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Noel Gallagher announces new album and tour dates

By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 26 September 2017

Who built the moon? The question we’ve all been asking may or may not be answered on Noel Gallagher’s new solo album, ‘Who Built The Moon?’

The third Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds LP will be out on 24 Nov. That’s less than two months after his brother Liam’s debut solo effort, which adds a new level of competition to this year’s musical end-of-year lists.

The new record is released by the Gallagher’s own Sour Mash label, with support from Universal Music in many markets. It was produced by David Holmes, who seemingly badgered his collaborator into working differently this time around.

Of the creative process behind almost-title-track ‘The Man Who Built The Moon’, Gallagher explains: “We took a keyboard riff we liked from an unused track and added chords. A year later we came to deal with it as a song and when we got to the chorus, David kept asking me to write a new one… again and again and again. I was ready to strangle him. The one that you hear is the eighth attempt and, you know what? The annoying thing is he was right”.

Holmes meanwhile enthuses: “People are going to be surprised. I think people love Noel and they’re desperate for him to make a really big, bold, up-tempo beast of a record – a lot of Noel’s music is quite mid-tempo. This one is fun”.

How much fun? Well here’s a trailer to give you an idea:

As well as the album release, Gallagher has announced tour dates for 2018, which will run as follows:

22 Apr: Brighton Centre
24 Apr: Glasgow, SSE Hydro
25 Apr: Aberdeen, BHGE Arena
27 Apr: London, Wembley Arena
20 Apr: Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
1 May: Birmingham Arena
3 May: Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
4 May: Manchester Arena
6 May: Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
7 May: Leeds, First Direct Arena
9 May: Belfast, SSE Arena
10 May: Dublin, 3Arena