Massive Attack

Image Of The Day – TOM WAITS

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1 August 2026

TOM WAITS worked with Massive Attack on their upcoming 12″,
named Boots On The Ground. It’ll be out September 4.

The B-side of the 12″ is a spoken word piece by Waits, called The Fly.
It’s on all streaming platforms, and the proceeds will go to migrants
in the US.

Artwork on top.

Waits: “Today, as in all of mankind’s yesterdays, guarantees this type of
song will never go out of style. Man’s folly of fiascos is a feast for the flies.
‘The Fly’ features my appreciation for the winged nuisance.”

MASSIVE ATTACK & TOM WAITS Team Up For Bone-Chilling Protest Song ‘BOOTS ON THE GROUND’

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Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine

16 April 2026

British trip-hop icons MASSIVE ATTACK and legendary crooner-maverick
TOM WAITS have teamed up for a collaborative politically-loaded track,
named BOOTS ON THE GROUND.

It’s a loud and clear protest song, critising today’s autocratic America.

Boots On The Ground comes with a video clip created by MA & made with work by US photo artist thefinaleye. It shows the aftermath of the recent largest public protests in American history against “ICE raids, the militarisation of domestic forces, and state authoritarianism”.

The intro of the clip starts with the text “From the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 5 2020, to recent ICE raids on migrant communities and the killing of civilians that protect them,” and moves on to, “From the brutal state repression of public protest, to the reality of American homelessness that includes nearly 33,000 military veterans” and ends by detailing those who have lost their lives to ICE and the impact of oppressive retaliation to protest.

Bone-chilling in sound and vision.

The clock is ticking.

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MASSIVE ATTACK – Masterpiece Debut ‘BLUE LINES’ Came Out 35 Years Ago Today

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Significant longplayers from yesteryear

8 April 2026

British trip-hop heroes MASSIVE ATTACK released their masterpiece
debut LP BLUE LINES, on 8 April 1991, today 35 years ago today.

It peaked at #13 in the UK.

NME said: “The sleekest, deadliest, most urbane, most confounding LP 1991 has
yet seen. Massive Attack put current changes on the dancefloor in perspective and
map out blueprints for what must surely come next. Soul, funk, reggae, house,
hip-hop and space-rock will be blurred forever.”

Turn Up The Volume: A ground-and-sound breaking
record. Trip-soul-hop-pop at its captivting best.

Singles.

– UNFINISHED SYMPATHY –

– SAFE FORM HARM –

ALBUM


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FONTAINES D.C. Voice GRIAN CHATTEN Covers MASSIVE ATTACK

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10 March 2026

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man is a new British crime-drama
film which you can stream on Netflix from March 20th on.

Plot: Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of World War II, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground.

The movie’s soundtrack is composed by Antony Genn and Martin Slattery.
Fontaines D.C. frontman GRIAN CHATTEN was invited for two constributions,
including a cover of Massive Attack‘s 1998 top-ranking track ANGEL.

Chatten‘s vocal rendition is classy.

MA

MASSIVE ATTACK Announce New Music In Telegram Message

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15 November 2025

The electro hip-hop-pop legends released, except for some
collaborative work, their last new music with their 2010 album
Heligoland.

My fav MA song still is Karmacoma from their 1994 Protection full-length,
with Tricky, who was a member until this album was released, on vocals.

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3 Classic Albums Released Today 26 September In…

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Significant longplayers from yesteryear

– 26 September 1995 –

Artist: PRINCE
June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016

Album: THE GOLD EXPERIENCE
No. 6 in the US, No. 4 in the UK.
His 17th.

The New York Times wrote: “A proficient album, not a startling one,
most of its songs are variations and retreads of previous Prince efforts.”

SINGLE

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– 26 September 1994 –

Band: MASSIVE ATTACK
Active: 1988–present

Album: PROTECTION
No. 4 in the UK and No. 19 in the US.
Their 2nd one.

Rolling Stone said: “Cool, sexy stuff, it smoothly fuses dub,
club and soul, grounding its grace in sampled hip-hop beats.”

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– 26 September 1994 –

Band: R.E.M.
Active: 1980–2011

Album: MONSTER
No. 1 in the UK and US.
Their 9th.

NME said: “At best stunning, at worst merely diverting, Monster sounds
like the album they ‘had’ to make, to clear out their system, a simple prop
to occupy our time.”

SINGLE

ALBUM


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All Albums

400+ Artists Started ‘NO MUSIC FOR GENOCIDE CAMPAIGN’

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Longtime Palestine supporters MASSIVE ATTACK (singer Robert Del Naja
pictured below in NME’s post on Instagram) have started the NO MUSIC
FOR GENOCIDE CAMPAIGN to raise money for the people of the ongoing
genocide in Gaza.

Fontaines DC, Amyl & The Sniffers and over 400 other artists have
joined the campaign and have committed to fully boycott Spotify.

Read all about it in an article in NME, right here.

Massive Attack have already removed their music from Spotify.

MASSIVE ATTACK Slam UK Government After Peaceful Citizens Got Arrested at Pro Palestine Demonstration In London

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12 August 2025

Over 500 peacefully pro-Palestine protesting people were arrested at the huge gathering
in central London last weekend. Massive Attack who condemns the Israelian genocide in Gaza from day one reacted to another British government’s act of covering Netanyahu‘s back. Disgusting!