Gorillaz at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Exhilarating, expansive, multilingual and multigenerational – Gorillaz continued their 2026-27 world tour tonight at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, arriving at the beginning of what will be a busy summer of festivals and headline shows.

Their recent album, The Mountain, released in February this year, is a typically thoughtful, eclectic blending of globally sourced influences, recorded with a rich composite orchestra of guest star appearances. Many of these era-shaping musicians were invited to London to join the band for their first-ever stadium gig, which proved to be a triumphant showcase of brilliant talent brought together by the ever-dazzling Damon Albarn.

The evening opened with a number of tracks from this new record, each one brought to life by the dreamlike adventures of Jamie Hewlett’s signature illustrations, projected around the stage. From the celestial melodies of The Mountain through the trancelike rhythms of The Moon Cave, Casablanca, and Damascus, Albarn and his band lit up the night with sparkling energy, energy that was doubled and returned by thousands of fans up on their feet – of course – dancing, singing, and marking this new chapter in Gorillaz’s epic journey.

A party only really kicks off when the guests arrive, and highlights from Albarn’s address book included Little Simz and Moonchild Sanelly, who made the stage their own with vibrant performances of Garage Palace and With Love to an Ex. Musicians of the mesmerising London Arab Orchestra featured, as did the peerless Anoushka Shankar and Asha Puthli – in Albarn’s own words, the concert was a chance to voice “the hymn of multiculturalism”, a celebration of welcoming the as-yet-unknown, of singing together in as many languages and tones and styles as we can manage.

As the sun began to set on the eve of the solstice, Gorillaz brought the night to a sweetly nostalgic close with a few of their oldest and most beloved classics – helped a fair bit by the crowd, who seemed to be singing every word. That legendary tracks like Feel Good Inc captivate today as they did more than 20 years ago speaks to the enduring brilliance of Albarn and Hewlett’s project – and the electric atmosphere of the stadium tonight tells us that Gorillaz are still, in the best way, just getting started.