On the heels of announcing their being added to Coachella, Gnarls
Barkley, the highly anticipated collaboration from Danger Mouse and
Cee-Lo, has been confirmed to perform on the main stage at this year’s
Lollapalooza.
Lollapalooza will be held August 4-6 at Chicago's Grant Park. Gnarls
will be performing on the main stage on Saturday the 5th.
Quickly becoming established as one of the strongest emerging talents
of 2006, Gnarls Barkley will join an already esteemed list of Lollapalooza
performers including Kanye West, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flaming Lips,
The Strokes to name a few.
Gnarls Barkley's debut album, titled St. Elsewhere, will be released
May 9th on Downtown/Atlantic label. The album will be preceded by the
April 10th release of the single ‘Crazy’.
"Crazy" and "Go Go Gadget Gospel" can be heard at
www.myspace.com/gnarlsbarkley
Danger Mouse is considered one of the most promising artists in music
today. He produced Gorillaz ‘Demon Days’ album, for which
he earned a Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year. He has been
honored as one of GQ’s ‘Men of the Year’; named “Eccentric
Genius of the Year” by SPIN; and hailed as "The Hottest Hip-Hop
Producer in the World" by NME. Danger Mouse gained unprecedented
notoriety after producing his infamous Grey Album, dubbed a 'bootleg
masterpiece' by GQ, awarded Entertainment Weekly’s Album of the
Year and considered a watershed moment in music history.
Cee-Lo is a Grammy nominated artist and founding member of one of the
leading Dirty South super groups Goodie Mob. His debut solo album ‘Cee-Lo
Green and His Perfect Imperfections,’ with songs including ‘Gettin'
Grown’ and ‘Closet Freak’ established him as an elite
member of next generation urban artists. He further cemented his acclaimed
status with the release of his follow up ‘Cee-Lo Green...is the
Soul Machine’ CD featuring Pharrell and Ludacris. As a live performer,
Cee-Lo is known as one of the most potent starts in music, a one-of-a-kind
force of nature.
The early word on Gnarls Barkley has been bubbling in the last few weeks
in the UK, with the leak of the song ‘Crazy’. Not yet even
a white label, the song is being championed by Radio One’s Pete
Tong, Zane Lowe and Jo Wiley. BBC has called it "the hottest song
of 2006" and Arena magazine announced they are “sure the
biggest single in the first half of this year will be ‘Crazy’.
"Crazy" was the #1 single on iTunes UK last week.
