Massive Attack helped redefine British music in the 1990s. Now the seminal Bristol band are trying to change the music industry's record on climate action, which they say has been stuck for too long.
All the food will be vegan. All the loos will be compostable. If they're really observant, people might spot vans containing large batteries occasionally topping up other large batteries around the site.Instead, the 34,000 attendees are strongly encouraged to walk, cycle or get public transport - including on one of five special trains laid on to take people back across the south-west at the end of the bank holiday Sunday night.
“Everybody knows what's going on, and if we can do our bit to try and save something for the future, then it seems like a no brainer.” "It's been five years and no-one’s shown much interest," Del Naja says. "A couple of bands, a couple of promoters, but very little interest. "So we've tried to bypass that leap over it all and just put it as much into action as we possibly can."Other bands have been taking action. Coldplay have said their 12-step plan - including eye-catching initiatives like a kinetic dancefloor and electricity-generating bicycles - cut the carbon emissions of their last world tour by 59%.
“We had our arguments then,” Del Naja says, but they were met by “that fear of the bottom line being affected by every decision you make”.They have now got others on board, like transport and power firms. GWR is laying on the extra late-night trains, and Ecotricity is supplying 100% renewable electricity to the batteries.