Gorillaz followers, get able to climb The Mountain.
Damon Albarn and co. are getting ready to launch a brand new album, The Mountain, on March twentieth, 2026 (pre-order right here). The album announcement comes with lead single, “The Pleased Dictator,” that includes Sparks. Hearken to it under.
The Mountain shall be Gorillaz’s ninth studio effort, and their first on the band’s very personal new report label, KONG. The 15-track LP boasts an enormous array of visitor stars, together with Black Considered The Roots, Anoushka Shankar, IDLES, Johnny Marr, Jalen Ngonda, Asha Puthli, Omar Souleyman, Yasiin Bey, Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash, and Paul Simonon of The Conflict, amongst them.
The album may even characteristic posthumous contributions from the likes of Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur (aka Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul), Proof, Dennis Hopper, Mark E Smith of The Fall, and Tony Allen.
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Produced by Gorillaz, James Ford, Samuel Egglenton and Remi Kabaka Jr., plus Bizarrap, The Mountain was recorded all over the world, with Damon Albarn and firm hitting studios in numerous areas in India, together with Mumbai, New Delhi, Rajasthan and Varanasi, in addition to London, Ashgabat, Damascus, Los Angeles, Miami and New York. The worldwide really feel is additional emphasised with the brand new songs that includes artists performing in 5 languages: Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish and Yoruba.
As all the time, the album’s distinctive art work was created by Jamie Hewlett, whose hand-drawn pictures of band members Murdoc, Noodle, Russel and 2D engaged on the brand new music in India shall be obtainable each as a e-book and as a group of 12×12 prints.
In accordance with a press launch, the animated musical icons are ensconced in Mumbai on faux passports after turning their backs on pop stardom, and now “immersed within the rhythms of mystical music-making, as they navigate the mountainous terrain of this factor known as life.”
“As area mud we’re right here eternally and that’s a mighty very long time,” drummer Russel Hobbs defined in a press assertion. “This can be a musical meditation infused with mild. A journey of the soul, with beats…”
The group will rejoice the brand new launch with an area tour of the UK and Eire, which kicks off on March twenty first, 2026, in Manchester, England, with dates in Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Cardiff, Nottingham, Liverpool, Belfast and Dublin; plus a one-off headline present at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday June 20, 2026, with help from Sparks and Trueno. See the total itinerary under.
Gorillaz lately debuted The Mountain with a particular “thriller present” that includes a lot of the album’s cavalcade of company on the ultimate night time of their four-show residency at London’s Copper Field Area. The band has uploaded a video of the primary night time of the residency, which was a full efficiency of their 2001 debut album.
The Mountain Tracklist:
01. The Mountain (feat. Dennis Hopper, Ajay Prasanna, Anoushka Shankar, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
02. The Moon Cave (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda and Black Thought)
03. The Pleased Dictator (feat. Sparks)
04. The Hardest Factor (feat. Tony Allen)
05. Orange County (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar)
06. The God of Mendacity (feat. IDLES)
07. The Empty Dream Machine (feat. Black Thought, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
08. The Manifesto (feat. Trueno and Proof)
09. The Plastic Guru (feat. Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
10. Delirium (feat. Mark E. Smith)
11. Damascus (feat. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey)
12. The Shadowy Gentle (feat. Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Ajay Prasanna, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
13. Casablanca (feat. Paul Simonon and Johnny Marr)
14. The Candy Prince (feat. Ajay Prasanna, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
15. The Unhappy God (feat. Black Thought, Ajay Prasanna and Anoushka Shankar)
Gorillaz 2026 Tour Dates:
03/21 – Manchester, UK @ Co-op Dwell
03/22 – Birmingham, UK @ bp pulse LIVE
03/24 – Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro
03/25 – Leeds, UK @ First Direct Area
03/27 – Cardiff, UK @ Utilita Area
03/28 – Nottingham, UK @ Motorpoint Area
03/29 – Liverpool, UK @ M&S Financial institution Area
03/31 – Belfast, UK @ SSE Area
04/01 – Dublin, IE @ 3Arena
06/20 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
* = w/Trueno
^ = w/Sparks and Trueno
