Murdoc Niccals is a fictional drummer.
 At the 2018 Brit Awards, it was revealed that Murdoc was incarcerated at HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, being absent for the making of Gorillaz' sixth album, The Now Now
In 2018, it was revealed that Murdoc was incarcerated and did not contribute to the band's sixth album The Now Now, instead, being replaced by the character Ace, the leader of the Gangreen Gang from Cartoon Network's 1998 animated series The Powerpuff Girls

