8th February 2010: Massive Attack for Hoping - Newport Centre, Wales
United Snakes / Babel / Girl I Love You / Rising Son / Psyche / Invade Me / Futureproof / Mezzanine / Angel / Teardrop / Safe From Harm / Inertia Creeps
Splitting The Atom / Unfinished Sympathy / Atlas Air / Karmacoma
9th February 2010: Massive Attack for Hoping - Brighton Dome, England
10th February 2010: Massive Attack - Maida Vale, London, England
11th February 2010: Massive Attack for Hoping - Hammersmith Apollo, London, England
20th February 2010: Massive Attack - Auditorio Telmex, Guadalajara, Mexico
22nd February 2010: Massive Attack - National Auditorium, Mexico City, Mexico
12th March 2010: Massive Attack - Kings Park, Perth, Australia
15th March 2010: Massive Attack - Opera House Forecourt, Sydney, Australia
16th March 2010: Massive Attack - Opera House Forecourt, Sydney, Australia
19th March 2010: Massive Attack - Royal Theatre, Canberra, Australia
20th March 2010: Massive Attack - Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia
21st March 2010: Massive Attack - Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia
23rd March 2010: Massive Attack - Riverstage, Brisbane, Australia
25th March 2010: Massive Attack - Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
3rd September 2010: Massive Attack - Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
7th May 2010: Massive Attack - Sound Academy, Toronto, Canada
9th May 2010: Massive Attack - Sound Academy, Toronto, Canada
11th May 2010: Massive Attack - Terminal 5, New York City, USA
12th May 2010: Massive Attack - Terminal 5, New York City, USA
18th May 2010: Massive Attack - Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, USA
19th May 2010: Massive Attack - Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, USA
25th May 2010: Massive Attack - Warfield Theater,San Francisco, USA
27th May 2010: Massive Attack - Warfield Theater,San Francisco, USA
29th May 2010: Massive Attack - Malkin Bowl, Vancouver, Canada
30th May 2010: Massive Attack - Sasquatch Festival, George, USA
18th June 2010: Massive Attack - Southside Festival Neuhausen auf den Fildern
19th June 2010: Massive Attack - Hurricane Festival Scheeßel
23 June 2010: Massive Attack - IN Music Festival Zagreb, Croatia
1st July 2010: Massive Attack - Hove Festival Arendal
2nd July 2010: Massive Attack - Heineken Opener Festival Gdynia
3rd July 2010: Massive Attack - Volt Festival Sopron
5th July 2010: Massive Attack - Heineken Jammin Festival Venice, Italy
9th July 2010: Massive Attack - Moon & Stars Festival Locarno
18th July 2010: Massive Attack - Melt! Festival Gräfenhainichen
1st August 2010: Massive Attack - Fuji Rock Festival Niigata, Japan
27th August 2010: Massive Attack - Cabaret Vert Charleville-Mézieres
3rd September 2010: Massive Attack - Sportpaleis Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Massive Attack at Bestival 2009.
This was the most terrible and disappointing concert I have ever attended.
I thought it strange when I first saw it earlier on that day - going against logic, the stage was actually on top of a hill - should be interesting looking up at a steep angled performance. Later on my worse fears were confirmed - the sound was absolutely awful and we couldn't hear a thing. I wasn't even sure they had started until I clocked Grant on the large screen. It got worse as time went on - more and more people started talking, shouting, surging forward and generally getting annoyed - we made it further forward, about half way between the mixing desk and the stage with not much improvement and it was very claustrophobic. We had to make a hasty retreat just before Teardop and then gave up totally shortly afterwards.
An inquest revealed that the PA was pointing upwards therefore the sound simply disappeared with the wind. This together with the bad stage position meant that the sound mixer man couldn't see Massive Attack let alone hear them properly.
I only discovered later that Horace wasn't even there - he was stuck in Jamaica!
HOWEVER we had a good weekend despite this and the following night Kraftwerk had a bit more luck (well there was no wind & the PA had been rehung) making them the highlight of the weekend.
2009 Fixture List:
3rd March 2009: Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle - Inspiration Information
25th May 2009: Terry Callier - Hidden Conversations
28th May 2009: Terry Callier - Coalition Brighton, England
29th May 2009: Terry Callier - Union Chapel, London, England
30th May 2009: Terry Callier - The Assembly, Leamington Spa, England
3rd June 2009: Terry Callier - Gala Theatre, Durham, England
4th June 2009: Terry Callier - Queens Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
5th June 2009: Terry Callier - LowreyTheatre, Manchester , England
11th June 2009: Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle - Whelan's, Dublin, Ireland
12th June 2009: Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle - Pavillion, Cork, Ireland
13th June 2009: Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle - Roisin Dubh, Galway, Ireland
14th June 2009: Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle - Dolan's Warehouse, Limerick, Ireland
5th September 2009: Massive Attack - Auditorio Telmex, Guadalajara, Mexico *Cancelled
11th September 2009: Massive Attack - Bestival, Isle of Wight, England
17th September 2009: Massive Attack - O2 Brixton Academy, London, England
18th September 2009: Massive Attack - O2 Brixton Academy, London, England
19th September 2009: Massive Attack - O2 Brixton Academy, London, England
21st September 2009: Massive Attack - O2 Academy, Sheffield, England
22nd September 2009: Massive Attack - O2 Academy, Birmingham, England
23rd September 2009: Massive Attack - Rivermead, Reading, England
24th September 2009: Massive Attack - O2 Academy, Leeds, England
26th September 2009: Massive Attack - Apollo, Manchester, England
27th September 2009: Massive Attack - Apollo, Manchester, England
28th September 2009: Massive Attack - O2 Academy, Glasgow, Scotland
29th September 2009: Massive Attack - O2 Academy, Glasgow, Scotland
30th September 2009: Massive Attack - O2 Academy, Newcastle, England
2nd October 2009: Massive Attack - De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England
3rd October 2009: Massive Attack - Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon, England
5th October 2009: Massive Attack - Splitting The Atom EP
6th October 2009: Massive Atatck - Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
7th October 2009: Massive Atatck - Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
12th October 2009: Alpha vs Horace Andy - Two Phazed People
14th October 2009: Massive Attack - Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow, Russia
16th October 2009: Massive Attack - Old Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland
18th October 2009: Massive Attack - Globens Annex, Stockholm, Sweden
19th October 2009: Massive Attack - Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark
20th October 2009: Massive Attack - Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
22nd October 2009: Massive Attack - Jahrunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
23rd October 2009: Massive Attack - Palladium, Cologne, Germany
25th October 2009: Massive Attack - Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium
26th October 2009: Massive Attack - Forest National, Brussels, Belgium
27th October 2009: Massive Attack - Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands
28th October 2009: Massive Attack - Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
30th October 2009: Massive Attack - Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany
1st November 2009: Massive Attack - Helmut-List-Halle, Graz, Austria
2nd November 2009: Massive Attack - Gasometer, Vienna, Austria
3rd November 2009: Massive Attack - Lucerna Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
4th November 2009: Massive Attack - Incheba Expo Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia
6th November 2009: Massive Attack - Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia
7th November 2009: Massive Attack - Palasharp, Milan, Italy
8th November 2009: Massive Attack - Zoppas Arena, Padova, Italy
10th November 2009: Massive Attack - Zenith, Paris, France
11th November 2009: Massive Attack - Zenith, Paris, France
13th November 2009: Massive Attack - Le Zénith, Nantes, France
14th November 2009: Massive Attack - Le Zénith, Lille, France
15th November 2009: Massive Attack - Les Arènes, Metz, France
16th November 2009: Massive Attack - Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France
18th November 2009: Massive Attack - Le Dôme, Marseille, France
19th November 2009: Massive Attack - Le Phare, Toulouse, France
21st November 2009: Massive Attack - Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, Portugal
22nd November 2009: Massive Attack - Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, Portugal
24th November 2009: Massive Attack - Winterthur, Eishalle, Switzerland