Massive Attack

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Massive Attack plan festival powered by 100% renewable energy
Band hope festival will be a prototype for an industry they say is not doing enough to reduce its environmental impact

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

05, Dec, 2023 @10:00 AM

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Tricky: ‘I was less nervous going to prison than I was getting on stage’
As his debut Maxinquaye gets reissued, the Bristolian music legend answers your questions on Beyoncé, Bob Marley and annoying Gary Oldman with a Twix

As told to Dave Simpson

21, Sep, 2023 @2:00 PM

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A punk, a monkey, a maths genius … our pick of local heroes who deserve a blue plaque
With the London scheme poised to go national, Observer writers make their cases for a few of the many overlooked, snubbed or merely forgotten figures who richly deserve recognition

Tim Adams, Kitty Empire, John Naughton, Tim Lewis, Alice Fisher, Shaoni Bhattacharya, Eva Wiseman

10, Sep, 2023 @11:00 AM

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Massive Attack join project to increase diversity of English school curriculum
Bristol group have written new music for Cargo Classroom project, which they describe as ‘a perfect piece of activism’

Sally Weale Education correspondent

13, Oct, 2022 @11:01 PM

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Sun’s Signature by Sun’s Signature review – swoonworthy sounds from a mighty pop partnership
The Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser and Massive Attack’s Damon Reece deliver a sensual five-track EP that is destined to go the distance

Kitty Empire

19, Jun, 2022 @8:00 AM

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Dear Coldplay, listen to Massive Attack and save yourselves from greenwashing | Eleanor Salter
The partnership of Chris Martin’s band with biofuel producer Neste has raised eyebrows about the green credentials of their new tour says culture writer Eleanor Salter

Eleanor Salter

11, May, 2022 @3:00 PM

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Horace Andy: Midnight Rocker review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month
Artfully rearranged classics and mature dub-defining new tracks, all produced by Adrian Sherwood, reveal a late-career masterpiece

Ammar Kalia

25, Mar, 2022 @9:00 AM

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‘Music dug up from under the earth’: how trip-hop never stopped
Fused from jungle, rave and soul, trip-hop filled the coffee tables of the 90s, and is now inspiring Billie Eilish’s generation. So why is the term so despised by many?

Joe Muggs

11, Nov, 2021 @3:00 PM

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Massive Attack cancel Liverpool gig to boycott arms fair at venue
Bristol band “disappointed” by move, but said showing solidarity with people of Liverpool supersedes live show

Diane Taylor and Robyn Vinter

10, Sep, 2021 @5:53 PM

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Massive Attack call for government plan to cut live music’s carbon emissions
Band commissioned report on industry’s footprint and criticise ministers for not doing enough

Robyn Vinter

05, Sep, 2021 @11:01 PM

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Massive Attack: 'You resurrect ghosts when you bring something back from the past'
Robert Del Naja, of the Bristol pioneers, talks about the power and danger of nostalgia as well as his work collaborating with Adam Curtis

Phil Harrison

06, Feb, 2021 @11:00 AM

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Massive Attack's 3D raises £106,000 for Bristol food banks with art print fire sale
Robert Del Naja calls for government support to fight food poverty following hugely successful sale to aid frontline workers

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

20, May, 2020 @3:05 PM

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