Gorillaz began their tour of the United States last night (September 17) and made some major changes to their setlist.
The Damon Albarn-fronted group had teased a handful of deep cuts across the UK, Ireland, and European tour earlier this year while also playing a majority of songs from the band’s latest album, The Mountain. But the first Gorillaz show of the US tour made little use of the latest Sparks and Trueno-featuring album, instead relying on Demon Days and Gorillaz, the band’s debut album. Gorillaz performed a 24-song set at the Kia Center in Orlanda, Florida, the first show of The Mountain tour in the US. The band did perform a similar opening to the shows in Europe and the UK, with The Happy Dictator maintaining its spot as the second song of the night.
But changes further into the setlist were spotted by fans who were shocked to see that The Mountain track, The Moon Cave, had been dropped from the show. Instead, the Albarn-fronted group performed a tour debut of both Sound Check (Gravity) and New Gold with Bootie Brown.
A full setlist for Gorillaz’s show at the Kia Center in Orlando, Florida, can be found below.
- The Mountain
- The Happy Dictator
- Tranz
- Last Living Souls
- Tomorrow Comes Today
- 19-2000
- Rhinestone Eyes
- El Mañana
- On Melancholy Hill
- Orange County (with Kara Jackson)
- Sound Check (Gravity)
- Delirium
- Andromeda
- Garage Palace (with Little Simz)
- She’s My Collar
- New Gold (with Bootie Brown)
- Stylo (with Bootie Brown)
- Kids With Guns (with Michelle Ndegwa)
- The Shadowy Light
- Feel Good Inc.
- Cloud of Unknowing
- Rock the House (with Del the Funky Homosapien)
- Dirty Harry (with Bootie Brown)
- Clint Eastwood (with Del the Funky Homosapien)
A fan with a picture of the setlist for last night’s show took to X and asked whether attendees were happy with the lack of The Mountain songs. Five songs from the album were performed, along with five from Demon Days and five from the band’s debut album.
They wrote: “Gorillaz setlist from the first show of The US and Canada Tour at the Kia Center in Orlando, Florida. How do you feel about the number of The Mountain songs (5…), hits and deep cuts?”
One fan replied: “Can’t believe they’ve dropped The Moon Cave.” Another added: “The Mountain tour doesn’t have The Moon Cave?” The Moon Cave has featured in 27 shows from Gorillaz, with the last performance at La Prima Estate in June of this year. The band has consistently changed up their setlist so The Moon Cave may return to the setlist on a future show.
The song was a staple of Gorillaz shows in the UK and Ireland, with the track featuring on all of the March and April dates.
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