Massive Attack have turned down an strategy from Coachella to carry out on the 2025 pageant, citing its environmental influence, Robert “3D” Del Naja advised NME in a latest interview. Talking with Greg Cochrane, Del Naja lamented the burden on water provides of the pageant, in addition to others in desert places and people accessible solely by air.
“We stated no to Coachella for subsequent yr,” Del Naja stated. “We’ve been there as soon as, and as soon as was sufficient. It’s in Palm Springs. It’s a golf resort constructed on a desert, run on a sprinkler system, utilizing public water provides. Psychological. If you wish to see one thing that’s probably the most ludicrous little bit of human behaviour—it’s proper there.”
Del Naja and Cochrane got here to debate Coachella through the Las Vegas Sphere. “That’s an aviation vacation spot,” Del Naja stated. “You may’t get to Vegas [without flying]…. What an excellent little bit of infrastructure within the worst attainable place it could possibly be—within the worst setting on this planet.” Among the many band’s various ecological touring initiatives, he added, the band is planning to launch new music subsequent yr.
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