Heating Up! (26/4)

Lots of news to report:

For those of you stateside, the video for Feel Good Inc has been added to MTV's Weekend Dime starting May 2, and you can see that Saturdays at 10am on MTV.

In other news, Feel Good Inc is up a spot in the UK singles chart to 21 this week, owing to downloads and 7" sales in advance of the proper single release on 9 May.

Furthermore, here's some fun clips from the press about Gorillaz:

Rip & Burn (6/05) Page 1
Rip & Burn (6/05) Page 2
Rip & Burn (6/05) Dare Review
Observer Music Magazine Article

In other news, for those of you with Sony PSP modules, head on over to the Multimedia section of the site where you can download the new video for Feel Good Inc!

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On The Beat (22/4)

Some new things in the world of Gorillaz:

First off, head over to VH1.com to vote for Gorillaz on their Grade A programming vote! Vote vote vote!

In other news, MySpace kids should check out the new Gorillaz page here. It's done by the brilliant James from Gorillaz-Unofficial.com, one of our favourite Gorillaz sites. Add it as your friend!

In (more) other news, Gorillaz have slipped into the UK singles chart this week at #22 owing to the download sales combining with sales from the limited 7" picture disc which slipped into shops last week. Those of you in the UK should be on the look out in case any are still floating about in the run up to the release, and we'll have more official news on that shortly.

Also, for those of you with Sony PSPs look for a very exclusive Gorillaz download in the next 24 hours on this site.

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Various Updates (11/4)

Lots of things here: Most importantly, head on over to the Q & A section to see the results of our latest chat with Gorillaz' bassman, Murdoc... featuring some of your questions! Keep them coming as we'll be chatting with the band regularly... your best questions will get put to the band!

Secondly, we now have got links up for you to download the new single Feel Good Inc. from the iTunes store! Click here if you're in the States and click here if you're in the UK or just head on over to the multimedia section of the site.

Also it would appear as though Feel Good Inc. has broken into the Billboard chart in the States so keep requesting the song on your local radio and internet radio stations!

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Various Updates (8/4)

Gorillaz will be #1 on MTV.com's "Hot Five" for the next few days. Head on over to mtv.com to check that out.

In other news, Feel Good Inc has broken into the iTunes download chart at #48 and is Rolling Stone's #1 most played song. ArtistDirect lists Feel Good Inc as #41 on its download chart and has Gorillaz as #10 in their artist chart.

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Melancholy Town (6/4)

The band have spoken out about the new video Feel Good Inc, which you can now see in the Multimedia section of the website:

2D: I think Gorillaz built a tower around themselves that they couldn't get out of. Of excess and hedonism. The video is based on this feeling. For a while it was great to be on the inside, but the party's got out of hand. It' s become like the Last days of Pompeii... a... er... Sodding Gommorah. The Feel Good Inc Tower represents this. The palace we built has become a prison. In the video I'm just waking up from this year-long hedonists dream, and I realise that maybe... the fruits of success have turned sour.

Noodle is outside of the Tower, in the pale morning-after light, sitting on the edge of this floating island. And you can see she knows what's happening. But people have to wake up to it themselves. So that's what the video is about; being trapped by the things you make, and realising everyone else is caught up in it. Using it. Just... they need their party to continue, to keep this thing afloat. The Tower of Babel.

Murdoc: Apart from the obvious thing, which is my gyrating hips, the coolest thing about the video would be the the hydraulics on this gig. Just for the windmill section alone cost about 3.5 million pounds. That's sterling. We had to buy a small island, make a mold of it and then scrape out all the insides. When that was done we filled the whole thing full of helium. Using the motor from the windmill we managed to get the thing to float, but it was an absolute bugger!

Keep checking the Multimedia section for further things to watch and play with!

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Cortez The Raven (29/3)

Two bits of news here:

Murdoc has started selling 2-D's possessions on eBay. It would appear that he has nicked a pair of his golfing shoes. Click here to bid on 2-D's shoes!

Murdoc says: "Used by a pansy called 2D who sings for Gorillaz, so pretty good condition. Could use a wipe with a sponge (not supplied). Will come with, er......... white laces, cool looking spikes on the bottom. So get swinging!!!"

Also, the cool kids over at Pitchfork have put up a rather smashing review of the new single Feel Good Inc. Click here to check that out!

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Windmill, Windmill (26/3)

We've nicked in and managed to get a hold of these streams of the new video for Feel Good Inc!

Windows Media: Hi | Lo ; RealPlayer: Hi | Lo

In other news, happy 4th anniversary of the release of Gorillaz' debut album, released on this day in 2001!

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Listen, Watch, Feel Good (24/3)

Listen now to the new Gorillaz single, Feel Good Inc!

Windows Media | RealPlayer

Watch the first 30 seconds of the video!

Windows Media: Hi | Lo ; RealPlayer: Hi | Lo

You can also now click "interview" in the menu above to access Q & A with Gorillaz - the first installment is now live!

And in other news, the fantastic new video for Feel Good Inc will debut in the UK on Top Of The Pops on April 1, and will get its US premiere on popular college channel MTVU this coming Monday, March 28. MTVU is MTV's college channel located on over 700 college campuses across America, and the video will play every hour, on the hour between 3pm and midnight on Monday.

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Feel Good Inc (22/3)

As previously reported, Feel Good Inc will be released 9th May 2005, on the following formats:

CD
1. Feel Good Inc. (Single Version)
2. Spitting Out The Demons

Ltd. 7" Picture Disc
A. Feel Good Inc. (Single Version)
B. 68 State

DVD
1. Feel Good Inc. (Video)
2. Spitting Out The Demons
3. Bill Murray (feat. The Bees)

As for the video, it opens at the end of another big night at the Feel Good Inc. tower in an anonymous grey city. The tower is awash with casualties from the party, all sleeping off the effects of the night before. 2D is the last one standing. As he gazes out of the window he sees Noodle pass by on a floating island, topped by a huge windmill. Her world is one of green grass, dappled sunshine and butterflies - in stark contrast to the grimy and debauched world of the tower.

Here's what Noodle had to say: "The windmill is a representation of a note of optimism, a memory of a simpler time. A snapshot picture of an older world, a note of simplicity and a little remembrance of a more innocent moment, pre-struggle."

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Icons & Guides & Questions (18/3)

Reject False Icons seems to have again been updated with a second gallery page (accessible from "submit false icons") and a listing of UK shops where you can get stickers from the "request false icons" page!

In other news, it would appear that Gorillaz superfan and longtime Murdoc cohort Stumbo has gone and posted a walkthrough guide to Gorillaz.com on his MySpace profile! Check it out!

In further news, NME has got a feature this week with a track by track review of the new album, it's out now so head out and pick that up in the shops!

Finally - Gorillaz want your questions! Do you have a question to put to the band? Send your questions in to gorillazqa@gmail.com and we'll put the best to Murdoc, Noodle, 2D and Russel!

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Covers? Original! (15/3)

We can now also provide happy confirmation of the artwork for both the upcoming album, Demon Days, and the lead single Feel Good Inc.

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It's A Brand New Day (11/3)

We can now provide happy confirmation that Gorillaz' second album, Demon Days, will be released through Parlophone on 23rd May (the day after in the US) and will be preceded by the single Feel Good Inc. on 9th May.

The album is co-produced by Gorillaz and Danger Mouse, and was recorded at the band's own Kong Studios. We can confirm that the album is both darker and a much more intense affair than 2001's debut album, but enough about what I think - here's what the band had to say:

Noodle: The soul of the recording can't avoid being a manifestation of the time, climate and location of the place we were in when it was recorded. Consequently the colours are rich, dark and heavy while the rhythms are clean, strategic and relentless. It has a consciousness to it.

2-D: Like someone has taken the first album and coloured it in.

Russel: Noodle wrote most of this album herself. Murdoc may try and take the credit for it, but from the basic sketches to the finished album, this was Noodle's vision.

And what a vision. Featured on the album are contributions from De La Soul, Neneh Cherry, Martina Topley-Bird, Roots Manuva, MF Doom, Ike Turner, Bootie Brown of the Pharcyde, Shaun Ryder, Dennis Hopper, the London Community Gospel Choir and the San Fernandez Youth Chorus.

In preparation for the release of the album, the band are currently filming the promo video for Feel Good Inc with video director Jamie Hewlett. The video will star guest performers De La Soul alongside the band.

We hope to feature Q & A with the band over the coming weeks in the lead up to the album, so keep watching the site to find out when you can send your questions in to the band!

Confirmed tracklist for Demon Days:

1. Intro
2. Last Living Souls
3. Kids With Guns
4. O Green World
5. Dirty Harry
6. Feel Good Inc.
7. El Mañana
8. Every Planet We Reach Is Dead
9. November Has Come
10. All Alone
11. White Light
12. DARE
13. Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head
14. Don't Get Lost In Heaven
15. Demon Days

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Heading Southwest (10/3)

With the NME having confirmed the completion and forthcoming release of the new album Demon Days, we can EXCLUSIVELY reveal that the world's first listen to the album will be happening next Thursday, 17th March at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, TX.

Invites to this party are in circulation but are said to be difficult to get ahold of. The first 200 through the door at the Red Fez in Austin will be receiving Apple iTunes custom download cards to go online and receive a free high quality download of Dirty Harry from the new album.

Gorillaz have asked Danger Mouse to arrive at the party and spin some tracks from his iPod. It is rumoured at present that Murdoc will be delivering the tapes to the party himself, and in typical fashion he had this to say for himself:

"I'm hand-delivering this precious baby myself. One slip up and these 15 tracks of gold will be splashed all over the internet faster than you can say 'bring forward the release date.'"

In other news, it appears that Reject False Icons has again been updated with more downloadable files to create your own stickers. We also have it on good authority that the site may be launching a very interesting competition in the very near future.

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More False Icons (1/3)

Reject False Icons seems to have been updated with more downloads for chatty fun.

Also, a reminder to all y'all that Search For A Star is still ongoing and Gorillaz want your submissions to the site so that they can make you a star!

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On The NME Stereo (23/2)

Here's a clip from this week's NME (and no this wasn't the big news)...

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Reject False Icons (21/2)

REJECT FALSE ICONS.

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Demon Days (17/2)

NME got a bit trigger happy on the news we were expecting on the 23rd and decided to run it this week instead which was awfully nice of them! We like it when things are ahead of schedule around these parts, it gives us something to do!

The proverbial cat has left the bag, the new album is titled Demon Days. Noodle, mistakenly referred to as a man in the NME, had the following to say about the title: "its interpretation is completed by the instinct of the listener. In one sense the demon is a disease and the disease is an absence of thought, a state where people make action without consideration. This is the incredible evil, with a million eyes. This is the return of the ogre, the rise of the beats. Its time is now."

More press and news to follow shortly!

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Media Meltdown (11/2)

Fans.gorillaz.com starts its morphing process with the first all new news page in... 4 years. Lest we forget, it is Murdoc's band, he should be on the most important page in the site! Whaddya think? Comment below. Bear with us as we upgrade the rest of the site...

In other news, here are some media updates: We've learned that WOXY.com and KCRW are playing Dirty Harry in the States. Listen to these stations to hear the new Gorillaz track!

Also, it's come to our attention that for those of you avid readers of the NME, they will be running a huge feature on Gorillaz in the issue out on Feb 23. Check that out. Also, in addition to the big page feature in the February issue of Q magazine, they have listed new track Feel Good Inc. listed in their top 100 new tracks of 2005.

We will be able to announce single formats of the new single very soon on fans.gorillaz.com, so keep watching for that.

Finally, one more cryptic note... REJECT FALSE ICONS 210205.

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Baby You're A Star (29/1)

Whatcha! 2005 looks to be an explosive year for the Kong four piece and you'll want to look for some new bio stuff to let you know how the gang bave been and new site designs coming your way very soon on fans.gorillaz.com. About time!

In other news, Search For A Star is up and running and we want YOU to submit your best work over the coming weeks! The competition winner will get a room in Kong Studios decorated to their taste and will get to collaborate with Gorillaz in the future!

To check out the Search For A Star competition, click here.

In other news, there's a new Gorillaz track called Dirty Harry floating around and being played by Radio 1's Zane Lowe & Steve Lamacq. You kids might want to listen for that. As soon as we suss out who else is playing Dirty Harry we'll have web links up for you to listen to those stations!

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It Lives Again (25/11)

Those of you on the official mailing list will have noted the email sent out this week reading REJECT FALSE ICONS and notifying you that Gorillaz.com looks set for a relaunch on 8th December at 12pm GMT. You have been warned!