us that on Sunday August 3rd in Tompkins Square Park in NYC Leftover Crack will be playing at the anniversary of the Tompkins Square Park Riots of August 6th 1988. Other bands playing the show include The World/Inferno Friendship Society, F-Minus, John Denvers Airplane & Pigshit Engine. Various political speakers will also be on stage throughout the event.

This is the 15th anniversary of the Tompkins Square police riots. The LoC's site explaims " in an on going political struggle between the impoverished residents of the lower east side & wealthy real estate developers armed with the NYPD. The police decided to put black tape over their badges & storm the neighborhood, beating political activists & innocent bystanders alike. Luckily these events were caught on a video camera & broadcast around the world. We gather every year to celebrate the NYPDS finest hour even though the neighborhood soon lost the war against gentrification."

This will be a rare chance to see Leftover Crack in their hometown, as they've been banned from just about every venue in the city.