Noel Gallagher has told NME that Oasis aren't planning to release any new material until at least 2007 - and it may be as late as 2010 (is it ever going to be 2010? That sounds like a year from a sci-fi movie) before a new album is released.
He said: "We're touring till next March, and I'd have thought by February we'll be sick of the sight of each other. We'll probably have the rest of that year out, and Liam will write 500 songs, Gem (Archer) and Andy (Bell) will write a few and I'll go back to the ones I haven't finished off.
He continued: "We never make plans. We haven't got a record deal now anyway. We're out of a deal, which is a great position to be in. So we're gonna have to find a new record deal that suits us, that's where we're at, and then...we don't like to rush things. 'Be Here Now' was rushed, 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants' was rushed, and it's kind of like, 'If it takes five years for the album to come out, I'm not arsed.' As long as it comes out, it'll be alright. 'Definitely Maybe' took fucking five years to make. And in that five years I wrote the first two albums, so you've got to figure that out for yourself."
He also denied the rumour that a greatest hits is scheduled for a release: "This is from the horse's mouth - we will only do a best of when we split up. The only thing we've got that might be in the pipeline next year will be another B-sides album, all the B-sides from 'Standing...' to this lot. I never understood the Manics and Blur putting out Best Ofs - I mean, what the fuck's all that about? It's kind of saying that whatever you're gonna do from there on is not gonna be your best. We'll put out a best of when we stop. No best of or singles album until it's done and dusted."