GORILLAZ: Humanz + The Now Now Tours 2017-2018

[sara-m-a]

March 2017:
24th: Secret Humanz launch show at Printworks, London, UK | COMPETITION

April 2017:
25th: Rough Trade NYC, New York City, USA

June 2017:
2nd: Alban Arena, St Albans, UK | SOLD OUT
4th: Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, UK | SOLD OUT
8th: O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK | SOLD OUT
10th: Demon Dayz Festival, Dreamland, Margate, UK | SOLD OUT
14th: Nowy Teatr, Warsaw, Poland | COMPETITION
16th: Várkert Bazár, Budapest, Hungary | COMPETITION
18th: MCK, Katowice, Poland | COMPETITION
20th: Palladium, Cologne, Germany | COMPETITION

July 2017:
8th: Huntington Bank Pavilion, Chicago, MI, USA | SOLD OUT
10th: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
12th: Blue Hills Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA, USA | SOLD OUT
13th: Festival Pier, Philadelphia, PA, USA | SOLD OUT
15th: Festival d’été de Québec (Quebec City Summer Festival), QC, Canada
17th: Merriweather Post Pavilion, near Baltimore, MD, USA
28th: Fuji Rock Festival, Niigata, Japan
30th: Valley Rock Festival, Icheon, South Korea

August 2017:
11th: Outside Lands, San Francisco, CA, USA | SOLD OUT

September 2017:
14th: Secret rehearsal show, New York City, NY, USA | COMPETITION
16th: The Meadows, New York City, NY, USA
18th: Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA | SOLD OUT
20th: Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN, USA | SOLD OUT
22nd: Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO, USA
24th: Life is Beautiful, Las Vegas, NV, USA | SOLD OUT
26th: Red Rocks Amphitheatre, near Denver, CO, USA | SOLD OUT
30th: KeyArena, Seattle, WA, USA | SOLD OUT

October 2017:
4th: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, USA | SOLD OUT
5th: Forum, near Los Angeles, CA, USA | SOLD OUT
8th & 15th: Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin, TX, USA
11th: Infinite Energy Center, near Atlanta, GA, USA | SOLD OUT
13th: III Points, Miami, FL, USA
27th: Fiesta de los Muertos, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

November 2017:
1st: Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg | SOLD OUT
2nd: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
4th: Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark | SOLD OUT
5th: Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
6th: Hovet, Stockholm, Sweden
8th: Samsung Hall, near Zürich, Switzerland | SOLD OUT
9th: Geneva Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
11th: Zenith, Munich, Germany | SOLD OUT
13th: Aréna, Budapest, Hungary
14th: O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
17th: Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany | SOLD OUT
18th: Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Düsseldorf, Germany | SOLD OUT
19th: Sporthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
21st: Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands | SOLD OUT
22nd: Forest National, Brussels, Belgium | SOLD OUT
24th: Zénith Paris, Paris, France | SOLD OUT
25th: Zénith Paris, Paris, France | SOLD OUT
27th: Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK | SOLD OUT
29th: SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK

December 2017:
1st: Manchester Arena, Manchester, UK
2nd: Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
4th: O2 Arena, London, UK | SOLD OUT
5th: O2 Arena, London, UK | SOLD OUT
13th: Primavera 0, Montevideo, Uruguay
16th: BUE, Buenos Aires, Argentina

March 2018:
18th: Vive Latino, Mexico City, Mexico | SOLD OUT
20th: Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile
24th: Festival Estéreo Picnic, Bogotá, Colombia
27th: Asuncionico, Asunción, Paraguay
30th: Jockey Club, São Paulo, Brazil





June 2018:
1st: Rock im Park, Nuremberg, Germany
3rd: Rock am Ring, Nürburg, Germany
9th: Malahide Castle, Dublin, Ireland
15th: Sónar, near Barcelona, Spain
21st: Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan | SOLD OUT
22nd: Zepp DiverCity, Tokyo, Japan | SOLD OUT

July 2018:
5th: Rock Werchter, Werchter, Belgium
6th: Open'er Festival, Gdynia, Poland | SOLD OUT
7th: Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark | SOLD OUT
11th: Gurtenfestival, Bern, Switzerland
12th: Lucca Summer Festival, Lucca, Italy | SOLD OUT
14th: Bilbao BBK Live, Bilbao, Spain
19th: Paléo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland | SOLD OUT
21st: Vieilles Charrues, Carhaix-Plouguer, France
22nd: Lollapalooza Paris, France
25th: UPark Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
28th: Park Live, Moscow, Russia

August 2018:
9th: Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary
11th: Boomtown Fair, near Winchester, UK
16th: FM4 Frequency Festival, St. Pölten, Austria | SOLD OUT
17th: Lowlands, Biddinghuizen, Netherlands | SOLD OUT

October 2018:
8th: Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON, Canada
9th: Bell Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
11th: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
13th: Barclays Center, New York City, NY, USA
14th: TD Garden, Boston, MA, USA
16th: United Center, Chicago, MI, USA
19th: HD Radio Sound Space at KROQ, Los Angeles, CA, USA | COMPETITION
20th: Demon Dayz Festival, near Los Angeles, CA, USA
24th: Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico


TV & Radio Performances:
April 27th, 2017: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, CBS
May 3rd, 2017: FUV Live, WFUV
May 5th, 2017: The Graham Norton Show, BBC One



(Topic created on 26th February 2017: As the band's live shows are very likely coming soon, let's use this thread to talk about them. I've moved the live-related posts from the New Gorillaz Album topic to here, starting with sara-m-a's post below. -Veikko)



Mike Smith tweeted some stuff.. "prep" for what?? live performance? are they still recording??

Michael Smith ‏@mrmichaelsmith 30 ene.

Off we go then to London. Day 1 of @gorillaz prep
https://twitter.com/mrmichaelsmith/stat ... 5089973248


Michael Smith ‏@mrmichaelsmith 15 hHace 15 horas
Lots to do for our drum engine room on the @gorillaz 2017 #day2programming

https://twitter.com/mrmichaelsmith/stat ... 4653100032

[Veikko]

Mike Smith tweeted some stuff.. "prep" for what?? live performance? are they still recording??

They're preparing for the live shows, so the album must be finished (apart from mastering maybe). From what I've gathered from the social media, the band's lineup is:

Jeff Wootton - guitar
Seye - bass
Mike Smith - keyboards
Gabriel "Manuals" Wallace - drums
Karl Vanden Bossche - drums/percussion

Damon's regular drummer Pauli The PSM is currently promoting his solo material, so apparently he's not present.

[rich]

that looks a tight little band - the heavy seas were great live, so this looks promising
presumably room for guests
what mail lists do I need to be on for warm up gigs? I'm on blur's and Damon's (I think) - do gorillaz have one?

[aldamasta]

Very happy with this line up! I wish I could've seen the massive band back in 2010, especially because of Mick and Paul, but alas.

Kinda glad Pauli isn't drumming. For some reason he never really impressed. I'm terribly excited for the album and tour!! The Heavy Seas were truly wonderful live, can't wait to see the chemistry and energy they bring to Gorillaz shows

[tom_cas1]

Mike Smith tweeted some stuff.. "prep" for what?? live performance? are they still recording??

They're preparing for the live shows, so the album must be finished (apart from mastering maybe). From what I've gathered from the social media, the band's lineup is:

Jeff Wootton - guitar
Seye - bass
Mike Smith - keyboards
Gabriel Manuals Wallace - drums
Karl Vanden Bossche - drums/percussion

Damon's regular drummer Pauli The PSM is currently promoting his solo material, so apparently he's not present.

So who from this list played in the Heavy Seas, or is it the exact same band?

[rich]

the heavy seas live were:
Damon (vocals/acoustic guitar with strings missing/electric guitar/piano)
Jeff (guitar/bass/backing vocals)
Seye (bass/guitar/backing vocals)
Mike (keyboards/backing vocals)
Pauli (drums) - not playing in gorillaz, as mentioned above...

plenty of gig reviews littered around the internet, plus there was the very good Albert Hall live album https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_De_De_De_Der
and my video! https://vimeo.com/111991524

[tom_cas1]

Thanks Rich. It'll be interesting to see how they cope with Gorillaz then, although I know they played one or two Gorillaz tunes on tour with Damon when he toured Everyday Robots. If memory serves me well though it appears this band is a lot smaller than the band used on the 2010 Gorillaz tour. I hope that means they plan on playing smaller venues rather than big stadiums, I was a little disappointed by the sound at the O2 Arena.

[rich]

Jeff was in the 2010 band too...
and Mike I think...

[bugman]

Jeff was in the 2010 band too...
and Mike I think...

MiKE Plays with damons bands since parklife

[northernmonkey]

Jeff was in the 2010 band too...
and Mike I think...

MiKE Plays with damons bands since parklife

I thought Blur had a female keyboard player up to the 13 sort of time.

[Caitlin]

Cara Tivey was their live keyboardist for MLIR and Parklife tours. Believe Mike came in after that.

[northernmonkey]

Yeah, I believe she was playing keyboard on the Live 13 at London Depot performance.

[tom_cas1]

Yeah, I believe she was playing keyboard on the Live 13 at London Depot performance.

If that's the show I'm thinking about it's one of the best I've ever heard, a long time favourite. 13 in full from start to finish...orgasmic.

[bugman]

Diana Gutkind was on 13 tour.

[Kibarry]

Amazed that Cass Browne isn't involved as of yet.
Am certain they'll need a second keyboardist too (i.e. Jesse hacket).

Anyone want to go out on a limb and guess who they'll bring along on the tour for the collab songs?