While we have to wait until next year for Gorillaz to drop their eighth album, Cracker Island, the band is heading out on a North America 2022 tour starting in September. Cracker Island will feature appearances from Thundercat, Beck, Bad Bunny, Tame Impala, and others, but the slate of openers for their concert tour is different from the album’s guests.
The Gorillaz North America tour begins on September 10th at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena and ends on October 23rd at Miami’s FTX Arena. The two opening acts on the tour are EarthGang and Jungle. Credit to Gorillaz for choosing two vastly different-sounding acts to support them on tour, but who both fit perfectly within the scope of the Gorillaz musical universe.
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EarthGang are the hip-hop duo from Atlanta consisting of Olu and Wow Gr8. They’ve drawn comparisons to fellow ATLiens Outkast with their funky, eccentric style and dropped their most recent album, Ghetto Gods, earlier this year on J.Cole’s Dreamville label.
Jungle are an electronic-leaning band from London led by the duo of Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland. They’ve stood out with their vocally-charged songs that feel more like being on the West Coast than in the UK. Their latest album, Loving In Stereo, came out in 2021 via their own Caiola label and AWAL.
Check out the full list of Gorillaz’s tour dates with EarthGang and Jungle below and get tickets here.
09/11 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena 09/12 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena 09/14 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center 09/17 – Las Vegas, NV @ Life is Beautiful Festival 09/19 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena 09/21 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center 09/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum 09/26 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center 09/28 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena 09/30 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center 10/01 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory 10/03 – Chicago, IL @ United Center 10/05 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena 10/06 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena 10/08 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre 10/11 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden 10/12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center 10/14 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia 10/17 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion 10/19 – Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheater 10/21 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center 10/23 – Miami, FL @ FTX Arena
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