Massive Attack show at Co-op Live arena to offer 100% plant-based food Band also encouraging gig-goers to follow their lead in taking the train to Manchester venue to reduce emissions The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2025
13 best Massive Attack tracks to test your hi-fi system Discover the 13 best Massive Attack tracks to test your hi-fi system, from Blue Lines to Heligoland. What Hi-Fi? · May 5, 2025
Artists support Kneecap as UK counterterror police confirm investigation London’s Metropolitan Police force has issued a statement saying that further investigation is needed regarding two controversial videos. Politicians are putting pressure on festivals to axe Kneecap from their line-ups, while an open letter has been signed by various artists to support the trio. Euronews · May 1, 2025
‘Jazz isn’t about perfection’: drummer Billy Cobham on Miles Davis, Massive Attack and still learning at 80 After a grounding with genre greats, he fused jazz with rock to outrageously funky effect. Ahead of UK dates, he explains why two prosthetic hips aren’t slowing him down The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2025
Kneecap row: police assessing ‘kill MP’ and ‘up Hamas, up Hezbollah’ footage News comes as artists including Pulp, Paul Weller and Primal Scream defend Irish rap trio from criticism The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2025
'Gaza is the story': Musicians rally around Kneecap after ‘kill your MP’ footage Pulp, Paul Weller and Primal Scream are among the notable music names who have defended Kneecap after one of the rap group’s members appeared to… The National (Scotland) · May 1, 2025
Musicians rally around Kneecap after row over ‘kill your MP’ footage Video has emerged from a November 2023 gig appearing to show one member of the Irish trio saying ‘kill your local MP’. Evening Standard · Apr 30, 2025
Massive Attack defend Kneecap after row over ‘kill your MP’ footage Video has emerged from a November 2023 gig appearing to show one member of the Irish group saying: ‘Kill your local MP.’ Evening Standard · Apr 30, 2025
Mexico City’s AXE Ceremonia music festival suspended after crane accident leaves two dead The festival’s Sunday lineup, featuring performances by Tyler the Creator and Massive Attack, was canceled The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2025
Massive Attack concert made history by slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 98% The gig broke the world record for the lowest carbon emissions ever produced by a music event. Euronews · Mar 28, 2025
‘We put all of life into the mincer’: These New Puritans on their kaleidoscopic new album Adored by Björk, Massive Attack and Elton John, the cult avant-popsters are back with an album that takes in everything from Greek church bells to Ukraine. We meet the Barnett twins among the Southend amusement arcades The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2025
Massive Attack just sent their music to the moon and back The trip-hop pioneers launched a cover of a Russian punk band into space as part of an art installation Louder · Mar 10, 2025
"It's the cleanest, greenest festival event ever staged": Massive Attack breaks world record with battery-powered, 100% vegan concert A new report by climate scientists found that the event generated 98% less emissions than comparable shows MusicRadar · Feb 26, 2025
“History shows it’s often the combination of art and science that overcomes the greatest challenges we face”: Massive Attack to headline London’s first fully battery-powered festival this summer The trip-hop pioneers will be supported by Air, Forensics and Tirzah, with more names to be announced Louder · Feb 18, 2025
BANG Premier · Feb 18, 2025 Massive Attack to headline London's first ever 100 per cent battery powered day festival Massive Attack are set to headline London's "first ever 100 per cent battery powered" day festival. The Bristol trip hop duo - comprising Robert '3D' Del Naja and Grant 'Daddy G' Marshall - will top the bill at the all-new LIDO Festival at Victoria Park in East London on June…
Evening Standard · Feb 18, 2025 Massive Attack set for first London festival in 9 years with eco show The Bristol legends have been announced as headliners for the new LIDO Festival in Victoria Park, and it’s going to set a new standard for decarbonised live events
Louder · Feb 11, 2025 “I thought I’d have to sell my house. The manager suggested we got part-time jobs”: Marillion were facing oblivion. Then they made This Strange Engine and found a way forward They still don’t agree over the contents of their make-or-break 1997 album – except on one thing they did wrong
What Hi-Fi? · Feb 4, 2025 Now Playing: 6 songs we've been listening to in the What Hi-Fi? test rooms Our new monthly playlist includes fresh releases from The Weather Station and Coheed And Cambria, as well as go-to classics from the likes of Massive Attack and Macklemore.
Louder · Dec 27, 2024 Massive Attack hope to release new music next year: “It’s good – I’m looking forward to it!” The trip-hop pioneers have been sitting on new songs for four years due to a “dispute at the label”
MusicRadar · Dec 19, 2024 “We’ve been there once, and once was enough": Massive Attack go on the attack U2, Adele, Celine Dion, Madonna, The Eagles… If you’re playing a Vegas residency then you haven’t got Massive's memo
Guitar World · Dec 18, 2024 “I wish we’d had bidding wars – a mad time dining out with everyone falling in love with us. But no; we had one dude with a small label who believed in us”: Gavin Rossdale on the sacred and absurd experience of making Bush’s Sixteen Stone 30 years on, the band leader recalls how his partnership with former guitarist Nigel Pulsford was the catalyst that sent him into a world of melody, twin tape recorders –and taking a lesson from Massive Attack
Guitar World · Dec 3, 2024 “His guitar work can be heard all over iconic tracks from their internationally acclaimed Mezzanine album”: Massive Attack guitarist Angelo Bruschini's guitars and gear are currently up for auction The auction includes a 1968 Fender Telecaster Thinline, a 1996 PRS Custom 24, and a custom guitar made by famed British luthier Johnny Kinkade
The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2024 Gig-goers take part in experiment aiming to make live music more sustainable Concerts by Massive Attack, Idles and Nile Rodgers are being held as part of a launch event for Liverpool.
MusicRadar · Nov 5, 2024 “The core thing to remember is that your beats are slow - 90 bpm maximum - and they are filthy”: Unpacking the dark, sample-based sound of trip-hop It's this genre that set a blueprint for today's down-tempo sounds
Metal Hammer · Sep 5, 2024 "I imagined cutting my hair to have a green reverse mohawk like Keith Flint." Leprous vocalist Einar Solberg picks the 10 records that changed his life The songs that turned Leprous’s leader from teenage raver to prog metal maestro