The voice actors of the virtual band toured alongside the real band, speaking to the crowd and each other in-between songs. I'm not that daft." Gorillaz Live was ultimately the only tour to have the musicians silhouetted behind a screen. ![]() In a 2010 interview, Albarn voiced distaste at the concept of hiding collaborators behind a screen on the then-upcoming Escape to Plastic Beach Tour: "I couldn't entertain the idea of putting Lou Reed or Bobby Womack behind a screen. Later still, Albarn called the screens "obtuse", believing the human element of the band necessitated a change. Lead singer Damon Albarn later expressed discomfort at this setup, confessing that he "was frustrated" behind the screen. ![]() The logistics of an animated band going on tour proved problematic, with Jamie Hewlett saying in a mid-2001 interview: "We've come to realize that we've come up with something that's a bit ahead of its time and the technology doesn't exist to do everything we want to do, so the live show was something we had to really think hard about." As a compromise between having a live and virtual stage presence, the band's musicians played behind a giant cinema screen, which projected music videos and visuals to the crowd.
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