Love Music Hate Racism Concert - Stoke

Clash headed to the Britannia Stadium, Stoke, for the Love Music Hate Racism festival on June 2.

Among the acts performing: Eddie Izzard, Reverend & The Makers, Kano, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Ironik & Chipmunk, Helsinki, Beverley Knight, Kelly Rowland, VV Brown, Peter Doherty, and Mick Jones & the Rotten Hill Gang.

Says Doherty: “There’s never any excuse for closed minds trying to judge people on their creed or where they’re from. In reality we’re all immigrants — every step you go back in history, you see new people coming into this country. The BNP likes to boast that it has a stronghold in Stoke, but today we’ve seen that people here coming together and playing together in harmony. Some say you can’t change the way the world is — but I just feel you’ve got to have a crack at it.”

Photos: Steve Baker/Love Music Hate Racism