Gorillaz are teasing their upcoming album with new single ‘Orange County’

Gorillaz have released a new track, ‘Orange County’, featuring Bizarrap, Kara Jackson, and Anoushka Shankar, alongside ‘The Hardest Thing’, which includes vocals from the lateTony Allen.

These tracks are described as being central to the themes of grief and hope explored throughout their upcoming ninth studio album, ‘The Mountain’, set for release on 27th February 2026 via their new label, KONG.

The album features further contributions from Ajay Prasanna, Amaan & Ayaan Ali Bangash, Asha Bhosle, Black Thought, Gruff Rhys, IDLES, Jalen Ngonda, Johnny Marr, Omar Souleyman, Paul Simonon, Sparks, Trueno, and Yasiin Bey. It also features posthumous appearances from Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Dennis Hopper, Mark E. Smith, and Proof.

The Mountain Tour 2026 will commence with two sold-out warm-up shows in Bradford on 13th and 14th March, before proceeding to Manchester on 20th March.

The dates read:

MARCH
13 Bradford Live, Bradford, UK
14 Bradford Live, Bradford, UK
20 Co-op Live, Manchester, UK
21 Co-op Live, Manchester, UK
22 bp pulse LIVE, Birmingham, UK
24 OVO Hydro, Glasgow, UK
25 First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK
27 Utilita Arena, Cardiff, UK
28 Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, UK
29 M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, UK
31 SSE Arena, Belfast, UK
APRIL
1 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
2 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
JUNE
20 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, UK

European Festival Dates:

JUNE
5 We Love Green Festival, Paris, France
6 Primavera Sound Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
10 Rock For People, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
11-13 Primavera Sound Porto, Porto, Portugal
14 Best Kept Secret, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands
23 INmusic Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
25 Release Athens x SNF Nostos 2026, Athens, Greece
27 La Prima Estate Festival, Lido di Camaiore, Italy
JULY
2 Roskilde Festival, Denmark
4 Rock Werchter, Belgium
5 Luxepo Open Air, Luxembourg
9 Pohoda Festival, Trencin, Slovakia
11 Musilac Festival, Ais-les-Bains, France
14 Pozitif Vibrations, Istanbul, Turkey
16 Pozitif Vibrations, Istanbul, Turkey
18 PhillGood Festival, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
23 Paleo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland
25 Piazza Unita’ d’Italia, Trieste, Italy
AUGUST
13 BitterSweet Festival, Poznan, Poland
15 Way Out West, Gothenburg, Sweden
22 Kazakhstan Park Live, Almaty, Kazakhstan
29 Electric Picnic, Stradbally, Ireland