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Massive Attack castigate music industry over climate inaction: ‘We don’t need to talk. We need to act’
As the group prepare for Act 1.5, a Bristol festival aiming to have the lowest emissions of any big music event, Robert Del Naja says decarbonised touring is possible
As pop stars fly on private jets and haul stage sets around the world, with their fans collectively generating significant emissions via their own travel to gigs, Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja has said “it’s time to act” and address the environmental damage wreaked by live music. Massive Attack, who formed in 1988 and defined the UK’s trip-hop scene with hits such as Unfinished Sympathy and Teardrop, commissioned a report by the decarbonisation specialists Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, which the group shared as a publicly available roadmap to super-low carbon live music. As the travel of concertgoers makes up the highest proportion of an event’s emissions, local people were prioritised with presale access to tickets, and free electric shuttles will serve transport hubs – intentionally, there is no car park.
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