Gorillaz Confirm Five-Night U.K. Stand

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As expected, Gorillaz will come alive in November in Manchester, with the cartoon band performing the entire Demon Days album for five straight nights. The shows will be held at the Manchester Opera House with Gorillaz co-creator Damon Albarn leading an armada of musicians. It has been rumored that Albarn will attempt to bring together everyone who appears on Demon Days, including De La Soul and actor Dennis Hopper. Shaun Ryder of the Happy Mondays, who appears on the second single "Dare," has been confirmed.

“I’m really pleased to be kicking off Manchester International Festival with such an innovative and hugely successful act whose song writer is one of the country’s finest," said Albarn in a statement. “It’s great to be in at the beginning of the Manchester International Festival. We’re very excited to be getting all the guest artists together in one place for these shows. The Festival is going to be an engaged, outward-looking event and that really appeals to me and to [Gorillaz co-creator and artist] Jamie [Hewlett], and it fits perfectly with Gorillaz."

Gorillaz had previously performed live behind a curtain, while animated films played on a screen. For the Manchester shows, it is expected that Albarn and company will play live in front of everyone like a typical concert. There have been rumors that somewhere down the road, a 3-D animated Gorillaz tour could take place, though the technology to do so does not fully exist yet.

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At this rate, I'm chomping at the bit for such a leap in technology to take place.