The ground breaking live performance of Gorillaz' Demon Days, complete with the album's special guest stars, as filmed at the Manchester Opera House as part of a series of events co-ordinated with the Manchester International Festival. See below for more info...

1. Intro
2. Last Living Souls
3. Kids With Guns feat. Neneh Cherry
4. O Green World
5. Dirty Harry feat. Bootie Brown
6. Feel Good Inc feat. De La Soul
7. El Mañana
8. Every Planet We Reach Is Dead feat. Ike Turner
9. November Has Come feat. MF Doom (footage)
10. All Alone feat. Roots Manuva & Martina Topley-Bird
11. White Light
12. DARE feat. Shaun Ryder
13. Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head - Read by Dennis Hopper
14. Don't Get Lost In Heaven
15. Demon Days
16. Hong Kong feat. Zeng Zhen
17. Latin Simone feat. Ibrahim Ferrer (footage)

Story

In November 2005 some of the finest musicians and artists in the world assembled at the Manchester Opera House to re-create - in full - 'Demon Days,' the award-winning album by the animated phenomenon Gorillaz.

Spanning five nights, this was the very first live rendition of the record, as sanctioned by 2-D, Murdoc, Russel and Noodle themselves.

This unique event featured guest appearances from Neneh Cherry, Bootie Brown, De La Soul, Ike Turner, Shaun Ryder, Roots Manuva, Martina Topley-Bird and pre-recorded contributions from MF Doom, Dennis Hopper and Ibrahim Ferrer.

The entire performance was set to a backdrop of specially designed visuals and animation by Gorillaz co-collaborator Jamie Hewlett.

Accompanied by an orchestra, a children's choir and the Manchester Community Gospel Choir, the results were breathtaking, an exceptional collaboration of music, film and animation that surpassed all expectations.

And, y'know, it's very likely that the world will probably see nothing like this again. Well, almost definitely... at least not in Manchester.

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Further Credits & Info

Choir on Dirty Harry: Children's Choir from Parklands School & Newall Green School, Manchester.
Gospel Choir on White Light, Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head, Don't Get Lost In Heaven, and Demon Days: Manchester Gospel Choir.
Guest vocalist on DARE: Rosie Wilson.

Original version of Hong Kong appears on the War Child Album 'Help: A Day In The Life.'
Original version of Latin Simone (Que Pasa Contigo) appears on Gorillaz.

The show's incredible visuals are also viewable as a separate feature on the DVD.

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