Gorillaz fans attending the band’s Utilita Arena show in Cardiff were thrilled by a featured artist who performed a deep cut with the band.
The Damon Albarn-fronted group’s The Mountain tour has been lauded by attendees, who praised the mix of new material and songs from earlier records. Rarities from their self-titled debut and Demon Days have featured on previous shows, but fans at the Cardiff date were delighted to hear a track featuring Gruff Rhys. The band has performed Superfast Jellyfish just twice since the end of 2022. Superfast Jellyfish was performed by the band after On Melancholy Hill and The Empty Dream Machine.
A full setlist for the Gorillaz show at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff can be found below.
- The Mountain
- The Happy Dictator
- Tranz
- Tomorrow Comes Today
- 19-2000
- The Moon Cave
- El Mañana
- On Melancholy Hill
- Superfast Jellyfish (with Gruff Rhys)
- The Empty Dream Machine
- Delirium
- Andromeda
- Stylo (with Yasiin Bey)
- Damascus (with Yasiin Bey)
- Dirty Harry (with Bootie Brown)
- The Shadowy Light (with Gruff Rhys)
- The Sad God
- The Hardest Thing
- Orange County (with Kara Jackson)
- The Manifesto (with Trueno)
- Feel Good Inc. (with Posdnuos)
- Clint Eastwood (with Sweetie Irie)
A full tour of the UK is set to take place, including two dates at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena and a summer show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where Sparks will open the show. A full list of shows can be found below.
- March 20 – Co-op Live Arena, Manchester
- March 21 – Co-op Live Arena, Manchester
- March 22 – BP Pulse Live, Birmingham
- March 24 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
- March 25 – First Direct Bank Arena, Leeds
- March 27 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
- March 28 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
- March 29 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
- March 31 – The SSE Arena, Belfast
- April 1 – 3Arena, Dublin
- April 2 – 3Arena, Dublin
- June 20 – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London
Further dates, including a headline set at Primavera Sound Barcelona and Rock for People, will also take place this summer. The tour is set to conclude on December 3 in Santiago, Chile. In a five-star review of the album, Cult Following described The Mountain as a return to form for the Albarn-fronted group, who made the most of archival tapes and fresh collaborations.
The review reads: “Albarn is keen to curate, and The Mountain is the most successful example of that for him to date. From posthumous appearances which feel like worthy inclusions to the sharp writing style Albarn has brought to this round of Gorillaz songs, it’s hard to feel like The Mountain is anything but a borderline masterstroke. The likes of Delerium and Damascus reinvent what the collective stands for. How well timed it is for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the group to bring about one of its best albums.”
