Damon Albarn just lately joined Thundercat on stage and carried out a handful of solo tracks and a Gorillaz tune.
The Gorillaz frontman appeared on the third evening of Thundercat’s four-night residency at London’s KOKO venue on Friday April 5 as a part of his UK tour.
Albarn joined the bassist in direction of the top of his set. Collectively they carried out ‘Oh Sheit It’s X’, ‘Humorous Factor’, ‘Them Adjustments’ and Gorillaz ‘Cracker Island’, the lead observe from the animated band’s album of the identical identify through which Thundercat was initially featured on.
Has this crowd been euthanised like do they know thundercat and damon albarn are in entrance of them taking part in cracker island pic.twitter.com/bJMLD0aVwX
— tara (@drknesstolight) April 5, 2024
Damon and Thundercat taking part in Humorous Factor tonight in London. Video by chocolatekndy. pic.twitter.com/656fowbL5m
— Damon Albarn Unofficial (@DamonUnofficial) April 5, 2024
Thundercat was joined on stage by Damon Albarn for his or her tune Cracker Island by Gorillaz tonight in London. ✨️ pic.twitter.com/74K4bc2R7R
— Thundercat Fanpage (@domababy72) April 5, 2024
Thundercat tonight was one thing else. Cameo from Damon Albarn was a pleasant contact to a sick Friday evening 👌🏻 pic.twitter.com/kRhvwrakFt
— ollie storey (@olliestorey) April 5, 2024
Damon at Koko Camden with Thundercat, by way of Kitty Ca$h pic.twitter.com/RKKJQSag8C
— Damon Albarn Unofficial (@DamonUnofficial) April 6, 2024
In a four-star evaluation of the second evening of Thundercat’s KOKO residency, NME shared: “Now on the halfway level of his 4 sold-out exhibits in Camden and within the last stretch of his European tour dates, nobody would blame him for enjoying it secure with final evening’s present in London. Nonetheless, the set appears to show the other, with the singer, songwriter and bassist steering away from back-to-back hits, and as a substitute showcasing a sonically-rich snapshot of his intensive profession.”
It continued: “Whereas a number of the attraction of Thundercat exhibits is undeniably misplaced by eradicating some fan favourites and reinterpreting every tune on the setlist with virtuosic and spontaneous improvisation, the London set exhibits that the bass legend remains to be on the prime of his recreation, and in a position to captivate his viewers in a method fairly not like anybody else in 2024.”
In different information, Thundercat is about to carry out at this yr’s All Factors East in Victoria Park later this summer season. He may even play this yr’s version of Bonaroo.
As for Albarn, him and his Blur bandmates are set to play an intimate warm-up present forward of their efficiency at this yr’s version of Coachella.
The gig will happen on Wednesday, April 10 on the Fox Theatre in Pomona, California roughly three days earlier than the band are attributable to hit the stage at Coachella on Saturday, April 13.