Gorillaz have announced a rare set of tour dates set to carry the animated band across North America in 2022. The slate of nearly two dozen concerts will take the group Guinness World Records dubbed the “Most Successful Virtual Act” through the U.S. and Canada this fall with support from EARTHGANG and Jungle on select dates.
The tour will begin on September 11th in Vancouver, BC and include stops in Seattle, WA; San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA; Denver, CO; Austin, TX; Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; and many more before wrapping in Miami, FL on October 23rd. Bandleader Damon Albarn‘s virtual colleagues—singer 2D, bassist Murdoc Niccals, guitarist Noodle, and drummer Russel Hobbs—will front a 14-person live band for the group’s only planned tour of North America its first since 2018. EARTHGANG will open the majority of dates while Jungle will help close out the tour with support on the final two shows in Florida.
In 2020, Gorillaz released guest-filled experiment Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez. The 17-track album featured myriad collaborators from Elton John to ScHoolboy Q to St. Vincent to late Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen and many more. An announcement for the tour noted that the extended live band will be “aided and abetted by a varying cast of guest performers.” A promotional clip for the tour lists Sweetie Irie, Fatoumata Diawara, De La Soul, and Bootie Brown as some of the guests.
Tickets for the 2022 Gorillaz North American tour go on sale on Friday at 10 a.m. local time. Scroll down for a full list of dates.
Awake, my lambs! Gorillaz North America Tour Fall 2022
With support from @EarthGang & @jungle4eva 💫
Tickets on sale Friday May 20 at 10am local time ⏳
🎫 https://t.co/OmQwxrfBbr#gorillazworldtour2022 pic.twitter.com/iPR8nOSCxh— gorillaz (@gorillaz) May 16, 2022