I'm sickened and scared by all of this. This is so sad.

It was absolutely insane watching this all happen on BBC news last night. Been in London the past few days so I'm really glad I left before this all went down. Best of luck to everyone that's down there, and I hope that the people that did this are brought to justice, although I worry that most will not face any repercussions.

Saw Two Door Cinema Club tweet saying they had a bunch of albums in there. This whole situation is so disgusting.

Some venues such as Electric Ballroom and a
Underworld have also been burnt, I hear :(

Originally Posted by VeryWittyName

Some venues such as Electric Ballroom and a
Underworld have also been burnt, I hear :(

That's not true, just rumours. People actively went and took pictures of the venues last night to show they were fine but boarded up.

Someone just mentioned briefly on BBC news that the Sony warehouse was the largest blaze dealt with last night.

Originally Posted by Kyle Huntington

That's not true, just rumours. People actively went and took pictures of the venues last night to show they were fine but boarded up.

Well, at least that's a little bit of good news...but still, dark times for independent UK music and London in general. I hope everyone is safe, at least.

Punktastic's Tom Aylott has posted a list of labels that use that warehouse in Enfield.

Originally Posted by VeryWittyName

Well, at least that's a little bit of good news...but still, dark times for independent UK music and London in general. I hope everyone is safe, at least.

Dark times fullstop. But yeah I hear you, the PIAS blaze was/is huge.

IMPORTANT UPDATE REGARDING THE SONY PIAS MUSIC DITRIBUTION BUILDING:

@recordstore:
"PIAS NEWS: Please be aware that despite reports circulating, it is only SONY DADC that has been burnt out and not PIAS. Statement later on."

"people we're just relaying the messages that we've been told in emails from ERA LTD. please do not start slagging us off, stay calm please"

Official statement from PIAS:

"There was a fire last night at the SonyDADC warehouse which services the physical distribution for [PIAS] in the UK and Ireland. [PIAS] is working closely with SonyDADC who are implementing their emergency plans. [PIAS]‘s UK offices in London and all other areas of our business are unaffected. More information will be communicated shortly to all our labels and partners."

What the fucking hell is going on in England? How a sea of violence like this is happening? What's the reason?

Originally Posted by simplejack

What the fucking hell is going on in England? How a sea of violence like this is happening? What's the reason?

Last Thursday, a man was shot and killed in a 'firefight' with the police in London. However, it later came out that the man was actually unarmed and was possibly shot due to his minority ethnicity (I don't know whether that was confirmed to be true or not), leading to protests in London. However, as it always seems to, things escalated and what began as standing up for something turns into mindless violence as people use the opportunity with the police distracted to loot and cause as much damage as possible. As you might be able to guess, it's particularly bad this time around.

Originally Posted by VeryWittyName

Last Thursday, a man was shot and killed in a 'firefight' with the police in London. However, it later came out that the man was actually unarmed and was possibly shot due to his minority ethnicity (I don't know whether that was confirmed to be true or not), leading to protests in London. However, as it always seems to, things escalated and what began as standing up for something turns into mindless violence as people use the opportunity with the police distracted to loot and cause as much damage as possible. As you might be able to guess, it's particularly bad this time around.

Yeah, I saw on TV and newspapers what's going on. I didn't know that an unarmed (dead) man shot by the police could cause such disorder. I know it's a serious fact and it also involves racism that it's something, I think, it will never ends. But it really was the straw that broke camel's back? So much hidden rage and angst now overflowing in London streets. And it seems like rebellion is spreading in other cities. Hope UK can solve this problem. It's atrocious.