Song Machine Live is a series of live performances of Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez tracks streamed online in real time on LIVENow.
LIVENow Description[]
Nothing is going to stop Gorillaz from performing Song Machine Live for you in 2020! A global live stream, with 3 performances across 3 different time zones. Coming to you live and direct from London on December 12 & 13th.
Performance Dates[]
Date | Region |
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12th December 2020, 8pm JST | Asia & Australia & New Zealand |
12th December 2020, 4pm PST | North America & South America |
13th December 2020, 7pm BST |
UK / Europe & Africa |
Personnel[]
- Damon Albarn – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, acoustic and electric guitar, melodica, keytar
- Mike Smith – keyboards
- Jeff Wootton – lead guitar
- Seye Adelekan – bass guitar
- Femi Koleoso – drums
- Jesse Hackett – keyboards
- Karl Vanden Bossche – drums, electronic drums, percussion
- Remi Kabaka Jr. – 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
Guest collaborators and additional musicians[]
Tracklist[]
- Strange Timez with Robert Smith (Only performances 2 and 3)
- The Valley of the Pagans
- The Lost Chord with Leee John
- Pac-Man
- MLS
- The Pink Phantom
- Opium
- Aries with Peter Hook and Georgia
- Dead Butterflies with Kano
- Désolé
- Momentary Bliss with slowthai and Slaves
- Fire Coming Out of the Monkey’s Head with Matt Berry
- Last Living Souls
- Dracula
- Don't Get Lost in Heaven
- Demon Days
- Clint Eastwood (Ed Case Refix) with Sweetie Irie
Gallery[]
Behind the Scenes[]
Trivia[]
- Song Machine Live is the first instance of Song Machine tracks being played live (excluding Aries, which was played live before on Jimmy Kimmel Live!)
- Before every performance there was a Pre-show Party segment, hosted by Henrie and Scully. It included the hosts playing their favourite Gorillaz songs from each studio album and interviews with some of the members of Gorillaz' Live Band; Seye Adelekan, Femi Koleoso and Michelle Ndegwa.
- Song Machine Live From Kong was shown in cinemas worldwide for one day only on the 8th of December 2021.
External Links[]
- https://gorillazlivenow.com/
- https://twitter.com/gorillaz/status/1306633216506429446
- https://www.instagram.com/p/CFiTJuOH9Pg/