The Now Now Tour

The Now Now Tour

Tour by Gorillaz
Promotional poster for North American tour dates
Location	Europe Asia North America
Associated album	The Now Now
Start date	1 June 2018
End date	24 October 2018
Legs	4
No. of shows	29
Gorillaz concert chronology
Humanz Tour (2017–2018) The Now Now Tour (2018) Song Machine Tour (2021)

The Now Now Tour was a concert tour by the British alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz, in support of their sixth studio album The Now Now . ^{[1] [2]}

Personnel

• Damon Albarn – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, melodica, keytar
• Mike Smith – keyboards, backing vocals
• Jeff Wootton – lead guitar
• Seye Adelekan – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Gabriel Wallace – drums, percussion
• Jesse Hackett – keyboards, additional percussion on "Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?)"
• Karl Vanden Bossche – drums, percussion
• Angel Silvera – backing vocals
• Petra Luke – backing vocals
• Rebecca Freckleton – backing vocals, vocals on "Sorcererz"
• Michelle Ndegwa – backing vocals, vocals on "Out of Body" and "Kids with Guns"
• Matthew Allen – backing vocals
• Adeleye Omotayo – backing vocals

Guest collaborators and additional musicians

• Jamie Principle – vocals on "Hollywood"
• Peven Everett – vocals on "Strobelite" and "Stylo" (Select dates only)
• De La Soul – vocals on "Superfast Jellyfish" and "Feel Good Inc." (Select dates only)
• Del the Funky Homosapien – vocals on "Clint Eastwood" (Select dates only)
• Bootie Brown – vocals on "Dirty Harry" and "Stylo" (Select dates only)
• Little Simz – vocals on "Garage Palace" and "We Got the Power" (Select dates only)
• Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – brass on "Broken" and "Sweepstakes" (Dublin and Pico Rivera only)
• Moonchild Sanelly – vocals on "Out of Body" (Roskilde only)
• Benjamin Clementine – vocals on "Hallelujah Money" (Bilbao only)
• Jehnny Beth – vocals on "We Got the Power" (Paris only)
• Noel Gallagher – vocals and guitar on "We Got the Power" (Paris only)
• Yukimi Nagano – vocals on "Empire Ants" and "To Binge" (Moscow and Boston only)
• Gruff Rhys – vocals and guitar on "Superfast Jellyfish" (Winchester only)
• Shaun Ryder – vocals on "Dare" (Winchester only)
• Roses Gabor – vocals on "Dare" (Winchester only)
• Mos Def – vocals on "Stylo" (New York City only)
• DRAM – vocals on "Andromeda" (Pico Rivera only)
• Graham Coxon – guitar on "Song 2" (Pico Rivera only)
• George Benson – guitar on "Humility" (Pico Rivera only)

Set list

The following setlist is obtained from the concert held in Nuremberg on 1 June 2018. It is not a representation of all shows on the tour.

Rock im Park 2018, Nuremberg

1. "M1 A1"
2. "Tranz"
3. "Last Living Souls"
4. "Rhinestone Eyes"
5. "Tomorrow Comes Today"
6. "Every Planet We Reach Is Dead"
7. "Humility"
8. "Superfast Jellyfish" (featuring De La Soul)
9. "On Melancholy Hill"
10. "El Mañana"
11. "Magic City"
12. "Strobelite" (featuring Peven Everett)
13. "Andromeda"
14. "Hollywood" (featuring Jamie Principle)
15. "Stylo" (featuring Bootie Brown and Peven Everett)
16. "Sorcererz"
17. "Dirty Harry" (featuring Bootie Brown)
18. "Feel Good Inc. (featuring De La Soul)
19. "Souk Eye"

Encore

1. "Lake Zurich"
2. "Saturnz Barz"
3. "Kids with Guns"
4. "Clint Eastwood"

The following setlist is obtained from the concert held in Toronto on 8 October 2018. It is not a representation of all shows on the tour.

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

1. "M1 A1" (with "Lil' Dub Chefin'" outro)
2. "Tranz"
3. "Last Living Souls"
4. "Rhinestone Eyes"
5. "Saturnz Barz"
6. "Tomorrow Comes Today"
7. "Sorcererz"
8. "Every Planet We Reach Is Dead"
9. "19-2000"
10. "Humility"
11. "Superfast Jellyfish" (featuring De La Soul)
12. "On Melancholy Hill"
13. "El Mañana"
14. "Fire Flies"
15. "Strobelite" (featuring Peven Everett)
16. "Andromeda"
17. "Hollywood" (featuring Jamie Principle, and Snoop Dogg via video)
18. "Stylo" (featuring Bootie Brown and Peven Everett)
19. "Magic City"
20. "Dirty Harry" (featuring Bootie Brown)
21. "Feel Good Inc." (featuring De La Soul)
22. "Souk Eye"
23. "Plastic Beach"

Encore

1. "Lake Zurich"
2. "Latin Simone" / "Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?)" (medley, featuring Ibrahim Ferrer via video)
3. "Kids with Guns"
4. "Clint Eastwood" (featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien via video)
5. "Don't Get Lost in Heaven"
6. "Demon Days"

Songs performed

Songs performed

Gorillaz "Tomorrow Comes Today" "Clint Eastwood" "19-2000" "Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?)" "M1 A1" Laika Come Home "Lil' Dub Chefin'" Demon Days "Last Living Souls" "Kids with Guns" "Dirty Harry" "Feel Good Inc." "El Mañana" "Every Planet We Reach Is Dead" "Dare" "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" "Demon Days" Plastic Beach "Rhinestone Eyes" "Stylo" "Superfast Jellyfish" "Empire Ants" "On Melancholy Hill" "Broken" "Sweepstakes" "Plastic Beach" "To Binge"

The Fall "Shy-Town" Humanz "Strobelite" "Saturnz Barz" "Andromeda" "Hallelujah Money" "We Got the Power" The Now Now "Humility" "Tranz" "Hollywood" "Kansas" "Sorcererz" "Idaho" "Lake Zurich" "Magic City" "Fire Flies" "One Percent" "Souk Eye" Bonus tracks/non-album songs/covers "Garage Palace" "Out of Body" "Sleeping Powder" "Song 2"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue.

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act
Europe Leg 1 [3]
1 June 2018 [a]	Nuremberg	Germany	Zeppelinfeld	—
3 June 2018 [b]	Nürburg		Nürburgring	—
9 June 2018	Dublin	Ireland	Malahide Castle	Little Simz De La Soul Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
15 June 2018 [c]	Barcelona	Spain	Fira de Barcelona	—
Asia [4]
21 June 2018	Chiba	Japan	Makuhari Messe	—
22 June 2018	Tokyo		Zepp DiverCity	—
Europe Leg 2 [3]
5 July 2018 [d]	Werchter	Belgium	Werchterpark	—
6 July 2018 [e]	Gdynia	Poland	Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport	—
7 July 2018 [f]	Roskilde	Denmark	Festivalpladsen	—
11 July 2018 [g]	Bern	Switzerland	Gurten	—
12 July 2018 [h]	Lucca	Italy	Piazza Napoleone	—
14 July 2018 [i]	Bilbao	Spain	Mount Cobetas	—
19 July 2018 [j]	Nyon	Switzerland	Plaine de l'Asse	—
21 July 2018 [k]	Carhaix	France	La Prairie de Kerampuilh	—
22 July 2018 [l]	Paris		Longchamp Racecourse	—
25 July 2018 [m]	Kyiv	Ukraine	People's Friendship Arch	—
28 July 2018 [n]	Moscow	Russia	Gorky Park	—
9 August 2018 [o]	Budapest	Hungary	Hajógyári Island	Oscar and the Wolf Bonobo
11 August 2018 [p]	Winchester	England	Matterley Estate Farm	—
16 August 2018 [q]	Sankt Pölten	Austria	VAZ St. Pölten	—
17 August 2018 [r]	Biddinghuizen	Netherlands	Walibi Holland	—
North America [2]
8 October 2018	Toronto	Canada	Scotiabank Arena	The Internet
9 October 2018	Montreal		Bell Centre
11 October 2018	Philadelphia	United States	Wells Fargo Center
13 October 2018	New York City		Barclays Center
14 October 2018	Boston		TD Garden	Little Dragon
16 October 2018	Chicago		United Center	The Internet
20 October 2018 [s]	Pico Rivera		Pico Rivera Sports Arena	—
24 October 2018	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes	Jupiter & Okwess

Notes

1. The show on 1 June 2018 in Nuremberg was part of the Rock im Park festival.
2. The show on 3 June 2018 in Nürburg was part of the Rock am Ring festival.
3. The show on 15 June 2018 in Barcelona was part of the Sónar festival.
4. The show on 5 July 2018 in Werchter was part of the Rock Werchter festival.
5. The show on 6 July 2018 in Gdynia was part of the Open'er Festival.
6. The show on 7 July 2018 in Roskilde was part of the Roskilde Festival.
7. The show on 11 July 2018 in Bern was part of the Gurtenfestival.
8. The show on 12 July 2018 in Lucca was part of the Lucca Summer Festival.
9. The show on 14 July 2018 in Bilbao was part of the Bilbao BBK Live festival.
10. The show on 19 July 2018 in Nyon was part of the Paléo Festival.
11. The show on 21 July 2018 in Carhaix was part of the Vieilles Charrues Festival.
12. The show on 22 July 2018 in Paris was part of the Lollapalooza festival.
13. The show on 25 July 2018 in Kyiv was part of the U-Park Festival.
14. The show on 28 July 2018 in Moscow was part of the Park Live Festival. This show wasn't finished due a constant thunderstorm.
15. The show on 9 August 2018 in Budapest was part of the Sziget Festival.
16. The show on 11 August 2018 in Winchester was part of the Boomtown festival.
17. The show on 16 August 2018 in Sankt Pölten was part of the FM4 Frequency Festival.
18. The show on 17 August 2018 in Biddinghuizen was part of the Lowlands festival.
19. The show on 20 October 2018 in Pico Rivera was part of the Demon Dayz Festival LA.

References

1. "Gorillaz Share 'The Now Now' Album Track List, Drop 'Humility' Video". Billboard. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
2. Sources for shows in North America:
   • US and Canada: "Gorillaz announce North American arena tour, Los Angeles Demon Dayz Festival". Consequence of Sound. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
   • Mexico: "EL FINAL LLEGÓ… GORILLAZ AL PALACIO DE LOS DEPORTES" (in Spanish). La Cartelera. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
3. "Gorillaz tease new album release June 2018". Festileaks. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
4. "Gorillaz to premiere new album at Tokyo show". The Japan Times. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2021.