LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM NIGHT @ THE LEFTFIELD STAGE, GLASTONBURY
- When: Saturday, June 25th, 2005
- Glastonbury
Saturday 25 June 2005. 7.00pm-12.30am.
The Leftfield tent/stage, Glastonbury Festival.
100% Confirmed to appear:-
BABYSHAMBLES
KANO
HARD-FI
SKITZ & RODNEY P
THE OTHERS
SKEME & BIG P
AGENT BLUE
TEASING LULU
TURNCOAT
LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM @ GLASTONBURY 2005
Saturday 25 June 2005. 7.30pm-12.30am.
The Leftfield tent/stage, Glastonbury Festival.
The Leftfield stage goes from strength to strength at Glastonbury. This showcase for mixing politics and culture, run by the trade union and social justice movements will this year have a massive 4,000-capacity tent for its home.
LMHR & Unite Against Fascism will have an information and merchandise stall inside the Leftfield for the duration of the festival (Thursday til Sunday night), but it’s SATURDAY 25 JUNE that is the LMHR day inside the Leftfield.
At 5pm, The Amicus trade union and LMHR are proud to present the premiere of the fantastic Rock Against Racism/LMHR FILM “Who Shot the Sheriff?”, directed by Alan Miles, and featuring all the key bands and activists from the RAR era of the late 70s, mixed with rare footage of RAR gigs featuring the likes of The Clash, Steel Pulse, The Specials and many more, plus as-yes-unseen footage of recent LMHR gigs like Pete Doherty and Estelle in Trafalgar Square and The Libertines playing with Mick Jones from The Clash at the Astoria last year.
At 6pm, there’s a debate on the film and today’s anti-fascist movement with speakers on the panel including Jerry Dammers and Neville Staples from The Specials, Weyman Bennett from Unite, Billy Bragg, Skeme, and more.
Finally, at 19:51 precisely (between the first two bands) will be the Glastonbury Declaration of Rights for Refugees, written by award-winning author Patrick Neate and performed by acclaimed rapper Rodney P. The Refugee Council’s website - http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk - has the details.
From 7pm will be our biggest Glastonbury show to date.
A wicked line-up representing the best of the whole spectrum of UK music are taking part in what should be an amazing night of music to stop the BNP!
[See below for more on each act]
Remember - you MUST have a Glasonbury Festival ticket to attend this LMHR event! NB - we’re unable to offer any volunteer places whatsoever for this event - sorry.
ALREADY GOT A TICKET FOR GLASTO?? GET IN TOUCH - WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP RUN THE LMHR/UNITE STALL AT THE LEFTFIELD. GIVE US 2-3 HOURS AND GET INVOLVED - YOU NEVER KNOW YOU MIGHT MEET ONE OF THE TOP ACTS PLAYING THE LMHR NIGHT :0) .
The LeftField has a great line-up of music, comedy, and politics for the whole weekend …
That Saturday night line-up in full then. Latest on listed first - get there early, with a capacity of 4,000 this one’s certain to be full up well before the headliners hit the stage. Be there or, erm, watch Coldplay :0)
BABYSHAMBLES - Rock n roll mayhem to finish the night from the band featuring the Most Famous Rock Star in Britain ™ - and also one of LMHR’s biggest supporters over the last two years. ‘Nuff said.
KANO - The next new UK rapper to make it into the charts with his incredible debut LP “Home Sweet Home”, coming on The Streets’ 679 label and ingeniously mixing grime, garage, jungle, hip-hop, r&b and rock in the footsteps of fellow east London grime scene graduate Dizzee Rascal. Expect unique style, and clever and conscious lyrics from one of the country’s brightest young talents.
THE OTHERS - Infamous “guerilla-giggers” whose outspoken singer Dominic Masters put the concept to particularly good use during last June’s local elections by playing off the back of LMHR and Unite’s “Don’t Vote BNP” battle truck over a whole day across London. Son of a union shop steward, Dominic is gonna feel right at home in the Leftfield… watch out for stray stagedivers!
HARD-FI - Described by lazy music journos as The Clash meets The Specials, nevertheless Hard-Fi are undoubtedly destined for greatness, effortlessly blending rock and dance music into songs that reflect the reality of life and love in Tony Blair’s McBritain. Due for their first top 10 hit this Sunday with new single “Hard To Beat”.
RODNEY P & SKITZ - The country’s most celebrated hip-hop MC alongside the nation’s best hip-hop DJ. Fresh from doing a brilliant job compering LMHR’s Trafalgar Square General Election concert, Radio 1Xtra’s dynamic duo bring the party to the Leftfield.
SKEME & BIG P with LAURIE STERLING - Among the most underrated of UK hip-hop MCs, Skeme & P are soldiers to the cause, rocking 10 LMHR shows in the last 18 months, from supporting Badly Drawn Boy and The Music in Liverpool to leading chants of “F*** the BNP” in Trafalgar Square in May. Appearing alongside Sterling Collat partner-in-crime, glorious chanteuse Laurie.
AGENT BLUE - Joyous youthful indie-punk from Stoke, personally chosen by Pete Doherty for this support slot, but in on merit anyway after slaying two packed LMHR events in their hometown (which currently has two BNP councillors) with their incendiary hlive show. Don’t miss.
TEASING LULU - Teasing LuLu are here to kick some butt, with teen scream vocals and catchy choruses combined with attitude laden lyrics and energy packed live shows! Aged between 18-24 the girls have already supported The Damned and Eighties Matchbox Beeline Disaster as well as gigging regularly on their own
TURNCOAT (Amicus Discovered! battle-of-the-bands winner) - ” hook laden alternative pop for audiences looking for a little more from their bands?”
