It’s spring ’23 and the original cartoon G’z are taking a road trip.

Their album has dropped, they’ve left Hollywood, and they're heading out into the Cali desert… First stop, Coachella!

Picture the scene: it’s 4am, and we're back in the band’s motel room after a raucous night out. With ears ringing and pounding heads, the acrid smell of empty beer bottles, stale fast food and overflowing ashtrays fills the air…

Through a twisted sense of scale, we see faded shag pile carpet and cracked bathroom tiles. Demon faces appear in the patterns of sticky linoleum, and an otherworldly glow from the bathroom strip lighting is reflected in a shattered mirror on the floor.

In the corner, an old, red TV keeps losing signal - glitching with static interference and snippets of cable channels showing 1960s split-screen movies, televangelist preachers and psychedelic kids TV.

With an all-star roster of guest artists over two weekends, Gorillaz take Coachella by storm, melding blistering live performance with their immersive, animated universe. They take us on a whirlwind tour through two decades of creative collaboration, plus a very special augmented reality performance of Skinny Ape, ‘just for viewers at home’. And to top it all off, they stop at Jimmy Kimmel’s studio for quick duet with Beck… Like you do!?

Creative Direction - Stephen Gallagher

Lighting Design - Matthew Pitman / Pixelmappers

Video Design - SWEAR / SHOP / Catherine Woodhouse / Gemma Yin-Taylor

For SWEAR: Producer - Alexa Pearson & Steph Allen / Designer - Sam Coulton / Design assistance - Matteo Zamangi

Stephen Gallagher has been working with Gorillaz since 2016, first through Block9, and now through Swear Studio, as creative director of live shows. Previous Gorillaz projects can be seen at block9.com