere. Felt a bit like Jesus (looked a bit like Jesus if the truth be told!!). It was decided we should fuck it off and jib back to the hotel. Someone then mentioned that there was an ancient pyramid nearby so a couple of us set off to find it. I do like a pyramid me . . . mysterious pointy things . . . I love 'em!! Trouble is when we got there it was closed (not like a shop . . . it's a tourist attraction innit!!) but they let us in anyway, only they have us a guide who started to give us a brick by brick account of it's history. I felt the life being sucked out of me as the centuries whizzed by until . . . I just . . . walked off (you know when you just need a lie down?) he's no doubt probably still yakking on about wedges and building techniques!! Anyway . . . the gig!! The gig was great . . . it was in a football stadium . . . well at least part of a football stadium. I wouldn't say it was the best place I've ever played, but top night all the same. Great crowd . . . loud . . . and lot's of 'em! The night ended with a police escort back to the hotel. Now . . . I've been in a few police escorts in my time but I can safely say I've NEVER been overtaken in one . . . by a bus . . . TWICE!!!!! High speed it was not. Job done though. Adios Peru. You were slightly unhinged but mega . . . in a scary kind of way. I am currently in Santiago (that's in Chile by the way). Getting an early night. Got to be up early tomorrow to watch Manchester City. We need one more win and we'll be crowned champions!!! Gonna be a tense morning . . . . If god wills it etc . . . . ONWARDS. GD. Yes, he likes pyramids very much. I love the song Teotihuacán. [ame= ] [/ame]

1- Le Saut de l'Ange - Calogero 2- Comfortably Numb (live) - Pink Floyd 3- Back to Black - Amy Winehouse 4- Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd 5- The Nile Song - Pink Floyd 6- Mala Vida - Mano Negra 7- No Use in Crying - The Rolling Stones 8- In My Place - Coldplay 9- Dude (Looks Like A Lady) - Aerosmith 10- You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones

Yes, it was for me the best gig I've ever been. What a great year. First Roger Waters, now Noel. And one year ago, it was Ian Anderson. That was mega too. This is the New Tales... and it's so funny! :laugh1: Yes comrades. So . . . Paraguay? Holy shit-balls what a crazy country!! We'll get to the gig in a bit but first let me take you on a little journey from the hotel to the soundcheck. 40 minutes it took and honest to God you've never seen anything like it . . . well I haven't anyway. So . . . we set off in a convoy of sorts. 3 vans, security guards armed to the teeth in unmarked cars, police in off road vehicles sirens wailing and some on motorbikes which looked like they may have been brand spanking new at some point in the 80's . . . closely followed by crazy fans in a separate convoy of private cars and taxis; It quickly turned into some kind of stunt driving chase scene from a James Bond movie. The faster we went the faster these kids went. Each time we hit traffic (quite literally I might add!) and slowed down to a crawl these kids jumped out of their cars and surrounded mine banging on the roof and waving random memorabilia like they were some kind of religious artifacts. At one point we were hurtling up some kind of dual carriageway and a fucking cow just appeared in the middle of the road . . . A FUCKING REAL COW . . . just casually out for a stroll!!! We skidded right up to it's gloriously gormless bonce as it give us that look that cows do and mooed at us as if to say . . . "watch your speed gringo!" On we went at various points I seen: A fully functioning gym just "there" at the side of the road. Brand new-shrink wrapped-office furniture just stacked up in the middle of a flooded street. A LOT of broken down motorbikes. A herd of chickens . . . in the middle of the road (probably looking for the cow). A seemingly endless army of young men at traffic lights holding out bunches of bananas (for sale presumably). Big houses, little houses, bombed out houses and half built houses no-one could be arsed finishing. A city of tents. Something what looked like a car repair work-shop/pet shop!! And to cap it all somebody transporting a horse on the back of a truck . . . not a wagon . . . a little truck . . . not in a horse box, oh no, just standing on the back of a little truck with some lad holding onto it's mane!!! All this while travelling over pot-holes the size of swimming pools!! (It's probably fair to say you won't be seeing Morrissey anytime soon!!). The time was 2:30 in the afternoon. God help us all when it goes dark I thought to myself. The gig itself was HUGE. Another 10,000!! It was held at a jockey club race track thing. As night fell and the dust was being kicked up and the floodlights were on it looked like something out of Apocalypse Now, or apocalypse yesterday . . . whatever . . . it was cool as fuck!! Now, as we know these South Americans love a banner and of course there were the usual marriage proposals and paternity claims etc,etc . . . but this next one has to go down as the weirdest one yet . . . here goes: IF I HAD A GUN I'D SHOOT A HOLE INTO THE FRUITS BACKSTAGE!!! What the holy fuck is that supposed to mean? Surely they didn't mean my band?? Had a nice little (I say little but it was perfectly adequate) bra slung onstage too!! Always a treat. One side of it was a sequined Paraguayan flag . . . the other a sequinned Union Jack!! And in that wonderful moment our two great nations had never been closer. That – comrades - is the power of music (and probably a little bit of alcohol) right there. Makes you proud eh? Paraguay. You are madness personified. I loved you very much. We'll meet again. ONWARDS. GD.

New Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere: Yes comrades . . . so . . . Buenos Aires? Fucking great show. It always is in that place. It never disappoints. Big crowd, about 10,000!! Just like the old days (man)!! The gig itself was out doors right beside a busy railway line and quite near an airport AND it was a full moon! At times it was like playing inside a mad video game. My favourite banner read: NOEL . . . ADOPT ME PLEASE!!!! Funny that innit? They love a banner down here let me tell you. Now the gig was being filmed and will probably make it onto Youtube at some point. Please look out for what can only be described as an "interesting" version of "Supersonic" . . . it started quite badly . . . stopped . . . started again . . . didn't get much better until it died a sorry death. The best bit though and I do hope this comes across on the footage is right at the very end just at the point where I go into the very last chord . . . there's a dramatic pause . . . and right on cue a train passes and honks it's horn . . . very discordant and very loud!! It was maybe the greatest review of a performance in the history of all music. Argentina I love you. See you next time. You currently find me in Paraguay. Lord have mercy!!!!!!! ONWARDS. GD. :heart: :dazzled: I don't know why, but when I read this, I cried a little bit. Maybe because my body still hurts or because I'm in a post gig depression. :bigcry: