Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds releases new single

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds releases new single

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds release a brand new single – ‘Black Star Dancing’, availabledigitally now. The single, which is produced by Noel, is taken from the EP of the same name - available digitally and on 12” vinyl to pre-order now – released on 14th June, the same date that Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds headline Isle of Wight Festival.

Noel says of the single: "It manages to combine the influences of David Bowie, INXS, U2, Queen, Indeep AND ZZ Top FFS! ... I might have been watching too much Top Of The Pops recently ... anyway, it's ‘dope’ ... not my words, but the words of Nile Rodgers who literally danced in the studio when he heard it!”

Featuring new kaleidoscopic artwork by Gareth Halliday, the EP includes 2 new tracks ‘Rattling Rose’and ‘Sail On’, a 12” mix of ‘Black Star Dancing’ plus a remix by London-based French DJ/producer Nicolas Laugier, aka The Reflex.

The full EP track-listing is:

1. Black Star Dancing

2. Rattling Rose

3. Sail On

4. Black Star Dancing (12” Mix)

5. Black Star Dancing (The Reflex Revision)

The release of the new single and EP announcement comes as Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birdsprepare to embark on a short run of sold out intimate live shows across the UK and Ireland. The 11-piece line-up will then follow these dates with a host of headline festival appearances across the summer. The shows, which also include a huge homecoming gig at Manchester’s Heaton Park, will give fans the chance to hear the new material for the first time.

The live dates in full are:

  • 7th May EDINBURGH, Playhouse SOLD OUT
  • 8th May LLANDUDNO, Venue Cymru SOLD OUT
  • 9th May LONDON, The London Palladium SOLD OUT
  • 11th May HULL, Bonus Arena SOLD OUT
  • 24th May CARDIFF, Cardiff Castle
  • 25th May NEWCASTLE, This Is Tomorrow Festival, Exhibition Park
  • 26th May NORWICH, Sunday Sessions, Earlham Park
  • 7th June MANCHESTER, Heaton Park
  • 8th June INVERNESS, Bught Park
  • 14th June ISLE OF WIGHT, Isle of Wight Festival
  • 16th June DUBLIN, Malahide Castle
  • 30th June EXETER, Sunday Sessions, Powderham Castle

This release follows a hat-trick of Number 1 albums for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – most recently the Mercury-nominated ‘Who Built The Moon?’, which achieved gold certification less than two weeks after its release in 2017. It’s also a record breaking 10 consecutive chart-topping studio albums in the UK for Noel.

For further information please visit noelgallagher.com

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