{"id":375569,"date":"2025-08-26T18:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/375569\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T18:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:12:18","slug":"gorillaz-x-fortnite-pop-up-lands-in-east-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/375569\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorillaz x Fortnite Pop-Up Lands In East London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image001-4-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Gorillaz x Fortnite poster\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Gorillaz x Fortnite<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all shaped up to be quite the busy month in London for <strong>Gorillaz<\/strong>. First up, there was the opening of the <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/gorillaz-house-of-kong-exhibition-london\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/gorillaz-house-of-kong-exhibition-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">House of Kong exhibition at the Copper Box Arena<\/a>, which also includes a run of the band playing legendary albums in full. Now, we\u2019ve got news of a pop-up that landed in the city today to celebrate the band\u2019s appearance in the video game, <strong>Fortnite<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Gorillaz x Fortnite pop-up<\/strong> comes as the group make their debut in Fortnite\u2019s universe in the season 10 package of the game, and it will run from today (August 26) until September 3, which coincides with the day of their final \u2018mystery\u2019 show at the Copper Box Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: @officialfatboyslim, via IG<\/p>\n<p> Gorillaz x Fortnite <\/p>\n<p>As a \u2018headliner\u2019 band for <strong>Fortnite Festival season 10<\/strong>, players will be able to unlock skins of all four members of <strong>Gorillaz<\/strong>, as well as the \u2018jam tracks\u2019 that include the likes of DARE, Clint Eastwood, and Up On Melancholy Hill.<\/p>\n<p>As for the pop-up, it\u2019s referred to as \u2018Fortnite Festival IRL\u2019, and you can find it over at Hackney Bridge Garden. You can expect an event that \u201cmerges the worlds of Gorillaz and Fortnite into an immersive experience filled with gaming stations, giveaways, live game streams and DJ performances\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s set to be a celebratory affair for fans of Gorillaz and gaming alike, and if you\u2019re getting hyped up for one of the Gorillaz concerts that kick off this week, it\u2019s the perfect way to kill some time by enjoying more of the band and their latest Fortnite escapades.<\/p>\n<p>Find the Gorillaz x Fortnite pop-up at Hackney Bridge Gardens, London, E15 2SJ (nearest station is Hackney Wick). Gorillaz play their first Copper Box Arena gig on Friday, August 29, and they will play their self-titled debut album in full. You can read more about the Fortnite collaboration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortnite.com\/news\/gorillaz-enter-a-new-universe-as-fortnite-festival-season-10-icons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.fortnite.com\/news\/gorillaz-enter-a-new-universe-as-fortnite-festival-season-10-icons\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Gorillaz x Fortnite It\u2019s all shaped up to be quite the busy month in London for Gorillaz.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,14299,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-375569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-summer","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115096423256064579","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}