Product Details

• Actors: Damon Albarn, Ibrahim Ferrer, Dennis Hopper, Shaun Ryder
• Directors: David Barnard
• Writers: Damon Albarn
• Format: Color, DVD, Live, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Virgin Records Us
• DVD Release Date: April 4, 2006
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EQ5PS2
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14,468 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Gorillaz, the world's biggest two-dimensional band, performed LIVE at the Manchester Opera House November 1st through 5th, 2005. Guest musicians included De La Soul, Shaun Ryder from Happy Mondays, and UK hip hop artist Roots Manuva. Gorillaz co-creator/producer Damon Albarn was also on hand to help bring the "Demon Days" album to life.

Track Listing:
1. Intro
2. Last Living Souls
3. Kids With Guns
4. O Green World
5. Dirty Harry
6. Feel Good Inc
7. El Mañana
8. Every Planet We Reach Is Dead
9. November Has Come
10. All Alone
11. White Light
12. DARE
13. Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head
14. Don't Get Lost In Heaven
15. Demon Days
16. Hong Kong
17. Latin Simone

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely cool; check it out, December 21, 2006

By	Clare Quilty (a little pad in hawaii) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

I rented this because I like Gorillaz, but I wasn't expecting much.

I'd heard the musicians performed behind and/or beneath a screen onto which the animated band is seen playing which ... didn't sound particularly interesting to me.

What this actually is is a multimedia performance, with movies and images projected onscreen in front of an audience while Albarn and other musicians -- a string section, a children's choir, various vocalists -- crank out the songs from the album "Demon Days" with what seems to be extreme enthusiasm.

Another reviewer complained about the post-production and I can understand where he's coming from -- the performance is edited and chopped up with split-screens, montages, stutters, stop-motion illustration -- but, for me, it worked.

In terms of energy and creativity, I would call this a sharp, distant younger cousin to "Stop Making Sense." I'm not saying it's as good as "Stop Making Sense," but it's in a similar vein and it's a concert film that made me wish I'd been there to see it live. Since I wasn't, though, I can (and do) have tendency to put this on and crank it up to about 8 on my sound system.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Demonic Possession A Must, April 4, 2006

By	The Wasp (Australia) - See all my reviews

A pop masterpiece that crosses genres and demographics, second Gorillaz album Demon Days remains a chart favourite almost a year on from its release. At the only Gorillaz live shows to date, Manchester fans were treated to a spellbinding production that brought together most of the album's guests artists (Ike Turner, De La Soul, Martina Topley-Bird and many more) for a colourful production on a grand scale. Letting the guests and the visuals take centre stage, Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn remains in the shadows with the live band and even refuses a credit on the DVD sleeve, yet the Blur frontman remains the chief conduit through which the vast range of Gorillaz rhythms flow. A little over an hour in length, with an encore capped off by lesser-known Gorillaz songs Hong Kong and Latin Simone, highlights include reclusive Neneh Cherry's appearance on Kids With Guns, the rough and syncopated sounds of Shaun Ryder (more interested in struggling to get a fag out of his pocket than singing his vocals on Dare) and the choral finale of Don't Get Lost In Heaven. With an additional option of watching the Jamie Hewlett visuals separate from the show and great sound recording throughout, Demon Days Live proves that a concert by a cartoon band is no longer an oxymoron.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, April 5, 2006

By	Charity (Texas) - See all my reviews

This DVD is great! The show was awesome and had great sound, video, ect. Definitely worth the money. (It has an awesome case too. The booklet inside has a picture of the stained glass visualization in "Demon Days", very nice.)