oasisblues: December 2010

the dream is closer

MILAN - The first cinema sex symbol Mae West room for the first time re-created,

with the famous "Dali lips" sofa.

mostra Dalì Milano - until 30 January

(Pink Floyd song Julia dream)

at the art show there's also the 6 minutes "Destino" cartoon, Dalì+Walt Disney, it's like a dream

Galligator "ride the crocodile" competition entries

(England) here are the first entries... joking ^_^

tonight sounds like a drunk night :)

notice that the alligator is fully clothed :)

Meanwhile, to participate in the competition ^_^, an Australian risked his life:

never smile at a crocodile is what most of us has grown up singing, but for one man who ignored this advice, took his drunken adventure one step too far. The intoxicated Australian thought it was a good idea to climb into a crocodile cage so he could ride the 5m giant.
The 36 year old man, who has not been named by Police, was bit by the 800kg reptile after he tried to straddle it.
Fatso, the crocodile gnawed chunks of flesh away from the man’s leg, who is now in hospital recovering from a serious leg wound.
Earlier that night, the man was kicked out of a pub in Broome, Western Australia for being too drunk.
Michael Douglas, Park Owner said:
“No person in their right mind would try to sit on a 5m Saltwater crocodile, once they get hold of you, are not renowned for letting you go.”
The drunken man had climbed over the fence and into the pen where Fatso lay. The man had a lucky escape as the crocodile was capable of crushing anybody to death with a single bite.
“If it had been warmer and Fatso was more alert, we would have been dealing with a fatality,” said Mr Douglas.
After the ordeal, the drunken man stumbled back to the pub where he was originally thrown out.
The man walked by with flesh hanging off him at around 11pm. After surgery and many glasses of water, the man’s condition is said to be stable.

competition: ride a crocodile as Doreen in the 1920s and win Beady Eye gig

MILAN - Again unveiling Beady Eye cover images :)
About 2 months to Beady Eye concerts, the last tickets were available days ago, I've got them.
Ride a crocodile and take a photo so we can see you have the guts enough :)
Too difficult? Ok a plastic crocodile is allowed :) ...as those used at the seaside, then we'll choose the winner.
marco@oasisblues.com

Next time you think skateboarding is dangerous, check out these pictures of the good old days.
Honey, what should we do with the kids today?
I don’t know, how about letting them ride live alligators?
Ok, but make sure they dress appropriately.

dress Pretty...Green
(Pretty Green clothes for kids soon, as Liam said)

it's grin up north, Mario!

MANCHESTER - 1st January, as on 26 December Boxing Day, in England they play football, even every 2-3 days. In Italy you couldn't even imagine it, they have at least 2 weeks of holidays... too tired, poor babies ^_^
But many, as Capello, proposed to stop the games also in freezing England, now they always play: that's one of the reasons why England team is tired in the summer... they should have a break. Well, last summer also Italy was tired...

Nigel de Jong thinks Mario Balotelli should allow himself to enjoy the moment when he finds the net for City – especially as the Dutch midfielder is still waiting to find out how that feels!
The enigmatic Italian rarely smiles when scoring, seeing it as all part of his job, but his team mates led by de Jong finally got a couple out of him during his hat-trick against Aston Villa on Tuesday.
The popular Dutch midfielder, captain for last Tuesday’s game, has yet to bag one himself in nearly two years at the club but is keen to encourage the 20 year-old-striker when it happens for him.
“I’ve told him, ‘You’ve gotta keep smiling when you score!’” laughs Nigel. “Not everyone can score goals - I still haven’t scored in almost two years here - so Mario needs to keep smiling when he manages it.
“He’s a lively guy and he is a lively guy in the dressing room as well. Sometimes, his body language is not what you would want to have on the pitch, but he is a winner and he always wants to win and score.
"He is quite critical about himself. If he loses the ball or doesn’t score a great opportunity, he criticises himself.
“But he is a top bloke and, at 20, he is still very young. We are all there to help him to settle in, though.”
Identified as a major talent at a young age in Italy, there was a lot of expectancy around Mario on his arrival at City from Inter Milan last summer, so does Nigel think he can live up this?
“If you see the raw ability, yes,” he adds. “If he progresses over the next five years, then people will say he is one of the best strikers in the world.
“He is still a talent now, but he can become a great player and he knows that himself. You can only become a great player by working hard every day, though, and believing in yourself, with the backing of your team-mates. We will provide that, but he has to do the rest himself.”
from City official site

December's children and everybody: happy old year from Oasisblues

forming an Italian flag with the red now on the right column :)

She said yeah + Jumpin' jack flash, featuring my same floor lol

songs about Milano, in love with Milan

MILAN - Milano Lambretta & Mister G, Giorgio Gaber.

11 songs as 11 players, as 2011 :)

11 canzoni dedicate a Milano:

"Dedicato a te" (Giulia) (dedicated to you), Le Vibrazioni from Milan

"Un romantico a Milano" (a romantic in Milan), Baustelle.
Noir atmosphere, intriguing melody, a city that is the background for love stories and the underworld

"Milano", Alex Britti, saying the smell of the sea can even arrive to Milan

"Porta Romana" (a square), Giorgio Gaber

"Il ragazzo della via Gluck" (the boy from Gluck street), live in Berlin,
Adriano Celentano, with Beatles boots and Liam Gallagher hat ahaha

"Milano", Lucio Dalla, the magic city of moda and mystery

"Innamorati a Milano" (lovers in Milan), Ornella Vanoni (born in Milan)

"if you only knew how it's 'different' (strange) to be in love in Milan... and to date in Milan... but, in this 'impossible' place, you told me you love me, I told you I love you..."

song by Memo Remigi, in 1974 he published a compilation of songs about Milan titled "Emme come Milano"- M as Milan, and this was the song of TeleMilano58 channel by Berlusconi, then becoming the famous Canale 5

"Tu mi ricordi Milano" (you remind me of Milan), Ornella Vanoni

(summary, literal translation) "...Milan strange face... people leaving and arriving everyday... you're similar to these Navigli channels dressed with fog... your old city streets, your shyness, I walk them around... then coming back around Milan centre I'll feel inside me your tenderness... behind your eyes: windows always filtering some poetry... you're as the heat of a breath stopping beside you when it's cold... I wanna take in my hand the great Milan and your freedom... now I turn off the lights of this city... I love you (ti amo)... I come back home with you... Milan (Milano)... home with you... I love you (ti amo)... home with you..."

"oh mia bella Madunina" (oh my beautiful Lady), Milan hymn in Milanese dialect funny language,
a "must", (very) popular song.

short version:

"oh mia bela Madunina, che te brìlet de luntàn, tüta d'ora e picinina, tì te dòminet Milàn, sota a tì se viv la vida, se stà mai cui màn in màn, cànten tücc luntàn de Napoli se mör, ma poi vègnen chì a Milàn! (terùn! :) ... sì, vegnì sensa paüra, nüm ve slungaremm la maan, tüt el mund a l'è paes, e s'emm d'accòrd, ma Milàn, l'è un gran Milàn!"

"oh my beautiful Lady (Our Lady statue, symbol of Milan), you shine from far, all of gold and tiny, you dominate Milan, under you we live our lives, always having something to do, they sing "far from Naples you die", but then everybody is coming to Milan... yes, come here with no fear, we'll give you a hand, all the world is the same, but Milan, it's a great Milan!"

"Lassa pür ch'el mund el disa" (ma Milan l'è un gran Milan) (Let the world talk, but Milan is a great Milan) ('cause many people are jealous of Milan) (Giovanni D'Anzi), popular song in Milan language.

featuring "panetùn" panettone and "Gürgünzöla" Gorgonzola cheese (Liam Gallagher's favourite)

AC Milan hymn, best club in history

...and many more (Roberto Vecchioni "Luci a San Siro" lights at the San Siro, Alberto Fortis, Articolo 31, etc.)

Beady Eye heavily praised by fans: better than Oasis (lol)

LONDON - I like it but I'm not a big fan of the successful Definitely Maybe, Liam even said Beady Eye first album will be better than Oasis first album... it's "powerful"(Definitely Maybe with McCarroll on drums, it couldn't be so powerful). Liam is right when he says the musicians are better now (well, if we don't consider Noel) ...of course Guigsy, Bonehead and McCarroll were worse than Gem, Andy, Chris and Jeff.

by Emma: Beady Eye’s track “Four Letter Word” has been heavily praised by fans, with some even claiming its better than later Oasis material.
The track has restored faith in Liam Gallagher’s new bands efforts after the first track to be heard by Liam and co, “Bring The Light” received a lukewarm reaction, many slating the song.
Now with “Four Letter Word” hitting the net with a video to boot fans have had their say online.
Some comments: “Four Letter Word – WHAT a fucking tune. Noel would be proud to have written a track this good (seen as he hasn’t since ’97) . Have to say I’m very impressed with Gem too. This tune beats the shit out of anything on DOYS. Very refreshing, and if this is a true indication of the rest of DGSS (despite the mediocre BTL), we, my friends, are in for a fucking MASSIVE album.”
“Fuckin tune!! What an opener to the album. Quite aggressive at bits and will be a stomping bit of “Liam, Liam” live!”
“I’m going to dampen the mood and point out that it goes on for 30 seconds too long and the ‘nothing ever lasts forever’ bit sounds tacked on. Doesn’t stop it being a great song though, particularly the solo.”
“Fucking brilliant. Love it. Their best so far …”, Emma: “I fucking love it!! I’m excited for February now”, another one: “This should have been the first single – this is the kind of thing I was expecting, on par with The Shock Of The Lightning for me”.
“Dare I say it, the boys are back. Liam’s on top form and that eastern tinged guitar is just superb.Totally different to “bring the light”, it’s a proper beast of a tune and if the album is all this quality then I take back what I said. Beady Eye, REM and Elbow albums all come out in a 7 day period, I can’t wait till Late Feb now. THIS my friends is Oasis, and this single is arguably the best lead single for an album since 1995. The EIGHTH oasis album!! Who needs Noel?”

Four Letter Word: Def Leppard, Bob Dylan, The Smiths

Again some cinema: tits ^_^,
the film Love is a Four Letter Word (1964), see here.

The phrase four-letter word refers to a set of English-language words written with four letters which are considered profane, including common popular or slang terms for excretoryfunctions, sexual activity and genitalia, and (depending on the listener/reader) sometimes also certain terms relating to Hell and damnation when used outside their original religious context, and/or slurs. The "four-letter" claim refers to the fact that a large number of English "swear words" are incidentally four-character monosyllables. This euphemism came into use during the first half of the twentieth century.

Common four-letter words (in this sense) that are widely considered vulgar or offensive to a notable degree include: cunt, fuck (and regional variants such as feck, fick and foak), jism (orgism), jizz, piss, shit, twat and tits. Piss in particular, however, may be used in non-excretory contexts (pissed off, i.e. "angry", in US English; pissed, i.e. "drunk" in UK English) that are often not considered particularly offensive, and the word also occurs several times with its excretory meaning in the King James Bible. Several of these (including even piss, despite its biblical pedigree) have been declared legally indecent under the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) TV and radio open-airwave broadcasting regulations.
A number of additional words of this length are upsetting to some, for religious or personal sensitivity reasons, such as: arse (UK), damn, fart, hell, wang, and wank (UK). Ethnic andsexual-preference slurs may also qualify, such as mong, gook, kike, spic and dyke. Several "four-letter words" have multiple meanings (some even serving as given names), and usually only offend when used in their vulgar senses, for example: cock, dick, knob, muff, puss, shag (UK) and toss (UK). A borderline category includes words that are euphemistic evasions of "stronger" words, as well as those that happen to be short and have both an expletive sound to some listeners as well as a sexual or excretory meaning (many also have other, non-vulgar meanings): butt (US), crap, darn, dump, heck, poop (US), slag (UK, NZ, AUS), slut and turd, as several examples. Finally, certain four-lettered terms with limited usage can be considered offensive by some, within the regional dialect in which they are used, such as mong and mary. Occasionally the phrase "four-letter word" is humorously used to describe any word composed of four letters. This is the case when used to mean the word work, alleging that the speaker's or writer's audience treats work as unpleasant, or when the game of golf is noted as a four-letter word because the player's chosen entertainment pastime becomes an exercise in frustration.

videos

Def Leppard

by Bob Dylan, usually performed by Joan Baez

by Cilla Black, also covered by The Smiths

plus others Four Letter Word in titles by Kim Wilde, Raheem DeVaughan, Cake, etc.

it's Mario tagliatelle: Italian restaurant's favourite guest (Pretty Green same street)

MANCHESTER - City star Mario Balotelli isn't too keen on his local grub.
The Italian striker has been snubbing delicacies such as chips and gravy in favour of more familiar cuisine.
He has become a regular customer at Italian restaurant San Carlo in the city centre (in King street as Pretty Green store).
Mario eats there so regularly he has even been given his own dedicated table.
A source said: "Mario pops in practically every night.
"He brings his mates along with him for a meal whenever they are over from Italy and he also comes in on his own a lot.
"The waiters love him and he is always good fun when he pops down.
"They are even helping him to improve his English - he's their favourite guest."

then your friends will all go green for my lasagna

hypnotic Can y'see it now?? (I can see it now!!) rare 50 copies for DJs

Another (semi) instrumental after the 1994 jam @ secret gig with groupies, though big fans might already know the Japanese release.

This here to download for collectors, is an extremely rare Big Brother promotional 12" one sided vinyl of the 'secret song' pressed for a few selected DJs and radio stations on Noel Gallagher's request (witten by him). Limited to an incredible 50 copies only. This track is not featured on the forthcoming album but is still a taster for what is to come with a mainly instrumental epic climaxing with vocals chanting "I can see it now" to fade.
My invincible ear :) can notice some differences between the versions, the shorter length of the intro, some different sounds and the whole song is a bit faster.

These sort of distorted guitars seem outta tune, this hypnotic tune makes me mad, I could listen to it continuously and then be mad as a result :)
It reminds me the times of "It's good to be free"... Background: sounds like a police siren :), as the Beatles did, putting also other sounds in their songs.

tabloids say Balotelli is not playing and he scores 3 goals, hat...trick

MANCHESTER - Coming up next @ Pretty Green... Mario hat, lol.
Breaking news. This is another time where you can see tabloids say bullshit. The game just started and Balotelli scored, 1-0 (maybe it was his brother and Mario is at home on his sofa?)
2-0 after only 12 minutes, 3-0 and 4-0 Mario again. They also fooled him around for his hats, and here is a hat-trick, 3 goals. About 8 real games for him (but not always playing 90 minutes), 8 goals. The last Italian scoring 3 goals in a Premier League game was Zola.
City temporarily 1st. Please keep on talking shit.
Meanwhile, also Cassano scored, assist from Ibrahimovic, during the first training in Dubai.

Dzeko @ City to win title

MANCHESTER - City's hopes of landing Edzin Dzeko next month received a massive boost after Wolfsburg's decision to let him go for around £25m.
Steve McClaren's relegation-threatened side are ready to cash in on the Bosnian and City will face stiff competition from Italian Juventus.
Dzeko has a £35m get-out clause in his contract and has stated his desire to join City or an Italian club (- time ago he said to be an AC Milan fan all his life - ).
McClaren is desperate to keep hold of Dzeko, 24, and has made him captain.
But general manager Dieter Hoeness has threatened a winter clearout in order to get the 2009 Bundesliga champions, who have struggled under McClaren, back on track. City chief Mancini believes Dzeko is the missing link in his squad in order to turn his team into winners.
Mario Balotelli wants to leave Manchester City after just five months at the club.
The 20-year-old Italian striker is homesick after failing to settle in Manchester.
He has cut a miserable figure since making a £24million switch from Inter Milan and has revealed to those closest to him he wants to return home to Italy.
Balotelli has no issues with manager Roberto Mancini who has done everything to help the player settle into his new surroundings.
But the striker has found it difficult to make friends or find anyone to socialise with. He has failed to strike up any sort of a relationship with his team-mates on or off the pitch.
Mancini's own patience with the player has been stretched recently after he turned in an awful performance in City's 2-1 home defeat against Everton.
As SunSport predicted, he was axed for the 3-1 away victory at Newcastle on Boxing Day and will be on the bench again today for the visit of Aston Villa (bullshit, he's playing).
Mancini said: "If Mario deserves to play he will play, if he doesn't deserve to play he doesn't play. If Mario doesn't work, he doesn't play. Mario is a special player but you have to put strength and heart into your performances as well.
"I do not know why he does not look happy. He is in a fantastic team playing in probably the best league in the world. Manchester is not like Milan but he has to accept it."
Balotelli - who has scored five goals in 10 City appearances (in reality they're 7) - accepts it will be difficult to leave in January but will look to get away in the summer. He was injured at the start of the season and returned to Milan during his recuperation.
The striker was then sent off at West Brom having scored twice.
Mancini believes Balotelli will one day be regarded as among the best in the world - yet he has struggled so far to adapt to the English game.
His frustration has brought five yellow cards including one at Newcastle on Sunday when he came on with just five minutes to go.
Balotelli has spoken of his desire to return to Milan one day and play for AC rather than Inter. He is good friends with former Inter team-mate Zlatan Ibrahimovic who has fired AC Milan to the top of Serie A this season.
(some bullshit from the usual anti-Italian cunt Custis)

Meanwhile, AC Milan staff is in Argentina to buy the "new Kakà", Erik Lamela. Inter Milan were interested in him, but then got Coutinho, already a failure.

OasisBlues book to be published in 2011

MILAN - Sometimes I'm worried I could lose all the nice things we fans publish on good websites as this one (and this is also good-looking :). So of course I saved everything, I've got my archives and copies. In case of accidental loss, everything would be published again in a few minutes.
Feltrinelli publisher, one of the main Italian publishing houses (they also sell instruments with Ricordi), will print OasisBlues, a "best of" collection: so now there's a long work to put everything in order, throw away things, add new ones, etc.
It's about everything we like: Oasis, music, fashion, football, cute girls :), Milan, City, England, Italy.
Of course I'm not gonna give millions of copies, it wouldn't be possible (maybe someday), just a few ones for the biggest fans who want to keep something real, not virtual as in internet. All this is gonna cost a few Euros, not much, mainly for the cost of putting all together and printing (it will be in colours and all). I think I'm gonna make one about Milan as first, then OasisBlues.
Recently I already wrote some issues, comic ones. And when I was a kid I made my own magazines (about cars, then videogames) and I had a thousand good ideas (the difficult and expensive part was printing, I was using an old typewriter as the great Montanelli :). Of course almost nobody was listening to me :), they were all sleeping as almost everybody now, history repeating :) (as the boy Noel on gigs: he always told his friends to come to the concerts - full of blondes :) - but of course nobody was listening :)
So now I can already have an idea of how many copies I should make them print, reserve your copy writing me: marco@oasisblues.com

2010 results and 2011 predictions

report of the year 2010, about what we care most, in 4 images.

positive:

+ Beady Eye and Pretty Green success
+ Balotelli @ City and Mancini first year @ City
+ Milan 1st in serie A
+ Ibra and other aces @ Milan
+ City in the first positions
+ rumours of a great Noel solo album

negative:

- the World Cup (not only for England's fault... Blatter got something to do with it... in the whole game vs Germany there've been strange decisions... that's why I put England ghost goal and not Robert Green own goal or Capello or Rooney failure)
- 2018 World Cup bid... Blatter got something to do with it...

expecting in 2011

+ January: Cassano @ Milan (and this is sure)
+ February, March: Beady Eye album and gigs (sure too)
+ spring: Noel solo album (almost sure)
+ May: Milan winning the league (sure :) and City winning something / Champions League place
+ about June: Balotelli @ Milan
+ a great year for McLaren

no World Cup until 2014 :)

Cassano @ Ac Milano :)

MILAN - Beautiful sun today, the first (now real) photos of Cassano
at Milan airport with his golden RossoNeri tracksuit.
Ok now I added also the golden Vera Spadini 'cause he was too ugly ahaha

Pretty Green festive offer

LONDON - selected Pretty Green items are now on offer in official Pretty Green Stores.

The Festive Offers will be available Online at prettygreen.com
from 9am on Monday 27th December.

Make sure you don't miss out!

my first Oasis concert: Nottingham 1994 + London

NOTTINGHAM - Dedicated to Sophie. I was writing about groupies. Some more Oasis history and rare material, my first time in England (100 years after City foundation :). AC Milan founder (with other English and Italians) was from Nottingham, also the place of my first gig. I was already following them time before ("Mister Sifter sold me songs when I was just 16" :) but this was the real first live. Definitely Maybe was going to be out soon, on 30 August (15 years later: 30.8.2009 Milan, would have been Oasis last gig), and Live Forever single was just released in those days.
We were travelling on a tourbus (see video down on the right column about my first time in England)
On 21 August there was a secret gig @ The Borderline Club after Oasis recorded Cigarettes&Alcohol promo video.
Then I also found the address of the English family hosting me and I wrote them a letter, old-fashioned way of communicating, the good old things :)
I feel like this was just yesterday and I still feel like a teenager (I told them: I'm still a boy... well not a girl yet ahahaha)
Sometimes I hear people saying "wow nice this is the sign of times finally changing!" ...oh yes and we see the results of changing... worse and worse. The other day a girl (or was it a boy? not sure about her/him) was referring to having seen a man doing his make-up in a toilet... some time ago men did other things in the toilets...
"My body feels young but my mind is very old" :)
In Italian we say "si stava meglio quando si stava peggio" (literally, we felt better when we were feeling worse) and I am the "zoccolo duro" (hard clog), the hard core of Oasis. Thank God Beady Eye (and Noel will, too) are conserving the old sound of certain bands called Beatles, Rolling Stones...and Oasis.
Stay young!

yours,
Peter Pan lol

instrumental after Cigarettes&alcohol promo video recording
(@ Borderline, London) and Nottingham, Rock City: Shakermaker and Live forever.

Noel: "this next one's for everyone is in this room tonight, live forever"

Four Letter Word video

LONDON - yessssss I got 2 vinyls. Yesterday Blow-up, there's a bit of it.

It’s about time

that your mind took a holiday

you’re all grown up

don’t you ever wanna play?

The b-side song is World Outside My Room

Blow-up by M.Antonioni

LONDON - In these days I'm meeting models (they go mad for Milan), so today Christmas day dedicated to an old-fashioned movie (year 1966 England world champion), I watched again the film Blow-up :) by Michelangelo Antonioni, the Italian director who inspired Oasis with his film Zabriskie Point (see this old post), produced by near-Milan-born Carlo Ponti (Sophia Loren husband).
The actors are interesting people: David Hemmings (also on Dario Argento's "Profondo Rosso", Deep Red, the scariest film I ever seen), the English (and not french :) Jane Birkin (first frontal nude at cinema), Vanessa Redgrave, and my favourite musician, the immense Jimmy Page (and Noel agrees :)
My favourite director is Alfred Hitchcock, and there's a bit of him in Blow-up, some mystery, and also a bit of Swinging London which reminded me of Carnaby Street and Pretty Green.
The final scene in a field is meaningful, as the Beatles said: Strawberry fields, nothing is real.
Blow-up also inspired Brian De Palma film Blow Out with John "Tony Manero" Travolta :)

"I thought you were supposed to be in Paris"... Veruschka, model on drugs: "I am in Paris" ahahaha

Jane Birkin & Gillian Hills, Oasis fringe hairstyle :)

Noel in Italy 2nd part

MILAN - Another panettone from Milano, with diamonds :)

there's even a light changing colours on it.

here Noel and Scully on David Silva. No Jesus beard today :)

These vids reminds me when I was soldier and I had to go to Turin, heavily dressed in winter :)

(and Jesus beard was forbidden lol ..though Turin is the city of Jesus the Shroud :),
Jay Darlington, no more in Beady Eye).

Jesus got the heart of a star + Coachella

FUKUOKA - Here's a rare Noel with beard on his face :) ...Liam and we fans often said Liam is "God". Good, and Noel is Jesus :) ...You know, in Italian Christmas = Natale = Noel, from the Latin word 'natalis', birth.
Download this bootleg here from Heathen Chemistry tour, with a rare "You've got the heart of a star" live, and The Verve cover "Bittersweet symphony" (but I think I do it better than him), Liam's voice goes away during Morning Glory.
And here is Coachella festival, same year (email me for the password). There are always reunions at this festival (e.g. 2008: the Verve), so maybe also Oasis someday :)

Sons of the Stage video, Liam off to the pub, possible 3rd acoustic gig: this Christmas no farting ahaha

LONDON - Beady eyed fans should keep a eye out for Liam who said “We had Christmas at ours last year and we had everyone around, burping and farting and then falling asleep all over the place. So this year I've decided we're all going to a pub this time".
If he was in Milan again, he would go at the Football English pub again. Possible, as he comes to Milan very often.

last year pub interview with my sideburns :)

Milan after City's Kompany. Mancini: Manchester is not Milan, you have to accept it, Mario

MANCHESTER - Mancini has hinted captain Carlos Tevez should apologise to fans to help restore his standing with the City faithful.
Tevez withdrew a transfer request on Monday after a week-long wrangle.
Mancini said: "It is now important Carlos plays well and scores goals. But the fans still love him."
Balotelli feels unhappy and will be on the bench for their Boxing Day trip to Newcastle.
The Eastlands boss added: "He must improve his situation and smile. Manchester is not like Milan but he has to accept it." Sounds like Oasis' Noel Gallagher complaining about Manchester, 'I would like to leave this city, this old town don't smell too pretty, and I can feel the warning sings runnin' around my mind...' :) (Half The World Away) / or 'This town holds no more for me...' (Rockin' Chair)
The Belgian Kompany (photo, already Milan red-black :) is on wages Milan can’t match after signing a bumper new five-year contract in October 2009.
But they can offer him Champions League football and a shot at the Serie A title this season in Italy, where they are currently top of the pile.
Kompany has played in the Europa League this season, but would still be eligible to play for Milan against Tottenham in the last 16 of the Champions League if he switched clubs.
Vice-president Adriano Galliani is willing to offer players in part-exchange to make the deal happen, with Milan misfit Ronaldinho among them.
The Brazil striker is surplus to requirements at the San Siro with Antonio Cassano set to join the club from Sampdoria.
Milan want Kompany because of injury fears over central defensive duo Thiago Silva-Nesta.
City are after Espanyol defender Victor Ruiz.

Mario is a good boy, I think he's even better than he thinks he is, also playing football. Yes he should be humble but you know this kind of great players are great also because they are mad: that's why I told him to remain the way he is. It's the same for Oasis fans: we are not humble people because we're great :)

Fred Perry sales + Amy Winehouse covering Oasis

MANCHESTER - The sales started (soon also Pretty Green), click here (man+woman).
This is the new Amy Winehouse collection.
Fred Perry competition ended (though it's still possible to vote and see the entries, as an archive), my challenge Oasis vs Beatles finished with a 54-54 :) and I'm among the first 50 people to win the £5,000 or clothes in January.

Thanks to all the people who voted, I'll offer you a pint, lol. Well if I win I would do something for all the people. I think in my entries there's more than enough "historical importance, spontaneity, wit" etc. required, so Mister Fred Perry could choose us :)

do you remember 2 months ago in London, Amy covering Oasis, here's a video

memorabilia: Liam tambourine and groupies

MILAN - Some Oasis history. I remember many years ago I was with an Oasis groupie girl and an (Italian) man (who we then nicknamed Mr Tambourine Man as Bob Dylan song :) gave us all the info about a tambourine course, how weird. It is the instrument played by Kate Moss on Oasis' Fade away 2nd version.
A tambourine is found in many forms of music, Italian folk music, classical music, gospel music, pop&rock music, etc. It was played in Italy even during the Roman empire (called "tympanum"), played exclusively by women while dancing (you can find it also on Giotto paintings), then called "tamburello", as today. Its shape is round to be similar to the sun (symbol of a fertility Goddess), in fact painters used to depict it in a red colour with flames around.
The way to play it, is a tradition carried on through oral communication. It's a cult item for Oasis, of course I have one. When Liam throws a tambourine to the crowd, people go mad to get it.

Will Liam (William :) Gallagher still play it with Beady Eye? He doesn't in the first video but at the gigs it's very likely.

When Liam's on stage, he commands your attention whether it be snarling out every word with limitless passion or challenging the audience to a staring out match (which he always wins!) His trademark stance - leaning up towards the mic, arms behind his back - is known the world over and has become iconic in its own right. And we literally have no idea how many tambourines he's got through over the years!

my Liam's tambourine

"Almost famous" groupies (the main one was Penny Lane)

film "Groupie girl"

Beady Eye gig in Milan sold out, New Year's Eve events, video on Boxing Day

MILAN - Latest news. The last tickets were available today, if you need one let me know.
Liam on Twitter just wrote "Happy Christmas to all the boys and girls from Liam Nicole Lennon Gene ruby and kid see you in the new year x"
Photo: if James Buckley can be a deejay, then everybody can ahaha
So I offer myself as deejay :)
What're you doing on 31 December? I celebrate the new year on 25 March. As Liam, I'm not a fan of parties anymore, I'm going rarely as him, but if you are, in Milan of course there's one @ Hollywood (an outrageous one, see here) or if you just wanna drink&eat loads as Liam, my advice is this German restaurant.

At 10am UK time on Boxing Day, Beady Eye will be streaming the video for their song 'Four Letter Word'. At the same time they will also be making available a very limited quantity of heavy-weight, numbered 7" records featuring the exclusive track 'World Outside My Room'.
The video, filmed in London on a cold day in November, was directed by Julian House and Julian Gibbs.

Merry Christmas from the City of Milano

MILAN - The typical milanese "panettone" Christmas cake, the original version from the City of Milano.
I think I'll get drunk as Liam said :), "getting wankered" alone with the family while the kids play with the new "fucking toys"...
I don't have kids so it's me who's gonna fucking play, not with toys ^_^ but something you have to be careful with, if you don't wanna have fucking kids then ahahaha (already drunk)

(Slade cover)

Noel in Italy video

Noel & Scully about the useless game vs Juventus

click here

Oasis bad boy Balotelli Golden Boy 2010. Who is Jack Wilshere?

MILAN - After winning the Golden Boy award for best under-21 in Europe, Mario Balotelli said: "What's his name? Wil ... ? No, I don't know him, but the next time I play against Arsenal I will keep a close eye on him. Perhaps I can show him the Golden Boy trophy and remind him that I won it."

Very Oasis style ("who the fuck are Man Utd?" :) ...Ah that team winning 7 international trophies. AC Milan 18. Baby come on.

Vote for Mario on Talksport poll clicking here (their readers are clearly against Mario, unfair result)

Balotelli has reiterated his desire to join AC Milan — once he has led Manchester City to Premier League and European glory.
The Italian striker only moved to Eastlands in the summer but has been consistently linked with a return to his homeland with his boyhood idols Milan.
But he intends to deliver City their first silverware for 34 years prior to securing his dream transfer to the Serie A leaders.
Speaking to Italian newspaper Tuttosport, he said: "I want to win two things — the Premier League and the Europa League.
"The Europa League is a trophy I have not won yet and I think we are favourites."
Last month, Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic told how he would love to team up with Balotelli at the San Siro.
And City's 20-year-old striker admits spearheading the Rossoneri's frontline with the Swedish superstar is something which appeals to him.
Balotelli added: "I will tell Ibrahimovic to carry on calling me so one day his desire comes true and I will be able to wear the Milan shirt."

Pretty Green as Oasis: most popular in Italy & Japan

MILAN - The rock star’s Pretty Green brand has swaggered into the menswear market, landing a Drapers Award. But the Oasis frontman is sure it won’t be a one-hit wonder.
I don’t do offices, mate. I’m not Ricky Gervais,” says Liam Gallagher, instantly brushing aside claims by his colleagues that he spends about a day a week in the HQ of Pretty Green, the menswear label he founded 18 months ago (beginning in Milan 21 months ago) and was now named Drapers Menswear Brand of the Year.
Instead, the Oasis frontman and Manchester icon gets involved with the design process at his kitchen table. “Me and [creative director] Nick Holland sit down at my house, and go through fabrics and styles. Nothing goes out unless I approve it,” he says. “I’ve always been interested in clothes, so to own my own label is very special.”
It’s an amusing image - this rock ‘n’ roll bad boy using his hands to finger swatches instead of flicking V signs at the paparazzi - but if Pretty Green chief executive Richard Ralph is to be believed, Gallagher’s “approval” doesn’t quite cover it.
“It’s more collaborative than that. Liam has a very strong sense of style himself,” he says. “Nick is the facilitator if you like. Liam is very meticulous about the details of things: Does the zip look right? Are the buttons right? Are the colours of the buttons right?”
Whoever is responsible - Gallagher, Holland or a harmonious combination of the two - Pretty Green’s sophisticated cut and attention to detail is what makes the label stand out and has silenced the sceptics who assumed Gallagher’s label would be just another in a line of disastrous celebrity-led clothing brands.
Pretty Green’s casualwear sub-brand Green Label is characterised by branded buttons and nods to the 1960s, but its premium sub-brand Black Label is where Holland’s background as a traditional tailor [he founded men’s suiting brand Holland Esquire] really comes into play.
The Drapers Award is a validation of this, says Gallagher. “I’m made up. It makes me feel like we are doing something right.”

Quality counts
Mark Bage, owner of York premium independent Sarah Coggles, which does a brisk trade in the Black Label range, agrees: “It is exceptionally good quality and really well designed. Nick’s
technical expertise means they haven’t gone for standard fit. They’ve really thought about who is wearing it.” According to Bage, Black Label is favoured by “macho” men, whose butch frames don’t necessarily suit the nipped-in waists and genteel styling of Italian labels.
It’s perhaps surprising then that Pretty Green’s best-performing territories outside the UK are Italy and Japan - neither of them known for the butch physiques of their male populations - but according to Ralph, Gallagher’s followers in those countries “are even more committed than in the UK”.
For a rock ‘n’ roll icon, Gallagher took a surprisingly un-rock ‘n’ roll route to launching Pretty Green. He and his long-standing security adviser Steve Allen had been discussing the potential for a clothing line on the 2008 Oasis tour and, when it ended, tapped up former Microsoft executive Nigel Grant to help them raise investment and assemble their dream team.
Holland was hired to focus on the product and Ralph, who as former chief financial officer at IT firm Ubiquity Software Corporation had no experience in fashion but plenty in accounting, was put in charge of steering the ship. Gallagher, who retains a majority stake in the company (the remainder is split between management and unnamed investors), is the frontman.
“It’s been good. Met some nice people, it moves a lot faster than the music,” he says of the transition to fashion.
The plan worked. Pretty Green has turned over about £4m in the 18 months since its launch, smack bang in the middle of the recession, and is currently breaking even. It expects to move into profit next year.
About half of that revenue comes via Pretty Green’s retail website, and the remainder from its wholesale business, which has about 100 UK stockists, including Sarah Coggles and Selfridges, and a further 30 or so overseas.
Pretty Green is also branching into bricks-and-mortar retail. It opened its first pop-up shop on London’s Carnaby Street in July and two more - in Manchester’s King Street and Ingram Street in Glasgow.
Overall, 30% of Pretty Green’s business comes from 80 territories overseas, and that proportion looks set to grow next year as Pretty Green focuses on international expansion. “[I’m after] world domination. I want PG to be global without losing its roots,” says Gallagher.

Big fanbase
Pretty Green may have some way to go in India though. At a recent meeting with Tata - India’s industrial giant which owns everything from department stores to lorry factories - one of the executives confused Pretty Green with fashion’s other PG, and congratulated Ralph on the success of his “Philip Green menswear brand”.
This would be annoying for most menswear brands, but it’s perhaps a mark of success for Pretty Green to have its celebrity associations overlooked.
Gallagher says: “Having me fronting things can go one of two ways. There are people who get me, and there are people that don’t. But the clothes speak for themselves.”
It will be a challenge to manage this balance between the Pretty Green and Gallagher ‘brands’ while chasing growth, but Ralph says the company is committed to a slow and steady approach that will allow this.
This is why, for example, Pretty Green will probably not launch a womenswear collection, as has been widely mooted, until around this time next year.
Says Ralph: “We’ve had discussions but if and when we do [womenswear] it will be a case of moving into it slowly, by doing a capsule collection to start off with. We have great momentum as a brand but it’s very easy to drift off into popular [product] areas and lose your creative direction that way. We are keen to make sure the right time and effort will go into each item.”
The naysayers had better watch out. It turns out that Gallagher, the unlikely fashion mogul, is serious about product and is in it for the long haul.

Enzo Bearzot (1927-2010), "il vecio"

MILAN - Enzo Bearzot (Aiello del Friuli, 26 September 1927 – Milano, 21 December 2010)

world champion manager with Italy 1982. Article on Zani here.

one of the many games where Italy beated Germany as usual,
Germany-Italy 1-3, Italy world champion.

My first football memory, watching the game on our red table: my favourite
players scored, Paolo Rossi, Tardelli, Altobelli.

My idol Marco Tardelli celebrating in an unforgettable way,
as Bearzot smoking his pipe and playing cards with Italian Republic president Pertini
on the airplane back to Italy with the World Cup

thoughts on the album

Obviously it's a little early for reviews and critique but here are a few of our thoughts on the clips:

Four Letter Word

Less the wimpy ballad I’d expected it to be, more a kick in the balls. Very much in the vein of Don’t Believe The Truth but with more aggression.

Millionaire

Sounds like it should be a summer single. Very melodic and a gentle vocal delivery from Liam.

The Roller

Instant Karma meets All You Need Is Love. Mid tempo stomper with a chorus that may divide opinion.

Beatles and Stones

Liam sings about standing the test of time like the Beatles and Stones to a tune that sounds strikingly similar to the Who’s My Generation. I’m relieved its not a song that just lists his favourite Beatles and Stones songs, akin to one he did about Oasis which Noel gleefully told the press about.

Wind Up Dream

Up-beat tempo with multi-layered vocals and maraca shaking complete with trademark Liam ‘come on’ refrains.

[ Bring The Light - enough said ]

For Anyone

Liam sounds incredible on this one. It has the potential to be the best track on the album and could be his stab at Across The Universe.

Kill For A Dream

Another sixties influenced acoustic, tuneful track with Liam reaching unimaginably high notes. Could be difficult to emulate live.

Standing On The Edge Of The Noise

Liam’s second full-on rocker of the album and judging by this clip he seems to have moved on from the dirge of Aint Got Nothing. Could be a great gig opener.

Wigwam

The most intriguing of all the song previews. Sounds like nothing else on the album and alludes to being one of the more psychedelic moments of the LP.

Three Ring Circus

More old school rock n’roll but a question mark certainly hangs over this one.

The Beat Goes On

The melody hints at Oasis’ Pink Floyd inspired Those Swollen Hand Blues. Incredible vocals from Liam and a clear Beatles influence. This one could be huge.

Morning Son

Sounds like its been taken straight from the pre-Oasis Lost Tapes bootleg – which isn’t a bad thing. If the entire song is acoustic as the preview suggests it could be the album’s Married With Children.
(Matt Humphrey)

french iTunes and Liam changed his opinion: not happy to give free music

LONDON - french iTunes posted a preview of Beady Eye's Album "Different Gear, Still Speeding" online. I never use such programs, and being french I wouldn't even touch it.
A few months ago, when asked if illegal music downloaders bother him, Liam said:
"Downloading’s the same as what I used to do – I used to tape the charts of the songs I liked [off the radio]. I don’t mind it. I hate all these big, silly rock stars who moan – at least they’re fuckin’ downloading your music, you cunt, and paying attention, know what I mean? You should fuckin’ appreciate that – what are you moaning about? You’ve got fuckin’ five big houses, so shut up."

But now Liam was unhappy that his group Beady Eye gave their debut track, 'Bring The Light', away as a free download.
The singer insists it wasn't his idea to showcase their first track 'Bring The Light' as an unpaid for download on the band's official website.
He said: "It got everybody off the sofa and humping around like a bunch of fucking monkeys. And that's what we're after.
"It wasn't my idea to give it away for fucking nothing though. I'll tell you right now, I wasn't having that."
The rocker also revealed he was responsible for naming the new group, but insists they would have been successful regardless of their moniker.
He added: "That was my idea. We'd come up with loads of names but that was the one that rang true for me.
"But it's not about the name anyway is it? It's about how good your music is. You could be called Veiny Love Stick, but if your music's shit then it's shit. At the end of the day, a name's a name. It's what you put into it that matters."

here was another video of the new album

with a slideshow made by Eveline
but YouTube erased it again (also on Dailymotion).
You can still find the last video on Oasisblues :)
on the other day post

buy the album clicking here

2022 Noel Gallagher gigs

4 June - In It Together festival, Margam, Wales UK
8 June - Dreamland Margate Summer Series, England UK
9 June - Rock'n'Roll Circus, Newcastle, England UK
11 June - Summer Sessions, Dundee, Scotland UK
12 June - Cannock Chase Forest, Staffordshire, England UK
15 June - Eden Sessions, Cornwall, England UK
16 June - Delamere Forest, Cheshire, England UK
18 June - Stadiwm Eirias stadium, Colwyn Bay, Wales UK
19 June - Kenwood, Hampstead Heath, London England UK
21 June - The Piece Hall, Halifax England UK
22 June - Bristol Sounds, Bristol Harbourside, England UK
25 June - Glastonbury festival, England UK
22 September - Football event, Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground, Manchester, England UK
2 December - Peter Blake concert - Royal Festival Hall, London, England UK
more soon

Noel Gallagher gigography

2021

1 May, Concerto Primo Maggio, Roma, Italy

Manchester

Thetford Forest, Brandon
Cannock Chase Forest, Rugeley
Kenwood House, London

Eden Project, St. Austell

Canons Marsh Amphitheatre, Bristol

Sherwood Pines, Mansfield, Nottingham

30 November 2019
Show DC Arena, Bangkok, ประเทศไทย, Prathet Thai, Thailand
27 Nov 2019
Optus Stadium, Perth, Australia
23 Nov 2019
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, AU
22 Nov 2019
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, AU
19 Nov 2019
The Oval, Adelaide, AU
15 Nov 2019
Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, AU
12 Nov 2019
SunCorp Stadium, Brisbane, AU
09 Nov 2019
Mt. Smart, Auckland
08 Nov 2019
Mt. Smart, Auckland, New Zealand
31 Aug 2019
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
29 Aug 2019
Five Points Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA
28 Aug 2019
North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre, San Diego, CA
25 Aug 2019
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX
24 Aug 2019
Dos Equis Pavilion, Dallas, TX
23 Aug 2019
Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion, Rogers, AR
21 Aug 2019
Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA
20 Aug 2019
PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NC
19 Aug 2019
Blossom Music Center, Cleveland, OH
17 Aug 2019
Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
15 Aug 2019
Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL
14 Aug 2019
DTE Energy Music Theater, Detroit MI
13 Aug 2019
Budweiser Stage, Toronto
10 Aug 2019
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY
09 Aug 2019
Northwell Health Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, NY
08 Aug 2019
BB&T Pavilion, Camden, NJ
11 Jul 2019
Mad Cool Festival Madrid, Spain
09 Jul 2019
Mantova Arte E Musica, Mantova, Italy
08 Jul 2019
Pistoia Blues Festival, Pistoia, Italy
06 Jul 2019
Roskilde Festival, Denmark Roskilde, Denmark
30 Jun 2019
Sunday Sessions, Powderham Castle, Exeter
29 Jun 2019
Concert At Sea (Festival) Netherlands
16 Jun 2019
Malahide Castle, Dublin
14 Jun 2019
Isle Of Wight Festival
08 Jun 2019
Bught Park, Inverness
07 Jun 2019
Heaton Park, Manchester
26 May 2019
Sunday Sessions, Earlham Park, Norwich
25 May 2019
This Is Tomorrow Festival, Exhibition Park, Newcastle
24 May 2019
Cardiff Castle Cardiff Castle, Wales
20 May 2019
Olympic Hall, Olympic Park Seoul
19 May 2019
Olympic Hall, Seoul, South Korea
17 May 2019
Festival Hall, Osaka
16 May 2019
Aichi Arts Centre, Nagoya
15 May 2019
Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
11 May 2019
Bonus Arena Hull
09 May 2019
The London Palladium
08 May 2019
Venue Cymru Llandudno
07 May 2019
Edinburgh Playhouse
04 May 2019
Warm Up Festival Murcia
01 May 2019
Concerto del Primo Maggio, Piazza San Giovanni, Roma
10 Nov 2018
KM de Vantagens Hall, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
08 Nov 2018
Summer Break Festival, Brazil Anembi, Sāo Paulo
07 Nov 2018
Summer Break Festival, Brazil The Pedreira Paulo Leminski, Curitiba
04 Nov 2018
Luna Park , Buenos Aires, Argentina
03 Nov 2018
Metropolitano, Rosario, Argentina
31 Oct 2018
Velódromo, Santiago, Chile
30 Oct 2018
Gimnasio Municipal, Concepción, Chile
02 Sep 2018
Bingley Music Live Bingley, West Yorkshire
01 Sep 2018
The Downs, Bristol
31 Aug 2018
Electric Fields Festival, Dumfries & Galloway
26 Aug 2018
Festival du Roi Arthur, Rennes, France
19 Aug 2018
Summersonic Festival, Osaka
18 Aug 2018
Summersonic Festival, Tokyo, Japan
16 Aug 2018
Olympic Hall, Olympic Park, Seoul
22 Jul 2018
Lollapalooza, Paris
21 Jul 2018
Tramlines Festival, Sheffield
19 Jul 2018
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
18 Jul 2018
The 02 Ritz, Manchester
14 Jul 2018
Bilbao BBK Live
08 Jul 2018
Rock Werchter festival, Belgium
07 Jul 2018
Greenwich Music Time, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London
06 Jul 2018
Scarborough Open Air Theatre, Scarborough
04 Jul 2018
Open'er Music Festival Gdynia-Kosakowo Airfield, Gdynia
23 Jun 2018
I-Days Festival Milano, Italia
22 Jun 2018
Roma Summer Fest, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Cavea, Rome, Italia
21 Jun 2018
Etes Arena Flegrea, Napoli, Italia
19 Jun 2018
Teatro Antico Taormina, Italy
16 Jun 2018
Pinkpop Festival Landgraaf, Netherlands
15 Jun 2018
Nocturne At Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace
02 Jun 2018
Adrenaline Stadium, Москва, Moscow, Росси́я, Russia
01 Jun 2018
A2 Green, Санкт-Петербург Sankt-Peterburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia
27 May 2018
Neighbourhood Weekender Festival, Victoria Park, Warrington, UK
26 May 2018
Scone Palace (Radio 2's Big Weekend) Scone Palace, Perth, UK
14 May 2018
Watford Colosseum Rickmansworth Rd, Watford
10 May 2018
3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
09 May 2018
SSE Arena, Belfast, UK
07 May 2018
First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK
06 May 2018
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, UK
04 May 2018
Manchester Arena, UK
03 May 2018
Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
01 May 2018
Arena, Birmingham, UK
30 Apr 2018
Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, UK
27 Apr 2018
SSE Arena, Wembley, London, UK
25 Apr 2018
AECC BHGE Arena, Aberdeen, UK
24 Apr 2018
The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK
22 Apr 2018
Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK
20 Apr 2018
Rockhal Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg
19 Apr 2018
AFAS Live Amsterdam, Netherlands
17 Apr 2018
Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, Germany
16 Apr 2018
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
14 Apr 2018
Lucerna Velký sál, Prague, Česká republika, Czech Republic
12 Apr 2018
Zenith, Die Kulturhalle, München, Germany
11 Apr 2018
Fabrique, Milan, Italy
09 Apr 2018
Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Düsseldorf, Germany
08 Apr 2018
Mehr! Theater am Großmarkt, Hamburg, Germany
06 Apr 2018
Forest National / Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, Belgium
04 Apr 2018
L'Olympia, Paris, France
03 Apr 2018
L'Olympia, Paris, France
17 Mar 2018
Vive Latino (Festival) Mexico City
13 Mar 2018
Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, US
12 Mar 2018
Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, US
10 Mar 2018
Fox Theater, San Francisco Bay Area, US
09 Mar 2018
The Chelsea, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, US
06 Mar 2018
Majestic Theatre Dallas - Fort Worth, US
05 Mar 2018
Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater, Austin, US
03 Mar 2018
House of Blues, Houston, US
02 Mar 2018
Orpheum Theater, New Orleans, US
28 Feb 2018
The Tabernacle, Atlanta, US
27 Feb 2018
Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, US
25 Feb 2018
Murat Theatre, Old National Centre, Indianapolis, US
24 Feb 2018
Chicago Theatre, US
23 Feb 2018
Goodyear Theater, Akron, US
20 Feb 2018
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada
18 Feb 2018
Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada
17 Feb 2018
Boston Opera House, Boston / Cambridge, US
15 Feb 2018
Radio City Music Hall, New York, US
13 Feb 2018
Merriam Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, US
12 Feb 2018
The Anthem, Washington, US
10 Feb 2018
Express Live! Columbus, US
09 Feb 2018
Scottish Rite Cathedral Theatre, Masonic Temple Detroit, US
01 Nov 2017
York Hall, London
25 Oct 2017
Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) São Paulo, Brazil
22 Oct 2017
Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) São Paulo, Brazil
21 Oct 2017
Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) São Paulo, Brazil
19 Oct 2017
Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) São Paulo, Brazil
14 Oct 2017
Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile
11 Oct 2017
Estadio Único de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
10 Oct 2017
Estadio Único De La Plata, Buenos Aires
07 Oct 2017
Estadio el Campin, Bogotá, Colombia
04 Oct 2017
Foro Sol, Mexico City
03 Oct 2017
Foro Sol, Mexico City
01 Aug 2017
Stade Roi Baudouin / Koning Boudewijn Stadion, Brussels, Belgium
29 Jul 2017
Amsterdam ArenA, Netherlands
25 Jul 2017
Stade De France, Paris
22 Jul 2017
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
18 Jul 2017
Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain
16 Jul 2017
Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
15 Jul 2017
Stadio Olimpico, Roma, Italia
12 Jul 2017
Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
09 Jul 2017
Twickenham Stadium, London, UK
08 Jul 2017
Twickenham Stadium, London, UK
06 Sep 2016
O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK
04 Sep 2016
Festival Number 6 2016, Criccieth, UK
03 Sep 2016
Electric Picnic 2016, Galway, Ireland
02 Sep 2016
Singleton Park, Swansea, UK
28 Aug 2016
Victorious Festival 2016, Portsmouth, UK
26 Aug 2016
Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, UK
23 Aug 2016
Titanic Belfast, UK
20 Aug 2016
Lowlands Festival, Holland
19 Aug 2016
Pukkelpop Festival, Belgium
18 Aug 2016
Open Air Gampel 2016, Gampel, Switzerland
17 Aug 2016
Pukkelpop 2016, Hasselt, Belgium
16 Aug 2016
Tvornica kulture, Zagreb, Croatia
15 Aug 2016
Sziget Festival, Budapest, Magyarország, Hungary
13 Aug 2016
Pure & Crafted Festival 2016, Berlin, Deutschland
12 Aug 2016
A Summer's Tale 2016, Hamburg, Germany
11 Aug 2016
Koncerthuset, Koncertsalen, Copenhagen, Denmark
04 Aug 2016
Proms Arena Lytham Green, Lytham St. Annes, UK
04 Aug 2016
Lytham Green, Lytham, UK
03 Aug 2016
Scarborough Open Air Theatre, York, UK
29 Jul 2016
Y Not Festival 2016, Derby, UK
28 Jul 2016
Kendal Calling 2016, Penrith, UK
15 Jul 2016
Arena District, Columbus, US
15 Jul 2016
PromoWest Fest 2016, Columbus, US
14 Jul 2016
Pemberton Music Festival 2016, Vancouver, Canada
13 Jul 2016
Stage AE, Pittsburgh, US
12 Jul 2016
Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, Detroit, US
10 Jul 2016
TD Echo Beach, Toronto, Canada
09 Jul 2016
Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada
06 Jul 2016
Artpark Amphitheater, Buffalo, US
06 Jul 2016
Ottawa Bluesfest 2016, Ottawa, Canada
05 Jul 2016
Beacon Theatre, New York, US
02 Jul 2016
Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, US
01 Jul 2016
The Tabernacle, Atlanta, US
30 Apr 2016
Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) Bournemouth, UK
29 Apr 2016
Genting Arena, Birmingham, UK
27 Apr 2016
First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK
25 Apr 2016
Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK
25 Apr 2016
O2 Academy, Liverpool, UK
24 Apr 2016
Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC) Aberdeen, UK
21 Apr 2016
The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK
18 Apr 2016
AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Nederland
17 Apr 2016
Forest National / Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, Belgium
15 Apr 2016
Palladium, Köln, Germany
12 Apr 2016
Planet.tt Bank Austria Halle Gasometer B, Vienna, Österreich
12 Apr 2016
Zenith, Die Kulturhalle, Munich, Germany
11 Apr 2016
X-TRA, Zürich, Switzerland
09 Apr 2016
Sant Jordi Club, Barcelona, España
08 Apr 2016
La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
01 Apr 2016
Crown Theatre, Perth, Australia
30 Mar 2016
Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia
29 Mar 2016
Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, Australia
27 Mar 2016
Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, Gold Coast, Australia
26 Mar 2016
Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia
26 Mar 2016
Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm Gold Coast, Australia
24 Mar 2016
Byron Bay Bluesfest 2016 Gold Coast, Australia
19 Mar 2016
Lollapalooza 2016, Buenos Aires, Argentina
17 Mar 2016
Lollapalooza 2016, Santiago, Chile
16 Mar 2016
Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
15 Mar 2016
Teatro De Verano "Ramón Collazo", Montevideo, Uruguay
13 Mar 2016
Lollapalooza 2016, São Paulo, Brazil
09 Mar 2016
Teatro Metropólitan, Mexico City, Méjico
08 Mar 2016
Teatro Diana, Guadalajara, Mexico
10 Dec 2015
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
08 Dec 2015
The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK
02 Dec 2015
O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK
24 Jul 2015
Fuji Rock 2015, Niigata, Japan
24 Jul 2015
Ansan Valley Rock Festival 2015, Ansan, Republic of Korea
16 Jul 2015
Latitude Festival 2015, Southwold, UK
16 Jul 2015
Festival Internacional de Benicàssim - FIB 2015, Valencia, Spain
16 Jul 2015
Super Bock Super Rock 2015, Lisbon, Portugal
14 Jul 2015
Live at the Marquee, Cork, Ireland
11 Jul 2015
Summer in the City 2015, Manchester, UK
11 Jul 2015
Castlefield Bowl, Manchester, UK
10 Jul 2015
T In The Park 2015, Auchterarder, UK
09 Jul 2015
Rock in Roma - Ippodromo delle Capannelle, Rome, Italy
08 Jul 2015
Anfiteatro Camerini, Vicenza, Italy
06 Jul 2015
Summer Arena Assago - Area Esterna Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy
04 Jul 2015
Calling Festival 2015, London, UK
02 Jul 2015
Gröna Lund, Stockholm, Sverige
27 Jun 2015
Roskilde Festival 2015, Roskilde, Danmark
25 Jun 2015
Rock Werchter 2015, Werchter, België
23 Jun 2015
OUÏ FM Festival 2015, Paris, France
19 Jun 2015
Best Kept Secret Festival 2015, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands
06 Jun 2015
Boston Opera House, Boston / Cambridge, US
06 Jun 2015
The Governors Ball Music Festival 2015, New York, US
04 Jun 2015
Lincoln Theatre, Washington, US
03 Jun 2015
Merriam Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, US
02 Jun 2015
House of Blues, Cleveland, US
31 May 2015
Royal Oak Music Theatre, Detroit, US
30 May 2015
Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, US
29 May 2015
Riviera Theatre, Chicago, US
26 May 2015
Teatro Metropólitan Mexico City
23 May 2015
The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, US
22 May 2015
The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, US
20 May 2015
Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, US
18 May 2015
The Warfield, SF Bay Area, US
16 May 2015
Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay, San Diego, US
14 May 2015
Majestic Theatre Dallas - Fort Worth, US
13 May 2015
House of Blues, Houston, US
10 May 2015
Civic Theatre, New Orleans, US
08 May 2015
Shaky Knees Festival 2015, Atlanta, US
07 May 2015
Webster Hall, New York, US
04 May 2015
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada
03 May 2015
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada
16 Apr 2015
Nippon Budokan｜日本武道館 Tokyo, Japan
15 Apr 2015
Nippon Budokan｜日本武道館 Tokyo, Japan
13 Apr 2015
Zepp Nagoya Nagoya, Japan
11 Apr 2015
Zepp Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan
09 Apr 2015
Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen (HBG) Hall - 広島文化学園HBGホール Hiroshima, Japan
07 Apr 2015
Osaka Festival Hall (フェスティバルホール) Osaka, Japan
06 Apr 2015
Osaka Festival Hall (フェスティバルホール) Osaka, Japan
04 Apr 2015
Walker Hill Theater, Seoul, Republic of Korea
03 Apr 2015
Walker Hill Theater, Seoul, Republic of Korea
28 Mar 2015
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
22 Mar 2015
Ancienne Belgique (AB) Brussels, Belgium
20 Mar 2015
TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands
19 Mar 2015
Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Düsseldorf, Germany
17 Mar 2015
VEGA Musikkens Hus - Store Vega (Main Hall) Copenhagen, Denmark
16 Mar 2015
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
14 March 2015

Fabrique, Milano, Italia
12 Mar 2015
Zénith de Paris, France
10 Mar 2015
The O2 Arena, London, UK
09 Mar 2015
Manchester Arena, UK
07 Mar 2015
The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK
06 Mar 2015
Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, UK
04 Mar 2015
3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
03 Mar 2015
SSE Arena, Belfast, UK

15 Mar 2013

Atlantis,Dubai, UAE United Arab Emirates

13 Nov 2012

02 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

09 Nov 2012
Revention Music Center, Houston, US
08 Nov 2012
Austin Music Hall, Austin, US
07 Nov 2012
Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie Dallas - Fort Worth, US
05 Nov 2012
Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, US
04 Nov 2012
Louisville Palace, Louisville, US
03 Nov 2012
The Venue, Horseshoe Casino, Chicago, US
01 Nov 2012
Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland, Kansas City, US
31 Oct 2012
Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul Rivercentre Twin Cities, US
30 Oct 2012
Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Canada
28 Oct 2012
Stampede Corral, Calgary, Canada
27 Oct 2012
Edmonton Expo Centre At Northlands, Edmonton, Canada
25 Oct 2012

Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada
24 Oct 2012
WaMu Theater, Seattle, US
23 Oct 2012
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, US
12 Oct 2012
Le Bikini, Toulouse, France
11 Oct 2012
Transbordeur, Lyon, France
08 Oct 2012
Capitol, Offenbach, Germany
06 Oct 2012
Paladozza, Bologna, Italy
05 Oct 2012
Teatro Obihall, Firenze, Italy
03 Oct 2012
Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Düsseldorf, Germany
27 Sep 2012
Twinkle Rock Festival 2012, Taipei, Taiwan
25 Sep 2012
Jiulongwan Zhanlan Zhongxin, Hong Kong, China
21 Sep 2012
Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix 2012
20 Sep 2012
Bitec Bangna, Bangkok, Thailand
12 Sep 2012
iTunes Festival 2012, London, UK
10 Sep 2012
Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, UK
09 Sep 2012
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, UK
07 Sep 2012
SSE Arena, Wembley, London, UK
06 Sep 2012
O2 Academy, Liverpool, UK
06 Sep 2012
Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK
04 Sep 2012
Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) Bournemouth, UK
25 Aug 2012
Rock en Seine 2012, Paris, France
23 Aug 2012

Marlay Park, Dublin, Ireland
20 Aug 2012

Belsonic festival, Custom House Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland
19 Aug 2012
V Festival, Stafford, UK
18 Aug 2012
V Festival 2012, Chelmsford, UK
17 Aug 2012
V Festival 2012, Wolverhampton, UK
16 Aug 2012
Austria Green Park, St Polten
27 Jul 2012
Fuji Rock 2012, Niigata, Japan
17 Jul 2012
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, UK
15 Jul 2012
Festival Internacional de Benicàssim - FIB 2012 Valencia, Spain
13 Jul 2012
Musilac 2012, Chambéry, France
07 Jul 2012
Les Déferlantes d'Argeles 2012, Perpignan, France
06 Jul 2012
T In The Park 2012, Kinross, UK
05 Jul 2012
Heineken Jammin Festival 2012, Milano, Italia
04 Jul 2012
Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
29 Jun 2012
Montreux Jazz Festival 2012, Switzerland
29 Jun 2012
Kollen 2012, Oslo, Norge, Norway
28 Jun 2012
Rock Werchter 2012, Belgium
23 Jun 2012
Isle of Wight Festival 2012, UK
21 Jun 2012
Isle of Wight Festival 2012, UK
20 Jun 2012
Plac Zebrań Ludowych, Gdańsk, Polska, Poland
14 Jun 2012
Hultsfredsfestivalen 2012, Hultsfred, Sweden
10 Jun 2012
Maxidrom Festival 2012, Moscow, Russian Federation
29 May 2012
Yes24 Live Hall, Seoul, Republic of Korea
28 May 2012
Yes24 Live Hall, Seoul, Republic of Korea
26 May 2012
Municipal Central Gymnasium (大阪市立中央体育館) Osaka, Japan
24 May 2012
Great Hall, Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater - 愛知県芸術劇場大ホール愛知 Nagoya, Japan
23 May 2012
Nippon Budokan｜日本武道館 Tokyo, Nippon
08 May 2012
Jockey Club del Paraguay, Asunción, Paraguay
06 May 2012
Club Gimnasia y Esgrima (GEBA) Buenos Aires, Argentina
03 May 2012
Vivo Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
02 May 2012
Espaço das Américas, São Paulo, Brazil
26 Apr 2012
Municipal Central Gymnasium (大阪市立中央体育館) Osaka, Japan
24 Apr 2012
Great Hall, Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater - 愛知県芸術劇場大ホール愛知 Nagoya, Japan
23 Apr 2012
Nippon Budokan｜日本武道館 Tokyo, Japan
20 Apr 2012
Pearl Concert Theatre, Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, US
20 Apr 2012
Coachella 2012, San Diego, US
18 Apr 2012
Orpheum Theatre, Phoenix, US
17 Apr 2012
Balboa Theatre, San Diego, US
13 Apr 2012
Coachella 2012, San Diego, US
11 Apr 2012
Teatro Metropólitan, Mexico City

10 Apr 2012
Teatro Metropólitan Mexico City
10 Apr 2012
Auditorio Banamex - Monterrey, Mexico (cancelled)
06 Apr 2012
The Tabernacle Atlanta, US

04 Apr 2012
Egyptian Room, Old National Centre, Indianapolis, US
03 Apr 2012
Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, US
01 Apr 2012
Riviera Theatre, Chicago, US
31 Mar 2012
Royal Oak Music Theatre, Detroit, US
29 Mar 2012
Express Live! Columbus, US
28 Mar 2012
Warner Theatre, Washington, US
15 Mar 2012
Komplex 457, Zürich, Switzerland
13 Mar 2012
Atlantico, Roma, Italia
11 Mar 2012
Tonhalle - Kultfabrik, Munich, Germany
09 Mar 2012
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
08 Mar 2012
Sporthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
06 Mar 2012
Le Grand Rex, Paris, France
04 Mar 2012
Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
01 Mar 2012
The Ballroom, Birmingham, UK
01 Mar 2012
The Other Room, Birmingham, UK
01 Mar 2012
Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, UK
29 Feb 2012
O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK
26 Feb 2012
The O2 Arena, London, UK
24 Feb 2012
Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre (SECC) Glasgow, UK
23 Feb 2012
Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
21 Feb 2012
The BRIT Awards 2012, London, UK
19 Feb 2012
Sheffield Arena, UK
17 Feb 2012
The Grand Social, Dublin, Ireland
16 Feb 2012
SSE Arena, Belfast, UK
14 Feb 2012
Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC) Aberdeen, UK
14 Feb 2012
Manchester Arena, UK
13 Feb 2012

MEN Arena - Manchester
31 Jan 2012
Big Day Out 2012, Melbourne, Australia
29 Jan 2012
Big Day Out 2012, Melbourne, Australia
26 Jan 2012
Big Day Out 2012, Sydney, Australia
23 Jan 2012
Big Day Out 2012, Sydney, Australia
22 Jan 2012

Big Day Out 2012, Gold Coast Parklands, Gold Coast, Australia
17 Jan 2012
Tokyo Dome City Hall (東京ドームシティホール) Tokyo, Japan
16 Jan 2012
Tokyo Dome City Hall (東京ドームシティホール) Tokyo, Japan
10 Dec 2011
Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, US
10 Dec 2011
KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2011, Los Angeles, US
06 Dec 2011
Casino De Paris, France
04 Dec 2011
Palladium, Cologne, Germany
03 Dec 2011
Koncerthuset, Koncertsalen, Copenhagen, Denmark
01 Dec 2011
Ancienne Belgique (AB) Brussels, Belgium
30 Nov 2011

Melkweg The Max, Amsterdam, Holland (bootleg)
28 Nov 2011

Alcatraz, Milano, Italia + review here+video bootleg here +audio and video bootleg here
26 Nov 2011
La Riviera, Madrid, Spain

(22 Nov 2011

Live @ Later with Jools Holland, bootleg)
19 Nov 2011
Orpheum Theatre, SF Bay Area, US
18 Nov 2011
Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, US
17 Nov 2011
Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, US
15 Nov 2011
Beacon Theatre, New York, US
14 Nov 2011
Beacon Theatre, New York, US
12 Nov 2011
Wang Theatre, Boch Center, Boston / Cambridge, US
11 Nov 2011
Academy of Music Philadelphia, USA
08 Nov 2011
Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada
07 Nov 2011
Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada

(05 Nov 2011

The Mod Club, Toronto, Canada, bootleg)
03 Nov 2011

BBC radio Theatre, London, bootleg
31 Oct 2011
Roundhouse, London, UK
30 Oct 2011
O2 Forum, Kentish Town, London, UK
29 Oct 2011
Eventim Apollo, London, UK
27 Oct 2011

Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland (bootleg)
26 Oct 2011
O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK
23 Oct 2011

Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland +review here

26 Sep 2011

Radio Deejay Tv acoustic session, Milano, Italia

Radio 105 acoustic session, Milano, Italia

Virgin Radio acoustic session, Milan, Italy

25 Sep 2011

Rtl 102.5 acoustic session, Milano, Italia

Radio Montecarlo acoustic session, Milano, Italia

25 Mar 2010

Royal Albert Hall, London, England

26 Mar 2010

Royal Albert Hall, London, Great Britain

2000, Twin Towers down there... before September 11... on the single "Sunday morning call" there was New York with a fallen glass... New York City skyline from the rooftop of the Rockefeller Center. The album's title was taken from the words made famous by Sir Isaac Newton: "If I can see further than anyone else, it is only because I am standing on the shoulders of giants". Noel saw the quote on the side of a £2 coin while in a pub and liked it so much he thought it would be a suitable name for the new album. He then wrote the name on the side of a cigarette packet while drunk. When he awoke in the morning, he realised he had written "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants", not "shoulders"

"La musica non ha mai spostato niente, neanche negli anni '60, ai tempi del Vietnam. Il rock incide nel look, negli atteggiamenti, ma non nella politica. Forse conoscendolo Lennon era un cretino, non ci sarei andato d'accordo e l'avrei odiato. La gente parla troppo della sua vita, del pacifismo e così via, quello che mi interessa sono solo le sue canzoni.

E se qualcuno organizza una marcia contro la guerra, io preferisco andare al parco con mia figlia".

(Noel Gallagher, Oasis)

=
Music never moved anything, not even in the '60s, at Vietnam times. Rock influences look, attitudes, but not politics. Maybe knowing him Lennon was an idiot, I wouldn't got on well with him and would have hated him. People speak too much of his life, pacifism, and so on, I'm interested only in his songs.

And if anybody organizes a march against war, I prefer going to the park with my daughter.

..... vote for Noel Prime Minister: 1) a good politician is a rich one, 2) more police on the streets

Seguo gli Oasis dall'inizio, dal 1994 (da quando c'è lo zio Silvio in politica ahaha), il Britpop iniziava a conquistare il mondo, e in Inghilterra noi 16enni-17enni compravamo cd con una certa canzone appena uscita che diceva proprio: Mister Sifter sold me songs when I was just 16...

..... Rockin' chair , my favourite song ever.
Video with a final surprise at the end...........
I played this song till my fingers bled.
The shape of England is not so different from Italy one.
Notice the images and the turtle as my turtle Alberta in "I'm older than I wish to be" :) (and the turtle then is also on Noel plectrum, he played with it, I played with it).
And yes, that pier in Weston-super-Mare was burnt. And Oasis are over now (definitely maybe).
For going around we were still using a tour bus, and as it was our first time there, we had a big surprise when a bus full of British people overtook us, all of them smiling and waving their hands but suddenly they turned and showed us their arses ahahaha

2009. I was at 3 Oasis gigs in 1 month, even climbing the Italian Alps, highest European mountains, and arriving first in Switzerland, my last Oasis gig, seen it on the front row in front of Noel winking an eye at me ;) (and Glasvegas did the same) playing as in room for me and two Swiss birds lol, the "veline" :))

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. And in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!'".
(Jack Kerouac)

mad fer it !!!

"Italy why always you?! what is it with you Italians? why do you seem to 'get it' more than anyone else? it's a constant source of fascination for me"
(Noel)

"I'm currently in Milan. Its been fucking wonderful...it always is. It's fair to say The Italians love me and long may that continue 'cause I love them right back...the beautiful bastards.
The gig was amazing, the kind of gig you'd never want to end. Easily my favourite so far."

(Noel)

"L'Italia è la casa spirituale degli Oasis.

I ragazzi italiani sono come me, molto passionali.
4 elementi li contraddistinguono: il calcio, la musica, la famiglia e l'amore per l'eleganza. I miei amici italiani sono dei fighi, indossano vestiti e scarpe stupende, sciarpe favolose, occhiali da sole anche di notte e donne bellissime al loro fianco. Beh, sono considerato una figura santa in Italia. E' Milano... l'Italia è grande amico, cazzo se mi piace andarci".

(Noel)

Italy is Oasis spiritual home.

Italian boys are like me, very passionate.
4 elements mark them: football, music, family and love for elegance. My Italian friends are cool, they wear wonderful clothes and shoes, fabulous scarves, sunglasses even at night and beautiful women by their side. Well, I'm considered quite a holy figure in Italy, It's Milan... Italy's great man, I fucking love going there.

"Milano è il miglior fottuto pubblico, e lo dico davvero!".

(toccandosi il cuore)

(Liam)

Milan is the best fucking crowd, and I really mean it!

(touching his heart)

"Milano è una città bellissima. Molta gente pagherebbe per stare qui. Non vado quasi mai a fare shopping, quello che mi piace di Milano è la gente".

(David Beckham, Ac Milan, Oasis friend)

Milan is a beautiful city. Many people would pay for staying here. I almost never go shopping, what I like in Milan is the people.

"We get chatting to Marco who was around for Paolo Nutini arriving and had given him a quick hand shake then sloped off, (you know how cool guys like to play it), he is really a Brit Indie lad at heart trapped inside the body of an Italian guy, his taste in music is fabulous. The tempo was troppo caldo (too hot weather), the Duomo is breathtaking to say the least. Milano women are ridiculously stylish and fabulously slim, gorgeous beings. He shaped my pizza into a love heart. Italian men are so smooth!"
(Jacq)

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.

(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

"I've got the pre-emption over anyone proud boastin' music royalties about you :). When you told me to be not so good, I thought you were just humble. Now, on the contrary, I think you're a famous incognito singer, determined to cheer up the world with your voice, for free".
(Selene)

"nice jacket"

(Liam embracing me)

London->Milan, November 2009, with Milan legend Paolo Maldini

..... love the welcome ahahahaha with a Milan Lambretta behind... waiting for a PG shop in Milan.

In the same days: new AC Milan shop in Milan

..... the centre of the world.

Milan Expo 2015 Masterplan, the new zone where Oasis had to perform their last concert in history... before the "break" of 5 years... we're all part of a Masterplan... (the music is the anthem of North Italy, capital city: Milan, of course, titled "Va pensiero - sull'ali dorate", "Go, thought - on golden wings", by Verdi).

A new Milan part with strange skyscrapers is gonna be called 'City Life'.

In his 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere', Noel refers to Italy as the bands’ 'spiritual home' and anyone who has been to an Oasis gig in Italy will know why. It’s fitting that Oasis have chosen Milan to stage the final show...

(from the official site )

Milan, not Rome. Against Rome:

"Domani, be' cos'è domani? Lasciamo che Roma si dissolva nel Tevere! E che il grande impero crolli! Questo è il momento; i regni sono fatti d'argilla".

(Oasis, What's the story book)