Gorillaz featured a surprise song in their Dublin setlist, with The Mountain tour’s first leg now finished.
The Damon Albarn-fronted group performed two shows at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland to conclude the UK and Ireland leg of the tour. Last night (April 1), the group performed a setlist featuring no debut tracks, but tonight (April 2) featured a song they have performed just twice this year. The Mountain was performed almost entirely on this tour, with hits and deep cuts from Gorillaz‘s discography also added to the setlist. The band’s performance at the 3Arena tonight marks the last UK and Ireland tour date until a show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium later this year. A North American and South American leg is scheduled for the end of the year, with European festival dates also scheduled.
A full setlist for the 3Arena show can be found below.
- The Mountain
- The Happy Dictator
- Tranz
- Tomorrow Comes Today
- 19-2000
- Rhinestone Eyes
- 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)
- Kids With Guns
- Dirty Harry (with Bootie Brown)
- The Shadowy Light
- The Sad God
- The Hardest Thing
- Orange County (with Kara Jackson)
- Feel Good Inc. (with Posdnuos)
- Clint Eastwood
- Don’t Get Lost in Heaven
- Demon Days
Both Don’t Get Lost in Heaven and Demon Days appeared once before on The Mountain tour dates. It marks a slightly different setlist to the first show at 3Arena, with the setlist for the band’s first night found below.
- The Mountain
- The Happy Dictator
- Tranz
- Tomorrow Comes Today
- 19-2000
- Rhinestone Eyes
- 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 (with Kara Jackson)
- 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.
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.”
