If there’s only one story today to warm your heart during the COVID-19 crisis, let’s hope it’s this one. Massive Attack has donated a staggering £10,000 to a crowdfunding campaign. The aim of the campaign is to provide free meals to NHS staff, as well as frontline workers during the pandemic.
An announcement was made by The Bristol Food Union. A Twitter post, (seen below), reads that the ‘Paradise Circus’ hitmakers have “extremely generously boosted the #FeedTheFrontLine campaign with a mega £10k – so much love!”
‘Feed The Frontline’ was only launched two weeks ago by The Union, a collective gathering of restaurant businesses and farmers.
Back to their roots, @MassiveAttackUK Attack extremely generously boosted the #FeedTheFrontLine campaign with a mega £10k – so much love! In combination with your support and community spirit we’re #StrongerTogether.
To donate please visit:https://t.co/jLKUdkqXpS pic.twitter.com/6OdSHdSmr7— Bristol Food Union (@bristolfooduni) April 7, 2020
In the description, it reads: “The Bristol restaurant community want to make sure that all frontline workers delivering long and difficult hours, don’t have to worry about cooking healthy, nutritious meals for themselves or their families,”
The statement adds: “While our restaurants are closed, we have created secure production kitchens around Bristol. Each day we will cook as many meals as we can afford and make them available to frontline staff completely free of charge.”
So, it’s a testament to the kindness of people during these difficult times. This afternoon, the campaign broke £20,000, their original target. They ask for people to donate “the cost of a meal (£6), or any amount you can afford, to ensure that we can produce free meals to keep them going, while they’re busy saving our lives.”
Recently, Massive Attack announced they’d be completing their European tour by train, in a bid to fight climate change. Band member Robert Del Naja discussed their plans with the BBC. He said:
“[As musicians] we have enjoyed a high-carbon lifestyle. But as a society we’ve all existed in a fossil-fuel economy for a long time and had very little choice in that.”
Check out the Massive Attack official website for the full run of tour dates in 2020. The ‘Teardrop’ duo will be performing extensively, playing in France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Greece and Japan.
