Massive Attack add huge Manchester show to 2025 tour plans

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Massive Attack have added a huge Manchester show to their 2025 tour plans – check out details below.The Bristol trip-hop duo – comprising of Robert ‘3D’ Del Naja and Grant ‘Daddy G’ Marshall – are set to headline the Co-op Live arena on June 5.Pre-sale tickets are available from 10am on Wednesday March 5, and you can sign up to access those here.

Alternatively, tickets go on general sale here this Friday (March 7) at 10am.Their newest date falls the day before they top the bill at the inaugural LIDO festival in London’s Victoria Park on June 6.

As part of their ongoing relationship with clean energy provider Ecotricity, the group’s set in the capital will be 100% powered by battery, significantly reducing carbon emissions and local air pollution.A post shared by Massive Attack (@massiveattackofficial)Support for their LIDO set will come from AIR, Yasiin Bey and The Alchemist as FORENSICS, and Tirzah, with many more still to be confirmed.The June dates follow Massive Attack’s Act 1.5 concert in Bristol last summer, which served as the UK’s biggest low-carbon gig ever, and their Act 1.5 “climate action accelerator” shows in Liverpool.The band are vocal advocates for tackling the climate crisis, with both Del Naja and long-term collaborator Mark Donne speaking to NME about the changes they hoped to see across the music industry.“We can’t give you details but we’re now talking to promoters about taking everything that made Bristol work and moving it into other cities.

Potentially a promoter using exactly the same formula for all the series of shows across open spaces in the city for the whole year,” Del Naja said, reflecting on the success of the 2024 Bristol show.“That’s what we want to happen.