Gorillaz kicked off their four-night residency at London’s Copper Box Arena with back-to-back shows on Friday, August 29th, and Saturday, August 30th. The band performed their 2001 self-titled debut on the first night before reprising their Demon Days live show in its entirety the following evening.
The concerts coincide with the final week of the Gorillaz’s House of Kong 25th anniversary exhibition, which began on August 8th and runs through September 3rd. As promised, the group revisited the era for each album by recreating the original live show formats and visuals from each release.
During the Friday show, Gorillaz celebrated their debut album by playing several songs from the project for the first time since 2002: “Man Research (Clapper),” “Sound Check (Gravity),” “Starshine,” and “Slow Country.”
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Meanwhile, the Demon Days gig saw them joined by De La Soul, Bootie Brown of The Pharcyde, and Michelle Ndegwa. The latter artist filled in for Neneh Cherry and Shaun Ryder’s parts on “Kids with Guns” and “DARE,” respectively.
Watch fan-shot footage of both nights below, followed by the full setlists.
Gorillaz will close out the run by playing Plastic Beach in full on September 2nd and then a “Mystery Show” on September 3rd. Get tickets to the remaining dates here.
While these are the only tour dates on Gorillaz’s 2025 schedule, they follow frontman Damon Albarn’s shift in focus back to the group after Blur’s 2023 reunion and his latest opera, The Magic Flute II: La Malédiction, which premiered in Paris this spring. He has also teased a new Gorillaz album set for release sometime this year.
Gorillaz Debut Album Setlist:
M1 A1
Re-Hash (with Miho Hatori) (First time live since 2018)
5/4 (with Miho Hatori)
Tomorrow Comes Today
New Genious (Brother) (with Miho Hatori)
Clint Eastwood
Man Research (Clapper) (with Miho Hatori) (First time live since 2002)
Punk (First time live since 2018)
Sound Check (Gravity) (First time live since 2002)
Double Bass (Live debut; with false start)
Rock the House (with false start)
19-2000 (with Miho Hatori) (Restarted after second verse)
Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?) (First verse and chorus in English, remainder in Spanish)
Starshine (First time live since 2002)
Slow Country (First time live since 2002)
Film Music (Played during intermission; ‘Gorilla ident’. New synth added on)
Encore:
Dracula
Ghost Train (Live debut; with false start)
Clint Eastwood (with Sweetie Irie) (Ed Case/Sweetie Irie Refix; Reprise)
Gorillaz Demon Days Setlist:
Intro (with Ben Castle) (First time played live instead of from tape)
Last Living Souls
Kids with Guns (with Michelle Ndegwa)
O Green World (Damon piano intro; false start)
Dirty Harry (with Bootie Brown and Lifted Up Community Choir Youth)
Feel Good Inc. (with De La Soul)
El Mañana
Every Planet We Reach Is Dead
November Has Come (First time live since 2010)
All Alone (with Skye Edwards) (First time live since 2006)
White Light
DARE (with Michelle Ndegwa and Rebecca)
Fire Coming Out of the Monkey’s Head
Don’t Get Lost in Heaven (with “Demon Days” choir intro; false start)
Demon Days (with London Community Gospel Choir)
Encore:
68 State
We Are Happy Landfill (Live debut)
Rockit
Hong Kong (with Qing Du)