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More than 20 thousand people were at Stoke City's Britannia Stadium on May 30th 2009 when it played host to the 'Love Music, Hate Racism' national festival.

LMHR

The festival was headlined by Pete Doherty, Reverend and the Makers, and ex-Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland. There were also sets from Beverley Knight, rising hip-hop/grime star Chipmunk and local favourites The Sport.

Click here to see photos from the day:-

The event was also hosted by comedian Eddie Izzard who reminded the crowd of the anti-racism message of the day's event.
BBC Radio Stoke's Alice Gregr was there too - and you can hear her report by clicking here:-

The Sugarmill Rock Club, in Hanley, also put on its own stage featuring the best local act,s including One Horse Race and Tequila Lips.
The venue had also ran a competition to give one local band the chance to play on the main stage inside the stadium - that was won by Stoke-on-Trent band The Fears.

Rob Adcock with The Fears

Interviews

The BBC Stoke SubCulture crew were there all day of course, and were ligging as much as humanly possible! They also spoke to a few of the main acts...
The Fears spoke to Alice Gregr after coming off stage; while Reverend & The Makers, Chipmunk, Kid British and local band The Sport spoke to Rob Adcock. Listen to the interviews by clicking on the links below:-

History & Profile of LMHR

'Love Music, Hate Racism' carnivals and action-days have been a feature of life in north Staffordshire going back to 2003. In fact, BBC Stoke were at the first Staffordshire LMHR carnival - and you can still see our report. (see link on right-hand side of this page).

If you want to find out more about Love Music Hate Racism click here:-