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Time Out
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Gorillaz have announced a summer 2025 residency at London's Copper Box Arena: dates, ticket prices, presale and everything you need to know
Last week Gorillaz announced plans for a huge exhibition at the Copper Box Arena in east London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Titled 'House of Kong', the exhibition will celebrate 25 years of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's virtual band, running from August 8 to September 3. All of which was exciting enough news for many Gorillaz fans – but this week Albarn and Hewlett have announced an exciting update. The closing days of the 'House of Kong' exhibition will see the band play a series of four one-off gigs, with each show dedicated to playing one of Gorillaz' classic early records in full. Set to be played are 2001's Gorillaz, 2005's Demon Days and 2010's Plastic Beach, while the fourth gig is tantalisingly billed as a 'Mystery Show'. This'll mark the first time that Gorillaz has ever been played in full, while it'll be the first time that Demon Days and Plastic Beach have been fully played live since their release. Each gig will also recreate the album tours' original visuals. Keen to catch a one-off show from 2-D, Murdoc, Noodle and Russel Hobbs in London this summer? Here's everything you need to know about the band's Copper Box residency, from the dates and when general sale goes live to pricing. When are Gorillaz playing London in 2025? While the 'House of Kong' exhibition stretches for nearly an entire month, the gigs all take place between August 29 and September 3. Full list of Gorillaz tour dates at London's Copper Box Arena Here are the dates Gorillaz will be in east London, along with the album being played at each show. August 29 – Gorillaz performed in full August 30 – Demon Days performed in full September 2 – Plastic Beach performed in full September 3 – Mystery Show When do Gorillaz tickets go on sale? General sale goes live at 10am BST on May 30. You'll be able to buy on Ticketmaster here. Is there a presale? If you haven't got in on presale, unfortunately it's now too late. Presale was open to those who bought 'House of Kong' exhibition tickets before 11pm BST on May 27, and the tickets went live on May 28 at 10am. Ticket prices Tickets will be priced 'from £80', according to the events' website. What's the capacity of the Copper Box Arena? These will be comparatively intimate shows, by Gorillaz standards – the Copper Box has a maximum capacity of 7,500. That makes it bigger than the likes of O2 Brixton (around 5,000), but smaller than Alexandra Palace (just over 10,000). Tickets for the House of Kong exhibition cost £27.50 and you can find them here. The best gigs in London this month.
The Guardian
06-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Which celebrities are lying about their height? This website's done the research
As someone brushing up on 6'3', height is one physical insecurity I've never agonised over. Instead, it's a source of frustration as I crunch my legs into airplane seats and wait for them to go numb. Only after discovering did I truly understand the depth of feeling – both excitement and rage – that height can inspire. It was 2019 and I was a cadet journalist reporting from the hustings, and had been barred from a brewery tour after someone nabbed the only other size 13 protective boots required for entry. So I sat alone in the break room, cursing my oversized hooves, and developed a theory that a certain wannabe prime minister had nabbed the final size 13s. I turned to the internet, where I stumbled on A whole new world opened. Its rigorous mission statement impressed me. 'Heights are bare feet estimates,' it promised, derived from quotations, resumes, picture comparisons and in-person encounters. More than a crowd-sourced database of A, B, C and D-grade celebrities' heights, is a thriving community of stature-obsessed keyboard warriors. At its heart is founder and moderator, 'Admin Rob': a self-appointed judge who hears pleas from opposing sides about why one star should be robbed of a quarter inch (Heath Ledger) or why another should be awarded an extra eighth to compensate for hunching (Roger Federer). Launched in 2004 (and retaining that era's web design), it gained fame in 2015 when it was featured on the (criminally short-lived) Mystery Show podcast. One episode sees host Starlee Kine sift through Jake Gyllenhaal's listing to hunt down his true height. Every commenter sounds like a madman: 'I should see him shaven!' one enthusiast quips. But Gyllenhaal's page is just the tip of the iceberg. Mariah Carey's entry has amassed 1360 comments since 2004. Carey has repeatedly said she's 5'9', but her listing was adjusted down after a torrent of vitriol from commenters proclaiming she was anywhere from 5'8½' down to 5'2'. Complicating calculations is Carey's penchant for high heels. Trigonometric arguments about a specific shoe's heel height – and how much it would add to her standing – are routine. Debate intensified in 2005, when user Patricia Carey wrote: 'My daughter is 5'9' I should know I'm her mother!' This was quickly discounted as a fake. Conjecture continues to this day. Rob has shot down requests to close comments: 'The only time an argument should end is when they get measured … Until then I think every celebrity's height can still be discussed until the end of time.' When he's not moderating swears and death threats, he's conducting field research. Rob has made it his life mission to meet-and-greet as many celebrities as possible, ideally back-to-back. Comparing them to his own height – 5'8' – is his only acceptable test. His success rate in convincing celebrities to remove their shoes for barefoot measurement is unclear. When they refuse, such as with Sam Neill, Rob provides separate heel measurements – for the celebrity and himself. But even a celebrity whose height Rob has confirmed personally can be up for debate. Actor Brendan Fraser's was initially listed as 6'3½', based on a 2008 Guardian interview, but later changed to 6'2½' after Rob was able to get a photo with him at a 2019 fan meet, albeit with the actor refusing to remove his fedora. This did not satisfy one commenter, who insisted Fraser's 'maximum morning height' – Celebheights jargon for how humans are tallest each morning before their spine gradually compresses through the day – was surely 6'3½', before shrinking to 6'3' by lunchtime and 6'2.75' by bedtime. Some commenters do, however, provide valuable insights. 'He's a massive lift wearer,' user Simon wrote after claiming to have met Russell Crowe at a party 10 years earlier. 'He got pretty tipsy and took his shoes off. He wasn't particularly tall before. But when those shoes came off he was probably 5'8½', max 5'9'. Surprisingly, even celebrities whose fame is built on being short have been caught fibbing. Danny DeVito has publicly claimed he stands 'five feet short' on 'a really good day' – though the figure is disputed. 'In August of 2007, I was in the same subway car as someone that looked just like Danny DeVito,' Celebheights commenter MilkyB offered in 2019. 'Based on the height of the doppelganger, I'm confident in saying he is 4'10½' at a minimum.' This led me down a DeVito wormhole. I re-emerged hours later with a cursed algorithm, now bombarded with ads for Danny DeVito cardboard cutouts. A mere human, I quickly caved, and now share my bedroom with a lifesize Danny. Infuriatingly, the manufacturer appears to have fallen for DeVito's lies: cardboard Danny stands at 5' tall.
