Just found this on the same hard drive, must have been written some time in January 2010. Can't think why I wouldn't have published it...
So, Islam4UK, the Muslim boyband fronted by singer/songwriter Anjem Choudary have called off their upcoming gig in Wootton Bassett, the largely tweed jewel in Wiltshire's crown.
Islam4UK aren't your average boyband, with a distinct political slant to their crooning - showcased in such hits as 'Sharia My Dear' and the Dr Dre produced 'Cali-phate Love' - which has led them to be likened to such bands as Rage Against The Machine and Zig and Zag.
Islam4UK are an unofficial offshoot of the 'rad-rad-radical' underground Islamic funk movement known as al-Muhajiroun. The group al-Muhajiroun were officially banned from producing pop records in 2005 when then lead singer was banned from the UK when former Home Secretary and Mousekateer Charles Clarke deemed the singers' guitar driven tunes as 'not conducive to the public good.'
Bursting onto the scene at an impromptu park concert entitled 'Summer Ummah' in September 2002, they quickly attracted attention with their imaginative stage dressings, including flaming model aeroplanes and pappier mache twin towers, and a distinctively powerful encore song in 'Stone You Baby One More Time'.
Critics have called the cancellation of the gig a 'cynical media stunt'. North Wiltshire MP James Gray was quoted as saying;
Indeed, previously slumping ticket sales in what would be the ninth Summer Ummah have already received a fifty percent increase, whilst stocks of Islam4UK naked calendars and tankards have run completely dry, leaving the band's manager Simon Cowell forced to reemploy much of the child workforce, some now as old as thirteen and nearing retirement, used during the Spiceworld campaign.
So, Islam4UK, the Muslim boyband fronted by singer/songwriter Anjem Choudary have called off their upcoming gig in Wootton Bassett, the largely tweed jewel in Wiltshire's crown.
Islam4UK aren't your average boyband, with a distinct political slant to their crooning - showcased in such hits as 'Sharia My Dear' and the Dr Dre produced 'Cali-phate Love' - which has led them to be likened to such bands as Rage Against The Machine and Zig and Zag.
Islam4UK are an unofficial offshoot of the 'rad-rad-radical' underground Islamic funk movement known as al-Muhajiroun. The group al-Muhajiroun were officially banned from producing pop records in 2005 when then lead singer was banned from the UK when former Home Secretary and Mousekateer Charles Clarke deemed the singers' guitar driven tunes as 'not conducive to the public good.'
Bursting onto the scene at an impromptu park concert entitled 'Summer Ummah' in September 2002, they quickly attracted attention with their imaginative stage dressings, including flaming model aeroplanes and pappier mache twin towers, and a distinctively powerful encore song in 'Stone You Baby One More Time'.
Critics have called the cancellation of the gig a 'cynical media stunt'. North Wiltshire MP James Gray was quoted as saying;
'He [Choudary] was trying to make a cynical political statement, the whole announcement was to get media coverage via this stunt – he admitted that himself – and he achieved it cynically, using this media stunt. He received lots of coverage. It was a media stunt. It was unfortunate he's used Wootton Bassett in achieving this, it was really quite cynical, this stunt.'
Indeed, previously slumping ticket sales in what would be the ninth Summer Ummah have already received a fifty percent increase, whilst stocks of Islam4UK naked calendars and tankards have run completely dry, leaving the band's manager Simon Cowell forced to reemploy much of the child workforce, some now as old as thirteen and nearing retirement, used during the Spiceworld campaign.
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