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Scan From The iTunes Festival Programme




















I scanned and typed up a page from the iTunes London Festival programme that I got when I attended the Roudhouse on Tuesday.

It was available for free at the venue and was also given away inside the London Evening Standard last month.

Oasis





With a capacity of 3,000, the Roundhouse isn't exactly tiny, but for Liam and Noel it's a small room, so this should count as a real treat.

Some 15 years, eight number ones and 50 million album sales since Definitely Maybe defined a era, Oasis have never been more worthy of the title of people's band - winning a Brit award for outstanding contribution to British music last year and, with Dig Out Your Soul, proving they are still capable of making music that makes grown men clasp each other in beery hugs and shout "C'mon!".

Just to wet your appetite for this one, last time Oasis played the Roundhouse, at the BBC Electric Proms, everyone agreed it was the most vital and visceral performance Liam and Noel had given for years.

The Enemy



Oasis are going to have to work to keep that people's band title - Coventry three-piece The Enemy, born of seething provincial frustration and old Jam, Manics and Clash records, reek of the real thing.

Tom Clarke sings in the authentic tones of English working class angst, "toilets that smell of desperation" and "Takeaway wrappers" that make up a nation's soul.

The fine Music For The People, album number two, has consolidated their position as the most stirring band of the decade.

Noel Gallagher's Celebrity Playlist
(edited version of the PLAYLIST, that was released on November 25th 2008)

More details and tracks can be found by clicking here.

1. Aphrodite's Child - The Four Horsemen
"An absolute lost psychedelic classic fronted and sang by the '70's housewives' choice - Demis Roussos - everything else he done was utter sh*te!!"

The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Infra Riot
"The opening track from the album Behind The Music. The album of the decade. (FACT)"

The Doors - Back Door Man
"We always forget just how good the Doors were. Could've picked maybe a dozen classics. This one will do for now."

Michael Andrews - The Artifact and Living
"It's that piano piece from the Ford Mondeo advert. Beautiful."

Elvis Presley -Moody Blue
"The King. 'Nuff said."

The Devendra Banhart remix of '(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady' and the Liam Gallagher-penned 'I Believe In All' and 'The Boy With The Blues' are now available to buy on iTunes.

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