Noel Gallagher has said that the recent acoustic shows that he played to promote Oasis' best of album have inspired him to be more ambitious on his band's next studio album. Speaking to NME.com, he said: "All the tunes I've written recently have been on the kind of acoustic side, you know? But for the next record I really fancy doing a record where we just completely throw the kitchen sink at it. We haven't done that since [1997's] 'Be Here Now'. I'd like to get, like, a 100-piece orchestra and choirs and all that stuff. I think since [2000's] 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants' we've been trying to prove a point of just bass, drums, guitar and vocals and nothing fancy. But I kind of like fancy! I'd like to make an absolutely fucking colossal album. You know? Like literally two orchestras, stuff like that".
Sounds good to me. I think I'm right in saying there's a bigger interview with Noel in this week's NME, though don't go quoting me on that.