St Pauls, Bristol dealing. A customer had his trousers ripped and demanded compensation, which the police refused. A crowd outside then refused to allow the police to leave, and when back up was called a riot started. The riots were quickly blamed on race, but both white and black youths from both Irish and Jamaican backgrounds and some English fought against the police and the problems are thought to have been linked instead to poverty and perceived social injustices, predominantly the Sus law and anti Irish feelings from IRA activity on the main land. In 1990 a Bristol and St Pauls black politician
Riot City Blues Tour Riot City Blues Tour Riot City Blues Tour is the first live DVD from Scottish band Primal Scream. The show was filmed in high-definition at the Hammersmith Apollo in London during the tour in support of their latest album, "Riot City Blues". The sold-out concert occurred soon after the band received the Godlike Geniuses award from British music publication NME. The DVD serves as a career retrospective, showcasing the band's history of over twenty years since it was formed in 1984. In addition to a set of 17 songs, including "Loaded" (which had not been performed live in half a