AFTER THE MAC, NOEL FLIES BACK TO HIS BIRDS

AS WELL as covering two Fleetwood Mac songs on the Peter Green tribute album, Noel Gallagher (left) has been coming up with his own material. New single We’re On Our Way Now, made with his band the High Flying Birds, finds the former hellraiser in unexpectedly mellow mood.

A ballad that builds from an acoustic intro towards an orchestral finale, complete with female vocals, jangling guitars and a subtle hook, it sounds more like a track from The Verve’s Urban Hymns than anything by Oasis. The song is one of two new numbers on a High Flying Birds greatest hits album due out in June.

Dave Grohl is enjoying a prolific lockdown. Following his recent single with Mick Jagger, he has now made one with his daughter Violet, 15, an accomplished rock vocalist in her own right.

Dad and daughter combine on a crunching cover of Nausea, a 1980 song by LA punk legends X. The single has a wider relevance for Grohl, who is a distant cousin of X drummer Donald J. Bonebrake. ‘I wanted to pay tribute to the people who influenced me to become a musician . . . and to my long family history,’ he says.

Will Young is also returning. The former Pop Idol winner lends his smooth falsetto to a surprising cover of synth-pop number Daniel, originally by Brighton singersongwriter Bat For Lashes.