Gorillaz World Tour Coming to Frank Erwin
Center on October 22nd
A musical project created
in 1998 by Damon Albarn - of alternative rock band Blur - and
British cartoonist Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl, the
Gorillaz new world tour "Escape To Plastic Beach"
comes to the Frank Erwin Center on October 22nd.
Tickets go on sale August 13th at 10 a.m.
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The new live
experience encompasses material from all three multi-platinum
Gorillaz albums. The project consists of the Gorillaz
music itself and an extensive fictional universe depicting a
"virtual band" of four animated, comic book
characters - with video animation, artwork, film and stage
design by Hewlett.
The fictional
universe is explored through the band's website and music
videos, as well as a number of other media. The music is a
collaboration between various musicians, with Albarn being the
only permanent musical contributor.
The band's self-titled
2001 debut album sold more than seven million copies and earned
an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as "The
Most Successful Virtual Band." Their second studio
album, Demon Days, was released in 2005 and went five times platinum
in the UK, double platinum in the United States, and earned
five Grammy Award nominations - winning the 2006 "Best Pop
Collaboration with Vocals" category.
The band's third studio
album, Plastic Beach, was released in March 2010. It
immediately set two career landmarks - selling more than
112,000 copies in its first week and entering the U.S. album
chart at Number 2.
The Austin stop on October
22nd will be only one of 19 dates during the "Escape To
Plastic Beach" North American tour. Tickets go on
sale Friday, August 13th at 10 a.m. at all Texas Box Office
outlets - including most H-E-B stores - by phone at (512)
477-6060 or 1-800-982-2386, or online at www.TexasBoxOffice.com.
(Artwork by Jamie Hewlett)
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