Massive Attack Shows Videos of Prigozhin and Putin at Berlin Concert on European Tour

British electronic music group Massive Attack is capturing attention on its European tour with visual material featuring Yevgeny Prigozhin and Vladimir Putin. At the Berlin concert, the band displayed among other things Prigozhin's video address to Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov. The concerts have sparked widespread online debate.

British electronic music group Massive Attack is currently on a European tour, and at its Berlin concert the band has generated extensive debate, primarily thanks to the concert's visual component, which employs politically sensitive video material.

The Bristol-based group, which has not released new studio material in a long time, performs mainly its classic songs at concerts. This time, however, attention has been drawn to video projections displaying politically charged Russian imagery on stage.

Prigozhin Video on Stage

At the Berlin concert, audiences were shown a video of Yevgeny Prigozhin in which he addresses Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov. This is one of the most famous videos that preceded the Wagner Group's failed uprising attempt in June 2023.

Sofia Vorobyova, author of the cultural Telegram channel "Plot," describes the Berlin concert as an event where music and visual material together create a powerful political message. Massive Attack has historically been a band that addresses social issues in its work.

Art as Political Commentary

Massive Attack concerts have long been known for their ambitious visual language, with large-scale projections frequently used on stage that comment on political events, environmental crises, and social problems. As part of its current tour, the band has added material to its repertoire that directly references Russia's war in Ukraine and the figures involved in it.

Online, the concerts have sparked widespread debate over whether the use of such video material is artistically justified and what message the band intends to convey.