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 were presential. Most of the shows were cancelled or moved to Gorillaz World Tour 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic limitations.

Tracklist[]

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)"

Tour Dates[]

Song Machine Live Dates[]


Date	Areas	Time	Venue
December 12th, 2020	Asia and Australia	20:00 JST	LIVENow
December 12th, 2020	North and South America	16:00 PST	LIVENow
December 13th, 2020	Europe and Africa	19:00 BST	LIVENow

Live Performances Dates[]


Date	Country	City	Venue
August 10th, 2021	United Kingdom	London	The O2 Arena
August 11th, 2021	United Kingdom	London	The O2 Arena
August 14th, 2021	United Kingdom	Cornwall	Boardmasters
August 29th, 2021	Netherlands	Ewijk	Down the Rabbit Hole

Cancelled Dates[]


Date	Country	City	Venue
June 3rd, 2021 (Cancelled)	France	Paris	Bois de Vincennes
June 10th, 2021 (Cancelled)	France	Nîmes	Nîmes Arena
June 12th, 2021 (Cancelled)	Portugal	Porto	Porto City Park
June 16th, 2021 (Cancelled)	Germany	Köln	Tanzbrunnen
June 18th, 2021 (Cancelled)	Germany	Berlin	Parkbühne Wuhlheide
June 23rd, 2021 (Cancelled)	France	Marmande	Garorock Festival
July 1st, 2021 (Cancelled)	Luxembourg	Esch-sur-Alzette	Rockhal
July 3rd, 2021 (Cancelled)	Belgium	Werchter	Rock Wetcher
July 23rd, 2021 (Cancelled)	Australia	Byron Bay	Splendour in the Grass
August 7th, 2021 (Cancelled)	Denmark	Skanderborg Dyrehave	Smukfest Festival

Trivia[]

The poster features the Trellick Tower, a building where 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..
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 were at least 20 seconds ahead of the live band.
Tickets for the first London O2 Arena show on August 10th were given away for free to NHS workers and their families.

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