Wikipedia

Gorillaz Live

Gorillaz Live was the first concert tour by the British alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz, in support of their self-titled debut album.[1]

Gorillaz Live
Tour by Gorillaz
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Asia
Associated albumGorillaz
Start date22 March 2001
End date20 July 2002
Legs5
No. of shows
  • 11 in North America
  • 9 in Europe
  • 2 in Asia
  • 22 total
Gorillaz concert chronology

Personnel

edit

Opening acts

edit

Dan Nakamura (select dates)[2]

Visuals and production

edit

The logistics of an animated band going on tour proved problematic, with Jamie Hewlett saying in a mid-2001 interview: "We've come to realize that we've come up with something that's a bit ahead of its time and the technology doesn't exist to do everything we want to do, so the live show was something we had to really think hard about."[3] As a compromise between having a live and virtual stage presence, the band's musicians played behind a giant cinema screen, which projected music videos and visuals to the crowd. Lead singer Damon Albarn later expressed discomfort at this setup, confessing that he "was frustrated" behind the screen.[4] Later still, Albarn called the screens "obtuse",[5] believing the human element of the band necessitated a change. In a 2010 interview, Albarn voiced distaste at the concept of hiding collaborators behind a screen on the then-upcoming Escape to Plastic Beach Tour: "I couldn't entertain the idea of putting Lou Reed or Bobby Womack behind a screen. I'm not that daft."[6] Gorillaz Live was ultimately the only tour to have the musicians silhouetted behind a screen.

The voice actors of the virtual band toured alongside the real band, speaking to the crowd and each other in-between songs. However, according to Haruka Kuroda, budgeting issues prevented most of the voice actors from participating in the concert's international legs; Kuroda was the only voice actor to tour with the band beyond Europe.[7][8]

Set list

edit

The following setlist is obtained from the concert held in London on 22 March 2001. It is not a representation of all shows on the tour.

  1. "M1 A1"
  2. "Tomorrow Comes Today"
  3. "Slow Country"
  4. "5/4"
  5. "Starshine"
  6. "Man Research (Clapper)"
  7. "Sound Check (Gravity)"
  8. "Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?)"
  9. "Re-Hash"
  10. "Clint Eastwood" (featuring Phi Life Cypher)
  11. "Rock the House" (featuring Phi Life Cypher)
  12. "Dracula"
  13. "19-2000"
  14. "Punk"
Encore
  2. "Clint Eastwood" (featuring Sweetie Irie)

Tour dates

edit
Date City Country Venue
Europe[9]
22 March 2001 London England Scala
22 June 2001 Paris France La Cigale
24 June 2001 Dublin Ireland Olympia Theatre
Asia[10]
16 August 2001 Osaka Japan IMP Hall
18 August 2001[a] Tokyo Chiba Marine Stadium
Europe[9]
25 August 2001[b] Liverpool England Old Liverpool Airfield
24 September 2001 Edinburgh Scotland Edinburgh Corn Exchange
25 September 2001 Birmingham England Birmingham Academy
26 September 2001 Manchester Manchester Academy
28 September 2001 London London Forum
North America[11]
23 February 2002 Toronto Canada Toronto Docks
25 February 2002 Boston United States Avalon Ballroom
26 February 2002 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
28 February 2002 New York City Hammerstein Ballroom
1 March 2002 Philadelphia Electric Factory
3 March 2002 Chicago Aragon Ballroom
5 March 2002 Seattle Paramount Theatre
7 March 2002 San Francisco Warfield Theatre
8 March 2002 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium
9 March 2002
11 March 2002 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes
Europe[12]
20 July 2002[c] Lisbon Portugal Torre de Belém

Notes

edit
  1. ^ The show on 18 August 2001 in Tokyo was part of the Summer Sonic Festival.
  2. ^ The show on 25 August 2001 in Liverpool was part of the Creamfields festival.
  3. ^ The show on 20 July 2002 in Lisbon was part of the Isle of MTV festival.

References

edit
  1. ^ "Gorillaz Mobilizing For U.S. Release, Live Dates". Billboard. 12 June 2001. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  2. ^ "GORILLAZ GET DOWN TO US MONKEY BUSINESS". NME. 27 February 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. ^ Redfern, Mark (Summer 2001). "The Gorillaz Rock 'da Art House". Under the Radar.
  4. ^ Hubbard, Michael (22 May 2002). "Interview: Damon Albarn". musicOMH. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  5. ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (4 June 2010). "Gorillaz creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett on the cartoon band's past, present, and future: The Music Mix Q&A". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  6. ^ Conner, Thomas (13 October 2010). "With star power to draw on, Gorillaz steps in front of the cartoons". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2017 – via Archive.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Gorillaz-Unofficial meets Haruka Kuroda". Gorillaz-Unofficial. 2005. Archived from the original on 16 December 2006. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  8. ^ "LEFT HAND HARUKA METHOD: The Haruka Kuroda Interview". Hallelujah Monkeyz: The Gorillaz Fancast. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Billboard Bits: McCartney, Gorillaz, Skunk Anansie". Billboard. 20 April 2001. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  10. ^ "ゴリラズが秋に米国ツアーの可能性" (in Japanese). Barks. 6 August 2001. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  11. ^ Sources for shows in North America:
  12. ^ "Com Gorillaz e Morcheeba: "Isle Of MTV" apresentado em Lisboa". Público (Portugal) (in Portuguese). 11 June 2002. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Gorillaz_Live&oldid=1235638706"