Miami, you might have won once, but let’s be honest: the biggest stars always come to play in New York. (Well, with the exception of Mets, Knicks, and Rangers, but that’s a story for another day.) Case in point, when the Gorillaz take to Madison Square Garden on October 8th, they’ll be joined by not only tour openers N.E.R.D. and Plastic Beach band members Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash, De La Soul, Little Dragon, and Bobby Womack, but the legendary Lou Reed and rapper Mos Def as well.
Both Reed and Mos Def have performed with the Damon Albarn-led outfit already this year (video evidence below), but the Madison Square Garden performance will mark the only time both are scheduled to appear on stage during the band’s upcoming North American tour. That said, Mos Def will also perform with Gorillaz at the tour’s October 10th stop at Camden NJ’s Susquehanna Bank Center and at the October 11th date at the Patriot Center in Washington DC.
So, as it stands now, the list of currently confirmed guests of the Gorillaz Plastic Beach band is as follows:
Lou Reed (NYC only)
Mos Def (NYC, Camden and DC only)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Bashy
Little Dragon
De La Soul
Bobby Womack
Roses Gabor
Bootie Brown
Kano
Miho Hatori (to appear in Los Angeles and NYC only)
Find a full list of confirmed tour dates below. Tickets are currently available via the CoS Concert Calendar. Now, for a taste:
“Some Kind of Nature” (feat. Lou Reed)
“Stylo” (feat. Mos Def)
Gorillaz 2010 Tour Dates:
10/03 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
10/05 – Wallingford, CT @ Oakdale Theatre
10/06 – Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena ^
10/08 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden ^
10/10 – Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center ^
10/11 – Fairfax, VA @ Patriot Center ^
10/13 – Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre ^
10/14 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre ^
10/16 – Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion ^
10/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center ^
10/19 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center ^
10/20 – Dallas, TX @ Verizon Theatre ^
10/22 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center ^
10/24 – Denver, CO @ Wells Fargo Theatre ^
10/26 – Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theatre ^
10/27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre ^
10/28 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena ^
10/30 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena ^
11/02 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena ^
11/03 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena ^
11/11 – Dublin, IE @ O2 Arena
11/12 – Manchester, UK @ Evening News Arena
11/14 – London, UK @ O2 Arena
11/15 – Amsterdam, NL @ Heineken Music Hall
11/16 – London, UK @ O2 Arena
11/17 – Birmingham, UK @ NIA
11/18 – Brighton, UK @ Centre
11/21 – Berlin, DE @ Velodrom
11/22 – Paris, FR @ Zenith
11/23 – Paris, FR @ Zenith
11/25 – Antwerp, BE @ Lotto
12/03 – Hong Kong @ Asia World Arena
12/06 – Perth, AU @ Burswood Dome
12/08 – Adelaide, AU @ Entertainment Centre
12/11 – Melbourne, AU @ Rod Laver
12/16 – Sydney, AU @ Entertainment Centre
12/19 – Brisbane, AU @ Entertainment Centre
12/21 – Auckland, NZ @ Vector Arena
^ = w/ N.E.R.D.