Noel Gallagher announces new album, ‘Chasing Yesterday’

Noel Gallagher has announced details of - deep breath - a new album, new single and European tour - including arena dates across the UK.

The former Oasis man took to Facebook for a live press conference to make the announcement, where he also revealed ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr features on the record’s closing number, ‘Ballad of the Mighty I’.

“I tried to get him to play on the last album but it never happened,” said Gallagher. “So when I put this track together and knew he would be perfect for it I called him and asked if I could send him the rough mix. He said: ‘No, I don’t want to hear it. I’m just going to react to it on the day.’ He didn’t even want any pointers. Well, that was brave of him. He just arrived with two guitars and a bag of effects pedals. And I have to say, he’s unbelievable. He’s way up there, on another level to the rest of us. The result is a burst of energy that helped make Mighty I one of the best songs I’ve ever written.”

The album - released, like 2011’s self-titled solo debut, under the name Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - is called ‘Chasing Yesterday’ (no sniggering at the back), and will be out on 2nd March 2015.

Of the album’s recording process, Gallagher added:

“It was a major pain in the arse. It’s not that I’ve ever had people telling me what to write or what direction to go in, but managing sessions from one end of the week to the other proved extremely difficult. I had all these people looking at me and saying: ‘right, what are we doing today?’ I was making the whole thing up as I went along.”

The tracklisting is confirmed as:

Album track listing:
Riverman
In The Heat Of The Moment
The Girl With X-Ray Eyes
Lock All The Doors
The Dying Of The Light
The Right Stuff
While The Song Remains The Same
The Mexican
You Know We Can’t Go Back
Ballad Of The Mighty I