Gorillaz have confirmed their return by announcing their new album The Mountain and a 2026 tour.
Damon Albarn’s band Gorillaz are back with a new album and tour
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s band released new single The Happy Dictator – a collaboration with Sparks – on Thursday (11.09.25) and it will be followed by their ninth studio album The Mountain, which will drop on March 20 along with a UK and Ireland tour, which kicks off on March 21 in Manchester, England.
The album – which was debuted at a “mystery show” in London earlier this month – was recorded in London, Devon and India with Hewlett revealing the project was inspired by the pair’s shared grief over lost family members. He told Rolling Stone: “It was all like: ‘This is f****** weird, there’s a reason why we’re here’.
“Losing our fathers, and losing my mother-in-law, and then being in India as an artist. Visually, if you’re an artist and you go to India and it doesn’t blow your mind, then you must be blind, you know? Everything is insane and rich and colourful and mad and tragic and beautiful.
“Damon worked with a lot of fantastic Indian musicians. We just had the best time, and we were so inspired and excited by the experience.”
Hewlett previously told the publication the album was designed to be listened to from start to finish and urged fans listen to the whole record in order instead of cherry-picking their favourite songs.
He explained: “You’re supposed to listen to it from beginning to end. What we’re asking is, take the time to sit with your earphones and listen for however long the album is, and look at the artwork, and then just lose yourself in this story.
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