Massive Attack have revealed they turned down Coachella 2025 over considerations in regards to the pageant’s environmental affect. Group member Robert Del Naja spoke in regards to the determination in a latest interview with NME, which was centered on Huge Assault’s dedication to minimizing the carbon imprint of dwell occasions.
The dialog befell at Huge Assault’s latest three-day “Act 1.5” pageant in Liverpool. That occasion adopted their groundbreaking August live performance in Bristol, which was meant to be a “large-scale local weather motion accelerator” and aimed to be a trailblazer for “new requirements of decarbonization of dwell music.” With its desert setting, Coachella doesn’t have the identical targets in thoughts.
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As Del Naja defined, “We mentioned no to Coachella for subsequent yr as a result of once more, 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 essentially the most ludicrous little bit of human habits — it’s proper there.”
He additionally had criticism for artists doing residencies in Las Vegas, which is an “aviation vacation spot” additionally positioned within the desert. When requested in regards to the Sphere, Del Naja described it as “a superb little bit of infrastructure within the worst attainable place it could possibly be — within the worst setting on this planet.”
Elsewhere within the interview, Del Naja mentioned Huge Assault had “some new music which we’ve been sitting on for 4 years” resulting from a label dispute and shared hopes of releasing it subsequent yr and performing some dwell exhibits underneath the requirements set on the Act 1.5 occasions.
Earlier this yr, Huge Assault returned to the stage with their first show in five years. In addition they booked a brief run of US tour dates, however canceled it resulting from “unforeseen circumstances.”
