What a fantastic news! Perfect start of the day. Music and politics, in Bristol, with the greatest artists and musicians of the UK... Who could dream of a better idea?
Massive's message this morning:
"We are curating what we hope will become an annual event something made in Bristol with a truly colonial reach. We will also use the project to engage with the important social and political issues of the day".
Tickets available from 9am Friday 20th May at tickets.massiveattackbristol.co.uk
In the news:
Massive Attack To Perform On The Downs
Tuesday, May 17th, 2016 7:00amTheBreeze.com
The Bristol band are putting on an outdoor concert on 3rd September on The Downs, with Primal Scream and Skepta also on the bill.
This will be the first time The Downs has been used for a major music event for over 15 years. It will be an all-day event with more acts to be added to the line up.
Massive Attack band member 3D said: "We are curating what we hope will become an annual event something made in Bristol with an international reach. We will also use the project to engage with the important social and political issues of the day".
The show has been curated in partnership with Team Love (promoters of Love Saves the Day) and Crosstown Concerts.
Tom Paine, Co-founder of Team Love explains; "We've been talking with the band now for many years now about trying to put a show of this scale on together - and it finally feels like the moment is right."
Tickets, priced at £37.50 plus booking fee will go on sale on Friday 20th May at 9am via http://tickets.massiveattackbristol.co.uk, Songkick.com, Seetickets.com, Gigantic.com and Bristolticketshop.co.uk.
The show has been curated in partnership with Team Love (promoters of Love Saves the Day) and Crosstown Concerts.
Tom Paine, Co-founder of Team Love explains; "We've been talking with the band now for many years now about trying to put a show of this scale on together - and it finally feels like the moment is right."
Tickets, priced at £37.50 plus booking fee will go on sale on Friday 20th May at 9am via http://tickets.massiveattackbristol.co.uk, Songkick.com, Seetickets.com, Gigantic.com and Bristolticketshop.co.uk.
Tickets will go on sale at 8am Friday 20th May from Idle Hands record shop on Cheltenham Road and Bristol Ticket Shop, to personal callers only.
There will be a limited number of reduced price tickets at £25 available to anyone unemployed or on income support. These tickets are only available in person from Bristol Ticket Shop, and supporting documentation and ID will be required. Children under 5 are free (though must be wearing adequate hearing protection) and a limited number of tickets for children aged 5- 12 years will be available at all outlets for £10 per ticket. All under 16's need accompanying by an adult.
Tickets are restricted to six tickets per person/per billing address. Please note that in order to protect our audience from ticket touts we are putting in measures to help eliminate them. The lead booker will need to attend the event (or nominate a 3rd party at the point of purchase) with their guests and will need to show photo ID in order to enter the concert arena.
Tickets are restricted to six tickets per person/per billing address. Please note that in order to protect our audience from ticket touts we are putting in measures to help eliminate them. The lead booker will need to attend the event (or nominate a 3rd party at the point of purchase) with their guests and will need to show photo ID in order to enter the concert arena.
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On BBC Bristol:
It's Tuesday, it's sort of sunny and this is BBC Local Live.
And to kick off, we have some good news this morning. Good news for music fans anyway.
Massive Attack has announced an outdoor concert in September on the Downs in Bristol.
It'll apparently be the first time the Downs has been used for a major music event for more than 15 years.
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Well, obviously organiser Tom Paine's very enthusiastic about the planned outdoor concert on the Downs, but it would seem that others are less keen.
In fact, some living in the area "feel as though it's a massive attack on the Downs", according to Conservative councillor Peter Abraham, who is on the Downs Committee.
He said there would be objections to the licence which have to be heard before a final decision is made on whether the event can go ahead.
"Let's challenge the council - have they totally agreed to this?" he said.
"If they have, they've ignored any proper consultation and that is quite disgraceful. Whatever your views of the concert, surely we've got to go through the democratic system."
Tom Paine, who's organising the outdoor Massive Attack concert on the Downs in Bristol - announced this morning - has been on BBC Radio Bristol talking about it.
He said: "We've been speaking to the council and the Downs committees for quite a few years now, and talking with the band for quite a few years about trying to put on a concert of this size for them in Bristol, and it seems like it's finally all come together this year."
link: http://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-england-bristol-36305284?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=573ad7f7e4b02b8f874b3603%26A%20'massive%20attack'%20on%20the%20Downs%3F%26&ns_fee=0#post_573ad7f7e4b02b8f874b3603
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