Gorillaz performed a song from their self-titled debut album for the fifth time in twenty-four years at their The Mountain show in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The Damon Albarn-fronted group will round off their UK and Ireland tour later this week with two shows at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. Part of the performance featured Re-Hash, which not only marked the tour debut of the Gorillaz track, but also the first time it had been performed since last year. A performance at the Copper Box in London, England, where the band performed the self-titled debut in full, is the reason for the sole 2025 performance. The song featured frequently on the band’s debut tour and subsequent 2002 shows, but had been dropped for over a decade.
A full setlist for The SSE Arena show in Belfast, Northern Ireland, can be found below.
- The Mountain
- The Happy Dictator
- Tranz
- Tomorrow Comes Today
- Re-Hash
- 19-2000
- The God of Lying (with Joe Talbot)
- The Moon Cave
- El Mañana
- On Melancholy Hill
- The Empty Dream Machine
- Delirium
- Andromeda
- Stylo (with Yasiin Bey)
- Damascus (with Yasiin Bey)
- Dirty Harry (with Bootie Brown)
- The Shadowy Light
- The Sad God
- The Hardest Thing
- Orange County (with Kara Jackson)
- The Manifesto (with Trueno)
- Feel Good Inc. (with Posdnuos)
- Clint Eastwood
The tour is set to continue the rest of the year across Europe. Gorillaz will also embark on a tour of North and South America later this year.
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.”
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