Love Music Hate Racism

Never Mind The Bullocks present LMHR night at The Jailhouse in Hereford, Wednesday 7th May 8pm - late, £5 entry, + 16 years of age. Featuring Kill Youth Culture, Dandelion Killers, Along Came Man, Tastyhead and Routine Social Incompetence. www.nevermindthebullocks.co.uk

Tim Mattia from nme.tv has really nailed the feeling among the artists performing at Sunday's Carnival in his excellent report.

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Excellent review of the Carnival in The Independent by Nick Hasted Monday, 28 April 2008 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/love-music-hate-racism-carnival-victoria-park-london-816631.html "The fact that a bill in which skinny indie bands such as The Paddingtons, a heaving dance tent and the grime act Roll Deep's Wiley can co-exist in the East End heartland is perhaps anti-fascist statement enough. The utter impossibility of the BNP raising such a crowd in London is suddenly glaring. "

LMHR Carnival '08 was a massive success - comfortably more than 100,000 came to the event through the day. The crowd was young and old, diverse, and lapping up the Carnival's anti-BNP message, surely giving a huge boost to turnout in this Thursday's GLA and local elections. Musical highlights were too many to mention in a brief review, but all the acts performing were superb - a blow-by-blow account will follow. For now, thanks and congratulations should go to all those of you who came, the acts, the trade unions/Morrissey/all those who donated, Metropolis/AP/Nine Yards and all the excellent production contractors, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, St Johns Ambulance, the volunteers collecting/selling/grafting all day, and above all the LMHR team who have worked tirelessly and selflessly for months to make this event happen: Alison, Anita, Bunny, Christine, Donna, Drew, Dave, Fay, Jamie, Jon, Josh, Kaleigh, Lee, Martin, Olivia, Princess, Sadia, Tony, Val,Weyman, and Xanthe. Lots more Carnival reviews, photos and footage to come, but a taster for now below... the awesome crowd, and youtube video of the glorious Poly Styrene and all-round top man Drew McConnell's Helsinki doing X-Ray Spex classic 'Oh Bondage, Up Yours!'

LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM @ THE MILLFIELD THEATRE, EDMONTON The Blockheads The Sex Patels Sunday 27 April 7.30pm Tickets £18

LMHR will be marking the 30th Anniversary of the RAR/ANL carnival and procession with a similar event in Victoria Park on 27th April 2008, featuring an exciting eclectic bill of major contemporary acts plus appearances from some of the musical heroes of the RAR era. *** FOR THE LATEST CARNIVAL INFO GOTO WWW.LMHRCARNIVAL.COM***

Commemoration of the 1978 Anti Nazi League march against the Nazis Sunday 27th April 2008, Weavers Field, London E2 to Victoria Park, London E3. Assemble at Weavers Field 9.30am onwards, march to leave 11.00am Called by Anti Nazi League Supported by SERTUC, Connect, PCS,NASUWT,UCU,CWU,Unite the union, Musicians Union, NUT,Unison,UAF and LMHR

BLACKSUN HOSTS A LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM CARNIVAL AFTER PARTY. SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE FRICTION, FABIO, RIZ MC, NATHAN FLUTEBOX LEE AND MORE

TICKETS FOR OUR OFFICIAL CARNIVAL '08 AFTER PARTY HAVE GONE ON SALE TODAY! DREW MCCONNELL (BABYSHAMBLES), JOHN MCCLURE AKA THE REVEREND (& THE MAKERS), THE REAL HEAT AND MORE SPECIAL GUESTS TBC

Love Music Hate Racism is supporting the Platinum Bass launch party featuring Wiley, DJ Smokey, Preshus, Mark Anthony and more.

THE CONVOLUTION ROOMS PRESENT: LMHR EXODUS Heavyweight Dubstep Session Friday 25th April The Park, Hotel St. Leicester

Waltham Forest Trades Council Quiz Night --- in aid of Love Music Hate Racism QUIZ & TAPAS Friday 25 April 7.30 £5 tickets

Spectacular Alliance Comes Together to Stop the BNP . What brings veteran MP Tony Benn, rebel rocker Paul Simonon and gay and lesbian rights activist Ruth Hunt on stage together in a one-off all ages carnival spectacular alliance? Organisers of this Sunday's Love Music Hate Racism carnival expect that the event will attract over 100,000 people. And the message is clear-- we want to celebrate the diversity of London and urge people to vote against the fascists in next week's London elections. Tony Benn said: "Our world is now a little village packed with weapons of mass destruction. Racism breeds hatred that could destroy the human race. Music speaks to the heart of everyone and helps us to build peace".

London Mayor Ken Livingstone said: "This powerful event comes at a crucial time. Music is an effective way of getting across the anti-racist message. I am looking forward to the concert on Sunday and want to congratulate the organisers on programming a fantastic line up. "

Ruth Hunt of lesbian and gay rights group Stonewall, said: “Stonewall is proud to support Love Music Hate Racism. Every one of modern Britain’s diverse communities must stand together to challenge all forms of discrimination. There is no place for fascism and intolerance in a civilised society.”

LMHR organiser Lee Billingham said, "Without the huge contribution of the trade union movement, this Carnival wouldn't be going ahead. The trade unions and their members - representing 7 million people from every background - have put in over £200,000, an historic level of support for an anti-racist initiative".

Morrissey has personally stepped in with a significant financial contribution to the Love Music Hate Racism campaign in order to allow their 30th Anniversery Rock Against Racism concert to go ahead in Victoria Park, London this weekend without financial loss or burden to the campaign. In addition to his own contribution he has rallied his management, booking agency and promoters to make up the majority of the £75,000 deficit LMHR was faced with after a main sponsor pulled out.

A BNP councillor and Greater London Assembly candidate launched into a foul-mouthed tirade of abuse on a newspaper journalist today, branding Ilford Recorder news editor Sally Lowe "a Nazi". Cllr Robert Bailey, deputy leader of the British National Party (BNP) group on Barking and Dagenham Council, was unhappy over the Recorder's coverage of the London Assembly elections. The Recorder is the regional media sponsor for Sunday’s Love Music Hate Racism Carnival 08 in Victoria Park, Hackney, on Sunday. In a verbal attack peppered with four-letter words, the former Royal Marine accused the Recorder of bias and called Miss Lowe, 29, a "jobsworth". The Barking and Dagenham Alibon ward councillor threatened to urge BNP members to boycott the Recorder. Cllr Bailey said: "When we have control on Barking and Dagenham Council we are going to hit you where it hurts. You won't see a penny from us and we will tell everyone to boycott your paper."

A fundraiser for the LMHR Carnival with a wide range of talented artists such as RIZ MC / HATCHA / KRUST / NO PICASSO / DJ RUGRAT / SUSPICIOUS MINDS / DJ STUNNER / THE SPIVS / LITTLE GHOSTS / ISAAC HOWLETT BAND / DISGOSPEL

Wednesday's pre-Carnival press conference and photocall gave a taste of what's to come this Sunday as a wide range of artists playing at the weekend spoke to the national media at Victoria Park on why they're playing the event and of their determination to celebrate and defend our multicultural society.

Commemoration of the 1978 Anti Nazi League march against the Nazis Sunday 27th April 2008, Weavers Field, London E2 to Victoria Park, London E3. Assemble at Weavers Field 9.30am onwards, march to leave 11.00am Called by Anti Nazi League Supported by SERTUC, Connect, PCS,NASUWT,UCU,CWU,Unite the union, Musicians Union, NUT,Unison,UAF and LMHR

This Sunday's LMHR Carnival is getting some great national media coverage - Sunday's Observer carried a 3-page article by Sarfraz Manzoor on LMHR and the 30th Anniversary of Rock Against Racism.

The weekend papers also carried much talk of the 40th Anniversary of racist politician Enoch Powell's infamous "Rivers of Blood" speech, much of which was way too uncritical. But on Friday in the city Powell made his speech, Birmingham, members of UB40, Steel Pulse and other local bands and campaigners held a LMHR press conference which sent out a clear message that Powell was wrong and that our multicultural society is a great thing we must defend against the racist backlash. the slogan 'UB40 in stand against Enoch' appeared on newstands across the city on Friday night. See the Birmingham Post's article. Central TV also carried a report on the conference