Massive Attack: 'Meltdown reunited us'

Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja has revealed that the trip hop progenitors reunited thanks to the Meltdown Festival.

Del Naja, 45, said that curating the 2008 event with Grant Marshall made the duo realise their recent recordings "missed that 'together' vibe".

With Bristol tainted by memories of past tensions, the pair decided to create new LP Heligoland from Damon Albarn's 13 studios in West London.

"It was the first time we had worked together since Mezzanine," Del Naja told The Times.

"Damon said that we'd all do a song together. We didn't know if he expected us to have any lyrics ready, so we gave him some and he looked at us, as if to say, 'What are you doing? I shit lyrics'. He wrote his part for 'Saturday Come Slow' on the way into work."

Massive Attack are confirmed to play Germany's Melt Festival, as well as Bestival and Glastonbury.