Damon Albarn has revealed he’s been “extremely busy making music” – and stated the “new Gorillaz report is in 4 languages”.
The Gorillaz frontman informed The Solar he has been arduous at work since the return of Blur, telling the publication “there was a lot occurring” following their reunion. “I used to be doing an opera in Paris and beginning on the brand new Gorillaz report,” he added. “It’s been loopy, it actually has. However the world’s gone loopy so it doesn’t appear in any manner unusual.”
He went on to say that “I’ve been extremely busy making music — it’s what I like to do”, persevering with: “I suppose I’m going to should share a few of it quickly. Inevitably there’ll at all times be a dustbin bag filled with stuff that wants dropping off on the recycling!”
In a separate interview with The Occasions, Albarn additionally stated that the album wouldn’t arrive till 2026 – going towards his remarks earlier in March that the report would land this 12 months.
He did, nonetheless, reveal that “my new Gorillaz report is in 4 languages!”.
“I’ve been extremely busy making music — it’s what I like to do — so I suppose I’m going to should share a few of it quickly. Inevitably there’ll at all times be a dustbin bag filled with stuff that wants dropping off on the recycling!” Damon Albarn x @TheSun
— Damon Albarn Unofficial (@DamonUnofficial) July 11, 2025
Takeway from the brand new Damon interview in The Occasions: “My new Gorillaz report is in 4 languages!” (and, “Other than a couple of dwell dates later this summer time, Albarn’s cartoon behemoth is not going to return till subsequent 12 months.”)
— Damon Albarn Unofficial (@DamonUnofficial) July 13, 2025
In the identical Solar interview, Albarn stated he was “joyful to concede defeat” within the legendary Britpop rivalry between Oasis and Blur.
The 2 bands famously went head-to-head within the Nineties, culminating in a mighty chart battle which noticed Blur’s 1995 single ‘Nation Home’ outsell Oasis’ ‘Roll With It’ when each had been launched on the identical day.
Nonetheless, with Oasis underway on their big reunion tour, Albarn informed the publication that “Oasis gained the battle, the warfare, the marketing campaign, all the pieces”, including: “properly, it was apparent, wasn’t it?”
He continued: “They’re the winners. They take first place. Within the face of such overwhelming proof, I’m joyful to simply accept and concede defeat. It’s their summer time and God bless them. I hope everybody has a beautiful time however I’m going to be in a really, very totally different place.”
Albarn additionally informed a separate publication that he was “prophetic” in predicting the band’s reunion, saying: “Effectively, you’ll be able to’t assume that two brothers can’t reconcile, in the end. It’s a great factor, the way in which I see it.”
In the meantime, in the identical Occasions interview, Albarn shared his goals of working with musicians “in Palestine and Israel” amid the warfare, describing the way in which Bob Vylan addressed the battle of their Glastonbury set “a spectacular misfire”.
The rap-punk duo led chants of “demise, demise to the IDF” throughout their Glastonbury set, leading to enormous backlash and them being dropped from a number of gigs.
“It was probably the most spectacular misfires I’ve seen in my life,” Albarn stated. “Particularly when he began to goose-step in tennis gear. I imply I’ve had my moments — not fairly as catastrophic as that however you do get carried away. The previous testosterone will get you going. But it surely’s unlucky. Everybody’s simply so hysterical.”
In the meantime, Gorillaz are set to play a sequence of one-off exhibits, the place they’ll play their iconic albums in full.
The gigs shall be held between August 29 and September 3 on the Copper Field Enviornment in London, and can coincide with the closing week of their Home of Kong exhibition on the venue.
Albarn will carry out on stage with the total Gorillaz dwell band, with visuals by co-founder and artist Jamie Hewlett. Every report shall be performed in full, from starting to finish, in a limited-capacity setting.
There may also be a “thriller present” held on September 3 – no particulars on this gig have been given to date.
Tickets are on sale now – go to right here for tickets.
