Gorillaz have introduced that their ‘Home Of Kong’ exhibition is heading to New York for a restricted run.
The immersive exhibition first launched in London final 12 months and invitations followers contained in the fictional world of the band, exploring 25 years of Gorillaz historical past, paintings, music, characters and mythology.
Billed as an opportunity to “peek behind the scenes into the unseen world of Gorillaz”, the hour-long expertise takes followers by means of the story of the band and their Kong Studios universe.
‘Home Of Kong’ is now heading to the Massive Apple, opening on the Agger Fish Constructing in Brooklyn Navy Yard on September 1 and working till September 28.
Tickets go on common sale at 10am native time on Tuesday (June 30), with costs ranging from $50. Followers who bought a Kong Card by June 25 will obtain presale entry from 10am on Monday (June 29). Discover tickets and extra data right here.
The New York run follows final 12 months’s unique ‘Home Of Kong’ exhibition at London’s Copper Field Enviornment, which launched as a part of Gorillaz’ twenty fifth anniversary celebrations.
The launch was accompanied by a sequence of stay reveals on the identical venue, the place Damon Albarn and co. carried out the band’s self-titled debut, ‘Demon Days’ and ‘Plastic Seaside’ in full, earlier than debuting new materials at a phone-free “thriller present”.
That materials later grew to become ‘The Mountain’, the band’s ninth studio album, which was launched earlier this 12 months by means of their very own KONG label. The document featured contributions from Sparks, IDLES, Omar Souleyman, Johnny Marr and extra, alongside posthumous appearances from earlier Gorillaz collaborators together with Bobby Womack, Dennis Hopper, Tony Allen, Proof and Mark E Smith.
In a four-star assessment of ‘The Mountain’, NME described it as “arguably their most wealthy and full since ‘Plastic Seaside’”, concluding: “‘The Mountain’ is an album that celebrates the love you permit behind, the individuals you contact, the spirit of giving greater than you are taking, how we’re all the identical when it’s completed.”
Gorillaz just lately performed their first ever stadium gig at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, the place they have been joined by an extended record of friends together with Marr, Little Simz, Shaun Ryder, Yasiin Bey, Black Thought and Gruff Rhys. A documentary in regards to the present could be on the best way, after cameras have been noticed filming on the gig.
Gorillaz will convey ‘The Mountain’ tour to Madison Sq. Backyard on September 29, the day after the New York run of ‘Home Of Kong’ closes. They’re additionally heading to India for his or her first ever reveals within the nation in January 2027.
