So, the 'for one week only' live performance of Gorillaz' album 'Demon Days' is now in full swing. From what we've heard it's an all-star affair, with Neneh Cherry, De La Soul, Ike Turner, Roots Manuva, Martina Topley Bird and Shaun Ryder among those who appeared on stage during the first performance on Tuesday night.
The main band members remained silhouetted for most of the show with the guests' live performances mixed in with 3D animation. Meanwhile life size puppets of Gorillaz members 2-D and Murdoch sat in one of the Royal Boxes - Statler-and-Waldorf-esque, at one point showering the audience with popcorn. The show runs at Manchester's Opera House until Saturday night. We really wish we were going.
And hang on a minute. Aren't Gorillaz doing a technically groundbreaking performance at the MTV Music Europe Awards in Lisbon tonight? Since when have a cartoon characters been able to be in two places at once? I demand an explanation.