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Backstage at Gorillaz' epic, one-off stadium show: 'The vibe is ridiculous'

BBC News · Jun 21, 2026, 1:14 AM

Key takeaways

  • Mark Savage Music correspondent Luke Dyson Gorillaz played a career-spanning two-and-a-half hour set as they marked their 29th anniversary Damon Albarn has forgotten himself.
  • It's Friday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and he's in the middle of rehearsals for Gorillaz' first ever stadium show - a multicultural, multimedia pop extravaganza, with more guests than a double-booked Airbnb.
  • As the band launches into Dirty Harry, the long, pitch-side LED screens light up with a cartoon choir, singing the song's refrain, "all I do is dance".

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Mark Savage Music correspondent Luke Dyson Gorillaz played a career-spanning two-and-a-half hour set as they marked their 29th anniversary Damon Albarn has forgotten himself.

It's Friday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and he's in the middle of rehearsals for Gorillaz' first ever stadium show - a multicultural, multimedia pop extravaganza, with more guests than a double-booked Airbnb.

As the band launches into Dirty Harry, the long, pitch-side LED screens light up with a cartoon choir, singing the song's refrain, "all I do is dance".

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