The Farm (British band) Spoony. The Farm were also central to the track released to commemorate the Hillsborough disaster, "The Fields of Anfield Road", the proceeds going to the families of those killed in the disaster. The Farm was also one of the first bands to perform at the Echo Arena Liverpool when it opened in January 2008. In 2011, The Farm joined forces with others to create the "Don't Buy The Sun" Gig, at the Olympia in Liverpool, which was part of the continuing protest on Merseyside against "The Sun" newspaper for its controversial reporting of the Hillsborough disaster 22 years before. This
Hillsborough disaster discontinued in 2016, for unrelated reasons. "The Spectator" was criticised for an editorial which appeared in the magazine on 16 October 2004 following the death of British hostage Kenneth John "Ken" Bigley in Iraq, in which it was claimed that the response to Bigley's killing was fuelled by the fact he was from Liverpool, and went on to criticise the "drunken" fans at Hillsborough and call on them to accept responsibility for their "role" in the disaster: The extreme reaction to Mr Bigley's murder is fed by the fact that he was a Liverpudlian. Liverpool is a handsome city with