Love Music Hate Racism

LMHR can confirm that we will be putting on a major outdoor carnival in London's Victoria Park, on Sunday 27th April 2008. *** FOR THE LATEST CARNIVAL INFO GOTO WWW.LMHRCARNIVAL.COM***

We're pleased to announce that as part of the 'Hull United Against Racism' day on Saturday 22nd December - LMHR, The Paddingtons, & The Warren Young People's Project will be organising a Love Music Hate Racism concert that evening at Hull City Hall. Running from 7pm-10.30pm, the bill for the gig comprises THE VIEW, THE PADDINGTONS, London grime crew FIRE CAMP, Manchester ska-punks SONIC BOOM SIX and local rising stars THE NEAT. Tickets will be just £3 from the City Hall or The Warren.

Thanks to creative whiz Sadia aka pink panther, we've got some wicked new LMHR web banners featuring anti-racist quotes and pics of the likes of Babyshambles, Lethal Bizzle, The Enemy, Bloc Party, Get Cape, Hard-Fi, The View, Shingai Noisettes, Billy Bragg, Mylo, and loads more. They'll be in our download section on here soon, but check em out on myspace in the meantime.

The interview that NME published with Morrissey last week has provoked a huge debate. LMHR is unable to comment specifically on matters which are currently the subject of legal proceedings. However, we did want to make some general comments at this stage about what's taken place. LMHR would like to reiterate and underline the fantastic and invaluable contribution that NME and it's staff have made this year to the anti-racist cause and to LMHR in particular.

LMHR is a campaigning organisation opposed to all forms of racism and fascism. We were therefore concerned at comments about immigration in Morrissey's interview with NME magazine last week. After all, he is an artist who in March 2004 attended an early LMHR gig by the Libertines, where he signed a statement endorsing our campaign. We therefore felt it right and proper, when asked, to give Morrissey the opportunity to come out against racism. Below are excerpts from Morrissey's statement. His own full statement is published in today's Guardian: www.guardian.co.uk and at www.true-to-you.com. We are very pleased to be working with him in 2008.