Gorillaz

Gorillaz

United Kingdom · 2 upcoming shows

Downtempo & ExperimentalIndie & Alt Electronic

Gorillaz are the English virtual band Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett formed in 1998, fronted by four fictional members — 2-D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and Russel Hobbs — with Albarn as the only constant musical contributor. The catalogue moves through trip-hop, hip-hop, electronic and dub, from the triple-platinum debut and "Clint Eastwood" through Demon Days and Plastic Beach to 2026's The Mountain. Live, it is a full ensemble band plus rotating guest vocalists playing under Hewlett's animation on arena-scale screens, which is why the Moda Center and Climate Pledge Arena dates read as a production show as much as a concert.

Popularity

How this is measured

An absolute, national (US) measure — not a ranking against the other artists on this site. We take the strongest of three open signals: ListenBrainz listens, English Wikipedia pageviews, and the number of Wikipedia language editions that have an article. The strongest one wins, so a signal we couldn't read never drags the result down. Bucket 1 means measured and small. Unrated never means small — it means we don't have the numbers.

Listen

Spotify YouTube Music YouTube Apple Music SoundCloud Search on Bandcamp

Top songs

  1. Feel Good Inc.
  2. Clint Eastwood
  3. DARE
  4. On Melancholy Hill
  5. Rhinestone Eyes

Upcoming shows

What listeners say

85/100

Critics in 2026 rated The Mountain as the band's strongest work in years - Dork called it 'the strongest case in years that Gorillaz can still make records that matter' - and the arena run behind it is consistently described as top-tier: Hewlett's animation across full-width screens, a large ensemble band, and rotating guests (Del the Funky Homosapien, Black Thought, Russell Mael, Joe Talbot and others at the LA opener) in sold-out rooms. The recurring complaint is aimed at the record rather than the show: even admiring reviews concede the album 'does meander' and is uneven and overfull in stretches, and it falls short of the era-defining weight of Demon Days or Plastic Beach.

Loved

+ Jamie Hewlett's animation running full-width on arena screens+ large ensemble band with rotating surprise guests rather than a backing track+ sold-out arena rooms; energy spikes hard when the singles land+ Albarn works the barricade and engages the front rows directly+ The Mountain reviewed as their strongest work in years

Gripes

− even positive reviews concede The Mountain 'does meander' and is uneven and overfull in stretches− not era-defining in the way of Demon Days or Plastic Beach, per reviewers− setlists lean heavily on the new album before the well-known songs arrive− occasional on-stage technical hiccups, including a malfunctioning melodica at the LA opener

Gathered 2026-08-24 (high confidence) from musicbrainz.org, en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org, gorillaz.com, music.apple.com, dailybruin.com, consequence.net, mancunion.com, leftlion.co.uk, ukmusicreviews.co.uk, readdork.com, renownedforsound.com, news.google.com, https://www.deezer.com search API — artist image via exact case-insensitive name match, highest fan count

← All artists