Talking of big new releases, Noel Gallagher has been talking about the new Oasis album, which is currently scheduled for a 16 May release. He told Radio 1 that the album is the band's best since their early work. All band members - Noel, Liam, guitarist Gem Archer and bassist Andy Bell - have worked on the album which, Noel reckons, is one of the reasons why it is so good.
Noel: "The finished album is my favourite one of the last four.
Because we're all contributing to the songwriting there's a different feel to it. In fact the only songs that sound like
Oasis are Andy Bell's funnily enough. The most interesting thing will be when you hear Liam's songs. They are very, very good.
A song called 'Guess God Thinks I'm Able' - the end 30 seconds will blow you away. It's great."
As for the first single release, well it's still up for debate: "There was an obvious first single but I was singing it. After 12 years of Oasis, Liam thought that might sound a bit odd, people might think he'd left the band. He threw his cans out the pram."