Escape to Plastic Beach Tour

The Escape to Plastic Beach Tour was a concert tour by the British alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz. The tour was in support of their third studio album Plastic Beach. It was notably the band's first world tour in its decade-spanning history. During the tour, Damon Albarn recorded The Fall, described by Albarn as a "diary of [his] experience" during the American leg of the tour. The album was released in late December 2010 to fan club members, and physically in April 2011.[1][2]

Escape to Plastic Beach Tour
Tour by Gorillaz
Associated albumPlastic Beach
Start date3 October 2010
End date21 December 2010
Legs4
No. of shows37 total
  • 19 in North America
  • 11 in Europe
  • 6 in Oceania
  • 1 in Asia
Gorillaz concert chronology

Live band

Guest collaborators and additional musicians

Opening acts

Production

The Escape to Plastic Beach Tour also featured new music videos and visuals on the big screen in the background while band members played up front. Visuals accompanied such songs as "Broken", "Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach", "Dirty Harry", "Empire Ants", "Last Living Souls", "White Flag" and many others alongside the original music videos for the group's previous songs.

The poster used to promote the tour was highly influenced by the theatrical poster for the 1969 Sam Peckinpah western, The Wild Bunch.

The tour was later noted by Albarn to be an extremely costly endeavor; in a 2013 interview with Rolling Stone, Albarn explained: "I made about 20 pounds by the end of it, so I won't be going on another of those. It was incredible fun, I loved doing it, but economically it was an absolute fucking disaster."[5]

Setlist

The following setlist is obtained from the concert held at the Bell Centre in Montreal, on 3 October 2010. It is not a representation of all shows on the tour.

Bell Centre, Montreal
  1. "Gorillaz in Dressing Room Part 1" (visual intro)
  2. "Orchestral Intro"
  3. "Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach" (with The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
  4. "19-2000" (with Roses Gabor)
  5. "Last Living Souls"
  6. "O Green World"
  7. "Stylo" (with Bobby Womack & Bootie Brown)
  8. "On Melancholy Hill"
  9. "Rhinestone Eyes"
  10. "Superfast Jellyfish" (with De La Soul)
  11. "Tomorrow Comes Today"
  12. "Kids with Guns"
  13. "Empire Ants" (with Little Dragon)
  14. "Gorillaz in Dressing Room Part 2" (visual interlude)
  15. "Dirty Harry" (with Bootie Brown)
  16. "El Mañana"
  17. "White Flag" (with Kano & Bashy)
  18. "To Binge" (with Little Dragon)
  19. "Dare" (with Roses Gabor)
  20. "Glitter Freeze"
  21. "Plastic Beach"
Encore
  1. "Cyborg Noodle" (visual interlude) / "Cloud of Unknowing" (with Bobby Womack)
  2. "Feel Good Inc." (with De La Soul)
  3. "Clint Eastwood" (with Kano & Bashy)
  4. "Don't Get Lost in Heaven"
  5. "Demon Days"
  6. "Gorillaz in Dressing Room Part 3" (visual outro)

Songs performed
Songs performed[6]

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
North America
3 October 2010 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
6 October 2010 Boston United States Agganis Arena
8 October 2010 New York City Madison Square Garden
10 October 2010 Camden Susquehanna Bank Center
11 October 2010 Fairfax Patriot Center
13 October 2010 Detroit Fox Theatre
14 October 2010 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
16 October 2010 Chicago United States UIC Pavilion
17 October 2010 Minneapolis Target Center
19 October 2010 Houston Toyota Center
20 October 2010 Grand Prairie Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
22 October 2010 Austin Frank Erwin Center
24 October 2010 Denver Wells Fargo Theatre
26 October 2010 Phoenix Comerica Theatre
27 October 2010 Los Angeles Gibson Amphitheatre
28 October 2010 San Diego Viejas Arena
30 October 2010 Oakland Oracle Arena
2 November 2010 Seattle KeyArena
3 November 2010 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena
Europe
11 November 2010[lower-alpha 1] Dublin Ireland The O2
12 November 2010[lower-alpha 2] Manchester United Kingdom Manchester Evening News Arena
14 November 2010[lower-alpha 3] London The O2 Arena
15 November 2010 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
16 November 2010[lower-alpha 4] London United Kingdom The O2 Arena
17 November 2010[lower-alpha 5] Birmingham National Indoor Arena
18 November 2010 Brighton Brighton Centre
21 November 2010[lower-alpha 6] Berlin Germany Velodrom
22 November 2010[lower-alpha 7] Paris France Zénith de Paris
23 November 2010
25 November 2010 Antwerp Belgium Lotto Arena
Asia
3 December 2010 Chek Lap Kok Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Arena
Oceania
6 December 2010 Perth Australia Burswood Dome
8 December 2010 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
11 December 2010 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
16 December 2010 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
19 December 2010 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
21 December 2010 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena

Cancelled shows
List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue[7][8]
Date City Country Venue
8 September 2010 Glasgow Scotland Glasgow SECC Arena
11 September 2010 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena
5 October 2010 Hartford United States Toyota Oakdale Theatre
19 November 2010 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum
  1. The concert in Dublin 11 on November 2010 was originally scheduled to take place on 22 September 2010 but it was rescheduled.[7]
  2. The concert in Manchester on 12 November 2010 was originally scheduled to take place on 10 September 2010 but it was rescheduled.[7]
  3. The concert in London on 14 November 2010 was originally scheduled to take place on 14 September 2010 but it was rescheduled.[7]
  4. The concert in London on 16 November 2010 was originally scheduled to take place on 15 September 2010 but it was rescheduled.[7]
  5. The concert in Birmingham on 17 November 2010 was originally scheduled to take place on 12 September 2010 but it was rescheduled.[7]
  6. The concert in Berlin on 21 November 2010 was originally scheduled to take place on 17 September 2010 but it was rescheduled.[7]
  7. The concert in Paris on 22 November 2010 was originally scheduled to take place on 14 September 2010 but it was rescheduled.[7]

References
  1. http://thefall.gorillaz.com/
  2. "Gorillaz - The Fall (Parlophone) Review". NME. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Parked at Loopia". news.little-dragon.se. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  5. Tingen, Jonathan (28 May 2013). "Q&A: Damon Albarn on the Future of Blur, His First Ever Solo Album and Why He Doesn't Hate Oasis Anymore". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  6. "Gorillaz Tour Statistics: Escape To Plastic Beach Tour | setlist.fm". setlist.fm. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  7. Gorillaz-Unofficial (22 July 2010). "America tour press release - Montreal, NYC / World Tour press release, rescheduling, cancellations". Gorillaz.com. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  8. Gorillaz-Unofficial (22 September 2010). "Oakdale Theater, CT show cancelled (UPDATE: officially confirmed on Gorillaz.com)". Gorillaz.com. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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