Previous
tour dates
Tour dates are published here as soon as
they are confirmed.
However, they may still be subject to late changes or cancellation.
Billy
Bragg Tour Dates 2006
Hope Not Hate and Progressive Patriot Tours
Unions
supporting the UK tour
Amicus GMB RMT Unison
Political campaigns supporting
the UK tour
The
Left Field Love
Music Hate Racism Searchlight Unite
Against Fascism
| DATE |
LOCATION |
INFORMATION |
| 2 February 2006 |
London, England |
Which Side Are You On?
Folk Britannia
With other artists
Barbican
Hall |
| 11
March |
Toronto,
ON, Canada |
SOLD OUT
The
Opera House
Queen Street East |
| 17 March |
Austin, TX, USA |
South By Southwest
(SXSW)
Cedar Street
With The Klezmatics |
| 19
March |
Minneapolis,
MN, USA |
Fine
Line Music Cafe
318 1st Avenue North |
| 20
March |
Chicago,
IL, USA |
The
Double Door
1572 N. Milwaukee Avenue |
| 21
March |
Ann
Arbor, MI, USA |
SOLD OUT
The
Ark
316 Main Street |
| 23
March |
Somerville,
MA, USA |
Somerville
Theatre
55 Davis Square |
| 24
March |
New
York, NY, USA |
SOLD
OUT
New
York Society for Ethical Culture
2 West 64th Street |
| 25
March |
Glenside,
PA, USA |
Keswick
Theatre
291 Keswick Avenue |
| 26
March |
Alexandria,
VA, USA |
SOLD OUT
(second show added)
The
Birchmere
3701 Mt Vernon Avenue |
| 27 March |
Alexandria, VA, USA |
SOLD OUT
The
Birchmere
3701 Mt Vernon Avenue |
| 23 April |
Wolverhampton, England |
BB with
Ian McLagan
Wulfrun
Hall
01902 552121
|
| 24
April |
Sheffield, England |
BB with
Ian McLagan
Sheffield City Hall
0114 278 9789 |
| 25 April |
Bradford, England |
BB with
Ian McLagan
Bradford University
01274 233242 |
| 26 April |
Liverpool, England |
BB with
Ian McLagan
Liverpool Carling
Academy
0870 771 2000 |
| 28 April |
Manchester, England |
BB with
Ian McLagan
Bridgewater
Hall
0161 907 9000 |
| 29 April |
Gateshead, England |
BB with
Ian McLagan
Gateshead Sage
0191 443 4661 |
| 30 April |
Cardiff, Wales |
BB with
Ian McLagan
St Davids Hall
029 2087 8444 |
| 1 May |
Barking, England |
SOLD
OUT
BB with
Ian McLagan
Barking
Broadway
020 8507 5607 |
| 3 May |
London, England |
BB with Ian McLagan
Shepherds Bush Empire |
| 4 May |
Leicester, England |
BB with
Ian McLagan
De
Montfort Hall
0116 233 3111 |
| 5 May |
Douglas,
Isle of Man |
BB with
Ian McLagan
Douglas
Villa Marina
01624 694555 |
| 7 May |
Edinburgh,
Scotland |
BB with
Ian McLagan
Usher
Hall
0131 228 1155 |
| 31 May |
Exeter,
England |
BB with
Ian McLagan
Exeter
University Lemon Grove
01392 263518 |
| 1 June |
Salisbury, England |
BB with Ian
McLagan
International Arts Festival
City Hall
01722 320333
With Seth Lakeman |
| 2 June |
Cheltenham, England |
BB with
Ian McLagan
Wychwood Festival
01993 772580 |
| 3 June |
Dublin,
Ireland |
BB with
Ian McLagan
Vicar
Street
0818719390 |
| 16 July |
Tolpuddle, England |
Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival |
| 1 September |
Berlin, Germany |
Arlo Guthrie,
Billy Bragg and Wenzel
Schiller Theater
10625 Berlin-Charlottenburg, Bismarckstraße
110 |
| 20 September |
Halifax, NS, Canada |
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Tickets from:
Dalhousie Arts Centre box office. Telephone (902) 494-3820
(toll free 1-800-874-1669), or www.sonicconcerts.com
With Seth Lakeman |
| 22 September |
Montreal, PQ, Canada |
Club Soda
1225
boul St Laurent
Ticket info
With Seth Lakeman |
| 23 September |
Ottawa, ON, Canada |
The New Capital Music
Hall
128 York Street
Tickets (Ticketmaster)
With Seth Lakeman |
| 24 September |
Toronto, ON, Canada |
Music Hall Theatre
147 Danforth Avenue
Tickets (Ticketmaster)
With Seth Lakeman |
| 26 September |
Winnipeg, MB, Canada |
The Venue - Ramada
Marlborough
331 Smith Street
Tickets (Ticketmaster)
With Seth Lakeman |
| 27 September |
Calgary, AB, Canada |
Knox United Church
506 - 4th Street SW
Tickets (Ticketmaster)
With Seth Lakeman |
| 29 September |
Vancouver, BC, Canada |
The Commodore Ballroom
870 Granville St
Tickets (Ticketmaster)
With Geoff Berner ( to be confirmed) |
| 30 September |
Seattle, WA, USA |
Kane Lecture Hall
With Otis Gibbs |
| 2 October |
Portland, OR, USA |
Aladdin Theatre
With Otis Gibbs |
| 4 October |
Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Henry Fonda Theatre
Tickets (Ticketmaster)
With Otis Gibbs |
| 5 October |
San Francisco, CA,
USA |
Great American Music
Hall
Tickets
With Otis Gibbs |
| 7 October |
San Francisco, CA,
USA |
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Festival
Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park |
| 10 October |
Birmingham, England |
Birmingham Book Festival
South Birmingham College, Digbeth Campus, Floodgate
Street
7pm
Talk and book signing (The Progressive Patriot)
Tickets: £8 (£6.50 & U16s £5)
Box Office: 0121 303 2323 |
| 11 October |
Ilkley, England |
Ilkley Literature Festival
Craiglands Hotel Ballroom,
Cowpasture Road, Ilkley
7.30pm
In conversation and book signing
Sold out |
| 12 October |
Sheffield, England |
Off The Shelf
Sheffield Literary Festival
The Auditorium, University of Sheffield Union of Students
Western Bank, Sheffield 10
7.30pm
In conversation and book signing
Tickets £5/£4 (cons) from Sheffield Theatres
- Tel. 0114 249 6000 and from the University – Tel.
0114 222 8777 |
| 13 October |
Cheltenham, England |
Cheltenham Literature
Festival
Town Hall
8.45pm
Talk and book signing
In conversation with John Wilson
Tickets £8
Box Office 01242 227979 |
| 17 October |
Cambridge, England |
Cambridge
University
Debating Chamber
9a Bridge Street
7.30pm
Talk and book signing
Tickets £5* from 4 October from Heffers
Bookshop
20 Trinity
Street, Cambridge or
Tel. Bruce Dixon 01223 568545
*Free to Union Society Members |
| 18 October |
Newham, England |
Stratford Circus Theatre
Theatre Square
7pm
In conversation with John Pundit of Asian Dub Foundation,
and book signing
Tickets £5 from Newham Bookshop
020 8552 9993 or info@newhambooks.co.uk |
| 19 October |
London, England |
Fopp Music Store
220-224 Tottenham Court Road
5.30pm
Talk and book signing
Fopp tel. 0207 299 1640 |
| 25 October |
Reading, England |
Waterstone's
Broad Street
7pm
Talk and book signing
Tickets £3 redeemable
against purchase of the promoted title at the event
Waterstone's tel. 0118 958 1270 |
| 26 October |
London, England |
BBC Electric Proms
Music Festival
6music Hubb Session
Roundhouse, Camden |
| 27 October |
Southampton, England |
Physics Lecture Theatre
University of Southampton
6.30pm
Talk and book signing
Tickets £1 redeemable
against purchase of the promoted title at the event
Tel. Waterstone’s Southampton
University 023 8055 8267 |
| 29 October |
Manchester, England |
Spanish Civil War commemoration
Library Theatre
'Protest, poetry, and song'
See News story |
| 2 November |
Manchester, England |
Your Place Or Mine?
English Heritage Conference
Manchester Town Hall
Panel discussion with David Lammy MP, Simon Thurley,
Simon Murray.
Chair: Baroness Lola Young |
| 10 November |
London, England |
Philosophy Football
Offside Bar & Gallery
271 City Road, Islington
EC1
Billy in conversation with John Harris, Mark Perryman,
and Beatrix Campbell Plus live music from Positively
Testcard, and sound system
FREE but advance registration is essential.
Email: events@philosophyfootball.com |
| 15 November |
Bridport, England |
Bridport Literary Festival
Bridport Arts Centre
South Street
Bridport, Dorset |
| 16 November |
London, England |
Bookmarks, Bloomsbury
Talk and book signing
6.30pm
1, Bloomsbury St, WC1B 3QE
Entrance free but donations welcome
Reserve
places on 020 7637 1848
or events@bookmarks.uk.com |
| 23 November |
London, England |
National Portrait Gallery
Panel discussion on identity
With Helena Kennedy QC, reggae dub poet Linton Kewsi
Johnson, and poet and translator George
Szirtes |
| 1 December |
York, England |
Hope Not Hate Tour
Part II
Opera House
0870 606 3595
|
| 2 December |
York, England |
Progressive Patriot
book signing
1pm
Borders Books & Music
1-5 Davygate, York YO1 8QR |
| 2 December |
Holmfirth, England |
SOLD OUT
Picturedrome
01484 689759
|
| 3 December |
Burnley, England |
Mechanic Arts Centre
01282 664400 |
| 4 December |
Glasgow, Scotland |
City Hall
0141 353 8000
|
| 5 December |
Glasgow, Scotland |
Progressive
Patriot talk, book signing and Q&A
6.30pm
Waterstone's
153-157 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow G2 3EW
Tickets £3 redeemable against purchase of book
Available from the store on 0141 332 9105
|
| 6 December |
Perth, Scotland |
Concert Hall
0845 612 6328 |
| 7 December |
Aberdeen, Scotland |
Lemon Tree
01224 642 230
|
| 10 December |
London, England |
SOLD OUT
Hackney
Empire
291 Mare Street E8 1EJ
Box Office 020 8985 2424
Doors 6.30pm
|
| 11 December |
Cambridge, England |
Junction
01223 511 511 |
| 12 December |
Bristol, England |
St Georges
0845 402 4001 |
| 13 December |
Birmingham, England |
Academy
0870 771 2000 |
| 14 December |
Reading, England |
Concert Hall
0118 960 6060 |
| 16 December |
Brighton, England |
Dome
01273 709709 |
| 17 December |
London, England |
Hackney
Empire
291 Mare Street E8 1EJ
Box Office 020 8985 2424 |
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All
shows are solo
unless otherwise indicated |
Unions supporting the UK tour
Amicus GMB RMT Unison
Political campaigns supporting the
UK tour
The
Left Field Love
Music Hate Racism Searchlight Unite
Against Fascism
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