The final names for the LIDO Festival line-up – which includes a “100% battery powered” headline performance from Massive Attack – have been announced.
The trip-hop icons will headline the South London event on June 6, which will mark the bands first festival performance in nine years.
Joining them for the weekend will be French electronic band AIR, Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and The Alchemist, Mad Professor, and Palestinian musical 47SOUL.
Massive Attack have already announced that the event will be 100% battery powered in an effort to reduce carbon emissions and air pollution, continuing their dedication to concert decarbonisation measures with what they call ACT 1.5.
They first showcased ACT 1.5 at a gig in their home town of Bristol last year, which became the UK’s biggest low-carbon gig ever.
The group unveiled a list of 23 decarbonisation measures which are adhered to at ACT 1.5 shows. Some examples of these measures include the entire festival site being powered by 100% renewable energy, all food being plant-based, a reusable cup system in place on all bars, and all toilets on site being 100% compostable.
Speaking about LIDO Festival being a ACT 1.5 event, Massive Attack member Robert Del Naja said: “To present London’s first ever 100 per cent battery-powered festival day with a dynamic range of artists is an optimum outcome for us.
“History shows it’s often the combination of art and science that overcomes the greatest challenges we face, so it’s good to see LIDO take learnings from our ACT 1.5 event last year and apply those technologies to where they see emissions coming from.
“Clean production beginning this journey to normalisation is good news for everyone, but especially for music fans that come to festivals and the local communities that live around them.”
LIDO Festival will run on five separate dates in June, with headline sets also coming from Jamie xx, Charli XCX and London Grammar.
You can find tickets and more details for any of the days here.
In other Massive Attack news, they recently revealed that they turned down the chance to play Coachella 2025. Del Naja told NME: “We said no to Coachella for next year because again, we’ve been there once, and once was enough.
“It’s in Palm Springs. It’s a golf resort built on a desert, run on a sprinkler system, using public water supplies. Mental. If you want to see something that’s the most ludicrous bit of human behaviour – it’s right there.”
The Bristol duo also recently signed an open letter in support of Irish rap trio Kneecap, following the controversy surrounding their Coachella performance earlier this year – check out the mxdwn coverage here.
