Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds @ Liverpool Echo Arena. April 2016. (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever Media)
Noel Gallagher is streaming Fort Knox online as the second teaser of his new record Who Built The Moon?.
The largely instrumental, pulsing album opener succeeds lead single Holy Mountain in previewing Gallagher’s third High Flying Birds LP ahead of its release on November 24th. “It was the last track finished on the last day in the studio,” Noel explains.
“It started from a conversation talking about the Kanye West track ‘The Power’. The singer, Y-See, had never even heard the track and she started to do this vocal over it and it was like: fucking hell! It all just fell in to place.”
He’s expecting, if not hoping, for a divisive response from fans and recently told Rock And Pop Chile Holy Mountain had ‘split my fanbase in two’. Continuing on the album as a whole, he said:
“I speak for the entire album here: the people who will like it will not just like it, they’ll love it, and people who don’t like it will hate it.”
After his stint supporting U2’s Joshua Tree anniversary tour, Gallagher’s headline gigs start early next year.
2018 tour dates:
February
9 – Detroit, Michigan, Masonic Temple
10 – Columbus, Ohio, Express Live
12 – Washington, District of Columbia, Anthem
13 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Merriam Theatre
15 – New York City, New York, Radio City Music Hall
17 – Boston, Massachusetts, Opera House
18 – Montreal, Quebec, Place des Arts/Salle Wilfrid Pelletier
20 – Toronto, Ontario, Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
23 – Cleveland, Ohio, Goodyear Theater
24 – Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Theatre
25 – Indianapolis, Indiana, Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
27 – Nashville, Tennessee, Ryman Auditorium
28 – Atlanta, Georgia, Tabernacle Atlanta
March
2 – New Orleans, Louisiana, Orpheum Theatre
3 – Houston, Texas, House of Blues
5 – Austin, Texas, ACL Live At The Moody Theater
6 – Dallas, Texas, Majestic Theater
9 – Las Vegas, Nevada, Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan
10 – Oakland, California, Fox Theater
12 – Los Angeles, California, Orpheum Theatre
April
3,4 – L’Olympia, Paris, France
6 – Forest National / Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, Belgium
8 – Mehr! Theater am Großmarkt, Hamburg, Germany
9 – Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Düsseldorf, Germany
11 – Fabrique, Milan, Italy
12 – Zenith, Munich, Germany
14 – Lucerna Velký sál, Prague, Czech Republic
16 – Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
17 – Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, Germany
19 – AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands
20 – Rockhal, Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg
22 – Brighton, Centre
24 – SSE Hydro, Glasgow
25 – AECC, Aberdeen
27 – SSE Arena Wembley, London
30 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
May
1 – Birmingham, Arena
3 – Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
4 – Manchester, Arena
6 – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
7 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
9 – SSE Arena, Belfast
10 – 3Arena, Dublin
