Gorillaz have introduced 4 particular concert events happening in London this summer time, throughout which they’ll play their first three albums in full.
The reveals coincide with closing week of band’s recently-announced Home of Kong twenty fifth anniversary exhibition, which runs on the Copper Field Area in London from August eighth to September third, 2025. The primary date, happening on August twenty ninth, will characteristic Gorillaz performing their 2001 self-titled debut in full. The next evening, August thirtieth, Damon Albarn and co. will recreate their Demon Days reside present in its entirety. On September 2nd, they’ll carry out Plastic Seashore in full, earlier than closing the run with a “Thriller Present” on September third.
Along with performing every album in its entirety, Gorillaz will reprise the unique reside present codecs and visuals that accompanied these albums, making every efficiency a novel expertise that encapsulates its corresponding period — with the ultimate evening remaining a thriller. As for Home of Kong, the exhibit celebrates Gorillaz’s distinctive visible universe, digital bandmates, and the tales and art work behind their eight studio albums.
Tickets for Gorillaz’s career-spanning quartet of performances will first be out there for Home of Kong ticket-holders. Exhibition tickets are presently on sale, and followers should buy an exhibition ticket by 11:00 p.m. BST on Tuesday, Could twenty seventh to entry an unique Home of Kong ticket holder pre-sale.
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The pre-sale begins on Wednesday, Could twenty eighth at 10:00 a.m. BST through Gorillaz’s Home of Kong web site; all exhibition ticket holders will obtain a novel code by 9:45 a.m. BST on Wednesday morning that can permit them to buy tickets. Tickets go on sale to most people on Friday, Could thirtieth at 10:00 a.m. BST through Gorillaz’s web site.
As of now, these 4 occasions function Gorillaz’s solely tour dates introduced for 2025. The performances arrive as frontman Damon Albarn shifts his focus again to Gorillaz after reuniting with Blur in 2023 and crafting an opera, The Magic Flute II: La Malédiction, which opened in Paris this spring. Albarn has additionally teased a brand new Gorillaz album, telling the French publication Les Inrockuptibles that he’s been onerous at work on the brand new report.