Big Day Out 2012

January 20th: Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

Yesterday marked the final time that Auckland would host a Big Day Out. Mt Smart Stadium has been home to the festival every year since 1994 (with the exception of a year off in 1998) and the wheels were in motion to make sure that the event went out in style.

Maybe the crowd attendance was down this year (just under 20,000) and the eve…

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Noel Gallagher has admitted that his brother Liam had a difficult role within Oasis.  

The guitarist told the Yorkshire Evening Post "I often thought Liam's role in Oasis must have been difficult, singing somebody else's songs. You can read the words and understand [literally] what they mean but you don't instinctively understand them." 

The guitarist also added his thoughts on Noel Gallagher…

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The line-up for one of the biggest music festivals in the world, Coachella, has been released and will feature NZ electronic dup Mt Eden.  

The three day festival which is to be held from April 13th - 15th in Indio, California, will feature headliners The Black Keys, Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, Mazzy Star, David Guetta, Feist, Noel Gallagher, Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg, At The Drive-In, Florence …

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Noel Gallagher has firmly put the blame on his brother Liam for Oasis not conquering the USA.  

Gallagher, who has just released his solo album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', explained to the New York Times that the band was doomed to fail breaking the US after Liam missed their 1996 tour of the country.  "Liam had actually made it to the airport in England, and as I'm getting on the plan…

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Noel Gallagher has stated he now feels like an outsider to the music business.  

The guitarist, who's new album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' debuted at Number 1 on the UK Charts, commented to the Daily Record "There was a point in the 90s that my music [with Oasis] was at the centre of the music world but I am an outsider now and I don't mind that. It might be fun being on the outside f…

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