Having celebrated a quarter-century together last year, Massive Attack are well and truly old hands these days - not that it’s had any negative impact on the adventurousness of their live shows. ONE AND DONE! Never will consider seeing them live again. All of these (less than) massive folks came off as purely arrogant and a waste of our time. These fucking morons didn't even have the decency to either say, "hello, thank you," or "goodbye".Even bigger names like Depeche Mode, Tool and Metallica, at least, acknowledge their audience with a simple "thank you" if not their full-fledged stage bows. Welcome them! Acknowledge us! Say a WORD to them as in "THANK YOU!" We are paying for you to be here, we made you who (you think) you are. AND, finally, ENGAGE! Engage with the audience. The whole imagery/video/messages treat you as if you are a kid. CUT THE CRAP WITH THE POLITICAL MESSAGING BULLSHIT! We already KNOW this stuff, do not need Social Media 101 class videos playing in the background and how it is impacting us - do NOT insult your audience - we ALREADY know this.
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The ticket should have a RED disclaimer on it about the incessant use of strobe as they can cause seizures for those who are prone to it. The strobes are a bloody lawsuit in the waiting. This was the WORST EVER LIVE PERFORMANCE I HAVE EVER BEEN TO (and, trust me, I have been to a gazillion and have traveled the globe to see favorites even if they were not playing in US.) Here are four reasons why I WANT A REFUND! -ġ. Folks.as good as the Mezzanine CD is.do NOT waste your time on watching them live. Just saw them this evening at Radio City/NYC. I will not be returning to the O2 again, no matter how tempting the artists are. He brought the soul to this soulless venue and disconnected performance. The highlight for me was hearing Horace Andy's incredible voice on Angel and Man Next Door. Really poor quality sound compared with many other gigs I've been to and particularly disappointing knowing that this band are usually known for their strict adherence to quality. I was dismayed when they played Teardrop and you could barely hear it from the back of the standing section. We ended up stood towards the back as being short, I couldn't see a thing if I was stood in the crowd. I don't disagree with the political messages they used but it was pretty unsophisticated and amateur visual communication considering it's 2019. The band's performance to me seemed disconnected and in it's own weird little bubble, with patronising political visuals that I thought were pretty out of touch and reminded me of something I would have made in a Year 9 art project.
There was only one bar and the queues were also ridiculous, with the most awful range of drinks. The queue to get in the venue was around a mile long, and I imagine those at the back of it didn't get in until halfway through the gig. This gig, on the other hand, was literally one of the worst. Massive Attack are a band I've loved for years and I last saw them at Eden Project in 2018 which I can safely say was one of the best gig experiences I've ever had. Well, it was even worse than my previous memory of it. It was like going to a gig in a really horrible corporate shopping centre. I came here with slight concern at how I was going to cope with the O2, a venue I have been to only once before and hated it.
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