Noel Gallagher says he impersonated David Bowie to write new songs

KISS legend Gene Simmons claims he is the fittest wrinkly rocker, leaving Mick Jagger wheezing in his wake. Simmons, 72, says the Stones singer, 78, is not weighed down by massive boots like him and does not spit fire on stage.

Nile Rodgers, 69, once opened up about the time his heart “stopped eight times” during a debauched night out with Iron Man’s Robert Downey Jr, 57.The musician recalled being brought back to life by doctors after narrowly escaping death.Nile claimed that he and the Avengers star had enjoyed a seriously heavy night together back in 1984, before things took a turn for the terrifying. The musician reportedly sprung back to life seconds before doctors pronounced him dead.In a resurfaced interview, he remembered: “I died eight times in one night and they brought me back. “Eight times my heart stopped.”“I was hanging out with Robert Downey Jr… It was coke and alcohol. “I was fine, but then I passed out,” he continued.“Typical rock n roll death…You choke on your own vomit,” he told The Guardian.The incident clearly had an effect on Nile, as now the star can boast being sober for a quarter of a century. Nile is an American musician, producer and composer, responsible for more than 500 million albums and 75 million single sales worldwide.He has a star in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is also the chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Chic co-founder Nile is also a three-time Grammy Award-winner, responsible for songs such as 1977’s Everybody Dance and 1978’s Le Freak. The star has collaborated with some of the most famous musicians in the world, including Madonna and Duran Duran.He also produced David Bowie’s Let’s Dance following Chic’s breakup in 1983. More recently, he has worked with artists like Mick Jagger, Grace Jones, Christina Aguilera and Lady Gaga.Nile is set to join a star-studded list of talent set to perform at Platinum Party at the Palace this weekend. On Saturday, the Buckingham Palace-set celebration will

Liam Gallagher claims his fourth UK Number 1 album with C’Mon You Know. 

Ted Lasso‘s Phil Dunster has spoken about his character in the show, Jamie Tartt, suggesting that he has the “swagger” of Liam Gallagher.Speaking to the Los Angeles Times ahead of the Apple TV+ football comedy’s third season – now expected to arrive at the end of this year – Dunster said he “knew there was an arc that was to come” which will see Tartt “hopefully become a better person, stepping away from the hairstyles and general behaviour.”Some of that behaviour, he added, owes a debt to Mancunian stars in both football and music. “You have people like Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher, and Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford, and it’s not just that they have the accent,” he said.“They’ve got this energy, the persona comes with it. There’s an attitude.

No Filter tour in 2017 in Germany and played 16 US dates in 2019 but their North American leg was put on hold for 16 months due to the coronavirus pandemic.They resumed the tour in September of last year. “We are thrilled to be able to announce the rescheduled dates for the Rolling Stones 2020 US tour, which will now go ahead this Fall!” the band said in July 2021.

Liam Gallagher kicked off his summer tour last night (June 1) with a hometown show at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium.Alongside the usual Oasis hits and solo tracks, Liam gave ‘Roll It Over’ its live debut – check out setlist and footage below.‘Roll It Over’ is the closing track to Oasis’s 2000 album ‘Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants’ and had never been performed live before – either by Oasis or Noel and Liam’s subsequent solo projects. “This is for all the old school Oasis fans,” Liam said before performing the track last night.

Liam Gallagher is on course to claim his fourth UK Number 1 album with C’Mon You Know this week. 

Oasis star Liam Gallagher has issued a health announcement. The rocker will undergo hip replacement surgery after his Knebworth gigs in early June. Revealing the need for the operation, he said: “I think I’d rather just be in pain, which is ridiculous, obviously.

Liam Gallagher, 49, has said he would donate a kidney to his brother Noel, 54, if he needed one “without a doubt”.The brothers have been embroiled in a bitter feud since Oasis split in 2009 following a backstage argument in Paris.During a question and answer with fans in The Guardian, Liam said Noel is “my brother and I love him”, before adding that his older brother is “all bravado”.Asked “if Noel’s life depended on a new kidney and you were the only donor match, would you give him one of yours?” the 49-year-old replied: “Without a doubt. Of course I would. He’s my brother, man, and I love him.

Simon Cowell is set to marry Lauren SIlverman in London. The ITV Britain's Got Talent star got engaged to the mother of his child, Eric, at the back end of last year.

Liam Gallagher has said he might dedicate a song to brother Noel when he plays Knebworth next weekend.Speaking to Zoe Ball on The Radio 2 Breakfast Show, Gallagher was asked if he will be sending Noel a card for his birthday this weekend.“Nah nah nah,” Liam replied. “When is it, Sunday? …I’ll have just done Knebworth, bless him, I might give him a shout out, dedicate one of his songs to him.

Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London will include a number of original music tracks inspired by the works of British artists like The Beatles and David Bowie.That’s according to Fallout: London’s project lead Dean Carter, who told NME in a recent interview that the mod’s development team has created around 45 original songs that either take inspiration from ‘50s and ‘60s British music, or reflect a specific part of the mod itself.“Anything that has been sort of, like covered, it’s either in the public domain, or we’ve got permission to use them,” explained Carter. “The one that like skirts the line the most is ‘Nuclear Submarine’, rather than obviously ‘Yellow Submarine’”.The ‘Nuclear Submarine’ track – along with a David Bowie-inspired song – is completely original, but aims to evoke the musical style it’s emulating whilst putting a Fallout spin on it.“One of the songs is singing about the different tube stations,” Carter adds.

Liam Gallagher was taken by surprise on the Zoe Ball Breakfast show this morning when he learned it was his brother Noel Gallagher’s birthday.The former Oasis member confirmed he “won’t” be sending Noel a card, but did discuss an alternative tribute that would “do his head in”. Liam, 49, joined Zoe, 51, on her breakfast show this morning to speak about his new album C’MON YOU KNOW and spoke about his upcoming live performance at Knebworth Park in Stevenage. However, things got awkward when the conversation turned to his older brother, Noel, 54, who he formerly played alongside in their world famous band Oasis. After complimenting a couple of his new tracks as they aired on BBC Radio 2 this morning, Zoe quizzed Liam on whether he had any plans for his brother’s 55th birthday.“I have to mention, it’s your brother Noel’s birthday on Sunday,” Zoe remarked. “Will you send him a text or a card or something?”“Is it?” Liam replied quickly. “No, no, no,” he confirmed briefly, trailing off.“Oh well one day…” Zoe added awkwardly, before Liam interjected: “What, is it Sunday?”“Yeah, it’s Sunday,” Zoe confirmed, to which Liam sarcastically replied: “Bless him.

David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream says he worked himself so hard on the movie that he suffered a heart attack.Helmed by Brett Morgen (Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane), the docufilm promises to take viewers on an “immersive” journey via “sublime, kaleidoscopic imagery, personal archived footage, unseen performances” that are anchored by Bowie’s music and words.It is the first film to be supported by the David Bowie Estate, which granted Morgen unprecedented access to its collection. Press material says that the Estate presented Morgen with more than five million assets in 2017.The director has now said his own life was “out of control” when he began work on the film in January of that year.“Just as I started working on this film, I suffered a massive heart attack.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticJust before the Cannes Film Festival midnight-show premiere of the David Bowie documentary “Moonage Daydream,” the film’s writer, director, and editor, Brett Morgen, didn’t simply stroll down the red carpet. As Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” blared from the promenade speakers, Morgen danced — and pranced and pogo-ed, and flashed a cheeky madman grin, and by the time he entered the theater, the crowd, taking all this in on a giant video screen, gave him an even more rapturous than usual Cannes ovation. Morgen had the right look for these antics.

Ever had a holiday and by some random turn of events, it’s just gone incredibly wrong? Maybe you forgot to pack your swimsuit or that extra pair of underwear. Whatever it is, it can’t be as bad as being chased by bloodthirsty lions.

Skunk Anansie frontwoman Skin has told NME about the “honour” of being asked to play the Grace Jones-curated Meltdown festival 2022, and revealed the memorable request letter that the icon sent her.Having been handpicked by Jones to perform at this June’s Meltdown festival in London alongside the likes of John Grant, Sky Ferreira, Peaches, Hot Chip and Greentea Peng, Skin described the invitation as “an honour”.“I was aghast because we were the first band she asked,” Skin told NME. “She wrote us a letter saying: ‘If you don’t do it, I’m going to break your neck!’ Something like that! It was a typical Grace Jones letter and it cracked me up.”In the ‘90s, Skin resented constant comparisons to Jones, considering it reductive to equate the two trailblazers because they are both outspoken black female performers.

NME can exclusively reveal a new clip from the upcoming documentary, Liam Gallagher: 48 Hours At Rockfield. Check it out above.The clip from the new Sky Special, which airs tonight (May 24), shows the frontman and his two sons approaching the cows at the legendary Welsh music studios, before reflecting on his infamously raucous time there recording Oasis‘ ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?’ back in 1995.“Yes cows!,” he begins in the clip, approaching the livestock as they chow down on hay.

The great majority of us could only aspire, before “Moonage Daydream,” to step into the mind of David Bowie — the persona, the artist, the entity not yet proven terrestrial. Eclectic, unashamedly maximalist, and variously philosophical: all true of both the man himself and Brett Morgen’s feature-length docu-odyssey, which borrows its title from the 1976 hit, and just debuted as part of Cannes’ Midnight slate.

Noel Gallagher after his savage dig at Liverpool, sarcastically applauding them amid claims that there is a media bias towards them.Manchester City lifted their fourth Premier League title in five years under Pep Guardiola on Sunday in a remarkable achievement, pipping the Reds to the top by a point. The Etihad outfit had led the race for much of the season, though Jurgen Klopp's men managed to push them until the final day.But they nearly relinquished that lead at the end after going 2-0 down to Aston Villa at home while Wolves were holding Liverpool at Anfield.

Mick Jagger has finally addressed the online comparisons that comment on the similarities between the legendary musician and Harry Styles, in reference to his presence on stage and some of his outfits.During a recent interview the 78-year-old musician admitted that there are a few similarities but he thinks it’s all very “superficial.”“He doesn’t have a voice like mine or move on stage like me; he just has a superficial resemblance to my younger self, which is fine — he can’t help that,” Jagger said about the 28-year-old singer.The rock star also revealed during his interview that they currently have “an easy relationship” and talked about their sense of style, ”I mean, I used to wear a lot more eye makeup than him,“ Mick said. ”Come on, I was much more androgynous.”Harry recently opened up about his decision to go solo after being a member of the successful band One Direction, revealing that it was Billie Eilish who helped him take the next step in his music career.“I definitely had a really big moment, I think, when Billie Eilish kind of first blew up.