Noel quits oasis

[Hugo Sanchez]

Oasis Invited to Q Awards - Up For Top Prize Of The Event

Oasis are in the running for the title of world's best act at a top music awards bash - even though they recently split.The band, whose guitarist Noel Gallagher quit last month, have been shortlisted for the best act in the world today gong at the Q Awards, against Kings Of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay and Muse.Oasis will also compete for the best live act award at the event next month, against acts like U2, Blur and Take That.

Noel and brother Liam have been invited to the event, organised by Q magazine at the Grosvenor House Hotel, but they have both kept a low profile since their increasing rift led to Noel quitting just moments before a gig in Paris. A trio of acts lead the field with three nominations each - Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys and Florence & The Machine. U2, Dizzee Rascal and Lady GaGa are among the acts with a pair of mentions on the shortlist. Q's editor-in-chief Paul Rees said: "The Q Awards prides itself on honouring the best popular music of the year and the 2009 vintage is no exception. Once again the nominations prove that great music continues to be made across a broad range of styles."

Source: The Press AssociationMore from www.independent.co.uk full article here.

[Matt]

Noel to join Kasabian? :w00t:

KASABIAN have asked pal NOEL GALLAGHER to return to gigging and join them on tour.

The Mancunian rock legend, 42, is already desperate to get back on the road again just month after OASIS split.

So he has turned to Kasabian and said: 'Maybe you're gonna be the ones who save me...' from being bored.

He's asked to appear on their upcoming UK arena tour - which kicks off in Newcastle on November 10 - and they have given him the thumbs up.

In an eXSclusive chat Kasabian frontman TOM MEIGHAN, 28, revealed their gig plans and hinted they may record a song together in the future.

He told me: "We've got our arena tour in November.

"Noel will be calling us up nearer the time for sure saying, 'Lads, I'm going to come perform with you on tour'.

"He's a performing machine, and loves playing live so he jumps at the opportunity whenever he can join us."

And assessing the prospects of getting into the recording studio with Noel, Tom added: "We'd love to do a track with him. Never say never.

"But at the moment he's concentrating on his solo stuff and we're busy as ever."

I imagine Noel is fully aware that performing live with the Leicester rockers Tom, SERGIO PIZZORNO, CHRIS EDWARDS and IAN MATTHEWS will annoy his younger brother and former bandmate LIAM.

I'm told by a pal: "Noel has got itchy fingers and wants to get back into touring as quickly as he can.

"He and the Kasabian lads have spoken about it and they all thought it was a brilliant idea so he will join them onstage in for a few cameo appearances.

"It also has the added benefit that it will irritate the hell out of Liam, who didn't want the band to split at all.

"It shows Noel has already moved on and can play with anyone that takes his fancy, which will rile Liam considering how competitive he is."

Noel and Kasabian's collaboration will come as good news to Oasis fans who missed seeing the band after a huge bust-up between him and Liam caused the band to split and cancel a number of gigs in August.

A music insider tells me: "The Kasabian lads love Noel and see him as a guiding light. To get him to play on THEIR tour rather than support him as they have before means so much to them. Plus imagine what it would do for ticket sales."

Noel has performed with Kasabian before. He did three songs with the Mercury Prize nominees at Edinburgh's Hogmany in 2007.

And they joined Noel and Liam on the doomed Oasis summer tour.

I know its only rumour, and "it's only from NOTW" but when Noel left Oasis I said and had a feeling he'd do something with Kasabian, I read before the Noel left Oasis he said if he was ever in another band he'd want to be in Kasabian.

Gonna have to get ticket for the NEC for November I think.

[Simi]

Jay-Z has urged Oasis singer Liam Gallagher to call him to set up a collaboration to rival Snoop Dogg's proposed duet with Liam's brother Noel.

Jay-Z wants to duet with Liam Gallagher.

The rapper has urged the Oasis singer to call him to arrange a collaboration after learning hip-hop star Snoop Dogg wants to work with Liam's brother Noel.

Noel recently quit Oasis following a series of rows with his brother, while he clashed with Jay-Z last year after criticising the decision to have the rapper headline the Glastonbury music festival.

Jay-Z said: "I hear Snoop Dogg might be teaming up with Noel. If that's the case then I would love to work with Liam.

"Their music is tight and I think we could blend our styles well. When I teamed up with Linkin Park nobody expected that to work but we made a massive success of it. The same could happen with Liam.

"When you have two artists like us in a room just throwing about ideas you come up with something brilliant fairly easily. I don't know what he is up to now but he can give me a call."

Jay-Z - real name Shawn Carter - could get the chance to bond with Liam over soccer.

The hip-hop mogul - who already co-owns the New Jersey Nets basketball team - has fallen in love with the sport and is considering investing in a British team after recently watching Liam's beloved Manchester City play Arsenal.

The rap star told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "I loved it. I won't pretend I know everything about soccer but it was an amazing match. We had a great day out.

"I keep hearing I am a big Manchester City fan but that's not true. I follow Arsenal.

"People keep asking me if I would ever invest in an English club. All I can say is that I am pretty busy at the moment with the Nets but you can never say never. I am a businessman and if the right deal comes along you never know what might happen."

Snoop Dogg recently said he wants to make Noel his first signing to EMI subsidiary Priority Records, for who he has just been made creative director.

He said: "Would I sign Noel Gallagher? Hell yeah. I'm definitely trying to find a rock band right now. Would I collaborate with him? Yeah, definitely. Set it up... I love his style."

Oh dear.

[Sparky]

Oh dear.

Oh god please dont let either happen

[Hugo Sanchez]

HAHA, I wonder when Sam will think of this when he crawls back onto the forum.

His heroes getting turned down by real musican.