Oasis won the Top Rock prize at TOTP award.

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According to HMV Japan, Song Bird will be released on 3rd Feb 2002.
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Oasis can now confirm the full line up for their sell out December UK Tour. The shows see the band ending their mammoth World Tour that began in Los Vegas in April.

Oasis play the Stuttgart, Messe B tonight and finish the German part of the current European leg on the 5th December in Bremen.

Support slots are as follows;

8 Dec Cardiff c.i.a - the bandits
9 Dec Cardiff c.i.a - the bandits
11 Dec Brighton, Centre - The Electric Soft Parade
12 Dec Plymouth, Pavilions - the bandits
14 Dec Sheffield, Arena - the bandits
16 Dec Liverpool,Royal court - The Stand
18 Dec Birmingham,NIA - the bandits
19 Dec Birmingham,NIA - Ocean Colour Scene

Former Oasis drummer, Tony McCarroll, has lost his bid to sue the band's lawyers over his sacking because he took too long to start legal action.

McCarroll, a founding member of the Manc rock goliaths, claims that solicitors Statham Gill Davies had negligently handled Oasis' 1993 recording contract with Sony, allowing the band to sack him without any compensation.

London's High Court, awarding summary judgement to the solicitors without the need for a full trial, said McCarroll had failed to bring his claim within the legal limit of six years from the date his cause of action arose.

According to Reuters, the judge noted that McCarroll had "failed to point out that the effect of the Sony agreement was that the name Oasis was owned by the Gallagher brothers and left him vulnerable to instant dismissal without compensation."

"My conclusion is that the claimant did suffer relevant and measurable damage at the date when the Sony agreement was executed. It follows that the cause of action accrued more than six years before these proceedings were issued," he said.

McCarroll, who formed Oasis with schoolmates Liam Gallagher, Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs and Paul McGuigan, was still with the band when their 1994 debut, 'Definitely Maybe', reached the top of the UK album charts.

The judge said the former drummer had already won a "modest lump sum" from Oasis over royalties for material released before his 1995 ejection.

Oasis have gone on to sell over 29 million albums worldwide but only brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher remain from the band's original line-up.

Noel Gallagher claims his relationship with brother Liam has disintegrated so dramatically, that the Oasis wildman is "no longer one of us".

Noel's revelation that his younger brother now thinks he's Elvis Presley, comes amid speculation that the pair have not actually spoken in weeks, as they tour Europe.

In an interview with an Italian newspaper, Noel explained how severely the relationship between the band and Liam had deteriorated.

He said: "As far as the other guys from Oasis and me think, he's no longer one of us. We haven't spoken for weeks. I can't be bothered to deal with the ego of someone who thinks he's a big star".

He is above everything because he thinks he's Elvis Presley, said Noel, after Liam failed to show for a soundcheck at a concert in Milan recently.

He concluded: "We don't consider him an important element of the band, whereas he thinks he is. He talks and talks but what he says is of no interest to me or the band."

ROBBIE WILLIAMS has beaten OASIS' record in selling out two dates at Knebworth - selling out in just seven hours, beating the Gallaghers record by two hours. In order to satisfy demand Robbie has added a third date on 1 August 2003 in addition to dates on the 2 and 3 August at Knebworth in Hertfordshire.

The new date is the latest edition to a 16-date European tour which also sees him taking in Edinburgh and Dublin.

The news is bound to reignite animosity between Robbie and the Gallaghers which has frequently boiled over since Liam dismissed Robbie as a 'fat dancer'. Oasis sold 250,000 tickets in 1996 to their Knebworth shows - although over two million attempted to buy them.

The first LIAM GALLAGHER-penned OASIS single 'SONGBIRD' is to be released in 2003, NME.COM can reveal.

The track, which has become a fan favourite, and covered live by Coldplay's Chris Martin, is tentatively scheduled for January via Big Brother.

Alongside 'Better Man' and 'Born On A Different Cloud', 'Songbird' is considered Liam's most commercial effort on their current album 'Heathen Chemistry'.

Oasis are currently in Europe on tour, and return to the UK in December for a string of dates, which have all sold out.

Video footage of NOEL GALLAGHER, CHRIS MARTIN and MS DYNAMITE at the 'FAIR PLAY' charity concert in LONDON is available online.

'Fair Play' (October 29) was organised by Emily Eavis, the daughter of Glastonbury founder Michael. The show was intended to raise cash and awareness for Oxfam, helping to raise the profile of their Make Trade Fair campaign.

The bill featured Lamb, Idlewild, Noel Gallagher and Coldplay, who were billed as featuring 'special guests'.

The Oxfam website is currently hosting video footage of Gallagher playing 'Wonderwall', as well as Martin and Dynamite performing 'Dy-na-mi-tee' and Chris and Noel doing 'Yellow'. The final clip shows Martin and Jonny Buckland performing 'In My Place'.

To see the footage, click here.

LIAM and NOEL GALLAGHER have fallen out again, NME.COM can reveal - and the brothers are no longer on speaking terms. The falling-out between the brothers happened almost six weeks ago when Liam stormed offstage at the beginning of an Oasis gig in Japan.

Liam had bowed out of the gig at Fukuoka Kokusai Center after he said his voice had packed in. But Noel reacted furiously and is still blaming his younger brother for leaving him to sing a solo set.

Noel told NME.COM: "Liam had been whingeing about his monitors all the way through the tour, really bitching. After the fourth song, 'cMorning Glory', I said to him 'Are you gonna fucking shut up for the rest of the fucking year, or are you gonna carry on moaning you moaning bastard?'. He looked at me really weirdly and threw his tambourine on the floor like a woman, then walked off."

At first, Noel assumed Liam would return. But he had gone for the night. Noel added: "The tour manager said he had gone, so I thought: 'You fucking wanker'. They got Liam on the phone and there was just this torrent of abuse. I haven't spoken to him since. Not a word. It's probably best that way, until the tour is finished. Because if I did, I would probably knock him out.

"If he walks into a room, I'll walk out because I think he fucking let us down. I don't mind if he's got a sore throat, but not if he just wantonly has a diva fit on stage because his elder brother tells him to stop moaning. Because if everyone at the gig sees the singer having a bad time, they think: should I be having a good time or a bad time?"

It is 50 years since the NME published the first ever UK singles chart - on November 14, 1952.

In this week's issue, on sale in London today (November 12) and the rest of the UK tomorrow, we reveal our Top 100 singles that have touched us deepest over the last half century.

And right here we are giving YOU the chance to tell us what you think is missing from the list, by voting for the 101st best single.

Our list is not based on sales. It's simply the singles that have touched us deepest, the 100 singles of the last half-century that have indelibly marked our souls. Voted for by NME staff, our chart brings together innovators, outsiders, superstars, people in torment and people on top of the world. Artists, in other words, with nothing in common but the immortality of their music.

To read the full Top 100, you'll have to buy the NME, but here we bring you the cream of the crop that made the Top Ten in our list:

1. Joy Division - 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
2. Nirvana - 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'
3. The Sex Pistols - 'Anarchy In The UK'
4. The Rolling Stones - 'Paint It, Black'
5. David Bowie - 'Heroes'
6. The Stone Roses - 'Fools Gold'
7. The Smiths - 'This Charming Man'
8. Oasis - 'Live Forever'
9. Massive Attack - 'Unfinished Sympathy'
10. The Clash - 'London Calling'

Once you've seen the whole 100 in all its glory

* Supersonic No.34

PAUL WELLER is to release a live DVD in December featuring two live concerts from HYDE PARK and 'LATER... WITH JOOLS HOLLAND'. The DVD, 'Paul Weller Live - Two Classic Performances', features last July's two-hour show from Hyde Park in front of 22,000 fans, which featured special guest appearances from Jocelyn Brown, Carleen Anderson and Kelly Jones from Stereophonics.

The hour-long unplugged performance from 'Later...', recorded last Christmas, saw him perform material from his Jam and Style Council days for the first time in a decade, plus guest performances from Noel Gallagher, who joined him for 'That's Entertainment' and Jools Holland, who played piano on 'Town Called Malice'. It also includes songs not previously shown as part of the show.

In addition, there is a rare chance to see Weller being interviewed on camera, recorded backstage at the making of the video for single 'It's Written in The Stars'.

The DVD is released on December 2 through Sony in conjunction with Independiente.

A new film documenting the rise of Britpop is to be released in the UK next year, dotmusic can report. 'Live Forever' charts the resurgence of British music, art, fashion, film and politics in the 1990's and features contributions from Liam Gallagher, Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker, Damien Hirst, Peter Mandelson MP, designer Ozwald Boateng, and magazine editor James Brown amongst others.

Kicking off with the Stone Roses' now legendary Spike Island concert, the film also takes a nostalgic look back at the Oasis vs Blur standoff, Oasis' Knebworth gig, Labour's return to power and the return of pop music towards the end of the century.

Producer John Battsek has revealed plans to release the movie in the States soon after its UK release. He told Xfm: "The reaction from the US so far has been really good. They love the Britishness of it and in typical US-style love the chance to embrace a film that salutes British culture." Battsek said there were plans for an accompanying soundtrack album to the film, though details were still to be confirmed.

'Live Forever' is due to be released in the UK on January 31, with a London Film Festival premiere scheduled for November 12.

OASIS, COLDPLAY, FATBOY SLIM and THE ROLLING STONES have all donated memorabilia to a charity auction. The auction, which is taking place on www.amazon.co.uk, is in aid of the NSPCC's FULL STOP campaign, aiming to stop cruelty to children.

Items up for sale include a signed Coldplay guitar, Rolling Stones signed artwork, a Fatboy Slim live at Brighton Beach DVD and deckchair, a signed Mudhoney poster, Oasis signed artwork and a Britney Spears bag and video set.

Georgina Hennessey from NSPCC said: "We are delighted that the NSPCC's FULL STOP campaign is set to benefit from the auction. We're extremely grateful to all those involved in raising funds, taking us one step nearer to ending cruelty to children."

> click to see the auction

Oasis have been nominated for Best Rock Act and Best Tour Act at this years UK TV show Top Of The Pops awards. The awards ceremony will be shown on BBC 1 on Saturday 30th November. If you would like to vote for Oasis you can by visiting the awards site, you can also check out the bands TOTP micro site which has video clips of the bands performances on TOTP. Click here to take you through to vote for Oasis and view the TOTP microsite.

DEATH IN VEGAS are to lift the LIAM GALLAGHER-sung title track from their eSCORPIO RISINGf album as a single in December.

The B-sides across the two CD and 12-inch formats will include remixes of 'Scorpio Rising' by The Polyphonic Spree and The Scientist, plus enhanced video material and live tracks from Death In Vegas' recent sold-out tour.

The video for the single is being filmed and directed in Japan by video director Masashi Muto, who has previously directed adverts for designers Issey Miyake and Commes De Garcons, as well as videos for Japanese pop stars.

Released on December 16, through Concrete Recordings, it is the second single culled from the Top 20 album, following up eLeather Girlsf.

In other news, Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes are currently compiling archive video and film material for a DVD version of 'Scorpio Rising', which is scheduled for release next spring.