Massive Attack, IDLES and Nile Rodgers announce 2024 Liverpool shows for Act 1.5 “climate action accelerator”
nme.comMassive Attack, IDLES and Nile Rodgers will play a series of gigs at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena in honour of the city being the world’s first ‘UN Accelerator City’ for climate change.It comes on the heels of Massive Attack’s Act 1.5 show in Bristol last month which saw them joined by the likes of Killer Mike, Lankum, Sam Morton and the Wild Bunch’s DJ Milo.
The all-day event aimed to re-envision how concerts could be staged sustainably, and was designed to be the lowest-carbon concert of its kind and scale ever put together.Now, the band will host another string of gigs in Liverpool this November alongside IDLES and Rodgers.
Speaking about the new shows, Massive Attack said: “Our recent Bristol show demonstrated beyond question that major live music events can be Paris 1.5 compatible, and that audiences will embrace change enthusiastically.
The vast scope of work in Liverpool and UN recognition means we can now concentrate more dynamic pilots and experiments to rapidly phase out fossil fuels.
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