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Bacharach Song Inspired Half The World Away

Bacharach Song Inspired Half The World Away - Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher has openly admitted plagiarising a Burt Bacharach hit for his B-side Half The World Away.

The Lyla guitarist has often been accused of being too heavily influenced by The Beatles and T-Rex, but he has no qualms about revealing his pilfering of the Bacharach/Hal David composed song This Guy's In Love With You. He says, "It sounds exactly the same. I'm surprised he hasn't sued me yet."

Gillespie: 'Gallagher Advised Primal Scream To Change

Gillespie: 'Gallagher Advised Primal Scream To Change - Rocker Bobby Gillespie credits Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher with persuading Primal Scream to return to a classic rock sound on their new album.

Primal Scream's latest album Riot City Blues has a completely different sound to the two albums, Xtrmntr and Evil Heat which preceded it.

Gillespie explains, "I'm happy that people still talk about (Primal Scream's 1991 album) Screamadelica. "Not so long ago I stayed up all night with Liam Gallagher and he was telling me how much he liked that record."He said, Xtrmnr and Evil Heat are all hate, Bob, but Screamadelica there's a lot of love on that record.' He was right.

"There's a lot of love on our new record, too, and Liam definitely influenced that."

Just Noel's Luck

Just Noel's Luck - Noel Gallagher arrived back in his seat, beer in hand, having just missed Joe Cole's long-range dipping volley that put England 1-0 up against Sweden.

The Oasis guitarist and songwriter's ill-timed exit reopened the perennial debate among football fans: what's more important - drinking or watching the game?

Noel On This Week's Chris Moyles Podcast

Noel On This Week's Chris Moyles Podcast - Check out this week's Best Of Moyles Podcast Noel Gallagher talks Oasis, Celebrity X Factor and Yorkshire Tea !

Myspace Prank Fools Alan McGee

Myspace Prank Fools Alan McGee - New Zealander Zane Lowe, was one of the top British music brass to be fooled by a bogus band on the myspace website.

British rock'n'roll bible Q pulled the stunt by persuading a work-experience student and two of his mates to become the band Hope Against Hope and a demo was downloaded onto the website.

Through myspace the band got in contact with Lowe, a DJ on Radio One and a music TV host who is one of the most influential people in British music.

Popular band the Editors also became "friends" with the band.

But it was music guru Alan McGee (the man who discovered Oasis) who was the biggest fish to bite when he offered the band a gig spot at his Death Disco club.

Q's deputy editor Gareth Grundy said, "You don't really expect you're going to get an offer of a gig from the man who signed Oasis for a band that doesn't exist. I'd call that quite a result."

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch recently bought myspace for $580 million and its power came to light when the site helped make the Arctic Monkeys' debut album the fastest-selling in British pop music history.