On July 31, the American political punks Anti-Flag will play a benefit concert at Cassiopeia in Berlin together with their Berlin companions Radio Havanna and Smile & Burn!
All proceeds from the concert, which is limited to 200 attendees, will benefit "Pussy Riot," a Russian feminist group whose members have been imprisoned since March 2012 for performing the unauthorized, regime-critical song "Virgin Mary, redeem us of Putin." Charges of "hooliganism" have been filed against three members under Paragraph 213 of the Russian Penal Code. If convicted, the defendants face up to seven years in prison. (Background information: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussy_Riot, http://www.freepussyriot.org ).
Anti-Flag also want to highlight the injustices in Russia with a cover of the controversial song and demand, like the Pussy Riot girls: "Put Putin Away!". The song is available at http://soundcloud.com/antiflag/punkprayer and is particularly popular in Eastern Europe among the politically oppressed youth who are fed up with supposedly free elections.
ANTI-FLAG, RADIO HAVANNA,
SMILE & BURN
Pussy Riot Girls // Benefit Show
July 31, DE - Berlin - Cassiopeia
Anti-Flag are on tour in summer 2012:
July 21, CH - Lumenzia - Open Air Lumenzia
July 22, DE - Bielefeld - Serengeti Festival
July 23, DE - Munich - Free & Easy Festival
July 27, DE - Grossefehn - Omas Teich Festival
July 28, DE - Magdeburg - Rocken Am Brocken
July 29, DE - Klingendorf - Force Attack Festival
August 10, AT - Dornbirn - Conrad Sohm
August 11, AT - Bildein - Picture on Festival
August 12, CH - Zofingen - Heitere Open Air Festival
August 17, DE - Koblenz - Spack! Festival
August 22, DE - Chiemsee - Chiemsee Rocks
Radio Havanna will be here in summer:
July 13, DE – Arpke - JUZ
July 14, DE - Freiberg - Baude Rock Open Air
July 23, DE - Munich - Free and Easy Festival +Anti-Flag
July 27, DE - Klingendorf - Force Attack Festival
July 31, DE - Berlin - Cassiopeia +Anti-Flag
August 4, DE - Zwiesel - Youth Festival
August 10, AT – Dornbirn - Conrad Sohm +Anti-Flag
August 11, DE - Eschwege - Open Flair +Beatsteakes, Social Distortion, K.I.Z
August 18, DE - Lüdinghausen - Area4 Festival +Beatsteaks
August 24, DE - Frankfurt am Main - Museumuferfest @ Elferbühne
August 25, DE - Bielefeld - Holter Meeting
August 31, DE - Niedergörsdorf - Spirit of the Streets Festival +Cock Sparrer, Slime
September 1, DE - Bad Dürkheim - Rock die Burg
September 28, AT - Salzburg - Rockhouse +Gogets
September 29, AT - Klagenfurt – Mozarthof +Misstand
October 4, DE - Stuttgart – Universum +5Bugs
October 5, DE - Braunschweig - B 58 +Goodfellas
October 6, DE - Hamburg - Headcrash +Benzin
