Liam Gallagher's son Lennon gets to know his new nanny - the second in his five-week-long life. Oasis star Liam and actress wife Patsy Kensit had to hurriedly find a replacement after nanny No1 quit only two weeks into the job. The blonde newcomer already seemed at ease with Lennon as she secured him in a sling for a stroll near the family's North London home. She'll have her hands full, though - she also has to look after Patsy's seven-year-old son James from her previous marriage to rock musician Jim Kerr. Not to mention Liam, who has been known to throw the odd childish wobbly. - mirror.co.uk

He’s revealed that recording ‘Be Here Now’ through a drug induced haze meant it wasn’t as good as it could have been.

He says it was a ‘lazy album’ that was never going to be as good as the one before:

"It was a weird time for us because anything that we’d done wouldn’t have lived up to the album before it, anyway. You’ve gotta go through them albums and I was pretty much strung out on drugs all the time, anyway", he revealed. "It was recorded in a pretty bad atmosphere and I wasn’t really concentrating on what I was doing and I think that’s sort of come through in the songs. It was sort of a lazy album, but, y’know, we’re over that now, so we’ve done it, it’s out of the way and it’s onwards and upwards from here on in".

Noel’s also been talking about the new album to Radio 1: "It hasn’t got a title. It’s gonna be out in February next year", he revealed. "All I can tell you is that it’s got ten tracks and Liam’s first attempt at writing a song’s on it, which is really good. There’s two sh*t ones on it, which I wrote, and the other seven are mega!"

Noel Gallagher has explained that Oasis' poorly received third album Be Here Now was recorded "in a pretty bad atmosphere" and that he was "strung out on drugs all the time anyway." But now he says, "we're over all that. It's all out of the way and it's onwards and upwards from here on in."

In an interview with today's Sun newspaper, the Oasis songwriter said that he's been spending his time rehearsing and "looking after the wife", Meg Mathews, who is expecting the couple's first child. The pair are currently making plans to leave their legendary London house, Supernova Heights, and move to the country permanently to bring up their child. Noel also said Noel / Meg Junior would not be having godparents, as he and Meg don't believe in the church.

And regarding the burning question of the moment - who will replace Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan on bass - Noel hinted at problems finding the right person. "Nobody wants to play bass. Everybody wants to be Jimi Hendrix, nobody wants to be Bill Wyman."

The time - a Wednesday afternoon in October. The place - Dome II nightclub in Birmingham. The event, a collaboration between two of the feistiest guitar slinging bands in popdom, paying tribute to the man they feel is their mentor, Paul Weller. The first is the mighty Ocean Colour Scene, but the second, and most exciting are Oasis!

After all the rumours, counter-rumours, scurrilous gossip and lies, it's good to see Oasis, currently comprising Noel and Liam Gallagher and drummer Alan White, out and about. They came up to TOTP to film an all-star rendition of Liam's version of the Jam classic Carnation with Ocean Colour Scene's Steve Cradock and Damon Minchella, and they brought the house down. We got talking to Steve and Liam, and TOTP plus had a word with Noel, just to get a clear picture of how this super group came about.

TOTP: Liam, how did Noel become involved in all this?

Liam: "Because I paid him! He'd do anything for money, that one...weddings, birthdays..."

TOTP: How much did you pay him?

Liam: "I can't tell you that, this is a children's programme! I can't go into any details!" (wanders off)

Thank you Liam. Steve?

Steve: "I think he just wanted to come. Which is nice. It's nice to see them all. I'm pleased, because the fact that [TOTP] is in Birmingham is a freak-out to us lot. All of a sudden it's on the road and now, as we do Carnation, which is a Jam song, I'm going to play Paul Weller's Rickenbacker (v. expensive mod guitars as used by Paul in the Jam) that he gave me for my thirtieth birthday. His last remaining Jam Rickenbacker. He gave Noel the other one."

TOTP: Will Noel be playing his Jam Rickenbacker?

Steve: "I play the guitar! He's on keyboards. I said keyboards or nothing!"

And as for Noel himself...

TOTP: We’re really pleased that you’ve come down tonight and played with Ocean Colour Scene.

Noel: "Ocean Colour Scene played with us!"

That's not what Steve says...

Steve: "It's two separate bands but it's nice to know we're friends enough to take part in this at the end of the day."

TOTP: Are you temping for them?

Steve: "No they're temping for us!"

TOTP: Liam, have you got your new band members yet?

Liam: "Not yet. We still need a bass player, we've got a guitarist and we're rockin', but we need a bass player. We should have one by the new year."

TOTP: What's the new Oasis album going to be like?

Liam: (grins) "I can't tell you that, that'd be like pinching little bits off me!" (proceeds to pinch TOTP's ribs to illustrate his point)

Hmm, not very useful, eh? Noel?

Noel: "The single’s called Go Let It Out. The album’s not got a title, all I can tell you is that it’s got 10 tracks. Liam’s first attempt at writing a song is on there. It’s got 10 tracks on it - Liam’s got one, which is really good…there are 2 shit ones which I wrote, and the other 7 are all right."

Sounds great.So, what we really want to know is what they think of the Pops, now they're all huge and famous and everything. First answer came from Noel, batty as ever:

TOTP: Is Top of the Pops still a good thing for you?

Noel: "It’s Top of the Pops...Mark Bolan, David Bowie, Slade, The Jam, The Smiths...they all did Top of the Pops. Top of the Pops is Top of the Pops! Before you had a record deal, you always wanted to be on Top of the Pops. I’m actually calling my first child Top of the Pops. He’s going to be called Top of the Pops Gallagher. When he gets older, he won’t be able to get a job with a name like Top of the Pops Gallagher, but can you imagine if there’s a band and they need a lead guitarist, but there’s this geezer called Top of the Pops Gallagher!"

How's baby Lennon doing?

Liam: "Who?"

TOTP: Lennon, your baby...

Liam: "My baby? He's a baby! You know, eating, sleeping, farting, screaming..."

LIAM GALLAGHER has told Radio 1 that new Oasis material will be unveiled in January 2000.

Speaking to Scott Mills on the Top Of The Pops Radio Show, Liam also gives a date for the new album. "I'd say, if you're lucky, about February," he says. "You'll hear the single in January."

Noel has already told NME that the single will be 'Go Let It Out' and the album will be 'Where Did It Al Go Wrong'.

You can hear the interview on Top Of The Pops Radio Show on Radio 1 on Sunday, October 10 at 3pm.

Liam Gallagher has spoken out publically in the November edition of Q Magazine about the recent departure of Bonehead and Guigsy. Liam said "the band haven't seen him [Guigsy] since he left France in March." He also confirmed that the band had shot the sleeve for the as-yet-untitled 4th album in New York, and emphasises that there was "no bad blood" between the band members, amid speculation that Noel had taken over completely and ruled the band. Liam also pencilled in the band schedule for the next seven months:

September: Cut the record and rehearse with new (un-named guitarist)

December: Play half a dozen American live radio "festival dates" + rehearse for March World Tour launch

LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Former Beatle Paul McCartney thinks it is ``cool'' Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher and his actress wife Patsy Kensit have named their son after John Lennon.

McCartney said he thought it was appropriate the bad boy of British pop music should choose to name his son after the late ex-Beatle who Gallagher acknowleges was a major inspiration behind Oasis's music.

``I think it's a cool name. It's a nice tribute. Liam has always obviously been a mega-fan of John's,'' McCartney told the tabloid newspaper Sun.

``I suppose it's like calling your baby after the Liverpool football team. I think it's a good name -- but then I would wouldn't I?'' he added.

McCartney said he was over grieving the death of his wife Linda, who lost her fight against cancer in April 1998 aged 56.

``I feel better now. It took about a year and then I just started to to think about it instead of grieving. My lasting memory of her is just her rock 'n roll spirit really.''

Oasis sued by ex-mate

The stormy career of Oasis has apparently hit fresh problems. A former friend is suing the band for breach of contract - Paul Ashbee says the group wouldn’t exist without him. He introduced Liam to guitarist, Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs, when the singer was working for his car cleaning company. He then worked as their roadie and claims the band ‘promised to see him right’ if they ever hit the big time. Now Ashbee has issued writs in the High Court against the five original members of Oasis. A spokesman for Creation says the band had not received the writs and couldn’t comment.

Noel & Madonna prove eminently quotable

Noel Gallagher, Madonna and the Spice Girls are among the luminaries whose quotes appear in the new edition of the Oxford Book of Quotations, alongside politicians, journalists,writers and footballers. The book's editor Elizabeth Knowles told the BBC that a good quote must be pithy and memorable, and relate to one particular set of circumstances - but apply more widely as well. "Not every quote that's well known fits all the criteria, but it's interesting to see what lodges in the public mind."

Anchored firmly in the country's collective mind, the words of the Spice Girls, "I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want" have already been appropriated in a hundred substandard sitcoms, but the words of Noel Gallagher and Madonna are unlikely to turn up in an episode of Babes in the Wood.

Madonna's contribution is a quip regarding her portrayal of Eva Peron; "Many people see Evita Peron as either a saint or the incarnation of Satan. That means I can definitely identify with her", while Noel Gallagher's memorable words hark back to Oasis' heyday: "I hope we mean more to people than putting money in a church basket. Has God played Knebworth lately?"

Gallaghers to grapple over Lennon lyrics?

JOHN LENNON's handwritten lyrics for 'I Am The Walrus' are expected to fetch more than £70,000 when they are auctioned in London on Thursday, (September 29) - with Oasis stars Liam and Noel Gallagher rumoured to be bidding against each other for the prized possession.

Auction house Christie's is offering one sheet of words for the 1967 Beatles classic, featuring 20 lines of the song in black ink and a handful of corrections and deletions.

A spokesman for Oasis confirmed that the Gallaghers had shown an interest in memorabilia auctions in the past but couldn't say whether they would actually be going head to head over the lyrics. Liam, who named his son Lennon after the Beatles star, has previously declared 'I Am The Walrus' as one of his favourite songs.

PRAISE the Lord! It looks like Liam Gallagher has found God.( This is real NEWSJ !!)

Former bad boy Liam has begun wearing religious T-shirts, like this one which reads: " Jesus is coming....look busy."

And Oasis star Liam has been keeping busy by blessing photographers waiting outside his home for a glimpse of his newborn baby Lennon.

The miracle of childbirth appears to have softened Liam's attitude towards religion.

In recent weeks, photographers have snapped him sporting fashion mistakes of biblical proportions, including mutton chop sideburns and Jesus sandals.

And many are beginning to wonder whether the singer has developed his own brand of happy-clappy evangelism.

Neighbours who witnesses Liam's bizarre belssing of the Fleet Street snappers were convinced he has seen the light.

One withness said: " He walked from his house and chanted "Bless you" to each photographer in turn.

"I thought he was having a laugh at first, but looking at his latest choice of T-shirts, I'm not so sure."

He has certainly changed his tune. Two years earlier, he insisted he would rather go to Hell than Heaven.

He said: " What's God got? The Insprial Carpets and nuns..."

His brother Noel was even more outrageous. He told the New Musical Express: "Oasis are bigger than God."

His comments echoed those of Oasis hero John Lennon when he bragged that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus.

Noel went on: " I'd hope we mean more than saying 10 Hail Marys on a Sunday.

"Has God played Knebworth recently?"

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What About The Future? (29/9/99)

The future of the greatest Rock’n’Roll of the ninties haven’t exactly looked very bright lately, but whit the new album and a world tour kicking off in march it looks like Oasis are here to stay at least for a couple of more years, and if the new replacements works out, there could be more of Oasis in the new millennium. We’ll have to see what happens when the Gallagher brothers both have becomed fathers, but for now I’m counting the days for the new album, We want it NOW!!!

Track Lists For The New Album (27/9/99)

Coming through
1. Go let it out #
2. Finding Is Hard
3. Slow #
4. Red, White And The Blue #
5. Little James #
6. Where Did It All Go Wrong?
7. Low Down In The Air
8. Brand New
9. Yes, Please
10. Count It Once
Hard off thought

These songs are suggested B-sides for the upcoming singles:

Magic Misha
Noisy Pink Bubble
Professional
Strangers In The Night
Flying High
Helter Skelter #
Blue #

2.

Where Did It All Go Wrong?
1. Everything's Alright!
2. Go Let It Out # - 1st Single
3. 'Til Tomorrow Morning - Noel Sings
4. She's Lost Again
5. Above The Skies
6. I Feel It
7. Slow # - Noel Sings
8. Little James # - written by Liam
9. Going Wrong
10. Flying High
11. Strangers In The Night