{"id":916,"date":"2026-03-08T16:34:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=916"},"modified":"2026-03-08T16:34:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:34:38","slug":"gorillaz-perform-on-snl-for-the-first-time-promoting-new-album-ahead-of-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/gorillaz-perform-on-snl-for-the-first-time-promoting-new-album-ahead-of-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorillaz Perform on \u2018SNL\u2019 for the First Time, Promoting New Album Ahead of Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the first time since the group formed in 1998, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/songs\/gorillaz\">Gorillaz<\/a> were the musical guests on Saturday Night Live. The episode aired on March 7, with Ryan Gosling hosting for the fourth time. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pMKA0ahftME?si=3j8b0cwhObdcWiaR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The band performed their 2001 hit song &#8220;Clint Eastwood&#8221;<\/a> and their new track &#8220;The Moon Cave.&#8221; The latter comes from the band&#8217;s new album <em>The Mountain<\/em>, released on February 27, 2026. The original release date for the album was March 20, but the date was moved up. This marks the band&#8217;s ninth studio album. It was the first release on their new independent label, KONG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Mountain<\/em> explores themes of grief. It features many collaborations with artists, including Sparks, IDLES, and Bizarrap. The new album was released a few weeks short of their debut album&#8217;s 25-year anniversary, which features the hit &#8220;Clint Eastwood.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gorillaz: The Moon Cave ft. Asha Puthli, Black Thought &amp; Anoushka Shankar (Live) - SNL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZU_7tlOHOfI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gorillaz Embark On a Tour in Europe and the US<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 13, the Mountain Tour starts in the UK with two shows in Bradford. Throughout the spring and summer, the tour will make its way across Europe. Gorillaz starts the US leg of the tour on September 17 in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gorillaz are a virtual band created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. Damon Albarn was the lead singer of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/songs\/blur\">English rock band Blur.<\/a> The band formed in the late 1980s and found success in the 1990s and early 2000s. Blur took a hiatus in 2003 and returned with <em>The Magic Whip<\/em> in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Damon Albarn created Gorillaz with comic book artist and illustrator Jamie Hewlett in 1998. With Gorillaz, Albarn moved away from the Britpop sound of Blur and tapped into elements of hip hop and electronic music. The band performs live with a high-definition screen displaying Hewlett&#8217;s animations. The performance blends visuals of pre-recorded footage with a live performance from the band. Many collaborators and special guests join Gorillaz on stage during live shows. Featured artists from their albums sometimes appear on the video screen with pre-recorded parts, or a special guest steps in for the track. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-songfacts-fact\"><div class=\"songfacts-card songfacts-card-horizontal\"><div class=\"songfacts-content-container\"><div class=\"songfacts-header\"><h3 class=\"songfacts-card-title\"><span>Songfacts: <\/span><span class=\"songfacts-title-part\">Clint Eastwood<\/span><span class=\"songfacts-separator\"> | <\/span><span class=\"songfacts-artist-part\">Gorillaz<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"songfacts-meta\">Album:<span class=\"songfacts-album\">Gorillaz <\/span><span class=\"songfacts-releasedate\"> [2001]<\/span><\/div><div class=\"songfacts-body\"><p class=\"songfacts-card-text\">Seven million global sales of the Gorillaz album earned the group an entry in The Guinness Book of Records as the world&#8217;s most successful virtual band.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"songfacts-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/gorillaz\/clint-eastwood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"songfacts-button\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SongFacts-icon.png\" alt=\"Songfacts\" style=\"width:20px;height:20px;vertical-align:middle;margin-right:5px\" \/><\/span>Read the full Songfacts<svg><title>angle-double-right<\/title><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gorillaz released their self-titled debut in 2001, which went triple platinum in the UK. 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