Tour by Gorillaz | |
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Location |
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Associated album | Gorillaz |
Start date | 22 March 2001 |
End date | 20 July 2002 |
Legs | 5 |
No. of shows | 22 |
Gorillaz concert chronology |
Gorillaz Live was the first concert tour by the British alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz, in support of their self-titled debut album. [1]
Dan Nakamura (select dates) [2]
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]
The following setlist is obtained from the concert held in London on 22 March 2001.
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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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 |
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