Noel Gallagher announced as Record Store Day 2021 ambassador!
Record Store Day, the annual celebration of the independent record stores, is excited to announce Noel Gallagher as the official ambassador for 2021. With his long history of supporting indie record stores and already 5 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Record Store Day releases, which have been amongst the event’s best selling vinyl, Noel Gallagher is undeniably the perfect artist to take on this year’s ambassador role.
This year’s Record Store Day event is set to take place across two Drops on the June 12th and July 17th. Hundreds of artists are releasing special and exclusive vinyl records to support the shops who have faced enforced closures for more than 3 months this year alone. This means that the success of this year’s Record Store Day event will be more important to retailers than ever before.
Every year Record Store Day enlists one record store loving ambassador to fly the flag on behalf of record shops. In previous years the role has been taken on by the likes of The Big Moon, The Mighty Boosh, Rag n’ Bone Man, Sir Elton John, Kae Tempest and Izzy Bizu among many others. The ambassador works in tandem with Record Store Day to encourage music lovers to support their local record store and discover the joys of vinyl.
Noel Gallagher, who joins the star-studded roster of previous ambassadors, was the principal songwriter, guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of Oasis – one of the biggest bands ever to emerge from UK. Noel has an unprecedented 10 consecutive chart-topping studio albums in the UK so far in his career, with three consecutive No. 1’s and over 2.4 million album sales globally for High Flying Birds.
“Record shops were really important when I was growing up. It’s something that’s in my DNA. I think if we can keep record shops open for as long as possible, we owe it to the young people. For this year’s Record Store Day I’ll be getting involved. I’ve got something unique coming out. Hopefully the fans will like it and they’ll keep the flame burning for your local record shop,” comments the singer.
