'Champagne Supernova' has been turned into a six-hour ambient mixed track as Gallagher’s portrait goes on to display at the Trafalgar Square-based museum later this month. — Photo: Martin Rickett/PA Wire/dpa
Noel Gallagher has created an immersive version of an Oasis hit for the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Champagne Supernova, which appears on the album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, has been turned into a six-hour ambient mixed track as Gallagher’s portrait goes on to display at the Trafalgar Square-based museum later this month.
The immersive soundscape, a form of art that combines sounds to create an experience for the audience, will be available for visitors to the gallery as part of the Legends exhibition, which will feature 100 portraits taken by London-based photographer, Zoe Law, of people who have influenced her life and career.
In the display will also be a portrait, which the gallery said has not been seen before, of The Girl star, Sienna Miller, holding the 1967 Epiphone guitar that Gallagher used to compose Champagne Supernova.
The black and white photos by Law are also of England World Cup winner Bobby Charlton, actor Orlando Bloom, and a never-before-seen picture of Canadian actress and Sex And The City star, Kim Cattrall.
London's latest work in the National Portrait Gallery is a portrait of Sienna Miller holding the 1967 Epiphone guitar that Noel Gallagher used to compose Oasis hit 'Champagne Supernova'. Photo: Julia Kilian/dpa
Gallagher previously said that "the thought of the portrait of a grumpy middle-aged man, who frankly hates having his picture taken, being permanently displayed for future generations to marvel at is very special".
"Thanks and praise," he added.
It comes as he reformed, with his brother, Liam Gallagher, to have a series of shows next year as part of Oasis Live ’25 tour.
All the British dates have sold out, and the band is soon set to release tickets for the South America leg.
Champagne Supernova enjoyed popularity in the US, and in the Best of British poll by Radio X in 2016, it was voted third. It has reached number 29 in the UK charts.
The image of Gallagher will remain part of the gallery’s permanent collection once the exhibition ends on March 2 2025. Legends opens on November 29. – dpa
