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Gorillaz are to launch their own one-day festival at the Dreamlands amusement park in Margate in June, and headline the first year’s event.
The festival, dubbed Demon Dayz, takes place on June 10, with an “eclectic” support line-up soon to be announced.
Damon Albarn has been working on songs for a new Gorillaz album since 2014, and reportedly began recording in September 2015, when he told Rolling Stone: “So far, it's really fast, and it's got quite a lot of energy.”
The band released a politically charged song called ‘Hallelujah Money’ in January, featuring Benjamin Clementine. Other guests rumoured to have recorded with Gorillaz include Massive Attack, Liam Bailey, Jean Michel Jarre and Vic Mensa.
Albarn reportedly told fans outside a gig venue last month that the album is finished and live rehearsals are underway. The album, set for release in 2017, will be the first Gorillaz record since ‘The Fall’ in 2011.
The album was held up after Albarn claimed that he and illustrator Jamie Hewlett had fallen out in 2012. "There are points in every relationship where they fall out with people that they're close to,” he told NME, “and then they reconcile, hopefully, and actually, you know the relationship's probably in a healthier place as a result of that."
