RADICAL DANCE FACTION + THE DIRT + DJ
Date/Time
Date(s) - 13/09/2024 - 14/09/2024
8:00 pm - 1:00 am
Underground Music Society, Carlisle Street Barrow-in-Furness LA14 1QT
UNITY IN MUSIC PRESENT ANOTHER NIGHT OF LEGENDS: FOLLOWING ON FROM THE MASSIVE SUCCESS OF THE CRIIPPENS RETURN TO BARROW THIS PROMISES TO BE ANOTHER NIGHT OF ANARCHIC CHARGED MUSIC. TICKETS £12.50 ONLINE OR £15 ON THE DOOR.
LIVE MUSIC FROM TWO ABSOLUTELY AMAZING BANDS RADICAL DANCE FACTION AND THE DIRT BOTH ON THE SAME STAGE FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!
RDF’s music combines punk, dub, and ska, while Bowsher’s lyrics, spoken rather than sung, deal mainly with political issues, such as the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in the song “Chinese Poem”. Bowsher also witnessed first hand the Hungerford massacre, describing his experience in the song “Hot on the Wire”.
In 1990 they signed to Southern records, releasing two albums on their own imprint Earthzone and going on to tour Germany and other parts of Europe. One tour was as the support act to Rebel MC and they also supported Ziggy Marley at one point. RDF appeared at the huge Summerjam festival in Germany, July 1993.
RDF were a regular act on the UK free festival scene prior to the 1994 Criminal Justice Act, and were part of the crusty/anarcho punk movement until they called it day in the mid 1990s. Their final album (until reformation) Raggamuffin Statement was a mixture of live recordings and remixes with new songs, including “Martin Foran”, about the wrongly convicted prisoner.
The band reformed in 2006 playing various festivals around the UK during 2007. They reformed again in 2012 and appeared at the Bearded Theory festival in Derby. The band commenced a short tour in October 2012 to promote new album – Ammunition. In recent years they have performed at the likes of Glastonbury, Boomtown, Rebellion, Willow Man and Green Gathering festivals.
Their latest album Welcome to the Edge is available for sale right now
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