Gorillaz coming Oct. 17 to Target Center

Damon Albarn's visually groundbreaking "band" is thinking big on its first big U.S. tour.

July 28, 2010 at 9:17PM

They might have stood in for U2 at England's Glastonbury Festival, but can Gorillaz pass as an arena-level band charging arena-size prices in America? We'll find out on Oct. 17, when ex-Blur frontman Damon Albarn's cartoony "virtual" band is scheduled to perform at Target Center on its first full-scale North American tour. Tickets go on sale Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. priced at $92, $67 and $51.50. Reviews have been quite ecstatic over the group's many festival appearances this year in support of its third album, "Plastic Beach." The shows have featured such add-on Gorillaz members as Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of the Clash and R&B legend Bobby Womack, who will presumably still be along for the ride in October. They'd better be at those prices. Here's a video the band has released to help sell the spectacle of its new live show.

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Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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