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"Morrissey donated \u00C2\u00A328,000 to ensure Sunday&amp;#039;s Love Music Hate Racism gig went ahead as planned. The singer also persuaded his management, booking agency and promoters to offer \u00C2\u00A345,000 to the event. He was contacted by organisers Lee Billingham and Martin Smith and asked to bail out the music bash after a major sponsor pulled out. Commenting on his donation, the former Smiths star said: &amp;quot;This is a historic event spreading an important, anti-racist message so it must be allowed to go ahead.  &amp;quot;Love Music Hate Racism got in touch and explained that [the original sponsor] pulled out and asked if I could help as they had not been able to replace them. This is something I am committed to and we appreciate everyone coming together so quickly to make it happen.&amp;quot; LMHR called on Morrissey to speak out on racism last November following comments about immigration he made during an interview with NME. Morrissey criticised NME for misinterpreting his comments and is currently taking legal action against the magazine. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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