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Mike Skinner “guilty” about playing Bristol’s Colston Hall

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Mike Skinner says that he regrets not boycotting Bristol’s Colston Hall over the link between its name and the slave trade. The venue, of course, is now planning to change that name when it re-opens following renovations.“I feel a bit guilty”, he says in an interview with The Independent. “I shouldn’t have played at Bristol Colston Hall.

Massive Attack haven’t been playing there for years. At the time, I just thought it was just a name”.The venue takes its name from slave owner Edward Colston, whose past philanthropy in Bristol means there are lots of streets and institutions containing the ‘Colston’ word across the city.

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