barkingmoose

Gorillaz in concert: sorta like reverse lip-sync.Gorillaz announced a North American tour, and one of the shows will be here in Philly at the Electric Factory. I received their self-titled CD as a gift over the holidays—it’s found a semi-permanent home in my CD player. Still, I’m not sure about these concerts because of some basic logistical problems: while the musicians are very much real, the band itself is not. They are a collection of cartoon characters, and you can’t very well have cartoon characters performing on stage.

Producer Dan “The Automator” Nakamura says the solution is a show which “will definitely involve big movie screens and lights. The musicians will be behind the screens and backlit onto them.” According to one concert review, though, the results tend to be less than convincing: “The whole thing seems like half-an-idea run out of control.”

Upcoming projects for the Gorillaz include an animated (obviously) feature film and a CD of remixes and b-sides. Maybe half an idea is better than none at all, but maybe the cartoon Gorillaz should stick to performing in media more suited to a virtual band.

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