Overview

• Lead single “The Happy Dictator” featuring Sparks is out now, introducing the new era ahead of the album’s March 20, 2026 release.
• The Mountain spans 15 tracks with performances in Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish and Yoruba from collaborators including IDLES, Johnny Marr, Yasiin Bey, Black Thought and Anoushka Shankar.
• Posthumous voices from Bobby Womack, Dave “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur, Mark E. Smith, Proof, Tony Allen and Dennis Hopper are credited.
• Produced by Gorillaz with James Ford, Samuel Egglenton and Remi Kabaka Jr., the album was recorded at Studio 13 in the UK with sessions in India plus Ashgabat, Damascus, Los Angeles, Miami and New York.
• A UK–Ireland tour starts March 21, 2026 in Manchester, with a London Tottenham Hotspur Stadium show on June 20 supported by Sparks and Trueno; mailing-list presale opens Sept 17 with general sale Sept 19.