Escape to Plastic Beach Tour
Escape to Plastic Beach Tour | |
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Tour by Gorillaz | |
Associated album | Plastic Beach |
Start date | 3 October 2010 |
End date | 21 December 2010 |
Legs | 4 |
Shows |
36 19 in North America 10 in Europe 1 in Asia 6 in Oceania |
The Escape to Plastic Beach Tour was a concert tour by the British alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz. The tour was in support of their third studio album Plastic Beach. It was notably the band's first world tour in its decade-spanning history. During the tour, Damon Albarn recorded The Fall, described by Albarn as a "diary of [his] experience" during the American leg of the tour. The album was released in late December 2010 to fan club members, and physically in April 2011.[1][2]
Live band
- Damon Albarn – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, melodica
- Paul Simonon – bass guitar
- Mick Jones – rhythm guitar, background vocals
- Jeff Wootton – lead guitar (Left in December 2010)
- Simon Tong - lead guitar (Replaced Jeff Wootton)
- Cass Browne – drums, drum machine
- Mike Smith – keyboards
- Gabriel "Manuals" Wallace – drums, percussion
- Jesse Hackett – keyboards
- Snoop Dogg: Rap on "Clint Eastwood" and "Welcome To The World of Plastic Beach"
- Bashy: Rap on "Clint Eastwood" and "White Flag"
- Kano: Rap on "Clint Eastwood" and "White Flag"
- Mos Def: Rap on "Stylo" and "Sweepstakes"
- Bobby Womack: Vocals on "Stylo", "Cloud of Unknowing" and "Demon Days"
- Gruff Rhys: Vocals and Guitar on "Superfast Jellyfish"
- Mark E. Smith: Vocals on "Glitter Freeze"
- Lou Reed: Vocals and Guitar on "Some Kind of Nature"
- Neneh Cherry: Vocals on "Kids With Guns"
- Bootie Brown: Rap on "Dirty Harry"
- Shaun Ryder: Vocals on "DARE"
- MF Doom: Rap on "Clint Eastwood" and "November Has Come"
- Miho Hatori: Vocals on "19/2000"
- Little Dragon: Guests on "Empire Ants" and "To Binge"
- De La Soul: Guests on "Feel Good Inc." and "Clint Eastwood"
- Additional Vocals By. The London Community Gospel Choir
- Additional Strings By. Demon Strings
- Additional Brass By. The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Opening acts
- We Are Wolves (Montreal)
- N*E*R*D (North America)[3]
- Little Dragon, De La Soul (Europe & Australia)[4]
Visuals
The Escape to Plastic Beach Tour also featured new music videos and visuals on the big screen in the background while band members played up front. Visuals accompanied such songs as "Broken", "Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach", "Dirty Harry", "Empire Ants", "Last Living Souls", "White Flag" and many others alongside the original music videos for the group's previous songs.
The poster used to promote the tour was highly influenced by the theatrical poster for the 1969 Sam Peckinpah western, The Wild Bunch.
Songs played
- "19-2000" (with Roses Gabor and Miho Hatori)
- "Broken"
- "Cloud of Unknowing" (with Bobby Womack)
- "Clint Eastwood" (with Kano & Bashy)
- "DARE" (with Roses Gabor and Shaun Ryder)
- "Demon Days"
- "Dirty Harry" (with Bootie Brown)
- "Don't Get Lost in Heaven"
- "Doncamatic" (with Daley)
- "El Mañana"
- "Empire Ants" (with Little Dragon)
- "Feel Good Inc." (with De La Soul)
- "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" (with Dennis Hopper [footage])
- "Glitter Freeze"
- "Hong Kong" (with Jenny Zheng)
- "Kids with Guns" (with Neneh Cherry)
- "Last Living Souls"
- "November Has Come" (with DOOM)
- "O Green World"
- "On Melancholy Hill"
- "Orchestral Intro/Pirate's Progress"
- "Pirate Jet"
- "Plastic Beach"
- "Punk"
- "Rhinestone Eyes"
- "Some Kind of Nature" (with Lou Reed)
- "Stylo" (with Bobby Womack & Mos Def or Bootie Brown)
- "Superfast Jellyfish" (with De La Soul)
- "Sweepstakes" (with Mos Def)
- "To Binge" (with Little Dragon)
- "Tomorrow Comes Today"
- "Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach" (with Snoop Dogg & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
- "White Flag" (with Kano & Bashy)
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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North America | |||
3 October 2010 | Montreal | Canada | Bell Centre |
6 October 2010 | Boston | United States | Agganis Arena |
8 October 2010 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | |
10 October 2010 | Camden | Susquehanna Bank Center | |
11 October 2010 | Fairfax | Patriot Center | |
13 October 2010 | Detroit | Fox Theatre | |
14 October 2010 | Toronto | Canada | Air Canada Centre |
16 October 2010 | Chicago | United States | UIC Pavilion |
17 October 2010 | Minneapolis | Target Center | |
19 October 2010 | Houston | Toyota Center | |
20 October 2010 | Grand Prairie | Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie | |
22 October 2010 | Austin | Frank Erwin Center | |
24 October 2010 | Denver | Wells Fargo Theater | |
26 October 2010 | Phoenix | Dodge Theatre | |
27 October 2010 | Los Angeles | Gibson Amphitheatre | |
28 October 2010 | San Diego | Viejas Arena | |
30 October 2010 | Oakland | Oracle Arena | |
2 November 2010 | Seattle | KeyArena | |
3 November 2010 | Vancouver | Canada | Rogers Arena |
Europe | |||
11 November 2010 | Dublin | Ireland | The O2 |
12 November 2010 | Manchester | England | Manchester Evening News Arena |
14 November 2010 | London | The O2 Arena | |
15 November 2010 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Heineken Music Hall |
16 November 2010 | London | England | The O2 Arena |
17 November 2010 | Birmingham | National Indoor Arena | |
18 November 2010 | Brighton | Brighton Centre | |
21 November 2010 | Berlin | Germany | Velodrom |
22 November 2010 | Paris | France | Zénith de Paris |
23 November 2010 | |||
25 November 2010 | Antwerp | Belgium | Lotto Arena |
Asia | |||
3 December 2010 | Chek Lap Kok | Hong Kong | AsiaWorld–Arena |
Oceania | |||
6 December 2010 | Perth | Australia | Burswood Dome |
8 December 2010 | Adelaide | Adelaide Entertainment Centre | |
11 December 2010 | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena | |
16 December 2010 | Sydney | Sydney Entertainment Centre | |
19 December 2010 | Brisbane | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | |
21 December 2010 | Auckland | New Zealand | Vector Arena |