Billed as a chance to “peek behind the curtain into the unseen world of Gorillaz”, the hour-long experience takes fans through the story of the band and their Kong Studios universe.
‘House Of Kong’ is now heading to the Big Apple, opening at the Agger Fish Building in Brooklyn Navy Yard on September 1 and running until September 28.
Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time on Tuesday (June 30), with prices starting from $50. Fans who purchased a Kong Card by June 25 will receive presale access from 10am on Monday (June 29). Find tickets and more information here.
Recently Gorillaz played a mammoth show at Tottenham Hotspur’s last night (Saturday June 20), and brought out an impressive run of special guests
The night marked the first ever stadium show for the Damon Albarn-led collective, and followed on the heels of them releasing stirring and spiritual new album ‘The Mountain’ and playing a handful of UK arena shows earlier this year.
“You ready for some silliness?” the frontman asked, kicking off the headline set after support slots from Trueno and Sparks. The stacked 30-song setlist began with Anoushka Shankar joining for ‘The Mountain’ title track – having featured on the original recording – and Sparks returning to the stage for ‘The Happy Dictator’.
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Tracks from Gorillaz’s earlier discography followed, with 2018’s ‘Tranz’, 2001’s ‘Tomorrow Comes Today’ and ‘19/2000’, and 2010’s ‘Rhinestone Eyes’ coming in thick and fast, before being followed by more songs from the latest album.
Popcaan took to the stage for a lively rendition of ‘Saturnz Barz’, before Black Thought, Asha Puthli and Anoushka Shankar joined Albarn for ‘The Moon Cave’, and both The Smiths turned solo legend Johnny Marr and The Clash’s Paul Simonon came out for ‘Casablanca’.
Marr and Simonon came out again later in the night for ‘Plastic Beach’, and other earlier fan favourites played on the night included ‘Empire Ants’, ‘El Mañana’, ‘Dirty Harry’, ‘On Melancholy Hill’, ‘Clint Eastwood’ and ‘Feel Good Inc’.
More special guests joined later on too, with Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) joining for both ‘Stylo’ and ‘Damascus’ alongside Omar Souleyman, Little Simz taking to the stage for ‘Garage Palace’, and Kano, Bashy and Lao performing ‘White Flag’.
