Massive Attack has released details of their upcoming show at Clifton Downs in Bristol, which is aiming to set the standard for decarbonisation of the live music industry. The gig will take place on August 25, featuring transgressive leap in the bands collaboration with Adam Curtis and United Visual Artists. The event is set to feature artists like Killer Mike, Lankum, Sam Morton, and The Wild Bunch’s DJ Milo, commemorating 25 years of climate activism for the band. The gig is also the first time that Robert ‘3D’ Del Naja and Grant ‘Daddy G’ Marshall have played on UK soil in five years.
The Details of the homecoming gig were first released in December 2020, and details of the environmental measures have recently been shared. The decarbonisation measures include the entire festival site running on 100% renewable and battery power, 100% plant-based food outlets which use localised food supply chains, a reusable cup system at all bars that encourages attendees to bring their own reusable containers, 48-hour ticket pre-sale Bristol region postcodes, five show special trains operating one hour after the Network Rail schedule is closed, having routes predicated on anonymised ticket holder postcode data, and free electric shuttle buses.
The group also has ‘ACT 1.5’ show legacy measures, which feature the creation of a new, permanent climate-resilient woodland of 19,150 native oak trees in James Wood, near Taunton – 44 miles from Bristol, and offers flood resilience while providing education, carbon capture, and a rich area of biodiversity. Mark Donne, the lead Producer of ‘ACT 1.5,’ shared in a press release that the response from ticket holders to this experiment has already been incredible. “This August we’ll show that major live music shows can be done differently, collectively, and dynamically.”
In other news, Massive Attack recently cancelled their gig in Georgia as a protest against what they consider to be the “government’s attack on basic human rights.
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