Gorillaz reveal a stacked guest list for their first-ever stadium headline show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 20, featuring Little Simz, De La Soul and more
Twenty-five years into their career, Gorillaz are finally playing a stadium. On June 15, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s virtual band announced the full guest list for their first-ever headline stadium show, taking place at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this Saturday, June 20. What they revealed is not a normal concert lineup. It is a full accounting of a quarter-century of collaborations, assembled on one stage on one night, and it includes some of the most significant artists Gorillaz have worked with across nine studio albums.
The Mountain, Gorillaz’ ninth studio album and the first release on their own KONG label, came out on March 20, 2026, and was recorded across sessions in London, Devon, and multiple locations throughout India including Mumbai, New Delhi, Rajasthan, and Varanasi. It features performers singing in five languages: Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish, and Yoruba, and includes posthumous contributions from Tony Allen, Bobby Womack, Dennis Hopper, Mark E. Smith, Proof, and Dave Jolicoeur. The Guardian described the UK and Ireland arena run that preceded the stadium show as proof that Gorillaz remain “still riveting and relevant.” The Tottenham date is the culmination of that campaign.
The Full Guest List and What It Covers
The confirmed guest performers for the June 20 show span the full arc of the Gorillaz catalog. Little Simz, whose collaboration with the band on “Chalkyts” from Cracker Island demonstrated a creative chemistry that felt immediate and earned, is confirmed. De La Soul, whose contributions to Plastic Beach and beyond made them one of the most defining presences in the Gorillaz universe, will appear. Johnny Marr, who contributes to The Mountain and whose recent announcement of his fifth solo album The Age of Everything makes this a particularly timely appearance, is confirmed.
Yasiin Bey, who appeared on “Stylo” and remains one of the most culturally significant voices to have moved through the Gorillaz world, is on the bill alongside Black Thought.
The full confirmed list also includes Popcaan, Anoushka Shankar, Omar Souleyman, Gruff Rhys, Paul Simonon, Shaun Ryder, Bootie Brown, Fatoumata Diawara, Kara Jackson, London Arab Orchestra, Moonchild Sanelly, Asha Puthli, Bashy, Roses Gabor, Yukimi, and Zanai Bhosle. Support on the night comes from Sparks, who feature on The Mountain’s lead single “The Happy Dictator,” and Argentine rapper Trueno, both of whom will also appear during Gorillaz’ headline set rather than simply opening the show.
A Landmark Moment for a Band That Invented Its Own Category
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium show marks the first time in Gorillaz’ 25-year history that they have headlined at stadium scale. The band formed in 1998 through the collision of Albarn’s post-Blur ambitions and Hewlett’s Tank Girl visual universe, and spent the years since operating as one of popular music’s most genuinely distinctive creative projects: a virtual band with a real catalog, real collaborators, and real audience devotion that defies easy genre categorization. Their Copper Box Arena performances earlier this year sold out, and the mystery show surprise performance of The Mountain in full added further proof that the demand for this moment was genuine.
Following the Tottenham show, Gorillaz will continue touring Europe across the summer before heading to North and South America later in the year. India dates are scheduled for January 2027, with shows in Mumbai and Bengaluru marking the band’s first visit to the country whose landscapes and musical traditions shaped so much of The Mountain. A limited number of production hold tickets for the June 20 show have been released via gorillaz.com. This is one of the more significant live events in UK music this year, and the guest list makes that case without any need for additional argument.
