Clifton Downs: Last News

Charli XCX has been announced for the inaugural Bristol festival FORWARDS this autumn, marking her first live appearance in the city – you can buy tickets from here.She joins the already announced Jamie xx, Little Simz, Khruangbin and Fred Again.. on the Saturday (September 3) line-up at Bristol’s Clifton Downs.

Massive Attack frontman Robert Del Naja has spoken to NME about how live music can tackle the climate crisis, and the band’s plans to release new music next year.The release of fresh material from the Bristol pioneers has been sporadic – their most offering was 2020 EP ‘Eutopia’.“We do have some new music which we’ve been sitting on for four years,” Del Naja confirmed to NME. “Hopefully we’re going to be able to release it next year and do some gigs.”The frontman, speaking to NME alongside long-term collaborator Mark Donne, also said the band turned down the opportunity to play Coachella 2025 and are making plans to collaborate on Billie Eilish’s 2025 European tour.After a period of upheaval for the group – including the death of guitarist Angelo Bruschini in 2023 – this year marked a return to major activity for Massive Attack, hitting the stage for the first time five years back in June.Del Naja sat down with NME before Massive Attack headlined the recent Act 1.5 “climate action accelerator” event in in Liverpool, after it was anointed by the UN as the world’s first ‘Accelerator City for Climate Action’.

Massive Attack have shared the stage times and more information about their upcoming ‘Act 1.5’ show at Bristol Downs. Find out more below.Details of the homecoming gig were first shared in December, when the trip-hop collective confirmed that 2024 would see them perform at an all-day “large-scale climate action accelerator event” – celebrating 25 years of climate activism for the band.The gig will take place next Sunday (August 25) at Clifton Downs in Bristol, and will mark the first performance that Robert ‘3D’ Del Naja and Grant ‘Daddy G’ Marshall have played on UK soil in five years.The likes of Killer Mike, Lankum, Sam Morton and the Wild Bunch’s DJ Milo are also set to perform at the gig, and you can click here to find any remaining tickets.Now, just over a week before the performances kick off, the band have shared the stage times for the event.

This year’s edition took place last month at Clifton Downs, envisaged as a one-off location.

IDLES have confirmed their live return this summer, with the band set to play two separate shows on September 3.The Bristol punks will perform a special afternoon set at the inaugural edition of London’s Wide Awake festival, before travelling back to their native city for a huge homecoming show at Clifton Downs.Tickets for Wide Awake Festival are currently available, while the Bristol show will go on general sale from 9AM on Friday (April 2).“We can’t wait to see you all again,” said IDLES.