Billy Bragg UK Tour

[Bazza]

Billy has announced 15 tour dates for the UK and Ireland, beginning in February 2006, to coincide with the re-issue of his album back catalogue on Cooking Vinyl Records in the UK and Yep Roc Records in the USA.

The Hope Not Hate Tour is supported by a the Amicus, GMB, RMT, T&G, and Unison trades unions, and by the political campaign groups The Left Field, Love Music Hate Racism, Searchlight, and Unite Against Fascism.

There will be US tour dates early next year too, which we will announce when they are confirmed.

UK TOUR DATES

DATES
2 February 2006 - London, England, Barbican Hall
(among several artists appearing)

23 April - Wolverhampton, England, Wulfrun Hall

24 April - Sheffield, England, Sheffield City Hall

25 April - Bradford, England, Bradford University

26 April - Liverpool, England, Liverpool Carling Academy

28 April - Manchester, England, Bridgewater Hall

29 April - Gateshead, England, Gateshead Sage

30 April - Cardiff, Wales, St Davids Hall

1 May - Barking, England, Barking Broadway

4 May - Leicester, England, De Montfort Hall

5 May - Douglas, Isle of Man, Douglas Villa Marina

7 May - Edinburgh, Scotland, Usher Hall

31 May - Exeter, England, Exeter University Lemon Grove

3 June - Dublin, Ireland, Vicar Street


For full details, please visit
www.billybragg.co.uk/shows

[Bazza]

Billy Bragg has announced some North American tour dates for March. There will also be some West Coast gigs later on in the year.


NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES 2006

11 March 2006 - Opera House, Toronto, ON, Canada
17 March - South By South West gig, with The Klezmatics (To Be Confirmed)
18 March - SXSW Anti Gig (TBC)
19 March - Minneapolis, MN, Fine Line Music Cafe
21 March - Ann Arbor, MI, The Ark
23 March - Boston, MA, Somerville Theatre
24 March - New York, NY, New York Society for Ethical Culture
25 March - Glenside, PA, Keswick Theatre
26 March - Alexandria, VA, The Birchmere

[irnbru]

No Glasgow Dates

[Bazza]

irnbru said:

No Glasgow Dates

Just the one Scottish date (Edinburgh) by the looks of things. I'm off to Gateshead which isn't to far away by car. But I'm having to travel all the way to Liverpool in November to see Ray Davies as he isn't doing any dates in the North East on his tour.