*Update: Official Photography is available on the Manchester International Festival Website, but you can view the photos in my Flicker Set*

Yesterday evening I had the privilege of being part of history and boy was it fantastic!

Gorillaz Demon Days Live, 1st - 5th November 2005, Opera House, Manchester.

In a world first, Gorillaz’ smash hit second album Demon Days will be performed in its entirety across five consecutive nights at the Opera House, Manchester as part of a series of trailblazing events ahead of the inaugural Manchester International Festival.

The album’s guest musicians will descend on Manchester to take on the task of recreating the 3 million selling Demon Days live onstage. The two-dimensional band members will take a back seat as their musical collaborators are brought together to play multi-million selling album Demon Days in its entirety for the first and only time time ever, in five remarkable and unrepeatable performances.

Code Computer Love where appointed as the digital agency for the Manchester International Festival 2007 the world’s first international festival of original, specially commissioned work. I was lucky enough to be involved in the project and was rewarded with a VIP ticket to the sold-out concert. I was mixing among all the celebrity’s… okay so just the “odd one”:/explained/people/johnny-vegas/. It was at the was absolutely fantastic, enough said. If they perform live again I’ll be first the in queue for tickets.

Special guests on the evening included Bootie Brown, De La Soul, Ike Turner, Martina Topley Bird, Neneh Cherry, Shaun Ryder and Roots Manuva. There was also a tribute to Ibrahim Ferrer who appears on the track ‘Latin Simone’, sadly he died in early August 2005.

Further Content

• BBC Events
• Manchester International Festival Web Site
• More event photos in this flickr set by Brad Barrish