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'THE MUSIC' AND BADLY DRAWN BOY CONFIRMED FOR MANCHESTER UNITY FESTIVAL - + FULL LINEUP CONFIRMED
May 13, 2004, 03:18 PM
UNITY FESTIVAL
Sunday 30 May, 12 noon - 8pm
Manchester Evening News (M.E.N.) Arena, Victoria Station, Manchester M3
ENTRY is FREE but donations will be asked for towards the cost of this event (**see bottom of page to make a donation in advance)
Unite Against Fascism in association with LMHR presents..
The Music
Badly Drawn Boy
Skitz & Rodney P feat. Demolition Man & Navigator
Broke'n'English / Northern Monkeys
Metz & Trix
Haven
Bloc Party
D Double E
Virus Syndicate
Defenders LOS: Corey Johnson, Naydean, and Blade.
Hardkaur
The Cribs
DJ Sappo & Tonn Piper
Sonic Boom Six
Desolation Angels
Lemm Sissay
Info:-
Unite 020 7833 4916 www.uaf.org.uk unite@natfhe.org.uk
**DONATE
You can donate directly to Unite Against Fascism securely online by using Nochex (for UK debit cards) or Paypal (for credit cards, and better if possible as less commission taken out!) - click on one of the links below. Every single penny you donate will go toward the considerable cost of staging the FREE Manchester and London Unity/LMHR festivals. Many thanks.
Click HERE to pay by Nochex
PRESS RELEASE:-
Join us in Manchester on Sunday May 30 for a fantastic day of music
and unity, and help send out a message loud and clear that the racism
of the fascist British National Party is not welcome in the North West
- or anywhere else.
A spectacular bill featuring the cream of northern musical talent
will entertain and encourage everybody to do what they can to stop the
election of BNP leader Nick Griffin as the North West's Euro MP.
There'll be full headlining sets from Leeds' majestic THE MUSIC and
Manchester's own favourite songsmitb BADLY DRAWN BOY.
Other Manchester acts on the main stage include Asian Music Award
winning MC-DJ team METZ & TRIX, guitar anthem merchants HAVEN,
super-talented garage collective VIRUS SYNDICATE and the rhyme skills
of BROKE'N'ENGLISH and NORTHERN MONKEYS.
Completing the main stage line-up will be a UK hip-hop showcase
hosted by Brit rap legends SKITZ & RODNEY P, London's hippest
punk-funkers BLOC PARTY, hotly-tipped West Yorkshire indie pop
outfit THE CRIBS, and Birmingham's first lady of hip-hop, HARDKAUR.
A strong supporting cast of top DJs will also be rocking a massive
dance marquee.
The event is completely FREE to enter, but donations are very
welcome!
As well as being a celebration of our multiracial and multicultural
music and society, the event will form a major part of Unite Against
Fascism's campaign in the North West and beyond around the local and
European elections on June 10th. BNP leader Nick Griffin, who has a
conviction for Holocaust denial and whose stated aim is "an all-white
society", is standing in the North West Euro-seat.
Unite Against Fascism (www.uaf.org.uk ) is
bringing together all anti-racist groups and everyone who opposes the
BNP in the UK. A campaign of mass leafletting, petitioning and public
meetings is calling for people to use their vote, and actively stop the BNP
from gaining ground on June 10.
With the PR voting systems that apply in these elections, and a
probable low turnout, the BNP need poll only 10% in the Euro seat to
get elected. That would mean a platform in Brussels to spread their
racist poison, £100,000s in funding, and the thing they crave above
all - a suited-and-booted mask of respectability to hide the skinhead
haircut and bovver boot image of old.
What we all do now to stop the BNP can make a real difference to
whether they succeed or fail.
Music unites us, but racism divides. Come to Manchester on May 30 to
show you Love Music and Hate Racism. Let's Unite Against Fascism!
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