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  Oasis' Noel Gallagher: "I've written a couple 'Bond' theme tunes"

  September 17, 2008 – Oasis' ever prolific songwriter Noel Gallagher certainly won't let a psychopathic Canadian fan slow him down and is already setting his sights on yet another venture: A Bond theme song. Pulling from a vast "backlog of thirty-odd songs," some of which are outtakes from Oasis' forthcoming album, Dig Out Your Soul, the elder Gallagher claims he'd love to submit a track for the next Bond film and hopes to reclaim the esteemed authorship fo …
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  Oasis' Noel Gallagher Explains Onstage Attack

  September 11, 2008 – Smack-talk extraordinaire, writer of time-honored Britpop tunes, narcotic counselor and much more -- Noel Gallagher certainly has versatile bag of tricks. And now, the elder Oasis rocker has another to add to the mix: Prophet. Gallagher claims to have foreseen his attack onstage Sunday night in Toronto. "I knew something was going to happen last night," Noel wrote on Oasis' blog. "I said I had a bad feeling, didn't I!? …
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  Oasis' Noel Gallagher Attacked Onstage

  September 8, 2008 – Oasis' tour opener in Seattle may have gone off without a hitch, but the band's appearance at Toronto's Virgin Mobile Festival last night was a different scenario, with a wild fan running onstage to attack Noel Gallagher as he strummed through Britpop classic "Morning Glory." The fan, who came from a side-stage viewing area, sprinted forward pushing Noel offstage before he was clobbered by bouncers. …
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  SPIN's Week in Review, September 1-7

  September 7, 2008 – The kids may be headed back to school, but SPIN.com has been on a permanent rock vacation this past week; we've brought you musical dispatches from Seattle's Bumbershoot festival, given you the scoop about reunions and upcoming albums, and let you inside the pages of this month's SPIN cover story about alt-rock journeyman Beck. …
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  Metallica's Lars Ulrich Quit Cocaine with Oasis' Help

  August 28, 2008 – Sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll: At some point, especially with hopes of a lengthy career, one of the three has to go -- and it's certainly not the rock'n'roll and most definitely not the sex. And for hot-headed Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, when the time came to give up cocaine once and for all a few years ago, he turned to none other than, um, Oasis' Noel Gallagher for inspiration??? "A couple of years ago I was like, 'You know? …
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  Oasis' World Tour Opens with a Bang in Seattle

  August 27, 2008 – Bathed in violet light, the stage of Seattle's WAMU Theater was set last night for an evening of prodigious musicianship from fabled Britpop stalwarts Oasis, who began the North American leg of their world tour to a sold-out audience. …
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  Exclusive: Oasis Sign to Warner Bros. in U.S.

  July 30, 2008 – After more than a month of obscurity, Oasis have finally named a U.S. distributor for their forthcoming seventh album; The Gallaghers' Big Brother Recordings has joined forces with Warner Bros. for the stateside release of Dig Out Your Soul, the band's follow up to 2006's Lord Don't Slow Me Down, set to arrive Oct. …
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  Glastonbury '08: The Best, Worst, and Everything In-Between

  July 1, 2008 – Among some 100,000 concertgoers braving the typically tumultuous weather this past weekend at Brit mega-festival Glastonbury was Spin's Craig McLean, a seasoned attendee of the seminal event, and our watchful eye through thick and thin, from rain to shine. Here are a few of his best, worst, most surprising and most notable moments from Glastonbury '08: -- Best Performance: Jay-Z. …
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  New Oasis Album Out Oct. 7

  June 24, 2008 – After much hoopla regarding its release, Oasis have finally detailed their much-anticipated follow up to 2005's Don't Believe the Truth: the Brit-pop deity's seventh studio record to date, entitled Dig Out Your Soul, will drop stateside Oct. 7, although a U.S. …
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