Gorillaz Announce New Album and Tour, Share New Tune “The Glad Dictator” (Feat. Sparks)
The Mountain Due Out March 20, 2026 through KONG
Sep 11, 2025
Gorillaz have introduced a brand new album, The Mountain, and shared its first single, “The Glad Dictator,” which options Sparks. They’ve additionally introduced some UK tour dates. The Mountain is due out March 20, 2026 through KONG, the band’s personal label. Beneath, take a look at the visualizer video for “The Glad Dictator” adopted by the album’s tracklist and canopy art work and the tour dates.
The digital band is led by Damon Albarn of Blur, with the digital members being Murdoc Niccals, Russel Hobbs, 2D, and Noodle. Jamie Hewlett as ever offers the art work and character designs. Alongside Gorillaz, numerous different producers labored on the album, together with James Ford, Samuel Egglenton, Remi Kabaka Jr., and Bizarrap (on the tune “Orange County”).
The Mountain was recorded everywhere in the world together with within the UK (Studio 13 in London and Devon), India (together with Mumbai, New Delhi, Rajasthan, and Varanasi), Turkmenistan (Ashgabat), Syria (Damascus), and America (Los Angeles, Miami, and New York). 5 languages are sung on the album: Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish, and Yoruba.
The Mountain options a formidable array of collaborators: Ajay Prasanna, Amaan & Ayaan Ali Bangash, Anoushka Shankar, Asha Bhosle, Asha Puthli, Bizarrap, Black Thought, Gruff Rhys, IDLES, Jalen Ngonda, Johnny Marr, Kara Jackson, Omar Souleyman, Paul Simonon, Sparks, Trueno, and Yasiin Bey. The album additionally options the voices of assorted collaborators who’ve handed away, together with Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Dennis Hopper, Mark E Smith, Proof, and Tony Allen.
A press launch explains the fictional recording of the album: “Circumstances now discover Murdoc Niccals, Russel Hobbs, 2D and Noodle in India, having made their option to Mumbai with the assistance of 4 pretend passports courtesy of a New York enterprise acquaintance of Murdoc. The band has turned its again on worldwide pop stardom, with our heroes now immersed within the rhythms of mystical music-making, as they navigate the mountainous terrain of this factor referred to as life.”
Gorillaz drummer Russel Hobbs provides: “As area mud we’re right here without end and that’s a mighty very long time. This can be a musical meditation infused with gentle. A journey of the soul, with beats…“
Gorillaz’s final album, Cracker Island, got here out in 2023.
Sparks (aka brothers Ron and Russell Mael) not too long ago introduced their first ever EP, MADDER!, and shared its first single, “Porcupine.” MADDER! is due out October 3 and is a companion to their newest album, MAD!, which got here out in Might through Transgressive.
The Mountain Tracklist:
- The Mountain (feat. Dennis Hopper, Ajay Prasanna, Anoushka Shankar, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
- The Moon Cave (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda and Black Thought)
- The Glad Dictator (feat. Sparks)
- The Hardest Factor (feat. Tony Allen)
- Orange County (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar)
- The God of Mendacity (feat. IDLES)
- The Empty Dream Machine (feat. Black Thought, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
- The Manifesto (feat. Trueno and Proof)
- The Plastic Guru (feat. Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
- Delirium (feat. Mark E. Smith)
- Damascus (feat. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey)
- The Shadowy Gentle (feat. Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Ajay Prasanna, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
- Casablanca (feat. Paul Simonon and Johnny Marr)
- The Candy Prince (feat. Ajay Prasanna, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)’
- The Unhappy God (feat. Black Thought, Ajay Prasanna and Anoushka Shankar)
Gorillaz 2026 Tour Dates:
March 21 – MANCHESTER, Co-op Stay
March 22 – BIRMINGHAM, bp pulse LIVE
March 24 – GLASGOW, OVO Hydro*
March 25 – LEEDS, First Direct Area*
March 27 – CARDIFF, Utilita Area*
March 28 – NOTTINGHAM, Motorpoint Area*
March 29 – LIVERPOOL, M&S Financial institution Area*
March 31 – BELFAST, SSE Area*
April 1 – DUBLIN, 3Arena*
*assist from Trueno
June 20 – LONDON, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (With assist from Sparks and Trueno)
