Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds play triumphant gig for Absolute Radio – photos and setlist

Featuring plenty of Oasis classics

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds triumphed at their very special concert for Absolute Radio at O2 Academy Bournemouth on Monday night (31st July).

The intimate show at the 1,800-capacity O2 Academy sold out within minutes of going on sale last month, and it precedes Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds series of UK arena shows in August and December 2023.

Introduced on stage by Absolute Radio’s Sarah Champion and Richie Firth, Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds band mates kicked off their set with their phenomenal single ‘Pretty Boy’, which is lifted from their critically lauded fourth studio album ‘Council Skies.’

New songs from ‘Council Skies’ dominated the first part of the set, before Noel…