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COLDPLAY’S X&Y has been named the best album of 2005.

The release – which shot to number one in 28 countries and became the second fastest-selling album in British history – topped a list compiled by Q magazine.

Oasis confirmed their return to form with The Importance of Being Idle named best single of the year.

In the album chart, cartoon band Gorillaz were runners-up with Demon Days.

Kaiser Chiefs were third with Employment – which was the favourite to win the Nationwide Mercury Prize but was pipped at the post by Antony & The Johnsons.

Chuffed

Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson said: “I’m actually dead chuffed. I would have hoped it would have been in there to be honest – which I know sounds arrogant, but then being in a rock band you have to be arrogant, don’t you?”

The band also had two entries in the singles list – I Predict A Riot at number three and Oh My God at number four.

Oasis album Don’t Believe The Truth was fourth, followed by I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning by Bright Eyes.

James Blunt, Franz Ferdinand, Arcade Fire, KT Tunstall and Hard-Fi completed the top 10.

Top 20 Albums:

• 01. Coldplay – X&Y
• 02. Gorillaz – Demon Days
• 03. Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
• 04. Oasis – Don’t Believe The Truth
• 05. Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
• 06. James Blunt – Back To Bedlam
• 07. Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better
• 08. Arcade Fire – Funeral
• 09. KT Tunstall – Eye To The Telescope
• 10. Hard-Fi – Stars of CCTV
• 11. Goldfrapp – Supernature
• 12. Kanye West – Late Registration
• 13. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
• 14. The Magic Numbers – The Magic Numbers
• 15. Antony & The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
• 16. Neil Young – Prairie Wind
• 17. Paul Weller – As Is Now
• 18. Jem – Finally Woken
• 19. Eels – Blinking Lights And Other Revelations
• 20. Bruce Springsteen – Devils & Dust

Top 20 Singles:

• 01. Oasis – The Importance of Being Idle
• 02. Coldplay – Fix You
• 03. Kaiser Chiefs – I Predict A Riot
• 04. Kaiser Chiefs – Oh My God
• 05. KT Tunstall – Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
• 06. Oasis – Lyla
• 07. Franz Ferdinand – Do You Want To
• 08. Stereophonics – Dakota
• 09. Coldplay – Speed of Sound
• 10. Hard-Fi – Hard To Beat
• 11. Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc
• 12. Foo Fighters – Best Of You
• 13. Razorlight – Somewhere Else
• 14. The Magic Numbers – Forever Lost
• 15. Bloc Party – Banquet
• 16. Green Day – Holiday
• 17. The Killers – Somebody Told Me
• 18. Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)
• 19. Athlete – Wires
• 20. James Blunt – You’re Beautiful

Quelle: manchesteronline.co.uk

Oasis have been nominated for two awards for this years UK Festival Awards, the band have been nominated in the categories of Best Festival Headliner and Best Live Rock and Oasis fans have the chance to vote! The awards are voted for online at www.festivalawards.com from now till Monday 17th October. So, make sure you check out the festival site and make your vote!

The band have just come back from a hugely successful five weeks touring in the US which included playing the legendary Hollywood Bowl and Red Rocks in Denver, as well as headlining the Austin City Limits festival.

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The Oasis song Wonderwall has beaten tracks by The Beatles and Led Zeppelin to be named the best British song of all time in a radio listeners’ poll.

The 1995 song topped the Virgin Radio poll of more than 8,300 listeners.

“It is the perfect song to stick your arm around your mate and sing out at the top of your voice after a few beers,” said DJ Pete Mitchell.

Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody was in second place with Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven third.

Despite not taking the top spot Queen and the Beatles notched up the most entries in Virgin Radio’s top 100, scoring eight entries each.

The Rolling Stones and David Bowie had six entries each but new band Coldplay, who had their first chart single in 2000, had five tracks in the top 100.

The male-dominated chart featured only one song by a female solo artist – Kate Bush at number 16 with Wuthering Heights.

Alison Moyet is included as half of electropop duo Yazoo, whose 1982 hit Only You is at number 73 and Annie Lennox appears in The Eurythmics, whose 1983 hit Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) is at number 93.

Wonderwall topped the Virgin Radio chart despite failing to top the UK singles chart on its release, being kept in second place by Michael Jackson’s Earth Song.

Nevertheless Oasis secured their seventh UK number one last week, topping the chart with latest single Lyla before being ousted after one week by The Crazy Frog’s ringtone hit Axel F.

Best British songs of all time

1. Oasis – Wonderwall
2. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
4. The Beatles – Let It Be
5. John Lennon – Imagine
6. Police – Every Breath You Take
7. The Jam – Going Underground
8. Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
9. Robbie Williams – Angels
10. The Stranglers – Golden Brown

Quelle: bbc.co.uk

The recent debate about the greatest Scottish band of all time got us thinking. What other regions have such a rich and varied musical history that there would be several serious contenders for the title Best Band Ever From??

After all, it’s the city that gave us The Buzzcocks, Joy Division, New Order, The Fall, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and Oasis – all bands guaranteed a place in any sane person’s list of the greatest bands of all time from anywhere. Just below them lurk the likes of Magazine, James, Electronic, Inspiral Carpets, Badly Drawn Boy and Doves, while extending the search parameters slightly would mean mentions for likes of The Verve and Elbow.

Manchester bands have always been there, whatever the prevailing musical mood. Pre-punk, they brought us The Hollies, Elkie Brooks, The Bee Gees, 10cc and Herman’s Hermits. In pop terms, they’re responsible for Take That, M People and Simply Red. The city’s dance heritage means it’s brought us 808 State, A Certain Ratio, A Guy Called Gerald, Manchester Uni students The Chemical Brothers and, lest we forget, MC Tunes. And if you like to keep things indie, you can opt for King Of The Slums, New FADS, The Durutti Column, The Man From Delmonte, Easterhouse, The Chameleons, Big Flame or all manner of arty oddballs.

And I haven’t even mentioned Northside, Paris Angels, Intastella, The Adventure Babies, The Wendys and all the other ‘Madchester’ chancers, But that’s because they were, essentially, rubbish.
That aside, Manchester has never had much bad music to answer for. But who are the city’s favourite sons/daughters? Only the 6 Music massive can decide – your nominations, please?

Quelle: bbc.co.uk/6music

Bei Viva Plus – Overdrive (Sendezeiten: Sonntag 20-21 Uhr & Montag 24-01 Uhr) kann man zur Zeit für Oasis abstimmen. Im Falle eines Sieges soll es “Eine Best-Of-Live-Playliste, die sich durch sieben Jahre Oasis-Schaffen zieht und alle musikalischen Highlights der British-Boys präsentiert” geben.

“Voraussichtlich erst im Mai erscheint das neue Album der Supergruppe aus England. Um uns und dir die Wartezeit zu versüßen, haben wir ein hartes Brett der besonderen Art zusammengestellt: Eine Best-Of-Live-Playliste, die sich durch sieben Jahre Oasis-Schaffen zieht und alle musikalischen Highlights der British-Boys präsentiert. Also üb schon mal die lässige Liam-Mikrophon-Pose und dann ran an die Luftgitarren!”

• zum Voting (Oasis liegen momentan mit 45% klar vorne!)

Quelle: vivaplus.tv

David Bowie, The Clash, Oasis, Coldplay and The Streets are amongst 25 acts vying for a new award in this year’s Brits ceremony that will crown the best British song since 1977.

The list of 25 was unveiled today (January 2) and it will be whittled down to five by listeners to BBC Radio 2. The five will be revealed on January 10 when the Brits nominations are announced. The ceremony is held on February 20.

The award has been introduced to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Brit awards.

The full list of nominees runs
‘Heroes’ David Bowie
‘We Are The Champions’ Queen
‘Wuthering Heights’ Kate Bush
‘Night Fever’ Bee Gees
‘London Calling’ The Clash
‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ Joy Division
‘That’s Entertainment’ The Jam
‘I Don’t Want To Talk About It’ Rod Stewart
‘Look of Love’ ABC
‘Golden Brown’ The Stranglers
‘True’ Spandau Ballet
‘Careless Whisper’ George Michael
‘Holding Back The Year’ Simply Red
‘Sledgehammer’ Peter Gabriel
‘Sacrifice’ Elton John
‘Unfinished Sympathy’ Massive Attack
‘Why’ Annie Lennox
‘Fields of Gold’ Sting
‘Kiss From A Rose’ Seal
‘Wonderwall’ Oasis
‘Angels’ Robbie Williams
‘Yellow’ Coldplay
‘Babylon’ David Gray
‘Leave Right Now’ Will Young
‘Dry Your Eyes’ The Streets

Zum Voting: http://brits.co.uk/vote

Quelle: nme.com

In 2005, to celebrate the greatest albums ever made, Channel 4 will be bringing you a four-hour celebration of these classic recordings, as we relive our favourite songs and reveal why and how each album came about.

They’ve nominated 125 albums. You get to choose your top ten, and then nominate another five albums not on the list.

Oasis have two albums in the list of 125:

[84] Oasis – Definitely Maybe (1994)
With the swaggering chords of the opening Rock ‘n’ Roll Star, Oasis announced that big, brash Brit Rock was here to stay at least for a few years. This was the fastest selling debut in British history.

[85] Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995)
The album that turned Oasis into megastars. Featuring Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back in Anger, Roll With It, Some Might Say

Get voting for the lads! VOTE HERE

Quelle: live4ever.us

John Lennon

John Lennon is the greatest rock and roll icon of all time, according to music fans.

The former Beatle beat Elvis Presley and David Bowie to top the list of 100 best music icons voted for by readers of Q magazine.

In a special tribute, widow Yoko Ono said Lennon – who was assassinated in 1980 – was a “driven man”.

She said: “He changed people’s awareness in an incredible way.

“He was not afraid to tell the truth and give us a clearer picture of what was really going on.”

She added: “Indeed, it is not an exaggeration to say that there was a world before John and the world after.”

Here is the top 20:

1. John Lennon
2. Elvis Presley
3. David Bowie
4. Keith Richards
5. Kurt Cobain
6. Madonna
7. Bono
8. Bob Marley
9. Joe Strummer
10. Bob Dylan
11. Morrissey
12. Paul McCartney
13. Johnny Cash
14. Liam Gallagher
15. Eminem
16. Freddie Mercury
17. Mick Jagger
18. Robbie Williams
19. Jimi Hendrix
20. 2Pac

Quelle: sky.com

Oasis have been short listed with 10 other groups/artists including Blur, Radiohead and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers to be put up for the public vote to win a place in the UK Music Hall Of Fame. You can vote for Oasis by calling 09011 33 11 33 or pressing the red interactive button for digital satellite viewers in the UK. The voting closes at 6pm this Saturday. Winners will be announced on Channel 4 on November 14th.

For more details on the UK Music Hall Of Fame click on the below link.

HALL OF FAME/CHANNEL 4

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