In a Twitter post on 4 January 2016, Gallagher balked at the idea of pursuing a solo career. However, in an interview with "Q" later that year, he announced that he would be releasing solo songs in 2017; he did not consider it a solo career, stating that he had a backlog of songs he had written over the years and wanted to release them. A solo appearance at Bergenfest in 2017 was announced in November 2016, with other festival appearances for summer 2017 later confirmed. After beginning to record his debut solo album in 2016, it was announced in March 2017 that the album was to be titled "As You Were". His solo debut single "Wall of Glass" was released on 31 May, with an accompanying music video. In the same month, Gallagher performed his first solo concert at the Ritz in Manchester with all proceeds going to victims of the Manchester terror attack. He also revealed that he would launch his first solo tour of the United States and Canada to support the album's release.