Oasis

Tour Abbey Road Studios with Google Interactive Tour

Search engine, Google has paired with Abbey Road Studios to released an interactive digital feature named Inside Abbey Road that will allow users to explore the London studio which is famous due to bands such as the Beatles, Pink Floyd and many more recording there. The tour offers various activities such as the ability to mix a tract and watch artists such as Paul McCartney and Oasis perform.  You can visit the tour here and watch the short trailer below.

Inside Abbey Road has guided tours with engineers and producers, a 360-degree video of the London Symphony Orchestra recording, historical background, and an interactive version of the machine that the Beatles used to record Sgt. Pepper’s. As well, the site also had embedded videos of already existing material, including a chat that Zane Lowe and Jay Z about Jay Z’s 2013 release, Magna Carta Holy Grail, and also the video for “Sat In Your Lap” by Kate Bush. 

The famous studio has been open since 1931, beginning with a recording of the London Symphony Orchestra. The Beatles in 1962 auditioned George Martin at the studio who eventually became their long-time producer. The band started to record the majority of their music at that studio beginning with Please Please Me in 1963 until Abbey Road in 1969. 

Parent company EMI considered whether or not to sell the studio but eventually opted out of the decision until Universal purchased EMI, who then assumed ownership.

Beady Eye announces split

Beady Eye, fronted by Liam Gallagher, have announced their split. Gallagher tweeted the news Saturday morning, tweeting, “Beady Eye are no longer. Thanks for all your support. LGx.”

Gallagher formed the band in 2009 sith former Oasis guitarists Gem Archer and Andy Bell and drummer Chris Sharrock. As well as former Kasabian bassist, Jay Mehler. Beady Eye originally began as an attempt to continue musically as the lineup of Oasis after members decided they would “not quit making music together” even though Gallagher had a messy departure from Oasis in August 2009. They released two studio albums, Different Gear, Still Speeding and BE.

Gallagher gave no reason to the split, the band could have just simply dwindled. Archer suffered a skull fracture last fall after falling down stairs of his home, which led to the cancellation of tour dates. They played a series of shows earlier this year in the UK, but have been inactive since a Japanese stint in March and Coachella in April. NME points out that the band had also split with their manager, Scott Rodger, this past January.