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Fixture List:
8th May 2008 : Daddy G, Bristol Hi Fi, Malakai and Babyhead - Southbank Centre, London
9th June 2008 : Massive Attack - Saku Arena Tallinn, Estonia
11th June 2008 : Massive Attack - Stereoleto Festival, Elagin Park, St. Petersburg, Russia

MASSIVE ATTACK'S MELTDOWN - Southbank Centre, London
13th June 2008 : Silent Disco with guest DJ Daddy G - Festival Riverside Outdoor Stage
14th June 2008 : Massive Attack & Riz MC - Royal Festival Hall
14th June 2008 : Gong & Adrian Sherwood - Queen Elizabeth Hall
14th June 2008 : Silent Disco With guest DJ James Lavelle - Festival Riverside Outdoor Stage
15th June 2008 : Yellow Magic Orchestra - Royal Festival Hall
15th June 2008: Horace Andy, Johnny Clarke, Earl 16 & Prince Malachai - Queen Elizabeth Hall
15th June 2008: Taxi To The Dark Side - Purcell Room
16th June 2008 : Elbow & Fleet Foxes - Royal Festival Hall
16th June 2008 : The Night James Brown Saved Boston - Purcell Room
17th June 2008 : Blade Runner performed by the Heritage Orchestra, mixed by Massive Attack - Royal Festival Hall
17th June 2008 : The Dubstep Chronicles - The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
18th June 2008 : Stiff Little Fingers & Mark Stewart & the Maffia - Royal Festival Hall
18th June 2008 : The Shortwave Set & Martina Topley-Bird - Queen Elizabeth Hall
19th June 2008 : Grace Jones - Royal Festival Hall
19th June 2008 : Dälek, The Cool Kids, Shape of Broad Minds & Flying Lotus - Queen Elizabeth Hall
19th June 2008 : BUG - Massive Attack Special NFT1
19th June 2008 : In Prison My Whole Life NFT1
19th June 2008 : Silent Disco With guest DJ Peaches - Festival Riverside Outdoor Stage
20th June 2008 : Gang of Four & TomTom Club - Royal Festival Hall
20th June 2008 : Terry Callier & Aloe Blacc - Queen Elizabeth Hall
20th June 2008 : Blade Runner: The Final Cut BFI IMAX
20th June 2008 : Silent Disco With guest DJ Keiran Hebden - Festival Riverside Outdoor Stage
21st June 2008 : George Clinton & P Funk - Royal Festival Hall
21st June 2008 : Tunng & Fukiya and Miyagi & George Pringle- Queen Elizabeth Hall
21st June 2008 : Blade Runner: The Final Cut BFI IMAX
21st June 2008 : Silent Disco With guest DJ Andrew Weatherall - Festival Riverside Outdoor Stage
22nd Jun8 2008 : Somers Town NFT1
22nd June 2008 : Saxon Soundsystem & various toasters - Festival Riverside Outdoor Stage
22nd June 2008 : Massive Attack & Leila- Royal Festival Hall
24th June 2008 : MC5 & Primal Scream Royal Festival Hall

27th June 2008 : Daddy G presents Bristol Hi-Fi - Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, England
28th June 2008 : Massive Attack - Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, England
1st July 2008 : Massive Attack - The Marquee, Cork, Ireland
3rd July 2008 : Massive Attack - Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Holland
4th July 2008: Massive Attack - Eurockéennes de Belfort, France
5th July 2008: Massive Attack - Rock 4 People, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
6th July 2008: Massive Attack - Gdynia Open-er, Poland
10th July 2008 : Massive Attack - Krizanke Monastery , Ljubljana, Slovenia
11th July 2008 : Massive Attack - Balaton Sound Festival, Balaton Lake, Ungarn, Hungary
13th July 2008 : Massive Attack - Parkorman, Istanbul, Turkey
15th July 2008 : Massive Attack - Fly Beeyond, Greece
17th July 2008 : Massive Attack - Carpisa Neapolis Festival, Naples, Italy
18th July 2008 : Massive Attack - Roma Rock, Italy
19th July 2008 : Massive Attack - Ravenna Festival, Italy
20th July 2008: Massive Attack - Villa Pisani Padova, Italy
22nd July 2008: Massive Attack - Festival de la Cite Carcassonne, France
23rd July 2008 : Massive Attack - Théâtre Antique d'Arles, France
24th July 2008 : Massive Attack - Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon, France
25th July 2008 : Massive Attack - Paleo Festival Nyon, Switzerland
26th July 2008 : Massive Attack - Cognac Blues Passions Festival Cognac, France
31st July 2008 : Massive Attack - Vienna Arena, Austria
2nd August 2008 : Massive Attack - Bucharest
6th August 2008 : Massive Attack - Lokerse Feesten Lokeren, Belgium
9th August 2008 : Massive Attack - Sonne Mond Sterne, Saalburg, Germany
14th August 2008 : Massive Attack - Super Bock, Sagres
15th August 2008 : Massive Attack - Ola Festival El Ejido, Almeria, Spain

FUTURE HISTORY
Massive Attack are currently back in the UK and completing work on their fifth studio album after touring for the majority of last year. They played the festival circuit as well as their own dates, including headline shows at Coachella, Wireless and the Hollywood Bowl. On a recent Iberian excursion they road-tested a new dark, uplifting song featuring Horace Andy.
Something special is planned from the band in July with the next album due shortly after that in October.
They've done two tracks with Tunde Adebimpe & Dave Sitek from TV On The Radio and will also be recording with Stephanie Dosen. Production duties are being handled in two parts, Robert Del naja and Neil Davige will work separately from Grant Marshall, has been working with Robot Club. Other contributing vocalists are thought to include Horace Andy, Damon Albarn, Elizabeth Fazer, Dot Allison, Hope Sandoval and Mike Patton. Intriguingly, Patti Smith and David Bowie have also been mentioned.
The title will not be Weather Underground as previously reported, though the abandoned name's reference to the radical US group the Weathermen is of a piece with some of the band's other activities. They've also benn working on the soundtrack for a new film called In Prison My Whole Life. They may release a track they've done with Snoop Dogg on a low-key vibe, in the way they did with I Against I. They've also done the soundtracks for two more documentaries - Battle In Seattle, which is about the WTO riots in 1999 and Trouble the Water, which looks at hurricane Katrina.
3D has provided the artrwork for the latest UNKLE project, War Stories, as well as contributing a track on the record called Twilight.

STILL WAITING....
The Future Proof video with 8 or 9 live tracks from the 100th Window tour on a disc with some new remixes of classic tracks. Also there is an Arabic acapella version of Live With Me, which may see the light of day at some point - Unlike a Nelle Hooper & Craig Armstrong remix of Hymn Of The Big Wheel, which didn't make the cut for inclusion on Collected.

3D was planning to do some work with Bristolian artist Banksy and already has some of his work for sale on Banksy's Pictures On Walls Site. As well as a planned radical update for www.massiveattack.co.uk, a new web site will be launched which will sell, amongst other things, one off art books, clothes and toys.

Two official Massive Attack books were in the pipeline, featuring pictures, words and data from the last year. These will include a biography, history, scrapbook, diary, lyrics, notes, photos and drawings. FITTING-IN is also to be reprinted at a more accessible price.

Mushroom's long forthcoming album had the working title of Champagne

BIOGRAPHY
Massive Attack began in 1988 as Bristol trio Grant Marshall (aka Daddy Gee), Robert del Naja (3D), and Andrew Vowles (Mushroom), famed for their pioneering role in the rise of trip-hop. Their debut album Blue Lines was released in 1991, followed by their 1994 album Protection to much acclaim and significant commercial success. These albums feature contributions from other key contemporary musicians - Horace Andy and Tracey Thorn, Nicolette and fellow Bristolian Tricky. There was a four year gap until their next release, Mezzanine, perceived to be rather darker and more abrasive than its predecessors. It was after this release that Mushroom quit the band. Massive Attack has contributed work to various soundtracks including Mission Impossible and Moulin Rouge and have collaborated with artists such as David Bowie and The Dandy Warhols. Their most recent album 100th Window, was released in February 2003.