October 16 – Chicago, IL – UIC Pavilion
October 17 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
The two additional special guests at the Garden date will appear along with De La Soul, Little Dragon, Bobby Womack and other touring guests of the Gorillaz Plastic Beach band which features Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of the Clash. Those attending the once in a lifetime Madison Square Garden extravaganza can expect Reed to take center stage on “Some Kind Of Nature” and Mos Def to man the mic for “Sweepstakes,” reprising their already classic turns on Gorillaz’ Plastic Beach, currently in its 28th week on the U.S. Top 200 and recently voted #1 record of 2010 thus far by NPR’s listenership.
Mos Def will also perform with Gorillaz at the tour’s October 10 stop at Camden NJ’s Susquehanna Bank Center and at the October 11 date at the Patriot Center in Washington DC.
The full list of currently confirmed guests of the Gorillaz Plastic Beach band is as follows (more to be announced if/when confirmed):
Lou Reed (NYC only)
Mos Def (NYC, Camden and DC only)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Bashy
Little Dragon
De La Soul
Bobby Womack
Roses Gabor
Bootie Brown
Kano
Miho Hatori (to appear in Los Angeles and NYC only)
October 19 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
October 20 – Dallas, TX – Verizon Theatre
October 22 – Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center
October 24 – Denver, CO – Wells Fargo Theatre
October 26 – Phoenix, AZ – Dodge Theatre
October 27 – Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre
October 28 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
October 30 – Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena
November 2 – Seattle, WA – Key Arena
November 3 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena