| Concert Tour Name: | Gorillaz Live |
| Artist: | Gorillaz |
| Album: | Gorillaz |
| Start Date: | 22 March 2001 |
| End Date: | 20 July 2002 |
| Number Of Legs: | 5 |
| This Tour: | Gorillaz Live (2001–02) |
| Next Tour: | Demon Days Live (2005–06) |
Gorillaz Live was the first concert tour by the British alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz, in support of their self-titled debut album.[1]
Dan Nakamura (select dates)[2]
The logistics of an animated band going on tour proved problematic, with Jamie Hewlett saying in a mid-2001 interview: "We've come to realize that we've come up with something that's a bit ahead of its time and the technology doesn't exist to do everything we want to do, so the live show was something we had to really think hard about."[3] As a compromise between having a live and virtual stage presence, the band's musicians played behind a giant cinema screen, which projected music videos and visuals to the crowd. Lead singer Damon Albarn later expressed discomfort at this setup, confessing that he "was frustrated" behind the screen.[4] Later still, Albarn called the screens "obtuse",[5] believing the human element of the band necessitated a change. In a 2010 interview, Albarn voiced distaste at the concept of hiding collaborators behind a screen on the then-upcoming Escape to Plastic Beach Tour: "I couldn't entertain the idea of putting Lou Reed or Bobby Womack behind a screen. I'm not that daft."[6] Gorillaz Live was ultimately the only tour to have the musicians silhouetted behind a screen.
The voice actors of the virtual band toured alongside the real band, speaking to the crowd and each other in-between songs. However, according to Haruka Kuroda, budgeting issues prevented most of the voice actors from participating in the concert's international legs; Kuroda was the only voice actor to tour with the band beyond Europe.[7] [8]
The following setlist is obtained from the concert held in London on 22 March 2001. It is not a representation of all shows on the tour.
| Date | City | Country | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe[9] | ||||
| 22 March 2001 | London | England | Scala | |
| 22 June 2001 | Paris | France | La Cigale | |
| 24 June 2001 | Dublin | Ireland | Olympia Theatre | |
| Asia[10] | ||||
| 16 August 2001 | Osaka | Japan | IMP Hall | |
| 18 August 2001 | Tokyo | Chiba Marine Stadium | ||
| Europe | ||||
| 25 August 2001 | Liverpool | England | Old Liverpool Airfield | |
| 24 September 2001 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Edinburgh Corn Exchange | |
| 25 September 2001 | Birmingham | England | Birmingham Academy | |
| 26 September 2001 | Manchester | Manchester Academy | ||
| 28 September 2001 | London | London Forum | ||
| North America[11] | ||||
| 23 February 2002 | Toronto | Canada | Toronto Docks | |
| 25 February 2002 | Boston | United States | Avalon Ballroom | |
| 26 February 2002 | Washington, D.C. | |||
| 28 February 2002 | New York City | Hammerstein Ballroom | ||
| 1 March 2002 | Philadelphia | Electric Factory | ||
| 3 March 2002 | Chicago | Aragon Ballroom | ||
| 5 March 2002 | Seattle | Paramount Theatre | ||
| 7 March 2002 | San Francisco | Warfield Theatre | ||
| 8 March 2002 | Los Angeles | Hollywood Palladium | ||
| 9 March 2002 | ||||
| 11 March 2002 | Mexico City | Mexico | Palacio de los Deportes | |
| Europe[12] | ||||
| 20 July 2002 | Lisbon | Portugal | Torre de Belém | |