Gorillaz Collaborator Stephen Thomas Gallagher Debuts at The Pit in Los Angeles
There are many people who say they have the coolest job in the world. Stephen Thomas Gallagher might actually have a case. He designs live shows for Gorillaz and Lana Del Rey. He helped build a blazing London tower block with a tube train smashed through it at Glastonbury, and once brought a little bit (or rather, a whole chunk) of 1970s New York City to London. For his latest project, he flew in a bright yellow helicopter over the Port of Los Angeles with the doors off, Dr. Dre blasting in his headphones, as the chopper skims between cranes that hoist shipping containers onto freighters. Related Articles But he assured me, during a recent phone interview, that he is just a normal guy. Our nearly hour-long conversation leaned less toward spectacle and more toward everyday activities, like baking. “I was actually making dough this week—making bread. Something I haven’t done since lockdown, if you can believe it. Everyone was doing it and then for some reason I completely stopped as soon as it was available to buy from the …
