Oasis Star Attacked on Stage

Late start to concert irks Irish audience

(NEWSER) - Maybe all they needed was a little patience? Irate Irish fans booed Guns N' Roses and pelted the band with plastic bottles and cups after the rockers started a concert in Dublin 40 minutes late, the Irish Times reports. Axl Rose warned the audience: "One more bottle and we go home"—and left the stage to boos when another missile hit soon afterward. The band returned an hour later to play a full set. More»

Liam, Noel Gallagher count as one...which they'd probably fight about

(NEWSER) - We expect rock stars to lay in beds covered in money while drinking insanely pricey liquor and, umm, doing some other stuff. But we forget about the poor, poor souls—agents, concert promoters, record producers—who depend on them to be on time...and coherent. Cracked presents the 7 rock stars who are really big headaches:

1. Liam and Noel Gallagher: The two halves of Oasis have a penchant for beating on each other. In one of many examples, Liam suggested Noel's wife was two-timing him—so Noel headbutted his brother. Try getting them to play nice at a photo shoot.

'Sometimes silence is better than adding to static'

(NEWSER) - Elvis Costello has canceled two concerts he was due to play in Israel this summer to protest the nation's treatment of Palestinians. "There are occasions when merely having your name added to a concert schedule may be interpreted as a political act that resonates more than anything that might be sung," the British songwriter wrote on his web site. "It may be assumed that one has no mind for the suffering of the innocent." More»

Ticketless fans will need to scale these city walls to peek

(NEWSER) - Outraged Berliners are complaining that building a new wall in the heart of their city is a less-than-ideal way of marking 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down. U2 will play a free concert in Berlin tonight as part of the weeklong anniversary celebrations, but organizer MTV has erected a 7-foot wall around the Brandenburg Gate site to prevent fans who didn't get a ticket from seeing the show, Der Spiegel reports. More»

(NEWSER) - After years of sibling rivalry that often escalated into brawls, guitarist Noel Gallagher quit the band Oasis today, the BBC reports, and blamed brother Liam. “It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight,” Noel, who’s 6 years older than Liam, 36. “People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.” More»