Love Music Hate Racism is standing in solidary with The Zutons guitarist Boyan Chowdhury after he was assaulted in a “vile” attack.
The charity has shared a statement after the Valerie musician revealed he was attacked by a “gang of lads” on Saturday afternoon (21.03.26) in Liverpool, leaving him with his head split open “down to the skull”.
In his original Instagram post alongside graphic images of his injury, Chowdhury wrote: “I was racially attacked by a gang of lads yesterday afternoon.
“Got called a P***, SAND N***** and DIRTY ARAB. Then one of [them] ran at me from the side with a two foot long piece of wood.
“If I hadn’t of turned around I believe I would’ve been struck on the back of the head and dead right now…
“He got me across the front and as you can see split my head open down to the skull. They had ran back to his friends house to get the piece of wood to attack me.
“This city is f****** s***. Full of dirty horrible racist rats. And it’s just getting worse by the day.”
On Monday (23.03.26), Love Music Hate Racism shared a strong statement backing the musician.
They posted: “Love Music Hate Racism stands with musician Boyan of The Zutons and against the vile racists who attacked and assaulted him.
“This gross act of far-right racist violence is a reminder of how important it is for us all to make clear that there are more of us than them.
“We call on everyone to march through London as part of the Together Alliance demonstration this Saturday. Love The Zutons, Hate Racism. No Reform.”
Merseyside Police has said Chowdhury was “racially abused” in an “altercation” with a group of men.
Officers have called for further information about the incident near Fieldway, and described the attack as “hate related”.
Chowdhury was The Zutons’ original lead guitarist from 2001 until 2007 when he left due to “musical differences”.
He played on their first two albums, Who Killed… The Zutons? and Tired Of Hanging Around, with the latter featuring the group’s megahit Valerie, which was famously covered by Amy Winehouse.
He would rejoin in 2018 for the band’s reunion tours, but left again four years later and wasn’t part of the sessions for 2024 album The Big Decider.
