Massive Attack, the pioneering trip-hop group now made up of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall have announced an upcoming European tour that begins on January 1, 2016. The tour, during which they'll be joined by Young Fathers, will be in support of an upcoming project, presumably a full album, which will be released later this year.
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Yesterday (Oct. 6), the British group announced the 22-date tour, on which they'll be supported by Scottish trio Young Fathers, who won the 2014 Mercury Prize for their debut album, Dead. After the New Years' show in Dublin, the tour will continue on January 22 in Glasgow and then commence with eight consecutive shows in England. The tour will also travel to Denmark, Italy, Germany, and more. See all dates below.
01/19: Dublin, Ireland @ Olympia Theatre
01/22: Glasgow, Scotland @ O2 Academy
01/25: Leicester, England @ De Montfort Hall
01/27: Leeds, England @ O2 Academy
01/28: Manchester, England @ The Apollo
01/30: Birmingham, England @ O2 Academy
01/31: Portsmouth, England @ The Guildhall
02/01: Brighton, England @ The Dome
02/03: London, England @ Brixton O2 Academy
02/04: London, England @ Brixton O2 Academy
02/07: Copenhagen, Denmark @ Tap 1
02/09: Esch Alzette, Luxembourg @ Rockhal
02/10: Brussels, Belgium @ Palais 12
02/12: Milan, Italy @ Fabrique
02/14: Padova, Italy @ Geox Theatre
02/16: Cologne, Germany @ Palladium
02/17: Berlin, Germany @ Tempodrom
02/20: Vienna, Austria @ Gasometer
02/21: Munich, Germany @ Tonhalle
02/24: Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Klokgebouw
02/25: Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Heineken Music Hall
02/26: Paris, France @ Zenith
According to Pitchfork, Massive Attack will release new music imminently, off which the upcoming tour will be inspired.
Massive Attack's last album, 2010's Heliogland, was their first in seven years at the time. In a 2013 interview, Del Naja said that he and Tricky, the producer/emcee who appeared on the band's first two albums, Blue Lines (1991) and Protection (1994), had been working on new music that would appear on the next album. Earlier this year, the band was spotted in the studio with Run the Jewels, the hip-hop duo of Killer Mike and El-P.
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