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Gorillaz Announce September 2023 U.S. Concerts

By Jazz Monroe

Gorillaz are making a four-stop tour of the United States this September, with shows in Los Angeles, Austin, Chicago, and Boston. Support at the Getaway Shows comes from Kaytranada, Lil Yachty, and Remi Wolf. The band canceled the tour on June 22.

Gorillaz released Cracker Island in February. Since then, Damon Albarn and his cartoon bandits have played a pair of star-studded shows at Coachella , including Bad Bunny and Beck on the second weekend and De La Soul and Thundercat before that. Albarn’s other band, Blur, announced their first album in 8 years this month.

Read about Gorillaz, and Albarn’s place in the 21st century music landscape, in “ The 200 Most Important Artists of Pitchfork’s First 25 Years .”

09-10 Los Angeles, CA - BMO Stadium 09-13 Austin, TX - Q2 Stadium 09-16 Chicago, IL - Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre 09-19 Boston, MA - Fenway Park

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Gorillaz announced a short 2023 tour. Here’s how to get tickets today

I n April 2023, Gorillaz performed a show-stopping set at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival that seamlessly blended live-action theatricality with jumbotron-sized animation as well as hip-hop with abstract art rock.

This summer, Damon Albarn aka 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and Russel Hobbs are doing it all over again.

From Sept. 10-19, the “Feel Good Inc.” group is embarking on their four-concert ‘The Getaway Shows’ mini tour playing stadiums and amphitheaters all over North America along with special guests Kaytranada, Lil Yachty and Remi Wolf.

While they currently don’t have a New York show on the quick run, they will come close when they perform at Boston’s Fenway Park on Sept. 19.

And if you need tickets to hear “Clint Eastwood,” “On Melancholy Hill,” “Dirty Harry,” “Plastic Beach” and tracks from their latest album “Cracker Island” as soon as today, you’re in luck.

Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, June 2, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.

Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.

A complete calendar of all four ‘The Getaway Shows’ concerts including dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.

The prolific group put out their eighth studio album “Cracker Island” on Feb. 24 of this year.

Featuring big-name special guests like Bad Bunny, Stevie Nicks , Thundercat, Tame Impala, Beck, De La Soul and more, the record was hailed as Gorillaz’s “most Purely Pleasurable LP Yet” by Rolling Stone .

Want to give it a spin?

You can hear the eclectic, inventive, energetic “Cracker Island” here .

Not familiar with the band’s opening acts?

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We’ve compiled each artist’s most-streamed track on Spotify as a primer for you below.

Kaytranada: “10%”

Lil Yachty: “One Night”

Remi Wolf: “Photo ID”

If Gorillaz aren’t stopping into a city near you, you needn’t fret.

Here are just five exciting acts you won’t want to miss on tour this year.

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Gorillaz Announce End-of-Summer “Getaway Shows”

Featuring support from Kaytranada, Lil Yachty, and Remi Wolf

Gorillaz have announced a limited run of US shows taking place in September 2023.

“The Getaway Shows” will see the band play stadiums and amphitheaters in Los Angeles, Austin, Chicago, and Boston with support from Kaytranada, Lil Yachty, and Remi Wolf.

According to a press release, these will mark the final US dates in support of Gorillaz’s latest album, Cracker Island .

Tickets are available via StubHub , where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Back in April, Gorillaz hit the stage at Coachella. Their weekend two performance was especially memorable, as it featured guest appearances from Bad Bunny, Beck, De La Soul, Yasiin Bey, Del the Funky Homosapien, Little Simz, Thundercat, and more.

Gorillaz 2023 Tour Dates:

09/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium ^ 09/13 – Austin, TX @ Q2 Stadium ^ 09/16 – Chicago, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre ^ 09/19 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park ^

^ = w/ Kaytranada, Lil Yachty, and Remi Wolf

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Gorillaz is a British pop band created in 1998 in London, England, as the creative brainchild of musician Damon Albarn and graphic artist Jamie Hewlett. The band consists entirely of fictional members, with Albarn and various guests creating the band’s music.

The fictional band members are Murdoc Niccals, 2-D, Noodle, and Russel Hobbs. They are represented in music videos and concerts in cartoons illustrated by Hewlett.

Gorillaz is a pop band with a distinctive sound. Its musical style combines synth-pop, alternative rock, hip-hop, electronic, trip-hop, and dark pop. Albarn credits various and diverse artists as significant influences. Some of the better-known influences include Massive Attack, Public Image Ltd, Tom Tom Club, Fun Boy Three, and Unkle. Influences for the animated band members include Glitch Techs, The Amazing World of Gumball, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Gorillaz is known for collaborating with many prominent artists such as Elton John, Georgia, Popcaan, and Mavis Staples. This one-of-a-kind group has influenced a bevy of artists since it burst onto the music scene, including 5 Seconds of Summer, AWOLNATION, Paramore, Grimes, and Kesha.

Gorillaz has grossed over 27 million records worldwide and won a Grammy as well as multiple MTV Video Music Awards. The group has also been nominated for 11 Brit Awards and won Best British Group at the 2018 Brit Awards. Gorillaz also holds the distinction of being the Most Successful Virtual Band in the Guinness World Records.

From 1998 to 2000, Albarn worked on the band’s self-titled first album, Gorillaz, which dropped in 2001. The first song release was “Tomorrow Comes Today,” and the music video for the song marked the world’s introduction to the virtual band members. Overall, the album was a smash, both commercially and critically.

The aforementioned second album, Demon Days, followed in 2005. The album marked a shift in the band’s sound into the darker approach to pop that made it famous. Demon Days was its most successful studio effort to date. It went double platinum in the U.S. and contained the ubiquitous and widely popular single “Feel Good Inc.”

In 2006, the band penned an “autobiographical” book titled Rise of the Ogre that expanded on the universe and backstories of the fictional band members.

Gorillaz’s third album, Plastic Beach, hit the market in 2010. The environmentally themed album featured a new synth-pop sound and a lineup of featured guest artists.

The Fall, the band’s fourth album, also released in 2010. The album was largely recorded while Alban was traveling during the band’s Escape to Plastic Beach Tour.

The band’s fifth studio effort, Humanz, dropped in April 2017 after a lengthy hiatus. The album debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 and received positive reviews from fans and critics.

The sixth album, The Now Now, was released in 2018 and presented a more stripped-down version of the band’s signature sound, concentrating on Albarn’s original music instead of guest artists.

Gorillaz’ launched a new web series project titled Song Machine. The series of episodes featured music videos of the band with musical singles. After the series concluded, the band compiled each song to create its seventh studio album, Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, in 2020.

Throughout 2022, Gorillaz was on tour in South America, Europe, Australia, and North America. Throughout the Gorillaz tour, the band released new music promoting its upcoming eighth album, Cracker Island, scheduled for release in 2023.

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By far the best concert I’ve ever been to. The openers (Vince Staples and Danny Brown) were just as fantastic as Gorillaz themselves. (though they are apart of Gorillaz) But when Gorillaz got onstage, it absolutely blew my mind. Most of the instrumentation for their live shows is just that, LIVE. It’s an extremely impressive feat, and you’ll appreciate parts of their music you’ve never thought of. Best example of this is their back up singers, who, in my humble belief, went above and beyond. In the final few songs, you could have convinced me I was in the middle of a gospel song at church. Not to mention ALL their features, who have amazing singing talent in their own right.

Now, I must confess, I was extremely worried about this concert. I thought it would be Humanz, through and through, with some throwbacks - which had me worried as 1. Humanz is maybe their least liked album as of now 2. I also had some personal gripes with it. Wrong. 100%. They certainly didn’t, but it felt like they played their whole discography. I legitimately was RELIEVED when they played songs from Humanz. They even played some of the stuff from their ‘Super Deluxe’, spesifically Garage Palace feat. Little Sims - which no one in there had ever heard before - that was the biggest highlight for me. She just jumped onstage and said 1000 words in 10 seconds and danced around like it was nothing. Absolutely insane. They closed off, like u mentioned earlier, with Demon Days and the hits from Demon Days. Had De La Soul come onstage a SECOND time for the biggest hit. This was by far the best concert I’ve ever been to.

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I love the Gorillaz. They are pretty much the most exciting and original band out there right now. Even in their live concerts, they stick with their cartoon characters. Imagine a massive screen towering over the stage, with huge silhouettes of the characters (2-D, Murdoc, Noodle, and Russel), as the music starts and the lights come up, they suddenly come to life – and you can just about see the actual band underneath on stage.

The whole show has a cartoon animation version, where the "band" plays along with the music as if they're playing it. Meanwhile, Damon Albarn (from Blur) is the one who's really singing the songs. You'll almost certainly recognize their song "Clint Eastwood" – in fact, when I saw them at Glastonbury festival in 2010, Albarn hardly sang – the crowd knew all the words! "I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad, I got sunshine in a bag, I'm useless but not for long the future is comin' on..."

Also, I have no idea what that instrument he uses is- the flute with a keyboard on it- but it has such a unique sound that I just can't get over! Then all of a sudden SNOOP DOG is on stage, completely out of nowhere! He's rapping along with the song, we're going wild and screaming and singing along, everyone is excited. Albarn really pulled his weight next to Snoop, and more. And the images on the screen flashing by just completed the image, like watching the perfect music video with all the benefits of live music.

I almost missed their performance that year, and I am SO glad I didn't! I hope they keep touring, I'd go see their shows every week if I could. I can't wait until next time!

This was my first time seeing the Gorillaz ever (although I've been a fan since 2001 life always happened and couldn't see them before) but concert wise, it was the best show I've ever seen. I'm not too sure I'll ever go to Merriweather again. Because all horrible puns intended when the weather ain't merry, it isn't a place you wanna be. Parking and traffic are also a nightmare. Uber if you ever go to Merriweather. During the VIP set we were kicked out of the pavillan which I'm assuming because it was storming. And we were left to our own devices seeking shelter from the rain. (I brought an umbrella so I was some what dry. Seeing the Gorillaz was worth the lighting risk lmao). The show itself was amazing. The Gorillaz really know how to perform a live set. Dare I say better than other "more popular" bands I've seen. Damon has a tonne of energy as do the rest of the performers. There was such a connection between the fans even if there was a vast range of various demographics. We were all Humanz and that's the whole point of the Gorillaz. I LOVED it. Lost my voice screaming the lyrics back. I would definitely recommend that anyone who likes the Gorillaz see them when they can. It's worth every penny, getting rained on, sweltering in the sun, all of it.

In general the show was awesome! The atmosphere was incredible and I feel that the band had really put everything they've got into the show.

The only thing that really bothered me was the security. Since the arena was devided into three sections: the fan pit, the parter and the sitting area (where I was) and the ticket prices were different for each of them it was understandable that they didn't allow the fans to cross between them but the thing that was absolutely insane was the fact that they didn't let us (people in the sitting area) dance!? Like seriously it's a concert! They took it as far as beating up a man and escorted him out just for DANCING ON A FREAKING CONCERT!? LIKE WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!?

Even with jerks for security like that I really enjoyed the show and in general I'm more than happy that I was a small part of it!

Gorillaz was the first time in austria but it felt like they know the austrian stage for years.

It was such a great concert, Damon Albarn gave all his energy for the crowd, the instrumentalists, the backround singers, everyone was just great.

The songs sound live in concert much better than on CD, vinyl or mp3 and it is hard to believe that Damons voice really sounds like this. I was standing in the wavebraker and the atmosphere was just perfect, espicially when songs like “Tomorrow comes today“ or “Kids with guns“ are played.

The show was also perfect, sometimes they showed the videos from youtube, sometimes completley new videos which i have not seen before.

To conclude, it was a really great concert and a mustsee for every gorillaz fan because how often can you see them live ;)

The bassist is such a super chill beyond cool guy. Straight up champs him and the guitarist. Damon was legendary, as expected. Personal shoutout to the lady that climbed up to the catwalk to work the lights over the stage, some thought she couldn't make it, but we believed.

The show was absolutely STELLAR!! Great crowd and even greater stage presence. The background vocalists really did an amazing job, especially memorable when one stepped out to perform on Kids With Guns. The crowd went wild, but that was to be expected. Everyone was roaring in excitement when the various guests came to do their parts in Dirty Harry, Hollywood, etc. Nothing compared to Feel Good Inc, though, I was scared the roof would cave in from the in unison laughter.

Smasung hall is a great spacious venue with the most amazing sound quality, my husband and I were very impressed and are looking forward to coming back.

The Gorillaz put on a great show, with the videos, the lights and the synced singing, it's really worth it.

We were a little disappointed about the type of songs, more british rock, less hip hop as the original Gorillaz were, but I guess that's the new album.

Damon Albarn however is a terrible front man, or he seemed to be at least in Zurich. Never interacted with the public, hardly talked or tried to get the us involved or dancing nor singing.

Opening act Little Simz was amazing!

An amazing concert and wish we could go again amazing atmosphere and was surprised to see some artists we weren't expecting like Liam Gallagher wish the set could of been longer as both me and my fiancé have been waiting for over 10 years to see Gorillaz and would love to hear more songs live next time Gorillaz are live we will definitely be going. We also managed to park up in the hotel which was a 15 minute walk from the stadium and drove away with no issues. Will definitely be attending another Gorillaz concert and with hopefully more money next time as there were things we wanted but couldn't afford lol

Gorillaz Humanz World Tour was undoubtedly one of the most anticipated shows by Chilean fans. It was an unparalleled performance, with a wonderful staging, in which each song described the story of the Gorillaz characters including songs like "19-2000" "Clint Eastwood" "Feel Good Inc" going through "Saturnz Barz", until a new single called "Hollywood". The way in which the group plays with the different rhythms and visuals creates a unique atmosphere, full of energy, which made vibrate from the youngest to the most adult of the fans of this band.

Without a doubt, a show that you can not miss.

This was the first concert that I have ever gone to and I'm not gonna lie, this was an amazing experience. The opening started off with 'The Internet' for about an hour, but then it went over to the band everyone was there for, 'Gorillaz. They played some of the songs everyone liked and all the fans joined in on helping them add more emotions to the song. Also, the live portion of the concert was what made it so good because it was rawer than the online songs which made it better because you get to hear what the artists put into each song for each song.

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Gorillaz Cancel U.S. Tour: ‘We Are Gutted’

The tour, which was set to feature support from Kaytranada, Lil Yachty & Remi Wolf, was scheduled for September.

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Gorillaz ‘s The Getaway 2023 tour will no longer take place, as the the virtual group have canceled the run of shows, the quartet announced Wednesday.

The tour would have seen the band play four dates across the United States in Los Angeles, Austin, Chicago and Boston from Sept. 10 to 19, but on Wednesday, Ticketmaster issued an update to fans who had already purchased tickets that the trek will no longer take place. Kaytranada, Lil Yachty and Remi Wolf were all scheduled to join the band on the tour.

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Gorillaz shared a statement of its own in the email, writing to fans, “We are gutted not to be able to perform for you this year. We were really looking forward to it and we hope to get back to you again as soon as we can. We love our Gorillaz family and we can’t wait to see you again.”

Previously, Gorillaz did back-to-back performances at Coachella in April and embarked on a 2022 World Tour led by Damon Albarn and a 14-piece live band, which featured multiple guest performers.

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Gorillaz: The Getaway Shows

Where: Fenway Park 4 Jersey St Boston , MA 02215

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Virtual group Gorillaz will be hitting the road later in 2023 for a short run of U.S. tour dates supporting their new album 'Cracker Island'. The Getaway Shows take place in September making stops in Los Angeles, Austin, Tinley Park and Boston. Joining the tour in support will be special guests Kaytranada, Lil Yachty and Remi Wolf. The band recently spent portions of 2022 touring extensively across North America with support from EarthGang and Jungle.

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'Feel Good' concert of the year? How Gorillaz delivered the euphoria in Phoenix concert

Damon Albarn was enjoying the hell out of connecting with his fans in Phoenix Monday, grinning like a schoolboy as Gorillaz threw themselves into bringing a crowd that stretched from preteens in Gorillaz shirts to fans in their 40s and 50s together as one nation under a groove.

Albarn wandered through the crowd on several occasions, threatening to crowd surf three songs in on "Tranz" and waving his hands in the air (like he just didn't care) with a look of pure euphoria on "White Light."

He donned a captain's hat in the course of a crowd-pleasing version of "19-2000" while leading a smile-inducing singalong of "Get the cool/ Get the cool shoeshine" and took selfies (or possibly videos) with one fan's phone on "Cracker Island."

That enthusiasm was beyond contagious.

And it doesn't hurt that Albarn happens to be blessed with one of the most versatile, distinctive and emotionally captivating voices of his generation, which more than rose to the occasion Monday, especially on songs that played to his more soulful instincts.

In the interest of full disclosure, Albarn has my favorite voice of any living singer. And he put it to brilliant use at Footprint Center.

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Gorillaz' creative mix of rock and hip-hop

Perhaps the most consistently creative mix of forward-thinking rock 'n' roll and hip-hop since the genres started interacting in the ‘80s, Gorillaz have provided Damon Albarn an amazingly elastic vehicle with which to push the boundaries of his artistic vision even further than he's managed at the helm of Blur.

It's a diverse commingling of genres that has blurred whatever artificial boundaries exist between them while giving Gorillaz a cultural currency in 2022 that's left the singer's fellow Britpop veterans of the '90s in the NME Where Are They Now? files.

Albarn and his bandmates are merely vessels performing the works of Gorillaz, the world's most successful virtual band, led by a keyboard-playing vocalist, 2-D, who sounds suspiciously like Albarn; with bassist Murdoc Niccals; a woman known only as Noodle on lead guitar, keyboards and vocals; and Russel Hobbs on drums.

Those Gorillaz drew rapturous applause as animated images from their videos flooded the screen behind the musicians. 

Albarn launched Gorillaz as a side gig in 1998 with Jamie Hewlett, his roommate at the time, whose claim to pre-Gorillaz fame was having co-created and illustrated “Tank Girl," releasing their seminal, self-titled full-length debut in 2001 with art and videos by Hewlett.

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The 'Feel Good' nature of collaboration

A large part of what makes Gorillaz work is Albarn’s fondness for collaboration, whether creating a virtual universe with Hewlett or inviting Stevie Nicks and Bad Bunny to join him in the studio for their eighth album, "Cracker Island," due to drop in February.

Fans who caught their concert one night earlier in Inglewood, California, were treated to walk-ons by Thundercat, Beck, Del the Funky Homosapien and Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara in addition to the guests we saw in Phoenix. And that was two nights after being joined by ScHoolboy Q and Tame Impala.

It's the sort of thing that maybe should've taken some small fraction of the shine off this performance.

But it hardly seemed to matter. That's how entertaining this performance was.

Atlanta hip-hop duo EarthGang, who opened the concert with an energetic show of force on such crowd-pleasing highlights as a speed-rapping "Top Down" and a soulful "Strong Friends," returned to the stage for a highly addictive shot of “Opium.”

Bootie Brown of the Pharcyde rocked the mic on several songs, revisiting his rap on the Gorillaz classic “Dirty Harry” as the set was building  returning to kick off the encore with “New Gold” and recent single “Stylo.”

De La Soul led the crowd in a near-euphoric singalong of “Feel Good Inc." after setting it up with Posdnous leading a motivational-speaker-style call-and-response that ended on a hilarious note that anyone paying attention had to know was coming.

"I need you to say I feel strong," he testified. "I feel confident. I feel extraordinary. Actually, I think I might ... FEEL GOOD."

It was ridiculous — the best kind of ridiculous. 

"Feel Good Inc." is a tough act to follow, even when it's not preceded by such glorious displays of showmanship.

But Gorillaz somehow managed to build on that momentum, bringing the encore to a spirited conclusion with “Clint Eastwood,” their iconic breakthrough single, playing it straight at first until the British reggae toaster Sweetie Irie emerged from the wings to lead them in a dancehall remix.

There were also video appearances by Thundercat (on "Cracker Island"), Little Dragon (on "Empire Ants"), Shaun Ryder (on "Dare"), Slowthai (on "Momentary Bliss") and Tame Impala's Kevin Parker (on "New Gold"), as well as animated likenesses of Simonon, Jones, Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed and De La Soul in the video that accompanied a wonderfully wistful performance of "On Melancholy Hill."

An image of soul great Bobby Womack, who joined them live in Phoenix last time they were here and died in 2014, appeared on screen during their first live performance of "Cloud of Unknowing" since 2017. 

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Relentless grooves, punkish intensity and soul

Much of their performance seemed to focus on grooving as relentlessly as possible with the five-piece Humanz Choir underscoring Albarn’s soulful vocals and occasionally stepping out to take the spotlight.

Michelle Ndegwa pulled in one of Monday's most enthusiastic crowd responses during the gospel-tinged climax of "Kids With Guns."

At least two highlights rocked with a practically punkish intensity — the electrifying conclusion of their opening song, "M1 A1" and the jaw-dropping back half of "Skinny Ape," a new song that worked its way up to the fireworks through several soulful verses recalling the bleary-eyed vulnerability of the Blur song "Tender."

And the changeups were just as effective.

Albarn sat at the piano, reinventing “O Green World” from the post-punk robofunk of the original recording to something surprisingly subdued (that also gave in to those post-punk leanings in the loud parts).

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No Clash? No problem

The last time Albarn came to Phoenix, in 2010, Gorillaz' touring lineup included the Clash's Mick Jones on guitar and Paul Simonon (the guy smashing his bass on the cover of "London Calling," who also played in one of Albarn's other other bands, the Good, the Bad & the Queen) on bass. 

This lineup didn't have that sort of history behind it. But that hardly mattered either. 

They were great. And not just great but energetic, tight and also very entertaining.

In addition to Albarn, whose duties ranged from singing and rapping to playing keyboards, guitar and melodica, this version of Gorillaz featured longtime lead guitarist Jeff Wootton, bassist Oluwaseye Adelekan, drummer Femi Koleoso, percussionist Karl Vanden-Bossche and musical director Mike Smith on keys.

That's in addition to those previously mentioned backup singers: Angel Williams-Silvera, Jesse Appiah, Michelle Ndegwa, Petra Luke and Rebecca Freckleton. 

At one point, Albarn pulled out what he told us was a very special golden horn — the sort of horn he only blows on very special nights. 

Of course, this happened to have been one of those special nights. 

It was the sort of thing you know an artist does in every city. But that also hardly mattered, coming at the tail end of a joyous celebration of Gorillaz' catalog where you could see how special it was written in the goofy grin that seemed forever etched on Albarn's face. 

Gorillaz setlist 2022 in Phoenix

Last Living Souls

White Light

Tomorrow Comes Today

Rhinestone Eyes

Cracker Island

O Green World

On Melancholy Hill

New Genius (Brother)

Empire Ants

Kids With Guns

Opium (with EarthGang)

Interlude: Elevator Going Up

Dirty Harry (with Bootie Brown)

Momentary Bliss

Cloud of Unknowing

New Gold (with Bootie Brown)

Stylo (with Bootie Brown)

Feel Good Inc. (with De La Soul)

Clint Eastwood (with Sweetie Irie on Ed Case/Sweetie Irie Re-fix outro)

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Gorillaz Abruptly Cancel Limited US Tour ‘Due to Scheduling Conflicts and Circumstances Beyond Our Control’

Gorillaz abruptly cancel their US tour in an email to ticketholders ‘due to scheduling conflicts and circumstances beyond our control.’

Gorillaz The Getaway 2023 Tour has been canceled only three weeks after the band announced it. The news broke in a Ticketmaster  email update  issued to fans who had already purchased tickets. The virtual group helmed by Damon Albarn would have played four dates across the United States in Los Angeles, Austin, Chicago, and Boston from September 10 to 19, with Kaytranada, Lil Yachty , and Remi Wolf having been scheduled to join the band on the trek.

“Due to scheduling conflicts and circumstances beyond our control, the previously announced Gorillaz shows in September have been canceled,” Ticketmaster wrote in an email to ticket purchasers. “Refunds will be issued automatically at your point of purchase and will be processed as quickly as possible; there is nothing further for you to do at this time. Please allow for up to 30 days for the refund to process.”

“We are gutted not to be able to perform for you this year,” Gorillaz wrote in a statement of their own to their fans, included in the Ticketmaster email. “We were really looking forward to it, and we hope to get back to you again as soon as we can. We love our Gorillaz family, and we can’t wait to see you again.”

Gorillaz most recently did back-to-back performances at Coachella in April, and in 2022 embarked on a World Tour featuring Damon Albarn accompanied by a 14-piece live band, with multiple guest performers. The four canceled shows were advertised as the final US dates in support of the latest Gorillaz album,  Cracker Island , released earlier this year.

Meanwhile, Damon Albarn has been quite busy with the elder of his bands, Blur, whose new album,  The Ballad of Darren , is due July 21. Albarn also wrote most of the new Blur album while out touring with Gorillaz last year, leading some fans to speculate that a Blur US tour might be on the horizon. The band’s first  headlining  show in eight years kicks off at Dublin’s Malahide Castle on June 24.