Gorillaz will release their ninth studio album, The Mountain, next year on March 20 as the first release on their own KONG label.
The release date is approximately half a year away but the band does share a new tune today, "The Happy Dictator (feat. Sparks)".
Besides Sparks, collaborators on The Mountain include 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, Trueno, and Yasiin Bey.
A tour will follow its release next spring.
The Mountain tracklisting:
- 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
