Watch Gorillaz play debut album in full as they kick off London residency

Gorillaz played their debut album in full for the first show of their London residency – check out the full setlist and fan-shot footage below.

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The Damon Albarn-led band kicked off the first of four limited-capacity live shows at the Copper Box Arena in London last night (August 29). Marking the closing week of their House of Kong exhibition at the venue, the gigs will run until September 3, and will see Albarn joined on stage by the full Gorillaz live band and backed by visuals by Jamie Hewlett.

They’ll also see the band revisit iconic live shows from their early days, performing each record in full, from beginning to end, in a limited-capacity setting.

Last night, the band performed their self-titled 2001 debut album in full while recreating their iconic first live shows at London’s Scala and La Cigale Paris. These early shows first saw members Murdoc, Noodle, Russel and 2D front and centre via Hewlett’s visuals, while Albarn and the full live band appeared in silhouette behind a screen.

The show saw them play ‘Double Bass’ and ‘Ghost Train’ live for the first time ever, while ‘Starshine’, ‘Slow Country’, ‘Sound Check (Gravity)’, and ‘Man Research (Clapper)’ were performed for the first time since 2002.

They also played ‘Clint Eastwood’ twice, and were joined on stage by Miho Hatori, who was the first person to provide the voice of Noodle in the virtual band.

Check out footage, and the entire setlist, below.

DAY 1 OF GORILLAZ SHOWS DONE

GORILLAZ DEBUT WAS AMAZING TO WITNESS LIVE. A LOT OF SONGS I THOUGHT I'D NEVER BE ABLE TO WITNESS LIVE GOT TO BE PLAYED AND I GOT TO WITNESS DAMON FUCKING UP 19-2000 LIVE (WHICH IS SOMETHING I WANTED) pic.twitter.com/04c7PVxL76

— Refleks (@Refleks) August 30, 2025

Ghost Train- Gorillaz @ Copper Box Arena, London pic.twitter.com/JjWYn5cRbd

— Gorillaz Subdivision (@gorillazsd) August 29, 2025

Starshine- Gorillaz @ Copper Box Arena, London pic.twitter.com/7v2w4E4TVP

— Gorillaz Subdivision (@gorillazsd) August 29, 2025

Latin Simone (Que Pasa Contigo)- Gorillaz @ Copper Box Arena, London pic.twitter.com/F8uTCaGcJj

— Gorillaz Subdivision (@gorillazsd) August 29, 2025

5/4- Gorillaz @ Copper Box Arena, London pic.twitter.com/URtQEfcwOJ

— Gorillaz Subdivision (@gorillazsd) August 29, 2025

19-2000- Gorillaz @ Copper Box Arena, London pic.twitter.com/ZQX5TfZbWZ

— Gorillaz Subdivision (@gorillazsd) August 29, 2025

19-2000- Gorillaz @ Copper Box Arena, London pic.twitter.com/ysyCUX9Htm

— Gorillaz Subdivision (@gorillazsd) August 29, 2025

Gorillaz at Copper Box Arena played:

‘M1 A1’
‘Re-Hash’ 
‘5/4’ 
‘Tomorrow Comes Today’
‘New Genious (Brother)’  
‘Clint Eastwood’ 
‘Man Research (Clapper)’ 
‘Punk’ 
‘Sound Check (Gravity)’ 
‘Double Bass’ 
‘Rock The House’
’19-2000′ 
‘Latin Simone (Que Pasa Contigo)’ 
‘Starshine’ 
‘Slow Country’
‘Dracula’
‘Ghost Train’
‘Clint Eastwood’

Tonight (August 30) will see the sophomore album ‘Demon Days’ played in full – something which hasn’t been done since the album’s release in 2005. Like the night prior, this gig will also see the band recreate the visuals and structure of the original shows as a one-off.

This Tuesday (September 2) will then see the band play their 2010 third album ‘Plastic Beach’ in full. This will mark the first full live performance of the album since two shows at London’s Roundhouse 15 years ago, and will again recreate the visuals seen from the original gigs.

Finally, the fourth show will be held on September 3 and is described by the band as a ‘Mystery Show’. It isn’t yet clear if there will be any special guests joining Albarn, nor has it been shared which songs fans can expect.

Gorillaz’s live shows at Copper Box are:

AUGUST
29 – ‘Gorillaz’ (self-titled debut)
30 – ‘Demon Days’

SEPTEMBER
02 – ‘Plastic Beach’
03 – Mystery Show

This year has also seen Albarn tease a new Gorillaz album, and suggest it will be arriving later in 2025. “I’m finishing a new Gorillaz album. One opera and one new Gorillaz album seems like enough for 2025,” he told French magazine Les Inrockuptibles. “Unless someone accuses me of taking my foot off the gas!”

Hewlett then added fuel to the fire, writing in an Instagram comment: “Yes, the new album is coming out this year.”

Then, in an interview with Channel 4 earlier this month, Albarn seemed to further tease new music. When asked, “So might there be something new there?”, the musician responded, “There might. I mean, yes. In that sense, yeah,” while Hewlett mimed his throat being cut.

Gorillaz’s last album, 2023’s ‘Cracker Island’, was given a four-star review by NME and described as “a consistently enjoyable record that shows why they remain relevant so far into their career.”

“A band that was once considered mucking about on the periphery of pop are now very much defining the present and inspiring the future. You could be doing much worse for album eight, eh?” it read.

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