"Chateau Supernova"

Oasis decamp to France to record new album

Oasis will record their new album in France in a bid to avoid a repeat of the media circus that surrounded the recording of 1997's 'Be Here Now'.

The band planned to fly out on Monday 5th April to begin recording with producer Mark 'Spike' Stent who's worked with Madonna, U2 and most recently Mansun. Noel will co-produce.

The band have hired a large chateau for recording purposes at an undisclosed location in France.

The recording of 'Be Here Now' in 1996 was beset by media harassment which led to the band fleeing Abbey Road Studios to Surrey's Ridge Farm.

And since the news broke last month that Oasis were rehearsing for the new record at a studio in south London, the band have rarely been out of the tabloid press.

As well as the much-publicised court case with Tony McCarroll and Bonehead's arrest for being drunk and disorderly, Noel Gallagher has been hounded by paparazzi while out and about in London. Even brother Paul Gallagher's marriage made the lead story in a tabloid paper last week.

Liam and wife Patsy Kensit have suffered the most, with stories on Patsy's supposed pregnancy dominating most showbiz columns for the last two weeks.

Most recently the two were attacked by England soccer thugs in London who threw a brick through the back window of their car in an unprovoked attack.

A spokesman for Oasis confirmed the move to France but denied the rumours that the band were to record at the same location in the south of France where The Rolling Stones recorded parts of 1972's 'Exile On Main Street'. Noel Gallagher was quoted last December as saying: "Hopefully the new producer will make it sound like it's been recorded in 1999 and not 1969. Again it could go arse over tit and end up sounding like 'Exile On Main Street'."

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