Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Bird’s will also embark on a set of outdoor performances throughout the summer, including a number of festival appearances. The 55-year-old rock star and his band are set to headline big festivals in the summer, including PennFest, Splendour Festival, On The Beach Brighton Festival, Hardwick Festival and the Rock N Roll Circus. His upcoming shows will be among Gallagher’s first performances since his career-spanning set which he performed at Glastonbury festival in 2022, on the pyramid stage. The band also announced a USA tour, which consists of 26-dates.

The announcement of the tour came after the release of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Bird’s latest single, ‘’Dead to the world.’’ The single has been released prior to Noel Gallagher’s forthcoming album release, Council Skies, which is his fourth studio album release with his High Flying Birds. The album is set to debut Friday June 2. ‘’Easy Now’’ and ‘Pretty Boy’’ are the other two songs already released from the album.

Whilst speaking about his brand new song, ‘’Dead to the world’’, Gallagher said the single is ‘’by some distance my favourite tune on the album. It has this film noir vibe. It’s not like anything else I’ve ever done before. It’s very melancholic, but I like that. I’m a Gemini – I’m as up as I am down, and the trick is to meet somewhere in the middle and turn that into music.”

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ 2023 UK Arena Tour Dates

30/8/23 – Hull Bonas Arena – Hull

14/12/ – Wembley Ovo Arena – London

15/12 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham 

17/12 – International Arena – Cardiff

18/12 – First Direct Arena – Leeds

20/12 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow

21/12 – M&S Bank Arena – Liverpool

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Scheduled 2023 Outdoor Summer Shows

21/07/2023 – PennFest – Buckinghamshire 

23/07 – Splendour Festival – Nottingham 

28/07 – Crystal Palace Bowl – London

30/07 – On The Beach – Brighton

05/08 – Essex Audley End – Saffron Waldon

19/08 – Caldicot Castle – Monmouthshire

20/08 – Hardwick Festival – Sedgefield

24/08 – Vivary Park – Somerset 

26/08 – Wythenshawe Park – Manchester

27/08 – Kilmainham Royal Hospital – Dublin

01/09 – Rock N Roll Circus – Sheffield 

Deluxe Council Skies Album Track list

Disc 1

1. I’m Not Giving Up Tonight

2. Pretty Boy

3. Dead To The World

4. Open The Door, See What You Find

5. Trying To Find A World That’s Been And Gone

6. Easy Now

7. Council Skies

8. There She Blows!

9. Love Is A Rich Man

10. Think Of A Number

Disc 2

1. Don’t Stop… 

2. We’re Gonna Get There In The End

3. Mind Games

4. Pretty Boy (Instrumental)

5. Dead To The World (Instrumental)

6. Council Skies (Instrumental)

7. Think Of A Number (Instrumental) 

8. I’m Not Giving Up Tonight (David Holmes Remix)

9. Think Of A Number (Pet Shop Boys Magic Eye 12” Remix)

10. Pretty Boy (Robert Smith Remix)

11. Council Skies (The Reflex Revision)

12. Flying On The Ground (Radio 2 Session)

13. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Radio 2 Session)

14. Live Forever (Radio 2 Session, 08.09.21)

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday March 31. A special pre-sale will be available on Wednesday March 29, for fans who pre-order the forthcoming album, Council Skies, from Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds official store. To access the tickets on the day of release, click here.

The new album, which was effectively announced around the same time as the musician’s divorce, is set to be officially released on June 2nd, 2023. The album revelation is coupled with an early single release “Easy Now” showcasing the guitarist’s trademark brit pop writing skills. It offers us a touch of his nostalgic sound, accompanied by a new music video featuring Milly Alcock, who recently starred in House Of The Dragon.

Gallagher explains in a Radio X interview how the album was written during lockdown and, although he considers the album should be interpreted as one desires, he recognises Council Skies as a reflective project. When Gallagher talks about the title of the release he says “It sparked off thoughts of my youth and all my dreams that I dreamt of underneath the council skies“.

It is a short tour, set to start on the Friday, 21st of July in Buckinghamshire, not long after the album release, which will run through to finally wrap up in Dublin at the end of August. If anyone knows how to put on a show it is Noel Gallagher. This is not just any other tour around the UK. He will be playing in a variety of locations such as the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham in Dublin as an outdoor show, as well as Wythenshawe Park in Manchester, not to mention Caldicot Castle in Monmouthshire, Wales, and several other festivals.

If the album release and locations aren’t reason enough already to awaken excitement and anticipation for these performances, a series of special guests will be making an appearance to jazz up the shows for us. Each performance will include a different guest star appearance, making each show just as unique as the other. We are expecting to see visits from artists such as Johnny Marr, The Zutons, Tom Meighan, Feeder, Primal Scream, Future Islands and Happy Mondays. 

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UK Tour dates:

21/07/23 – Pennfest – Buckinghamshire
28/07 – Crystal Palace Bowl – London
05/08 – Audley End – Essex
19/08 – Caldicot Castle – Monmouthshire
20/08 – Hardwick Festival – Sedgefield
26/08 – Wythenshawe Park – Manchester
27/08 – Royal Hospital – Dublin