This is the bizarre moment members of the English Defence League gatecrashed a book club to confront Russell Brand only to find readers were merely discussing his latest work. A gang of around 15 EDL supporters stormed the event at a Newcastle bar after being wrongly tipped off that the comedian would be there. Instead the men, believed to be from EDL groups across the North East, found Bar Loco filled with readers who had gathered to speak about Brand's book Revolution - but disrupted the meeting regardless, bursting into Islamophobic chants. Scroll down for video This is the bizarre moment members of the English Defence League gatecrashed a book club to confront Russell Brand only to find members were merely discussing his latest work
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Gang of 15 men stormed the book club meeting at a Newcastle bar
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Readers had gathered to discuss Russell Brand's book Revolution
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EDL members had been wrongly tipped-off that comedian would be there
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They disrupted meeting anyway, singing Islamophobic chants
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Supporters then announced 'and now we're going for a curry'
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Organiser says they gatecrashed event after their meeting was disrupted
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They knew 'left wing activists' would be at the pub, he says
'But the guys from @placeholder clearly thought he was going to turn up himself so had gathered a group together from all over the North East to come and disturb the meeting.