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North American Tour Announced
Just announced! Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be heading out on a North American Tour this May/June!
There will be a special fan pre-sale, for all headline tour dates at 10am, your local US time, on Wednesday 21st January HERE
Make sure you sign up now to get pre-sale ticket access and more HERE
Tickets will go on general sale this Friday 23rd.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds North American Tour Dates:
May 3rd Toronto, ON @ Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
May 9th Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival (Not included in the Pre-sale)
May 10th New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre
May 13th Houston, TX @ House of Blues
May 14th Dallas, TX @ Majestic Theatre
May 16th San Diego, CA @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
May 18th San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
May 20th Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
May 22nd Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
May 29th Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
May 30th Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
May 31st Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Theatre
June 2nd Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
June 4th Washington, D.C. @ Lincoln Theater
June 6th Boston, MA @ Opera House
June 7th New York, NY @ Governor's Ball Festival (Not included in the pre-sale)
ENTER BALLOT FOR INTIMATE LONDON SHOW
Noel's iTunes 'Favourites'
Noel has put together a list of his 'Favourites spanning music, books, films and TV shows for iTunes
Exclusively here on his website he explains the reasons for choosing the albums on his list.
Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols - The Sex Pistols.
"Probably the single most important important album of all time.
Why? Because it re-ignited youth culture...a youth culture murdered by hippies.
If it didn't exist you'd HAVE to invent it!"
The Wall - Pink Floyd.
"The scope, the vision, the story, the iconic guitar playing - not to mention the songs!
I know every single word of it...staggering."
The Joshua Tree - U2.
"There's not a lot you can say about it really.
"Where The Streets Have No Name"? "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"?
"With Or Without You"? "Running To Stand Still"?
If you haven't got a copy you're a knob… The end"
Revolver - The Beatles.
"The '90's would never have happened without this album."
We Are The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks.
"Probably the most underappreciated album of all time. Ray Davies was the unsung hero of
the '60's...Storytelling of THE MOST HIGHEST ORDER."
Her Satanic Majesties Request - The Rolling Stones.
"Everyone thinks it's shit...The Rolling Stones think it's shit!!
(Although there is a track on it which is basically just some fucker snoring...which IS shit...)
I fucking LOVE it!!"
Noel's iTunes 'Favourites'
To see the full selection of Noel's 'Favourites' on iTunes click HERE
Tonight's The Night - Neil Young.
"Heartbreaking, alcohol fuelled, darker than dark and bleaker than the inside of Thom Yorke's Christmas crackers...the sound of almost falling apart...don't listen to it if you've fallen out with your bird...or boyfriend...or your cat even!!"
Youth And Young Manhood - Kings Of Leon.
"Before they did that thing that most bands do...y'know...discover reverb and try and sound like
U2? Yeah?...well BEFORE that they were unbelievably good...listen to this and tell me I'm wrong."
Parachutes - Coldplay.
"See above.."
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses.
"It doesn't sound like it now but at the time this really did seem like it came from another universe...at that moment they were the greatest band of all time."
The Ultimate Collection - The Who.
"Undoubtedly the greatest singles band of all time...laughable at how many truly great youth anthems Pete Townshend wrote...equally as laughable that is called the ULTIMATE collection and they've released about 20 "Best Of's" since!"
Noel's iTunes 'Favourites'
To see the full selection of Noel's 'Favourites' on iTunes click HERE
Snap! - The Jam.
"Weller the teenager writing teenage anthems...rare as a decent Bside these days!
No point in listing them, there's too many. Intense and unrelenting and he was only 23 when they split up!!!"
The Specials - The Specials.
"Easily one of THE great British albums of all time. The sound of the school playground!
It really did unite people...EVERYBODY loved them!"
Kontiki - Cotton Mather.
"I bought this on the strength of an interview that mentioned it sounding like Dylan and The Beatles...and you know what? For once the hack had called it correctly!!"
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths.
"I can still remember the ride home from Piccadilly Records in Manchester after buying it and thinking - how are they gonna top Meat is Murder?
- the minute the needle hit the record and that psychedelic intro to the title track fell out of the speakers, all doubt was blown away.
There's nothing left to say about it that hasn't already been said...THE FUCKING BOLLOCKS!"
Badly Badly - Smaller.
"You'll most probably never have heard of this mob. You'll most probably never have heard this record. The songwriting is immense. Bitter and twisted but funny as fuck. Like if Steptoe ever made a record...only smellier! Take a punt on it...I dare you!"