Dressed up with a boisterous horn section and memorable chorus, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds unveiled the first single off their eponymous debut — aka Noel’s response to brother/ex-Oasis bandmate Liam Gallagher’s Beady Eye — today. “The Death of You and Me” arrives via the glossy official video above, in which a waitress at a diner ditches her gig for a swim before hopping aboard the horse-drawn carriage of a group of traveling musicians.
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Video: Noel Gallagher Talks Oasis Split
In addition to announcing the October 17 release of the first of two new solo albums, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, during a press conference today, former Oasis guitarist/songwriter Noel Gallagher revisited that fateful night in August of ‘09 when the long-running feud between he and his brother Liam boiled over into a pre-show row that led to his departure from the band. Check out Noel’s lengthy account above (via Daily Swarm), in which he describes how a rift over Liam’s fashion label, one thrown plum, and a guitar wielded “like an ax” were the final straw.
Noel Gallagher Blames Labels for Piracy
On any given day, I have a handful of “shocking” quotes from one or both of the Gallagher brothers that I could post, but most of them are just the good ol’ Oasis boys winding people up. Today, for example, Noel’s making the rounds for admitting that he “spent £1m on drugs” as of 1998, … Read more