LMHR DON’T VOTE NAZI IN BURNLEY SPECIAL ELECTION EVENT
- When: Sunday, April 27th, 2003
- Burnley
LMHR @ Burnley Mechanics
A 500-strong crowd of overwhelmingly young and local people - Asian, black and white - enjoyed headline acts Basement Jaxx and Tim Westwood alongside other DJs like Punjabi Hit Squad, Nicky Blackmarket, Marcus Intalex, DJ Woody plus many local DJs and crews in the bar. This was the most mixed audience Burnley had seen for many years and the whole crowd whooped and cheered anti-racist speeches, with many joining the ANL and pledging to get active in the fight to stop the Nazis. The atmosphere was one of celebration - with every artist on the night playing a blinding set.
[pictures courtesy of Mark Rochester. Many thanks!]
top left & top right: Westwood against the Nazis!
2nd row left, 3rd row 3rd left & bottom row 2nd left: Basement Jaxx
2nd row 2nd left & 2nd row far-right: Punjabi Hit Squad
3rd row left: MC Tom Piper with Nicky Blackmarket
plus …. Burnley massive having it large!
Click below for the full line-up & background to this event.
Sunday 27th April, 3pm-11pm.
Burnley Mechanics, Manchester Road, Burnley (next to the Town Hall)
As part of the campaign to stop the Nazi BNP in Burnley, The Mechanics hosts the best music bill Burnley has seen for many many years …
The line-up - all 100% confirmed to appear is:-
BASEMENT JAXX - chart-topping dance-pop geniuses
TIM WESTWOOD - Radio 1’s infamous hip-hop DJ
HEARTLESS CREW - the UK’s #1 garage crew, expect seriously good vibes!
UN-CUT - Manchester’s new soulful urban stars, pure class & sass
PUNJABI HIT SQUAD - Bhangra & urban flavas from these Radio 1Xtra DJs
NICKY BLACKMARKET - the country’s best-loved drum&bass DJ, oi oi!
DJ WOODY - Burnley’s very own world scratch-mixing champ
MARCUS INTALEX - Another product of Burnley, now an internationally-renowned drum&bass producer & DJ
Tickets are available NOW priced only ?5 waged or ?2.50 for under-18s or unwaged, ONLY at The Mechanics Box Office - ring 01282 664400 to book or call in in person.
Prior to the gig, there’ll be lots of anti-Nazi activity. People will be meeting at 12 noon outside the Mechanics for a mass-leafletting of the local area asking people to vote against the BNP. Other activities are planned too - call the ANL office on 020 7924 0333 for details.
After Burnley Council refused once again to allow a LMHR Carnival in the town on this date, and after soggy ground stopped us moving the Carnival to nearby Blackburn, we’re pleased to say that Burnley’s anti-racist majority will have a positive multicultural music event in the town just prior to May’s local elections, when 2 of the BNP’s 3 councillors are up for re-election.
