Massive Attack’s ‘Act 1.5’ event at Clifton Downs in Bristol releases results including 98% drop in emissions created from power
Massive Attack, in partnership with Tyndall Centre for Climate Action Research, have shared a report from their low-carbon shows, with the stop in Bristol becoming their lowest-ever carbon emissions gig. Massive Attack’s first homecoming gig in five years has also broken a world record for producing the lowest ever carbon emissions, according to the report. Scientists […]
Massive Attack announce 100% battery powered event day at London’s LIDO festival
Continuing their commitment to sustainability, the legendary UK duo of Robert “3D” Del Naja and Grant “Daddy G” Marshall will bring their decarbonisation live show ACT 1.5 to Victoria Park in London this June. Massive Attack will lead the line-up for Friday, 6th June, with a live show designed by Del Naja, United Visual Artists […]
Green Events Code of Practice (GECoP): National Pilot Key Findings
Over the past year, Showpower’s friends over at Julie’s Bicycle and Vision for Sustainable Events have worked with ten local authorities, including Bristol, Reading, Liverpool, and Manchester, to trial new environmental standards through the Green Events Code of Practice (GECoP) pilot. Taking part in the assessment were 60 events, with over 2.3 million visitors, varying […]
Massive Attack Unleashes Strategy to Cut Carbon Footprint in Music Sector
Massive Attack have released the findings of their partnership with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, proposing a course of action for the “urgent and significant reassembly” of the music industry to combat the climate crisis. Among the shifts required for “rapidly accelerated” progress are the immediate elimination of private jet use, a switch to electric […]