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"A journalist was refused press tickets to a Noel Gallagher concert in Edinburgh last week after the writer made negative comments about the former Oasis star&amp;#039;s new solo album. Edinburgh Evening News music writer Gary Flockhart was told by the singer&amp;#039;s PR that he could not have free entry to Gallagher&amp;#039;s show at Usher Hall in the city.  In a column published in the paper the previous week, Flockhart had said that Gallagher&amp;#039;s High Flying Birds record was a &amp;quot;letdown&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;a big disappointment&amp;quot;. After asking for press tickets to the concert, the journalist received a strong response via email from Simon Blackmore of Black Arts PR. It read: &amp;quot;Sorry Gary - not going to be able to spare any (is ridiculously oversubscribed and can&amp;#039;t fit everybody in). That piece you wrote about him last week didn&amp;#039;t exactly help your cause to be honest.&amp;quot; In response to the ban, Flockhart told his own paper: &amp;quot;Noel is a great musician, and I&amp;#039;ve no doubt he would have put on a great show. He would have been judged on the gig itself, not the new album. &amp;quot;This is a man who has spent his entire career slagging off other artists - he obviously doesn&amp;#039;t like it when the shoe is on the other foot.&amp;quot; Tom Little, editor of the Edinburgh Evening News, added: &amp;quot;Personally, I think Noel Gallagher is a fine artist and songwriter, but it sounds like he needs better PR. Black Arts, indeed. &amp;quot;Maybe Mr Blackmore and I should do a job swap - he can choose who does our music reviews and I can travel round the world and party with Noel.&amp;quot; Watch the music video for Noel Gallagher&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;AKA... What A Life&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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