Demon Days Live
| Demon Days: Live at the Manchester Opera House | ||||
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| Video by Gorillaz | ||||
| Released | 27 March 2006 | |||
| Recorded | Manchester Opera House | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 69:50 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Producer | Gorillaz | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Rolling Stone |    |
Demon Days: Live at the Manchester Opera House is a live DVD by Gorillaz, released 27 March 2006 in the UK (see 2006 in British music). It compiles the live performances from 1 November to 5 November 2005 at the Manchester Opera House that recreated the Demon Days studio album and was directed by David Barnard and Grant Gee.
Nearly all of the album's performers were available to participate in the event, including Neneh Cherry, Bootie Brown, Shaun Ryder and Ike Turner. MF DOOM and Dennis Hopper appeared through video and audio narration, respectively. Local Manchester choirs were hired for the performances.
Included as an encore are "Hong Kong", a song written for the War Child album Help!: A Day in the Life, and "Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?)" from the Gorillaz album, as a tribute to the memory of Ibrahim Ferrer, who died before the event took place. Also included are the visuals seen on the large screen for all but three of the performances, as those songs featured single cover art for the duration of each respective song. The visuals for "Kids with Guns" are the contribution by the "Search for a Star" video winner "Carlos".
During the performance, 2D and Murdoc appeared (as puppets) in a box and were motioning for the encore toward the end.
The live performances in Manchester were a pre-festival commission for the Manchester International Festival, which took place in 2007.[1][2] The DVD peaked at number 1 on the UK DVD charts.
In 2011, an audio-only version of the show was released in Spotify.
Track listing
- "Intro" - 1:11
- "Last Living Souls" - 3:21
- "Kids with Guns" (featuring. Neneh Cherry) - 4:04
- "O Green World" - 5:17
- "Dirty Harry" (featuring. Bootie Brown) - 4:00
- "Feel Good Inc." (featuring. De La Soul) - 3:56
- "El Mañana" - 4:07
- "Every Planet We Reach Is Dead" (featuring. Ike Turner) - 5:30
- "November Has Come" (featuring. DOOM) (footage) - 2:58
- "All Alone" (featuring. Roots Manuva and Martina Topley-Bird) - 3:52
- "White Light" - 2:26
- "DARE" (featuring. Roses Gabor and Shaun Ryder) - 4:38
- "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" – Read by Dennis Hopper - 3:32
- "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" (featuring. The London Community Gospel Choir) - 2:07
- "Demon Days" (featuring. The London Community Gospel Choir) - 4:52
- "Hong Kong" (featuring. Zeng Zhen) - 6:37
- "Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?)" (featuring. Ibrahim Ferrer) (footage) - 3:53
Performers
- Vocals/piano/melodica – Damon Albarn
- MD/keyboards – Mike Smith
- Guitar – Simon Tong
- Guitar - Simon Jones
- Bass – Morgan Nicholls
- Drums – Cass Browne
- Turntable – Darren Galea
Backing vocalists
- Wayne Hernandez
- Sharlene Hector
- Rosie Wilson
- Wendi Rose
- Aaron Sokell
String Section
- Cello – Isabelle Dunn
- Cello – Dan Keane
- Bass – Emma Smith
- Viola – Amanda Drummond
- Viola – Nina Kapinsky
- Violin – Antonia Pagulatos
- Violin – Jennifer Berman
- Violin – Kirsty Mangan
- Viola – Gary Pomeroy
- Cello – Deborah Chandler
Guests
- Neneh Cherry - Guest vocals on "Kids with Guns"
- Bootie Brown - Guest rap on "Dirty Harry"
- De La Soul - Guest raps on "Feel Good Inc"
- Ike Turner - Guest piano on "Every Planet We Reach is Dead"
- DOOM - Guest rap on "November Has Come"
- Roots Manuva - Guest rap on "All Alone"
- Martina Topley-Bird - Guest vocals on "All Alone"
- Rosie Wilson - Guest vocals on "DARE"
- Shaun Ryder - Guest vocals on "DARE"
- Dennis Hopper - Spoken word vocals on "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head"
- The London Community Gospel Choir - Guest vocals on "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" and "Demon Days"
- Zeng Zhen – guest guzheng on "Hong Kong:
- Ibrahim Ferrer - Guest vocals on "Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?)"
Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Music DVDs Chart[3] | 5 |
| Austrian Music DVDs Chart[4] | 7 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart[5] | 10 |
| Danish Music DVDs Chart[6] | 3 |
| Greek Music DVDs Chart[7] | 4 |
| Italian Music DVDs Chart[8] | 12 |
| New Zealand Music DVDs Chart[9] | 2 |
| US Music Videos Chart[10] | 11 |
Release details
The DVD was released in various countries:
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 27 March 2006 | Capitol | DVD | 356 2449 |
| DVD: Deluxe Edition | 359 3559 | |||
| Japan | 29 March 2006 | Toshiba-EMI | DVD | TOBW3294 |
| United Kingdom | 27 March 2006 | Parlophone | DVD | 0946 3 59355 9 2 |
| Canada | 28 March 2006 | Parlophone | DVD | 0946 3 59354 9 3 |
| United States | 4 April 2006 | Parlophone, Virgin | DVD | 0946 3 56243 9 7 |
References
- ↑ Manchester International Festival >> pre-festival commissions
- ↑ News – Gorillaz to take family on tour – from NME.com
- ↑ "ARIA Top 40 DVD" (PDF). The ARIA Report (841): 22. 17 April 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ↑ "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVDs Top 10 07.04.2006". Austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ↑ [http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Gorillaz&titel=Demon+Days+Live+[DVD]&cat=a "Gorillaz – Demon Days Live [DVD]"]. Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ↑ "Musik DVD Top-10". Hitlisten.nu (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ↑ "Top 20 DVD/Video". IFPI Greece (in Greek). Archived from the original on 15 May 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ↑ "Archivio – DVD Musicali". FIMI (in Italian). Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ↑ "Top 10 Music DVDs". RIANZ. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ↑ "Top Music Videos". Billboard. 118 (16): 83. 22 April 2006. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 28 March 2013.