Gorillaz perform with Slowthai, Thundercat, De La Soul and more at Coachella 2023
nme.comGorillaz had no shortage of special guests for their first set at Coachella 2023, bringing out collaborators like Slowthai, Thundercat and De La Soul.Thundercat was the first to join Damon Albarn and co.
on the titular Coachella Stage, performing the title track from Gorillaz’ just-released ‘Cracker Island’ album. Shortly thereafter, the band were joined by Peven Everett (for their performance of ‘Strobelite’), Jamie Principle (for ‘Hollywood’) and Bootie Brown (for ‘New Gold’).After a few songs played by themselves – including ‘On Melancholy Hill’, which was dedicated to Albarn’s daughter Missy – Gorillaz welcomed Brown back out for ‘Dirty Harry’, before doing ‘Momentary Bliss’ with Slowthai and ‘Rock The House’ with Del The Funky Homosapien.
De La Soul then came out to perform their part on ‘Feel Good Inc.’ (with the song dedicated to late member David ‘Trugoy The Dove’ Jolicoeur, who died in February).
Straight after, the set was wrapped up with ‘Clint Eastwood’, for which Del returned to the stage.Have a look at some footage from the set below:Llegó el turno de Gorillaz, Damon Albarn y Thundercat en Coachella 2023.
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