Gorillaz Announce New Album 'The Mountain', Confirm 2026 UK & Ireland Arena Tour
Friday, 12 September 2025
Written by Laura Johnson
Gorillaz have announced a new album and tour.
The Damon Albarn-led band will follow-up 2023's 'Cracker Island' with 'The Mountain' on March 20. It will be the first release via their own new label KONG. As a preview they've shared the song The Happy Dictator featuring Sparks.
The record is chock full of guest appearances, with The Smiths guitarist and songwriter Johnny Marr contributing to four tracks, British-American sitar player and musician Anoushka Shankar appearing on five, and appearances elsewhere from IDLES, Gruff Rhys, Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey, among many others.
There are also some posthumous contributions on the record, with the tracklist including Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Dennis Hopper, Mark E Smith, Proof and Tony Allen. Check it out in full below.
The album was produced by Gorillaz, James Ford, Samuel Egglenton and Remi Kabaka Jr., plus Bizarrap (Orange County), and recorded at Studio 13 in London and Devon, as well as various locations in India (including Mumbai, New Delhi, Rajasthan and Varanasi), Ashgabat, Damascus, Los Angeles, Miami and New York. The album also includes performances in five languages: Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish and Yoruba.
Gorillaz drummer Russel Hobbs said - “As space dust we are here forever and that’s a mighty long time. This is a musical meditation infused with light. A journey of the soul, with beats…“
The band, who recently concluded their House of Kong exhibition, will support the record with The Mountain Tour, which will travel across the UK and Ireland next spring. They'll perform at arenas in Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Cardiff, Nottingham, Liverpool, Belfast and Dublin between March 21 and April 1. Support will come from Trueno at all dates except Manchester and Birmingham.
The group have also announced a summer London show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 20, with support from Sparks and Trueno.
Tickets for all dates go on general sale at 11am on September 19.
'The Mountain' tracklist:
1.The Mountain (feat. Dennis Hopper, Ajay Prasanna, Anoushka Shankar, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
2.The Moon Cave (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda and Black Thought)
3.The Happy Dictator (feat. Sparks)
4.The Hardest Thing (feat. Tony Allen)
5.Orange County (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar)
6.The God of Lying (feat. IDLES)
7.The Empty Dream Machine (feat. Black Thought, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
8. The Manifesto (feat. Trueno and Proof)
9.The Plastic Guru (feat. Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
10. Delirium (feat. Mark E. Smith)
11. Damascus (feat. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey)
12. The Shadowy Light (feat. Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Ajay Prasanna, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
13. Casablanca (feat. Paul Simonon and Johnny Marr)
14.The Sweet Prince (feat. Ajay Prasanna, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
15. The Sad God (feat. Black Thought, Ajay Prasanna and Anoushka Shankar)
Gorillaz Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Sat March 21 2026 - MANCHESTER Co-op Live
Sun March 22 2026 - BIRMINGHAM BP Pulse Live
Tue March 24 2026 - GLASGOW OVO Hydro
Wed March 25 2026 - LEEDS first direct Arena
Fri March 27 2026 - CARDIFF Utilita Arena Cardiff
Sat March 28 2026 - NOTTINGHAM Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
Sun March 29 2026 - LIVERPOOL M&S Bank Arena Liverpool
Wed April 01 2026 - DUBLIN 3Arena
Sat June 20 2026 - LONDON Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
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