Laal/Asian Dub Foundation review – an exuberant attack on intolerance

Alchemy festival, Royal Festival Hall, LondonThe Pakistani band Laal mixed upbeat melodies with political courage as they sang out against the Taliban, joined by an energised Asian Dub Foundation lineupIn 1988, Eddy Grant brought the anti-apartheid campaign to the British charts with Gimme Hope Jo’anna, a classic political pop song that mixed an angry message with a gloriously upbeat melody. Now it has been revived and reworked to attack the Taliban by the Pakistani band Laal. Their UK de...

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