Live music amplifies XR’s International Rebellion

Massive Attack, Disclosure and Orbital are among the acts lending their musical talents to the ongoing Extinction Rebellion protests in London

Disclosure played the stage set up in Trafalgar Square © Music Declares Emergency (@musicdeclares)

Artists and DJs including Massive Attack, Declan McKenna, Orbital and Rob da Bank are bringing the noise this month’s climate protests, where a team of music programmers are risking arrest to provide a musical accompaniment to the demonstrations.

The two-week ‘International Rebellion’, organised by pressure group Extinction Rebellion (XR), began on Monday, and sees activists call on governments around the world take urgent action to tackle global warming.

In London – home to one of the largest of the…

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