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Dua Lipa has shared that her upcoming “psychedelic-pop-infused” album was inspired by the likes of Primal Scream and Massive Attack.The pop singer previously opened up about the album’s sound in an interview with iHeartRadio, and said that the new record will have a “psychedelic throughline”.“All other songs on the album are quite different, but they do have a very psychedelic throughline overall,” she said. “‘Houdini’ has so much electronic variety, but at same time it has a lot of interesting instrumentation and feels very organic as well…that’s something I really wanted to convey on the album.”Now, in a new profile with Rolling Stone, the ‘Dance The Night Away’ singer revealed more of the influences for her LP.In the profile, journalist Brittany Spanos wrote that Lipa referred to the album as a “psychedelic-pop-infused tribute to U.K.

Great Escape Festival in solidarity with Palestine, with Massive Attack also speaking out in support of the boycott.The 2024 edition of the event – which showcases new and rising artists – is due to take place across various music venues in Brighton from tomorrow (May 15) until Saturday (18).The Great Escape is sponsored by Barclays, which has been a source of controversy amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza because of the bank’s financial investment in companies that supply arms to Israel.The issue was first highlighted in a petition started by the promoter How To Catch A Pig and the band The Menstrual Cramps – which has since been signed by musicians including Kneecap, Lambrini Girls, Alfie Templeman, Lip Critic, Wunderhorse and Mary In The Junkyard.Last month, Cherym pulled out of The Great Escape as a result of the festival’s connection to Barclays, before record labels Alcopop and Big Scary Monsters joined the boycott and withdrew from the event.Dozens more acts soon followed suit, with over half the line-up demanding that The Great Escape drop its sponsorship deal with Barclays.Speaking about their decision not to play the festival, Lambrini Girls said: “We will not be appearing at The Great Escape festival this year. This is a targeted approach of a cultural boycott, considering Barclays sponsorship.“Barclays provide financial services of over £1BN pounds to companies supplying military technology and weapons to the IDF, perpetuating the horrors unfolding in Gaza.”Now, 106 artists have cancelled their scheduled appearances at The Great Escape 2024 in total – constituting approximately a quarter of the full programme.

Massive Attack have announced the artists that will be joining them as part of the huge ‘Act 1.5′ show in Bristol this summer.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 on 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.In keeping with the environmental theme, the event is also set to be the lowest carbon show of its size ever staged.Now, Massive Attack have announced the full run of artists that will be joining them as special guests for the all-day event. Three-time Grammy winner and political powerhouse Killer Mike will be among those performing on the day, with the event coming as an extension of the Run The Jewels rapper’s biggest solo tour dates across the UK.Mercury Prize-nominated and critically lauded Irish 4-piece Lankum are also confirmed as making an appearance at the event, as well as Sam Morton and a rare performance from the Wild Bunch’s DJ Milo.Tickets are on sale now, and you can visit here to find any remaining.A post shared by Massive Attack (@massiveattackofficial)“We’re chuffed to play our home city again and to be able do it in the right way,” Massive Attack’s Del Naja, AKA 3D, said in a statement last December.“In terms of climate change action there are no excuses left; offsetting, endless seminars and diluted declarations have all been found out – so live music must drastically reduce all primary emissions and take account of fan travel.

Kraftwerk, The National and Raye set to perform.The 58th edition of the prestigious Swiss event is due to take place on the Lake Geneva shoreline between July 5-20. Tickets go on general sale at 11am BST tomorrow (Friday, April 19) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.The aforementioned acts will all grace the Lake Stage along with The Smashing Pumpkins, Alice Cooper, PJ Harvey, Justice, Jessie Ware, Massive Attack, Air, Lenny Kravitz, Sting, Janelle Monáe, Michael Kiwanuka, Duran Duran, Paolo Nutini, Soft Cell and more.Artists for the stage’s opening day are yet to be confirmed.The Casino Stage programme, meanwhile, “blurs the lines between jazz, afrobeats, pop and rap”.

One Day has just arrived on Netflix, but what songs are on the show’s soundtrack?All fourteen episodes of the show were released to the streaming platform on February 8, with the lead roles being taken by Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod. The supporting cast also includes Essie Davis, Tim McInnerny and Joely Richardson.Woodall is best known for playing Jack in the second season of HBO drama The White Lotus, while Mod came to greater attention by playing the character Shruti in This is Going to Hurt.Nicholls’ novel was published in 2009 and follows the lives of its two protagonists by documenting one day from each year of their lives over the course of two decades.

Massive Attack have spoken out about their boycott of gigs in Israel since 1999.The trip-hop group took to their official X/Twitter account to respond to someone’s comment about their performance in the country. “Your shows in Tel Aviv were fantastic,” read the tweet.Massive Attack replied with: “Massive Attack have not performed (& will not perform) in Israel since the international request was made by Palestinian civic society & artistic institutions in 2002 (reiterated in 05 as BDS) as a form of non-violent pressure on Israel to end its brutal occupation of Palestine.They continued: “The band took a decision not to perform in Israel in 1999 – some years before the Palestinian call for international boycott was made – based on our own observations of military oppression, occupation & apartheid.”Massive Attack have not performed (& will not perform) in Israel since the international request was made by Palestinian civic society & artistic institutions in 2002 (reiterated in 05 as BDS) as a form of non-violent pressure on Israel to end its brutal occupation of Palestine.

The Traitors has become one of the standout reality shows of the past decade.Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, the series sees 22 contestants compete for a prize fund worth up to £120,000 at a castle in the Scottish Highlands.As they arrive at the castle, a small number are selected to be “Traitors” who have to eliminate the “Faithful” contestants to claim the prize. However, if the latter manage to work out and banish the deceitful contestants through daily roundtable meetings, they win the cash prize instead.Following a breakout debut season in 2022, the BBC has since renewed the show for a second and third season.Sam Watts has composed the show’s soundtrack.

Fontaines D.C., Massive Attack and Young Fathers have teamed up for a limited edition 12” single to support the charity Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF).The release, which is available to pre-order now, will feature material by Fontaines and a collaboration between Young Fathers and Massive Attack, alongside a sleeve and print designed by Robert Del Naja.100 per cent of the profits from the single will be donated to the charity to help their emergency operations in Gaza and the West Bank. In a statement, the artists have also called for an immediate ceasefire in the region, “in solidarity with the Palestinian people living under a brutal military operation”The reverse of the sleeve includes a quote from a hospital whiteboard in Gaza written by MSF medic Dr.

MEO Kalorama has been announced, with LCD Soundsystem, Massive Attack and Sam Smith leading the bill.The upcoming edition of the festival will see the event return to Lisbon over the summer and will be held at the usual Parque da Bela Vista site between August 29, 30 and 31.Now, before the third instalment kicks off, the festival organisers have announced the first run of acts set to perform – including massive names from across the electronic, indie, pop and rock scenes.Leading the way on the initial line-up for 2024 is LCD Soundsystem, Massive Attack and Sam Smith, who are all set to headline the event.From there, The Smile – an art-rock/post-punk project with Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead – are also set to perform during the three-day stint, as are hip-hop/electronica act Jungle and electronic duo Overmono.A variety of UK-based indie acts will be making their debut at the Lisbon festival too, including Yard Act and 2023 cover stars English Teacher. Other acts include this year’s Mercury Prize winners Ezra Collective, as well as Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service.

Electric Castle has announced the first acts for its 2024 festival – check out the line-up so far below.The event is set to host its 10th anniversary edition at Bánffy Castle in Transylvania, Romania between July 17-21. Tickets are on general sale now – you can buy yours here.Today (December 6), it’s been confirmed that Massive Attack, Bring Me The Horizon and Queens Of The Stone Age will headline Electric Castle next summer.They’re joined on the bill by Chase & Status (live), Khruangbin, Sleaford Mods, Bonobo (DJ set), Nina Kraviz, Eats Everything, Jayda G and more.

Massive Attack will play their first live show since 2019 next summer, with the event described as a "large-scale climate action accelerator event" and "the lowest carbon show of its size ever staged" by the group. The show will take place on August 25 at Clifton Downs in Bristol, England.

Massive Attack are set to perform their first live UK show in five years in 2024 with a summer climate action event in Bristol.The trip hop collective have announced Act 1.5, an all-day “large-scale climate action accelerator event” taking place August 25, 2024 at Clifton Downs in their hometown of Bristol, which will see Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall play their first concert on UK soil in five years.The event will mark 25 years of climate activism for the band, and it’s set to be the lowest carbon show of its size ever staged. Special guests are also due to be announced to join the line-up for the event.Fans can sign-up for pre-sale tickets here by entering the first half of their postcode when asked.

Massive Attack guitarist Angelo Bruschini has died just months after revealing his lung cancer diagnosis, the band have announced.The news was shared by the band on Twitter/X today (October 24), who described the guitarist as “a singularly brilliant & eccentric talent”.“Impossible to quantify your contribution to the Massive Attack canon,” they wrote.

Tricky has spoken to NME about the new reissue of his debut album ‘Maxinquaye’, as well as sharing his memories of The Specials‘ Terry Hall, and shooting down rumours of an alleged fight with Portishead.The Bristol-born artist (real name Adrian Thaws) is known for co-founding Massive Attack, who spear-headed the ‘trip-hop’ scene along with Portishead and Tricky himself. He released his debut solo album ‘Maxinquaye’ in 1995, which featured Tricky on production and singing with his then-partner, Martina Topley Bird.

Massive Attack have cancelled their upcoming tour dates due to a band member’s battle with a “serious illness”.In a post on social media today (March 24), they said the band member had been unwell for the “past few months” but was now “in recovery”. It has not yet been announced which member of the band has been unwell.They wrote: “For the past few months, a member of Massive Attack has been contending with a serious illness.

Massive Attack have announced plans to sell off new artwork to help victims of the Ukraine conflict.The two prints, which you can view below, are both signed by Robert “3D” Del Naja and come with 10 randomly selected hand-finished editions.Both prints are available until March 22 and are priced at £150 plus VAT, with all proceeds going to the Disasters Emergency Committee‘s (DEC) Ukrainian humanitarian appeal.The two pieces can be purchased here.A post shared by Robert Del Naja (@robert3delnaja)A post shared by Robert Del Naja (@robert3delnaja)Del Naja has been vocal about his support for victims of the Ukraine conflict, with the artist recently criticising the government’s response to the growing number of refugees after he posted several photos of the Ukrainian flag on his Instagram page.“DON’T WAVE FLAGS / WAVE VISAS,” he wrote.

Gorillaz and Massive Attack have been announced as two of the headliners of We Love Green Festival 2022.Billed as “the world’s leading sustainable festival”, We Love Green will return after a two-year absence to Bois de Vincennes in Paris on June 2 and 4-5. This year’s festival will also be its 10th anniversary event.Gorillaz will headline We Love Green’s opening night on June 2, before Massive Attack top the bill two days later (June 4).The likes of Phoenix, Mac DeMarco, Amaarae, Disclosure, Bicep, Central Cee, Arlo Parks, Slowthai, Girl In Red and Grimes (DJ set) will also perform – you can see We Love Green’s 2022 line-up so far below.“As much a laboratory pioneering new solutions in sustainable development as a music festival, We Love Green will once again prove its environmental credentials, setting a new gold-standard benchmark for the events industry globally,” the festival stated in a press release.“One of the first major festivals in the world to use 100 per cent renewable energy, We Love Green will be using hydrogen generators at a scale never before seen, in addition to reusable oils such as cooking oil, and will be continuing with its policy of zero single-use plastics.”Tickets for We Love Green 2022, as well as more information about this year’s festival, can be found here.

Massive Attack have announced a huge show set to take place in Dublin this summer, which will follow several gigs across Europe.The trip-hop collective – comprised of Robert “3D” Del Naja, Adrian “Tricky” Thaws and Grant “Daddy G” Marshall – will begin their summer itinerary at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival at the start of June.After visiting festivals and venues in Norway, Italy, Germany and France, the group will arrive in Dublin for a massive headline gig at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham on August 28.Tickets for the show will go on general sale at 10am on Friday (February 18) and will be available to purchase here. In November, Massive Attack helped launch a campaign to expose corporate “greenwashing” at COP26. Del Naja teamed up with green industrialist Dale Vince and artist Bill Posters to reveal the practice, which involves companies giving a false impression or providing misleading information about how environmentally sound their products are.“The general public are very much aware of the harm caused by the disinformation that is propagated via social media platforms,” Del Naja said at the time.

Massive Attack have helped launch a campaign to expose corporate “greenwashing” at COP26.The Bristol band’s Rob Del Naja has teamed up with green industrialist Dale Vince and artist Bill Posters to reveal the practice, which is the process of conveying a false impression or providing misleading information about how a company’s products are more environmentally sound.

Banksy prints donated by Massive Attack have raised over £140,000 for charity, a world record sum for the artists’ prints.READ MORE: The trip-hop X-Files: All the evidence that says Massive Attack are actually BanksyThe auction was held by Vanguard, a collective of artists and street art specialists, last week (October 29) in Bristol. The money raised will go to charities Temwa and Aid Box Community (ABC), which help vulnerable people in Bristol and Malawi.The print of I Fought The Law fetched a record £78,100 while Bomb Middle England sold for £77,000.

Massive Attack are auctioning off two extremely rare Banksy prints from their personal collection in order to raise money for charity.The Bristol electronic dance collective are letting go of the Banksy works I Fought The Law and Bomb Middle England, both of which combined are estimated to fetch in the region of £100,000 in today’s (October 29) auction.Donated by Grant “Daddy G” Marshall, the money raised will go to charities Temwa and Aid Box Community (ABC), which help vulnerable people in Bristol and Malawi.“When we heard about the government funding Temwa lost earlier this year with the UK aid cuts, and the importance of the work Temwa does in Malawi, we felt compelled to help,” Marshall said in a statement about the auction