Tag: Noel Gallagher

Watch: Noel Gallagher covers Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” with BBC orchestra

Watch: Noel Gallagher covers Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” with BBC orchestra

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds stopped by Maida Vale Studios this past week to play a three-song set for the BBC Radio 2 Piano Room series.

Listen: The Cure’s Robert Smith remixes “Pretty Boy” by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

Listen: The Cure’s Robert Smith remixes “Pretty Boy” by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

Robert Smith has been known to dabble in the occasional remix, and his latest effort is the sonic makeover of “Pretty Boy” by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. 

Paul Weller to release ‘Sonik Kicks’ in March; stream album track ‘Around the Lake’

Paul Weller to release ‘Sonik Kicks’ in March; stream album track ‘Around the Lake’

Paul Weller this morning announced he’ll release his 11th solo album — the 14-track ‘Sonik Kicks,’ featuring appearances by Noel Gallagher and Graham Coxon — in March, and will preview the new collection with two pre-release London concerts at which he’ll perform the new album in its entirety.

The Stone Roses at Spike Island: Rare video surfaces of legendary 1990 concert

A trailer for what appears to be a full-length concert film of The Stone Roses’ now-legendary Spike Island concert surfaced on YouTube over the weekend, despite long-held beliefs the May 27, 1990, gig — performed in front of nearly 30,000 fans on a reclaimed toxic-waste site — wasn’t filmed.

‘Upside Down’ documentary to tell story of Alan McGee and Creation Records

‘Upside Down’ documentary to tell story of Alan McGee and Creation Records

Alan McGee’s legendary Creation Records label — home to such ’80s and ’90s Brit luminaries as The Jesus and Mary Chain (shown above), Primal Scream, Teenage Fanclub, My Bloody Valentine, The House of Love and Oasis — will be the subject of ‘Upside Down,’ a new documentary expected to hit theaters, DVD and television next year.

Smiths, New Order, Stone Roses spotlighted in new book on Manchester scene

Smiths, New Order, Stone Roses spotlighted in new book on Manchester scene

Perhaps best known for his bio “The Stone Roses and the Resurrection of British Pop,” Brit rock scribe/musician John Robb has set his sights on […]