Pete Doherty Loves Music, Hates Racism

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0000

British rocker Pete Doherty played at the Love Music Hate Racism festival in Stoke in the UK last week.

Love Music Hate Racism uses the energy of the music scene to celebrate diversity and involve people in anti-racist and anti-fascist activity. Every year they hold concerts in the UK to encourage young people to fight racism, with gigs by the Kaiser Chiefs and many more.

Doherty told the organization about his hate of racism in a video, and how his first experience of it was at a football game as a child, when former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Carlton Palmer – a black player – was abused in his debut game.

Kaiser Chiefs To Play Anti-Racism Concert

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:30:00 +0000

British rockers The Kaiser Chiefs have been confirmed to headline the Love Music Hate Racism show in England next month.

The show is set to take place in Rotherham on September 6, and has been organized by Love Music Hate Racism and Reverend and the Makers frontman John McClure. Other bands confirmed to play include Roll Deep, The Courteeners and Richard H Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire, along with a line-up of top DJs (still to be announced). Over 4,000 are expected to attend the event. Tickets have been sold only to residents of South Yorkshire – the final batch of 500 went on sale last weekend in Rotherham and Sheffield.

Love Music Hate Racism is an organization that uses the music scene to celebrate diversity and involve people in anti-racist and anti-fascist activity. Set up in 2002, the organization has held over 400 events, from large outdoor festivals to local gigs and club nights to help their aim of creating a national movement against racism and fascism through music.

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