Noel Gallagher will be joined on stage by a choir and string section at his Teenage Cancer Trust gigs at The Royal Albert Hall later this week.

The ex-Oasis man will once again team up with choir the Crouch End Festival Chorus having previously performed with them at The Roundhouse in 2008 as part of the BBC Electric Proms.

He will also be flanked by Wired Strings who provided orchestrals at Noel's 2007 TCT appearance and can be heard on the subsequent live album 'The Dreams We Have As Children'.

Noel's two sold-out shows take place this Thursday and Friday (March 25th and 26th). The remaining Teenage Cancer Trust shows are as follows:

• Them Crooked Vultures - March 22
• Jimmy Carr, Noel Fielding and Rod Gilbert – 23
• Suede – 24
• Noel Gallagher – 25/26
• Arctic Monkeys - 27
• JLS – 28
• The Specials – 29
• The Who - 30

(by Scott Colothan)