{"id":32037,"date":"2021-10-04T01:09:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T08:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/?p=32037"},"modified":"2021-09-30T01:14:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T08:14:48","slug":"gorillaz-announce-2022-australian-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/concerts\/gorillaz-announce-2022-australian-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorillaz Announce 2022 Australian Tour\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gorillaz - Meanwhile... ft. Jelani Blackman with Barrington Levy (Official Visualiser)\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XY4Sr1KibUE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/gorillaz-tickets\">Gorillaz<\/a> have announced a handful of Australian shows for next year, marking their first gigs in the country in more than a decade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The virtual band\u2019s two headline shows sit alongside their previously announced slot at the festival Splendour In The Grass, taking place in Byron Bay, New South Wales in July 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/tyler-the-creator-tickets\">Tyler, The Creator<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/the-strokes-tickets\">The Strokes<\/a> have also been confirmed as co-headliners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Australian tour follows the release of their latest album, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Song Machine: Season One \u2013 Strange Timez<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which includes collaborations with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/elton-john-tickets\">Elton John<\/a>, Robert Smith, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/st-vincent-tickets\">St. Vincent<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/peter-hook-tickets\">Peter Hook,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/beck-tickets\">Beck<\/a>, and more artists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The band followed it up with a three-track EP last month, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which celebrates Notting Hill Carnival. Gorillaz co-creator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/damon-albarn-tickets\">Damon Albarn<\/a> had previously discussed working on \u201ccarnival-themed\u201d music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019re really going back to the spirit of the first record [their self-titled 2001 album],\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he told NME in June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s really exciting and we\u2019ve been really enjoying it. It\u2019s a nice kind of counter-balance to \u2018The Nearer The Fountain\u2026\u2019, really. I\u2019ve definitely needed a dose of something else after I finished that record. Steel pan drums and Casio MT-40s were always going to be a good cure.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here are Gorillaz\u2019s 2022 Australian tour dates:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fri 22 July \u2013 Splendour in the Grass, Byron Bay<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sun 24 July \u2013 John Cain Arena, Melbourne<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tue 26 July \u2013 Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recently, Damon Albarn has revealed that he has collaborated with Puerto Rican rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/bad-bunny-tickets\">Bad Bunny<\/a> for a forthcoming Gorillaz project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As reported by Remezcla, Albarn told Warp in an interview that he and Bad Bunny \u2013 real name Benito Antonio Mart\u00ednez Ocasio \u2013 linked up while the two were both in Jamaica.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat I love about Gorillaz is that I can bring [in] anyone I want, you know?\u201d <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he said. <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI was in Jamaica recently and recorded a Gorillaz song with Bad Bunny, that\u2019s something exciting for next year.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Albarn also revealed that the collaboration will serve as the lead single to Gorillaz\u2019 forthcoming project, which he says is inspired by Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gorillaz have announced a handful of Australian shows for next year, marking their first gigs in the country in more than a decade. 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