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Gorillaz confirm ninth album ‘The Mountain’ with new Sparks collab ‘The Happy Dictator’
The band have also unveiled plans for a 2026 tour, including their first ever stadium show in London.
Fresh from playing a run of four special commemorative shows, Gorillaz are back with the news that their next album, ‘The Mountain’, will be released on 20th March 2026 via their newly-founded own label, KONG.
The follow up to 2023’s ‘Cracker Island’, it’ll be the ninth LP from Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s visionary digital band, and is set to be a true embodiment of Gorillaz’s expansive, collaborative ethos, with the likes of Johnny Marr, IDLES, and Jalen Ngonda all set to feature on different tracks. Movingly, ‘The Mountain’ will also include the voices of late friends and musicians, including Bobby Womack, Mark E Smith, and Tony Allen.
Recorded between London, Devon, India, Ashgabat, Damascus, Los Angeles, Miami and New York, the album contains five languages - Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish and Yoruba - while conceptually, it finds the band in Mumbai, rejecting fame in favour of more mysterious landscapes and sonic terrains.
“As space dust we are here forever and that’s a mighty long time,” drummer Russel Hobbs has said. “This is a musical meditation infused with light. A journey of the soul, with beats…“
Find out more about ‘The Mountain’ and check out its Sparks-featuring lead single ‘The Happy Dictator’ below.
‘The Mountain’ tracklisting:
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)
What’s more, Gorillaz are set to celebrate ‘The Mountain’’s release with a run of UK/Ireland tour dates that will see them play arenas in nine major cities, as well as their first ever stadium show in London.
Tickets will go on general sale at 11am on Friday 19th September; check out the full tour schedule below.
*support from Trueno
^support from Sparks and Trueno
MARCH 2026
21 Manchester, Co-op Live
22 Birmingham, bp pulse LIVE
24 Glasgow, OVO Hydro*
25 Leeds, First Direct Arena*
27 Cardiff, Utilita Arena*
28 Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena*
29 Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena*
31 Belfast, SSE Arena*
APRIL 2026
01 Dublin, 3Arena*
JUNE 2026
20 London Tottenham Hotspur Stadium^
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