maestro Morricone forever

also on Oasis' first album there was Sergio Leone cinema with his music. An inspiration for Noel Gallagher too with orchestra. 

Once upon a time in the West [Venice] 

The departure (Others who will follow) 

L'uomo dell'armonica [final live 2019] 

The fort [final live] 

The good, the bad and the ugly [final live] 

L'estasi dell'oro (with Susanna Rigacci) [final live] 

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso [final live] 

Mission : Gabriel's oboe [final live] 

Falls [final live] 

On earth as it is in heaven [final live] 

C'era una volta in America 

Duck, you sucker [Venezia] 

One night a dinner [Venezia] 

My name is nobody 

Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto

Revolver, Un amico 

The untouchables [final live]

Malena (tema)

The hateful 8 : Last stage to Red Rock 

For a few dollars more : 60 seconds to what (final duel, organ version)

theme

Goodbye colonel

il triello (from The good the bad & ugly)

A fistful of dollars : final duel

titles

Farewell to Cheyenne (from Once upon a time in the West)

La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano

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Noel Gallagher esoteric nods to Italian composers (instrumentals)

some to opera / classical, pop ("musica leggera"), and a few nods to Italo disco. 

The masterplan 

Stop crying your heart out 

The importance of being idle 

Ballad of the Mighty I 

Whatever 

Everybody's on the run (choir & orchestra, spaghetti western vibe) 

Who put the weight of the world on my shoulders? 

(I wanna live in a dream in my) record machine (incomplete) 

D'you know what I mean (rethink) 

The death of you and me 

Let's all make believe 

Let there be love 

Everybody's on the run (spaghetti western vibe) 

Part of the queue (spaghetti western singing melody) 

(I wanna live in a dream in my) record machine (backing track) 

Let the Lord shine a light on me 

Riverman

Lock all the doors

AKA... What a life!

Digsy's dinner (lasagna)

The swamp song

The girl with X-ray eyes

The dying of the light

Dream on

A simple game of genius

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Best of Noel Gallagher

Some might say (Oasis unplugged) 

The dying of the light 

Everybody's on the run (orchestra intro, spaghetti western vibe) 

Setting sun (radio acoustic, spaghetti western vibe) 

Riverman (find me the girl who electrifies the storm) 

The swamp song (Oasis Manchester Maine Road 1996) 

(I wanna live in a dream in my) record machine 

Can y'see it now? (I can see it now!!) 

Lock all the doors 

This is not a drill (fuckin' in the bushes) 

Dream on (the bitch Liam keeps bitching and all) 

Live forever (Oasis mtv unplugged) 

Ballad of the Mighty I 

Up in the sky (Brexit first anthem) 

Let the Lord shine a light on me

The girl with X-ray eyes

The death of you and me

Part of the queue (spaghetti western melody)

AKA... What a life!

A simple game of genius

Fort Knox

Digsy's dinner (lasagna)

Don't look back in anger (Milan 2009, not the "would've been" Oasis last concert in history)

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Noel Gallagher gigography

apart from other concerts he played solo before (or with Gem), will add them. 

email us if you see important mistakes. 

2021 ? 

Manchester 

Thetford Forest, Brandon 
Cannock Chase Forest, Rugeley 
Kenwood House, London 

Eden Project, St. Austell 

Canons Marsh Amphitheatre, Bristol 

Sherwood Pines, Mansfield, Nottingham 

30 November 2019 
Show DC Arena, Bangkok, ประเทศไทย, Prathet Thai, Thailand 
27 Nov 2019 
Optus Stadium, Perth, Australia 
23 Nov 2019 
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, AU 
22 Nov 2019 
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, AU 
19 Nov 2019 
The Oval, Adelaide, AU 
15 Nov 2019 
Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, AU 
12 Nov 2019 
SunCorp Stadium, Brisbane, AU 
09 Nov 2019 
Mt. Smart, Auckland 
08 Nov 2019 
Mt. Smart, Auckland, New Zealand
31 Aug 2019 
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
29 Aug 2019
Five Points Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA
28 Aug 2019
North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre, San Diego, CA
25 Aug 2019
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX
24 Aug 2019
Dos Equis Pavilion, Dallas, TX
23 Aug 2019
Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion, Rogers, AR
21 Aug 2019
Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA
20 Aug 2019
PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NC
19 Aug 2019
Blossom Music Center, Cleveland, OH
17 Aug 2019
Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
15 Aug 2019
Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL
14 Aug 2019
DTE Energy Music Theater, Detroit MI
13 Aug 2019
Budweiser Stage, Toronto
10 Aug 2019
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY
09 Aug 2019
Northwell Health Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, NY
08 Aug 2019
BB&T Pavilion, Camden, NJ
11 Jul 2019
Mad Cool Festival Madrid, Spain
09 Jul 2019
Mantova Arte E Musica, Mantova, Italy
08 Jul 2019
Pistoia Blues Festival, Pistoia, Italy
06 Jul 2019
Roskilde Festival, Denmark Roskilde, Denmark
30 Jun 2019
Sunday Sessions, Powderham Castle, Exeter
29 Jun 2019
Concert At Sea (Festival) Netherlands
16 Jun 2019
Malahide Castle, Dublin
14 Jun 2019
Isle Of Wight Festival
08 Jun 2019
Bught Park, Inverness
07 Jun 2019
Heaton Park, Manchester
26 May 2019
Sunday Sessions, Earlham Park, Norwich
25 May 2019
This Is Tomorrow Festival, Exhibition Park, Newcastle
24 May 2019
Cardiff Castle Cardiff Castle, Wales
20 May 2019
Olympic Hall, Olympic Park Seoul
19 May 2019
Olympic Hall, Seoul, South Korea
17 May 2019
Festival Hall, Osaka
16 May 2019
Aichi Arts Centre, Nagoya
15 May 2019
Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
11 May 2019
Bonus Arena Hull
09 May 2019
The London Palladium
08 May 2019
Venue Cymru Llandudno
07 May 2019
Edinburgh Playhouse
04 May 2019
Warm Up Festival Murcia
01 May 2019
Concerto del Primo Maggio, Piazza San Giovanni, Roma
10 Nov 2018
KM de Vantagens Hall, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
08 Nov 2018
Summer Break Festival, Brazil Anembi, Sāo Paulo
07 Nov 2018
Summer Break Festival, Brazil The Pedreira Paulo Leminski, Curitiba
04 Nov 2018
Luna Park , Buenos Aires, Argentina
03 Nov 2018
Metropolitano, Rosario, Argentina
31 Oct 2018
Velódromo, Santiago, Chile
30 Oct 2018
Gimnasio Municipal, Concepción, Chile
02 Sep 2018
Bingley Music Live Bingley, West Yorkshire
01 Sep 2018
The Downs, Bristol
31 Aug 2018
Electric Fields Festival, Dumfries & Galloway
26 Aug 2018
Festival du Roi Arthur, Rennes, France
19 Aug 2018
Summersonic Festival, Osaka
18 Aug 2018
Summersonic Festival, Tokyo, Japan
16 Aug 2018
Olympic Hall, Olympic Park, Seoul
22 Jul 2018
Lollapalooza, Paris
21 Jul 2018
Tramlines Festival, Sheffield
19 Jul 2018
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
18 Jul 2018
The 02 Ritz, Manchester
14 Jul 2018
Bilbao BBK Live
08 Jul 2018
Rock Werchter festival, Belgium
07 Jul 2018
Greenwich Music Time, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London
06 Jul 2018
Scarborough Open Air Theatre, Scarborough
04 Jul 2018
Open'er Music Festival Gdynia-Kosakowo Airfield, Gdynia
23 Jun 2018
I-Days Festival Milano, Italia
22 Jun 2018
Roma Summer Fest, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Cavea, Rome, Italia
21 Jun 2018
Etes Arena Flegrea, Napoli, Italia
19 Jun 2018
Teatro Antico Taormina, Italy
16 Jun 2018
Pinkpop Festival Landgraaf, Netherlands
15 Jun 2018
Nocturne At Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace
02 Jun 2018
Adrenaline Stadium, Москва, Moscow, Росси́я, Russia
01 Jun 2018
A2 Green, Санкт-Петербург Sankt-Peterburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia
27 May 2018
Neighbourhood Weekender Festival, Victoria Park, Warrington, UK
26 May 2018
Scone Palace (Radio 2's Big Weekend) Scone Palace, Perth, UK
14 May 2018
Watford Colosseum Rickmansworth Rd, Watford
10 May 2018
3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
09 May 2018
SSE Arena, Belfast, UK
07 May 2018
First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK
06 May 2018
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, UK
04 May 2018
Manchester Arena, UK
03 May 2018
Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
01 May 2018
Arena, Birmingham, UK
30 Apr 2018
Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, UK
27 Apr 2018
SSE Arena, Wembley, London, UK
25 Apr 2018
AECC BHGE Arena, Aberdeen, UK
24 Apr 2018
The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK
22 Apr 2018
Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK
20 Apr 2018
Rockhal Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg
19 Apr 2018
AFAS Live Amsterdam, Netherlands
17 Apr 2018
Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, Germany
16 Apr 2018
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
14 Apr 2018
Lucerna Velký sál, Prague, Česká republika, Czech Republic
12 Apr 2018
Zenith, Die Kulturhalle, München, Germany
11 Apr 2018
Fabrique, Milan, Italy
09 Apr 2018
Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Düsseldorf, Germany
08 Apr 2018
Mehr! Theater am Großmarkt, Hamburg, Germany
06 Apr 2018
Forest National / Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, Belgium
04 Apr 2018
L'Olympia, Paris, France
03 Apr 2018
L'Olympia, Paris, France
17 Mar 2018
Vive Latino (Festival) Mexico City
13 Mar 2018
Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, US
12 Mar 2018
Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, US
10 Mar 2018
Fox Theater, San Francisco Bay Area, US
09 Mar 2018
The Chelsea, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, US
06 Mar 2018
Majestic Theatre Dallas - Fort Worth, US
05 Mar 2018
Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater, Austin, US
03 Mar 2018
House of Blues, Houston, US
02 Mar 2018
Orpheum Theater, New Orleans, US
28 Feb 2018
The Tabernacle, Atlanta, US
27 Feb 2018
Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, US
25 Feb 2018
Murat Theatre, Old National Centre, Indianapolis, US
24 Feb 2018
Chicago Theatre, US
23 Feb 2018
Goodyear Theater, Akron, US
20 Feb 2018
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada
18 Feb 2018
Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada
17 Feb 2018
Boston Opera House, Boston / Cambridge, US
15 Feb 2018
Radio City Music Hall, New York, US
13 Feb 2018
Merriam Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, US
12 Feb 2018
The Anthem, Washington, US
10 Feb 2018
Express Live! Columbus, US
09 Feb 2018
Scottish Rite Cathedral Theatre, Masonic Temple Detroit, US
01 Nov 2017
York Hall, London
25 Oct 2017
Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) São Paulo, Brazil
22 Oct 2017
Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) São Paulo, Brazil
21 Oct 2017
Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) São Paulo, Brazil
19 Oct 2017
Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) São Paulo, Brazil
14 Oct 2017
Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile
11 Oct 2017
Estadio  Único de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
10 Oct 2017
Estadio  Único De La Plata, Buenos Aires
07 Oct 2017
Estadio el Campin, Bogotá, Colombia
04 Oct 2017
Foro Sol, Mexico City
03 Oct 2017
Foro Sol, Mexico City
01 Aug 2017
Stade Roi Baudouin / Koning Boudewijn Stadion, Brussels, Belgium
29 Jul 2017
Amsterdam ArenA, Netherlands
25 Jul 2017
Stade De France, Paris
22 Jul 2017
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
18 Jul 2017
Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain
16 Jul 2017
Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
15 Jul 2017
Stadio Olimpico, Roma, Italia
12 Jul 2017
Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
09 Jul 2017
Twickenham Stadium, London, UK
08 Jul 2017
Twickenham Stadium, London, UK
06 Sep 2016
O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK
04 Sep 2016
Festival Number 6 2016, Criccieth, UK
03 Sep 2016
Electric Picnic 2016, Galway, Ireland
02 Sep 2016
Singleton Park, Swansea, UK
28 Aug 2016
Victorious Festival 2016, Portsmouth, UK
26 Aug 2016
Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, UK
23 Aug 2016
Titanic Belfast, UK
20 Aug 2016
Lowlands Festival, Holland
19 Aug 2016
Pukkelpop Festival, Belgium
18 Aug 2016
Open Air Gampel 2016, Gampel, Switzerland
17 Aug 2016
Pukkelpop 2016, Hasselt, Belgium
16 Aug 2016
Tvornica kulture, Zagreb, Croatia
15 Aug 2016
Sziget Festival, Budapest, Magyarország, Hungary
13 Aug 2016
Pure & Crafted Festival 2016, Berlin, Deutschland
12 Aug 2016
A Summer's Tale 2016, Hamburg, Germany
11 Aug 2016
Koncerthuset, Koncertsalen, Copenhagen, Denmark
04 Aug 2016
Proms Arena Lytham Green, Lytham St. Annes, UK
04 Aug 2016
Lytham Green, Lytham, UK
03 Aug 2016
Scarborough Open Air Theatre, York, UK
29 Jul 2016
Y Not Festival 2016, Derby, UK
28 Jul 2016
Kendal Calling 2016, Penrith, UK
15 Jul 2016
Arena District, Columbus, US
15 Jul 2016
PromoWest Fest 2016, Columbus, US
14 Jul 2016
Pemberton Music Festival 2016, Vancouver, Canada
13 Jul 2016
Stage AE, Pittsburgh, US
12 Jul 2016
Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, Detroit, US
10 Jul 2016
TD Echo Beach, Toronto, Canada
09 Jul 2016
Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada
06 Jul 2016
Artpark Amphitheater, Buffalo, US
06 Jul 2016
Ottawa Bluesfest 2016, Ottawa, Canada
05 Jul 2016
Beacon Theatre, New York, US
02 Jul 2016
Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, US
01 Jul 2016
The Tabernacle, Atlanta, US
30 Apr 2016
Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) Bournemouth, UK
29 Apr 2016
Genting Arena, Birmingham, UK
27 Apr 2016
First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK
25 Apr 2016
Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK
25 Apr 2016
O2 Academy, Liverpool, UK
24 Apr 2016
Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC) Aberdeen, UK
21 Apr 2016
The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK
18 Apr 2016
AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Nederland
17 Apr 2016
Forest National / Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, Belgium
15 Apr 2016
Palladium, Köln, Germany
12 Apr 2016
Planet.tt Bank Austria Halle Gasometer B, Vienna,  Österreich
12 Apr 2016
Zenith, Die Kulturhalle, Munich, Germany
11 Apr 2016
X-TRA, Zürich, Switzerland
09 Apr 2016
Sant Jordi Club, Barcelona, España
08 Apr 2016
La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
01 Apr 2016
Crown Theatre, Perth, Australia
30 Mar 2016
Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia
29 Mar 2016
Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, Australia
27 Mar 2016
Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, Gold Coast, Australia
26 Mar 2016
Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia
26 Mar 2016
Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm Gold Coast, Australia
24 Mar 2016
Byron Bay Bluesfest 2016 Gold Coast, Australia
19 Mar 2016
Lollapalooza 2016, Buenos Aires, Argentina
17 Mar 2016
Lollapalooza 2016, Santiago, Chile
16 Mar 2016
Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
15 Mar 2016
Teatro De Verano "Ramón Collazo", Montevideo, Uruguay
13 Mar 2016
Lollapalooza 2016, São Paulo, Brazil
09 Mar 2016
Teatro Metropólitan, Mexico City, Méjico
08 Mar 2016
Teatro Diana, Guadalajara, Mexico
10 Dec 2015
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
08 Dec 2015
The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK
02 Dec 2015
O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK
24 Jul 2015
Fuji Rock 2015, Niigata, Japan
24 Jul 2015
Ansan Valley Rock Festival 2015, Ansan, Republic of Korea
16 Jul 2015
Latitude Festival 2015, Southwold, UK
16 Jul 2015
Festival Internacional de Benicàssim - FIB 2015, Valencia, Spain
16 Jul 2015
Super Bock Super Rock 2015, Lisbon, Portugal
14 Jul 2015
Live at the Marquee, Cork, Ireland
11 Jul 2015
Summer in the City 2015, Manchester, UK
11 Jul 2015
Castlefield Bowl, Manchester, UK
10 Jul 2015
T In The Park 2015, Auchterarder, UK
09 Jul 2015
Rock in Roma - Ippodromo delle Capannelle, Rome, Italy
08 Jul 2015
Anfiteatro Camerini, Vicenza, Italy
06 Jul 2015
Summer Arena Assago - Area Esterna Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy
04 Jul 2015
Calling Festival 2015, London, UK
02 Jul 2015
Gröna Lund, Stockholm, Sverige
27 Jun 2015
Roskilde Festival 2015, Roskilde, Danmark
25 Jun 2015
Rock Werchter 2015, Werchter, België
23 Jun 2015
OUÏ FM Festival 2015, Paris, France
19 Jun 2015
Best Kept Secret Festival 2015, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands
06 Jun 2015
Boston Opera House, Boston / Cambridge, US
06 Jun 2015
The Governors Ball Music Festival 2015, New York, US
04 Jun 2015
Lincoln Theatre, Washington, US
03 Jun 2015
Merriam Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, US
02 Jun 2015
House of Blues, Cleveland, US
31 May 2015
Royal Oak Music Theatre, Detroit, US
30 May 2015
Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, US
29 May 2015
Riviera Theatre, Chicago, US
26 May 2015
Teatro Metropólitan Mexico City
23 May 2015
The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, US
22 May 2015
The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, US
20 May 2015
Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, US
18 May 2015
The Warfield, SF Bay Area, US
16 May 2015
Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay, San Diego, US
14 May 2015
Majestic Theatre Dallas - Fort Worth, US
13 May 2015
House of Blues, Houston, US
10 May 2015
Civic Theatre, New Orleans, US
08 May 2015
Shaky Knees Festival 2015, Atlanta, US
07 May 2015
Webster Hall, New York, US
04 May 2015
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada
03 May 2015
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada
16 Apr 2015
Nippon Budokan｜日本武道館 Tokyo, Japan
15 Apr 2015
Nippon Budokan｜日本武道館 Tokyo, Japan
13 Apr 2015
Zepp Nagoya Nagoya, Japan
11 Apr 2015
Zepp Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan
09 Apr 2015
Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen (HBG) Hall - 広島文化学園HBGホール Hiroshima, Japan
07 Apr 2015
Osaka Festival Hall (フェスティバルホール) Osaka, Japan
06 Apr 2015
Osaka Festival Hall (フェスティバルホール) Osaka, Japan
04 Apr 2015
Walker Hill Theater, Seoul, Republic of Korea
03 Apr 2015
Walker Hill Theater, Seoul, Republic of Korea
28 Mar 2015
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
22 Mar 2015
Ancienne Belgique (AB) Brussels, Belgium
20 Mar 2015
TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands
19 Mar 2015
Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Düsseldorf, Germany
17 Mar 2015
VEGA Musikkens Hus - Store Vega (Main Hall) Copenhagen, Denmark
16 Mar 2015
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
14 March 2015 

Fabrique, Milano, Italia
12 Mar 2015
Zénith de Paris, France
10 Mar 2015
The O2 Arena, London, UK
09 Mar 2015
Manchester Arena, UK
07 Mar 2015
The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK
06 Mar 2015
Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, UK
04 Mar 2015
3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
03 Mar 2015
SSE Arena, Belfast, UK

15 Mar 2013  

Atlantis,Dubai, UAE United Arab Emirates

13 Nov 2012 

02 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

09 Nov 2012
Revention Music Center, Houston, US
08 Nov 2012
Austin Music Hall, Austin, US
07 Nov 2012
Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie Dallas - Fort Worth, US
05 Nov 2012
Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, US
04 Nov 2012
Louisville Palace, Louisville, US
03 Nov 2012
The Venue, Horseshoe Casino, Chicago, US
01 Nov 2012
Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland, Kansas City, US
31 Oct 2012
Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul Rivercentre Twin Cities, US
30 Oct 2012
Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Canada
28 Oct 2012
Stampede Corral, Calgary, Canada
27 Oct 2012
Edmonton Expo Centre At Northlands, Edmonton, Canada
25 Oct 2012  

Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada
24 Oct 2012
WaMu Theater, Seattle, US
23 Oct 2012
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, US
12 Oct 2012
Le Bikini, Toulouse, France
11 Oct 2012
Transbordeur, Lyon, France
08 Oct 2012
Capitol, Offenbach, Germany
06 Oct 2012
Paladozza, Bologna, Italy
05 Oct 2012
Teatro Obihall, Firenze, Italy
03 Oct 2012
Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Düsseldorf, Germany
27 Sep 2012
Twinkle Rock Festival 2012, Taipei, Taiwan
25 Sep 2012
Jiulongwan Zhanlan Zhongxin, Hong Kong, China
21 Sep 2012
Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix 2012
20 Sep 2012
Bitec Bangna, Bangkok, Thailand
12 Sep 2012
iTunes Festival 2012, London, UK
10 Sep 2012
Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, UK
09 Sep 2012
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, UK
07 Sep 2012
SSE Arena, Wembley, London, UK
06 Sep 2012
O2 Academy, Liverpool, UK
06 Sep 2012
Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK
04 Sep 2012
Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) Bournemouth, UK
25 Aug 2012
Rock en Seine 2012, Paris, France
23 Aug 2012  

Marlay Park, Dublin, Ireland
20 Aug 2012 

Belsonic festival, Custom House Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland
19 Aug 2012
V Festival, Stafford, UK
18 Aug 2012
V Festival 2012, Chelmsford, UK
17 Aug 2012
V Festival 2012, Wolverhampton, UK
16 Aug 2012
Austria Green Park, St Polten
27 Jul 2012
Fuji Rock 2012, Niigata, Japan
17 Jul 2012
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, UK
15 Jul 2012
Festival Internacional de Benicàssim - FIB 2012 Valencia, Spain
13 Jul 2012
Musilac 2012, Chambéry, France
07 Jul 2012
Les Déferlantes d'Argeles 2012, Perpignan, France
06 Jul 2012
T In The Park 2012, Kinross, UK
05 Jul 2012
Heineken Jammin Festival 2012, Milano, Italia
04 Jul 2012
Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
29 Jun 2012
Montreux Jazz Festival 2012, Switzerland
29 Jun 2012
Kollen 2012, Oslo, Norge, Norway
28 Jun 2012
Rock Werchter 2012, Belgium
23 Jun 2012
Isle of Wight Festival 2012, UK
21 Jun 2012
Isle of Wight Festival 2012, UK
20 Jun 2012
Plac Zebrań Ludowych, Gdańsk, Polska, Poland
14 Jun 2012
Hultsfredsfestivalen 2012, Hultsfred, Sweden
10 Jun 2012
Maxidrom Festival 2012, Moscow, Russian Federation
29 May 2012
Yes24 Live Hall, Seoul, Republic of Korea
28 May 2012
Yes24 Live Hall, Seoul, Republic of Korea
26 May 2012
Municipal Central Gymnasium (大阪市立中央体育館) Osaka, Japan
24 May 2012
Great Hall, Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater - 愛知県芸術劇場 大ホール 愛知 Nagoya, Japan
23 May 2012
Nippon Budokan｜日本武道館 Tokyo, Nippon
08 May 2012
Jockey Club del Paraguay, Asunción, Paraguay
06 May 2012
Club Gimnasia y Esgrima (GEBA) Buenos Aires, Argentina
03 May 2012
Vivo Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
02 May 2012
Espaço das Américas, São Paulo, Brazil
26 Apr 2012
Municipal Central Gymnasium (大阪市立中央体育館) Osaka, Japan
24 Apr 2012
Great Hall, Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater - 愛知県芸術劇場 大ホール 愛知 Nagoya, Japan
23 Apr 2012
Nippon Budokan｜日本武道館 Tokyo, Japan
20 Apr 2012
Pearl Concert Theatre, Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, US
20 Apr 2012
Coachella 2012, San Diego, US
18 Apr 2012
Orpheum Theatre, Phoenix, US
17 Apr 2012
Balboa Theatre, San Diego, US
13 Apr 2012
Coachella 2012, San Diego, US
11 Apr 2012
Teatro Metropólitan, Mexico City

10 Apr 2012
Teatro Metropólitan Mexico City
10 Apr 2012
Auditorio Banamex - Monterrey, Mexico (cancelled)
06 Apr 2012
The Tabernacle Atlanta, US

04 Apr 2012
Egyptian Room, Old National Centre, Indianapolis, US
03 Apr 2012
Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, US
01 Apr 2012
Riviera Theatre, Chicago, US
31 Mar 2012
Royal Oak Music Theatre, Detroit, US
29 Mar 2012
Express Live! Columbus, US
28 Mar 2012
Warner Theatre, Washington, US
15 Mar 2012
Komplex 457, Zürich, Switzerland
13 Mar 2012
Atlantico, Roma, Italia
11 Mar 2012
Tonhalle - Kultfabrik, Munich, Germany
09 Mar 2012
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
08 Mar 2012
Sporthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
06 Mar 2012
Le Grand Rex, Paris, France
04 Mar 2012
Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
01 Mar 2012
The Ballroom, Birmingham, UK
01 Mar 2012
The Other Room, Birmingham, UK
01 Mar 2012
Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, UK
29 Feb 2012
O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK
26 Feb 2012
The O2 Arena, London, UK
24 Feb 2012
Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre (SECC) Glasgow, UK
23 Feb 2012
Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
21 Feb 2012
The BRIT Awards 2012, London, UK
19 Feb 2012
Sheffield Arena, UK
17 Feb 2012
The Grand Social, Dublin, Ireland
16 Feb 2012
SSE Arena, Belfast, UK
14 Feb 2012
Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC) Aberdeen, UK
14 Feb 2012
Manchester Arena, UK
13 Feb 2012  

MEN Arena - Manchester
31 Jan 2012
Big Day Out 2012, Melbourne, Australia
29 Jan 2012
Big Day Out 2012, Melbourne, Australia
26 Jan 2012
Big Day Out 2012, Sydney, Australia
23 Jan 2012
Big Day Out 2012, Sydney, Australia
22 Jan 2012 

Big Day Out 2012, Gold Coast Parklands, Gold Coast, Australia
17 Jan 2012
Tokyo Dome City Hall (東京ドームシティホール) Tokyo, Japan
16 Jan 2012
Tokyo Dome City Hall (東京ドームシティホール) Tokyo, Japan
10 Dec 2011
Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, US
10 Dec 2011
KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2011, Los Angeles, US
06 Dec 2011
Casino De Paris, France
04 Dec 2011
Palladium, Cologne, Germany
03 Dec 2011
Koncerthuset, Koncertsalen, Copenhagen, Denmark
01 Dec 2011
Ancienne Belgique (AB) Brussels, Belgium
30 Nov 2011 

Melkweg The Max, Amsterdam, Holland (bootleg)
28 Nov 2011 

Alcatraz, Milano, Italia + review here+video bootleg here +audio and video bootleg here
26 Nov 2011
La Riviera, Madrid, Spain

(22 Nov 2011 

Live @ Later with Jools Holland, bootleg)
19 Nov 2011
Orpheum Theatre, SF Bay Area, US
18 Nov 2011
Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, US
17 Nov 2011
Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, US
15 Nov 2011
Beacon Theatre, New York, US
14 Nov 2011
Beacon Theatre, New York, US
12 Nov 2011
Wang Theatre, Boch Center, Boston / Cambridge, US
11 Nov 2011
Academy of Music Philadelphia, USA
08 Nov 2011
Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada
07 Nov 2011
Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada

(05 Nov 2011 

The Mod Club, Toronto, Canada, bootleg)
03 Nov 2011 

BBC radio Theatre, London, bootleg
31 Oct 2011
Roundhouse, London, UK
30 Oct 2011
O2 Forum, Kentish Town, London, UK
29 Oct 2011
Eventim Apollo, London, UK
27 Oct 2011 

Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland (bootleg)
26 Oct 2011
O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK
23 Oct 2011 

Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland +review here

26 Sep 2011 

Radio Deejay Tv acoustic session, Milano, Italia

Radio 105 acoustic session, Milano, Italia

Virgin Radio acoustic session, Milan, Italy

25 Sep 2011 

Rtl 102.5 acoustic session, Milano, Italia

Radio Montecarlo acoustic session, Milano, Italia

25 Mar 2010 

Royal Albert Hall, London, England

26 Mar 2010 

Royal Albert Hall, London, Great Britain

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Noel Gallagher in Milan

Shoot a Hole Into the Sun 

Do the Damage 

(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach 

Everybody's On the Run 

Fade Away 

In the Heat of the Moment 

Lock All the Doors 

Riverman 

The Death of You and Me 

You Know We Can't Go Back 

Champagne Supernova 

Ballad of the Mighty I

Dream On

The Dying of the Light

The Mexican

AKA... Broken Arrow

Digsy's Dinner (lasagna)

If I Had a Gun...

Don't Look Back in Anger

AKA... What a Life!

The Masterplan

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June, Pride month : love between man & woman made the history of music

politically correct ones say love between gays made the history of music... wait a minute : is Elton John so important? 

When a man loves a woman PERCY SLEDGE 

Something THE BEATLES 

How deep is your love (Saturday night fever) BEE GEES 

Angie ROLLING STONES 

Hopelessly devoted to you (Grease) OLIVIA N.JOHN 

Time of my life (Dirty dancing) MEDLEY, JENNIFER WARNES 

I want to know what love is FOREIGNER 

Romeo & Juliet DIRE STRAITS 

Take my breath away (Top Gun) BERLIN 

I don't want to miss a thing (Armageddon) AEROSMITH 

I just can't stop loving you MICHAEL JACKSON, SIEDAH GARRETT

When you say nothing at all (Notting Hill) RONAN KEATING

Delilah TOM JONES

Woman JOHN LENNON

Always BON JOVI

Woman in love BARBRA STREISAND

Unchained melody (Ghost) RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS

I will always love you (Bodyguard) WHITNEY HOUSTON

My heart will go on (Titanic) CELINE DION

Wonderwall OASIS

Whole lotta love LED ZEPPELIN

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White lives matter

some musicians don't always follow the flock of sheep... Spice Girls page posted the Black Out Tuesday bullshit... (and conservative Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet) ...social networks have a marketing purpose, using even dead musicians like George Harrison or Bowie to make money with politics. Indeed many brands use their logo for publicity... ridiculous enough. 

1 Sweet home Alabama LYNYRD SKYNYRD 

2 ELVIS PRESLEY 

3 Cowboy wedding song CLINT EASTWOOD 

4 FRANK SINATRA 

5 Lock all the doors NOEL "more police" GALLAGHER (OASIS) 

6 Layla unplugged ERIC CLAPTON 

7 JOE PERRY (AEROSMITH) 

8 KATE BUSH 

9 DAVID BOWIE 

10 The man THE KILLERS 

11 BRYAN FERRY 

12 ERROL BROWN (HOT CHOCOLATE) 

13 GENE SIMMONS (KISS)

14 Walking away CRAIG DAVID

15 The rite of spring STRAVINSKY

16 God only knows BEACH BOYS

17 Peace sells MEGADETH (DAVE MUSTAINE)

18 RAMONES (JOHNNY RAMONE)

19 Only God knows KID ROCK

20 il Mio canto libero (in English) LUCIO BATTISTI (Bowie's favourite artist)

21 GARY BARLOW (TAKE THAT)

22 R.DALTREY

23 ALICE COOPER

24 Mama SPICE GIRLS

25 Redneck paradise KID ROCK

26 FIFTY CENT

27 Musica ELETTRA LAMBORGHINI

28 G.GRIGNANI

29 NEK

30 RAMMSTEIN

31 RITA PAVONE

32 Zingara IVA ZANICCHI

33 POVIA

34 MARCO VAN BASTEN

35 Fuck Eu BRONSON

Hulk Hogan

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The hypocrisy of Liam Gallagher

LONDON - Let's talk a bit about this "grown" man, boxing fan, "rasta" man who never read a book in his life (but wrote many birds tweets), who clearly had a bad influence from drugs, but luckily is widely considered a fucking idiot.
He continuously attacks Noel Gallagher, oh that's his brother, and his wife Sara MacDonald, and then, as if he said nothing before, requires PEACE and Oasis reunion... obtains nothing and the he starts attacking again... all for his Twitter blinded fans, like a little whore tweeting, seeking for attention. 

He justifies his attacks saying that it's just "BANTER"... good excuse for being a dick. 
He also says he's no celebrity and then behaves just like millionaire Hollywood actors. He's got all the features of the average "dem" demented pacifist, "loving everybody" but then hating almost everybody.  

In the song "The river" he said "don't believe celebrities"... 
Now he posted the trendy "#BlackLivesMatter" bullshit. Until the next trend...
"Some might say" that, but "go and tell it to" the victims of terrorism... 

Terrorists "got dirty dishes on the brain", they still live in Middle Ages. 

So now let's devastate again some Pretty Green shops... and then see Liam saying again he wants to shoot people with a sniper... celebrities hypocrisy against weapons but then with armed bodyguards, walls, police defending them etc
During the years of Obama, police killed more black people than during Trump, but celebrities said nothing... (Obama the Nobel prize for Peace even before being elected, and then bombing).
Also, despite being a minority, blacks kill more.
And, white people killed by police are still many more, 1260 vs 698.

Also consider, so many American policemen are black. And it's not conservative politicians in charge there, both Jacob Frey the mayor of Minneapolis and Tim Walz governor of Minnesota are democrats.

Leftists, failed "fucking communists" (as Noel says), always obtain the opposite effect, now dividing people even more. No wonder they support China...
There was a girl defending her celebrity Liam she doesn't know in person, fan of "legendary" song "Man of Misery"... really misery... using violence even towards his woman Debbie... oh but then Liam is a poor victim of the media...

Then he tells "wanker" to Boris Johnson, who supports gay rights... you're not supposed to say that if you've become politically correct...
The most "hilarious" thing is to see several social networks pages posting "#BlackOutTuesday" hashtag shit (only today eh) with the logo of their brand... useful publicity to sell things...
Celebrities are almost all (apart from Clint Eastwood and a few others) "dem", demented democraP, because they have to sell something (cinema, music etc) to the people and they still think the majority of people are democraP, but the world has changed...
Thank you Liam, for showing us how we should NOT be.

Noel please say again something against criminals and more police needed.

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Gemini musicians

born from 21 May to 21 June 

find me the girl who electrifies the storm NOEL GALLAGHER, OASIS 

Moby Dick JOHN BONHAM solo (LED ZEPPELIN) 

PAUL McCARTNEY (BEATLES) 

The man BRANDON FLOWERS (THE KILLERS) 

(playing on Nic Cester song) ME & MY SISTER, 9 June 

(backing track playing with Oasis) JOHNNY DEPP, 9 June 

MATTHEW BELLAMY (MUSE) 9 June 

Adagio in G minor TOMASO ALBINONI 

This charming man MORRISSEY (THE SMITHS) 

California girls BRIAN WILSON (BEACH BOYS) 

Lolita KELLY JONES (STEREOPHONICS) 

NATALIE PORTMAN, 9 June 

TOM JONES 

Most beautiful girl in the world PRINCE

HARRY NILSSON

Fotoromanza GIANNA NANNINI

I'll fly for you TONY HADLEY (SPANDAU BALLET)

Electric Barbarella NICK RHODES & JOHN TAYLOR (DURAN DURAN)

KYLE MINOGUE

MARIE FREDRIKSSON (ROXETTE)

Speedy Gonzales PAT BOONE

Princess Marina RAY DAVIES (THE KINKS)

Bullit LALO SCHIFRIN

CURTIS MAYFIELD

JIMMY CHAMBERLIN (SMASHING PUMPKINS)

MIKE PORCARO (TOTO)

FRANCIS ROSSI (STATUS QUO)

LIONEL RICHIE

FABRIZIO MORETTI (STROKES)

That's amore DEAN MARTIN CROCETTI

PEGGY LEE

NICK DRAKE

BONNIE TYLER

NANCY SINATRA

BOY GEORGE

io che amo solo te SERGIO ENDRIGO

STEVE VAI

2PAC

NOTORIOUS BIG

LAURYN HILL 

LA TOYA JACKSON

PAULINA RUBIO

ALANIS MORISSETTE

LENNY KRAVITZ

MILES DAVIS

JEWEL

RONNIE WOOD & CHARLIE WATTS (ROLLING STONES)

English rose PAUL WELLER (THE JAM)

BOB DYLAN

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Liam & Lennon Gallagher mix

Thieving magpie (abridged), La gazza ladra (opera), A clockwork orange G.ROSSINI 

Love spreads THE STONE ROSES 

Loaded PRIMAL SCREAM 

Lithium NIRVANA 

C'mon people (we're making it now) RICHARD ASHCROFT 

Jumpin' Jack Flash ROLLING STONES 

People help the people CHERRY GHOST 

Bring me sunshine WILLIE NELSON 

Let me roll it WINGS (Paul McCartney) 

Yesterday THE BEATLES 

All things must pass G.HARRISON 

Hey bulldog BEATLES 

Man I’m only human THE LA'S 

Smash it up THE DAMNED 

Down in the dark MARK LANEGAN, KURT COBAIN 

Disguises THE WHO

I am the key THE LA'S

Man of the world FLEETWOOD MAC

Subterranean homesick blues HARRY NILSSON

Lonesome street BLUR

Many rivers to cross H.NILSSON, J.LENNON

This is music THE VERVE

Bridge over troubled water SIMON & GARFUNKEL

Nagasaki dust FAT WHITE FAMILY

Cactus THE PIXIES

Mirror man CAPTAIN BEEFHEART

The Queen is dead THE SMITHS

Pulse THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS

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Italy re-opens for tourism

lockdown is over, no need of quarantine for tourists. Here is some opera, orchestra, a bit of italo disco, Italian "light music", etcetera. 

La Serenissima RONDò VENEZIANO Venice 

Intermezzo, Cavalleria rusticana MASCAGNI Tuscany 

((trance)) (what a place to be) THE SLP SERGIO PIZZORNO Genoa 

Coming back DJ DADO Milan 

Ho scritto t'amo sulla sabbia FRANCO IV&I seaside 

Va pensiero (opera) VERDI North 

Neanche un minuto di non amore LUCIO BATTISTI (Bowie's favourite artist) Central 

Diamante ZUCCHERO North 

Quella carezza della sera NEW TROLLS Genova 

Se telefonando (Morricone orchestra) MINA North 

Volare, nel blu dipinto di blu (Modugno cover) DAVID BOWIE South 

Spiagge (beaches) ZERO seaside 

Destinazione Paradiso GRIGNANI Milan countryside 

Nel sole (in the sun) AL BANO South

Roma capoccia VENDITTI Rome

Quanno chiove DANIELE Naples

Un momento anche per te RON Pavia countryside 

Nessun dorma (Puccini opera) LUCIANO PAVAROTTI North

Almeno tu nell'universo MIA MARTINI Calabria

Volami nel cuore (fly into my heart) MINA North

Azzurro (blue) ADRIANO CELENTANO Milano

Caruso DALLA North

il Testamento del capitano CORO SAT North mountains, Alps 

Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) Italian anthem (balcony) KASABIAN

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20 reasons to go to Italy

From The Telegraph, with nice photos. It also names Como lake as the most beautiful, where Liam Gallagher is getting married. From 3 June, Italy re-opens for tourism. Now after coronavirus there will probably be less tourists, as everywhere in the world, so will be more peaceful and better. 

 

Twenty reasons we’ll return to Italy, they said. Twenty: is that all? There are 20 paintings that would take me back; 20 restaurants, 20 views, 20 hill towns; 20 of much else besides.
Because no other country has Italy’s riches, its peerless combination of art, culture, food, wine, fashion, opera, people and landscape; nor its vivid blend of the old and new, the beguiling and the beautiful.
Above all Italy has extraordinary variety, not least its art – you don’t like Gothic: then how about the Romanesque or the glories of the ancient world? Not keen on Giotto: then what about Raphael, Michelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci?
And landscape. What other country has Italy’s range, from the Alps in the north to Sicily’s wild uplands in the south by way of Amalfi, the Lakes and the pastoral perfection of Tuscany and Umbria?
We could go on. My list is just a start. Italophiles will have their own variations and additions – if you do, then please leave comments.
In the meantime, here’s to the time we can once again stare in wonder at the Sistine Chapel, walk medieval streets on a balmy summer evening and indulge Italy’s other wonderful and countless pleasures.

1. The Italians
You can’t love a country without, if not loving its people, at least liking them. Obviously we’re dealing in national stereotypes. We also know that Italians often see themselves primarily as Tuscans or Sicilians, say, or Venetians or Neapolitans, rather than Italians. But they’re likeable all the same: realists, cynics even; passionate and noisy, but also formal and conservative; pragmatic and self-reliant; spontaneous and gregarious, and with a sensual appreciation of the finer things in life – and no wonder in a country where the finer things in life are so widespread.

2. Glorious gardens
Gardens are everywhere in Italy, from the villas of the Veneto and Italian Lakes in the north to the olives-shaded estates of Tuscany and lemon-scented courtyards of Sicily in the south. Personal favourites include Ninfa (frcaetani.it), south of Rome; Hanbury (giardinihanbury.com) near Ventimiglia; the Villa Carlotta (villacarlotta.it) on Lake Como; La Mortella (lamortella.org) on Ischia; and the weird and wonderful Tarot Gardens (ilgiardinodeitarocchi.it) in northern Lazio. Visit grandigiardini.it for details of other major gardens open to the public.

3. Historic small towns
Cities might seem Italy’s thing – Rome, Florence and Venice, with Milan and Naples close behind – but it’s the surfeit of beautiful small towns that make up much of the country’s appeal. Tuscany and Umbria have them in abundance, but every region has its star turns: favourites include Sulmona in the Abruzzo; Enna, Erice and Noto in Sicily; Matera in Basilicata; Tropea in Calabria; Ostuni in Puglia; Ascoli Piceni in the Marche; Ravenna in Emilia-Romagna; Camogli in Liguria. The list is long...

4. The outdoors
Italy is a country to be relished indoors – all those churches and galleries – but also outdoors. Its ski resorts are world-class – think Alta Badia, Courmayeur and Cervinia. You can canoe, sail, kayak and dive on the Lakes or off Sicily, Sardinia, the Cinque Terre and Amalfi Coast. Or indulge in gentle hikes and bike rides in Tuscany and Umbria or multi-day treks and circuits on long-distance trails in the Alps and beyond. And how about paragliding in Umbria (sarnanoturismo.it), white-water rafting in Calabria (raftingfiumelao.com) or tracking wolves in the Abruzzo (wildlifeadventures.it)?

5. A beautiful language
Everything sounds better in Italian. It’s the language of love, of music, and nothing comes close if you want to get worked up about something. Even the banal comes out with a singsong beauty, so even if you barely understand a word, the background babble of Italian in any setting is one more reminder that you are in a delightful country. And unlike some nationalities one could mention – that’ll be the FRENCH – the Italians love you making an effort, however dreadful, to speak their language. 

6. The lure of the Lakes
Poets and painters have celebrated the Italian Lakes for centuries, and no wonder, for they represent some of Europe’s loveliest landscapes. Luxuriant gardens and idyllic villages scatter their mild-weathered shores, with the wooded slopes and snow-capped peaks of the Alps as backdrop. Maggiore and Garda are the most visited, Como the most beautiful; Iseo and Orta the quietest. 

7. Opera
Opera’s roots are Italian, as are most of its greatest composers – Verdi, Rossini, Puccini, Monteverdi, Bellini, Donizetti [also Vivaldi, Mascagni, Albinoni, Pergolesi, Ponchielli, etcetera]. Italy also has two of the world’s best-known opera houses – La Scala and La Fenice – but beautiful theatres are also found in Bologna, Palermo, Treviso, Prato and Ferrara. Seasonal festivals proliferate, notably the Festival dell’Arena in Verona (arena.it), the Festival Verdi in Parma (teatroregioparma.it); the Festival Puccini (puccinifestival.it) near Lucca; the Macerata Opera Festival (sferisterio.it) in the Marche; and the Rossini Opera Festival (rossinioperafestival.it) in Pesaro.

8. A world-class cuisine
Not French [which is derived from Italy], not fancy, but somehow perfect – Italian food is healthy; the ingredients – meat, fish, fruit, vegetables – are fresh; the quality is first-rate; there is huge regional variety – dumplings and strudel near the Austrian border, couscous and Arab-style peppers down in Sicily – and the cooking methods are quick and simple. The principal staple – pasta – is endlessly versatile; the fast food – pizza – has no peers; and as for pudding, where would we be without ice cream? (gelato). And OASIS lasagna ^^

9. A way with drinks
No one is pretending Italian wine is the world’s best [but it was often elected the best one], though recent years have seen the emergence of innovative new producers and some groundbreaking wines. Old names have been revitalised (Chianti, Valpolicella, Soave), taking their place alongside wines that have long been revered (Barolo, Barbaresco, Brunello). Sicily is an emerging powerhouse, so too Franciacorte in Lombardy and Bolgheri on the Tuscan coast. If the wine doesn’t please, there are spirits, liqueurs and aperitifs – grappa, Cinzano, Campari, limoncello, Sambuca – and some celebrated cocktails (Negronis, Bellinis).

10. The cult of coffee
These days we can buy our lattes, espressos, macchiatos and cappuccinos almost anywhere in the world, but where do the words, and the drinks, come from – Italy, of course. Great coffee is a given in any Italian bar, and has been for decades, long before the arrival of Starbucks and other upstarts. Indulge in the associated rituals for the full Italian experience – standing at the bar, not sitting, for example; latte in a glass (al vetro) in Rome and elsewhere; and never touching a cappuccino after noon…

11. Mountains
Plenty of countries have mountains, but only Italy has the Dolomites, Europe’s most dramatic upland region. You could make claims for the Pyrenees but they lack the distinctive spires and rock pinnacles of the Dolomites’ many and jumbled massifs. And only Italy has Mount Etna, Europe’s highest and most active volcano, and not one but two great ranges: the Alps and the long central spine of the Apennines, still the haunt of wolves and bears and landscapes that range from Tuscany’s jagged Alpi Apuane to the immense wilderness of the Abruzzo.

12. Fashion
Like everyone, the Italians have discovered cheap leisurewear, and sartorial standards are not what they were in the land of Armani, Valentino, Prada, Versace, Schiaparelli, Pucci, Gucci, Fendi, Ferragamo and more. That said, the Italians still value the notion of la bella figura – of cutting a fine figure – and can always turn on the style. You can buy, or window shop the big names in the main streets of Milan, Florence and other major cities, but don’t overlook smaller centres such as Como for silk, Biella for cashmere and Cogne for lace.

13. Architecture
You’d need several lifetimes to embrace Italy’s extraordinary architectural heritage. Every Italian town has a treasure: a Romanesque, Gothic or Baroque church; an abbey; a Roman or Etruscan monument; a lovely medieval piazza; a Renaissance palace. That’s before the country’s big set pieces, such as its great religious buildings – St Peter’s, St Mark’s and the cathedrals of Milan, Florence, Siena and Orvieto; or the many masterpieces of the ancient world and the sumptuous ducal palaces of Venice, Mantua and Urbino.

14. Venice
The world would be an infinitely poorer place without Rome or Florence, but a world without Venice? Of course it’s a city with problems, but you can easily escape its more troubling elements. Venice casts its spell year round, so visit in winter; walk to the fringes, far from St Mark’s, to San Nicolò dei Mendicoli in the west, Madonna dell’Orto in the north; explore the empty, echoing alleys at night; and spend a week here, more if you can, to uncover a sense of the living city beyond its superficial image.

15. Island escapes
Italy’s mainland is such a patchwork of fine landscapes that it’s easy to overlook its islands. Not the obvious ones like Capri, but those such as the Isole Tremiti off Puglia, still little known to outsiders; and Ponza, a beautiful bolt hole for Romans in the know; or Capraia and Elba, close to the Tuscan mainland; and the Aeolian and Egadi islands – Lipari and Marettimo in particular – off the Sicilian coast.

16. Coastal gems
Italy is not all superlatives. Its beaches, for example – save in Sardinia – are not the best. But it does have sublime stretches of coastline. Amalfi and the Cinque Terre are the most celebrated but there are quieter but almost equally beautiful alternatives, especially in the South. In Puglia, make for the Gargano and Salento, two peninsulas of cliffs, crescent sands and turquoise seas, and in Campania, south of Naples, head for the Cilento, a wild, rocky enclave scattered with lovely villages such as Acciaroli, Agropoli and Santa Maria di Castellabate.

17. Galleries galore
Italy’s has more than its share of world-class art galleries – the Uffizi in Florence, the Accademia in Venice, the Brera in Milan and the Vatican’s collections in Rome. But even apparently modest Italian towns have paintings that would have star billing elsewhere. Perugia’s Galleria Nazionale, for example, full of Umbrian masterpieces; or the Carrara in Bergamo; the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino; the Galleria Regionale in Palermo, the Pinacoteca in Siena; the Museo Civico in Vicenza and many more.

18. Art on the ground

Art galleries are one thing but in Italy, more than any other European country, exceptional art is still found in the places for which it was commissioned. The Sistine Chapel and Leonardo’s Last Supper are the most famous examples, but what about the Basilica di San Francesco in Assisi, where Giotto, Cimabue and Simone Martini changed the course of Western art? Or Signorelli in Orvieto cathedral, Masaccio in Florence’s Cappella Brancacci and Giotto – again – in the Cappella Scrovegni in Padua?

19. The ancient world
Other countries can lay claim to the odd Roman ruin – an amphitheatre here, a Hadrian’s Wall there – and Greece has no shortage of monuments to its ancient past. But Italy combines Greek ruins – notably Sicily’s 2,000-year-old temples and theatres – with countless remains from 1,000 years of Roman history. Pompeii stands alone among the latter, followed by the greatest monuments of Rome itself, the Colosseum and Pantheon, but countless towns have memorials to a Roman past – a theatre (Aosta), an aqueduct (Spoleto), an arena (Verona). 

20. Tuscany
Of course it’s a cliché, but what a cliché. Everything that goes to make the good life is here: urbane towns and cities filled with art and culture – Florence, Siena and Lucca and smaller gems such as Pienza, Sovana and Cortona; fine food; excellent wine; and a variety of exquisite landscapes, from the vineyards of Chianti and pastoral hills of the Val d’Orcia to the islands of Elba and Capraia and the mountains of the Orecchiella and Alpi Apuane.

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Record Store Day 2020

3 June Italy re-opens to tourists and Oasis lasagna, no quarantine needed as we anticipated. 

It's anticipatiiion of this summer, more important this year as there are no summer concerts nor festivals in the world. 

Hard times NIC CESTER & THE WORLD (I also played on it) 

Village (new) PAUL WELLER 

People are strangers (new) ZELLA DAY 

The glow (isolation piano, new) DMA'S 

Mona Lisa (new lost song) THE VERVE, dedicated to the French who want to sell her 

Lockdown (acoustic at home) THE S.L.P. SERGIO PIZZORNO 

Up in the sky (acoustic) OASIS dedicated to the useless, harmful EU... 

Through the barricades SPANDAU BALLET 

1984 DAVID BOWIE 

Never (new) CANOVA 

Eh la LIAM GALLAGHER playing guitar 

Eyes on the horizon NIC CESTER & THE WORLD (I also played on it) 

Better be home soon (lockdown cover) DMA'S 

Fire in bone (new) THE KILLERS (band born thanks to Oasis)

The glow (new) DMA'S

Lockdown SLP SERGIO PIZZORNO

Caution (new) THE KILLERS

re-reading Orwell's 1984 nowadays is different from when you had to read it at school in the 80's, there's a kind of Spandau Ballet vibe, which is ironic 'cause this song is from 1986. Though there's no "big love" on the horizon. I mean especially in Italy, "...we'll cross the lines and dance upon the streets... there's a scar right through my heart but I'll bare it again... oh I don't know where love has gone, and in this troubled land desperatiiiion keeps us strong... It's a terrible beauty we've made... so we make our love on wasteland"

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My father in concerto, 1977

opera and classica concerto. The language of music is in Italian (tempo, troppo, allegro, andante, adagio etc). Orchestra was always an obsession for Potato (because considered the top of music, not "songs" but BEYOND biblical), from Whatever to Everybody's on the run, indeed on Oasis first album Definitely Maybe they were watching Leone cinema with Morricone music, a mission statement (in fact Liam was dead like a spaghetti western cowboy). Nowadays Noel lost himself thinking he was doing something new.

Here is Vivaldi (Four Seasons like Milan hotel where Oasis were in 97 ;), Verdi, Rossini, Puccini, Mascagni, Pergolesi, Donizetti, Albinoni, Toscanini (direttore), Bellini, Ponchielli, etcetera. 

Here are also some relaxing songs, indeed our dad used them to fall asleep at night. 

He taught me how to play, a great feeling 'cause you feel the power to control the whole church. Godlike, biblical :) 

Live @ a seaside church, Saint Martino in Toirano. 

It's a very familiar and meaningful music to me and will always remind us of him

Toccata and fuga in D minor (not complete) ->2:20, Bach

2:22 Ciacona in C minor BWV159 ->9:46, Buxtehude

9:50 Prelude and fuga in G minor BWV 149 Buxtehude

14:39 Lobt Gott, ihr Christen allzugleich BWV202 ->16:24, Buxtehude

Concerto n.10 in D minor, allegro, Händel

Voluntary 5 in D major, John Stanley

27:24 Assisi Templi in Limine ->33:36, Cesare Chiesa

Op. 25 – Suite Gothique pour grand orgue, Boëllmann

33:37 Introduction-choral

35:08 Menuet gothique

37:30 Prière à Notre-Dame

40:58 Toccata ->44:30

Chorale Prelude: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622, Bach

48:51 Fuga in E Flat Major BWV 552 St. Anne ->55:31, Bach

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Oasis book Some might say

some songs/bands named in the book by Richard Bowes. It's a new good book, but there are several mistakes. Here are some. 

First of all, "Oasis spiritual home" is not vaguely "South America" in general, but as Noel said : "Noel refers to Italy as Oasis spiritual home and anyone who has been to an Oasis gig in Italy will know why. It’s fitting they have chosen Milan to stage the final show..."(from Oasis official site) 

As the author says, he wasn't to all their gigs, probably neither in Italy.
From a political point of view, the book makes some "lefty" reference, as about Noel with Blair in 1997. But then it's incomplete. What do English people and Noel think about Blair later and today? The writer just says from the interview the day after September 11 on, Oasis were "entertaining". But Liam was angry against Arabs because of "his" New York, Noel still supported Blair during Iraq war. 

About the end of Oasis, of course it's been said a lot. What it's been politicalcorrectly not said, is about Bloc Party idiots happy for it in Paris where Oasis split up (no "unsavoury racist connotations", we just never liked them and both Liam and Noel were right insulting them, "shit", "should wash", etc). Is it allowed to dislike them or you must like them "because he's black"? (their race card to play).

The Gallaghers were very politically incorrect, that's not considered a "lefty" thing... "They were simpler times"... now with politically correct it's shite times.
Right, The Guardian were not big fans of Oasis... Noel would say "fucking communists".
The author rightly says Up In The Sky is the first Brexit anthem, yes appropriate with the Eu stars in the sky, not living in the real world... 

Then the writer often talks about Noel copying songs... but later he seems surprised when he copies... that is "part and parcel" of being Noel Gallagher.
Reading the book what it seems the author means is that Noel always wanted to go solo (right) so he's justified... no it's even worse, killing Oasis was willful, intended, masterplanned before, looking for an excuse to do it. Indeed during the years he said many excuses, ending even with eloquent : don't know why I left Oasis.

And reading, it seems like Sara is an angel...
The first "Noeless" gig (apart from very early Oasis) was in Milan in 2000 but Noel didn't go back to England... they were in Barcelona and he went to close Ibiza (as we used to do, but the other islands) where he met Sara in a disco... (galeotto fu)... that's of fundamental importance in the "story" (he was still married with Meg). Ibiza too filled with trannies (Noel is one too, becoming another person...). I remember 'cause also my first girlfriend was a Pr like her. And during the concert they DID play Acquiesce, with the crowd doing Noel's chorus. 

StopCryingYourHeartOut is far from being the best site, as they often avoid publishing things about Liam and Noel attacking each other, telling everything about them. And there's a space for comments but they don't accept them. Best Oasis website can't be a serious one mincing words but only attacking and free to say whatever.

Milano concert in 1995 was not a festival and not in piazza Stuparich, it was at Rolling Stone disco, with Bluvertigo band supporting, friends with my first girl

here is the photographer (Michael Spencer Jones) of Oasis albums talking 

Step into my world HURRICANE#1
Better let you know (covered by early Oasis) TWO 4 U
Pictures of Matchstick Men STATUS QUO (Rossi)
Scorpio rising DEATH IN VEGAS & LIAM GALLAGHER
Atomic SLEEPER
My own dream (lock all the doors) REAL PEOPLE
Shoot down PRODIGY & GALLAGHERS
Golden brown STRANGLERS
Love me and leave me THE SEAHORSES (Liam co-writer)
Only the strongest will survive HURRICANE#1
A little less conversation (2002 remix) ELVIS PRESLEY
Mama weer all crazee now SLADE (vinyl)
Shine a light ROLLING STONES
Heaven knows REAL PEOPLE
Saturn 5 INSPIRAL CARPETS
Feel the pain REAL PEOPLE
Love will tear us apart JOY DIVISION
some chapters titles :
I carry madness everywhere I go (acoustic with Liam) @AndrewPiranBell
A little space, a little time, see what it can do (demo) GEM ARCHER
All my life I tried to find another way (acoustic) OASIS & REAL PEOPLE
Feed your head with all the things you need when you're hungry
Some might say (Mtv unplugged 1996 Liam)

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Oasis in Milan 1996

before Manchester's Maine Road stadium. Palalido Milano, the second live after Rolling Stone disco 1995 with Bluvertigo band as support, friends with my first girlfriend. 

The Swamp Song - 0:15 

Acquiesce - 3:36 

Supersonic - 7:29 

Hello - 12:32 

Some Might Say - 15:36 

Roll With It - 20:50 

Shakermaker - 25:15 

Morning Glory - 30:14 

Cigarettes & Alcohol - 34:33 

Champagne Supernova - 39:04 

Whatever - 48:03 

It's Better People - 52:25 

Wonderwall - 56:00 

Don't Look Back In Anger - 1:00:33 

Live Forever - 1:05:11 

I Am The Walrus - 1:10:00

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The return to the pub (after virus)

9 June, Pretty Green, Johnny Depp, Natalie Portman, Matthew Bellamy from Muse, me and my sister's birthdays. How the world will look like. 

Taste of honey (historical football radio opening in Italy) HERB ALPERT 

Lockdown THE SLP SERGIO PIZZORNO 

Fade away OASIS LIAM GALLAGHER (backing vocals) J.DEPP (guitar) KATE MOSS (tambourine) 

Believe me Natalie THE KILLERS 

These people (video) RICHARD ASHCROFT 

Underneath the sky (and as we drink to ourselves, we'll amuse ourselves) OASIS

Start me up ROLLING STONES

Strange dreams (quarantine acoustic version) NIC CESTER & MILANO ELETTRICA

Nobody told me (strange days indeed) LENNON

Saturday night SUEDE

Birdland (Milano da bere, non #milanononsiferma del sindaco Salam) WEATHER REPORT

Fade in out (instrumental backing track) OASIS, J.DEPP (slide guitar)

Libiamo ne' lieti calici (let's drink in joyful cups) PAVAROTTI+BOCELLI+GIORGIA+BRYAN ADAMS (VERDI opera)

Un momento anche per te RON

Lucky man (lockdown video with final release) THE VERVE

No more Catholics (scene) TRAINSPOTTING 2

Earth beat WELLER

Threesome CANOVA

Fuck EU . BRONSON

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10 albums influence

there’s a new “challenge” among musicians, picking 10 albums that influenced them. 

The rain song LED ZEPPELIN (vinyl) 

one classica / opera - Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana MASCAGNI 

one greatest hits - Cuts like a knife BRYAN ADAMS 

God knows NIC CESTER & THE MILANO ELETTRICA 

Beautiful ones SUEDE 

one disco / dream - One & one (vinyl mix) ROBERT MILES CONCINA 

Here is no why SMASHING PUMPKINS 

Human nature MICHAEL JACKSON (written by PORCARO) 

Lucky man THE VERVE 

Hello OASIS / GARY GLITTER

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Bocelli antivirus Easter concerto

the only possible concert in the world. He also sang for Pizzorno-Ranieri Leicester City champions. 

Panis Angelicus 

Ave Maria 

Sancta Maria (from the amazing Cavalleria Rusticana intermezzo by Mascagni) 

Domine Deus 

Amazing Grace (going outside Milano Duomo cathedral)

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Brexit war

Liam about the military parka : every time you put one on, you feel like you're fucking going to a war...
intro : Narcissus, recruitment (Cannon fodder) R.JOSEPH, A.BRIMBLE
Braveheart J.HORNER 

We'll meet again (named by the Queen in her address to nation) VERA LYNN 

il Silenzio (Italian military silence) N.ROSSO 

Star wars J.WILLIAMS 

Marcia trionfale G. VERDI (also used @ the stadium) 

Pomp and circumstance (Land of hope & glory) E.ELGAR also in Oasis' Falling Down video

A day in the life THE BEATLES 

Slide away OASIS 

War has never been so much fun (Cannon fodder) J.HARE 

War (Rocky Balboa, Stallone) V. DICOLA

Narcissus different version, with vocals J.HARE

Soldier on OASIS (final album, atomic bomb)

Happiness is a warm gun THE BEATLES

Chinatown (Gas panic mix) happiness is still a warm gun, what's a European? me I just believe in the sun LIAM GALLAGHER

The battle of Evermore LED ZEPPELIN

Brexit (Oasis double intro) CANOVA

il Testamento del Capitano (alpine) MINA

Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) Italian anthem G.MAMELI, M.NOVARO

God save the Queen (Great Britain anthem) H.CAREY

more countries to become allies, Usa, Russia, Japan with us

coronavirus version of Risiko, third world war. 

useless, harmful EU and German sons of Italian beach lifeguards. 

Germany the first infected spreading the virus to Italy from Bayern and blocking masks with Turkey (not to mention French clowns)
It's 2,000 years they wanna be like Latins and conquer Europe : as Barbarians (most of the time), then Nazi, now bankers, but they always fail.

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