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Billy Bragg Tour Dates 2009

DATE

LOCATION

INFORMATION

1 March 2009 London, England Gaslight at the Wishing Well
5 Tottenham Lane, Hornsey
Free Jail Guitar Doors songwriters hootenanny
Featuring BB, singer-songwriter Kieran Leonard, and former prisoner Johnny Neesom, who took part in the first
Jail Guitars Doors project at HMP Guys Marsh.
Warning: Small venue, and it's first come, first served.
25 April London, England

Camden Crawl
The Dublin Castle
94 Parkway NW1
8pm
Hosted by Steve Lamacq
25 April London, England

Tolpuddle London
TUC marks 175th anniversary of Tolpuddle Martyrs
March at 1.30pm from Clocktower, Caledonian Park
Market Road, Islington, to Edward Square
(junction of Caledonian Road and Copenhagen Street)
Billy performs around 4pm
26 April Dranouter, Belgium Dranouter By The Sea Folk Festival
27 April London, England

Hope Not Hate -
A Night for Searchlight
Organised by Philosophy Football,
the TUC and Thompsons Solicitors
to support Searchlight
against the BNP in Euro elections
TUC Congress Centre,
23-28 Great Russell Street WC1
BB, Shazia Mirza, Lemn Sissay,
and Last Mango in Paris.
Speakers: Jon Cruddas, Nick Lowles,
Kevin Maguire, Frances O'Grady,
and Sarfraz Manzoor
Tickets: Tel. 020 8802 3499
1 May New York City, NY, USA

Road Recovery Benefit
Honoring Wayne Kramer
Nokia Theatre, Times Square
Featuring: Perry Farrell,
Iggy Pop, Tom Morello, Jerry Cantrell,
Wayne Kramer, Billy Bragg, Don Was,
Joan as Police Woman, Miggs, Ours
Ticketmaster
3 May New York, NY, USA

Madison Square Garden
Pete Seeger's 90th birthday gig
in aid of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
Artists include Billy Bragg, Bruce Springsteen,
Ben Harper, Steve Earle, Eddie Vedder
(From 9am 30 March): Ticketmaster.com
22 May Liverpool, England

Writing On The Wall Festival
An evening of radical song
7:30pm
The Picket
61 Jordan St, Liverpool, L1 0BW
Featuring Billy Bragg,
David Rovics, Alun Parry,
and Atilla the Stockbroker.
Tickets £15.00/£8.00
Available from the Philharmonic Hall
Box office tel: 0151 709 3789
Buy tickets online

23 May Manchester, England

Strummercamp
Manchester Rugby Club
Cheadle Hulme
Cheshire SK8 7NB
Not-for-profit festival celebrating Joe Strummer
5 June Blaenavon, Wales

Tour of Wales marking
25th anniversary of Miners' Strike
Workmen's Hall
Box office: 01239 621200
Tickets: mwldan.ticketsolve.com
Gig is preceded by interview with Billy
conducted by David Williams, former
BBC Wales political correspondent
6 June Porthcawl, Wales

Grand Pavilion
01656 815995
Doors: 7.30pm
Also:

Songs and Protest
Billy Bragg and Martyn Joseph
in conversation with Beverley Joseph
about their songwriting, influences and passions
Starts 4pm
Tickets £5 (£2 concessions)
FREE to evening ticket holders
7 June Cardigan, Wales

Theatr Mwldan
01239 621200
9 June Pontardawe, Wales

Arts Centre
01792 863722
10 June Brecon, Wales

Theatr Brycheiniog
01874 611622
11 June Caernarfon, Wales

Galeri
01286 685222
12 June Wrexham, Wales

William Aston Hall
01978 316780
Some tickets with no booking fee also
available from Wrexham Tourist
Information Centre
Lambit St
Wrexham LL11 1AR
Tel. 01978 292015
14 June Aberystwyth, Wales

Arts Centre
01970 623232
15 June Blackwood, Wales

Miners Institute
01495 227206
17 June Brighton, England

Brighton Dome Concert Hall
18 June Wolverhampton, England Wulfrun Hall
19 June Beverley, England Beverley Folk Festival
20 June Leicester, England

Big Session Festival
19 July Tolpuddle, Dorset Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival
23 July Kendal, England Brewery Arts Centre
Malt Room
Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4HE
24 July Dundrennan, Scotland

The Wickerman Festival
East Kirkcarswell, near Dundrennan DG6 4QW
31 July Northampton, MA, USA Calvin Theater
Tickets on sale 8 May
1 August Newport, RI, USA

Folk Festival 50
Presale (from 4 May) code: BRAGG
http://www.folkfestival50.com/PRESALE.html
Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg,
The Decemberists,
Fleet Foxes, Gillian Welch,
The Avett Brothers, Iron & Wine,
Mavis Staples, Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman,
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and more
2 August Albany, NY, USA Swyer Theatre
'The Egg'
3 August Boston, MA, USA Berklee Performance Centre
15 August Majorca, Spain Bellver Castle
29 August Santa Monica, CA, USA

Beethoven Bragg
US premiere of Billy's version of
Beethoven's Ninth 'Ode to Joy'
Billy to perform and lead audience in song
Read news story
Tickets: www.beethovenbragg.com
5 September Portlaoise, Ireland

Electric Picnic
Stradbally Hall, Stradbally village
(near Portlaoise, Co. Laois)
3 October San Francisco, CA, USA

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Free festival
Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park
5 October San Francisco, CA, USA Great American Music Hall
14 October

Madrid, Spain

 Galileo Galilei
15 October Barcelona, Spain Bikini
16 October San Sebastian, Spain Kursaal
Sala de Camara
18 October Bilbao, Spain Palacio Euskalduna
    All shows are solo
unless otherwise indicated

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