Robert Del Naja and Adam Curtis have teamed up to create a new audio visual show for Massive Attack’s forthcoming Mezzanine tour, which starts at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow on Monday 28th January.
Curtis says: "The show tells the story of the strange journey we have all been on over the past twenty years since Mezzanine was released: How we have moved into a strange backward-looking world, enclosed by machines that read our data and predict our every move, haunted by ghosts from the past. A pleasure dome that makes us feel safe from the endless wars outside, and plays back stories both of dreams of glory and the fear of others. But in that safe world suspicion and distrust is spreading - like a virus. The air is growing stale. Everyone sees conspiracies everywhere. But maybe suspicion is control?"
“The show is a deconstruction of the entire album with the original songs and samples being performed live” Del Naja explains "This isn’t a greatest hits show, don’t expect a Hollywood ending"
Massive Attack will be joined by long term collaborators Elizabeth Fraser and Horace Andy, and the show will also include additional visual work from AI artist Mario Klingeman
The full Mezzanine XX1 dates are:
28/01/19 Glasgow, SSE Hydro
29/02/19 Manchester, Manchester Arena
31/01/19 Brussels, Palais 12
01/02/19 Amsterdam, AFAS Live (Sold Out)
02/02/19 Amsterdam, AFAS Live (Sold Out)
04/0219 Frankfurt, Jahrhunderthalle
05/02/19 Munich, Zenith
06/02/19 Milan, Mediolanum Forum
08/02/19 Rome, Palalottomatica
09/02/19 Padua, Kioene Arena
11/02/19 Paris , Zenith (Sold Out)
12/02/19 Paris, Zenith
13/02/19 Nantes, Zenith de Nantes Metropole
14/02/19 Bordeaux, Bordeaux Metropole Arena
16/02/18 Barcelona, Sant Jordi Club
18/02/19 Lisbon, Campo Pequeno (Sold Out)
19/02/19 Lisbon, Campo Pequeno
22/02/19 London, O2 Arena
24/02/19 Dublin, 3Arena
01/03/19 Bristol, Steel Yard (Sold Out)
02/03/19 Bristol, Steel Yard
11/03/19 Montreal, QC, Place Des Arts - Wilfrid Pelletier Theatre (Sold Out)
12/03/19 Toronto, ON, Sony Centre for the Performing Arts (Sold Out)
14/03/19 Boston, MA, Boch Center (Sold Out)
15/03/19 New York, NY, Radio City Music Hall (Sold Out)
16/03/19 New York, NY, Radio City Music Hall
19/03/19 Philadelphia, PA , Metroplitan Opera House
20/03/19 Washington, DC, The Anthem
22/03/19 Detroit, MI, Masonic Temple Theatre
23/03/19 Chicago, IL, Chicago Theatre (Sold Out)
24/03/19 Saint Paul, MN, Palace Theatre (Sold Out)
28/03/19 San Francisco,CA, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (Sold Out)
29/03/19 Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Palladium (Sold Out)
30/03/19 Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Palladium (Sold Out)
31/03/19 Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Palladium
02/04/19 San Diego, CA, Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
