Listen: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds share Christmassy song 'Wandering Star'
Definite festive vibes...
Last updated 6th Feb 2020
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have premiered a new song called ‘Wandering Star’ from his forthcoming ‘Blue Moon Rising’ EP.
Produced by Noel himself, ‘Wandering Star’ is the second song on ‘Blue Moon Rising’ and, although not strictly a Christmas song, it has a definite festive vibe thanks to the sleigh bells at the start and the clanging bells throughout the song.
Noel says of 'Wandering Star': "It was written in Abbey Road last November on the same day I wrote ‘Black Star Dancing’ (his June EP). It’s that good, it sounds like it took 5.4 people to come up with it. It’s already a live standard and we haven’t even played it yet.”
Released on Friday 6th March 2020 on digital and vinyl formats, the ‘Blue Moon Rising’ EP features three new songs – the title track, ‘Wandering Star’ and ‘Come On Outside’ – plus two alternate versions of ‘Blue Moon Rising’.
The ever-prolific Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds previously released the ‘Black Star Dancing’ EP in June followed by ‘This Is The Place’ in September.
The Blue Moon Rising EP track-listing is as follows:
Blue Moon Rising
Wandering Star
Come On Outside
Blue Moon Rising (The Reflex Revision)
Blue Moon Rising (7” Mix)
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds are currently touring Australia and New Zealand with their good chums U2.
Their first confirmed UK show of 2020 will take place at London’s Kenwood House on Sunday 21st June. Tickets are on sale from Absolute Radio Tickets right now.
In tenuously related Oasis news, a free Oasis photography exhibition is launching in London this month to celebrate the 25th anniversary year of the band’s landmark breakthrough album ‘Definitely Maybe’.
‘Masterplan 25 – Michael Spencer Jones - Iconic & Unseen Photographs of Oasis’ runs at h Club London in Covent Garden from Friday 22nd November 2019 to Sunday 12th January 2020.
It features iconic and unseen photos from eminent rock photographer Michael Spencer Jones who shot the artwork for the Oasis’ first three albums ‘Definitely Maybe’, ‘What’s The Story (Morning Glory)?’ and ‘Be Here Now’, some featuring his brother Liam Gallagher.