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Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg, born Stephen William Bragg on December 20, 1957, in Barking, Essex, England, is a singer-songwriter, musician, and political activist. He formed the punk and pub-rock band Riff Raff in 1977, and after the group disbanded in 1980, briefly enlisted in the British Army before purchasing his discharge and turning to a solo career combining folk, punk, and protest songwriting.
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Hungary
- Aug 19 – Aug 23BudapestView details
United Kingdom
- Nov 13BlackpoolBlackpool Opera HouseView details
- Nov 14NottinghamMotorpoint Arena NottinghamView details
- Nov 16Newcastle Upon TyneO2 City Hall NewcastleView details
- Nov 16 – Nov 16Newcastle Upon TyneO2 City HallView details
- Nov 17DurhamStockton GlobeView details
- Nov 19HullConnexin LiveView details
- Nov 20LeedsLeeds First Direct Bank ArenaView details
- Nov 21LiverpoolM&S Bank Arena LiverpoolView details
- Nov 23ManchesterO2 Apollo ManchesterView details
- Nov 26LondonThe O2View details
- Nov 28BirminghamUtilita Arena BirminghamView details
- Nov 30SwanseaSwansea Building Society ArenaView details
- Dec 1PlymouthPlymouth ArenaView details
- Dec 3PortsmouthPortsmouth GuildhallView details
- Dec 4BournemouthBournemouth International CentreView details
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About Billy Bragg
His 1983 debut, "Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy," established a stripped-down style built on electric guitar and voice, and "Talking with the Taxman About Poetry" (1986) became his first UK top-ten album. His two collaborative albums with the American band Wilco and singer Natalie Merchant, "Mermaid Avenue" (1998) and "Mermaid Avenue Vol. II" (2000), setting unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics to new music, earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Bragg's work is classified across folk punk, indie folk, and alternative country, typically pairing romantic songwriting with left-wing political commitment; he co-founded the Red Wedge collective in 1985 to support the Labour Party, backed striking miners during the 1984-85 UK miners' strike, and founded the charity Jail Guitar Doors in 2007 to supply musical instruments to prisoners.
His most recent studio album, "The Million Things That Never Happened," was released in 2021, and in 2023 he marked four decades of performing with the compilation series "The Roaring Forty." Bragg continues to record and perform internationally, including recurring collaborations with Wilco revisiting the Mermaid Avenue material.