Damon Albarn has responded to the poorly received Gorillaz set at Glastonbury, which was described by The Telegraph as a “disappointment” and criticized by The Guardian for “fail[ing] to ignite the crowd”.

Admitting that he hadn’t done enough to adapt the Gorillaz stage show for the Glastonbury crowd, Albarn told Newsbeat that “we were yet to change the dynamic entirely from the cartoon band acting purely as a film orchestra into something that had more of a human element to it.”

Learning from the Glastonbury experience, Albarn says that he now makes a conscious effort to speak more to the crowd.

“Basically, the difference between [Glastonbury] and the next gig we did at Roskilde [Denmark] which was the same sized audience, same age demographic, was I just communicated with the audience more. I introduced Bobby Womack, introduced Lou Reed, introduced anyone.”

“I didn’t take for granted that if these people were going to be at the front then there had to be some kind of human interaction. It evolved into something with more human interaction.”

Albarn also reiterated in the interview that Blur will “definitely” work together again “at some point”.