Oasis Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
30th October 2015
Fact: Irish rockers U2 added another celebrity guest to their London residency by performing with veteran musician Patti Smith during their show at the city's O2 Arena on Thursday night (29Oct15). They performed with former Oasis star Noel Gallagher earlier in the week.
11th June 2015
Fact: Founding Oasis guitarist PAUL 'BONEHEAD' ARTHURS is set to join his former bandmate Liam Gallagher in a one-off supergroup performance, which will air in the U.K. on Friday (12Jun15). The Who's Roger Daltrey, Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey and Lightning Seeds frontman Ian Broudie make up the rest of the band, which will perform on the revival of 1990s show TFI Friday.
2nd June 2015
Quote: "I can't understand why he (Zayn Malik) would do it (quit) because they've only got, at most, five years left. He should just stand at the back, smoke weed and get laid. But he should get himself a good accountant." Former Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher is convinced Malik should have stuck it out in One Direction because he is convinced the boyband's end is near. Malik walked out on the group in March (15), claiming he wanted to be a "normal" 22 year old.
5th May 2015
Quote: "The greatest quote was... 'I just want to be a normal 22 year old'. Who wants to be a normal 22 year old?... You can be f**king anything that moves and gettin' paid half a million dollars a week, you f**kin' idiot. You want to be a normal 22 year old? Have you met any normal 22 year olds? They're f**kin' s**t-for-brains." Former Oasis star Noel Gallagher wasn't impressed with Zayn Malik's reason for leaving One Direction.
1st May 2015
Quote: "The video for D'You Know What I Mean was shot on the deserted set of FULL METAL JACKET... you can still visit it in London. It's an old, disused gasworks in London... The choppers (helicopters) was a reference to Vietnam. What any of that has to do with the f**king song is beyond me. I don't even know what the song's about, never mind the video!" Former Oasis star Noel Gallagher tells Reddit.com he's still confused by the meaning of some of the band's videos.
29th April 2015
Quote: "You cannot go on tour without good pillows. I have stolen more pillows from Italy than anywhere else. (They are) the best in the world." Former Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher reveals his penchant for pilfering pillows from hotel rooms.
14th October 2014
Quote: "I was with Beady Eye the other night and they are still plugging away, we all talk nonsense for hours. Though not about a reunion, for anyone trying to seize on that." Noel Gallagher insists he still has no plans to reform Oasis despite remaining close pals with his ex-bandmates, who have since formed Beady Eye.
24th April 2014
Fact: Liam Gallagher has sparked fresh Oasis reunion rumours after posting each letter of the band's name at 30 minute intervals on Twitter.com on Thursday (24Apr14). It's not clear what the rocker and his former bandmates, including estranged brother Noel, have planned, but 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the group's first album release.
26th February 2014
Fact: Fans of defunct British rock group Oasis were disappointed on Wednesday (26Feb14) when a big announcement, which raised hopes of a reunion, turned out to be a plan to reissue the group's debut album Definitely Maybe to mark the 20th anniversary of its 1994 release.
7th February 2014
Quote: "Who wouldn't want to work with the Gallaghers? Yeah, both of them." Pharrell Williams is hoping to persuade former Oasis stars Noel and Liam Gallagher to reunite for a collaboration.
21st September 2013
Quote: "It's not going to happen, unless they are doing it without me. But without me, it would be rubbish." British rocker Noel Gallagher is adamant his former Oasis bandmates won't be able to accept a reunion offer without him.
26th July 2013
Quote: "Ironically, Noel and Damon are, like, best mates now. They go off and smoke cigars together. I think we realised we're all on the same side eventually." Blur star Alex James insists the band's rivalry with Oasis is now a distant memory.
1st July 2013
Fact: Bookmakers in Britain have named Foo Fighters and Kasabian as early favourites to headline the 2014 Glastonbury festival with odds of 6/1. Experts at William Hill have also given odds of 25/1 that defunct rockers Oasis will reform for a slot at the iconic event.
26th June 2013
Fact: Liam Gallagher and his band Beady Eye are set to thrill fans with a surprise show at this weekend's (28-30Jun13) Glastonbury festival in England, according to editors at Britain's The Sun. The rocker previously vowed never to perform at the event again following his band Oasis' set in 2004.
12th June 2013
Quote: "(Oasis) was a s**t name, but most band names are s**t. Look at Beady Eye - s**t f**king name." Former Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher, who now fronts Beady Eye, is happy starring in bands with a boring name.
10th June 2013
Fact: Oasis' 1995 hit Wonderwall has been voted the biggest song of the past 20 years in Australia. The British band's track saw off competition from acts including Daft Punk, Silverchair and The Killers, who each had three songs listed in youth radio network Triple J's Hottest 100 poll.
8th March 2013
Quote: "I can easily see me taking 10 years off - I'd do it now if the missus (wife) would let me. I'd do absolutely nothing if I could get away with it, as I'm brilliant at that. I wouldn't bother getting any hobbies either - unless drinking tea and smoking qualify as hobbies. That's all I'd do. And maybe watch telly (Tv) all day, if that wasn't too much effort." Ex-Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher dreams of a career break.
7th September 2012
Quote: "I'd like to party with Prince Harry. He's cool... If I was a ginger prince and third in line to the throne, I'd get p**sed and naked every night. Just for the hell of it." Former Oasis star Liam Gallagher applauds Prince Harry's Las Vegas striptease, which made the royal front-page news last month (Aug12).
20th August 2012
Fact: Former Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher paid tribute to Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah on Saturday (18Aug12) by dedicating his performance of Supersonic at the U.K.'s V Festival to the British athlete in honour of his impressive double win at the London 2012 Games.
19th August 2012
Fact: The Killers paid tribute to now-defunct British band Oasis at the U.K.'s V Festival on Saturday night (18Aug12) by performing their classic Don'T Look Back In Anger.
6th August 2012
Fact: Rocker Liam Gallagher has bought a property in the U.S. in a bid to concentrate on breaking into the music industry in the country. The former Oasis star and Beady Eye frontman has spent $2.5 million (£1.6 million) on the 17th floor, two-bedroomed apartment in New York's Manhattan.
17th July 2012
Fact: Former Oasis star Noel Gallagher is taking a break from his arena tour to play an intimate acoustic gig at a tiny London club in aid of charity. The rocker will perform at Dingwalls in Camden, north London, on 14 August (12) to raise money for War Child, in conjunction with radio station Xfm.
29th June 2012
Fact: Two new, unreleased songs by rocker Noel Gallagher have leaked online. Recordings of God Help Us All and It Makes Me Wanna Cry, made during a soundcheck at one of the former Oasis star's gigs, were posted on the Internet on Friday (29Jun12).
14th May 2012
Fact: Ex-Oasis star Liam Gallagher celebrated his beloved U.K. soccer club Manchester City winning the Premier League trophy on Sunday (13May12) by posing for a photo alongside the team's captain Vincent Kompany and boxing legend Ricky Hatton. The rocker was among the thousands of fans watching as Manchester City beat Qpr 3-2 to scoop the club's first league crown in 44 years.
15th April 2012
Fact: Noel Gallagher played Oasis songs Don'T Look Back In Anger and Half The World Away during his short evening set at the Coachella festival in California on Saturday (14Apr12). He dedicated the latter to his English fans at the event.
1st April 2012
Quote: "There is no contact of any significance, to my mother's disgust. But we are big boys now. She can't tell us what to do for ever... It's not the last time I'm ever going to speak to him. Of course I'm going to speak to him again but I'm busy (right now)." Noel Gallagher insists his feud with brother and former Oasis bandmate Liam won't last forever.
16th March 2012
Fact: Noel Gallagher's 12-year-old daughter Anais is forging ahead with her career as a child model - she has become the star of a new Vogue magazine photoshoot. Anais, the former Oasis rocker's daughter with ex-wife Meg Mathews, has already posed for Mario Testino and appeared in a shoot for British magazine OK!.
1st March 2012
Quote: "It's good to see Noel win. We had a rivalry in the 90s but that's all in the past. It's good for him and I'm pleased. He seems to be enjoying himself at the minute, too." Blur star Graham Coxon is pleased to see his one-time chart rival, former Oasis star Noel Gallagher, honoured with the Godlike Genius award at Britain's NME Awards on Wednesday (29Feb12).
20th October 2011
Quote: "I'm only singing the songs I'm famous for singing. And if people do miss Liam, I'll bring a little cardboard cut-out of him - a tiny, dwarf-sized one - put a spotlight on it and go, 'There he is. Remember him?'" Noel Gallagher won't be missing his former Oasis bandmate, brother Liam, on his upcoming solo tour.
18th October 2011
Tweet: "Stone roses getting back together not been this happy since my kids were born." Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher can't wait to see reunited British rockers Stone Roses after they announced two big comeback gigs in his hometown of Manchester, England next year (12).
6th October 2011
Quote: "I still smoke, still drink. But I'm not a band so I'm not letting anyone down, am I?" Former Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher is refusing to give up his vices now he's gone solo.
28th August 2011
Quote: "I've got an 11-year-old daughter and on a Saturday we sit down and watch it. I don't regret declining the offer though." Former Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher confirms he was approached to take up a judging role on Britain's The X Factor.
15th August 2011
Quote: "I was in a band, right? And I left. And then I wrote some songs. I had a lot of songs left over from the band. And then I wrote some other songs. And after a couple of years sitting round the house I had a baby. Moved house. My wife decided it was time for me to do something because I was annoying her." Former Oasis star Noel Gallagher was pushed into launching his solo career by his wife.
26th July 2011
Quote: "I had two options: you either get a load of kids in, and then you end up looking like Bryan Ferry. Or you don't and you have mates - but then, I don't know many 44 year olds that aren't bald." Noel Gallagher struggled to form a new band after Oasis split in 2009.
20th July 2011
Quote: "I think people had stopped listening. People kept coming to the gigs, but people had stopped listening... That's just the way it is when you go on for so long. Does anybody care about a new Rolling Stones album? They go and see 'em, don't they?" Former Oasis star Noel Gallagher is convinced the band only had a future as a live act.
6th July 2011
Quote: "Unfortunately those songs are like drugs to me. I don't think I'd ever do a gig without playing them. That would be crazy. That would be like Paul MCCartney doing the O2 (Arena in London) and just playing Wings stuff." British rocker Noel Gallagher will be performing Oasis tracks on his solo tour later this year (11).
27th May 2011
Quote: "I'll always be Oasis, it's in my veins. I'm never going to get away from it and I don't want to get away but I'm not doing it any more. I've no reason to escape from it because I'm very proud of it." British rocker Liam Gallagher will always have a special place in his heart for his former band Oasis.
16th May 2011
Tweet: "Where were you while we were getting high?" Liam Gallagher celebrates his favourite soccer team Manchester City's triumph in England's FA Cup Final on Saturday (14May11) by quoting lyrics from his former band Oasis' classic track Champagne Supernova.
24th April 2011
Quote: "It could be Justin Bieber, but that wouldn't be that high then would it so you'd be able to walk over it. I don't know, it's a bit silly isn't it." Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher isn't impressed with the statue of Michael Jackson which has been erected at the London ground of British soccer club Fulham.
17th March 2011
Quote: "Most songs are about me getting to the end of the song and thinking, 'Thank f**k that's over'. I find words really hard." Former Oasis and current Beady Eye frontman Liam Gallagher struggles with lyrics.
18th February 2011
Quote: "I've got a microphone, we've got guitars, we'll drown them out. They can shout what they f**king want." Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher insists fans demanding to hear the band's songs when his new group Beady Eye tours later this year (11) will be wasting their breath.
18th February 2011
Quote: "It's been two f**king years. Take the f**king statement down. We're all grown up. We've all moved on." Liam Gallagher is angry his brother NOEL's terse statement about the break-up of Oasis is still on the band's website almost two years after they split.
26th January 2011
Quote: "I said, 'What yous (sic) up to?' and Jonny (Buckland, Coldplay guitarist) said, 'We're just really happy.' 'What? Not one of you p**sing each other off? Nothing happened? What's wrong with you?'" Former Oasis star Liam Gallagher can't believe fellow British rockers COLDPLAY never fall out.
26th January 2011
Quote: "I went for some soup, came back and the band was finished." Former Oasis drummer CHRIS SHARROCK missed the infamous fight between the Gallagher brothers that split up the band back in 2009.
26th January 2011
Quote: "People will be calling their kids Beady Eye by the end of the year." Former Oasis star Liam Gallagher is convinced his new band will be massively successful.
13th January 2011
Fact: Music mogul Alan Mcgee is calling on producers to cast Welsh star Rhys Ifans as himself in a new movie about Creation Records, the British label behind Oasis and Primal Scream.
10th November 2010
Quote: "I think they will make up. It might be a few years but they will. I'm pretty sure. I mean, they're brothers." Creation Records boss Alan Mcgee, who signed Oasis to the label, is adamant feuding siblings LIAM and Noel Gallagher will eventually patch up their tumultuous relationship .
9th November 2010
Fact: Fans will be able to download the debut single from Liam Gallagher's new band BEADY EYE for free. The rocker's first post-Oasis track, Bring The Light, will be given away online on 10 November (10).
16th August 2010
Quote: "Liam Gallagher was really rude to me for no other reason than I have ginger hair - what does that tell you?" Florence and the Machine singer Florence Welch is not pals with the former Oasis frontman.
9th August 2010
Fact: Former Oasis singer Liam Gallagher sat on the judging panel of a 'Pup Idol' competition in London on Saturday (07Aug10). The rocker, who recently backed a campaign to end puppy farming, cuddled up to canine contestants and helped pick a top dog in the contest.
19th July 2010
Quote: "I'm cool, man. And I'm fun and all. I'm not strict, but I'm not a pushover either. I would never hit them - I'm not into violence." Former Oasis wildman Liam Gallagher is a perfect dad.
10th June 2010
Quote: "If I was to sit here now and listen to Supersonic as the first (single) and Falling Down as the last, I'd think, 'Well that's a f**king pretty good journey between those two'. There's some s**t in between, but to bookend your career with those two - that'll do me." Oasis star Noel Gallagher is pleased with the defunct band's legacy.
26th May 2010
Fact: Former THE AUTEURS frontman LUKE HAINES is set to spit more vitriol at his Britpop rivals - he's releasing a follow-up to his 2009 autobiography, BAD VIBES. The as-yet-untitled book, due for release next year (11), is a sequel to his first tome, in which Haines slammed fellow 1990s British bands including Oasis, Blur, and Radiohead.
7th May 2010
Quote: "If it's a boy... it's definitely going to be called Carlos, or just Tevez. Tevez Gallagher. Carlito Gallagher. She doesn't know this, but I'll nip out to the Marylebone Registry Office (in London) while she's having a nap." Former Oasis star Noel Gallagher plans to name his new baby with girlfriend Sara MCDonald after his favourite soccer play, Argentine Manchester City hero Carlos Tevez.
4th May 2010
Fact: Former Oasis drummer TONY MCCARROLL is set to lift the lid on his time in the band - he's signed a deal to release a tell-all book. The percussionist was asked to leave the group in 1995 and later sued his former bandmates alleging they owed him a slice of their multi-million dollar record deal. The case was settled out of court.
30th April 2010
Quote: "I'd like to have a fight with Liam whichever way he wants - physically or mentally, I'd beat him in any way, shape or form." Veteran pop star Adam Ant challenges former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher to a fight.
26th April 2010
Quote: "Musically and creatively it's gonna be better for everyone. Noel and Liam are both gonna turn into something great." Paul Weller is convinced the break-up of British band Oasis is for the best.
22nd April 2010
Fact: Paul Weller was joined by former Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher on stage at a gig in London on Wednesday night (21Apr10). The pair played Oasis track Mucky Fingers and Weller's Echoes Round The Sun, which he originally recorded with Gallagher.
22nd April 2010
Fact: Former Oasis star Noel Gallagher surprised Paul Weller fans at a show in London on Wednesday (21Apr10) when he showed up unannounced to jam with the rocker. The two stars teamed up for two tunes, including Weller's Echoes Round The Sun - which Gallagher recorded with his hero.
4th April 2010
Quote: "I'm glad they didn't go on forever. But I think it's sad to see them split with a fight." Former Oasis rocker PAUL 'BONEHEAD' ARTHURS, who quit in 1999, on the band's split last year (09).
26th March 2010
Quote: "We have a young lad called Jeff who funnily enough is in Liam's new band. I just thought that was quite funny." Former Blur frontman Damon Albarn has recruited a member of Liam Gallagher's new band to play with Gorillaz. Gallagher previously fronted Blur's arch-rivals Oasis.
25th March 2010
Quote: "There's Elvis, then there's me. I couldn't say which of the two is best." Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher is convinced of his own talent.
18th March 2010
Quote: "We are going to be more musical than Oasis. It's not going to be so f**king full-on, heavy chords, you know? More sophisticated, not up its own a**e." Former OASIS star Noel Gallagher on relaunching his music career after leaving the band last year (09).
23rd February 2010
Quote: "I don't really believe Liam is that upset all the time. You can't pretend to be a 20-year-old angry young man when you're pushing 40. Someone's pretending. But it's image and we're in showbusiness. Ninety five per cent is bulls**t, the other five per cent is bulls**t." Status Quo star FRANCES ROSSI on feisty former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher.
15th January 2010
Quote: "Noel used to take the p**s out of me constantly and it really, really hurt at the time. Oasis were like the bullies I had to put up with at school." Blur frontman Damon Albarn on the band's Britpop rivals OASIS.
18th December 2009
Quote: "I think it was inevitable. But I think it was a shame. I love the two of them, I've met them many times. But it happens - obviously they're sick to death of each other. I wouldn't be surprised if they get back together." Simon Cowell is convinced warring rock siblings NOEL and Liam Gallagher will eventually reform Oasis.
10th December 2009
Quote: "He could be a f**king politician. People listen to him, don't they? He could be Mayor of Manchester." Funnyman Russell Brand believes former Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher should run for office.
10th December 2009
Quote: "I'd invite Liam Gallagher, but then I'd secretly invite Noel, too. I'd get them together at the barbecue and make peace. I'm good at that, man. I can make people love each other." Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has a plan to reunite warring Oasis siblings LIAM and Noel Gallagher.
3rd November 2009
Quote: "I'm leaving London to go back up north, to Manchester. I've been advised to do a Rod Stewart, as in a tax exile, but I don't want to do it. But London has lost its spark.” Former Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher is heading back to his home town to start a new life following the band's break-up.
30th October 2009
Quote: "They've been doing a lap of honour for the past 13 years. There's been the occasional gem, here and there, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IDLE, and well, that's about it." Robbie Williams is convinced it was the right time for British rockers Oasis to split.
23rd October 2009
Fact: Former Oasis singer Liam Gallagher is set to face his fans via video link. The star will take questions from devotees and answer them online using a web-cam, but Gallagher is refusing to take questions about the band's split - he will only talk about the launch of his Pretty Green clothing line.
11th October 2009
Quote: "They've got just as much right to be there as any banker or broker's kid." Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher defends his decision to send his children to private school in Britain.
8th October 2009
Quote: "That's a long way off yet, but who knows." Liam Gallagher would consider reconciling with brother and former Oasis bandmate NOEL - one day.
6th October 2009
Quote: "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 we could blend our styles well." Hip-hop star JAY-Z wants to work with Oasis singer Liam Gallagher.
18th September 2009
Fact: Oasis are set to battle it out against rival Britpop group Blur at the forthcoming Q Awards, despite announcing their split last month (Aug09). The WONDERWALL hitmakers will go head-to-head with the PARKLIFE stars for the Best Live Act honour, alongside U2, Arctic Monkeys, THE Prodigy, Kasabian and Take That.
17th September 2009
Fact: British band Oasis, whose future remains in doubt after guitarist Noel Gallagher quit last month (Aug09), have something to smile about - they have entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the Longest Top 10 U.K. Chart Run By A Group. The WONDERWALL hitmakers have notched up an unprecedented 22 consecutive hit singles.
8th September 2009
Quote: "Gary and I were in a similar situation where the pressure of the band came down on us all. It was left to the brothers to sort things out. For a good 10 years with Spandau Ballet we were the pressure cooker and it was bound to explode now and again." SPANDAU BALLET star Martin Kemp can empathise with warring Oasis siblings LIAM and Noel Gallagher after years of feuding with his brother/bandmate GARY.
4th September 2009
Fact: Noel Gallagher has headed to the Italian isle of Sardinia to escape the fallout from the Oasis split - while his brother LIAM holidays just miles away on the Italian mainland at Lake Como.
4th September 2009
Fact: Noel Gallagher is reportedly set to give his side of the Oasis split in an interviewer to journalist-turned-talent show judge Piers Morgan. The chat will take place on the AMERICA'S GOT TALENT star's LIFE STORIES series on British network ITV1 later this year (09).
22nd July 2009
Quote: "I always knew deep down inside him somewhere there was impeccable musical taste. I'm not sure whether he could afford us for a gig though!" Rocker Noel Gallagher was flattered to learn soccer ace Cristiano Ronaldo wants to a private Oasis concert in Spain.
9th July 2009
Fact: Daniel Craig has bought Oasis rockers NOEL and Liam Gallagher's old house in Camden, London for $7.3 million (£4.5 million). The singers lived at the house when they first moved to the British capital as Oasis rose to fame in the early 1990s.
8th July 2009
Quote: "This Mike Jackson thing's dragging on a bit, innit? Who do they think he is, Jade Goody? Listen out for the dedication tonight. There's bound to be one. If it's during Live Forever I may do a little poo-poo...then vomit." Rocker Noel Gallagher was unimpressed with the Michael Jackson memorial ahead of an Oasis show in the U.K. on Tuesday (07Jul09).
6th July 2009
Quote: "I've lost one of my bags - AGAIN! It's becoming a theme of this tour. Lost bags, lost clothes, broken ribs. It's beginning to get on my t*ts." Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher is sick of life on the road.
15th June 2009
Quote: "It would f**king bore the arse off me... who knows, man - it depends how f**king skint I am." Oasis star Liam Gallagher is in no rush to write his autobiography.
5th June 2009
Quote: "Airport security can be a f**ker I suppose but the free crisps make up for it." Oasis star Noel Gallagher sees the positive side of world tours.
5th June 2009
Fact: Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher's Pretty Green clothing line will go on general sale later this week (05Jun09). The fashion range features men's clothing such as trousers, hats and coats.
14th May 2009
Quote: "The writing bug has gripped me. Nearly wrote five new songs on this leg alone! Gotta get them down while it's still happening." Oasis star Noel Gallagher has been busy working on their next album while the band tours South America.
7th May 2009
Quote: "I'll be confined to barracks. Never mind. Got my trusty axe (guitar). I've been doing a bit of writing for the 1st time in ages." Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher is using his down time in between concerts on their South American tour to write new songs.
6th May 2009
Fact: Former Oasis manager ALAN MCGEE has enlisted the help of rock stars including Noel Gallagher, Pete Doherty and CARL BARAT to film an online comedy skit about a music boss who tries to get his band a record deal.
30th April 2009
Quote: "I did say to the person responsible for such things that I demanded to be airbrushed to within an inch of my life. What I don't remember is asking to look like something from a Tenacious D video. I don't have grey/blue skin, not any more anyway." Oasis star Noel Gallagher isn't happy with his picture on the new issue of British magazine Q.
30th April 2009
Quote: "This swine flu is freaking people out. All the ground staff are wearing those little white face masks. It was like something out of a Stephen King novel. I suddenly feel quite naked without one. Then, if that wasn't bad enough, my mum called me and tells me to be careful or I'd get pig flu. At that point I did a huge sneeze and the entire airport fell silent." Oasis star Noel Gallagher got caught up in the swine flu outbreak during a trip to Venezuela.
18th April 2009
Fact: Oasis, Kanye West, Coldplay, Pet Shop Boys, Lily Allen, Nine Inch Nails and Lil Wayne will be among the highlights at the 39th annual Roskilde Festival in Denmark this summer (02-05Jul09).
13th April 2009
Quote: "Some of them unfurled a huge banner that said 'Noel's p**s is the cure for cancer.' Well, that was a bit weird." Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher was stunned by fan support at a recent gig in South Africa.
8th April 2009
Quote: "We have no time for him. Music is an art and he doesn't appreciate music for what it is." Kaiser Chiefs guitarist ANDREW 'WHITEY' WHITE blasts Oasis star Noel Gallagher.
8th March 2009
Quote: "LIAM gets up and he's a f**king idiot and then he goes to bed. He turns up and that's what usually spoils any celebrations." Oasis star Noel Gallagher has some harsh words for his rocker brother LIAM.
7th March 2009
Quote: "If I'm at a celebrity football (soccer) match and I'm up against somebody from the Kaiser Chiefs, then they're going to hospital and that's the end of that." Oasis star Noel Gallagher has some dastardly plans for his rock rivals.
6th March 2009
Quote: "[RUSSELL] goes out drinking mineral water. I keep telling him to have a f**king beer - one beer - but he says he'll probably end up in a crack house in (London's) King's Cross within 40 minutes." Oasis star Noel Gallagher on his now teetotal pal Russell Brand.
3rd March 2009
Fact: Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher and comedian Russell Brand are teaming up to host a special radio show on U.K. network talkSPORT to discuss soccer.
18th February 2009
Quote: "Well who do you think? Coldplay! They win everything don't they? They'll win the best new female act won't they? Coldplay have got to win it haven't they, I suppose." Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher is tipping COLDPLAY to triumph at Wednesday (18Feb09) night's Brit Awards in London.
4th February 2009
Quote: "It's like aural drugs isn't it... They get obsessed and it ain't good for them. I guess it's better than... what did we have in our day? The Magic Roundabout and (British TV show) Catweazle." Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher compares his six-year-old daughter's obsession with High School Musical to drug addiction.
3rd February 2009
Quote: "I tell kids that playing a guitar is not a video game, there is no level to get to. You'll never master it and you'll never complete the game." Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher advises fans to pick up a real instrument - instead of the popular music simulator Guitar Hero.
29th January 2009
Quote: "I know there's a world financial crisis going on, but I went for a Chinese the other night in Oslo, (Norway) right - and guess what? No fortune cookie! What the f**k is all that about? How is anyone supposed to plan for future events pertaining to one's personal situation if you don't know what the future holds?" Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher loves restaurants that give out fortune cookies.
27th January 2009
Quote: "Liam Gallagher is apparently a fan which is wicked (great). I love Oasis, but it was crazy to hear that." Australian singer Gabriella Cilmi on her famous fans.
24th January 2009
Fact: Actor Rhys Ifans' band The Peth will support Oasis on their forthcoming U.K. stadium tour. The band will play at the WONDERWALL rockers' Cardiff Millennium Stadium gig on 12 June (09).
14th January 2009
Fact: British rockers Oasis have filmed an 18-minute documentary which features the band teaching New York buskers to play their songs. The band have posted the short film on their MySpace.com page.
24th December 2008
Quote: "I normally like classic rock like Oasis but I'm into her stuff a lot, too. When she called me to ask whether I would do it, it was a complete no-brainer." GOSSIP GIRL star CHACE CRAWFORD on agreeing to star in Leona Lewis' new music video
16th December 2008
Quote: "It's already done. It's already written. It's already demoed." Oasis star Noel Gallagher admits the rockers' next album is ready to be recorded, just months after the release of DIG OUT YOUR SOUL.
13th December 2008
Quote: "I've never got Arctic Monkeys - they seem too much like a British thing to me. They're like Oasis whereby Americans can't really relate to them." Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne isn't a fan of the U.K's top music exports.
8th December 2008
Quote: "I'm some old dude, man. Who wants to be a drug addict at 41? I've got two kids. I don't expect a 16-year-old to be looking to me for inspiration. I've done my bit. Now we go in the studio and it's just like, let's make some records." Oasis singer Liam Gallagher has given up trying to be a rock idol.
5th December 2008
Quote: "Did somebody get overwhelmed? I’m sorry about that. Buy a T-shirt on the way out, please.” Noel Gallagher on hearing a fan had passed out during Oasis' concert in Oakland, California on Wednesday night (03Dec08).
3rd December 2008
Quote: "Me and Noel get on well now. Beautiful. It's all right, man." Oasis brothers LIAM and Noel Gallagher have gotten over their sibling rivalry.
23rd November 2008
Quote: "I can't see anyone coming up behind us. These scallywags in skinny jeans and f**king hairdos... bring it on!" Oasis star Noel Gallagher is convinced none of the new rock bands can reach the same success as the Wonderwall hitmakers.
31st October 2008
Quote: "Even at the very height of our success, I never thought I was any better than the next person. The opposite is probably the case. I'm still sitting here waiting for my luck to run out." Oasis star Noel Gallagher remains down to earth despite his fame.
31st October 2008
Quote: "All the people that are in bands are wearing the same f**king clothes - (they're) wearing skinny jeans, wearing these pointy f**king shoes, a little tie, a little waistcoat, a little tight T-shirt, and it's like..., 'Do you all live in the same f**king house? Do you all shop at the same f**king shop?'" Oasis star Liam Gallagher hates modern rock fashions.
29th October 2008
Quote: "Nights have to be more organised now, as opposed to the 'everybody come back to mine' evenings. Those nights were great, like a kind of brilliant nonsense. Now I have a babysitter and generally those organised nights are the worst." Oasis rocker and father-of-two Noel Gallagher misses the hellraising days of his youth.
17th October 2008
Quote: "These are the concerts that will go down in people's memories and this is where people will meet future wives. We're bang up for it." Rocker Noel Gallagher is confident Oasis' forthcoming arena tour next summer (09) will be the band's best gigs to date.
16th October 2008
Quote: "I'm not embarrassed by wealth or stardom. It's what I was born to do. For some, that fame can hit you f**kin' hard. Amy Winehouse has been wiped out by that." Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher was born to be a rock star.
9th October 2008
Quote: "We've got a super-gig planned next summer. Don't ask me any more questions because I can't tell you what it is. (But) if I gave you 500 guesses you'd never guess where it would be." Oasis star Noel Gallagher has big plans for a homecoming gig in their native Manchester, England.
7th October 2008
Quote: "I did have to go through quite a few business meetings recently that were so mind numbingly boring that if I went into detail you'd want to kill yourself. I look after the choruses. That's my job." Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher prefers songwriting to administration work.
5th October 2008
Quote: "Even if I wanted to, how would I go about writing an opera... I don't think two blokes having the same f**king argument for 16 years over and over is the stuff of an opera. Oasis: The Opera would be very short." Noel Gallagher insists he wouldn't know where to start if he was to follow one-time chart rival Damon Albarn and pen an opera. He dismisses the idea that his constant bickering with bandmate and brother LIAM would make a good storyline.
4th October 2008
Quote: “I like Coldplay. I struggle though ’cos I’m in a band with three other guys who hate Coldplay. The trouble is, when I try to defend them I’m like, ‘Listen, this song sounds like The Beatles’ then Viva La Vida comes on and that sounds like bloody Annie Lennox Walking On Broken Glass! I can’t defend them.” Oasis star Noel Gallagher is a huge COLDPLAY fan.
3rd October 2008
Quote: "I ripped up a bit of the floor when we recorded the album as a bit of a souvenir." Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher wanted to remember his time at the Beatles' former studio in London's Abbey Road.
3rd October 2008
Quote: "I just don't give a f**k what spotty, divvy little indie bands think about me. My peers are Bono, Chris Martin, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards." Oasis star Noel Gallagher thinks very highly of himself.
1st October 2008
Fact: British rockers Oasis have debuted their new album DIG OUT YOUR SOUL on social networking website MySpace.com. The LP was made available for fans to listen to in full for free ahead of its official release next week (begs06Oct08).
21st September 2008
Fact: British boxer Ricky Hatton is to host his own star-studded chat show, interviewing famous faces including rockers Oasis.
18th September 2008
Quote: "We’ve got through 18 years of it... I’ve only seriously tried to kill him once. I think that’s a pretty good record. In fact, I think I deserve some sort of commendation. I’ve kept LIAM in legal employment for nearly two decades. Where would he be otherwise? He’d need f**king round-the-clock care without Oasis.” Noel Gallagher on his sibling strife with brother and bandmate LIAM.
11th September 2008
Fact: Oasis stars NOEL and Liam Gallagher are enlisting New York street musicians to promote their new album DIG OUT YOUR SOUL. The pair plan to personally teach their new songs to more than 30 buskers on Friday (12Sep08) as part of the project.
10th September 2008
Quote: "I am a c**t. I can be the biggest c**t in the world. But I can also be the most spectacular person ever made." Modest Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher admits his shortcomings.
9th September 2008
Quote: "I don't know how much money I've got. But I said to the girl who run's the accountant's office, 'Give me a call when I'm down to my last four million.'" Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher reveals how he runs his finances.
6th September 2008
Quote: "Montreal is a strange place. Everything is French: menus, street signs, shop signs, TV channels." Noel Gallagher is stumped by Oasis' first trip to Montreal, Canada.
4th September 2008
Quote: "The rest of the boys have flown rather than brave the bus. I've never understood that. This is the whole point of touring. Staring out the window, watching the world go by." Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher is happy to travel in the tourbus during the band's current jaunt around Canada and the U.S.
4th September 2008
Quote: "I like everything about that band except their music." Outspoken Oasis star Noel Gallagher weighs in on rock legends Metallica.
2nd September 2008
Quote: "I'm not like some (Metallica star) Lars Ulrich f**king character who would have all these kids locked up... As long as I can keep my swimming pool and my Rolls-Royce, that's all I'm worried about." Oasis star Noel Gallagher has little concern about fans who illegally download his music on the Internet.
29th August 2008
Quote: "SPONGEBOB is a f**king mental, full-of-beans, enthusiastic sponge that lives at the bottom of the sea in Bikini Bottom. He's mad for it. He's got a mate called SQUIDWARD, who plays the clarinet and is grumpy like our kid NOEL." Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher insists he and his brother NOEL are like the characters from kids TV show Spongebob Squarepants.
20th August 2008
Fact: British rockers Oasis named their new album DIG OUT YOUR SOUL in reference to music DJs, who often refer to playing a Motown record as "digging out their soul".
15th August 2008
Fact: British rockers Oasis have enlisted the help of THE Chemical Brothers to remix one of their tracks. The special version of Falling Down will be released as the B-side to the group's new single THE SHOCK OF THE LIGHTNING, which hits shops next month (Sep08).
10th August 2008
Quote: "I read a quote from fat RICK (WILSON) that said, 'Oasis have disappeared up their own arses, they think they're Led Zeppelin'. And we're like, 'Well, better than everyone else KNOWING that you're Freddie + The F**king Dreamers'." OASIS star Noel Gallagher on his spat with rock band Kaiser Chiefs.
8th August 2008
Fact: Oasis star Liam Gallagher has written a tribute to John Lennon for the band's new album. The singer is a lifelong fan of the late beatle - even naming his eight-year-old son after the music legend.
7th August 2008
Quote: "I f**king went to see the Def Jam tour in Manchester in nineteen-ninety-whenever-it-f**king-was, with Public Enemy, RUN-DMC, and the Beastie Boys! But I'm not gonna sit here and list all the records that I own, because I don't f**king have to." Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher is a fan of hip-hop, despite his recent row with JAY-Z.
7th August 2008
Quote: "Honestly, they're amazing. But he suffers from the curse of the Gallaghers, it's just like, 'F**king hell, can't finish it'. I've got demos of his at home with about 40 tunes which, if he could be bothered finishing, would be amazing." Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher is a big fan of brother LIAM's songs.
7th August 2008
Quote: "Honestly, they're amazing. But he suffers from the curse of the Gallaghers, it's just like, 'F**king hell, can't finish it'. I've got demos of his at home with about 40 tunes which, if he could be bothered finishing, would be amazing." Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher is a big fan of brother LIAM's songs.
7th August 2008
Quote: "I never dissed him. There's no point in going on about it because you end up sounding like Heather Mills." Oasis star Noel Gallagher is tired of talking about JAY-Z's controversial set at U.K. festival Glastonbury.
1st August 2008
Quote: "The first record I ever bought on CD was SGT PEPPER'S. It would have been '87, I got Sgt Pepper's, then Revolver and then THE WHITE ALBUM. And I remember listening to The White Album and thinking, 'What the f**k is all that about?'. It was like opening a treasure chest." Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher on his obsession with THE Beatles.
31st July 2008
Fact: Sister Ray, the record shop featured on the iconic cover of the Oasis album (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? has gone into administration. The store, in London's Berwick Street, now faces being shut down for good.
29th July 2008
Fact: The pier that featured on the sleeve of Oasis' ROLL WITH IT single has been destroyed by fire. A blaze broke out on the Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset on Monday morning (28Jul08).
11th July 2008
Fact: Paul Weller has brought the once-feuding members of Blur and Oasis together in the studio. The former The Jam rocker asked Oasis' Noel Gallagher and former Blur star Graham Coxon to join him as he recorded his new album 22 DREAMS.
7th July 2008
Quote: "I've been in meetings that were so complicated that I glassed over and just said 'I'll sign anywhere, just give it to me.' It was like having a confession beaten out of me." Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher on attending meetings for the band's new record deal with SonyBMG.
7th July 2008
Quote: "They're kind of trancey and 'groovy.' I don't like to use that word, but the rhythms are quite strong, and I suggested to the others that if they had any songs like that lying around they should bring them in. Liam obviously f**king freaked out, 'cos he always hates new directions." Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher on the band's upcoming album DIG OUT YOUR SOUL.
25th June 2008
Fact: Oasis will release their seventh studio album DIG OUT YOUR SOUL on 6 October (08) - their first in a groundbreaking joint deal between their record label and SonyBMG.
5th May 2008
Fact: Musicians Paul Weller, Oasis stars Noel Gallagher and GEM ARCHER reportedly got together after a drunken night out to record a new track called ECHOES ROUND THE SUN. The song will be released as a double A-side with Weller's forthcoming single HAVE YOU MADE UP YOUR MIND at the end of this month (26May08).
27th February 2008
Fact: Marilyn Manson dedicated his rendition of Patti Smith's ROCK `N' ROLL NIGGER to Oasis star Liam Gallagher at his Wiltern Theater concert in Los Angeles on Saturday (23Feb08). Gallagher and brother Noel were in the audience for the show.
9th February 2008
Quote: "The good news is your boy is working." Ex-BEATLE Ringo Starr is proud his son Zak Starkey drums for Oasis and THE WHO.
23rd January 2008
Fact: The studio where British rockers Oasis recorded third 2002 album HEATHEN CHEMISTRY is being sold. The Wheeler End Studio in Buckinghamshire, England, which was on a long-term loan to Noel Gallagher, has been put on the market with a $7.8 million (GBP3.9 million) pricetag.
26th November 2007
Quote: "I've been on nights with him when he's frightened the f**king life out of me." Oasis star Liam Gallagher on his brother NOEL's occasional hell-raising antics.
26th November 2007
Quote: "No disrespect to him, man, but I'd be on the piss if I was that ugly." Oasis star Liam Gallagher justifies The Pogues' frontman Shane MacGowan's love of liquor.
16th October 2007
Fact: Oasis singer Liam Gallagher has been voted 10th wittiest Briton of all time in a new poll for a U.K. TV channel.
27th September 2007
Fact: Oasis guitarist Andy Bell is branching out into dance music - he will play a DJ set in a trendy London nightclub tomorrow night (28Sep07).
25th September 2007
Quote: "My missus was giving me stick afterwards saying, 'You never took your jacket off all the way through'" Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher played it cool during the recent birth of his son Donovan.
13th August 2007
Fact: Oasis siblings NOEL and Liam Gallagher have been asked to attend a record-breaking attempt for the largest family reunion ever. The organisers of The Gallagher Clan Global Gathering are inviting every Gallagher in the world to the event, which will take place in the original Gallagher homeland of Co Donegal in Ireland.
5th July 2007
Fact: Paul Weller and former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon have enlisted the help of ex-Stone Roses bassist MANI and Oasis drummer Zak Starkey to perform tracks from their new special edition single on a British TV chat show. The supergroup will play on FRIDAY NIGHT WITH JONATHAN ROSS later this week (06Jul07).
4th July 2007
Quote: "It's the biggest song of the night now, which must do LIAM's head in as he doesn't get to sing it but it makes me feel pretty good." Oasis star Noel Gallagher is delighted the band's hit DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER has taken over from WONDERWALL as the group's most popular song at live gigs.
23rd May 2007
Quote: "It's not James Blunt's head is it? I hope it is." Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher knew exactly what he wanted an early birthday present to be on British TV show Soccer AM. He turns 40 next week (29May07).
2nd April 2007
Fact: British rock band Oasis have had an alcoholic drink named after them: the Oasis Vodka Supernova.
29th March 2007
Quote: "F**k Elton John. My 40th birthday party is gonna be bigger and better than his - he hasn't seen nothing. Mine's gonna be the dog's b**locks!" Oasis star Noel Gallagher is determined to welcome his 40s in style.
27th February 2007
Fact: Rockers Noel Gallagher and GEM ARCHER are to become the first Oasis members to play a gig in Russia, when they play a semi-acoustic show in Moscow next month (MAR07).
18th February 2007
Quote: "When I first met the Arctic Monkeys they came in our dressing room and ALEX (TURNER) was saying he got a guitar because of Oasis. So I asked him 'How old were you when DEFINITELY MAYBE came out?'. He was nine! That f**king bent my head." Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher is feeling his age around newer rock acts.
15th February 2007
Quote: "Seeing as we don't get nominated for this s**t anymore, I suppose this will have to do." Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher on being honoured for Outstanding Contribution To Music at last night's (14FEB07) Brit Awards in London.
14th February 2007
Quote: "We're finally up there with Eurythmics, Sting and Bob Geldof. So I'm not really sure that congratulations are in order." Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher isn't too impressed by his band's Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music... or the gong's previous winners.
20th January 2007
Fact: Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher has developed a new addiction - to a wildlife programme about meercats. The WONDERWALL hitmaker claims he enjoys nothing more than sitting in front of the TV with his daughter ANAIS, six, watching MEERKAT MANOR on the Discovery Channel.
7th January 2007
Fact: Oasis star ANDY BELL is starring on stage with pop mogul ALAN MCGEE as guest DJs at the Death Disco gig, Inverness, Scotland.
18th December 2006
Quote: "LIAM is a very intense young man. He doesn't enjoy himself very much. He scowls a lot and nothing's ever right." Oasis star Noel Gallagher insists brother LIAM is a troubled soul.
14th December 2006
Quote: "I couldn't put up with two hours of Oasis, and I'm the biggest Oasis fan there is. I'm done after 45 minutes." Noel Gallagher.
11th December 2006
Quote: "I appreciate the guy was in pain... and anybody shacked up with Courtney Love would want to f**king die, but still, you've got a duty as a rock star to inspire kids." Oasis star Noel Gallagher has little sympathy for tragic Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.
11th December 2006
Quote: "I'm the geezer with the champagne getting man of the match. I'm the one who scores in the last minute. NOEL's the defender who drives it and that." Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher compares the group's dynamics to a soccer match.
29th November 2006
Quote: "Of all the places we've toured, Italy stands out the most. The fans out there are the best looking. It's not just the girls who look great, the guys are f**king amazing, too." Oasis star Liam Gallagher confesses Italian men have a strange effect on him.
27th November 2006
Quote: "Well I drew up a list of thirty-three but that would have made it three CDs but I think that's overstating it a bit because Bob Dylan's only got two CDs in his Best Of." Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher had to cut back his track-listing for Greatest Hits album STOP THE CLOCKS.
27th November 2006
Quote: "Why would you pay somebody to tell you things that really you should already know about yourself?" Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher struggles to understand the point of rehab therapy.
24th November 2006
Quote: "I'd freak him out by looking at him, stare him out, but I don't know. I'd probably bum him." Oasis star Liam Gallagher on a hypothetical meeting with his dead idol JOHN LENNON.
23rd November 2006
Quote: "They might Live Forever, but they can't drink forever. They're no spring chickens - though Liam Gallagher puts up a pretty good fight!" Australian rock band Jet boast they can handle their alcohol better than the Oasis boys.
22nd November 2006
Fact: Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher has promised to play an intimate gig on Friday (24NOV06) in a fan's living room. The special performance will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 1.
18th November 2006
Quote: "There was a small gene pool around us and the girls that were with Oasis one night were with us the next." British rock rivals Blur and Oasis had at least one thing in common in the late 1990s, according to former Blur bassist ALEX JAMES.
10th November 2006
Quote: "I went and used the Queen's lav. She's got her own toilet at 10 Downing Street. I was on drugs at the time." Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher admits to using the British sovereign's private toilet while visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair at his official residence.
5th November 2006
Quote: "If LIAM and NOEL don't get round to sending me a couple of copies, I'll have to pop down the shops and buy one. I'm on 13 of the 18 songs, which isn't bad at all. But then they were a much better band before I left." Former Oasis guitarist BONEHEAD, who quit the band in 1999, hopes the GALLAGHER brothers send him new compilation album STOP THE CLOCKS.
31st October 2006
Quote: "He's gone to the zoo. Seriously, the monkeys are bringing their kids to go and have a look at him." Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher explains his brother and bandmate Liam Gallagher's absence from the Q Music Awards ceremony yesterday (30OCT06).
27th October 2006
Quote: "It was as wild as you could imagine. It was living life on the edge. There were no safety nets." Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher recalls the band's drink and drug-fuelled heyday.
23rd August 2006
Fact: Rockers Oasis are encouraging fans to guess the track list of their upcoming greatest hits album STOP THE CLOCKS by rewarding any successful competition entries with a free screening of their new documentary LORD DON'T SLOW ME DOWN in a choice of cities across the globe.
24th July 2006
Quote: "If Oasis can be summed up by 'Tonight I'm a rock 'n' roll star' then for us it's 'Tonight I've got no idea how I ended up here'." Arctic Monkeys star Alex Turner still struggles to accept his band's success.
11th July 2006
Fact: Oasis star Noel Gallagher played a rendition of his hit DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER at the Italian soccer team's party to mark their triumph over France in the World Cup Final in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday (09JUL06).
3rd July 2006
Quote: "No disrespect to Liam, but I don't think he is the guy I would want for my neighbour and I guarantee he wouldn't want me." Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher won't be getting a new London neighbour in the form of Hollywood actor Johnny Depp any time soon.
5th May 2006
Quote: "Every time I hear from the man he's a pain in the a*se. He keeps looking for a fight ... I will let him have it one day." THE Rolling Stones veteran Keith Richards hits back at Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher after he remarked the ageing band's "best work is behind them".
27th April 2006
Quote: "Why would I want to go solo? I'm Liam Gallagher and I'm in Oasis. It doesn't get much better than that." Oasis singer Liam Gallagher will stay in the group forever.
25th January 2006
Fact: <p>Acclaimed British group the Arctic Monkeys will open for Oasis in Toronto, Canada as part of a whistle-stop 12-date US tour this spring (06). </p>
4th December 2005
Quote: <p>"They get on my t**s to be honest. People come up to me wanting me to sign little bits of paper, but what are they gonna do with it?" Oasis rocker NOEL GALLAGHER struggles to see the point of autograph hunting. </p>
26th August 2005
Quote: <p>"Quite simply the f**king weirdest band in Britain. I've no idea what their music is about, or what it means, but I f**king like it." Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher's describes his enigmatic fondness for The Futureheads. </p>
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