Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The Roundhouse In London Live Blog

Setlist gig has now finished.

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

Updates from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds gig at The Roundhouse in London will appear here, other pictures and reports can be found on our Twitter page here.

Oasis' Definitely Maybe Is One Of Zane Lowe's Masterpieces

From 21 - 24 November 2011, Zane's Masterpieces returns for a sixth season to Radio One to celebrate four great albums and their part in musical history.

Over four consecutive days, Zane - joined by a host of special guests - will pay tribute to these incredible albums and play them out for you in full. This means zero interruptions, no censorship and no talking as the albums are played back exactly as they were meant to be heard, with listeners across the world sharing the moment!

The four albums picked this time are

The Smashing Pumpkins
Siamese Dream
21 Nov 2011

Dizzee Rascal
Boy In Da Corner
22 Nov 2011

Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
23 Nov 2011

Oasis
Definitely Maybe
24 Nov 2011

Official Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Merchandise Is Available Now!

Head on over to the Official Noel Gallagher website here, for a look at the official merchandise that has just gone on sale.

Lawrence Watson On Working With Noel Gallagher

Lawrence Watson spent an 18 month period working and documenting Noel Gallagher's journey creating his debut solo album. Much of the time was spent in the USA and this body of work captures the intimacy. The Londonewcastle Project Space in Shoreditch, London hosts this exhibition.

Another Interview With Noel Gallagher From The Q Awards

Below is an interview with Noel Gallagher at the Q Awards in London last week.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Confirm First Live Dates In Mexico

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are pleased to announce they will be heading to Mexico next April to play two dates in Monterrey and Mexico City. The two concerts will mark the band's first visit to the country. Noel Gallagher was last in Mexico with Oasis in November 2008 when they played in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey.

The confirmed gigs are:

10/04/2012 - Monterrey, Auditorio Banamex
11/04/2012 - Mexico City, Teatro Metropolitan

There will be a pre-sale available to Mexican fans registered here at www.NoelGallagher.com. If you're not already a member of the site you can sign up HERE! Instructions to apply for the pre-sale will be emailed to fans Thursday evening.

Tickets go on General sale Wednesday 9th November at 11am (local time):

MONTERREY: Ticketmaster.com.mx and all Ticketmaster locations, Auditorio Banamex box office, and charge by phone - 83699199

MEXICO CITY: Ticketmaster.com.mx and all Ticketmaster locations, Teatro Metropolitan box office, and charge by phone - 9138.1350 x.1202

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have confirmed several forthcoming dates including tours of UK and Ireland, North America, Europe and Japan. To keep up to date on the band's tour announcements sign up to the mailing list HERE!

Source: www.noelgallagher.com

The Gangas To Support Beady Eye In Chile Later Today

The Gangas will be supporting Beady Eye in Santiago, Chile later today.

Below is a video of Andy Bell and Gem Archer talking about the band during an interview in 2009.

Watch/Listen To A Live Stream Of Beady Eye In Buenos Aires

On November 4th you can watch Beady Eye's appearance at the Personal Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

You can watch the band here, and also listen to radio stream here (click 'radio en vivo' in horizontal menu).

Not sure at time of posting what time the band are appearing, so if any of you have an idea please leave a comment or send us an e-mail.

Thanks to AG

Video: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The HMV Forum

Below are a few videos from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the HMV Forum in London.

Noel Gallagher Says More US Dates To Be Announced Next Week

Click here and select Noel Gallagher to listen to an interview from Kramp & Adler on 102.1FM in Milwaukee.

Noel said that more US live dates will be announced next week.

New Beady Eye Mix 'What The World Is Waiting For...'

Last Monday we announced that Andy had given us three exclusive new mixes, the first of which - 'What The World Is Waiting For...' - was posted last week.

This week's mix - 'Yesterday, Where Is My Mind?' - is now available to listen to below. The mix, featuring great tunes from the likes of The Horrors, Little Barrie and Lana Del Ray - is the second of the three mixes.

Andy told us:

'Here is a mix made up of (mainly new) music that the band have been listening to recently. Little Barrie is a friend of ours and guitarist in Primal Scream ... Hippy Mafia (band formed in Toronto by Gaz Whelan from the Mondays and friends) will be supporting us on the forthcoming UK tour ... Arcade Fire = Best live band I've seen all year ... Cults are our favourite new band ... Cheap Freaks supported us in Dublin ... anyway ... Enjoy! We're off to South America. AB.'

Yesterday, Where Is My Mind? by Beady Eye Music on Mixcloud

Little Barrie - Tip It Over
Hippy Mafia - 4th and 5th
Colourmusic - Yes!
Susan Christie - Yesterday, Where Is My Mind?
The Horrors - Still Life
The War on Drugs - I Was There
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Cults - Go Outside
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Lil Millet and his Creoles - Rich Woman
Cheap Freaks - Cruel World
Dungen - Fredag
Death In Vegas - Sons of Rother
Pearls Before Swine - Another Time
Gila - This Morning
Ravi Shankar - Raga Desh
The Parsley Sound - Ease Yourself and Glide

Check back next Monday for the third of the mixes.

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

Yet Another Review Of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The HMV Forum

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
HMV Forum, London
October 30, 2011

As he takes the stage at this, the fifth gig of his first, post-Oasis tour, Noel Gallagher's solo debut album has been available for just 14 days. Enough time, it seems, for tonight's sold-out crowd to learn every word of his new songs. It's perhaps just as well, as nine of this evening's 20 tracks are culled from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. Having eased open the door to this new, live chapter with a spooky (It's Good) To Be Free and a pugilistic Mucky Fingers, album opener Everybody's On The Run begins a run of six new songs, each a muscular, jet-propelled version of their LP counterpart.

Aided in no small part by the freshness of his new band (and the deafening crack of Jeremy Stacey's snare drum), the likes of (I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine and pop mini-epic If I Had A Gun..., are examples of Noel's deft ability to meld the melodic and the explosive, while the melancholic The Death Of You And Me is fast becoming one of the finest songs he's ever written. New, new track Freaky Teeth is the low-slung cousin of final Oasis single Falling Down and acts as the precursor to a two-song, acoustic nod to his old band. Wonderwall - played by Noel in the Ryan Adams-cover style for the last decade - ignites every voice in the venue and is quickly followed by a bare-boned Supersonic. One of only three Liam-sung Oasis songs played tonight, its opening call-to-arms (I need to be myself/I can't be no one else) sounds tinged with melancholy. It's the only moment when the spectre of Liam Gallagher (and that voice) looms large.

If he had any worries about occupying the centre spot on stage, then Noel is hiding them well. His voice is in fine shape and an extended period of rehearsals has ensured that, even at this early stage, his band appear on top touring form. In any other circumstances Zutons bassist Russell Pritchard and guitarist Tim Smith would be considered reserved players, but with the immovable Gallagher at the helm, their moments of bouncing and grooving seem almost frantic. It certainly makes a change from the phalanx of static figures we've seen playing Oasis songs over the last 17 years. A triple-headed encore of Don't Look Back In Anger, The Importance Of Being Idle and Little By Little turn an already sweltering crowd into a swaying, singing mass that momentarily causes the Forum to expand to the size of a stadium. This is what Noel Gallagher is really, really good at.

Speaking to MOJO earlier this year, Noel Gallagher said: "In the early days, the only way you could have a connection with Oasis was to come and see us." 20 years later, with his younger brother having cast the music of his old band adrift, it has fallen to Gallagher Sr. to prove this Oasis connection is still possible. But this time round, with an arsenal of revitalised new songs, you get much, much more.

By Ross Bennett

Source: www.mojo4music.com

Happy Halloween

Pumpkin Art by Jenny 'Supersonic'

Another Review: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, HMV Forum

The high priest of rock and roll stepped out with nothing to prove...and a whole lot to offer as a solo artist.

It was an immaculate set of Oasis classics and tunes from the Birds’ self-titled new album, delivered with affection and expert composure.

Opening with Oasis’s much-loved B-side To Be Free, punters knew they were in for a feast.

Haunting solo ballad If I Had A Gun already caused terrace-style chanting that Noel has become accustomed to over the years.

He ditched the band for an eerie Wonderwall that mashed its old swagger with a newfound calm, before the lads came back for something fresh – dancey and energetic current single AKA What A Life.

Don’t Look Back In Anger was a fitting sublime finale.

Noel’s said his band name – an ever-changing cast of gifted mates – is basically a joke.

But those Birds are certainly soaring.

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Praises Fans In London

Noel Gallagher told fans it was an ''absolute privilege'' to play for them during a concert with his High Flying Birds project in London on Saturday night (29.10.11).
Noel Gallagher told fans it was an "absolute privilege" to play for them at his concert in London on Saturday night (29.10.11).

The former Oasis guitarist gave the fourth concert of his debut tour as Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Hammersmith Apollo and said he was blown away by the rapturous reception he received from the sell-out crowd.

Before playing his final song, 2002 Oasis single 'Little by Little', he said: "This has been an absolute privilege to play for you people tonight.

Jokingly referring to people from Liverpool and the re-setting of the clocks for British winter time, he added: "This has very different connotations for Scousers but make sure you put your watches back tonight and your clocks."

In his set, Noel played a selection of Oasis songs and several tracks from his solo album, including 'Dream On', '(I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine', 'AKA... What a Life!' and 'The Death of You and Me', all of which were well received by fans.

In an apparent reference to his decision to quit his former band after a huge bust-up with his brother Liam in August 2009, the songwriter opened his set with Oasis B-side '(It's Good) To Be Free' - which had an arrangement borrowed by his previous solo acoustic shows for The Teenage Cancer Trust.

The 44-year-old musician also treated the audience to a stripped down version of 'Wonderwall' - on which he was accompanied by just a piano and tambourine - and a surprise acoustic version of 'Supersonic', which was Oasis' first single, and famous for Liam's snarling vocals.

Other highlights included two more Oasis B-sides, 'Half the World Away' and 'Talk Tonight' - which Noel dedicated "to the girls at the back there" - solo tracks 'If I Had a Gun.' and 'Everybody's on the Run' and encore songs 'Don't Look Back in Anger' and 'The Importance of Being Idle'.

Noel is performing at London's Roundhouse venue tonight (31.10.11) and recently announced an arena tour of the UK and Ireland which kicks off in his hometown of Manchester on February 13 2012.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds set list:

'(It's Good) To Be Free'
'Mucky Fingers'
'Everybody's on the Run'
'Dream On'
'If I Had a Gun'
'The Good Rebel'
'The Death of You and Me'
'Freaky Teeth'
'Wonderwall'
'Supersonic'
'(I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine'
'AKA. What a Life'
'Talk Tonight'
'Soldier Boys and Jesus Freaks'
'AKA. Broken Arrow'
'Half the World Away'
'(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach'
'Don't Look Back in Anger'
'The Importance of Being Idle'
'Little by Little'

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Noel Gallagher On The High Flying Birds, Liam, Oasis And More

He’s on the rooftop deck of the Mondrian Hotel in SoHo, Noel Gallagher and a hundred of his favourite strangers, goggling at the staggering 270-degree view of – everything, really: skyscrapers, bridges, Manhattan’s eyrie.

It’s an Oasis album cover, a view worthy of High Flying Birds – and as his debut solo album blasts on the sound system, and Gallagher sips wine with media and fans pressing in with their umpteenth questions, even the rock star is a little overwhelmed.

“I’d never done anything like that before, ever,” he says the next day in a different swish downtown hotel. “My wife [Sara MacDonald] was going, ‘I don’t know how you do it.’ But in the end, I think the best way is just to get drunk.”

And did you?

“Oh, yeah.”

Well, there’s a legacy to uphold – without the usual suspects. At 44, he’s relaxed and self-deprecating, laughing and peppering his speech with cheerily sardonic F-bombs the way people salt French fries, and why not? Having powered Britpop sensation Oasis to 70 million in worldwide sales in the guitar nineties, he’s launching Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds solo, with the North American leg of the tour opening Nov. 7 at Massey Hall in Toronto.

But, sometimes, being your brother’s keeper is the devil you know. The guitarist and songwriter left Oasis in 2009, after a final rumble with younger brother Liam.

“Initially, it wasn’t a relief. It was a pain in the ass. But now I’m in it, I thought ‘Why not? I don’t have to worry about band politics.’ ”

That’s one way to put it: politics. In the Middle Eastern sense. Only the Kinks’ Davies waged brotherhood like Oasis’s Gallaghers did, brawling their way through a decade and a half of hits and punches. But Noel plays down his role in the mythology.

“You know, I never started a fight with a single person on this planet,” he says. “The only person I ever argued with about anything was Liam. And we don’t need to go into why. I’m not an aggressive person. I argue with my wife.”

The album came after a year off to reassess and recharge. But songwriting is what he does in his spare time. “And I’m really lucky that people are interested in what I do in my spare time.”

With the interest come expectations. “Everybody expects you to come back with the direct … anthem. And I was like, I wanna come back with a whisper. I wanna tap people on the shoulder and say, ‘Come over here a minute, there’s … trumpets on this!’ ”

Read the full article here.

Source: www.theglobeandmail.com

Review: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, HMV Forum

After the all-seated nostalgia of his solo debut in the Albert Hall last year, Noel Gallagher proved surprisingly essential viewing at the weekend. This wasn't a sombre post-Oasis wake but a second coming, powered by an elated crowd having Titanic moments on the balconies and singing every word.

A perfectly pleasant debut solo album caught fire in concert. The lyrics of songs just two weeks old, largely nonsensical in the Oasis tradition though they may mostly be, had already been memorised for optimum bellowing. If anything Noel's High Flying Birds were even less watchable than Oasis, who among their static number at least had one absolutely furious man who was inevitably wearing something ridiculous. But unlike Liam Gallagher's current Beady Eye project, who stubbornly and suicidally refuse to play songs that they haven't written, Noel still has Oasis classics in his arsenal. He's the divorced parent who dispenses the most ice cream, starting with the telling lyrics of old B-side (It's Good) to be Free and building up to yet another arms-aloft singalong of Don't Look Back in Anger.

He even did Wonderwall, admittedly as the Ryan Adams version, though with so many people howling the original melody it was hard to notice the subtle distinction.

New B-side The Good Rebel carried on a long tradition of resembling Beatles tunes (Ticket to Ride this time) but there was fresh energy in the pounding piano of AKA … What a Life! and the drum assault of Dream On. The acoustic Talk Tonight became a full band number; the traditionally Liam-sung Supersonic was stripped down to its bones.

While no one can sing like Liam, everyone reckons they can do Noel's bits and they duly did, creating an electric atmosphere for a new start that's going places.

Source: www.thisislondon.co.uk

Beady Eye Roll Into Santiago...

Beady Eye will play at the Industria Cultural in Santiago, Chile today (October 31st).

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 and I will do my best to get them on the site.

You can also tweet us pictures and updates @scyhodotcom

Beady Eye Kick Of Their South American Tour Later Today

After a couple of weeks of well deserved rest Beady Eye are heading out on tour again to play across South America.

The band are lined up to play:

Monday October 31, 2011 - Santiago, Chile @ Planeta Terra
Wednesday November 2, 2011 - Montevideo, Uruguay @ Teatro de Verano Ramon Collazo
Friday November 4, 2011 - Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Personal Festival
Saturday November 5, 2011 - Sao Baulo, Brazil @ Planata Terra
Monday November 7, 2011 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil @ Circo Voador

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

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Roundhouse in, London later today (October 31st).

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