After seeing his solo album Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds debut at No. 1 in the charts, Noel Gallagher is to play the NIA in Birmingham next March.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will play the NIA on Thursday, March 1, 2012. Tickets go on sale at 9am this Friday, October 28, priced at £59.50, £45.00 and £35.00 plus booking and transaction fees. They are available from www.theticketfactory.com or 0844 338 8000.

Since the big Oasis split in 2009, which saw Noel and brother Liam publicly parting ways, the two have been hitting headlines with various solo projects and now Noel has announced that he’ll be heading to Birmingham as part of a seven-date tour of the UK and Ireland. The news comes the day after Noel’s first solo album hit the top of the UK Album Charts.

The band, which hails from Manchester and features former Oasis session pianist Mike Rowe, The Lemon Trees’ drummer Jeremy Stacey and percussionist Lenny Castro, will perform tracks from their debut album including The Death of You and Me, which was released this summer and received rave reviews. The live show will also see Gallagher perform the band’s new song AKA . . . What a Life, which made its debut on a Vauxhall television advert, and If I Had A Gun. Not forgetting his roots, Noel will also treat fans to some of his best-loved classics.

The concept for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds came after the Oasis star was inspired by Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac and a track called High Flying Bird by 60s American psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane. It marks a new chapter for Noel following his and Liam’s public feud and he hopes will see him continue producing hits like Wonderwall and Some Might Say that he’s best known for.