Oasis heading to studio next week

Noel Gallagher has claimed that Oasis will begin work on their seventh studio album next week.

The guitarist revealed that the band are booked in to do some recording at London's Abbey Road studios on November 5, following on from some initial work they did six weeks ago.

Gallagher told BBC 6 Music: "We start in Abbey Road a week on Monday [November 5].

"Then we'll probably work through a couple of months there, have Christmas off, then go and mix it and see where we're at."

However, the Manchester rocker revealed that he is currently struggling for lyrical ideas.

He commented: "I've literally got nothing left to write about. I've written about being a youth, and I've written about being a rock star, and I've written about living life in the big city."

Talking about the writing process, he added: "We all write separately, but for some reason all the songs sound like they've got a common thread. We've been focusing round the grooves more this time.

"The last album [Don't Believe The Truth] was quite 'songy', if that makes any sense - it was quite a British, retro, '60s sounding album. This [new album] is focusing round the grooves more."