Pete Tong played Massive Attack on his tour and it all went a bit, you know
Members of Massive Attack weren’t entirely happy when Pete Tong played a reimagined version of their track ‘Unfinished Sympathy’ as part of his Ibiza Classics show.
Or, as the group’s 3D called it, his ‘nostalgia nightmare roadshow’. So they sent him this message on Facebook and people love him for it.
Just in case it’s tricky to read…
“Dear Pete Tong
Thanks for covering one of our songs on your nostalgia nightmare roadshow.
I don’t recollect you getting in touch to see if we would mind, but for your information:
When we play that song we display photos of displaced people in refugee camps by the photographer Giles Duley on the screen to raise awareness for their plight and collect money for UNHCR.
If you do mean to carry on coining it, why don’t you divide your nightly profit by the number of songs you murder in your set, and hand the total of that one song over to UNHCR.
It would be the least you could do.
Cheers
3D.”
Massive Attack – yes yes yes pic.twitter.com/UuMIPvVJZa
— Dave Haslam (@Mr_Dave_Haslam) December 14, 2017
Fucking brilliant!
— Pete Paphides (@petepaphides) December 14, 2017
In case you’re wondering, the song’s Unfinished Sympathy which featured on Tong’s Ibiza Classics album and is being played on his current tour.
There was another view…
That’s a bit rich coming from 3D. Massive Attack will still be ‘coining it’ via MCPS and PRS royalties, plus, how much of their career was helped by Pete Tong in the early days?
— Catpain Slackbladder (@chrissyboy16) December 15, 2017
But we prefer this one.
I Salute Rob (3D) and Grant (Daddy G) for this.
I know for a fact they donated in excess of 250k in music licensing fees received for the use of Massive Attack music in television adverts.— TUCO (@tuco_tuco) December 15, 2017
Wow!!! What a response. Epic and brilliant!
— Ruth Ibegbuna (@MsIbegbuna) December 14, 2017
