{"id":1951005,"date":"2025-08-09T08:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T08:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1951005"},"modified":"2025-08-09T08:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T08:02:10","slug":"gorillaz-tease-new-music-ahead-of-25th-anniversary-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/gorillaz-tease-new-music-ahead-of-25th-anniversary-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorillaz tease new music ahead of 25th anniversary shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/gorillaz\">Gorillaz<\/a> seem to be teasing new music as they celebrate their 25th anniversary.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/gorillaz-cracker-island-review-lyrics-tracklist-3402624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gorillaz \u2013 \u2018Cracker Island\u2019 review: conventional, but richly satisfying<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In honour of the milestone, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/heres-a-sneak-peek-inside-gorillaz-new-house-of-kong-london-exhibition-3883732\">the band has launched \u2018House of Kong\u2019 \u2013 a new exhibition showing at London\u2019s Copper Box<\/a>, which offers fans a look behind the curtain of their headquarters \u2013 as well as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/gorillaz-to-play-iconic-albums-in-full-at-one-off-london-live-shows-3865125\">four special live shows at the venue <\/a>taking place across this month and the beginning of September.<\/p>\n<p>In a new interview with <em>Channel 4 News<\/em>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/damon-albarn\">Damon Albarn<\/a> and Jamie Hewlett gave some insight into the upcoming shows.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the four concerts, Albarn said: \u201cWe\u2019re playing first album, second album, and third album, and then the fourth one is a mystery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy then asked: \u201cSo might there be something new there?\u201d, to which Damon responded: \u201cThere might. I mean, yes. In that sense, yeah,\u201d while Hewlett mimed his throat being cut.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DNHGgD-CdHW\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time this year that Albarn has hinted at a new album. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/damon-albarn-teases-new-gorillaz-album-for-2025-3849887\">In March, he suggested that one would be arriving later in 2025<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m finishing a new Gorillaz album. One opera and one new Gorillaz album seems like enough for 2025,\u201d he told French magazine\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lesinrocks.com\/musique\/damon-albarn-un-opera-et-un-nouvel-album-de-gorillaz-ca-me-semble-suffisant-pour-2025-653127-25-03-2025\/\"><em>Les<\/em> <em>Inrockuptibles<\/em><\/a>. \u201cUnless someone accuses me of taking my foot off the gas!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hewlett then added fuel to the fire, writing in an Instagram comment: \u201cYes, the new album is coming out this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Albarn then revealed that\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/damon-albarns-been-incredibly-busy-making-music-reveals-new-gorillaz-record-is-in-four-languages-3878454\">he\u2019s been \u201cincredibly busy making music\u201d \u2013 and said the \u201cnew Gorillaz record is in four languages\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the same interview, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/damon-albarn-on-the-genocide-in-gaza-we-cannot-deny-the-palestinians-their-existence-3883749\">Albarn spoke out on what he has described as the \u201cgenocide\u201d in Gaza<\/a>, saying \u201cwe cannot deny the Palestinians their existence\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Gorillaz exhibition comes ahead of new concerts and maybe new music\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IPEliJAu2k0?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><\/div>\n<p>The upcoming shows will see Albarn joined on stage by the full Gorillaz live band and backed by visuals by Hewlett. They\u2019ll also see the band revisit iconic live shows from their early days, performing each record in full, in a limited-capacity setting.<\/p>\n<p>Buy tickets\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.co.uk\/gorillaz-tickets\/artist\/807314?irgwc=1&amp;utm_source=2862475-NME%20Networks%20Media%20Limited&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=2862475&amp;awtrc=&amp;clickId=w5HRQ%3A3B9xyPUUd0HkSfkSRTUkpxcMR5GQIKXs0&amp;camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_2862475&amp;ircid=7559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0and check out a list of upcoming shows below.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Gorillaz\u2019s live shows at Copper Box are:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>AUGUST<\/strong><br \/><strong>29 \u2013 \u2018Gorillaz\u2019 (self-titled debut)<\/strong><br \/><strong>30 \u2013 \u2018Demon Days\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEPTEMBER<\/strong><br \/><strong>02 \u2013 \u2018Plastic Beach\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>03 \u2013 Mystery Show<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gorillaz\u2019s last album, 2023\u2019s \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/gorillaz-cracker-island-review-lyrics-tracklist-3402624\">Cracker Island<\/a>\u2019, was given\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/gorillaz-cracker-island-review-lyrics-tracklist-3402624\">a four-star review<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>\u00a0and described as \u201ca consistently enjoyable record that shows why they remain relevant so far into their career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA band that was once considered mucking about on the periphery of pop are now very much defining the present and inspiring the future. You could be doing much worse for album eight, eh?\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gorillaz seem to be teasing new music as they celebrate their 25th anniversary. 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