Gorillaz have confirmed their inaugural live performances in India.
Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett, and their associates are scheduled to visit India in 2027 to support their latest album, ‘The Mountain,’ much of which was recorded in the country.
The band will take the stage at District Arena at Terraform in Bengaluru on January 23. Subsequently, they will journey to Mumbai for a concert at Jio World Garden in the Bandra Kurla Complex on January 27.
Alongside the Gorillaz live ensemble, special guest artists are anticipated to perform, including the many Indian collaborators featured on ‘The Mountain’.
Commenting on the upcoming tour, Albarn expressed, “it has been and remains a dream of mine to bring Gorillaz in all its technicolour glory to India. It’s just the beginning and I truly look forward to the experience.” Hewlett, on the other hand, added: “Our dream has always been to do a tour of India. We’re very excited about returning to play shows in Mumbai and Bengaluru.”
Review the details of Gorillaz’s India tour below, and purchase your tickets here:
Gorillaz’s 2027 India tour schedule:
JANUARY
23 – District Arena @ Terraform, BENGALURU
27 – Jio World Garden, BKC, MUMBAI
In related news, Damon Albarn recently confirmed he is composing the score for Luca Guadagnino’s OpenAI film about the founders of ChatGPT, while also sharing his thoughts on the technology itself.
The movie, titled Artificial, will reportedly center on the life of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
Speaking to The Needle Drop, Albarn stated: “I’ve been quite involved with AI because I’ve been making a score for a movie called Artificial at the moment, which is all about the founders of ChatGPT,” he explained to the publication. “So I’ve had a lot of time to think about it. Music and art should not be easy.”
“Once it becomes easy, it’s meaningless,” he continued. “In a way, it’s the things you don’t see or hear that make it art. It’s a weird intuition that the listener has that picks up on the journey that the artist has been through to make that particular thing with the tone of the voice, etc. You can’t replace that.”
Elsewhere, Damon Albarn has also revealed why the Gorillaz Netflix film was cancelled – and how it subsequently inspired ‘Cracker Island’.