Massive Attack in Manchester

Beck’s today launched Beck’s Fusions, a unique art and music fusion project that will run throughout summer 2008 engaging artists, musicians, critics and the general public in the largest scale project of its kind ever undertaken. Visual art collective United Visual Artists (UVA) and Massive Attack (one of only three UK performances this year) will headline the 2008 Beck’s Fusions event on Sat 6 September in Manchester’s Castlefield Arena. For a chance to be at Beck’s Fusions, register online at www.becks.co.uk.

Keri Elmsly from UVA said, ‘Lots of our work involves bringing art and music together and as a collective we’re firm believers in the intrinsic relationship the two have. This project is great because it really recognises this and offers us the opportunity to present something really new and build on our collaborative relationship with Massive Attack.’

Beck’s have chosen Manchester as the location for Fusions in 2008 to celebrate its place as one of Britain’s top cultural destinations. The inaugural year of the Manchester International Festival in 2007 signalled Manchester as the obvious choice to host this celebration of art and music. A previous home to Dpercussion and Britain’s first urban heritage park, Castlefield Arena will offer an atmospheric backdrop for this unique event.