Oasis' Future Plans Are Up In The Air

Oasis' Stop The Clocks hits compilation will arrive in stores on Nov. 21, ending the British band's worldwide contractual obligations with Sony Music. So what's next for the group, who've sold millions of albums around the world since 1994?

"There's no plans to do anything," guitarist/songwriter Noel Gallagher told Billboard.com. "Saying that, there's no plans not to do anything, either.

"We're not like other bands in that respect. We're masters of our own destiny and take these things one album at a time. The last time we sat down and planned an album, it turned into Don't Believe The Truth, and that took three years to record."

Gallagher pointed out that the recording sessions for that LP yielded 11 songs that still haven't been released, "seven that are good and four that are really great, so we could put an album out tomorrow if we wanted."

The group have a number of unreleased songs and other archival material that will someday be packaged in a boxed set, Gallagher said, but don't expect it to come out through Sony. In fact, the band might not even sign with another major record company.

"I'd like to do something on our own, but it's a bit of a big step. It depends on what works best for all of us, really. [Oasis singer and Noel's younger brother] Liam will want the big advance of $900 million and be drinking champagne for the rest of his life. I, on the other hand, would rather put the records out and keep all the money. So I don't know which way we'll go."