Afterpay Arena, August 9What brings Massive Attack back to Australia 16 years after their last visit? On the best songs – Teardrop, Unfinished Sympathy, Hymn of the Big Wheel – the guest vocalists are allowed to shine beautifully, free of the agitprop crowding the rest of the night. When the sloganeering is dialled back, Massive Attack’s compositions speak far more eloquently. When the sloganeering is dialled back, their compositions speak far more eloquently, trusting the audience’s own imaginations and emotions. That would have been far more powerful than the told-you-so certainty we are given instead, declaring their prescience, rather than letting the music speak for itself.