Noel Gallagher: Joins Johnny Marr Onstage In Brixton

Noel Gallagher joined the former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr onstage at O2 Academy Brixton in London last night.
The pair played Iggy Pop's 'Lust For Life' and the Smiths, 'How Soon Is Now'.

www.nme.com/news/johnny-marr/80616

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: New Single & Video

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds release their new single 'In The Heat Of The Moment' on 17th November. The video premiered exclusively on Noisey.
The track is taken from the forthcoming album 'Chasing Yesterday', which comes out on 2nd March 2015, on Sour Mash.

www.noisey.vice.com/en_uk/music-video-premieres/noel-gallaghers-high-flying-birds-in-the-heat-of-the-moment-official-video

Noel Gallagher: NME Cover Star

Noel Gallagher is the cover star of this week's NME. Inside he talks about his forthcoming album 'Chasing Yesterday' & his sell-out UK tour.

www.nme.com/magazine/issue/noel-gallagher-the-chief-is-back

Noel Gallagher: UK Tour Sells Out In 10 Minutes

Noel Gallagher's UK & Ireland tour of March 2015, has sold out in 10 minutes.

www.nme.com/news/noel-gallagher/80453

plus the track listing for the deluxe edition of his forthcoming album 'Chasing Yesterday' has been announced.

www.nme.com/news/noel-gallagher/80448

plus Noel also appears on 'Celebrity Gogglebox' along with Kate Moss & Naomi Campbell.

www.nme.com/news/noel-gallagher/80477

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: New Album, Single & Tour

Today, October 13th, Noel Gallagher announced the completion and release date of the brand new Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds album, 'Chasing Yesterday' on Sour Mash Records. The announcement was made during a live Q and A streamed on Facebook and hosted by BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt.

'Chasing Yesterday' is released on March 2nd via Sour Mash Records, available on CD, Deluxe CD, vinyl and digitally. The album can be pre-ordered from today.

The first single from the album, 'In The Heat Of The Moment' is released on November 17th digitally and on limited edition 7" inch vinyl with B side entitled 'Do The Damage'.

Noel also announced his band Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will embark on a run of arena dates in March to coincide with the album release.

'Chasing Yesterday' marks a new chapter and sound for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. It's the first album to be produced as well as written by Noel and features a much broader array of instrumentation than ever before; the result is a rich, expansive and multi-layered record, drawing from a range of disparate influences - from west coast rock to classic rock'n'roll and even some space jazz (!) - whilst still being very obviously a completely cohesive body of work. On producing the album, Noel said:
"It was a major pain in the arse. It's not that I've ever had people telling me what to write or what direction to go in, but managing sessions from one end of the week to the other proved extremely difficult. I had all these people looking at me and saying: 'right, what are we doing today?' I was making the whole thing up as I went along."

The first single to be taken from the album will be, 'In The Heat Of The Moment'. This hypnotic track was inspired by a documentary in which an astronaut said that going into space for the first time feels like touching the face of God. "If that's not an opening line for a song I don't know what is" said Mr Gallagher.

The beautiful opening track 'Riverman' is an expansive song with several guitar and saxophone solos. Noel said of the track:
"We made a demo of Riverman and we knew it was amazing,"
"And then I was listening to [sax-laden one-hit wonder from 1974] 'Pinball' by Brian Protheroe and thought: Shall I actually get a saxophone player? And what if I get him to play not one but two solos? I know I'm going to be accused of sax crimes. But fuck it. There's nobody to tell me not to do it. And when you listen to that saxophone, please, don't think about the guy from Spandau Ballet."

The record's emotional closer, 'Ballad Of The Mighty I' sees Johnny Marr join with Noel on guitar duties.
"I tried to get him to play on the last album but it never happened," said Gallagher. "So when I put this track together and knew he would be perfect for it I called him and asked if I could send him the rough mix. He said: 'No, I don't want to hear it. I'm just going to react to it on the day.' He didn't even want any pointers.
Well, that was brave of him. He just arrived with two guitars and a bag of effects pedals. And I have to say, he's unbelievable. He's way up there, on another level to the rest of us. The result is a burst of energy that helped make 'Mighty I' one of the best songs I've ever written."

This album follows the huge success of the double platinum eponymous debut album that has sold 770,000 copies to date in the UK alone, and a live schedule that saw Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds visit 32 countries and play 143 shows over a 15 month touring period.

All European live dates are listed on his artist page.

www.noelgallagher.com

Noel Gallagher: Announces New High Flying Birds Album

Noel Gallagher has announced the release of his new High Flying Birds album, entitled 'Chasing Yesterday', which is out on 2nd March 2015. One track features special guest Johnny Marr on guitar.
Preview the first single 'In The Heat Of The Moment' here.

UK tour dates for March 2015 are on his artist page.

www.nme.com/news/noel-gallagher/80349