Question: Damon Albarn is an English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of Gorillaz virtual band, an English virtual band created in which year, by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett?
Context: Gorillaz are an English virtual band created in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett.  The band consists of four animated members: 2-D (lead vocals, keyboards), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (guitar, keyboards) and Russel Hobbs (drums and percussion).  These members are fictional and are not personas of any "real life" musicians involved in the project.  Their fictional universe is explored through the band's music videos, as well as a number of other short cartoons.  In reality, Albarn is the only permanent musical contributor, and the music is often a collaboration between various musicians.  Writers and critics have described their music as alternative rock, trip hop, alternative hip hop, electronica, indie, Britpop, dance-rock, rap rock, dub, reggae and pop. Stuart Harold "2-D" Pot is a fictional character who is a musician and member of the British virtual band, Gorillaz.  He provides the lead vocals and plays the keyboard for the band.  2-D's singing voice is provided by Blur frontman Damon Albarn on Gorillaz' recordings and performances, while in additional material, his speaking voice is provided by actor Nelson De Freitas in various Gorillaz direct-to-video projects such as "" and "".  In 2017, Kevin Bishop was cast as the new speaking voice of 2-D.  He was created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. Live at the De De De Der is the name of two live albums by English musician Damon Albarn, recorded by Abbey Road Studios during his two consecutive dates at the Royal Albert Hall in London on the 15 and 16 November 2014, available for sale immediately after each show.  The performances feature Albarn's band The Heavy Seas, and include guest appearances by artists such as Brian Eno, De La Soul, Kano, and Albarn's Blur bandmate Graham Coxon.  The albums feature songs from a number of Albarn's projects, including songs by Gorillaz, Blur, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, and Mali Music.  The albums were released exclusively for sale at the two performances and on the Abbey Road Studios website.  Damon Albarn's long-term partner Suzi Winstanley designed the front cover. Damon Albarn, OBE ( ; born 23 March 1968) is an English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.  He is the lead singer of the British rock band Blur and co-founder, vocalist, instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the virtual band Gorillaz.  Albarn is also part of two supergroups, one usually known as The Good, the Bad & the Queen, although it is stated that they are officially unnamed, and another named Rocket Juice & the Moon. Bananaz is a 2008 British documentary film directed by Ceri Levy about Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz. Russel Hobbs is a fictional American musician, and member of the British virtual band Gorillaz.  He provides the drums and percussion for the band.  Like all the other Gorillaz band members, he was created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett in 1998.  Russel's spoken voice is supplied by Remi Kabaka Noodle is a fictional Japanese musician and member of the British virtual band Gorillaz.  She provides the lead guitar, as well as some occasional main and backing vocals for the band.  Like all other band members of Gorillaz, she was created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett.  Noodle has been voiced by Japanese actress Haruka Kuroda, singer-songwriter Miho Hatori of trip-hop group Cibo Matto, and Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth. Monkey: Journey to the West is a stage adaptation of the novel "Journey to the West" by Wu Cheng'en.  It was conceived and created by the Chinese actor and director Chen Shi-Zheng along with British musician Damon Albarn and British artist Jamie Hewlett. "Tomorrow Comes Today" is a song from alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz's self-titled debut album "Gorillaz" and was their first release when issued as an EP in November 2000.  The first three songs from the EP ended up on their debut album, however, "Latin Simone" was heavily edited, and dubbed into Spanish, for the album release.  The new version was sung by Ibrahim Ferrer, and renamed "Latin Simone (¿Que Pasa Contigo?)" .  The original version is sung by 2D (voiced by Damon Albarn) and appears along with "12D3" on the later-released compilation album "G Sides".  The song itself was also the fourth and final single from that album, released on 25 February 2002.  It peaked at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart.  A demo version of the song, "I Got The Law" was included as a bonus track of the Japanese edition of "13" by Blur, Damon Albarn's other musical project. Haruka Kuroda (黒田はるか , Kuroda Haruka ) is a London-based Japanese actress who is widely known for performing the voice of Noodle from Damon Albarn's and Jamie Hewlett's alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz during Phase 1.  She was born in Kyoto, Japan.
Answer: 1998