The tour will be a unique cross between live performance and a theme park experience, with the band fully present onstage, rendered in three eye-popping dimensions. "DEMON DAYS LIVE" is not to be confused with the unprecedented live holographic tour the Gorillaz team and animation house Passion Pictures are currently producing for 2007-2008. "We are thrilled to see the genius vision of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's performance of the double- platinum album 'Demon Days' brought to the stage and, fittingly, to a wide audience through a forward-thinking use of streaming technology." "Virgin Records is immensely proud to be the home of The Gorillaz," said Jason Flom, chairman of Virgin Records America. rapper Roots Manuva, with other special guest appearances to be announced. Guest performers joining Gorillaz co-creator and " Demon Days" co-producer Damon Albarn on stage during the five-night run will include De La Soul, Ike Turner, Bootie Brown of The Pharcyde, Neneh Cherry and U.K. The run is sponsored by Gorillaz' mobile partner Motorola Inc. The concerts at the Apollo will be the first full-length, live performances of the double platinum-selling " Demon Days" album by the Gorillaz in the U.S. "We're making huge strides in our efforts to make MSN Video a key destination for a new generation of customers that desire original streaming content that can be viewed live or on-demand whenever and wherever you want." "With their groundbreaking blend of live performance and animated visuals, Gorillaz are one of the most visually captivating musical acts around," said Rob Bennett, general manager of Entertainment and Video for MSN. There also will be links from the webcast page to Gorillaz photos, interviews, feature stories and other content, as well as video tracks from "Demon Days," the group's 2005 album that won a GRAMMY for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, at MSN Music. On April 6, MSN Video will stream the entire concert finale, captured by eight cameras, and will present highlight clips for viewing on demand, bringing the exceptional visual identity of Gorillaz - courtesy of Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett - and the all-star musicians behind the performance to a virtual audience. īeginning today, MSN Video will run select footage from "DEMON DAYS LIVE" performances at England's Manchester Opera House in November 2005. can experience the final show of Gorillaz' sold-out, five-night run of "DEMON DAYS LIVE" concerts from the Apollo at. Fans in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the U.K. The musical collaborators behind the album will come together to perform live at the historic Apollo Theater in New York on Thursday, April 6, at 9 p.m. NEW YORK and REDMOND, Wash., (Microsoft Corp.) - MSN Video will host the first full-length live performance stream of the GRAMMY-award-winning Gorillaz album " Demon Days" in the U.S. Top 100 Greatest Hip-hop/Rap Singles Of All Time.
A small army of guest stars? Check.), DEMON DAYS injects the party-ready Gorillaz aesthetic with a brooding sensibility that's immediately apparent on the zombie-movie-sampling "Intro." In fact, a morbid sentiment abounds, as evidenced by many songs, including "Last Living Souls" and "Every Planet We Reach Is Dead."Even though Albarn has weighty issues occupying his thoughts, he hasn't forgotten how to boogie, as revealed by the slinky "Kids with Guns" (featuring backing vocals by Neneh Cherry) and the funky "Feel Good Inc." (with De La Soul), which sounds like the slacker cousin of Outkast's "Hey Ya!" The ominous "November Has Come" (featuring MF Doom) and the bizarre "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" (with a spoken-word performance by actor Dennis Hopper) round out this eclectic pop/rock/hip-hop offering, which equals, if not exceeds, the first Gorillaz disc.This special edition of Gorillaz' DEMON DAYS comes with a bonus DVD containing four videos by the band, including "Murdoc is God" and "Feel Good Inc. Although this dynamic collection isn't a radical departure from its predecessor (Artwork by Jamie Hewlett? Check. On the second full-length Gorillaz outing, DEMON DAYS, mastermind Damon Albarn (Blur) parts company with Dan the Automator and opts for a collaboration with Danger Mouse, the DJ most renowned for his GREY ALBUM mash-up of the Beatles' WHITE ALBUM and Jay-Z's BLACK ALBUM.