Watch Damon Albarn join Beck on stage to cover Gorillaz’ ‘The Valley Of The Pagans’
nme.comDamon Albarn joined Beck in a live cover of Gorillaz’ ‘The Valley Of The Pagans’ during Beck’s Primavera Sound set in Buenos Aires on Sunday (November 26). “This is a song we wrote together during COVID times,” said Beck, as Albarn walked onstageto thunderous applause, which gave way to a spontaneous, prolonged crowd chant. “We don’t need to play the song,” Beck quipped. “This is called ‘Valley Of The Pagans’.”Watch the pair’s performance of ‘The Valley Of The Pagans’ below:Beck’s set at Primavera Sound Buenos Aires preceded that of Blur, whose performance not only headlined the same stage on the same day, but also served as the quartet’s final tour date of the year in support of their 2023 full-length, ‘The Ballad Of Darren’.‘The Valley Of The Pagans’ is the second track from Gorillaz’ seventh studio album, ‘Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez’.
Besides Beck, it featured a star-studded lineup of guest features, from The Cure’s Robert Smith, to New Order’s Peter Hook, St.
Vincent, Slowthai, and Elton John.The pair would later collaborate again on ‘Possession Island’, the final track from Gorillaz’ 2023 LP, ‘Cracker Island’.
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