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Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Oasis guitarist leaves fans in stitches with just one word as he hits back at setlist comment
Paul Arthurs, known as Bonehead to Oasis fans, has left fans in stitches after he began replying to comments made on X about Noel and Liam Gallagher's Heaton Park setlist A hilarious reply from Bonehead, the rhythm guitarist from Oasis, has left fans in stitches. The one-word response to a query on X was shared to the r/Oasis Reddit page, where fans praised the founding member. Bonehead began his time with the Manchester band in 1991, leaving in 1999, and has since returned for the Live '25 tour dates. Following a series of sold out performances at Heaton Park in Manchester, Bonehead took to X and replied to a handful of Oasis fans. But not everyone was full of praise for the show, with a comment made in reply to the legendary guitarist. Bonehead's reply has left fans howling. Sharing a screenshot of the back and forth to Reddit, fans were left laughing at the one-word reply Bonehead gave a fan. Bonehead, real name Paul Arthurs, wrote: "It's gettin' better man." A reply to his post reads: "Same setlist as every other night." Bonehead then replied: "And????" Fans have said the post highlights the lighter side to the long-serving guitarist, who joined Liam and Noel Gallagher for the reunion shows this year. One fan wrote: "Setlist is almost perfect. Why change it." Another replied: "Agreed! Only thing that would make it better is Columbia." A third user posted: "If they change the setlist, people will get mad when they don't get to hear their favourite song, and rightfully so. Keeping the same setlist throughout the tour is fair to everyone." Other dedicated fans suggested changing the setlist at such an early point in the tour would make little sense. Oasis has played the same set each night, delighting fans with a series of their best-known hits. Some have suggested the lack of setlist changes means it is fairer for people going to just one show on the tour. A user wrote: "Not many going to multiple nights around the world tour, who gives a f**k if the set list is the same." Another added; "They are back together after 16 years, their heyday was 1994-1998, they are capitalising on the time they were everywhere. I'm not sure if a lot of people understand how big they were at that time." Other fans, who agreed with Bonehead's disregard for the need to change up the setlist, said Oasis were never known for changing up their setlist on previous tours. One user wrote: "Oasis were never, ever renowned for mixing up the set much (or even playing many songs). Look at the Be Here Now tour (although I noticed recently they played MBM on the first or second night then not again." Another added: "Honestly the only potential for change that I'd like to see is rotating a few songs in the Bring It On Down and Fade Away slots. Maybe a pool of songs including Columbia, Lyla, SCYHO, Go Let It Out, Hindu Times, maybe Shock of the Lightning." A third has suggested Noel's four song section could see a few more changes for the setlist. They wrote: "Its a great setlist overall. Some swaping an rotation for variation would be just fun and cool. "Add Importance Of Being Idle into the first batch of Noel Songs (Talk Tonight, Half The World Away, Little By Little), and play 3 out of the 4 every night."
Sky News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sky News
Oasis photographers remember the early days: 'The journalist had to take a week off afterwards!'
Why you can trust Sky News It was a cold, typically rainy Manchester evening, October 1993, when Michael Spencer Jones set out to meet a new guitar band he had been commissioned to photograph. The weather was miserable, he didn't know their music, wasn't totally in the mood. "I had to drag myself from home, thinking: is it going to be worth the trouble?" On the drive to the Out Of The Blue studio in Ancoats, on the outskirts of the city centre, a song he'd never heard before came on the local radio station. "It was like, wow, what is that?" The track was Columbia, by Oasis, the band he was on his way to meet. He started to get excited. Spencer Jones had previously met Noel Gallagher during the musician's time as a roadie for fellow Manchester band Inspiral Carpets. But not Liam. "As a photographer, obviously, the aesthetic of a band is massively important," he says as he recalls that first shoot. "I'm just looking down the camera lens with a certain amount of disbelief." In front of him was a 21-year-old, months before the start of the fame rollercoaster that lay ahead. And yet. "I was looking at a face that just seemed to embody the quality of stardom." 'Success was inevitable' It was the start of a partnership that continued throughout the band's heyday, with Spencer Jones shooting the covers for their first three albums, their most successful records, and the singles that went with them. "You work with bands pre-fame and there's always that question: are they going to make it? With Oasis there was never that question. Their success was inevitable." There was a confidence, even in those early days. "Incredible, intoxicating confidence. [They were] not interested in any kind of social norms or social constraints." It wasn't arrogance, he says, of a criticism sometimes levelled at the Gallaghers. "They just had this enormous self-belief." Spencer Jones was one of several photographers who followed the band, capturing the moments that became part of rock history. 'Noel had an uncanny intuition' Jill Furmanovsky, who started working with Oasis towards the end of 1994, a few months after the release of debut album Definitely Maybe, says Noel always seemed aware their time together should be documented. "An uncanny intuition, really, that it was important," she says. "I think Noel has been aware right from the start, because for him that's what he used to look at when he used to buy his Smiths records or Leo Sayer or whatever, he would stare at the covers and be fascinated by the pictures." Contrary to popular belief, Furmanovsky says the brothers got on fairly well most of the time, "otherwise they wouldn't have been able to function". She picks one shoot in 1997, around the release of their third album, Be Here Now, as one of the more memorable ones. Noel had shared his thoughts about the band on a chalkboard and "they were having such a laugh." But when things did erupt, it became significant. "There were tensions in some shoots but they never started hitting each other in front of me or anything like that. I used to complain about it, actually - 'don't leave me out of those pictures where you're really arguing!'." In Paris in 1995, tensions had boiled over. "It's one of my favourites," she says of the shoot. "It reflects not just the band but the family situation, these brothers in a strop with each other." What is notable, she says, is that they were happy for photographers to take candid shots, not just set up pictures to show them "looking cool". Pictures that on the surface might sound mundane, showing "what they were really like - tensions, mucking about, sometimes yawning... This was the genius of Noel and [former Oasis press officer] Johnny Hopkins." Furmanovsky also notes the women who worked behind the scenes for Oasis - unusual at a time when the industry was even more male-dominated than it is now - and how they kept them in line. "They got on well working with women," she says. "Maggie Mouzakitis was their tour manager for ages and was so young, but she ruled. For a band one could say were a bunch of macho Manchester blokes, they had a lot of women working in senior positions." This is down to the influence of their mum, Peggy, she adds. "Absolutely crucial." Furmanovsky has been working with Noel on an upcoming book documenting her time with the band, and says she initially wanted to start with a picture of the Gallagher matriarch. "Noel said to me, 'Jill, you do know she wasn't actually in the band?'" Touring with Oasis - 'the journalist had to take a week off' Kevin Cummins was commissioned to take pictures when Oasis signed to Creation Records, and it "kind of spiralled out of control a little bit", he laughs. "I photographed them for NME, gave them their first cover. I photographed them in Man City shirts because we were all Man City fans, and City were at the time sponsored by a Japanese electronics company, Brother. It seemed a perfect fit." The early days documenting the band were "fairly riotous", he says. "They were quite young, they were obviously enjoying being in the limelight. "I remember we went on tour with them for three days for an NME 'on the road' piece, and the journalist who came with me had to take a week off afterwards. "I dipped in and out of tours occasionally - I've always done that with musicians because I cannot imagine spending more than about seven or eight days on tour with somebody, it would drive you nuts. They're so hedonistic, especially in the early days. It's very, very difficult to keep up." Cummins says the relationship between Noel and Liam was "like anybody's relationship, if you've got a younger brother - he'd get on your nerves." During the shoot for the City shirt pictures, he says, "Liam kicked a ball at Noel, Noel pushed him, Liam pushed him back. They have a bit of a pushing match and then they stop and they get on with it." Another time, following a show in Portsmouth, "as soon as we got [to the hotel] after the gig, Liam threw all the plastic furniture in the pool. Noel looked at him and said, 'where are we going to sit?' And he made him get in the pool and get all the furniture out. So there were like attempts at being rock and roll, and not quite getting it right sometimes." Cummins says he has "very affectionate" memories of working with Oasis. "I've got a lot of very sensitive looking pictures of Liam and people are really surprised when they see them," he says. "But he is a very sensitive lad... it's just he was irritating because he was younger and he wanted to make himself heard." Getting ready for the reunion All three photographers have yet to see the reunion show, but all have tickets. All say the announcement last summer came as a surprise. "There was an inkling of it, I suppose, just in the thawing of the comments between the brothers, but I still wouldn't have guessed it," says Furmanovsky, who has a book out later this year, and whose pictures feature in the programme. "It's wonderful they have pulled it off with such conviction and passion." Cummins' work can be seen in a free outdoor exhibition at Wembley Park, which fans will be able to see throughout the summer until the final gigs there in September. "I think the atmosphere at the gigs seems to have been really friendly... I like the idea that people are taking their kids and they're passing the baton on a little bit," he says. "Everyone's just having a blast and it's like the event of the summer - definitely something we need at the moment." Spencer Jones, who released his second Oasis book, Definitely Maybe - A View From Within, for the album's 30th anniversary last year - adds: "They really seem to be capturing a new generation of fans and I don't think a band has ever done that [to this extent] before. Bands from 20, 30 years ago normally just take their traditional fanbase with them." But he says his first thought when the reunion was announced was for the Gallaghers' mum, Peggy. "I think for any parent, to have two children who don't talk is pretty tough," he says. "It's that notion of reconciliation - if they can do it, anyone can do it. "The fact they're walking on stage, hands clasped together, there's a huge amount of symbolism there that transcends Oasis and music. Especially in a fractured society, that unity is inspiring. Everyone's had a bit of a rough time since COVID, battle weary with life itself. I think people generally are just gagging to have some fun." Brothers: Liam And Noel Through The Lens Of Kevin Cummins is on at Wembley Park until 30 September. Definitely Maybe - A View From Within, by Michael Spencer Jones, available through Spellbound Galleries, is out now. Oasis: Trying To Find A Way Out Of Nowhere, by Jill Furmanovsky and edited by Noel Gallagher, published by Thames & Hudson, is out from 23 September.
Daily Mail
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Oasis lost tracks uncovered as songs from Be Here Now era are heard for the first time and fan hails one 'Noel's best ever'
Three never-before-heard Oasis tracks recorded during the band's Be Here Now era have been unearthed on a long-lost tape - and one super fan claims one song could be 'one of the best Noel Gallagher has ever written.' The unheard gems, all performed by Noel himself, were discovered on a forgotten DAT tape labelled 'B-sides' from 1998, around the time the band released All Around The World as a single. Kyle Dale, a member of the Oasis collectors group, made the discovery and shared the recordings with original guitarist Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs, who now tours with Oasis tribute show Live Forever – Oasis Live 25. Speaking on the Oasis Podcast, Kyle explained how the mystery tape caught his attention: 'It said it was seven minutes long but it was actually 55. I knew straight away this wasn't in the archive. It had been lost for over 20 years.' According to Kyle, the tape features a standout track dubbed I'm Alive, which he believes could still become a hit if released today. Kyle revealed: 'I played them to Bonehead and the story would be that Noel would record them on a tape and send them round the band and they would listen and go back to it.' The super fan continued that as Bonehead listened to the songs, some he remembered and some he'd never heard before. But when he got to I'm Alive, he stopped in his tracks and listened to it.' Kyle added that he said, 'That is one of the best songs I've ever heard Noel write. It's amazing…if they put that out now it would take off.' Another track includes a familiar musical section that was later used in the band's 2000 chart-topper Go Let It Out, giving fans a rare glimpse into the evolution of Oasis' sound during that period. The rare tape also includes a demo of Flashbax, along with covers of The Beatles' Tomorrow Never Knows and The Rolling Stones' Street Fighting Man. Despite being offered £20,000 for the tape, Kyle has refused to sell it and even sent digital copies to Noel himself. But the former Oasis frontman, speaking on the Matt Morgan Podcast, appeared unfazed, saying he'd been sent a USB stick by a fan, but not listened to it. 'It's not something that interests me, if I'm being honest' he'd said. It comes after Noel went unnoticed by commuters on the London Underground earlier this week as he enjoyed some time back in his home city It comes after Noel went unnoticed by commuters on the London Underground as he enjoyed some time back in his home city. The rock superstar, 58, is currently on a world tour with his brother Liam, 52, as the pair managed to put their 16-year feud aside. After they finished up their second night in Manchester, it appeared that Noel return back to his home in North London as he prepared for their next gig up north on Wednesday, July 16. In a TikTok video posted by loisinthenorth on Tuesday, Noel could be seen leaving a nearly empty tube with no one rushing over to him, despite his A-list status. The star opted for a lowkey figure in a navy t-shirt and trousers as he attempted to disguise his identity with a pair of silver frame sunglasses. The owner of the video captioned the clip: 'POV: You're getting the train from Paddington - Baker St and bump into…' It comes after it was reported that Noel and Liam are 'planning to splash £200,000 on a huge party' following their shows in London. After 16 years, Oasis have finally reunited for 41 shows across Europe, including seven gigs in London, with the first on July 25 and the final one on September 28. And the brothers will reportedly throw the ultimate bash in September to celebrate the completion of the first part of their reunion tour with their celebrity pals. A source told The Sun: 'Liam and Noel are staying away from the booze and parties during the tour to protect their voices. 'They are looking forward to catching up with pals in September following the success of the tour. There will be no expense spared and guests with an invitation can expect to be given the VIP treatment.'
Daily Mirror
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Oasis lost trio of unheard songs found as band continue on tour in Manchester Heaton Park
Oasis continue to play to sell out crowds on their tour but if they want to release new music there are some interesting options from the past Three lost and previously unheard Oasis songs have been discovered. The trio of tracks date back to the Be Here Now era and were found on a DAT tape marked 'B-sides' from when the band were releasing All Around The World as a single in 1998. The songs are all performed by Noel Gallagher and one track, referred to as 'I'm Alive', has been described as one of the best tracks Noel has ever written by one fan, who would love to see it released. It differs from B-Side Alive released in the Nineties Another song contacts a bridge section which eventually ended up on 2000 number one single Go Let It Out. The lost tape was discovered by Kyle Dale - who is a member of the Oasis Collectors Group - and he has played them to founding member Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs who is currently touring with the band on the Oasis Live '25 shows who confirmed their rarity. Appearing on the Oasis Podcast last month, Kyle said: 'I just knew this was different. This tape just says B-sides, it said it was seven minutes long, but it's actually 55 minutes long. 'I know that this one was not in the archive. Noel has not got everything; he's lost more gold than we can even imagine. I can tell you right now this was lost for 20 years. I do believe it was lost for that amount of time. 'I played them to Bonehead and the story would be that Noel would record them on a tape and send them round the band and they would listen to them and go back to it. As soon as I played him one song he goes, 'Oh, I remember that one.' Next one, 'Never heard that before in my life.' I could tell Bonehead thought that was quite good. Third one – which is the one that we've called I'm Alive – he stopped what he was doing and listened to it. This is from 1997, this is the era. 'To me that is one of the best songs I've ever heard Noel write. It's amazing. When I heard it, that song there, I was like, 'F***ing hell.' It really hit me; it's like a time capsule. 'I'm Alive. If they put that out now, it would take off. People are harking back to the old days.' Oasis: What's Their Story? An unofficial celebration magazine on sale now! A few simple words on social media on August 27 in 2024 were enough to spark pandemonium among Oasis fans and were the catalyst for the most eagerly awaited UK gigs of all time. This special unofficial magazine, available to order here, marks the reunion and honours the band both now and down the years with our incredible archive of photos and interviews - and with exclusive reviews and photographs of their first show! The tape also contains a cover version of The Beatles song Tomorrow Never Knows and versions of The Rolling Stones' Street Fighting Man and Flashbax, two songs which were used as B-sides on the single release. Collector Kyle,has been offered £20,000 for the lost tape, but rather than accept the money he has returned copies of the songs to Noel. However, the tracks seem a long way from being released at present. In a previous appearance on The Matt Morgan Podcast, Noel confirmed he'd received a USB stick from a fan, saying: 'Yeah, he sent me a USB stick, he may as well have been sending me a f***ing microchip from the future. I don't what he's expecting me to do with a USB stick. I haven't got a laptop. I haven't listened to the USB stick, it's still in the jiffy bag that he sent it in. If he wants me to listen to it then he can out them on CD. 'I don't know what these songs are, I would be sceptical of there being any full songs on there. Sometimes, as I remember during Be Here Now, when everyone would go to bed Owen Morris would leave the mics on and I would sing a verse or chorus of some tunes. They'll be a song on there called If We Shadows for sure. Other than that, it doesn't interest me. Thanks for sending it and all that. I've yet to even listen to it. It's not something that interests me, if I'm being honest, but if you do want me to listen to it then send it on a CD.' Oasis continue their tour dates this weekend with two final shows at Manchester's Heaton Park. They now move to Wembley Stadium with the first show in London on Friday night. Rumours persist that they could release a new track or songs next year, possibly as part of a new Greatest Hits album. * The full interview with Kyle is on an episode of The Oasis Podcast, out now.
AU Financial Review
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- AU Financial Review
3 books to get you in the mood for the Oasis tour
The best description of Oasis to be found in the clutch of books arriving to coincide with their reunion tour comes courtesy of a teenage Pete Doherty. Yet to be a rock star himself with The Libertines, Doherty was interviewed as a television vox pop in 1997 on the day that the Manchester band's third album Be Here Now came out. 'I subscribe to the Umberto Eco view,' he said to camera, 'that Noel Gallagher's a poet and Liam's a town crier.' That was not actually Umberto Eco's view. The celebrated Italian writer, who picked Bach's Goldberg Variations No.22 as his favourite track on BBC Radio 4 show Desert Island Discs, kept any thoughts about the Gallagher brothers to himself, so far as I can tell. But the observation itself is spot on.
