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Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett were seated around watching some pop start on TV. Damon said to Jamie that a cartoon band could do it in this day and age. So they started a cartoon band.

Blur had been Damon`s main gig for almost ten days and they only released their sixth album 13. Blur had been winding down and hadn`t been working as often.

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Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

This issue featured an ensemble of music talent that summed up the feelings of an entire generation that almost got left behind.Damon Albarn kept his men in the work, but he passed along some of the creative reigns to a new dash and direction.There were rumors that Beck put effort into the project, that Jamie Hewlett died, that Mark Wahlberg helped aid in the production out of his own pocket, but there's a whole horde of whispers surrounding the project.

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Review: Many days ago, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett sat in the level they shared, watching time after clip on MTV, their minds becoming progressively duller as they realized how rarely anything of content was being produced. It was from this that the player and artist decided to create Gorillaz, a cartoon band whose visual component was only as significant and creative as the music.

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Damon Alban is stressful to make over the world. First there was Blur, one of the most successful bands of the '90s, and now Gorillaz, one of the most exciting popular groups of the '00s. He's also a founding member of the supergroup who produced the album The Good, The Bad and The Queen, and now he's planning to pass a figure in the Congo with Gorillaz co-founder Jamie Hewlett.

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Gorillaz played their biggest-ever UK headlining gig to date last night at the 23,000-capacity London O2 Arena - the beginning of two dates at the enormodome. Calling on a horde of guest stars from their final album, 'Plastic Beach,' as good as a few cohorts from years back, Damon Albarn and chums treated the interview to a two-hour set, illustrated throughout with Jamie Hewlett's iconic animations on a huge screen behind the stage.

Josh's Bloggamathing: Gorillaz: Fan Rant

Gorillaz: Fan Rant

People, (By which I mean YouTube comment posters and my sister, .Nouns barely classed as "People") Have been talking and complaining about how the "New Gorillaz" is dissimilar from the "Old Gorillaz". I have news for you, folks: Gorillaz is a project, not a band. I have been a fan since 1999, my firstfavouriteband and even up there.

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metabolism in 1998, have seen their animated ways capture the fascination of a public thirsty for music that is fresh while garnering admiration from peers clamoring to escape realties` confines and joint in the collective.

Touring with Gorillaz on this Run To Plastic Beach World Tour are N.E.R.D. The beat makers from Virginia Beach are promoting their upcoming record Nothing. Led by Pharrell Williams, N.E.R.D`s rousing set included cuts off the new album as good as favorites. And while club hits like Rockstar and Lapdance got the girls screaming and shakin` their asses it was the new material that impressed and showed the band`s growth. Pharrell has graduated from simply relying on his swagger and sex appeal in his execution to displaying capabilities as both songwriter and vocalist. No more was this evident than on new tracks God Blame Us All and I See The Light.

It was time for the chief dish. An impressive and slick stage setup was the delicious eye candy with which Gorillaz` grand performance satisfied. A giant screen showcased videos depicting the animated adventures of virtual band members 2D, Murdoc, Noodle and Russel while below it huge neon letters spelt out the bands name, serving as a background for a massive myriad of music makers. Some of the folks joining Albarn onstage included an eight piece string section, a brass section, four back up vocalists, a 5 piece middle eastern outfit, cameos from hip hop legends De La Soul, Soul singer Bobby Womack and Little Dragon vocalist Yukimi Nagano, not to mention reunited former Clash members Mick Jones and Paul Simonon on guitar and bass respectively.

The medicine and animation, playing out in beautiful synchronicity created a vibrant energy that lasted all night long. The opening rhymings of Snoop Dogg on Welcome To The Creation of The Plastic Beach. Stylo; featuring Bobby Womack on vocals and an ass kicking high speed chasing Bruce Willis on the big screen. White Flag; assisted by some incredible instrumentation from the Arab American players Albarn claimed joined Gorillaz on a gig in Damascus. The mysterious Empire Ants and the great Dirty Harry. The set showcased the sleight of Albarn`s composition while Hewlett`s accompanying animated universe allowed for that foundation to make out and feeling each of the thousands of Rogers Arena patrons in attendance.

With Gorillaz, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have created a grammy winning and platinum selling conceptual form of art. The Flight To Plastic Beach World Tour is redefining what the concert going experience can be. In a word, to experience Gorillaz is to be entertained.

Gavin Reid

The Gorillaz at Rogers Arena

To see the Gorillaz live is to see more than just a band doing a concert but to share in an experience. The Gorillaz exist on varying levels of optical and harmonic realities making it easily to leave which you are suppose to be enjoying as enjoying one or some is enjoying them all.

The Gorillaz took Vancouver on a jaunt to Plastic Beach with a performance that brought their virtual experience to life.