Gorillaz New Album The Mountain: Release Date & Tracklist
Gorillaz are back with a big reveal! Their brand-new album, The Mountain, is set to land on March 20, 2026, along with a European tour to celebrate the launch. This will be the band’s ninth album and the first to come out on their own label, KONG.
The first single, The Happy Dictator, featuring the legendary Sparks, is already out, and the full lineup looks even wilder. Expect special guest spots from Black Thought, Yasiin Bey, Johnny Marr, Anoushka Shankar, Dennis Hopper, and Bizarrap, among others.
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The record was brought to life at Studio 13 in London and Devon, with additional sessions on the streets of India, and then spots in Los Angeles, Ashgabat, Damascus, New York, and Miami. Produced by Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett, James Ford, Samuel Egglenton, Remi Kabaka Jr., and Bizarrap, the album promises a dazzling language mix: Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish, and Yoruba.
The artwork shows 2D, Murdoc, Russel, and Noodle hard at work in India on a massive mural. You’ll be able to grab the art as a glossy coffee-table book and a set of 12×12 prints.
Gorillaz just dropped the scoop on “The Mountain Tour,” set to light up stages with the first show in Manchester on March 21. After hitting Glasgow, Cardiff, and Dublin, the band will wrap up the run with an epic solo gig at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 20.
According to the band, “circumstances” have the guys—Murdoc Niccals, Russel Hobbs, 2D, and Noodle—chillin’ in India. They flew to Mumbai thanks to four fake passports lent by a NYC business buddy of Murdoc’s. Swearing off the whole international superstar deal, the crew is now lost in the rhythms of some “mystical” music-making while wandering the twists of this “mountain” called life.
Check out the tracklist and tour dates below:
- 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 Happy Dictator (feat. Sparks)
- The Hardest Thing (feat. Tony Allen)
- Orange County (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar)
- The God of Lying (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 Light (feat. Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Ajay Prasanna, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
- Casablanca (feat. Paul Simonon and Johnny Marr)
- The Sweet Prince (feat. Ajay Prasanna, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
- The Sad God (feat. Black Thought, Ajay Prasanna and Anoushka Shankar)
Gorillaz – The Mountain Tour 2026 – Dates:
March 21 – MANCHESTER, Co-op Live
March 22 – BIRMINGHAM, bp pulse LIVE
March 24 – GLASGOW, OVO Hydro*
March 25 – LEEDS, First Direct Arena*
March 27 – CARDIFF, Utilita Arena*
March 28 – NOTTINGHAM, Motorpoint Arena*
March 29 – LIVERPOOL, M&S Bank Arena*
March 31 – BELFAST, SSE Arena*
April 1 – DUBLIN, 3Arena*
*support from Trueno
June 20 – LONDON, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
With support from Sparks and Trueno
