Death in Vegas replaced....

...at least that's what the cover of next weeks NME magazine makes us believe. News on the new producer(s) to follow . Check back soon !



UPDATE

OASIS have stopped working with DEATH IN VEGAS as producers for their new album.

But Noel Gallagher has revealed the "really ****in' good" follow-up to "Heathen Chemistry" is now well on the way to being finished. Since the start of this year the Gallaghers have been in and out of the studio recording their sixth record with Tim Holmes and Richard Fearless behind the mixing desk. Most recently Oasis visited the remote Sawmills Studio in Cornwall, where the band recorded their legendary debut "Definitely Maybe" back in 1994. However, a source close to the band has said the sessions didn't work out as well as hoped and the decision has been taken for Oasis to go back to their own studio and carry on alone.

A statement issued to NME.COM reads: "Oasis have finished the sessions with DIV and have returned to their own studio to continue work on their sixth studio album."

Speaking last week, Noel Gallagher said that despite the change of producers and the fact they're without a drummer after sacking Alan White before recording began, the follow-up to "Heathen Chemistry" already has a tracklisting and is well on the way to being finished. No release date has been set for the band's new album, although Noel said he wants it out before the end of the year. He revealed: "We've done a bunch of really ****ing good demos and we put together a running order of what we thought the album was gonna be and we whittled it down to ten tracks. But we've had that for a few months now." Gallagher said each remaining member of Oasis is writing for the album, and his brother Liam has written a "mega" song called "Love Is Like A Bomb".

He told Channel 4's Ear Candy: "We all demo separately and then I always get the last say on what's going to be recorded, much to Liam's frustration. I'm quite fair about it all. It so happens that this time everybody's writing an equal amount of songs. Working titles are said to include "Stop The Clocks", "They Ain't Got Nothing On Me, They Ain't Got Nothing On You", "Longer", "Singin' Your Life", "You Wanna Feel My Shame", "Say It", "Revolution Man" and "The Good Rebel".


Oasis ditch Death in Vegas

Oasis have reportedly stopped working with Death in Vegas as producers on their new album. The band had been working on their sixth album with Tim Holmes and Richard Fearless in Cornwall. According to NME.com the sessions haven't been going as well as was hoped and they have now moved back to their own studios with Noel Gallagher producing.

It's not known whether any of the tracks recorded with Death in Vegas will make the album.

A statement released to NME said: "Oasis have finished the sessions with DIV and returned to their own studio to continue work on their sixth studio album."

source ananova




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The Chief gives new Album details and more

Noel Gallagher recently spoke to Colin Murray on the new Album's progress and yes, 'Darkness' .....

(interview summary)

- 10 songs demoed- maybe a couple more, Noel has been drumming on a few but reckons they need a better drummer for a few of the songs, the interviewer suggested Dave Grohl as he is a rent-a-drummer, Noel laughed and said no he is too wacky.

- Noel said he either writes all the songs or picks all the songs, he's not bothered.

- Liam has got a song that sounds exactly like The Who and it's mega, called Love is like a Bomb.

- Because they have got their own label their is no pressure for them to get the record out, and hope to have out by the end of the year.

- Regarding The Darkness, Noel said he really likes their song, 'Growing on Me' but saw them and thought WTF, and they supported Robbie at Knebworth, Noel called it 'squarestock' or something.

source Oasisinet Forum/ L4e Forum

The Chief gives new Album details and more

Noel Gallagher recently spoke to Colin Murray on the new Album's progress and yes, 'Darkness' .....

(interview summary)

- 10 songs demoed- maybe a couple more, Noel has been drumming on a few but reckons they need a better drummer for a few of the songs, the interviewer suggested Dave Grohl as he is a rent-a-drummer, Noel laughed and said no he is too wacky.

- Noel said he either writes all the songs or picks all the songs, he's not bothered.

- Liam has got a song that sounds exactly like The Who and it's mega, called Love is like a Bomb.

- Because they have got their own label their is no pressure for them to get the record out, and hope to have out by the end of the year.

- Regarding The Darkness, Noel said he really likes their song, 'Growing on Me' but saw them and thought WTF, and they supported Robbie at Knebworth, Noel called it nobstock or something.

source Oasisinet Forum/ L4e Forum

Behind the scenes at Sawmills Studio....

THOSE GALLAGHERS - THEY REALLY ARE A PAIR OF LOVELY BOYS

That's the verdict on the Gallagher brothers and Oasis from Ruth Taylor, manager of Sawmills Studios at Golant, near Fowey, where the band have been recording their new album. The Mancunian band renowned for their infamy attract a media circus wherever they go - and deepest rural Cornwall was no different. Guitarist and songwriter Noel Gallagher was splashed all over the tabloids after he was pictured strolling to Golant along a railway track from the isolated creek-side studio. The photograph has prompted British Transport Police to consider prosecuting him - he faces a £1,000 fine - and the millionaire rock star was interviewed in Golant following the incident. I visited the studio a couple of days after Oasis left to speak to Ruth about the band's stay at Sawmills - and no I didn't walk on the railway line but was picked up by boat from Golant; the most accessible way of reaching the studio. She said: "Noel was a bit surprised by the whole railway line thing - people are forgetting that the Sun photographer had to get on the line first in order to take the picture of Noel - is he being prosecuted?"

Oasis returned to Sawmills 10 years after they recorded their debut album, Definitely Maybe, at the world-renowned studio. "Noel said they decided to come back because they had such a good time recording that album here," said Ruth, who has worked at Sawmills since 1990. The band briefly visited just before Christmas to check out the studio's specifications and then returned in late January, recording the bulk of their forthcoming sixth album before leaving last week.

Ruth added: "The band are really sweet - not at all like their public image. Liam does everything he's told and they always turn up on time. "I think they like coming here because it's so quiet and secluded - they usually have people camped outside their homes all the time. "But they even attract mad fans and media down here - we had one bloke sat out in the creek with a camera on a freezing cold morning. "We've been inundated with silly phone calls and e mails, and we're still receiving post addressed to Noel and Liam."

One Cornish fan rang up and invited the band to a party and a young band from Surrey travelled all the way to Cornwall and knocked on the studio window one night. They wanted to speak to Noel but he wasn't there. Suddenly Liam appeared. "We've come all the way from Surrey to see you," they excitedly told him. "Bit f***in' stupid," came the reply. And that was the extent of their meeting.

Cult psychedelic dance act Death In Vegas - Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes - produced the album after working with Liam on the title track of their last record, Scorpio Rising. Ruth added: "They wanted to record an album that didn't sound like the traditional Oasis - it sounds really good. But I'm not telling you more than that, you'll have to wait until it comes out." The band enjoyed drinking at the local, the Fisherman's Arms, where they were a hit with staff and punters alike. One regular said: "They've been really nice, just ordinary customers - polite and well-behaved. "We get a lot of famous rock stars down here so no-one ever makes a fuss about them." However, the usual Oasis furore occurred when the band went to a pub in Fowey and a fight broke out around them.

Among the other acts who have recorded at Sawmills - which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year - are Supergrass, Muse, Stone Roses, The Verve, Idlewild, Ocean Colour Scene and Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant, who on venturing to the pub was mistaken for a builder from Par.


source: Cornish Guardian
thanks: Bluecorn/ l4e forum

Liam and Family on vaco

PITY the poor people of Barbados LIAM GALLAGHER is in town.
Big Gob and his fiancée NICOLE APPLETON are taking a sunshine break with their son Gene. And like a dutiful father and partner, Liam took them to the beach.

But it looks like the Oasis singer forgot to pack a bucket and spade for his two-year-old the poor lad had to resort to playing with a bottle of beer. Either that or hes making an early start on following in Daddys footsteps. The pair even wore matching hats.



In his multi-coloured shorts, its clear the seaside is not Liams natural habitat. And if his T-shirts anything to go by, Id hazard a guess hes not planning on playing happy families for long. The slogan reads: Sit next to a stranger and watch things together. Odds on hes planning to escape family duties on the beach and head for a typical night on the tiles.



source: The Sun



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"I don't look like Liam..."

Interview excerpt of a recent JET interview with swiss website Students.ch

S: Youre looking like Liam Gallagher today!

Jet: Oh shit man! No, I dont look like Liam. I met him 3 days before, and hes looking old I am looking young, you know!

S: Whats happening with him?

Jet: Oh, nothing! Theyre doing their new album, with the producer of death in vegas. And things are looking good for Oasis, ya know

source: students.ch


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Exclusive new Oasis Photos in NME

In next weeks Nme: Story on Liam Gallagher and new band photos.....




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Oasis on UK's Ultimate Popstar List

(From TV special on UK's channel 4)

Sir Cliff Richard was crowned as the UK's Ultimate pop star. The Ultimate Pop Stars show was presented by Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse and featured interviews with Rod Stewart, Sir Cliff Richard, Duran Duran and Westlife.

Oasis came in at No. 26 with about 6.2 million singles sales. Not a bad little piece about them with some good quotes from Liam, Noel & Bonehead.

Bonehead - "I think the thing that made us different than all the other bands around at the time, no disrespect to Noel, was Liam Gallagher"

Liam - "This is the way I am, wether I'm in a band or not, cos I've always been a little twat and always will be"

Noel - "I write songs on a guitar - it isn't gonna sound like Jean Michelle Jarre, d'you know what I mean?" - Classic!

source: globefc / l4e forum


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New Album delayed ?

According to Noel Gallagher, Oasis are taking their time while working on their new album down in Cornwall, with the much mooted 2004 release no longer definite, while the band are asking fans for help with compiling a new DVD.

Oasis are currently recording the follow up to their 2002 album Heathen Chemistry at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall with Death in Vegas' Tim Holmes and Richard Fearless, but according to Noel, it's rather slow going:

"We're just in the middle of doing our album. He explained to the BBC. We're just having a couple of weeks off from it. It'd be nice to get it out for the summer, but I doubt it. Maybe the end of the year, I don't know, it depends how well it goes, but it's going a bit slow, lets put it that way."

Elsewhere the band have asked fans to send in any Oasis related film, video or audio from the bands past, for possible inclusion on a new as-yet-untitled Oasis DVD project. A message posted on the groups official website www.oasisinet.com reads:

Do you have any photos or video of Oasis in the early days (we're especially interested in anything from 1992 - April 1995). If so we would be very interested in seeing it for possible inclusion in an up and coming official Oasis DVD release.
The DVD is reportedly being made by veteran Oasis film-maker Dick Carruthers for M Productions, and anyone with any suitable tat is asked to email oasisdvd@metropolis-group.co.uk with information about what footage you have.


source : xfm news
tks: choco*fish

Oasis, Strokes still in talks with Glastonbury Organiser

PAUL McCARTNEY has been confirmed to headline the Saturday night (June 26) at this year's GLASTONBURY. Festival organiser Michael Eavis confirmed the ex-Beatle's slot at the Oxford Union last night (February 18). Eavis revealed that McCartney was booked for this year's event on the Tuesday after the festival finished last year.

Other artists confirmed for the three-day festival are The Cure, James Brown, Kings Of Leon, Basement Jaxx, My Morning Jacket and the Scissor Sisters.

Oasis, and The Strokes are currently in talks with Eavis, who revealed Noel Gallagher had phoned him personally to talk about Oasis's participation in the festival. Acts such as Pixies, Muse, Elbow, Idlewild, and Keane are also strongly rumoured to play.

Eavis also commented that he would book the Red Hot Chili Peppers if they contacted him with regards to playing the festival, but felt that they were "more for 14 year-olds".

As previously reported on NME.COM, tickets for the event, taking place on June 25 - 27 at Worthy Farm, Pilton, in Somerset, will go on sale on April 1, at 8pm. Tickets for this year's event will cost £112 plus booking fee, and postage costs. Credit cards will not be accepted, and tickets will be limited to two per person.

NME.COM




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Liam bashes photographer at Brits ?

Disguise ... Liam leaves wearing a bag after 'attack'
Picture: XPOSURE



OASIS star Liam Gallagher fled with a Paul Smith CARRIER BAG over his head yesterday after being accused of a vicious assault.


Party animal ... Liam after bash


Police were last night probing photographer James Taylors claim that Gallagher, 31, rained blows on his head after a Brit Awards party. James, 18, said: He acted like an animal. James had asked to take photos outside a flat in Belsize Park, North London, at 2am. He said: Liam punched me four or five times. Later he and two others came out like the Ku Klux Klan. They had carrier bags over their heads with slits cut out for the eyes.

An Oasis spokesman said last night: Nothing un-toward happened."

source : The Sun

Gallaghers attend NME award show

Jet returned to the scene of Thursdays NME Awards on Friday (February 13) to headline a triumphant NME Awards show - watched by Oasis and a Hollywood starlet.

The Aussie four-piece were supported at the sold-out Hammersmith Palais gig by The Stands, The Killers and The Ordinary Boys as they worked through hits from their debut album Get Born. Biggest cheer of the night was reserved for forthcoming hit-in-waiting Look What Youve Done. "This is the best London show weve played," guitarist Cameron told NME.COM. "Its a lot of fun for us when we see people come who want to have a party."

Liam and Noel Gallagher took time out from recording new album in Cornwall to watch the show. And Clueless actress Alicia Silverstone was also in the audience. She made a bee-line for the band backstage as soon as the gig was finished.

source: NME

Work on new Album has begun

New sounds ... Oasis work on new album


OASIS are keeping it real while working on their new album. NOEL GALLAGHER and the lads are staying in a two-star hotel, not the posh rooms available at Cornwalls Sawmills Studios, where they also recorded megahit Definitely Maybe.I caught up with Noel at the £60-a-night Cormorant Hotel in Golant, near the studio. As you can see in the picture below, its certainly not The Ritz. In a rare chat, busy Noel confirmed my story last month that he will be the bands drummer now ALAN WHITE has been axed. Brother LIAM, ANDY BELL and GEM ARCHER are pitching in, though. All four of us are writing. Its a total collective, he told me.

A hotel resident said: We expected arrogant rock stars but they are lovely and friendly.


Two-stars ... hotel where band stay



Sadly, the hell-raising Gallaghers cant do everything by the book. They are travelling between hotel and studio by foolishly (and illegally) taking a short cut on a railway line.

source: the Sun

The figures speak for themselves: in this week's US top 100 album chart, there were just four British singers or bands. Coldplay, Chris Martin's young rock band, came in at number 36 with "A Rush of Blood To The Head". But they trailed well behind The Beatles, who reached notch number 26 with "Let It Be ... Naked", 40 years after the Fab Four first hit the US charts and 23 years after the murder of John Lennon (news). But the highest British placing went to another rock veteran, Rod Stewart (news), at 18 with "As Time Goes By". Sting, the former Police frontman long turned solo artist, was at number 61 with his latest album "Sacred Love".

Back in 1986, British "new wave" bands like Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys and Simple Minds seized a remarkable 32 percent of the US market. Thirteen years later, however, the British share had slumped to 0.2 percent, and Fat Boy Slim's "You've Come a Long Way Baby" was the only British album to make the US top 100 in 1999.

A British Council report in 2002 found that 92 percent of the US music market was made up of homegrown music talent. British music, the report found, suffered in a market which was "increasingly fragmented and localised and therefore more complex and costly to access".

It also blamed "the negative attitude" of certain British bands for contributing to the drop in sales, especially the antics of Oasis and its volatile singer Liam Gallagher (news). At the end of the 1990s, Oasis "encapsulated both the positive and negative sides of the British music 'brand'," the report found. "Rightly or wrongly, Oasis were viewed as one of the leaders of the last readily identifiable British US musical invasion under the banner of 'Britpop' -- an invasion that, in retrospect, clearly failed to match the impact of its predecessors," it concluded.

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