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Escape to Plastic Beach Tour

The Escape to Plastic Beach Tour was a concert tour by the British alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz in support of their third studio album Plastic Beach. During the tour, Damon Albarn recorded The Fall, described by Albarn as a "diary of [his] experience" throughout its American leg. The album was released in late December 2010 to fan club members, and physically in April 2011. We Are Wolves, N.E.R.D., Little Dragon and De La Soul shared duties as opening acts.

Production

The Escape to Plastic Beach Tour also featured new music videos and visuals on the big screen in the background while band members played up front. Visuals accompanied such songs as "Broken", "Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach", "Dirty Harry", "Empire Ants", "Last Living Souls", "White Flag" and many others alongside the original music videos for the group's previous songs.

The poster used to promote the tour was highly influenced by the theatrical poster for the 1969 Sam Peckinpah western, The Wild Bunch.

The tour was later noted by Albarn to be an extremely costly endeavor; in a 2013 interview with Rolling Stone, Albarn explained: "I made about 20 pounds by the end of it, so I won't be going on another of those. It was incredible fun, I loved doing it, but economically it was an absolute fucking disaster."

Set list

The following set list was obtained from the concert held at the Toyota Center in Houston, on 19 October 2010. It is not a representation of all shows on the tour.

  1. "Orchestral Intro"
  2. "Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach" <small>(with The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)</small>
  3. "19-2000" <small>(with Roses Gabor)</small>
  4. "Last Living Souls"
  5. "Stylo" <small>(with Bobby Womack & Bootie Brown)</small>
  6. "On Melancholy Hill"
  7. "Rhinestone Eyes"
  8. "Superfast Jellyfish" <small>(with De La Soul)</small>
  9. "Tomorrow Comes Today"
  10. "Empire Ants" <small>(with Little Dragon)</small>
  11. "Broken" <small>(with Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)</small>
  12. "Dirty Harry" <small>(with Bootie Brown)</small>
  13. "El Mañana"
  14. "White Flag" <small>(with Kano & Bashy)</small>
  15. "To Binge" <small>(with Little Dragon)</small>
  16. "Dare" <small>(with Roses Gabor)</small>
  17. "Glitter Freeze"
  18. "Plastic Beach"
Encore
  1. <li value=20> "Cloud of Unknowing" <small>(with Bobby Womack)</small>
  2. "Punk"
  3. "Feel Good Inc." <small>(with De La Soul)</small>
  4. "Clint Eastwood" <small>(with Kano & Bashy)</small>
  5. "Don't Get Lost in Heaven"
  6. "Demon Days"

Tour dates

Cancelled shows

Box office score data

Live band

  • Damon Albarn – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, melodica
  • Paul Simonon – bass guitar, background vocals
  • Mick Jones – rhythm guitar, background vocals
  • Jeff Wootton – lead guitar (Certain dates)
  • Simon Tong – lead guitar (replaced Jeff Wootton on certain dates)
  • Cass Browne – drums, drum machine
  • Mike Smith – keyboards
  • Gabriel "Manuals" Wallace – drums, percussion
  • Jesse Hackett – keyboards
  • Wendi Rose - Choir direction and backing vocals
Guest collaborators and additional musicians

References