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Massive Attack, IDLES and Portishead join group of artists backing Bristol creative scene
Massive Attack, Cocteau Twins’ Liz Fraser, Portishead’s Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley, IDLES and Tricky. From the acting world, Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis, Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams and The Office‘s Stephen Merchant have also pledged their support.The group have come together to form the Bristol United Guild, a non-profit company which aims to support creatives who have suffered financially as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.The group have signed an open letter outlining how a lack of support will result in “a lost generation of talent, direction and vocation.”The letter read: “The COVID-19 crisis has magnified social inequalities on a vast scale.