Gorillaz mark 25 years with an immersive new exhibition

To mark their twenty fifth anniversary, British band Gorillaz have introduced a brand new London exhibition, ‘Home of Kong’, in addition to 4 stay performances.

The exhibition at Copper Field, set to run from 8 August to three September, guarantees an immersive tour by the historical past of the digital band created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. Delving into the world of singer 2D, bassist Murdoc Niccals, drummer Russel Hobbs and guitarist Noodle, the exhibition will span from the band’s debut single, ‘Tomorrow Comes Immediately’, launched in 2000, by to the current day.

Ticket holders for the exhibition will likely be granted pre-sale entry to the Copper Field Area, the place Gorillaz will carry out 4 stay exhibits, on 29 and 30 August, and a couple of and three September. The occasions coincide with a brand new album, which Albarn has confirmed will likely be launched this yr, the primary since 2023’s Cracker Island.

Whereas few particulars have been launched regarding what we are able to count on from the exhibition, the band promise a multisensory expertise. They are saying: ‘Guests to “Home of Kong” will take a jaunt backstage of Gorillaz’ extraordinary world. A journey by the band’s lifetime of misadventures, musical innovation and groundbreaking digital methods since these 4 outsiders – Murdoc, 2D, drummer Russel and Noodle – first got here collectively to explode a pre-digital world with the discharge of “Tomorrow Comes Immediately” in 2000. An exhibition like no different, “Home of Kong” is an expertise for the courageous and daring.’