Gorillaz announce two London Roundhouse shows.

Gorillaz have announced details of two shows at London's Roundhouse.

Taking place on April 29 and 30, the dates will be the group's first in the capital since 2001.

Playing in support of their new album 'Plastic Beach', the live shows will feature Damon Albarn, The Clash's Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, Mos Def, Gruff Rhys, Shaun Ryder, Bobby Womack, The National Orchestra For Arabic Music, Bashy, De La Soul, Kano and Little Dragon.

Also featuring animation and artwork by Jamie Hewlett, the gigs will be the band's first full UK performance since 'Demon Days Live' at the Manchester Opera House in 2005.

Ludacris pips Gorillaz to US album No. 1

Gorrilaz have been beaten to number one on the US Billboard 200 by Ludacris.
The rapper's latest effort Battle Of The Sexes sold 137,000 copies to take the top spot. The Damon Albarn-helmed band managed 112,000 units to nab number two with new album Plastic Beach.
According to Nielsen SoundScan, the cartoon group's third LP, which features a host of cameos including Snoop Dogg and Lou Reed, is their highest-charting album in the US after second record Demon Days scaled to number six in 2006.
Elsewhere, Jimi Hendrix's reissue package Valleys Of Neptune was a new entry at number four and Lady Antebellum's Need You Now fell from the top to number three.
The self-titled debut from Broken Bells, a duo composed of Danger Mouse and the Shins' lead singer James Mercer, also charted inside the top ten at number seven

Gorillaz Number One album in first ever official midweek chart

Gorrilaz are on course to score a Number One album on Sunday (March 14), with 'Plastic Beach', currently Number One in the official midweek charts.

Today is the first time the midweeks have been made public by the Official Chart Company. Previously the data was restricted to the music industry, although it was routinely leaked.
Damon Albarn's cartoon band face competition from a host of fellow new entries this week: Boyzone are Number Two with 'Brother', Amy MacDonald is Number Three with 'A Curious Thing', Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Love Never Dies' album is at Four, while Alicia Keys' 'The Element Of Freedom' (the only non-new entry in the Top Five) is at Five.

In the midweek singles chart Tinie Tempah is still holding onto the top spot, with 'Pass Out' currently fending off competition from Rihanna, who is at Number Two with 'Rude Boy'.
Check GigSport.com from 7pm (GMT) on Sunday to see if Gorillaz' third album does indeed end up topping the charts on its first week of release.

Gorillaz announce new album details, guests and release date – exclusive

Gorrilaz will release their third album, 'Plastic Beach' on March 8, the cartoon creations of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have told NME. Confirming the record's full tracklisting, the band also announced that the likes of Lou Reed, Mos Def, Mark E Smith, Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, De La Soul and Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys, while The Clash duo Mick Jones and Paul Simonon reunite on the title track."Leeching is the wrong word now isn't it?" the band's 'frontman Murdoc Niccals told NME.COM of the guest stars.

"It's not like I've drawn blood or anything. No, I think the word 'coerced' sings the deal a little better. Although, yes, the coercion did come via chloroform and rohypnol."See this week's issue of NME – on UK newsstands now – for an exclusive comeback interview with Gorrilaz. As with the band's previous releases, the album boasts a back story, which this time sees "the band have taken up residence, recording on a secret floating island deep in the South Pacific, a Plastic Beach HQ, made up of the detritus, debris and washed up remnants of humanity. This Plastic Beach is the furthest point from any landmass on Earth; the most deserted spot on the planet".

Graphic Novel, Gorillaz Collaborate w/ Alan Moore on Opera

Graphic novel and music lovers rejoice, for Alan Moore and Gorillaz are planning some very nifty projects for your consumption. Moore’s new bi-monthly magazine, Dodgem Logic (out just this month), will feature contributions by Gorillaz in the third issue. This is a I’ll-scratch-your-back-if-you-scratch-mine arrangement, as Moore explains to MustardWeb:
(Gorillaz) came down to Northampton last week because we’re planning for me to do the libretto on their next opera project. Being an opportunist, I of course asked them if they’d be prepared to contribute some pages to Dodgem Logic. Rather than just doing an interview with them, I thought it would be interesting to hand over a few pages for them to curate.
Ah, yes, a new opera from Gorillaz! - a followup to Damon Albarn’s “Monkey: Journey to the West,” his circus opera of 2007, designed by fellow Gorilla Jamie Hewlett. That opera, a redesigned Chinese legend, “follows the story of The Monkey King, a hyperactive ape who gains immortality after leading a revolt against heaven,” explained NME. No word yet on what this new opera will be like, but we’ll keep you posted.For more on Moore’s Dodgem Logic, and his clash with the owners of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s music (who happen to be his former publishers) over new lyrics to The Threepenny Opera in Moore’s The Block Dossier.

Funky Homosapien Del

el The Funky Homosapien played a crucial role in the elaboration of West Coast underground rap with 1991’s I Wish My Brother George Was Here, which though co-produced by his cousin Ice Cube broke quickly from the sinister gangsta rap eclipsing airwaves at the time with its sappy humor and laid back vibe. While his major label days are gone and his most holocene (and biggest) commercial success came via his allocation to Gorillaz’s entry, 2008 proved to be a prolific year for Del, producing the solo effort Eleventh Hour and records with both his Hieroglyphics crew and his Deltron 3030 side project that marked his deduction into the Def Jux roster. He arrive here behind the Internet only 2009 release Funk Man.

Brings Gorillaz and Woodstock Rock Band

The 40 year birthday of the legendary Woodstock so arrangement to come on music instrument real close and besides a film, the game Rock Band will bring a hommage to the festival.

The original performers they will do this as a DLC. Think Jefferson Airplane and The Who. Those who don't really care about those, can also get some new tracks from Gorillaz for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

160 Microsoft Points for each track and the Gorillaz songs will also be bundled together as three for 440 points. They'll be available on August, 11 through the Playstation Network and Xbox Live: