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With a new album in the incubator and a greatest hits package just out, Bristol trip-hoppers Massive Attack have inertia-crept their way back into the headlines and the UK charts (not to mention TV sets-- thanks, "House, M.D.").

Being the cagey veterans they are, remaining attackers Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall are prepping for a hefty summer tour. The trek will cover mostly Europe (including places like Bratislava, where trip-hop is probably the latest thing, along with pogs and Alicia Silverstone), with the band ending its journey with U.S. stops at Austin City Limits and the Hollywood Bowl.

Watch them go Lowlands to Highlands to Zenith in barely a weekend!:

06-08 Salonika, Greece - Earth Theatre
06-09 Athens, Greece - Karaiskaki Stadium
06-11 Skopje, Macedonia - Skopje Fair Hall 1
06-13 Budapest, Hungary - P.Csarnock Open Air
06-14 Bratislava, Slovakia - Incheba
06-16 Vienna, Austria - Novarock
06-23 London, England - Wireless Festival
06-24 Leeds, England - Wireless Festival
06-30 St. Gallen, Switzerland - Open Air
07-02 Paris, France - Zenith
07-04 Montreux, Switzerland - Stravinski Hall
07-08 Lisbon, Portugal - Tejo
07-10 Oporto, Portugal - Coliseum
07-14 Barcelona, Spain - Summercase
07-15 Madrid, Spain - Summercase
07-17 Six-Fours, France - Beach Club
07-18 Vienne, France - Amphitheatre
07-21 Rome, Italy - Fiesta
07-22 Milan, Italy - Fillipaut
07-23 Antipes, France - Beach
07-30 Westonbirt, England - Arboretum
08-12 Osaka, Japan - Summersonic
08-13 Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic
08-16 Dussledorf, Germany - Phillipshalle
08-18 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukklepop
08-19 Dronten, Holland - Lowlands
08-20 Erfurt, Germany - Highlands
08-22 Munich, Germany - Zenith
08-23 Berlin, Germany - Arena
08-25 Copenhagen, Denmark - Forum
08-26 Hamburg, Germany - Docks
08-28 Paris, France - Olympia
08-29 Paris, France - La Cigale
08-30 Paris, France - Bataclan
09-01 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
09-16 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
09-24 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl *

* with TV on the Radio

But this ain't no ride off into the electro-doom sunset. As previously reported, Del Naja and producer/collaborator Neil Davidge have been hard at work on the next proper Massive Attack album, expected sometime in 2007. Titled Weather Underground, the upcoming album is currently being carved out in New York City with contributions from TV on the Radio and producer/multi-instrumentalist Dave Sitek.