Next up in our ARTISTS SAY FREE PUSSY RIOT photo campaign is Manchester band PINS AKA Faith Holgate, Lois McDonald, Anna Donigan and Lara Williams. The band are very supportive of the Pussy Riot cause and recently donned balaclavas during their Beacons Festival show as a sign of solidarity. Thank you, PINS! Continue reading PINS say FREE PUSSY RIOT →

Next up in our ARTISTS SAY FREE PUSSY RIOT photo campaign is ELIZABETH ZIFF of American band BETTY AKA sisters Amy and Elizabeth Ziff and Alyson Palmer. The band support a lot of great causes including the Pussy Riot cause. As well as boasting a large discography, they have appeared on The L Word numerous times, provided its unforgettable theme tune The Way That We Live, and have provided soundtrack music to many TV shows including Weeds among others. Thank you, Elizabeth! Continue reading ELIZABETH ZIFF of BETTY says FREE PUSSY RIOT →

Next up in our ARTISTS SAY FREE PUSSY RIOT photo campaign is AMY ZIFF of American band BETTY AKA sisters Amy and Elizabeth Ziff and Alyson Palmer. The band support a lot of great causes including the Pussy Riot cause. As well as boasting a large discography, they have appeared on The L Word numerous times, provided its unforgettable theme tune The Way That We Live, and have provided soundtrack music to many TV shows including Weeds among others. Thank you, Amy! Continue reading AMY ZIFF of BETTY says FREE PUSSY RIOT →

Dear Mr Putin,

My name is Sinead O’Connor. I am an Irish singer of little significance other than having a huge heart full of love for all manner of people, and being somewhat braver than small females usually are, which, of course, may be considered crazy in some quarters!  An ‘irregular’ is what I might be called in old military terms. However, I am also a singer who is, when at my best, capable of soothing incendiary situations with my singing voice. And sometimes written words.

Continue reading Open Letter to Mr Putin from SINEAD O’CONNOR →

At the stage door after PATTI SMITH‘s incredibly visceral show at Manchester Academy on 7 September, we had the good fortune to catch Patti as she made her way out of the venue. We asked her for a message for us to pass on to jailed Pussy Riot members Masha, Katya and Nadya, since we’re in touch with their legal team. Hesitating for a split second, she then said, “I know exactly what I want to say to them.”

And this is the message she kindly handwrote out in large letters: Continue reading PATTI SMITH sends “I LOVE YOU” message to PUSSY RIOT →

Personal handwritten letters written by the three jailed PUSSY RIOT members Masha, Katya and Nadya were read out during the 9 Sept FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON Fundraiser Concert. The letters were received through the women’s legal team in Moscow specially for the London event. Continue reading FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON CONCERT – Reading of letters from jailed women →

At the 9 September FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON Fundraiser Concert, British Labour party politician KERRY MCCARTHY MP gave an eloquent and impassioned speech about her experience at the trial of Masha, Katya and Nadya in Moscow and the importance of keeping the pressure up on the Pussy Riot release campaign. Continue reading FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON CONCERT – Kerry McCarthy MP →

Lisa Gornick is a London-based filmmaker, writer, artist and actress. She has made two feature films Do I Love You and Tick Tock Lullaby, and is now working on a third. In this video of her opening speech at the recent 9 Sept FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON Fundraiser Concert, she lists 10 reason why she wants to be part of Pussy Riot: Continue reading FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON CONCERT – Lisa Gornick →

Next up in our ARTISTS SAY FREE PUSSY RIOT photo campaign is Brighton’s very own ESBEN AND THE WITCH – we caught the band at Manchester’s Soup Kitchen after their stunning live gig on 30 Aug. Singer Rachel Davies also joined the 9 September FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON fundraiser concert lineup for a stunning DJ set on the very special night in honour of jailed activists Masha, Katya and Nadya. Thank you, Rachel! Continue reading ESBEN AND THE WITCH say FREE PUSSY RIOT →

For the 9 September 2012 Free Pussy Riot Fundraiser Concert held at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen in London, SHATTERJAPAN specially requested personal handwritten letters from jailed Pussy Riot members Masha, Katya and Nadia. We were astonished and emotional when we received the letters — they are full of such passion, hope, courage and compassion. It is remarkable that these eloquent words were written by the women behind bars who are facing a long prison sentence and the tragic possibility of being split up into separate penal colonies as Moscow draws closer to freezing wintertime. Continue reading Handwritten Letters from PUSSY RIOT’s Masha, Katya & Nadya →

For the 9 September 2012 Free Pussy Riot Fundraiser Concert held at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen in London, SHATTERJAPAN specially requested the following video messages from the lawyers defending the three jailed Pussy Riot members Nadya, Katya and Masha. In this heartfelt video, Mark Feygin, Violetta Volkova and Nikolay Polozov thank the British public for its support and emphasize the importance of international pressure.

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For Immediate Release: 12 September, 2012

FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON FUNDRAISER CONCERT IS OVERWHELMING SUCCESS

On Sunday 9 September, London’s Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen saw its busiest Sunday for some time. The event, which drew in the bustling Hoxton crowds, was a fundraiser concert hosted by SHATTERJAPAN, POPULAR COMPANY and WHITE ON WHITE, in support of the three jailed Russian Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich – AKA Nadya, Masha and Katya.

Continue reading FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON CONCERT Press Release →

Next up in our ARTISTS SAY FREE PUSSY RIOT photo campaign is London-based Japanese band BO NINGEN AKA Taigen, Yuki, Kohei and Mon-chan. We took this shot in the beer garden late night just after they played a full set as a full band inside a tiny upstairs room of a pub in Manchester! Smallest room we have ever seen a band perform in. The room next door was the bathroom, occupied by the night’s DJs. Radical…

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Artists supporting the Free Pussy Riot campaign.  Used as the launch video for the FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON fundraiser concert on 9 September, 2012. Thank you to all the artists and Pussy Riot legal team. Continue reading ARTISTS SAY FREE PUSSY RIOT video →

Next up in our ARTISTS SAY FREE PUSSY RIOT photo campaign is London band NEUROTIC MASS MOVEMENT, represented here by lead singer Yin Ly and guitarist David Desantos. The band are playing a live set at the FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON fundraiser concert on 9 September 2012.

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Next up in our ARTISTS SAY FREE PUSSY RIOT photo campaign is London new wave band NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB, represented by lead singer Tahita Bulmer and guitarist/producer Andy Spence. The band are playing a DJ set at the FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON fundraiser concert on 9 September 2012.

Continue reading NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB say FREE PUSSY RIOT →