Noel Gallagher's Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere (Vol.2) Part Thirty Seven

From Noel Gallagher's 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere' tour diary.

Yes…

Now then, that gig last night was just as I thought it was gonna be… A bit big, a bit loud, a bit, well… difficult.

Having not played arenas for a few years the step back up the ladder comes as a bit of an unwanted pain in the arse-hole!! I suppose I best get used to it and quickly, eh?

Still, there were some echoes of familiarity though… A big punch up down the front during the third song!! Reminded me of them good old days.

I had to laugh though when I reminded all the boys and girls in the crowd that it was Valentine's Day today… There were a few booos!!! They booed a day??!!

Got off-stage to the incredible news that Carlos Tevez is to return to Man City!!!! I speak to all supporters of MCFC here when I say try not to boo him. We shouldn't be booing our own players, no matter what stunts they might have pulled. We're on course for glory. We don't need him but it might just make the run in a little less stressful… If we must let him know how we feel then we should sing Mancini's name even louder than usual… That'll do for now.

You currently find me in Aberdeen… The coldest place on earth.

People live here, you know?

Actually LIVE here!!!!!

Unbelievable.

ONWARDS.

GD.

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Gallery: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Manchester

Click here and here for a number of pictures from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds gig at the Manchester Evening News Arena yesterday.

Thanks to AG and NG

Cinema Broadcast Of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The 02

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play the O2 Arena in London on Sunday 26th February as part of their sold out UK arena tour. The concert sold out in a matter of hours but fans who were unable to buy tickets will now have a chance to see it live on the big screen as the performance will be directly broadcast via satellite in high definition and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound into select Vue Cinemas across the UK!

Fans will get a chance to see Noel perform songs from his critically acclaimed number one album, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, as well as some of the best known songs from his rich catalogue. The concert will be preceded by 30 minutes of programming including an exclusive interview with Noel.

For tickets to this unique event and details of participating cinemas go to MyVue!

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Appear At Two German Festivals

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be appearing at two German festivals - Hurricane and Southside, this summer.

More information about the Hurricane Festival is available HERE and tickets are on sale HERE

More information about the Southside Festival is available HERE and tickets are on sale HERE

Alternatively tickets can be purchased by telephone:

Hurricane + 49 1805 853 653

Southside + 49 1805 853 653

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Play German Festival

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Hurricane Festival in Germany that takes place from June 22 to June 24th 2012.

No official word yet on what date they will play, as soon as I know I will post it.

Another Review: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds In Manchester

Noel Gallagher’s post-Oasis career has pretty much carried on where his old band left off. Here he is again, selling out arenas throughout the land, touring the globe and raising up the kind of anthemic choruses that incite mass shout-a-longs and uncommon levels of devotion. And while brother Liam’s Beady Eye project appeared to briefly flutter then flop, you get the impression that Noel’s High Flying Birds are here to roost.

It’s not hard to see why he inspires such loyalty among the faithful. This week’s homecoming gig in Manchester, the first of an eight-date swing across the UK before lighting out for Europe and the States, was a case of giving ’em what they want. Nearly half the set-list was given over to Oasis songs. That said, they weren’t always the ones you might have expected.

The thrashy thrills of the relatively obscure Mucky Fingers suggested that Gallagher still harbours fantasies of fronting his own no-holds garage band, while the inclusion of old B-side Talk Tonight was similarly surprising. When the big guns came out it didn’t always work: an acoustic take on Supersonic deftly stripped it back to its folksy core, but a thin version of Whatever, shorn of Liam’s customary muscle, only served to highlight Noel’s shortcomings as a singer.

He’s a solid enough frontman though. And while the High Flying Birds songs occasionally sag on record, in a live setting they palpably grow. Neither The Death Of You And Me or (Stranded On) The Wrong Beach may be the greatest tunes Gallagher’s ever written, but there’s something about both of them that prompted young and middle-aged alike to throw open their arms, jab pint pots into the air and bellow along.

Current single Dream On was given brassy punch by a three-piece horn section, while the presence of the Crouch End Festival Chorus brought heavenly uplift to album highlight Everybody’s On The Run. The terrific, strobe-lit din of the unreleased song Freaky Teeth, meanwhile, suggested that Noel’s muse has yet to desert him.

He led the five-piece band through a trio of Oasis favourites to finish, though Little By Little and The Importance Of Being Idle both paled beside the night’s hysteria-inducing climax, Don’t Look Back In Anger. These are good times for Noel Gallagher. With a Brits performance and NME’s Godlike Genius Award imminent, it seems the road is once again rising to meet him.

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Video: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Manchester

Below are a number of videos from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds gig at the Manchester Evening News Arena yesterday.

Noel Gallagher Interview From Irish Radio

Click here to listen to Noel Gallagher talking to Richie and Michelle from the Breakfast show on Phantom 105.2.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'Dream On' Available To Pre-Order Now!

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds new UK single 'Dream On' is available to pre-order now! The limited, numbered 12", CD and digital bundle all feature the special B side 'Shoot A Hole Into The Sun' which is the first track to be released from the work Noel has recorded with the Amorphous Androgynous.

The single will be made available through Sour Mash Records on the 12th March (digitally on 11th March). The single is available to pre-order through the official store HERE! and orders for the 12"/CD completed before the 18th March will come with a free badge set!

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Last Chance To Vote For Noel Gallagher At The NME Awards

If you haven't had chance to vote for Noel at the NME Awards yet the polls are still open.

Voting for the year's NME Awards closes on Friday (February 17), meaning this week is the last chance you have to cast your vote.

Noel is also up for four awards:

- Best Solo Artist
- Best Album
- Greatest Music Moment
- Hero Of The Year

To vote for Noel click here HERE!

Review: Noel Gallaghers' High Flying Birds at Manchester Arena

Just like his beloved Manchester City, Noel Gallagher seems to be on a roll – and keeping just ahead of a close rival.

It was brother Liam who hit the ground running after Oasis split amid rumours of hurled guitars – and fruit – in 2009.

But while the younger Gallagher’s new project Beady Eye got the early plaudits, it’s Noel who, like so many Oasis songs, is proving the slow-burning hit.

Tonight his band – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – have come home to Manchester. And even Liam - who branded his elder brother’s new project ‘boring’ - might have looked at a packed Arena with more than a little sibling envy.

The gig starts – ironically perhaps – with It’s Good to be Free, the b-side from Whatever.

Gallagher, wearing a leather jacket and jeans and sporting a hint of a tan from his recent stint in Australia, then launches into a furious rendition of Mucky Fingers, from Heathen Chemistry.

Only then do we get the first song from his post-Oasis catalogue – the foot-stomping Everybody’s on the Run – followed immediately by the new single, Dream On.

The first big cheer of the night, though, is for an Oasis classic: a keyboard-heavy acoustic version of Whatever.

It’s a fairly low-key start – particularly given the relative lack of banter from Gallagher.

So a rocket-fuelled Supersonic is exactly what the night needs – and brings the thousands to their feet.

The reaction seems to warm Gallagher up as well as the crowd. He dedicates What a Life, one of his new group’s biggest hits so far, to ‘the greatest living human being on earth’ – controversial Blues’ striker Mario Balotelli.

Half the crowd cheers and half the crowd jeers, which strangely seems to be exactly the kind of reaction Gallagher wanted.

Many of the fans here got a sneak preview of what was in store in October, when Noel and the band played a euphorically-received gig at the Carling Apollo.

But anyone thinking the less intimate setting of the Arena might dilute the impact needn’t have worried.

If there’s one thing we learned from Oasis’ glory days, it’s that Gallagher knows how to fill the biggest stadiums with sound. Half the World Away – the Oasis number made famous as the theme tune to The Royle Family – raises the roof.

By the first encore, Little by Little, Gallagher seems to be visibly shattered. Maybe being both front man and lead guitarist - not to mention the fact he'll be 45 this year - is taking a physical toll.

The anthemic The Importance of Being Idle is well received, before Don’t Look Back in Anger transports an audience full of thirtysomething men back to their youth.

As a musician, and songwriter, Noel has not withered with age, but rather adapted. The Oasis classics have already stood the test of time.

Tonight is a demonstration that the new material – while more measured and plaintive – will almost certainly do the same.

With a wave and a ‘see you later’, he’s gone.A girl behind me wails: ‘But he’s not done Wonderwall!’It’s true. He might have mellowed but Gallagher still seems to like confounding expectations and springing the odd surprise. Just like Mario.

Source: menmedia.co.uk

On This Day In Oasis History...

Below are few videos from the 14th February 2007, when Oasis picked up the Outstanding Contribution award at the Brit Awards.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's Land In Aberdeen

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the P&J Arena in Aberdeen, UK later today (February 14th).

If you are going to the show, and you are able to scan your ticket or send in pictures email them to us @ scyhodotcom@gmail.com.

You can also tweet us pictures and updates @scyhodotcom

Live Blog: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's In Manchester

Live updates from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's Gig at the Manchester Evening News Arena.

Ricky Hatton has been spotted at the gig.

Pictures and updates can be found on our Twitter page here.

Setlist

(It’s Good) To Be Free
Mucky Fingers
Everybody’s On The Run
Dream On
If I Had A Gun
The Good Rebal
The Death Of You And Me
Freaky Teeth
Whatever
Supersonic
(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine
AKA... What A Life!
Talk Tonight
AKA... Broken Arrow
Half The World Away
Solder Boys And Jesus Freaks
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Little By Little
The Importance Of Being Idle
Don’t Look Back In Anger

Noel Gallagher's Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere (Vol.2) Part Thirty Six

From Noel Gallagher's 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere' tour diary.

So yes, well where were we? Australia!! Where are we now? Manchester!!

First night of this arena tour. I used to really, really, love doing arena tours. I loved the feel and the sound and the space etc etc...gotta say after the production rehearsals last night AND after doing theatres since October last year I'm not so sure I do anymore. It all seems too big, too loud, too fucking cold!! I'm sure I'll get used to it though. Bit of a shock how much you forget eh?

Got a right firm of people on the road with me. At any given time there will be upwards of 35 people onstage!! The introductions might take a while. I don't know anyone's name yet and probably won't even at the end. Looking forward to it though. It'll be fly by the seat of your pants gear but exciting none the same..we shall see eh?

ONWARDS.

GD.

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Win Tickets To Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's Aftershow Parties

Details of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's aftershow parties with Paul Gallagher in Dublin, and Belfast can be found below.

We have four pairs of tickets to giveaway all you have to do is email in either Dublin or Belfast in the subject of an email and include your name.

Tickets will go to the first people that email in.

Thanks to Aidan @ Up Close & Personal Promotions.

Noel Gallagher Talks About His Triumphant Return To Manchester

Of all the subjects CityLife imagined we might discuss with Noel Gallagher, we never saw The Dukes Of Hazzard coming.

But, camped out in his hotel suite in Adelaide, Australia, when he should have been outside soaking up some sun, Noel has embarked on a TV nostalgia marathon.

“Dukes Of Hazzard, Magnum, Knight Rider and The A Team,” he lists in excited amazement. “On Australian national TV – not even an 80s-themed channel.

“Boss Hogg – do you remember him? ******* hell, man, he’s mint.
“Do you remember what the old English fella was called with the ’tash, who lived in the house? ******* mindblowing... Higgins!

“I’ve been sat here texting everyone – ‘Higgins!’. Brown and yellow stripped helicopter - **** me, I wanted one of those.”

International quirks are what keep life as a touring musician interesting, says Noel. And he should know; since Oasis emerged with their smash hit of a debut, Definitely Maybe, back in 1994, Noel has performed in almost every territory imaginable.

There are exceptions: Paraguay for one, which he’ll visit soon with his latest project Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (“You may laugh,” he smiles. “I mean, is there anybody there who’ll have any vague idea who I am?”)
Japan – “still 20 years in the future” – fascinates him, but he reckons nowhere changes at such a mystifying rate as Manchester.

“It changes constantly,” Burnage-born Noel says.

“I go back on average maybe four or five times a year. Every time I go on a night out people are like, ‘Oh, no one goes there any more, they go here now’.

“It changes much more than London.

“But it’s still my home, you know – it doesn’t take me that long to get back into the swing of things.

“I walk down streets and in my head I’m thinking, ‘This is where I was writing Half The World Away.

“When I pass India House (on Whitworth Street), I look up at my old flat window and think, ‘I wonder if they know? If the people who live here now would mind me knocking on the door and saying, ‘I used to live here’.

“I wrote (What’s The Story) Morning Glory and Definitely Maybe in that flat. I’d love to stand and look out of that window again.

“I spent a lot of time staring out of that window smoking. I refer to them as the glory days.”

He may have written two of the most celebrated guitar records of the century, then, but Noel remains affably grounded, despite the fact his Adelaide stop off is because the High Flying Birds have soared far quicker than he imagined.

He’s had to satiate demand to see him play with a world tour before the HFB are even a formal band.

When he hits the UK on Monday, starting his tour in Manchester, he’ll be playing arenas.

As votes of confidence from fan to artist go, this is the ticket sales equivalent of being carried victoriously on the shoulders of your army before anyone’s even sustained a paper cut.

After the split of Oasis and the rift with volatile kid brother Liam, it seems 44-year-old Noel is an artist who can do no wrong.

Unlike Liam, whose new outfit Beady Eye met with a far frostier reception from fans and critics alike (Noel, it seems, is the only person left to see Beady Eye play, or formulate an opinion on them).

And, refreshingly, it’s a scenario he’s utterly surprised by.

“Part of you, when you make a record thinks, ‘This is ******* brilliant and why wouldn’t it be a massive success ’cos I’m amazing’,” he says, in classically tongue-in-cheek style.

“And the other part of you thinks, ‘Well, you just never know’.

“When I was listening to the mixes coming off the desk in Los Angeles I was thinking, ‘This is as good a bunch of songs as I’ve ever been involved in’, so by that rule alone I think it’ll do alright.

“But I never thought I’d have sold so many records in such a short space of time and be playing arenas; I never prepared for any of this.”

With arenas come endless meetings about lasers and light shows, sighs Noel. when all he’s interested in doing is making the music fill the space.

His solution: to assemble on stage upwards of 60 people to bring the album to life, including a full choir and brass section.

“There’s nothing better than watching people rather than a big screen,” he says.

“We’re going to fill the arena with noise and music as opposed to gadgets and charisma.”

The shorthand for what Noel got to experience with Oasis is ‘everything’.

They toured the world several times, cleaned up at awards shows and crucially wrote the final chapter in the Madchester music movement.

But there’s still new things to do. Creatively, Noel’s definitely on a high; he’s already revealed that his debut record is (conceptually speaking) the first part of a two-part album with the second half – written with Manchester production duo Amorphous Androgynous – being a pretty ‘far out’ companion LP.

And why shouldn’t he be brave enough to try something new? Because part of what keeps rock ’n’ roll interesting is fresh experiences, and now the thrill of the new for Noel is in the small details.

His most recent career first, though, is pretty Tom Jones; he’s become the kind of musician people fling bras at. “It was a wonderful moment,” he smiles. “I called my mrs (Sara MacDonald) and she was very proud.

“I’ve kept it as well, like a serial killer’s trophy.”

There’s plenty of time to gather more trophies before the tour ends in November, at which point he’s planning a year off to spend time with his kids (“There’ll come a point when Sara will get ****** off with me and send me back to work, which is what you women are like,” he laughs. “When I’m not there, she’s like, ‘You’re like a lodger’. When I am, she’s like ‘Don’t you have a job?’.”).

But more than anything, though, he’s just puzzling out how to be a contented musician again. “This is gonna sound like an awfully conceited thing to say, but I’ve done so much with Oasis that there’s nothing else to do; it’s about keeping things ticking over,” he considers.

“I’m not desperate to prove myself over and over again, I’m not one for chasing success and fame.

“If this thing becomes boring or about churning out records I’ll do something else.

“The road is open, whereas with Oasis I liked the security of that and I did see myself being in that band until I was 60.

“If someone had said to me in 2005, ‘Tell me where you’ll be in 2010’, I could have predicted where I’d be – with Oasis.

“If someone asks me now where I’ll be five years from now, I genuinely have no idea.

“A lot has happened since I put that album out, and I don’t know how the **** I’m gonna follow this up.

“Putting out an album was daunting after being in one of the biggest bands of all times.

“In Oasis, there was always a five-year plan,” he smiles, tentatively, “and I don’t have one of those plans any more.”

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds play Manchester Arena on Monday. £35-59.50.

Source: www.citylife.co.uk

Vote For Upside Down The Movie At The NME Awards

Upside Down The Movie has made it onto the shortlist of five for this year's Best Music Film at the NME awards.

Upside Down: The Creation Records Story is a 2010 film by Document Productions which charts the story of Creation Records. Directed by Danny O'Connor, the film features Alan McGee, Noel Gallagher, Bonehead, Andy Bell, Bobby Gillespie, Mark Gardener and more.

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's Land In Manchester

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, UK later today (February 13th).

If you are going to the show, and you are able to scan your ticket or send in pictures email them to us @ scyhodotcom@gmail.com.

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The Maccabees Love Noel Gallagher

The Maccabees want it known that they are huge fans of Noel Gallagher.

Yesterday, guitarist Felix White, 26, told me he wasn’t that keen on Britpop-era bands and he said some pretty controversial things about them.

But I’m happy to report that the 44-year-old former Oasis axeman and now solo BRIT- nominated superstar wasn’t who Felix meant at all. Perish the thought.

In fact, they’re playing together at this month’s NME Awards. Bromance cuddles all round.

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk