Do not let the title of this song mislead you – it is not a pompous insight into how brilliant it is being a multi-millionaire rock star; that just wouldn’t sit right with fans of Liam Gallagher, despite the fact he’s clearly not short of a few quid. On the …
Carl Barat, best known as one half of the songwriting partnership responsible for the most influential band of the last decade, is not one to rest on his laurels. Last summer he finally succumbed to Pete Doherty‘s persuasive charms and reunited The Libertines to headline the Reading and Leeds festival. …
Sweden’s presence on the world’s musical landscape is one that is criminally undervalued. The unofficial ambassadors of Swedish music are undoubtedly Abba, yet there is a wealth of talent that the country has pumped into the industry, a contribution which is still prevalent today. The Hives, Mando Diao, The Soundtrack …
It’s exactly a year since Noel Gallagher graced the stage at the Royal Albert Hall to play for the Teenage Cancer Trust, and tonight he was in danger of upstaging his younger brother’s new band without even showing up. This was thanks to a video montage that highlighted some of …
You all know the story well enough by now. After 18 years of noise and confusion, Oasis came to a shambolic, messy, demise backstage at a gig in Paris in 2009. Following Noel Gallagher‘s departure it came as no surprise that brother Liam and the remaining members of the band …
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club reached a pinnacle point in their career tonight – their 1000th show, and what better place to mark this occasion than a gig at London’s Brixton Academy? It’s fair to say the venue has become their home away from home in recent years, having graced …
Sometimes the best songs are the simple ones. They don’t always require a Stairway To Heaven approach. Just stumble across an infectious riff, write a good melody around it and wait for the royalty cheques to hit the doormat. Forever? Impossible? Of course, in reality it is not as easy …
photo: BP Fallon
It can be difficult keeping up with the events of Carl Barat’s life, with more twists and turns than a soap opera, you only have to blink and you’ve missed another memorable episode. Band breakups, public spats, health scares and reformations all feature on this roller coaster …
– (London, 08/25/10) John and Paul, Ray and Dave, Liam and Noel – history is littered with great bands that suffered from relationship strains, Pete and Carl being no exception. Six years ago when Pete was forced out of the Libertines, a full scale …
She has more YouTube subscribers than the Beatles, attracted over a million listens on her social networking sites – and has achieved all of this before her 18th birthday. The statistics speak for themselves.
Gabrielle Aplin is a singer-songwriter from Bath in England and has been learning her trade since …
Tired of the overpopulated, homogeneous singer-songwriter market that’s awash with mediocrity? Then please welcome Adam Parker, a man who offers something refreshingly new and inspired with his debut single, ‘Oh My’.
The track is by no means a typical indie, acoustic, singer-songwriter-by- numbers-effort. On the contrary, it transcends genres …
Andy Bell (photo: Live4ever)
Live4ever’s Matt Humphrey met up with Beady Eye’s guitarist and Ex Oasis bassist Andy Bell earlier today. Andy had been visiting London’s bustling Oxford Street Selfrideges where band mate Liam Gallagher’s Pretty Green clothing range is currently for sale.
Andy was kind enough to give us …
The story behind the conception of Gorillaz is one of the most natural and wonderful things to have happened in music since Noel Gallagher reached for a disused guitar lying around his childhood home. It’s the tale of two blokes sat on a sofa watching MTV, deciding everything was shit, …
With a collective age equal to that of about one Rolling Stones member, the Coral have packed in an impressive amount of work in the 8 years since they released their debut album. Anything but work-shy, these boys have clocked up 4 albums, 1 mini album, a singles collection and …
The Charlatans seem to have somehow avoided the ravages of time. New single, Love Is Ending, is concrete evidence to support this claim. Tim Burgess still sounds like a hungry twenty year old, despite now being officially middle aged. Even as they enter the third decade of their career, they’re …
There was once a time when Oasis would put out a single every 3 months, a classic track backed with great B-sides, sometimes even better than its A-side. Who can forget the track listing of Cigarettes And Alcohol? Listen up, Fade Away and I Am The Walrus, …