Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
| Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | |
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| General information | |
| origin | Manchester , England |
| Genre (s) | Alternative rock , Britpop |
| founding | 2011 |
| Website | noelgallagher.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Noel Gallagher | |
| Chris Sharrock | |
| Gem Archer | |
| Mike Rowe | |
| Russell Pritchard | |
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is a British rock band around the former Oasis musician Noel Gallagher . It was founded in 2011.
history
On July 6, 2011, Noel Gallagher , the former lead guitarist of the Britpop band Oasis , announced at a press conference that his first solo studio album would be released on October 17, 2011 and would be titled Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds . This is also the name of the live band with whom Gallagher goes on tour and which became his new formation.
Noel Gallagher gave the first German concert in a new formation with the High Flying Birds in the Palladium in Cologne on Sunday, December 4th, 2011. This concert was recorded by WDR for broadcast in the Rockpalast . On December 7, 2011, Gallagher and his band were guests on the Harald Schmidt Show and played the song If I Had a Gun .
In March 2012 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds came to Germany again and played concerts in Hamburg, Berlin and Munich.
Gallagher's second solo album was also announced at the press conference on July 6, 2011, as a collaboration with electronics duo Amorphous Androgynous . On February 29, 2012, the first song together Shoot a Hole into the Sun was released as the B-side on the single Dream On . At the same time, Gallagher announced that the original release date for the joint album could not be met and that it will probably only appear in 2013.
On February 27, 2015, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' second album, Chasing Yesterday, was released . After that, the group toured extensively through Europe, Japan and the USA.
On September 25, 2015, Where the City Meets the Sky - Chasing Yesterday - The Remixes, a remix album with all of Chasing Yesterday's songs followed .
The third album Who Built the Moon? appeared on November 24, 2017.
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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| 2011 | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds |
DE11 (5 weeks) DE |
AT16 (4 weeks) AT |
CH10 (5 weeks) CH |
UK1  × 2
(60 weeks)UK |
US28 (2 weeks) US |
First published: October 16, 2011
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| 2015 | Chasing Yesterday |
DE5 (4 weeks) DE |
AT8 (3 weeks) AT |
CH4 (5 weeks) CH |
UK1 (44 weeks)UK |
US35 (1 week) US |
First published: February 27, 2015
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| Where the City Meets the Sky - Chasing Yesterday - The Remixes |
- | - | - |
UK35 (1 week) UK |
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First published: September 25, 2015
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| 2017 | Who Built the Moon? |
DE17 (2 weeks) DE |
AT15 (1 week) AT |
CH9 (3 weeks) CH |
UK1  (34 weeks)UK |
US48 (1 week) US |
First published: November 24, 2017
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| 2020 | Blue moon rising | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: March 6, 2020
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Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2011 | The Death of You and Me Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds |
- |
UK15 (4 weeks) UK |
First published: August 21, 2011
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AKA… What a Life! Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds |
- |
UK20th  (19 weeks)UK |
First published: September 11, 2011
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| If I Had a Gun ... Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds |
DE94 (1 week) DE |
UK95 (1 week) UK |
First published: October 21, 2011
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| 2012 | Dream On Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds |
- |
UK52 (1 week) UK |
First published: March 12, 2012
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| Everybody's on the Run Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds |
- |
UK61 (1 week) UK |
First published: August 6, 2012
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| 2014 | In the Heat of the Moment Chasing Yesterday |
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UK26th (3 weeks)UK |
First published: November 17, 2014
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| 2015 | Ballad of the Mighty I Chasing Yesterday |
- |
UK54 (4 weeks) UK |
First published: January 12, 2015
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| Riverman Chasing Yesterday |
- |
UK70 (1 week) UK |
First published: May 11, 2015
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| 2017 | Holy Mountain Who Built the Moon? |
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UK31 (10 weeks)UK |
First published: October 9, 2017
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| Fort Knox Who Built the Moon? |
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First published: October 27, 2017
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| She Taught Me How to Fly Who Built the Moon? |
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UK71 (1 week) UK |
First published: November 24, 2017
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| It's a Beautiful World Who Built the Moon? |
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UK77 (2 weeks) UK |
First published: November 24, 2017
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Video albums
- 2012: International Magic Live At The O2 (UK:gold)
swell
- ^ Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: Cologne, Palladium - December 4, 2011
- ↑ Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. In: The time . February 28, 2012
- ↑ Noel Gallagher in Munich: Don't Look Back in Anger. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . March 12, 2012
- ^ Noel Gallagher unveils first track from Amorphous Androgynous sessions. In: NME . February 29, 2012
- ^ Noel Gallagher: 'Amorphous Androgynous collaboration unlikely to be out until next year'. In: NME . February 15, 2012
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ a b Music Sales Awards: UK