ECOTRICITY owner Dale Vince will be working with the musical group Massive Attack on a plan to cut carbon emissions from concerts.

Scientists from the University of Manchester are creating a plan to help musicians to perform live and tour the world without contributing to climate change.

Massive Attack, who played a concert at one of the Extinction Rebellion protests in London earlier this year, approached the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research about wanting to help find solutions to the climate crisis.

The results will be shared with musicians and it's hoped it will inspire millions of music fans.

The band will embark on a European tour by train next year, and Liverpool council will close car parks for the day for the band's low carbon gig to encourage fans to use public transport.

Mr Vince has revealed he is working on the project with the band.

Posting on Twitter, Mr Vince wrote: "Met with Robert and the band collaborator Mark several times pre-Christmas. The gig is going to leave behind a blueprint and a real legacy, including renewable infrastructure. The meetings left me buzzing with thoughts and ideas."

Also posting on Twitter, Massive Attack wrote: "In 2020 various forms of ‘greenwash’ cultural appropriation campaigns (previously focused on other arts spaces) will spill into live music. We have to listen to the science: Fossil fuel identities, their investors and high carbon products have no place in our cultural arenas."

Mr Vince replied, writing: "Really excited to be a part of this, love the ambition, the radical approach and the legacy of change that this could create."