Massive Attack hope Bristol climate change gig with improve music industry: “There’s only one planet”

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Massive Attack have said they hope their upcoming climate change concert will improve the music industry, stressing that “there’s only one planet”.The trip-hop legends are preparing for their ‘Act 1.5’ show at Clifton Downs in Bristol on Sunday (August 25), an all-day, “large-scale climate action accelerator event” to celebrate 25 years of climate activism for the band.It will be Massive Attack’s first UK performance in five years, and they will be joined by the likes of Killer Mike, Lankum, Sam Morton and the Wild Bunch’s DJ Milo.

Find any remaining tickets here.The show is designed to be the lowest-carbon concert of its kind and scale ever put together, and they hope it will provide a model for the rest of the live music industry to take forward.In a new interview with the BBC, the band have underlined why they feel the cause is so fundamentally important. “This experiment, by its very virtue of being here, is hopefully going to create some activity,” Robert ‘3D’ Del Naja said. “And it’s a sector which has a lot to say about climate change, but unfortunately it’s not doing much about it.”“It’s simple,” added Grant ’Daddy G’ Marshall. ”There’s only one planet, and we’ve got to try and save it.

Everybody knows what’s going on, and if we can do our bit to try and save something for the future, then it seems like a no brainer.”The set times for Massive Attack’s ‘Act 1.5’ show are:20:25 – 22:15: Massive Attack18:25 – 19:25: Killer Mike16:40 – 17:40: Lankum15:15 – 16:00: Sam Morton 14:00 – 15:00: DJ MiloA post shared by Massive Attack (@massiveattackofficial)Explaining the importance of the nature of the event, Del Naja has previously stated: “The ACT 1.5 event in August may be the last time we play Bristol, so we’ve put a.