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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have confirmed a date in San Diego performing at the City's Balboa Theatre on 17th April.
Tickets for the show go on sale Friday 3rd February at 10am (local time) through:
- Ticketmaster.com
- All Ticketmaster locations
- San Diego Theatre box office
- Charge by phone: 619.570.1100
This additional date is part of the forthcoming USA tour during March and April where Noel will be performing tracks from his number one debut solo album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' as well as a selection of Oasis classics. Support on all shows (ex Coachella) comes from Nashville band Mona. Dates confirmed for the tour so far:
28/03/12 - WASHINGTON, Warner Theatre - TICKETS AVAILABLE
29/03/12 - COLUMBUS, LC Pavilion - TICKETS AVAILABLE
31/03/12 - DETROIT, Royal Oak Music Theatre - TICKETS AVAILABLE
01/04/12 - CHICAGO, The Riviera - TICKETS AVAILABLE
03/04/12 - MILWAUKEE, Pabst Theater - TICKETS AVAILABLE
04/04/12 - INDIANAPOLIS, Egyptian Room - TICKETS AVAILABLE
06/04/12 - ATLANTA, Tabernacle - TICKETS AVAILABLE
11/04/12 - MEXICO CITY, Teatro Metropolitan - SOLD OUT
14/04/12 - COACHELLA, Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - SOLD OUT
20/04/12 - LAS VEGAS, The Pearl Theater - TICKETS AVAILABLE
21/04/12 - COACHELLA, Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - SOLD OUT
Via L4e / For ticket information visit www.noelgallagher.com
Liam and Noel Gallagher's bands Nominated for XFM New Music Award
Records released in the past year by the likes of Miles Kane, Beady Eye and Noel Gallagher have been nominated for XFM’s New Music Award 2012 which aims to find the best British debut album of the past twelve months.
A panel of judges which includes Peter Hook, The Charlatans‘ Tim Burgess and The Sun’s showbiz editor Gordon Smart, will pick their winner from a shortlist which also features James Blake, Chapel Club, Ben Howard and Ed Sheeran amongst others.
The winner will be announced at a ceremony at the HMV Ritz in Manchester on February 8th.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds announce new single
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will release new single 'Dream On' on March 12th through Sour Mash Records. The B-side will be 'Shoot A Hole Into The Sun', the first track to be released from the sessions Noel has recorded with the Amorphous Androgynous.
The single will be available to buy on 7", CD and download. The digital download will also be available as a bundle including the video, which both Noel and Director Mike Bruce consider the best and most fun yet they have ever worked on filming together.
'Dream On' is taken from the eponymous debut album released last Autumn which has already sold over 550,000 copies to date, earning the singer songwriter a BRIT award nomination for Best British Male this year. Noel has also been announced as the winner of NME’s prestigious Godlike Genius Award for 2012. Also Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are in the running for XFM's New Music Award to find the best new British Artists of 2011. For more details, head on over to XFM's website, HERE!
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will embark on an extensive UK arena tour this year augmented by a three-piece brass section and the choirs Crouch End Festival Chorus and Hertfordshire Chorus. The tour starts at the Manchester MEN on February 13th, taking in 14 cities throughout UK & Ireland.
Whilst on tour Noel has been writing his award-winning tour diary 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere (Vol.2): Return Of The Dread-I'. Fans can read the tour diary at the website's 'Inbox' HERE!
Full details of the arena tour dates below:
13/02/12 – MANCHESTER, MEN Arena - SOLD OUT 14/02/12 – ABERDEEN, P&J Arena - SOLD OUT 16/02/12 – BELFAST, Odyssey Arena - TICKETS AVAILABLE 17/02/12 – DUBLIN, The O2 - SOLD OUT 19/02/12 – SHEFFIELD, Motorpoint Arena - TICKETS AVAILABLE 23/02/12 – NEWCASTLE, Metro Radio Arena - SOLD OUT 24/02/12 – GLASGOW, SECC Hall 4 - SOLD OUT 26/02/12 – LONDON,The O2 - SOLD OUT 01/03/12 – BIRMINGHAM, NIA - SOLD OUT
Other dates confirmed for the UK this year:
17/07/12 – EDINBURGH, Edinburgh Castle - SOLD OUT 04/09/12 – BOURNEMOUTH, BIC - TICKETS AVAILABLE 06/09/12 – LIVERPOOL, Echo Arena - TICKETS AVAILABLE 09/09/12 – CARDIFF, Motorpoint Arena - TICKETS AVAILABLE 10/09/12 – NOTTINGHAM, Capital FM Arena - TICKETS AVAILABLE
Biffy Clyro Wish They Were More Outspoken Like Liam Gallagher
.....Biffy Clyro, the globe-trotting band have become Scotland’s hottest rock band in recent years, but James isn’t getting cocky about the success.
“Er, pass,” James answered when asked if they are Scotland’s top rock export. “It’s awkward to talk about. It’s a nice thing to hear, but it’s not something we think about or ever dreamed about really. I wish we were more outspoken like Liam Gallagher. I love his patter.
“He is actually a really nice guy. We bumped into Liam and Noel when we were in Los Angeles a few years back. We were in the same studio and went to see The Duke Spirit.
“Alan McGee was there and a big bunch of us together. We all went down to a reggae bar.
“Liam knew our songs and sang three of them then Noel got on stage and started singing. They were all pretty drunk at the time.”
He added: “Playing in places that are unknown always makes for a different experience. Abroad, the concerts are more like organised chaos than we are used to here.
Noel: "Maybe I'll just be the guitarist in a band one day"
Noel Gallagher has hinted that he could stop fronting his own solo project to become "just the guitarist in a band one day".
According to STV, the former Oasis chief said that although he had enjoyed being a frontman since releasing his debut solo LP 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' in October last year, he hadn't ruled out stepping away from the limelight in the future.
He said: I thought I would hate me being the frontman and I have to say I thought people would expect more, but I haven't got any moves. As much as I miss being in a band like Oasis, the compromise would be too much. Maybe I'll just be the guitarist in a band one day.
Gallagher also revealed that he had been encouraged to pursue a solo career by his wife Sara Macdonald because he had started to annoy her, adding: "I had a lot of time to work out what I was going to do; my first thought was do nothing. It was great until my then girlfriend, now wife, asked me after about 11 months what I was going to do.
"I said, 'I suppose I could make an album' and she asked if that could be tomorrow. Women! It's either: 'You're never here' or 'You're always under my feet.'"
Earlier this week (January 23), it was announced that Noel Gallagher will be presented with the Godlike Genius Award at this year's NME Awards. Gallagher, who will pick up the gong at the ceremony on February 29 at London's O2 Academy Brixton, said of his win: "I would like to thank NME for bestowing upon me such a great accolade. I have dreamt of this moment since I was 43 years old. I accept that I am now a genius, just like God."
Meanwhile, a special collectors' issue dedicated to Noel Gallagher is coming next month. Produced by the teams behind NME and sister title Uncut, the magazine will feature Gallagher's greatest interviews, unseen photos and a competition to win albums signed by the man himself. The issue will be available on newsstands and digitally from February 2 - click here to pre-order your copy.
From Noel Gallagher's 'Tales from the Middle of Nowhere' tour diary.
Yes…
So, been out of the game for a couple of days AGAIN!!
Here goes… What day is it today? …Friday? Saturday? Fuck knows.
The last time we spoke I was in Sydney, right? Just getting ready for The Big Day Out?
Well… Woke up that morning and guess what? That's right, it was pissing down… I mean what IS the point of Australia while it's raining? There is no point. I'm staggered by the weather. "Oh, fuck off!" to the sky, said I.
'Twas a big day for the Aussies. Australia Day. It's a day where they celebrate all things Australian… Whatever that means. Still part of the blimmin' Empire, if you ask me, innit? Sydney Harbour was full of boats and ships. Spectacular. There was cannons going off and even a fly past by the Aussie air force (mate!)... IN THE RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
There was a bit of a scene with the Aussie PM (some ginger Sheila). She got a bit roughed up by some protesters and had to be bundled into a car that looked like a taxi. Thing is, she lost one of her shoes!! Like Cinderella!! The news went in heavy on the protesters… (What a scandal… No… Not sandal… They didn't make it clear what style of shoe it was!!!)
By the time I got down to the festival site to continue my battle of wits with the Aussie media (mate), Kasabian had been and gone!! Heard they were good though.
My gig was really bloody good (mate). Had a pair of ladies knickers thrown on stage and a top hat!! I do hope they came from the same person!!
Legged it early the next day and arrived here in Melbourne (mate). And guess what? No… You're wrong see, because it's bloody boiling (mate). Yes sir!! The sun has got his hat on, and it's got little corks dangling round the rim!!
They still have that Jerry Springer on TV down here. Forgot how psychedelic that programme is. There was a threesome on it called… "Sha-toya" and "Jo-neesa" and a guy whose name was "Country". Mega. I laughed until it wasn't funny anymore.
So then I stopped and turned on the news. Turns out the big story building was about "the shoe".
"Where is the PM's shoe?" They asked.
"Who's got the shoe?" They pleaded.
"We must find the shoe!!".
Had a bit of a mooch around and about (didn't find the shoe). Not much going on here, but by the time I got back to the hotel THE SHOE HAD BEEN FOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!
There was a brilliant Monty Python-esque moment were they went live to the actual shoe being handed over to the authorities by what looked like a protester…
"There you go Cinders, you shall go to the ball," I thought.
Except she didn't. She went to the tennis. To see Andy Murray lose… AGAIN!!!
ONWARDS.
GD.
PS: Dunno what all the fuss was about. The shoe was bobbins. A black suede wedge?? Not this season...(mate).
From Noel Gallagher's 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere' tour diary.
Yes well... Been out of the game for a couple of days. Not sure if I can remember all of what's been happening. We shall see...
So... Where were we up to? The Gold Coast, I believe. That Big Day Out gig was pretty good, as I remember. It fucking pissed down though! Like a proper Biblical downpour. Fuck that!! Come to Australia, they said... It's their summer, they said... What a load of old bollocks.
I DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!
There are many similarities between this place and old England, festival weather being one of them... What a fucking swizz. I even got my shoes muddy watching Kasabian... An outrage!!!!!!!!
Legged it straight off stage back to the hotel to watch Man City - Tottenham. We made hard work of it, but we got there in the end. Super Mario rolled in the winner with about 10 seconds left. What a druid that kid is.
So then... I had my own show here in Sydney a couple of nights ago. A truly great gig. The best one of the entire tour, no doubt about it!! They do like a sing-song down here. They was loud and proud... Gotta say though, it's a night that will live long in the memory for another reason. That being the night I got my first bra thrown onstage!! I was so proud, and the young lady should be too, if you know what I mean? Made me feel a bit like Tom Jones!!!!!
Met up with some old comrades from my well spent youth at the Hacienda. Tall tales were told and shit was talked into the small hours. Not sure what time 'time' was called, but I do know it was pissing down when we left!!
Woke up yesterday with a naughty hangover. Felt like a dead shit. It was still raining. What the fuck? Didn't do much. Stared out the window watching the rain. Reminded me of being on the dole back home in Manchester in the '80s.
It's Chinese New Year. The Year of the Dragon. My eldest son will be pleased. He LOVES dragons!
Went for a Chinese last night at a place called Marigold... Marigold?? What an odd name for a Chinese restaurant, no?? Anyway, as we were waiting for a table, that band UB40 walked in... Well I say UB40, it was deffo the singer cause I spoke to him. Not sure who the rest of them were, they deffo weren't the same firm that was on Top of the Pops in the '80s. Then about 5 mins later, in walks that singer and top dreadnought Billy Ocean!!! Caribbean Queen, and all that? No? Google him. Top food. Maybe some of the best I've ever had, and I've had a lot.
Woke up this morning... STILL FUCKING RAINING. Got another day off.
Noel Gallagher: I didn't Really Learn To Sing Until 2005
Somewhat out of character for a Mancunian, Noel Gallagher is praying for rain. He's about to play the Big Day Out on the Gold Coast and figures that a sudden downpour, of which there have been several during the day, will send thousands of punters towards the shelter of his covered stage on the BDO site.
Rain ensues and, for whatever reason, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds pull good numbers and enjoy a warm response on what is their first gig on Australian soil, while hip-hop superstar Kanye West entertains the rain-soaked masses across the paddock.
That Gallagher, 44, should be nervous about pulling a crowd in Australia or anywhere else is a little surprising given his status. Rarely has that been a problem in the 19 years since he and his brother Liam emerged from Manchester and made their band Oasis one of the most successful on the planet.
That came to an end in August 2009, when, after a few failed attempts during its tempestuous tenure, Oasis finally broke up, Noel walking off stage in Paris vowing never to return. It was a bitter end to a sibling rivalry that over the years provoked as many headlines as the band's music.
The brothers still aren't talking, although Noel has no problem explaining his feelings about the break-up of the band that brought them untold wealth and fame.
"It wasn't relief," he says of the split; "actually it was a pain in the arse. It's like trying to learn a new skill when you're 43. Who wants to do that? We were all set in that band for life.
"But things happen for a reason. Being in a band is a compromise on so many levels and it's a great compromise because of what you accomplish in terms of size and scale, but they are compromises all the same and I'm not willing to do that any more."
This first solo project -- the Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds album released last October and a world tour that continues for most of this year -- is Gallagher taking control of his future, although by most people's accounts he was uncompromising, as chief songwriter and elder brother, in guiding Oasis's career.
Musically High Flying Birds isn't a huge departure from the anthemic pop of Oasis's Wonderwall and Don't Look Back in Anger. There's still the familiar strain of the Beatles' influence on new songs The Death of You and Me, If I Had a Gun and AKA . . . What a Life!
But Gallagher points out that he took his time after Oasis plotting how to rise from the ashes under his own name. And he was quite prepared for it not to work.
"My first thought when I left Oasis was that 'I'm going to do f . .k all'," he says. "Everybody else would have put a band together and been out on the road again within six months."
Instead Gallagher laid up for a year, aside from a couple of charity performances at London's Royal Albert Hall and a guest spot on stage with his mate Paul Weller.
"When I was going into it I didn't announce what I was doing," he says of his return. "Not that I was doing it in secret, but I wasn't putting it out there that I was embarking on a musical journey. I just thought 'I'll make the record and if it's shit I'll can it and just disappear'."
Since its release the album has sold more than half a million copies in Britain alone, second only to Coldplay in album sales there last year. Reviews of the live performances have been favourable as well, including of the Gold Coast performance on Sunday and in Sydney the following night.
While songwriting is nothing new to him, being a frontman after years of mostly playing guitar and watching "our kid" do his petulant pout centre stage has been a steep learning curve.
"I didn't really learn to sing until 2005," he says. "People refer to me now as a singer-songwriter. I prefer to think of myself as a songwriter-singer. I don't think I'm a great singer or a great guitarist. In fact, I don't think I'm great at anything, but I am a good songwriter, good at lots of little things that make up who I am. So I'm great at being me. It's a good job, really."
Songwriting is definitely one of Gallagher's strongest suits. Flying solo post-Oasis produced 36 songs, only 10 of which made the album. Thirteen more will surface on another album project recorded with psychedelic outfit Amorphous Androgynous, to be released early next year.
"It's always been the same for me," he says. "I tend to have a lot of songs that are in various states and then when I get on the road I can finish them off.
"I write a lot of songs at irregular intervals. I don't have a set time for writing or a set room or anything like that, but I do tend to have a lot of material lying around. There's not a lot happening right now though, songwise."
While Gallagher dips freely into the Oasis catalogue in his new guise, there are some of his songs from that era to which he will never return. He mentions Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rock 'n' Roll Star, both from the band's debut album Definitely Maybe, which he says are too aligned with his brother's rock 'n' roll voice.
"Liam would want to do those songs, I would think," he says, "but I couldn't sing those songs. I couldn't do them justice. The only songs that I sing now from my back catalogue are the ones that I can do justice to.
"I'd love to be able to do a gig and get a crowd going, like Kasabian (English rockers also on the BDO bill), singing rock 'n' roll music, but I can't sing rock 'n' roll music. I don't have that kind of voice so I do other things. To get a crowd bouncing you have to have that kind of voice. My main aim is to get them to sing."
Judging by his performance, Gallagher is selling himself short a little here, but no matter what style he's using, he's happy with his new lot as the singer in the band.
"It has made me cut down on my partying, which I am not best pleased about," he says, not completely seriously. "Singing is good," he says. "It's like the feeling you get from taking drugs. It's addictive. I like it."
Singing is not the only reason there's not much room for the party lifestyle in the Gallagher household. He has three children, two with his wife, Sara MacDonald, and one from his earlier marriage to Meg Matthews. The most music he gets to listen to around the house these days is Lady Gaga, with the kids "running around the table going nuts". But he's still a music fan. It's just that his tastes haven't progressed much beyond the 1960s.
"I'm still an avid collector of 60s music," he says. "I haven't finished with the 60s yet to get on to the 70s, never mind contemporary music. I like the odd tune. Foster the People (also on the BDO bill) have a couple of good tunes and Kasabian, but I don't follow the new trends. I'm not interested in them."
Gallagher has no long-term plan for High Flying Birds or indeed for his career. After the Oasis experience he's a little older and wiser and less immersed in the rock 'n' roll lifestyle.
"My plan was to make a record because my wife insisted I got out of the house and stopped annoying her," he says. "That's the truth.
"I'm not sure what I'll do next, but that's the great thing about not being in a big rock band. I can do whatever I want. I'll let you know, though."
The Big Day Out continues today in Sydney, followed by Melbourne on Sunday, Adelaide February 3 and Perth February 5.
Radiohead‘s eighth studio record ‘The King Of Limbs‘ has been confirmed as the biggest selling album on vinyl format in the UK last year.
Back in October, figures were released which showed a 40% boost in vinyl sales during 2011 when compared to 2010, with Radiohead also on top at that time ahead of Adele‘s ‘21‘.
Since then, Noel Gallagher‘s solo debut ‘Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds‘ has moved into second place, pushing Adele down to no.3, while PJ Harvey‘s much-praised ‘Let England Shake‘ is at number 4.
Beady Eye have the two top selling vinyl singles in the UK of the past twelve months, with their debut single proper ‘The Roller‘ in first place and second promo ‘Millionaire‘ at no.2. They also have the fourth highest selling vinyl single of 2011 thanks to ‘The Beat Goes On‘.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's Confirmed To Play Benicassim
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are confirmed to play this year's Benicassim Festival on the east coast of Spain. The festival will take place over the weekend of 12th-15th July. Other bands confirmed for the festival include The Stone Roses, Florence And The Machine and The Vaccines.
Tickets are available to buy now through the festivals website HERE!
Noel Gallagher will receive the Godlike Genius prize at this year’s NME Awards, the publication has announced.
“I would like to thank NME for bestowing upon me such a great accolade,” Gallagher has said on receiving the prize. “I have dreamt of this moment since I was 43 years old. I accept that I am now a genius, just like God.”
While NME editor Krissi Murison has paid tribute to Gallagher’s longevity: “For the best part of two decades, the voice of one man has dominated the pages of NME more than any other. That man is Noel Gallagher. Opinionated, intelligent, passionate and always hilarious – Noel walks and talks it better than any other musician out there, and it’s just one of the reasons why the British public loves him so dearly.”
“That he keeps pushing boundaries as a solo artist proves that there’s a long way to go in the story of one of the most talented musicians Britain has ever produced.”
After spearheading Oasis‘ rapid rise to world-wide superstardom in the mid-90s, Noel Gallagher left the band in August 2009 following a final row with brother Liam in Paris. Last October, his debut solo album ‘Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds‘ was released, and proved to be an undoubted success. It was recently confirmed as the second highest selling UK album in the rock genre of 2011, after shifting close to half a million copies.
Previous winners of the NME Godlike Genius award include Paul Weller, Manic Street Preachers and last year’s winner Dave Grohl.
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