Gallagher to join Kasabian on tour?

Noel Gallagher – who quit Oasis last month after a furious row with brother, and the pair’s frontman, Liam will appear with Kasabian on their forthcoming UK tour.Frontman Tom Meighan said: “We’ve got our arena tour in November. Noel will be calling us up nearer the time for sure saying, ‘Lads, I’m going to come perform with you on tour.’“He’s a performing machine, and loves playing live so he jumps at the chance whenever he can join us.”Tom also revealed the band may also record a track with Noel in the future.He said: “We’d love to do a track with him. Never say never. But at the moment he’s concentrating on his solo stuff and we’re busy as ever.”Kasabian supported Oasis on their current UK tour before the ‘Wonderwall’ rockers cancelled a number of gigs after rending in August. However, Tom admits he didn’t see any signs they were going to split.He said: “Oasis were at the pinnacle of the music world for 16 years and despite touring with them this year, we didn’t see any signs that they were falling apart.”

'piss-up in a brewery' Kasabian, Dizzee Rascal play Guinness'

Bands celebrate 250th anniversary of Irish beer in Dublin.

Kasabian, Estelle, Tom Jones and Dizzee Rascal played a show in Guinness' Dublin brewery this evening (September 24).The acts came together at the St James's Gate Brewery for the main Arthur's Day show, part of a series of shows being held across the Irish capital to mark 250 years of the stout. With the drinks flowing, creating the preverbial 'piss up in a brewery', the bands performed on a makeshift stage in Hop Store 12 at the west Dublin complex, marking the 250th anniversary of Arthur Guinness signing a 9,000 year lease on the site.Jones opened the event after a toast to the Guinness founder at precisely 17:59 (reflecting the year the brewery opened), followed by Estelle, who had the crowd jumping around to the likes of 'American Boy'. A shirtless Dizzee Rascal followed, playing a hit heavy set including the likes of 'Holiday' and closer 'Bonkers', ahead of headliners Kasabian.Opening with 'Underdog', the Leicester band played a sharp 35 minute set which featured 'Empire', 'Club Foot', 'Fire' and closer 'LSF'.Kasabian played:'Underdog''Where Did All The Love Go?''Shoot The Runner''Club Foot''Empire''Fire''LSF'At the same time as the main gig, a series of shows were staged across the Irish capital, featuring over 60 artists playing in 33 venues, ranging from concert halls to tiny pubs.Among those playing were The Enemy, Razorlight, Fionn Regan, Natalie Imbruglia, Richard Hawley, Roots Manuva and Supergrass offshoot The Hot Rats.Events to mark the anniversary were also taking place across the globe, with Sean Paul playing in Lagos, while Black Eyed Peas were in Kuala Lumpur. A Guinness show was also held in New York.
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Arctic Monkeys lead Q award lists, Oasis also star

LONDON (Reuters Life!) Sheffield band the Arctic Monkeys lead this year's Q Awards with four nominations, while Oasis, who currently announced their split, are up for two prizes.
Among other artists with multiple nominations for the music publication's annual awards were U2, Florence & The Machine, The Prodigy, Kasabian and Dizzee Rascal. The prizes are handed out on October 26.
Arctic Monkeys, who have just released their third album, appear on the shortlist for best track ("Crying Lightning"), best live act, best album ("Humbug") and best act in the world.
Manchester's Oasis have been nominated for best live act and best act in the world, despite songwriter and guitarist Noel Gallagher announcing last month that he had quit the band due to a bust up with his brother and frontman Liam.
"The nominations are compiled from votes cast in their thousands by Q's readers, listeners, viewers and online users, so they reflect the choice of the nation's music fans," said Q Magazine editor-in-chief Paul Rees.
Following are the nominations:
Best New Act:
White Lies; Friendly Fires; Empire Of The Sun; Passion Pit; The Dead Weather

Guy wants Kasabian

The "Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch" director has earmarked them as possible collaborators on a new project.
Madonna's former husband says he is a big fan of the band's new album, which was amongst the nominees for last week's Mercury Prize.
"The Kasabian album 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum' is the best thing I have heard this year. I've have been playing it non stop", he told a UK tabloid.
Ritchie said, "I'd love to meet up with the band. The music on the latest album is like a film soundtrack. He's a talented bloke, Serge (Pizzorno)"

Ritchie needs to work with Kasabian

British film director Guy Ritchie needs to work with guitarist Serge Pizzorno of Kasabian for his next film.
"The Kasabian album West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum is the good thing I have heard this year. I've have been playing it non-stop. I'd love to meet up with the band. The music on the latest album is like a film soundtrack. He's a talented bloke, Serge," thesun.co.uk quoted Ritchie as saying.
Serge is a movie fan and is obesessed with late director Stanley Kubrick. He lookes old movies while the band is on tour.
He needs to work on movie scores and has revealed that the latest album is based on a national movie. Serga said, "I definitely would like to sit down and organise a movie. Anything from an arthouse film, a really small budget film, to a huge James Bond theme,"

Calif. AG to rejection of medical claims

LOS ANGELES — California Attorney General Jerry Brown is looking into claims that the state's top health insurers reject about 20 percent of medical claims.
In a statement, Brown says substitute in his office are launching an independent research because a high denial rate advises the system itself is nonadaptive.
AG spokesman Scott Gerber says the research comes on the heels of a Los Angeles Times report that the state's largest health insurers reject up to 39.6 percent of claims.
California Association of Health Plans spokeswoman Nicole Kasabian Evans told the Times that health plans stay by contracts and there are logical reasons to deny claims.