The Enemy paid tribute to the former Peugeot workers who were made redundant from the car manufacturer’s Coventry plant as they played the Reading Festival last Friday (August 22nd).

Before playing ‘It’s Not OK’, the band’s frontman, Tom Clarke, told the crowd how the song meant the same today as when he wrote it in 2005.

Extensive job cuts at the company have since caused the closure of the factory in the Ryton district of the city.

The trio, who all hail from Coventry, gave an impressive performance as they stepped up to the festivals main-stage.

Their 30-minute set featured most of the songs from their number one debut album ‘We’ll Live And Die In These Towns’, including ‘Away From Here’ and ‘This Song’.

Clarke, who encouraged the crowd to sing along at every possibility, only appeared fazed when his acoustic guitar failed to work.

But he overcame the problem by joking that the credit crunch had struck the festivals organisers.

(by Jason Gregory)