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I would like to thank everyone involved for the their efforts and hard work, for going above and beyond – as touring crew always do – to embrace and adapt to these very strange times.”Ī post shared by Gorillaz THE ENVELOPE OF INNOVATION’īlock9 Creative Director, Stephen Gallagher said: “We’ve been working with Gorillaz under Jamie’s direction for the past four years, starting with the Gorillaz-curated Demon Dayz Festival at Dreamland in Margate in 2007, which was the first show we worked on with them.

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With so much uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been a privilege to be involved with the first indoor full capacity show for over 18 months. Production Manager, Tyrone Brunton said: “It feels very special to collaborate with our crew and suppliers again. It’s been special for Marcus to continue his father’s legacy.” “London and Marcus have been phenomenal, working closely with the artists they are both full of beans. “I’ve worked with Tyrone for around 22 years on and off, from Riverdance to Franz Ferdinand, to Basement Jaxx, before coming full circle,” Travis recalled.

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Unusually, this time she was able to see some of the action from the side of the stage – thanks in part to her crack team of Production Manager, Tyrone Brunton and Assistant Tour Managers, Shadien ‘London’ Mars and Marcus Duffy, the son of late Gorillaz Tour Manager, Craig Duffy. Having advanced the two shows, including a low-key warm-up set for friends and family in the indigo at the O2, with upcoming visits to Boardmasters Festival around the corner at the time of writing, Travis often spends most of the shows wrangling the feature artists. We are all excited to be back but also giving back to key workers and Gorillaz fans.” “Performing in front of NHS staff and their families was a fantastic and rewarding feeling for the band and crew. It’s exciting but overwhelming,” Travis said, acknowledging the monumental task at hand. “When we see a sold-out unmasked audience, it feels a world away from where we’ve been over the past 18 months. Many were also double-vaccinated, so were able to quarantine for much less time.” Despite taking daily LFTs and optional mask wearing, being on site, for the most part, was a surreal experience for the crew involved. However, many are from the United States and as regulations eased slightly, we found we were able to bring them if they were quarantined. “When we first spoke, we were going to use UK-based artists. With featured artists spanning five states in America, and stretching as far as Italy, it was up to Travis and the touring team to navigate the logistics of a COVID-19 secure pathway for multiple artists to take the stage. “All the suppliers involved are longstanding collaborators,” Travis noted. The vendor roster comprised the collective expertise of Neg Earth, Video Design, Entec Sound and Light, Brilliant Stages, Opto, Fly By Nite, Mission Control, DART Rigging, Radiotek, Block9, Pixelmappers, The Pantry Maid, Band Pass and Executours. Although it is hard work, everybody is grafting to make it the best show possible.” “We are pleased to be the first to open up the O2 arena after it’s been asleep for so long.

“We’ve had a lot of opportunities to be the first out of the gate,” she began, recalling the months spent working, budgeting and planning Gorillaz’s acclaimed Song Machine Live in December 2020, before the easing of restrictions permitted the go-ahead of Damon Albarn’s appearances at Live At Worthy Farm, Manchester International Festival, Latitude Festival and Edinburgh International Festival in support of his upcoming solo album. The first arena show, on 10 August, was performed to NHS key workers and their families, with a sold-out capacity show for Gorillaz faithful the following night – each boasting a stellar line-up of guest artists, talented tour crew and technical suppliers, firmly setting a benchmark for post-pandemic arena shows.įollowing proof of a negative lateral flow test (LFT), the adorning of accreditation and a brief backstage tech tour, TPi was greeted by Tour Manager, Rebecca Travis, who joined the Gorillaz camp six months prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Celebrating two decades since the release of their self-titled debut album, Gorillaz, the world’s most successful virtual band made history yet again this August, embarking on two monumental homecoming shows at London’s O2 arena, as well as a pop-up show for friends and family at the indigo.

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