Massive Attack To Tour Before Album Release

Massive Attack will launch a world tour a month before releasing their fifth album in October through Virgin.

Vocalist Robert "3D" Del Naja told Billboard.com the tour will likely include more than 150 dates and will run through to the 2010 summer festival season.

Only European dates have been announced so far, but 3D said the tour should also take them to North America and Asia.

Massive Attack played songs that could show up on the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2003's 100th Window when they toured last year. 3D hinted the new album could be titled Weather Underground.

"The album is out in October and we're touring in September, so there will be a two-week discrepancy where we'll politely request the audience's attention while they hear some new songs that have been remastered," 3D said.

"I think things are changing. I don't think people expect to hear an album they know and then go and hear it live. I think people are much more intelligent than that."

Massive Attack, who now consist of 3D and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall, were awarded an Ivor Novello award on Thursday for outstanding contributions to British music.

Here's where you can see Massive Attack:

Sept. 11 Downend, England @ Robin Hill Countryside Adventure Park (Bestival)
Sept. 17-19 London, England @ O2 Academy Brixton
Sept. 21 Sheffield, England @ O2 Academy Sheffield
Sept. 22 Birmingham, England @ O2 Academy Birmingham
Sept. 24 Leeds, England @ O2 Academy Leeds
Sept. 26-27 Manchester, England @ Manchester Apollo
Sept. 28 Glasgow, Scotland @ O2 Academy Glasgow
Sept. 30 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England @ O2 Academy Newcastle
Oct. 2 Leicester, England @ De Montfort Hall
Oct. 3 Swindon, England @ Oasis Leisure Centre
Oct. 6-7 Dublin, Ireland @ Olympia Theatre
Oct. 14 Moscow, Russia @ Luzhniki Palace Of Sports
Oct. 16 Helsinki, Finland @ Old Ice Hall
Oct. 18 Stockholm, Sweden @ Annexet
Oct. 19 Copehagen, Denmark @ Falkoner Theatre
Oct. 20 Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene
Oct. 22 Frankfurt, Germany @ Jahrhunderthalle
Oct. 23 Cologne, Germany @ Palladium
Oct. 24 Antwerp, Belgium @ Lotto Arena
Oct. 25 Brussels, Belgium @ Forest National
Oct. 27 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Heineken Music Hall
Oct. 30 Berlin, Germany @ Tempodrom
Nov. 1 Graz, Austria @ Helmut-List-Halle
Nov. 2 Vienna, Austria @ Gasometer
Nov. 3 Prague, Czech Republic @ Lucerna Grand Hall
Nov. 4 Bratislava, Slovakia @ Sportova Hala PKO
Nov. 6 Zagreb, Croatia @ Dom Sportova
Nov. 7 Milan, Italy @ Palasharp
Nov. 10-11 Paris, France @ Le Zenith De Paris
Nov. 13 Nantes, France @ Le Zenith Nantes Metropole
Nov. 14 Lille, France @ Le Zenith
Nov. 15 Metz, France @ Arenes De Metz
Nov. 16 Lyon, France @ La Halle Tony Garnier
Nov. 18 Marseille, France @ Le Dome
Nov. 19 Toulouse, France @ Le Phare
Nov. 21-22 Lisbon, Portugal @ Campo Pequeno
Nov. 24 Winterthur, Germany @ Eishalle