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 April 2016 verdict by saying that it represented a "long overdue" but "landmark moment in the quest for justice", adding "All families and survivors now have official confirmation of what they always knew was the case, that the Liverpool fans were utterly blameless in the disaster that unfolded at Hillsborough." The Labour Party described the handling of the Hillsborough disaster as the "greatest miscarriage of justice of our times", with Labour MPs Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram calling for accountability and the prosecution of those responsible. Liberal Democrat MP John Pugh called for David Cameron to make a formal apology