As previously reported, the Minecraft Festival, organized by Block By Blockwest, raised funds for the CDC last Saturday, (April 25). As well as Massive Attack, support came in the form of Pussy Riot, IDLES. Fever 333 and Sports Team. Other performers billed included Nothing,Nowhere, HEALTH, Cherry Glazerr, and Sir Sly further.

Elsewhere, Cannibal Kids, Dangerboy, Against The Current, and Los Shadows were scheduled for performances at the gig.

So, everything was going swimmingly until the servers crashed, and it forced the video game festival’s postponement. As a result, the event has been rescheduled for May 16. In the beginning, there were 30,000 online. This rose to 100,000 after the first hour. Plus, the target of $5,000 was raised for the CDC charity.

A post was released on the Block By Blockwest website, reading:  “On a lighter note… We reached our VIP donation goal of $5,000. Thank you to all who contributed.”

They added: “We look forward to sharing the true vision of the event with you all on May 16th.”

Recently, Massive Attack donated £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!”

Massive Attack announced their European tour would be completed by train, as a way to tackle the effect of climate change. Robert Del Naja, one half of MA, discussed the plan 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.”

Developed by Mojang, Minecraft was released in 2009 to critical acclaim. As of May 2019, according to IGN, Minecraft had shifted more than 175 million copies.