NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS ADD COACHELLA DATES TO SPRING 2012 TOUR PLANS
January 11, 2012 – NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS will return to the US this Spring for select tour dates which will kick off in Washington, DC on March 28th and will include performances on April 14th and 21st at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The festival takes place over two weekends in Indio, California. Other acts confirmed for the 14th and 21st include Radiohead, Bon Iver and The Shins.
Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am (PST) through the festival’s website www.coachella.com where the full line-up for the festival can also be found.
On November 8th, 2011 NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS was released in the US on Sour Mash/Mercury Records and was recorded in London and completed in Los Angeles during 2010 and the first half of 2011. The album was co-produced by Noel Gallagher and Dave Sardy, who produced the last Oasis album, Dig Out Your Soul (2008).
NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS went straight to the #1 spot in the United Kingdom, selling an impressive 240,000 & going Platinum in its first 3 weeks of release. Gallagher’s debut solo album, which was released in Europe on October 18th, ranks among the highest selling debuts of 2011.
Beginning in August of 2011, with the UK debut of ‘The Death of You and Me,’ Gallagher has released a trilogy of videos including ‘If I Had a Gun’ and culminating with the intriguing video for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds new U.S. single ‘AKA… What A Life!’ The video was co-directed by Mike Bruce and Blake West, who worked with Noel on the video for ‘The Death Of You And Me.’ Filmed in California, Arizona and New Mexico, the video features an outrageous performance by actor / comedian Russell Brand.
http://www.noelgallagher.com/#news/aka-what-a-life-video
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – AKA… What A Life
>The U.K. and U.S. press corps has weighed in on the strength of Noel Gallagher’s first solo album and live show:
“To have a whole gig of Noel’s expressive voice is a treat” NME
“…a towering debut….. this assured debut secures his position as one of our finest artists.” Q Magazine 4 Stars
“If there is a prize for comeback of the year at the Grammy’s, this years’ prize would almost certainly go to the former Oasis cornerstone Noel Gallagher” Entertainment Weekly
“The elder Gallagher rather does what he’s always done best: lush, driving, melodic rock ‘n’ roll. Happily, High Flying Birds offers a number of soaring moments…..” USA Today
“”What a Life” gallops with a grandiosity that recalls Arcade Fire, and “Stop the Clocks” is a full-on orchestral-rock orgy.” Spin
“Free from the confines of the band, he ventures into new territory while holding fast to his poetry” Blackbook NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 2012 SPRING U.S. TOUR DATES
March 28 Washington,DC @ Warner Theatre
March 29 Columbus, OH @ LC Pavillion
March 31 Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
April 1 Chicago, IL @ The Riviera
April 3 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
April 4 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room
April 6 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
April 14 Coachella
April 21 Coachella
Noel Gallagher – Photo By Lawrence Watson
