NEW SINGLE : NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS unveil new track ‘DEAD TO THE WORLD’ – taken from forthcoming new album ‘COUNCIL SKIES’ (out 2nd June 2023)

Photo credit: Matt Crockett (2023)

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 

Unveil New Track ‘Dead To The World’ 

 Taken From The Forthcoming New Album ‘Council Skies’ 

Out 2^nd June 2023 (on Sour Mash Records)

Available to Pre-Order Now Here

 UK & American Tour Dates This Summer + European 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 2^nd June 2023 (via Sour Mash Records).

The epic ‘Dead To The World’ is “by some distance my favourite 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, ‘Pretty Boy’ and ‘Easy Now’, were met with overwhelmingly positive reactions by fans and media alike, including significant national radio support.  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 title track ‘Council Skies’ will be included with all album pre-orders via the official store.

Following the announcement of shows at an array of UK & Irish 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’ June 2^nd and run throughout the summer – with more shows to be announced soon.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds play the following outdoor headline UK & Irish shows this summer;

21 July                 Buckinghamshire – Pennfest

23 July                 Nottingham, Wollaton Park – Splendour In The Park Festival

28 July                 London, Crystal Palace Bowl – South Facing Festival

30 July                 Brighton, On The Beach

04 August            Bingley Weekender

05 August            Saffron Waldon, Essex – Audley End

19 August            Monmouthshire, Caldicot Castle

20 August            Sedgefield, Co Durham – Hardwick Festival

24 August            Somerset, Taunton Vivary Park

26 August            Manchester, Wythenshawe Park

27 August            Dublin, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham

01 September   Sheffield, Don Valley Bowl – Rock N Roll Circus

Tickets available now here

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Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – ‘Council Skies’ Deluxe Album Tracklisting;

Disc 1:

1. I’m Not Giving Up Tonight
2. Pretty Boy
3. Dead To The World
4. Open The Door, See What You Find
5. Trying To Find A World That’s Been And Gone
6. Easy Now
7. Council Skies
8. There She Blows!
9. Love Is A Rich Man
10. Think Of A Number

Disc 2:

1. Don’t Stop…
2. We’re Gonna Get There In The End
3. Mind Games
4. Pretty Boy (Instrumental)
5. Dead To The World (Instrumental)
6. Council Skies (Instrumental)
7. Think Of A Number (Instrumental)
8. I’m Not Giving Up Tonight (David Holmes Remix)
9. Think Of A Number (Pet Shop Boys Magic Eye 12” Remix)
10. Pretty Boy (Robert Smith Remix)
11. Council Skies (The Reflex Revision)
12. Flying On The Ground (Radio 2 Session, 08.09.21)
13. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Radio 2 Session, 08.09.21)
14. Live Forever (Radio 2 Session, 08.09.21)