Massive Attack pull out of gig in Georgia in solidarity with protesters
The band said performing at a state-owned arena could be seen as endorsing a government attack on human rights
May 2024
More than 100 acts quit Great Escape music festival in solidarity with Palestine
Brighton event’s opening showcase scrapped after performers join Massive Attack and Brian Eno in boycott of sponsor Barclays
December 2023
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
October 2023
Massive Attack confirm death of guitarist Angelo Bruschini
Band pay tribute to ‘singularly brilliant and eccentric talent’ whose death comes months after he revealed cancer diagnosis
September 2023
The reader interview
Tricky: ‘I was less nervous going to prison than I was getting on stage’
A punk, a monkey, a maths genius … our pick of local heroes who deserve a blue plaque
October 2022
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’
June 2022
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
May 2022
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
Artfully rearranged classics and mature dub-defining new tracks, all produced by Adrian Sherwood, reveal a late-career masterpiece
November 2021
‘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?
September 2021
Massive Attack cancel Liverpool gig to boycott arms fair at venue
Massive Attack call for government plan to cut live music’s carbon emissions
March 2021
Massive Attack star 'livid' with music industry for not acting on green issues
Massive Attack star tells MPs one band cancelling a tour as Coldplay did will not ‘change a thing’
February 2021
Adam Curtis edits the Guide
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
May 2020
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
November 2019
'I made excuses': music industry frets over becoming carbon neutral
Coldplay and Massive Attack have pledged more environmentally sound tours this week – but given the financial and artistic importance of touring, the industry faces tough challenges
Massive Attack to help map music industry's carbon footprint
Bristol band team up with academics from Manchester University to share tour data
We’ve toured the world for years. To help save the planet we’ll have to change
Massive Attack
The music industry has had a big carbon impact. As a band working with climate experts, we’re going to try to minimise ours, say Massive Attack
February 2019
Massive Attack review – no room for nostalgia with the prophets of digital darkness
Cosy wallowing in past glories is out as the band power through their mood-changing 90s album Mezzanine, with its warnings of corporate control and computer surveillance
