September 27 — London, UK – Savoy Theatre October 5 — New York, NY – The Town Hall October 7 — Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre October 12 & 13 — Los Angeles, CA – The Ford
Join Dave Grohl for an extremely limited run of intimate evenings that’ll see (and hear) him bring his eagerly anticipated first ever book to life. Tickets are on sale TODAY at 9am PT/12pmET/5pm GMT for DAVE GROHL — THE STORYTELLER — LIVE!
Out October 5 via Dey Street Books and Simon & Schuster, The Storyteller –Tales of Life and Music is a collection of memories of a life lived loud. From his formative years on the DC punk rock scene through the decades of music that followed, Dave will share the experiences that have defined him — plus some special surprises — all 100% live and in-person in four select cities.
Doors for all shows will open at 6:30pm. Dave will be on stage at 8:00pm.
Tickets for DAVE GROHL — THE STORYTELLER — LIVE! are limited to 2 per transaction. Each ticket purchased includes a copy of The Storyteller – Tales of Life and Music. Partners in each city include: Waterstones, The Strand, Politics & Prose, Book Soup, and Barnes & Noble.
DADDY’S HOME TOUR COMING TO HOLLYWOOD BOWL, RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL AND MORE
St. Vincent cordially invites you to visit The Nowhere Inn, which opens today, September 17, in theaters and everywhere movies are rented, purchased or streamed. Co-written by and co-starring St. Vincent (a/k/a Annie Clark) and Carrie Brownstein, and directed by Bill Benz (who also directed the videos from St. Vincent’s current album, Daddy’s Home), the IFC Films metafictional feature presents an equally funny and fractured commentary on reality, identity, and authenticity. The Nowhere Inn’s multi-layered world of blurred boundaries has already agreed advance praise from the likes of INDIEWIRE (“a scalpel-sharp critique of the nature of celebrity and the madness of fame”), FILM THREAT (“a hilarious and glaringly intelligent mindfuck”) and more. For information re: how, when and where to see The Nowhere Inn, check in HERE.
The Nowhere Inn’s premiere was preceded by the cinematic sweep of the breathtaking title track for the film. The Nowhere Inn original motion picture soundtrack is now released in full, available digitally at: http://lnk.ilovestvincent.com/TheNowhereInnOST
St. Vincent will merge from the silver screen onto the TV screen, as musical guest on the September 21 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
Elsewhere, St. Vincent and her Down and Out Downtown band have been bringing Daddy’s Home material to life alongside staples and deep cuts spanning her catalog on her rapturously received U.S. tour—with early notices including:
“There aren’t enough superlatives to describe St. Vincent… Clark was in full glory… The dynamic range was staggering… we roared in appreciation and left thinking about how we would tell our friends that this was the best, greatest, most amazing thing since … fill in the blank.”—PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
“… prompted passionate sing-alongs from the thousands of fans in attendance, and exhibited the artist’s undeniably inventive talent as a guitarist”—CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Having begun September 3, the Daddy’s Home tour will feature headlines at Radio City Music Hall, the Hollywood Bowl and more before concluding October 22 at the Shaky Knees festival in Atlanta. See below for upcoming tour dates.
Daddy’s Home was released May 14 by Loma Vista and currently resides on the Best of 2021 So Far lists of AV Club, Entertainment Weekly, Flood, The Needle Drop, Rolling Stone, Uproxx, Variety and more.
For further information and itinerary updates on St. Vincent’s metaphysical travelogue, check: ilovestvincent.com
St. Vincent Daddy’s Home U.S. Tour 2021
09/18/21 – Salt Lake City, UT – SLC Twilight Series at Gallivan Center 09/19/21 – Las Vegas, NV – Life Is Beautiful 09/22/21 – Paso Robles, CA (direct support: Spoon) – Vina Robles 09/23/21 – Berkeley, CA (direct support: Spoon) – The Greek Theatre 09/24/21 – Los Angeles, CA (support: Spoon and Mereba) – Hollywood Bowl 10/02/21 – Irving, TX – Irving Music Factory 10/03/21 – Austin, TX – ACL 10/05/21 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion 10/07/21 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater 10/08/21 – St. Louis, MO – Pageant 10/09/21 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater 10/11/21 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met 10/12/21 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall 10/14/21 – Boston, MA – Boch Center – Wang Theatre 10/15/21 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall 10/16/21 – Columbia, MD – All Things Go 10/18/21 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre 10/20/21 – Detroit, MI – Fillmore 10/22/21 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will release B-Sides & Rarities Part II, the long-anticipated follow up to 2005’s B-Sides & Rarities, on 22 October on double vinyl, double CD, deluxe double CD and all digital platforms.
Today they share ‘Earthlings’, an unheard track from the 2018/2019 sessions that became the acclaimed album ‘Ghosteen’. Nick has said of the song that some consider it to be “the finest track of the Ghosteen sessions.”
‘Earthlings is the missing link that binds Ghosteen together. A lovely song that just got away…’Nick Cave
B-Sides & Rarities Part I and Part II will also be released together as a Limited Edition Deluxe 7 Vinyl Box Set including 83 rare tracks and exclusive sleeve notes.
B-Sides & Rarities Part II was compiled by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, and contains 27 rare and unreleased tracks from 2006-2020, including the first recordings of ‘Skeleton Tree’, ‘Girl In Amber’ and ‘Bright Horses’.
Previously unreleased song ‘Vortex’ is available to stream now. Taken from B-Sides & Rarities Part II, it was written and recorded in 2006 by Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos. As the band were never able to define the song as either Grinderman or Bad Seeds, it remained unreleased.
The original B-Sides & Rarities Part I was released in 2005 – compiled by Mick Harvey it comprises 56 tracks including rarities, outtakes, covers and B-sides from 1988-2005. This is the first time the album is available on vinyl.
“I always liked the original B-Sides & Rarities more than any of our other albums. It’s the only one I’d listen to willingly. It seems more relaxed, even a bit nonsensical in places, but with some beautiful songs throughout. There is something, too, about the smallness of certain songs that is closer to their original spirit.
B-Sides & Rarities Part II continues this strange and beautiful collection of lost songs from The Bad Seeds. I love the final side of the last disc because it reveals the small and fragile beginnings of some of my favourite Bad Seeds songs. ‘Waiting For You’ complete with bizarre ‘canning factory’ rhythm track, a gorgeous ‘Life Per Se’ deemed too sad for Skeleton Tree, and ‘Earthlings’ that some consider the finest track of the Ghosteen sessions.”– Nick Cave
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will headline European festivals shows in Summer 2022
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis will tour the UK this Autumn
B-SIDES & RARITIES PART I & II LIMITED EDITION DELUXE 7 VINYL BOX SET:
PART I VINYL 1: A1. Deanna (Acoustic Version) A2. The Mercy Seat (Acoustic Version) A3. City of Refuge (Acoustic Version) A4. The Moon Is in the Gutter A5. The Six Strings That Drew Blood A6. Rye Whiskey A7. Running Scared B1. Black Betty B2. Scum B3. The Girl at the Bottom of My Glass B4. The Train Song B5. Cocks ‘n’ Asses B6. Blue Bird
PART I VINYL 2:
A1. Helpless A2. God’s Hotel A3. (I’ll Love You) Till the End of the World A4. Cassiel’s Song A5. Tower of Song A6. Rye Whiskey B1. What Can I Give You? B2. What a Wonderful World B3. Rainy Night In Soho B4. Lucy (Version #2) B5. Jack the Ripper (Acoustic Version)
PART I VINYL 3
A1. The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane A2. The Willow Garden A3. King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O A4. Knoxville Girl A5. There’s No Night Out in the Jail A6. That’s What Jazz Is to Me B1. Where the Wild Roses Grow B2. O’Malley’s Bar Pt. 1 B3. O’Malley’s Bar Pt. 2 B4. O’Malley’s Bar Pt. 3 B5. O’Malley’s Bar Reprise
PART I VINYL 4
A1. Red Right Hand A2. Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum A3. Little Empty Boat A4. Right Now I’m A-Roaming B1. Come Into My Sleep B2. Black Hair B3. Babe, I Got You Bad B4. Sheep May Safely Graze B5. Opium Tea
PART I VINYL 5
A1. Grief Came Riding A2. Bless His Ever Loving Heart A3. Good Good Day A4. Little Janey’s Gone A5. I Feel So Good A6. Shoot Me Down B1. Swing Low B2. Little Ghost Song B3. Everything Must Converge B4. Nocturama B5. She’s Leaving You B6. Under This Moon
PART II VINYL 6
A1. Hey Little Firing Squad A2. Fleeting Love A3. Accidents Will Happen A4. Free To Walk (With Debbie Harry) A5. Avalanche* A6. Vortex * B1. Needle Boy B2. Lightning Bolts B3. Animal X B4. Give Us a Kiss B5. Push The Sky Away (Live with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)*
PART II VINYL 7
A1. First Skeleton Tree* A2. King Sized Nick Cave Blues* A3. Opium Eyes* A4. Big Dream (With Sky)* A5. Instrumental #33* A6. Hell Villanelle* A7. Euthanasia* A8. Life Per Se* B1. Steve McQueen* B2. First Bright Horses* B3. First Girl in Amber* B4. Glacier* B5. Heart that Kills You* B6. First Waiting for You* B7. Sudden Song* B8. Earthlings*
UNRELEASED TRACKS *
B-SIDES & RARITIES PART I 3CD:
PART I CD 1:
1. Deanna (Acoustic Version) 2. The Mercy Seat (Acoustic Version) 3. City of Refuge (Acoustic Version) 4. The Moon Is in the Gutter 5. The Six Strings That Drew Blood 6. Rye Whiskey 7. Running Scared 8. Black Betty 9. Scum 10. The Girl at the Bottom of My Glass 11. The Train Song 12. Cocks ‘n’ Asses 13. Blue Bird 14. Helpless 15. God’s Hotel 16. (I’ll Love You) Till the End of the World 17. Cassiel’s Song 18. Tower of Song 19. What Can I Give You?
PART I CD 2:
1. What a Wonderful World 2. Rainy Night In Soho 3. Lucy (Version #2) 4. Jack the Ripper (Acoustic Version) 5. Sail Away 6. There’s No Night Out in the Jail 7. That’s What Jazz Is to Me 8. The Willow Garden 9. The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane 10. King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O 11. Knoxville Girl 12. Where the Wild Roses Grow (Original Guide Vocal Version) 13. O’Malley’s Bar Pt. 1 14. O’Malley’s Bar Pt. 2 15. O’Malley’s Bar Pt. 3 16. Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum 17. O’Malley’s Bar Reprise 18. Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)
PART I CD 3:
1. Little Empty Boat 2. Right Now I’m A-Roaming 3. Come Into My Sleep 4. Black Hair 5. Babe, I Got You Bad 6. Sheep May Safely Graze 7. Opium Tea 8. Grief Came Riding 9. Bless His Ever Loving Heart 10. Good Good Day 11. Little Janey’s Gone 12. I Feel So Good 13. Shoot Me Down 14. Swing Low 15. Little Ghost Song 16. Everything Must Converge 17. Nocturama 18. She’s Leaving You 19. Under This Moon
B-SIDES & RARITIES PART II DOUBLE VINYL, DELUXE 2CD, STANDARD 2CD, DIGITAL:
PART II CD 1 / VINYL 1:
A1. Hey Little Firing Squad A2. Fleeting Love A3. Accidents Will Happen A4. Free To Walk (With Debbie Harry) A5. Avalanche* A6. Vortex B1. Needle Boy B2. Lightning Bolts B3. Animal X B4. Give Us a Kiss B5. Push The Sky Away
(Live with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)*
PART II CD 2 / VINYL 2
A1. First Skeleton Tree* A2. King Sized Nick Cave Blues* A3. Opium Eyes* A4. Big Dream (With Sky)* A5. Instrumental #33* A6. Hell Villanelle* A7. Euthanasia* A8. Life Per Se* B1. Steve McQueen* B2. First Bright Horses* B3. First Girl in Amber* B4. Glacier* B5. Heart that Kills You* B6. First Waiting for You* B7. Sudden Song* B8. Earthlings
Due to popular demand, live media platform Doors.Live has announced that Damon Albarn’s sold-out one-off show at the iconic Globe Theatre on the banks of London’s River Thames will now be made available to fans around the world. This very special performance from Shakespeare’s Globe on Monday 20th September 2021 will stream live at 20:00 BST and will also be available to stream in North & South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Ticket information here.
Albarn said – “I love playing in the round and at The Globe you can see the moon too, marvellous.”
Accompanied by his band and a string quartet, the performance marks a rare solo appearance for Damon Albarn, who presents tracks from across his songbook, including his forthcoming new album The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows, out 12th November on Transgressive Records.
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows, originally intended as an orchestral piece inspired by the landscapes of Iceland, has seen Albarn return to the music in lockdown over the last year and develop the work to 11 tracks that further explore themes of fragility, loss, emergence and rebirth. The result is a panoramic collection of songs with Albarn as storyteller. The album title is taken from a John Clare poem Love and Memory.
Damon Albarn is a singer, songwriter, producer and composer whose eclectic musical style and observational lyrics have made him one of the UK’s most influential and consistently interesting musicians.
A founder member of Blur, Gorillaz and The Good, The Bad & The Queen, he is the recipient of six Brits, two Ivor Novello Awards and a Grammy Award.
Outside of Blur and Gorillaz, Albarn has a number of other releases, including Mali Music (2002), The Good The Bad and The Queen (2006), Monkey: Journey to the West (2007), Kinshasa One Two (2011), Rocket Juice & The Moon (2012), Dr Dee (2012), Africa Express Presents: Maison Des Jeunes (2013), Africa Express Presents: The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians (2016), Merrie Land (2018), Africa Express Presents: Egoli (2019), as well as his Mercury Award-nominated debut solo album Everyday Robots (2014).
About Doors.Live: Doors is shaping the future of the live music economy via streaming, giving artists of all levels a chance to connect with a global audience. The Swedish-founded social live media platform removes procedural barriers and red tape surrounding legal live streamed music experiences: incorporating ticketing, merchandising, broadcasting, production, and local tax reporting to music rights compliance. (https://doors.live)
Today on Sony PlayStation’s PlayStation Showcase, Radiohead and Epic Games revealed the KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION. You can see the teaser trailer here https://youtu.be/OTn8XodTyck
KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION is an upside-down digital/analog universe created from Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood’s original artwork and audio design by Nigel Godrich. It commemorates the coming of age of Radiohead’s records, Kid A and Amnesiac.
Published by Epic Games and developed by Name The Machine and Arbitrarily Good Productions, KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION will be available to download this November, exclusively on PlayStation 5, and PC and Mac via the Epic Games Store.
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Black Album your way THIS FRIDAY September 10th.
New Instant Gratification track “The Struggle Within” by Rodrigo y Gabriela now available with The Metallica Blacklist Album Pre-Orders.
“The Struggle Within (Remastered)” by Metallica, the original album’s closing track, is now available as a final Instant Gratification Track with The Black Album Pre-Orders.
100% Of The Metallica Blacklist Sales To Benefit 52 Charities.
Radiohead announces KID A MNESIA, a multiple format triple-album release marking the 21st anniversary of Kid A and Amnesiac, out November 5th via XL Recordings.
KID A MNESIA collects Radiohead’s fourth and fifth albums alongside the debut of a newly compiled third disc titled Kid Amnesiae. Exclusive to this release, Kid Amnesiae is comprised of unearthed material culled from the Kid A / Amnesiac sessions. Along with alternate versions and elements of Kid A and Amnesiac album tracks and B-Sides, Kid Amnesiae features the never-before-heard “If You Say the Word” (available now as a digital single) and a previously unreleased studio recording of “Follow Me Around.”
SIDE 1 LIKE SPINNING PLATES (‘WHY US?’ VERSION) UNTITLED V1 FOG (AGAIN AGAIN VERSION) IF YOU SAY THE WORD FOLLOW ME AROUND
SIDE 2 PULK/PULL (TRUE LOVE WAITS VERSION) UNTITLED V2 THE MORNING BELL (IN THE DARK VERSION) PYRAMID STRINGS ALT. FAST TRACK UNTITLED V3 HOW TO DISAPPEAR INTO STRINGS
The full KID A MNESIA collection will be available in configurations including:
KID A MNESIA Deluxe LP — Limited edition 3xLP cream vinyl, half-speed cut on 180g – Kid A, Amnesiac, Kid Amnesiae + 36-page hardback art book
Kid Amnesiette — Limited, numbered edition of 5000, 2xCassette – Tape 1: Kid A / Amnesiac, Tape 2: Kid Amnesiae / 5x B-sides from the Kid A / Amnesiac era + 36-page booklet
… as well as indie exclusive limited edition red vinyl 3LP, black vinyl 3LP, 3xCD, and 3-volume digital formats.
Additionally, on the November 4th eve of KID A MNESIA’s release, Canongate will release two art books by Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood cataloging the visual works created during the Kid A / Amnesiac era:
KID A MNESIA Art Book – a 300-page celebration of the process and artwork created for Kid A and Amnesiac.
FEAR STALKS THE LAND! – A B&W paperback in which Yorke and Donwood’s notes, lyrics and sketches are gathered together.
Second Solo Album Out 12th November 2021 On Transgressive Records
THE NEARER THE FOUNTAIN, MORE PURE THE STREAM FLOWS PRE-ORDER HERE
Today sees the release of Particles, the third track from Damon Albarn’s second solo album The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows out 12th November on Transgressive Records. Listen here.
Particles is the uplifting final track on the album and originated in a chance conversation between Albarn and a fellow passenger on a plane bound for Reykjavik, one which covered the disruption of the pandemic and the acknowledgment that disruption is impossible to maintain as peace always prevails. The song follows the recent release of the album’s tone-setting title track plus its euphoric follow-up Polaris, which is currently A-listed on BBC 6 Music.
To accompany the song’s release, the second in a series of special, cinematic films entitled ‘Sublime Boulevards – Performance Films’ is available today on YouTube. Watch here.
Following two acclaimed festival shows in Manchester and Edinburgh this summer, as well as a special guest appearance at Latitude, Albarn will take the stage this weekend as a special guest headliner at the sold out End of the Road Festival. Full tour itinerary below.
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows is the new studio album from Damon Albarn, out 12th November 2021 on Transgressive Records. Originally intended as an orchestral piece inspired by the landscapes of Iceland, 2020 saw Albarn return to the music in lockdown and develop the work to 11 tracks which further explore themes of fragility, loss, emergence and rebirth. The result is a panoramic collection of songs with Albarn as storyteller. The album title is taken from a John Clare poem Love and Memory.
In a career of perpetual musical shifts and exploration, the record uncovers more ground, finding expansive orchestral arrangements nestling with intimate melodies, discordance brushing up against infectious majesty, all set to some of Albarn’s most arresting vocal performances to date. Much like the beauty and chaos of the natural world it soundtracks, The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows vividly documents the emotional ebb and flow of the human condition, in all its extremes, serving as a soul enriching document for our times.
The tracklisting for The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows is:
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows
The Cormorant
Royal Morning Blue
Combustion
Daft Wader
Darkness To Light
Esja
The Tower Of Montevideo
Giraffe Trumpet Sea
Polaris
Particles
Alongside a digital release, there will be limited edition vinyl formats, plus CD and cassette. There will also be a deluxe version of the album, taking the form of a casebound book with additional photography, original scanned lyrics and artwork from Damon, alongside a white vinyl version of the album, a high quality digital file and a bonus 7” featuring an exclusive song from the recording sessions.
Tour Dates 2021 3 September – End of the Road Festival
2022 21 & 22 February – London (Barbican) 23 & 24 February – Dublin (National Concert Hall) 26 February – Luxembourg (Philharmonie) 28 February – Brussels (Bozar) 1 March – Brussels (Bozar) 2 March – Eindhoven (Muziekgebouw) 4 & 5 March – Paris (Philharmonie) 6 March – Lyon (Auditorium) 7 March – Hamburg (ElbPhilharmonie) 9 March – Copenhagen (KB Hallen) 11 March – Reykjavik (Harpa)
Damon Albarn is a singer, songwriter, producer and composer whose eclectic musical style and observational lyrics have made him one of the UK’s most influential and consistently interesting musicians.
A founder member of Blur, Gorillaz and The Good, The Bad & The Queen, he is the recipient of six Brits, two Ivor Novello Awards and a Grammy Award. Outside of Blur and Gorillaz, Albarn has a number of other releases, including Mali Music (2002), The Good The Bad and The Queen (2006), Monkey: Journey to the West (2007), Kinshasa One Two (2011), Rocket Juice & The Moon (2012), Dr Dee (2012), Africa Express Presents: Maison Des Jeunes (2013), Africa Express Presents: The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians (2016), Merrie Land (2018), Africa Express Presents: Egoli (2019), as well as his Mercury Award-nominated debut solo album Everyday Robots (2014).
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Black Album your way September 10th.
First up, is a new Instant Gratification track now available with The Metallica BlacklistAlbum Pre-Orders:
Kamasi Washington’s cover of “My Friend of Misery”—a completely new and different studio recording of the song Kamasi played last month at the Hollywood Bowl—that particular show featuring a surprise guest appearance from Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo.
Today sees the release of new music from Gorillaz: a 3-track EP titled Meanwhile celebrating Carnival and West London comprising tracks Déjà Vu ft. Alicaì Harley recorded live in London; the steel pan-infused Jimmy Jimmy ft. AJ Tracey; and title track Meanwhile ft. Jelani Blackman with Barrington Levy. LISTEN HERE.
Gorillaz frontman 2D said “Meanwhile Gardens are just round the corner from Memory Lane. If you get to Crawley you’ve gone too far.”
Following Gorillaz’ triumphant return to the stage earlier this month, the band’s 20th anniversary party continues with Murdoc, Russel, Noodle and 2D today sharing a very special EP of all-new music. Meanwhile is a joyous homage to the iconic Notting Hill Carnival, paused this year due to the pandemic, and West London, home to the band’s Kong Studios. The 2000 Carnival signalled the start of something big for Gorillaz with their first ever outing, a performance of ‘Clint Eastwood’ at the Middle Row Records soundsystem in Meanwhile Gardens, W10 alongside Sweetie Irie. This new EP of three tracks collectively titled Meanwhile in recognition of that special moment, is a celebration of the unique and inclusive spirit of Carnival and features Ladbroke Grove’s AJ Tracey and Jelani Blackman, as well as Jamaica-born, London-based dancehall star Alicaì Harley.
Meanwhile EP Tracklisting:
Meanwhile (ft. Jelani Blackman with Barrington Levy)
Jimmy Jimmy (ft. AJ Tracey)
Déjà Vu (ft. Alicaì Harley) Live from NW10
Gorillaz made an emotional return to the live stage earlier this month with two sold-out shows at London’s O2 Arena. The performance on 10th August, to thank and recognise all NHS staff who continue to work tirelessly to keep us all safe, saw the band debut all three new tracks, with Damon Albarn and the Gorillaz live band joined onstage by AJ Tracey, Jelani Blackman and Alicaì Harley, bringing a roof-raising Carnival-esque atmosphere to the South London arena.
“…the two new songs… are an unmissable spectacle. In tribute to the Notting Hill roots of the band, the stage becomes a carnival, filled with flags and steel bands, while Jamaican singer Alicaì Harley parades the stage in a white fur hat so large, it might reverse global warming single-handed.” – The Independent, 4/5 stars
“… rising West London rapper Jelani Blackman… features on ‘Meanwhile’, a new song previewed tonight that capture the spirit of carnival the vibrant optimism of the steel band underpinning his confident bars.” – NME, 4/5 stars
“Two new songs… celebrated London’s carnival traditions, briefly transforming the arena into a Notting Hill side-street complete with soca rhythms, flags and air horns.” – Financial Times, 5/5 stars
About Gorillaz: Virtual band Gorillaz is singer 2D, bassist Murdoc Niccals, guitarist Noodle and drummer Russel Hobbs. Created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, their acclaimed eponymous debut album was released in 2001. The BRIT and Grammy Award winning band’s subsequent albums are Demon Days (2005), Plastic Beach (2010), The Fall (2011), Humanz (2017), The Now Now (2018) and Song Machine – Season One: Strange Timez (2020). A truly global phenomenon, Gorillaz have achieved success in entirely ground-breaking and unique ways, touring the world from San Diego to Syria, Montevideo to Manchester and winning numerous awards including the coveted Jim Henson Creativity Honor. The band are recognised by The Guinness Book Of World Records as the planet’s Most Successful Virtual Act.
