Massive Attack Kick LIDO Festival London With 100% Battery-Power

LIDO Festival, AEG Presents’ newest music event in London, England, kicked off with a 100% battery-powered day headlined by Massive Attack.

In what’s described as “an industry first,” LIDO’s main stage was entirely powered by the Grid Faeries x Ecotricity 1 MW battery, with the brand-new ML3A sound system coming from Martin Audio, supplied by Solotech, and mixed by sound engineer Robb Allan.

Massive Attack, made up of Bristol musicians Robert ‘3D’ Del Naja and Grant ‘Daddy G’ Marshall, brought special guest Elizabeth Fraser, Horace Andy, Deborah Miller and Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) on stage.

Massive Attack have hosted their own sustainable festival, powered by 100% renewable energy, and have been on the forefront of several sustainability initiatives in the UK.

Ahead of LIDO, Robert Del Naja (3D) wrote: “To present London’s first ever 100% battery powered festival day with a dynamic range of artists is an optimum outcome for us. History shows it’s often the combination of art and science that overcomes the greatest challenges we face, so it’s good to see LIDO take learnings from our ACT1.5 event last year and apply those technologies to where they see emissions coming from. Clean productions beginning this journey to normalisation is good news for everyone, but especially for music fans that come to festivals and the local communities that live around them.”

Jim King, CEO of European Festivals, AEG Presents, said: “Big changes require both courage and determination, and I cannot speak highly enough of Massive Attack and their team for embracing the challenge of launching this important initiative. AEG was fortunate to collaborate with Massive Attack on the ACT 1.5 event in Bristol last summer, which set the standard and inspired our team to continue the work they have started at LIDO.

“Massive Attack has demonstrated that there is a better way to operate for the future of both our planet and our industry. LIDO represents the next step towards a broader adoption of industry-leading sustainability principles across AEG European Festivals, all while continuing to bring the world’s biggest artists and the best production to deliver incredible experiences for fans at our festivals.”

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