Glastonbury Festival To Rock Against Racism

Glastonbury Festival will be rocking against racism this year with a special evening of events on the Left Field Stage.

The Saturday night (June 28) will see the stage celebrate 30 years of Rock Against Racism and will feature a string of very special acts.

The Glasto night is being run in conjunction with an event Left Field are putting on at London’s Brixton Academy on April 30, featuring Alabama 3, Misty Roots plus a speech from former politician Tony Benn.

The show is on the exact 30th anniversary of the Victoria Park Carnival when 100,000 people protested against the National Front.

Glastonbury Left Field director, Geoff Martin, said: “We can’t confirm the Left Field line up today but anyone who spends a few minutes thinking about those bands that have been up-front in the anti-racist cause could have a fair old guess at who might be hitting the stage on the Saturday night.

“We are delighted to have the tie in with the Brixton Academy show in April on the eve of the London elections which we know that the far-right BNP will be targeting.

“We’ll be celebrating our diversity and also conjuring up the spirit of Victoria Park in 1978 when 100,000 of us marched to Hackney in opposition to the National Front and to hear Tom Robinson, the Clash, Steel Pulse and X Ray Spex.

“I was one of those young punks on that march and it’s vital that we send out a signal that there’s no room for complacency in the fight against fascism 30 years on.”