Liam Gallagher confirms Shockwave will be first single from his second solo album Why Me? Why Not

Liam Gallagher performing at the 2017 Leeds Festival (Gary Mather / Live4ever)

Liam Gallagher has confirmed Shockwave will be the first single from his second solo album, one which he revealed on Twitter earlier this week will be called Why Me? Why Not – another apparent nod to his hero John Lennon.

Shockwave is the first new material from Gallagher since his 2017 solo debut As You Were firmly cemented a return to the top table of British music for the Oasis frontman – a comeback which is about to be documented on the film As It Was. “I’m buzzing,” he says.

“Buzzing to be alive, buzzing to be making tunes, raring to go. It’s nice to be back with some new music because it means I can get out there, play some gigs and give some people some stick because that is what I do. Let’s face it, it’s boring without me.”

Gallagher will start the road to Glastonbury with a a special ‘underplay’ event at Hackney Round Chapel in London on June 5th.

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Tour dates:

June
5 – Hackney Round Chapel, London
8 – Medimex International Festival & Music Conference, Taranto, Italy
21 – Metronome Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
23 – Irish Independent Park, Cork, Ireland
26 – Eden Sessions, Cornwall, UK
26 – Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, United Kingdom

July
4 – Collisioni Festival, Barolo, Italy
13 – Pohoda Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia
14 – Atlas Weekend, Kiev, Ukraine
17 – Moon & Stars Festival, Locarno, Switzerland
28 – Festival De Carcassonne, Carcassonne, France

September
1 – Fall In Love Festival, Bucharest, Romania