Noel Gallagher has never been short of a thing or two to say, some of which are intelligent, well-meaning things, and others which aren’t quite as sensible. On this occasion, what he’s said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine has to be filed in the latter section.

As part of an interview discussing topics as diverse as Ryan Adams, the Toronto attack, and drugs, Gallagher claimed that Oasis are now as big as The Rolling Stones, a British band known and respected the world over, and who can still sell out massive stadiums, despite all being over the age of 60.

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Keith Richards has seen fit to question the sexuality of Rolling Stone band mate Mick Jagger, and after over 40 years of sharing sexual partners, there’s not anyone who would know better than Richards.

According to the NME, Richards gave an interview to GQ magazine in support of the release of Shine A Light, the Martin Scorsese directed documentary which is due in theatres from April 4th.

When asked about the rumours of Jagger’s sexuality over the years, Richards said:

“I really have no idea if anyone ever shoved it up the shitter. I’m not there watching it every day. But there was, at the time, a load of excruciatingly painful campness that went on.”

What a way with words he has!

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If you’re Amy Winehouse, and are seeing your career suffer (in some ways, and improve in others) thanks to being addicted to drink and drugs, and that rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, who would be the best person to advise you? Someone who’d been there, and done that of course.

Step forward Keith Richards, the Rolling Stone with the worst reputation for being a big party animal.

64 year old Keith Richards, so he’s eligible for a free bus pass, gave an interview to the Mail On Sunday in which they asked him about which current musicians he rates.

He replied:

“There’s only one person, that girl Amy. Mind you, that girl isn’t going to be around long unless she sorts herself out pretty quick. Amy’s got to get smart.”

“I’m not a preacher. But I’ve been there and you have to pass it on.”

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A BBC documentary has claimed that Mick Jagger, lead singer of The Rolling Stones, was targeted by the Hells Angels, who allegedly planned an assassination attempt on him.

The Radio 4 documentary, which is part of ‘The FBI at 100‘ series, sees former FBI agent Mark Young reveal the plot to get the ultimate revenge on the big lipped front man after he fired the motorcycle gang’s security forces from taking care of any more of the band’s gigs.

This came after an 18 year old fan was stabbed to death at a free concert in Altamont, California during December 1969.

The gang then decided to target him at his holiday home on New York’s Long Island, approaching by boat.

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Arjun over at The Good Musician is hosting a list day today, and has asked all of the b5 Music Channel bloggers to come up with 10 artists they wouldn’t want to switch places with.

Obviously my choices here on Brit Music Scene are going to all be British artists, and instead of going for the usual reasons, as in they’re dead, or just a plain laughing stock, I thought I’d try to come up with reasons slightly away from the norm.

So here is my ultra snarky list of 10 British Musicians I Wouldn’t Want to Switch Places With:-

Joss Stone

She was once a softly spoken English sweetheart, who captured everyone’s imagination with her beautiful voice, and unnervingly good looks. Now she is a diva of Jennifer Lopez and Mariah Carey type proportions, and has the worst British American hybrid accent since Madonna. The British public are rapidly going off her, and I wouldn’t want to be her right now.

Robbie Williams

Okay, if I were Robbie, I’d be living in LA, have lots of money in the bank, and be able to get any woman I want. I’d also be able to claim to having slept with the likes of Kylie Minogue, which isn’t bad. But, I’d also be watching my career fall apart around me, as well as seeing my old sparring partners Take That seeing their career reach new heights. No, right now, I’d rather be Gary Barlow!

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Last month I reported that the Rolling Stones would be quitting touring after their last date on the A Bigger Bang tour.

Speculation was rife that after that show on August 26 at the London 02 Arena the band would quit performing live due to age.

Now Mick Jagger has come out and said that the Rolling Stones will never quit, either producing music or performing live.

He said:

“I’m sure the Rolling Stones will do more things and more records and more tours. We’ve got no plans to stop any of that really.”

“As far as I’m concerned I’m sure we’ll continue.”

First of all yay, that’s good news, it means I may not have missed my chance to see them live once in my (and their) life after all. Whether Jagger has actually informed the rest of the band of this decision is not clear.

It seems that the Rolling Stones really are one of those bands who will “Rock till they drop” and good on them, proving age is no barrier.

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Did you get on the site? Have you registered for the chance for a ticket to the one off Led Zeppelin gig? If you have you are not alone, as up to noon today when the ticket ballot closed, over 1 million people had registered on the site. Oh mama.

The ballot was due to close on Monday afternoon but was extended until today to give as many fans as possible the chance to grab tickets. Event promoter Harvey Goldsmith said:-

We are absolutely overwhelmed with the number of hits received,”

“In the first day alone, we received an unprecedented number of hits that literally knocked the website out. Over the last seven days we have recorded over 1,000 million hits. This response is amazing and from it we have had over one million registrations. We would like to thank all the fans for their support and we hope that all those fortunate to be successful will keep the tickets out of the hands of touts.”

So if you are sitting there with your confirmation email in your inbox you currently stand a 1 in 50 chance of having your name drawn out and being able to get your hands on 2 tickets for the gig. You just have 2 weeks to wait to find out if you’re one of the lucky ones, as the draw will take place on October 1st.

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I might have missed my chance to see The Rolling Stones live. Damn and blast, yes, it looks like I’ve left it just that bit too late to see a classic group play their tunes in person.

Rumours are abound that the group will announce their plans to retire from live shows after this Sundays gig at the O2 arena (better known as the doomed Millennium Dome) in London.

This Sundays concert will be the final date of The Rolling Stones 2 year long ‘A Bigger Bang Tour’ world tour, and will probably be their last ever. Why are they giving up playing live I hear no-one ask? Obviously because of age. The group have been together since 1962 and are now all in their 60s.

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