NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS UNVEIL NEW TRACK "DEAD TO THE WORLD"

NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS UNVEIL NEW TRACK "DEAD TO THE WORLD" WATCH OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO HERE / LISTEN HERE   TAKEN FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM COUNCIL SKIES OUT JUNE 2ND ON SOUR MASH RECORDS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW HERE NORTH AMERICAN & UK DATES THIS SUMMER, EURO DATES TO FOLLOW

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds today release “Dead To The World”, a remarkable new track taken from the eagerly anticipated fourth studio album Council Skies, due for release on June 2nd via Sour Mash Records. Listen here and watch the lyric video here.   The epic “Dead To The World” is “by some distance my favorite tune on the album,” Noel says. “It has this film noir vibe. It’s not like anything else I’ve ever done before. It’s very melancholic, but I like that. I’m a Gemini – I’m as up as I am down, and the trick is to meet somewhere in the middle and turn that into music.”   The release of “Dead To The World” follows fan excitement as mysterious orchestral clips filmed by Noel himself at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, London emerged on social media at the beginning of the year. Watch here.   “Dead To The World” is one of several songs on the album that boast strings arranged by the hugely talented Rosie Danvers, a long-time High Flying Birds collaborator. Noel says “Rosie gets what I do. Spending a weekend recording strings in Abbey Road… that’s one of the great privileges in a musician’s life. It sounds majestic.”   Recent singles taken from the forthcoming album, “Easy Now” and “Pretty Boy,” were met with overwhelmingly positive reactions by fans and media alike with Rolling Stone praising the latter “a swift-moving track, driven by a restless post-punk energy,” and SPIN declaring “Noel’s lyrics are as inscrutable as ever.” Earlier this month Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds released The Cure’s Robert Smith’s remix of “Pretty Boy,” taking the single to a new spaced-out dimension.   Council Skies is available to pre-order now on CD, heavyweight vinyl with bonus 7”, LP picture disc plus various digital formats including a Dolby Atmos spatial audio version. The Robert Smith remix is featured on deluxe limited-edition triple vinyl and 2CD formats which also include a stunning live session version of “Live Forever” and a remix from Pet Shop Boys. A printed handwritten lyric sheet of the title track “Council Skies” will be included with all album pre-orders via the official store.   Following the announcement of an array of UK outdoor venues & festivals, including a huge homecoming show at Manchester’s Wythenshawe Park in August, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have confirmed a 26-date North American tour, co-headlining with US alternative rockers Garbage. The live dates begin in tandem with the release of Council Skies on June 2nd and run throughout the summer – with more dates to be announced soon.   Deluxe Album Tracklist:  Disc 1: I’m Not Giving Up Tonight Pretty Boy Dead To The World Open The Door, See What You Find Trying To Find A World That’s Been And Gone Easy Now Council Skies There She Blows! Love Is A Rich Man Think Of A Number Disc 2: Don’t Stop… We’re Gonna Get There In The End Mind Games Pretty Boy (Instrumental) Dead To The World (Instrumental) Council Skies (Instrumental) Think Of A Number (Instrumental) I’m Not Giving Up Tonight (David Holmes Remix) Think Of A Number (Pet Shop Boys Magic Eye 12” Remix) Pretty Boy (Robert Smith Remix) Council Skies (The Reflex Revision) Flying On The Ground (Radio 2 Session, 08.09.21) You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Radio 2 Session, 08.09.21) Live Forever (Radio 2 Session, 08.09.21)   2023 North American Tour: June 2nd, 2023 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre June 3rd, 2023 – Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater June 6th, 2023 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion June 7th, 2023 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl June 9th, 2023 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre June 10th, 2023 – San Diego, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre June 11th, 2023 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre June 13th, 2023 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre June 15th, 2023 – Denver, CO – Levitt Pavilion Denver June 17th, 2023 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion June 18th, 2023 – Del Valle, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater June 21st, 2023 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre June 22nd, 2023 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre June 24th, 2023 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre June 25th, 2023 – Franklin, TN – FirstBank Amphitheater June 27th, 2023 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island June 28th, 2023 – Madison, WI – Breese Stevens Field June 29th, 2023 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center July 1st, 2023 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center July 3rd, 2023 – Toronto, OH – Budweiser Stage* July 6th, 2023 – Clarkson, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre July 8th, 2023 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center July 10th, 2023 – New York, NY – Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage July 13th, 2023 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion July 14th, 2023 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann July 15th, 2023 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway *without Metric Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds play the following UK shows this summer: July 21st, 2023 – Buckinghamshire, Pennfest (Headlining) July 23rd, 2023 – Nottingham, Wollaton Park Splendour Festival (Headlining) July 28th, 2023 – London, Crystal Palace Bowl July 30th, 2023 – Brighton, On The Beach (Headlining) August 5th, 2023 – Saffron Waldon, Essex Audley End August 19th, 2023 – Monmouthshire, Caldicot Castle August 20th, 2023 – Sedgefield, Co Durham Hardwick Festival August 24th, 2023 – Somerset, Taunton Vivary Park August 26th, 2023 – Manchester, Wythenshawe Park August 27th, 2023 – Dublin, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham September 1st, 2023 – Sheffield, Rock N Roll Circus, Don Valley Bowl (Headlining)   Tickets available now here.   About Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds first emerged in 2011 with their eponymous album released in October that year. It has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. Three #1 albums followed, marking a decade of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and culminating in 12 consecutive UK #1 album across Noel’s career, a feat no other artist has ever achieved. In the two decades prior to its break up in 2009, Noel Gallagher was main songwriter, lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of Oasis, whom The New Yorker hailed as “one of the last generation-defining rock acts.” His band regularly toured America and played a tremendous role in shaping and inspiring contemporary guitar music from the 90s onwards. Noel’s continued success with the High Flying Birds cements his position as one of the most gifted, successful and enduring songwriters to come out of the British music scene in the last 50 years.

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