Escape to Plastic Beach Tour

Escape to Plastic Beach Tour

Tour by Gorillaz
Associated album	Plastic Beach
Start date	3 October 2010
End date	21 December 2010
Legs	4
Number of 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 (Certain dates)
• Simon Tong - lead guitar (Replaced Jeff Wootton on certain dates)
• 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"
• Members of Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music: Guests on "White Flag"
• 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.

Setlist

The following setlist is obtained from the concert held in Portsmouth on March 21, 2010. It is not a representation of all shows on the tour.

The following setlist is obtained from the concert held at the Glastonbury Festival on June 25, 2010. It is not a representation of all shows on the tour.

The following setlist is obtained from the concert held in Toronto on October 24, 2010. It is not a representation of all shows on the tour.

The following setlist is obtained from the concert held in Berlin on November 21, 2010. It is not a representation of all shows on the tour.

The following setlist is obtained from the concert held at La Musicale on November 24, 2010. It is not a representation of all shows on the tour.

Tour dates

References

• http://gorillaz.com/tour-dates