Massive Attack
English trip hop group
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| December 2024 | In an NME interview, 3D revealed plans to release new music in the following year, which had been ready since 2020 but delayed by record label disputes, and mentioned rejecting an offer to play Coachella 2025 due to environmental concerns. |
| October 11 2024 | Massive Attack cancelled all their planned US tour dates less than a week before the shows, citing 'unforeseen circumstances'. |
| August 24 2024 | Massive Attack played the 'Act 1.5' show in Bristol, a climate-focused concert with 25 different measures to minimize carbon emissions, including renewable energy, plant-based food, and benefits for local and train-traveling attendees. |
| June 2024 | Massive Attack cancelled a concert at the Black Sea Arena in Tbilisi in response to the Georgian government's repression of civil protests against proposed laws restricting press and LGBT rights. |
| June 2024 | Massive Attack endorsed and donated money to Carla Denyer, Green Party co-leader, for the Bristol Central MP election, emphasizing climate action and stance on Gaza. |
| June 5 2024 | Massive Attack played their first show in five years in Gothenburg, Sweden, featuring guests Elizabeth Fraser, Horace Andy, and Young Fathers during their European tour. |
| May 2024 | The group publicly supported music acts boycotting The Great Escape Festival in protest of Barclays' investments in companies supplying arms used in the Israeli military invasion of Gaza. |
| October 23 2023 | Angelo Bruschini, longtime guitarist who played on Mezzanine and 100th Window and toured with the band since 1995, died of lung cancer. |
| 2022 | Massive Attack cancelled their scheduled headline performance at the Primavera Sound music festival in Barcelona, Spain, due to an unnamed band member's serious illness, which also led to cancellation of their European tour. |
| June 2022 | The band created an audiovisual piece 'Climate Emergency' for the Meltdown Festival at the Southbank Centre in London, highlighting their commitment to environmental activism. |
| 2021 | Massive Attack published a report from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research examining live music's environmental impact. They became the first band globally to commit their touring companies to the UN 'Race to Zero' emissions reductions schedule. |
| 2020 | Massive Attack released three documentary-style music videos titled '#CLIMATEEMERGENCY', '#TAXHAVENS', and '#UNIVERSALBASICINCOME', directed by Mark Donne and Robert Del Naja, highlighting social and economic issues |
| July 2020 | Massive Attack released the political audiovisual EP 'Eutopia', created across five cities during the COVID-19 global lockdown, featuring collaborations with Algiers, Young Fathers, and Saul Williams, and incorporating AI-generated visuals by Mario Klingemann. |
| May 2020 | Massive Attack co-signed an open letter urging Israel to end the blockade of the Gaza Strip. |
| 2019 | Del Naja and Adam Curtis collaborated again on a live show based on Massive Attack's Mezzanine album, featuring machine learning GANS, deep fakes by Mario Klingemann, and new films from Curtis that challenged the concepts of nostalgia and power. |
| 2019 | Toured to promote 20th anniversary rerelease of Mezzanine ('Mezzanine XX1'), with American tour dates postponed from April to September due to band illness. |
| November 2019 | Massive Attack signed a letter supporting Jeremy Corbyn and endorsed him in the UK general election, describing him as a 'beacon of hope' against far-right nationalism. |
| November 28 2019 | Robert Del Naja announced Massive Attack's partnership with the University of Manchester's Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research to map the carbon footprint of music tour cycles. The project aims to explore CO2 emissions in band travel, production, audience transport, and venues, with the goal of creating a decarbonisation roadmap to be shared with other touring acts, promoters, and venue owners. |
| October 2019 | Extinction Rebellion protests continued in 60 cities worldwide, with Robert Del Naja supporting the network. |
| July 2019 | Extinction Rebellion protests expanded to 60 cities worldwide, with Robert Del Naja providing a portable radio network for campaigners in London. |
| April 2019 | Massive Attack encoded their 1998 album Mezzanine into DNA, creating a unique archival method that stores the album in approximately one million copies within a matte black spray paint can. Band member Del Naja creatively commented on the unconventional storage technique, highlighting its artistic innovation. |
| April 21 2019 | Massive Attack played a DJ set for Extinction Rebellion protesters at Marble Arch in London. |
| March 2019 | Despite previous objections, Massive Attack played two gigs at the temporary pop-up arena in Filton. |
| October 2018 | Massive Attack began supporting the Extinction Rebellion climate activists, with the group conducting protests in London. |
| September 2018 | Massive Attack criticized the Mayor of Bristol for cancelling the Bristol Arena project in Temple Meads and announced they would not play at the new Filton arena site. |
| July 13 2018 | Cancelled appearance at Mad Cool festival in Madrid due to sound bleed from neighboring stage. |
| March 2018 | In response to the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal, Massive Attack suspended their Facebook page, citing concerns about privacy, transparency, and accountability. |
| 2017 | Massive Attack performed three shows in support of Hoping, an organization helping Palestinian youth in refugee camps across Gaza Strip, West Bank, Lebanon, and Syria. |
| 2016 | Adrian 'Tricky' Thaws briefly rejoins the band for a short period. |
| 2016 | Del Naja endorsed George Ferguson again in the Bristol Mayor election. |
| 2016 | Music created by Del Naja for the 2013 festival became the score for the BBC production 'HyperNormalisation'. |
| August 9 2016 | Released music video for 'The Spoils' featuring Cate Blanchett, directed by John Hillcoat. |
| July 29 2016 | Released EP 'The Spoils', produced by Daddy G, featuring Hope Sandoval and Ghostpoet. Released music video for 'Come Near Me' directed by Ed Morris. |
| July 26 2016 | Previewed three new songs 'Come Near Me', 'The Spoils', and 'Dear Friend' on the Fantom application. |
| January 28 2016 | Released EP 'Ritual Spirit', featuring Tricky for the first time since 1994, and collaborations with Young Fathers, Roots Manuva, and Azekel. |
| January 21 2016 | Released iPhone application 'Fantom', developed by 3D, allowing users to remix four new songs in real-time using phone sensors. |
| February 21 2015 | Band announced collaboration with Run the Jewels via their Facebook page. |
| July 2014 | During a concert in Istanbul, Massive Attack named those who died in anti-government protests at Gezi Park, displaying messages of remembrance on their outdoor screen. |
| July 2014 | Del Naja and Marshall visited the Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camp in Lebanon to meet with Palestinian volunteers at an educational centre, donating the band's profit from the Byblos show to the centre. |
| February 5 2014 | Massive Attack confirmed as headliners for Secret Solstice music festival in Reykjavík, scheduled for June. |
| 2013 | Massive Attack began collaborating again with Tricky, their former member and influential trip-hop artist, marking a potential reunion or joint creative project. |
| July 2013 | Del Naja collaborated with filmmaker Adam Curtis and UVA to create an eight-night festival in Manchester, UK, featuring Curtis's film 'The Plan' with Massive Attack's music interweaved throughout. The film was also shown at the Manchester International Festival. |
| June 22 2013 | Conclusion of Del Naja's 'Fire Sale' art exhibition at the Lazarides gallery, which included hand-printed and reinterpreted art pieces and three 'digital infinity mirrors' with drone pilot dialogue phrases. |
| May 24 2013 | Del Naja's solo art exhibition 'Fire Sale' opened to the public at the Lazarides gallery, featuring art pieces spanning over twenty years of his work for Massive Attack. |
| May 23 2013 | Del Naja performed a DJ set during the opening night of his solo art exhibition 'Fire Sale' at the Lazarides gallery in central London. |
| November 14 2012 | Massive Attack endorsed independent candidate George Ferguson for Bristol Mayor, citing the need for a mayor who would support creative projects. |
| 2011 | Billboard Music Awards reintroduced after a hiatus, resuming annual recognition of top-performing artists in the United States. |
| December 2011 | Del Naja and Thom Yorke of Radiohead threw an unofficial party at the occupied UBS building in London in support of the international Occupy movement. |
| 2010 | Massive Attack donated the income from a Lincoln car commercial to the clean up campaign after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. |
| 2010 | Massive Attack donated all proceeds from their EP 'Atlas Air' to War Child, a charity they had previously supported through The Help Album. |
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