Song Machine Tour

Song Machine Tour was a short live concert tour by Gorillaz. It started with the Song Machine Live online performances on December 12-13, 2020. The tour is in support of their seventh album, Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez. Unlike Song Machine Live, the rest of the concerts was presential. Most of the shows were canceled or moved to Gorillaz World Tour 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic limitations.

Tracklist

 * M1 A1
 * Strange Timez
 * Last Living Souls
 * Tranz
 * Aries
 * Tomorrow Comes Today
 * Saturnz Barz
 * Rhinestone Eyes
 * Every Planet We Reach Is Dead
 * Kids With Guns
 * Fire Flies
 * The Lost Chord
 * Désolé
 * On Melancholy Hill
 * El Mañana
 * Interlude: Elevator Going Up
 * Andromeda
 * Opium
 * Meanwhile
 * Jimmy Jimmy
 * Déjà Vu
 * Garage Palace
 * DARE
 * 19-2000
 * Dirty Harry
 * Momentary Bliss
 * Plastic Beach
 * Hong Kong
 * Stylo
 * Feel Good Inc.
 * Clint Eastwood
 * Clint Eastwood (Ed Case Refix)
 * Don't Get Lost in Heaven
 * Demon Days

Personnel

 * Damon Albarn – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, acoustic and electric guitar, melodica, keytar
 * Mike Smith – keyboards
 * Jeff Wootton – lead guitar
 * Seye Adelekan – bass guitar, acoustic guitar
 * Femi Koleoso – drums
 * Remi Kabaka Jr. - percussion
 * Jesse Hackett – keyboards
 * Karl Vanden Bossche – drums, percussion
 * The Humanz Choir
 * Angel Silvera - backing vocals
 * Petra Luke - backing vocals
 * Rebecca Freckleton - backing vocals
 * Michelle Ndegwa - backing vocals
 * Matthew Allen - backing vocals
 * Adeleye Omotayo - backing vocals
 * Matt Maijah - backing vocals

Guest collaborators and additional musicians

 * Robert Smith - vocals on "Strange Timez" and guitar on "Demon Days"
 * Peter Hook - bass on "Aries"
 * Popcaan - vocals on "Saturnz Barz"
 * Leee John - vocals on "The Lost Chord"
 * Fatoumata Diawara - vocals on "Désolé" & "Hong Kong"
 * EarthGang - vocals on "Opium", "Stylo" & "Feel Good Inc"
 * Jelani Blackman - vocals on "Meanwhile"
 * Mangrove Steelband - drums on "Meanwhile", "Jimmy Jimmy" & "Déjà Vu"
 * AJ Tracey - vocals on "Jimmy Jimmy"
 * Alicaì Harley - vocals on "Déjà Vu"
 * Little Simz - vocals on "Garage Palace" & "Clint Eastwood"
 * Shaun Ryder - vocals on "DARE"
 * Rowetta - vocals on "DARE"
 * Slowthai - vocals on "Momentary Bliss"
 * Slaves - vocals and guitar on "Momentary Bliss"
 * Pos - vocals on "Feel Good Inc"
 * Sweetie Irie - vocals on "Clint Eastwood (Refix)"

Trivia

 * The poster features the Trellick Tower, a building were Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn lived together and conceived the idea of Gorillaz.
 * The tracks Meanwhile, Jimmy Jimmy and Déjà Vu were first revealed and played live on the 10th of August, 2021 at the O2 Arena.
 * For the first set of Song Machine shows, Pos from De La Soul provided Dave's part on Feel Good Inc., this has never been before
 * There were a few visual problems with the 02 shows, with some of them being delayed or not being played at the right time
 * On the NHS O2 show, Damon messed up on Feel Good Inc. meaning that the visuals where at least 20 seconds ahead of the live band