Gorillaz will promote their new album, The Mountain, with a fall North American arena tour, beginning Sept. 17 in Orlando, Fl., and running through Oct. 31 in Seattle. Deltron 3030, the sci-fi-inspired rap trio of Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan “The Automator” Nakamura and Kid Koala, will support on all dates, while Little Simz will also appear at most of them.
Released last Friday (Feb. 27), The Mountain finds Damon Albarn and Gorillaz flanked by IDLES’ Joe Talbot, Sparks, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, Anoushka Shankar, Asha Bhosle, Asha Puthli, Bizarrap, The Roots’ Black Thought, Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys, Jalen Ngonda, Kara Jackson, Omar Souleyman, the Clash’s Paul Simonon, Trueno and Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def).
The voices of departed musicians such as Bobby Womack, De La Soul’s Dave Jolicoeur, the Fall’s Mark E. Smith, Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, rapper Proof and even actor Dennis Hopper are also represented on the project.
Following their appearance this weekend on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, Gorillaz will first support The Mountain with a U.K. and Ireland arena tour that gets underway March 21 in Manchester. Visits to summer European festivals will follow. Click here for North American tickets, which go on sale March 9.
Here are Gorillaz’ North American tour dates:
Thu Sep 17 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center*^
Fri Sep 18 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center*^
Sun Sep 20 — Atlanta, GA — Shaky Knees Festival
Wed Sep 23 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center*^
Sat Sep 26 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena*^
Sun Sep 27 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion*^
Tue Sep 29 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden*^
Thu Oct 01 – Boston, MA – TD Garden*^
Sat Oct 03 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre*^
Sun Oct 04 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena*^
Tue Oct 06 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Arena*^
Wed Oct 07 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena*^
Thu Oct 08 – Chicago, IL – United Center*^
Thu Oct 15 – Austin, TX – Moody Center*^
Fri Oct 16 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena*^
Sun Oct 18 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena*^
Tue Oct 20 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center*^
Fri Oct 23 – Phoenix, AZ – Mortgage Matchup Center*^
Sat Oct 24 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum^
Sun Oct 25 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena^
Wed Oct 28 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena*^
Fri Oct 30 – Portland, OR – Moda Center*^
Sat Oct 31 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena*^
*with Little Simz
^with Deltron 3030
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