Love music hate racism - 2004 review
LMHR in 2004
2004 was a busy and largely successful year in the struggle to stop the Nazi BNP. Love Music Hate Racism supported national and local anti-Nazi campaigns led by Unite Against Fascism with a whole series of major gigs, club nights and outdoor carnivals.
To name but a few highlights…
- The Libertines and The Buzzcocks playing an amazing LMHR benefit at the London Astoria in March
- Futureheads and Wu Tang Clan’s GZA wowing the Sunderland Carnival in May
- great shows through the year from Skitz & Rodney P, Lady Sovereign, Asher D, Skeme & Big P and the cream of the UK’s “urban” music talent
- Art Brut, The Others, MC Navigator and many more touring round London with a sound system on the back of truck just before the Euro and local elections in June
- LMHR in the Leftfield @ Glastonbury in July
- Kasabian headlining the Stoke LMHR Carnival in September
- Babyshambles, Billy Bragg and many more at the European Social Forum in October
(phew!)
… the campaign went from strength to strength in 2004, bringing together tens of thousands of people in the flesh at our events and many many more beyond that via word of mouth and ours and Unite’s literature, with remarkable support from scores of artists from across the musical spectrum.
With a probably General Election due in May this year, and the BNP planning to stand many candidates again, and with more local elections across the country next year, we want to make sure LMHR gets bigger and better this year so that come 2007 the Nazis are history once more.
