Gorillaz tour the Midwest!

Well, sort of...

Animated supergroup Gorillaz are currently on the Midwest leg of their "Demon Detour 2005," a nationwide promo tour making stops at alternative radio stations across the country. On Friday, they'll be making a stop in the 'Nati on to visit nationwide on-line favorite WOXY.com and next Monday (6/2) they'll even be stopping by Chicago's very own Q-101 to chat it up with Mancow. (that should be interesting?!?) However, I wouldn't wait outside the Merchandise Mart on Monday morning, hoping to get a glimpse of Damon Albarn or Danger Mouse darting out of the Q-101 studios. It seems that as cartoons, the Gorillaz are able to make "virtual" appearances at all the stations...

Flush with the news of the highest Billboard 200 debut of its short career, animated U.K. act Gorillaz has confirmed details for an innovative virtual U.S. tour. Unique performances will be streamed via the Web sites of radio stations across the country, beginning June 6 at Seattle's KNDD. Through June 21, the Demon Detour will "visit" the sites of 39 U.S. radio stations, and two national broadcasts, one via radio host Mancow's syndicated show and the other via Sirius Satellite Radio's Alt-Nation channel.

www.billboard.com

Here's more from UK blog Indigo Flow:

The US radio tour will be the animated quartet's most extensive North American trek ever, taking Noodle, Murdoc, 2D and Russel to over 40 stations in cities across the continental US, including SIRIUS Satellite Radio. Continued Murdoc: "Hey. It's not enough that we've just recorded and released the defining album of the century, now we've gotta go tell the world about it! So, for this reason we've decided to do a tour of radio stations right round the States. We're gonna play some live songs, maybe talk a little about the album, crack some jokes. A kind of... press junket. You know, doing a tour like this is a little like running for office, campaigning for the listener's vote. Although in this case I think it's a little er... like bringing the mountain to Mohammed. I mean, we've just released a CD with 15 fucking good reasons to vote Gorillaz, so if that ain't enough you're probably not the type of fan we should be after anyway. But, y'know, if you do need to be spoon-fed any further reasons, tune your radio in and if you're lucky you might just catch a dose of Gorillaz live in the studio."

Upcoming Demon Detour Dates:

WGRD GRAND RAPIDS 17-Jun WWCD COLUMBUS 17-Jun WBUZ NASHVILLE 18-Jun KPNT ST. LOUIS 18-Jun KRBZ KANSAS CITY 18-Jun WLUM MILWAUKEE 19-Jun Q101/Mancow 20-Jun Q101 CHICAGO 21-Jun WMAD MADISON 21-Jun

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