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News archive - July 2003 LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM - THE SUMMER TOUR **STARTS THIS FRIDAY 25th** The first LMHR national tour starts THIS FRIDAY - at Ryde, on the Isle of Wight. Using the power of righteous rock & roll to smash the Nazis will be .... MISS BLACK AMERICA The tour features three of the country's top young up-and-coming rock bands - all combining passion power and politics in a different but winning combination. Come along to your nearest date, have a rockin' good night and check out the LMHR/Anti-Nazi League stall with literature, t-shirts, badges etc to inspire you get involved in fighting racism. Click the link below for all the details of every date (or check this week's NME gig pages too) .... Click the town/city name for details of that date. Fri 25 July Ryde (Isle of Wight) Sun 27 July Southampton Mon 28 July Cardiff Weds 30 July Exeter Weds 30 July Brighton Thu 31 July Stoke-on-Trent Sat 2 August Scarborough Sun 3 August Carlisle Mon 4 August Blackburn Tue 5 August Newcastle-upon-Tyne Wed 6 August Dudley Fri 8 August London - Brixton Sun 10 August Bury St.Edmunds Mon 11 August Cambridge Fri 8 August London - West End (MBA/CIA split LMHR benefit single launch party)
'JUJU' - GREAT MULTICULTURAL CLUBNIGHT IN LONDON THIS FRIDAY 25th If you're in London this Friday night the place to be for a top night of funky and challenging music is 'Juju' at the Africa Centre in Covent Garden. ANTI-RACIST FESTIVALS COMING UP... This weekend (3-5 July) sees the UNITY FESTIVAL 2003 in Manchester. This excellent celebration of multicultural Manchester features loads of great local bands and DJs, and also look out for the LMHR banners, stall and speaker (main stage around 4pm Saturday) Click here for details and flyer Then, in three weeks' time it's the annual London Respect Festival, organised by the London Mayors' office among others. This year's is dedicated to the memory of Stephen Lawrence - following the 10th anniversary of his murder by racists. There's a good line-up with lots of varied stages and top headliners like Public Enemy, Panjabi MC and LMHR favourites Heartless Crew. GLASTONBURY REPORT The Glastonbury Festival was a fantastic event. The Leftfield, of which LMHR and the ANL were a part, was a huge success. Our opening night event, featuring Skitz & Rodney P, L Double, and Emma Feline was a big hit (sadly Heartless Crew got on the huge site too late to play!), with a packed-out marquee lapping up the big d&b, hip-hop and garage tunes being dropped... Anti-racist and anti-Nazi speeches drew huge cheers from the overwhelmingly young crowd, many of whom came to back throughout the weekend, to hear and see the likes of Tony Benn, Mark Thomas, Mark Steel and Billy Bragg and debates on war, globalisation and much more. There was also a tribute night to Joe Strummer on Friday, after which LMHR DJs hit the decks. Despite being on Sunday morning (not the most active time for many festival-goers!), our forum on "Stopping the Nazis" drew around 200 people, and after an introduction by LMHR organiser Lee, there was a terrific debate about how we can stop the BNP in the coming months. There was loads of interest in the ANL stall, with lots of people joining, lots of t-shirts and badges sold and plenty of money raised for the campaign. A big shout to Geoff Martin, Sarah Greene, and all the wonderful Leftfield crew and workers for a fantastic weekend of music and politics. See you next year! |
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