Gorillaz To Perform Live At EMAs 2005

Gorillaz will perform live on stage as 3D holograms with De La Soul at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005.

The animated four-piece will be projected onto the stage using cutting edge technology that has never before been used as part of a live music TV performance. Real life collaborators De La Soul will perform alongside them.

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewletts creations are up for five gongs at the ceremony that will air live from Lisbon, Portugal at 8pm GMT on November 3. Feel Good Inc has been nominated for Best Video, and they are also in the running for Best Group, Best Song, Best Pop Act and Best UK & Ireland Act.

They join a breathtaking list of atists performing at the EMAs 2005, including Akon, Coldplay, Green Day, Foo Fighters, Madonna, Robbie Williams, Pussycat Dolls and The Black Eyed Peas. The event will be hosted by Borat Sagdiyev " AKA Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen.

Sponsored by LG Mobile and Replay Blue Jeans, the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 will air to a potential worldwide audience of more than a billion people.

JH