The riots in London are having a profound effect on the capital and England's friendly football match against the Netherlands at Wembley on Wednesday 10th August has been called off following three nights of rioting in London. Police say they do not have spare manpower for the 70,000 capacity stadium. Carling Cup matches at Charlton, West Ham, Crystal Palace (all in London) and Bristol City have also been postponed. In the music industry, a number of HMV stores in North London have been targets of looting and a warehouse facility used by leading indie label distributor [PIAS] was burned to the ground on Monday, seriously affecting UK independent labels. The Enfield distribution centre was operated by one of Sony Corp but the impact of the centre and its stock being destroyed will be felt far beyond Sony as the warehouse was used by [PIAS] which is one of the country's leading distributors of CDs for independent labels, including the Beggars Group, Ninja Tune, Warp, Domino and around 150 others. There are also unconfirmed reports both the Brixton Academy and Electric Ballroom venues were attacked.
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