Benefit concert
In 1983 Curtis Mayfield headlined the GLC Peace Picnic ‘Blues in the Bowl’, while in 1984 ‘London Against Racism’ and a ‘Free Nelson Mandela’ Benefit concert brought world music in the form of Jimmy Cliff, Hugh Masakela, Gil Scott-Heron and Segun Adewale. In 1985 an Anti-Heroin benefit concert organised by Pete Townshend featured the odd pairing of Hawkwind followed by forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn.