Gorillaz - Oracle Arena 10/30/2010

[El Dingo]

What an awesome show.

The new album 'Plastic Beach' has a lot of guest stars. This performance featured Bobby Womack, Little Dragon, Mick Ronson and Paul Simonon (of The Clash), an orchestra and many others.

Every song had a video telling the story of the 4 delinquent Gorillaz band members trying to save the world from an evil creature. Or something. There was lots of cars, guns, pirate ships and submarines.

Lights flashed, dual-drums pounded beats, electric guitars wailed alongside horns and strings. It was high-energy performance art. The band didn't try to hide (as they have in the past) but they didn't call attention to themselves, wanting the audience to watch the story play out on the video screen.

Even if you don't like their style of hip-hop/alternative I highly recommend catching a show. I was reminded several times of Pink Floyd gigs.

Here's one of the videos:
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My only complaint was the beer prices. $12? Really? No thanks.