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Shows will feature songs from the ‘The Roaring Forty’ box set marking four decades of musical magic, socio-political protest & heartfelt empathy
June 4, 2024 – Acclaimed singer songwriter and activist Billy Bragg has confirmed additional dates for 2024's ‘The Roaring Forty USA I Canada Tour.’
Already announced summer dates kick off July 18 in Riverhead, NY and include a July 27 return to the Newport Folk Festival—his first appearance there since 2017. Bragg will then return in September for an additional 18-date run throughout the United States and Canada. Tickets to go on sale Friday June 7 and can be found here.
The tour will feature Bragg, along with keyboardist and vocalist JJ Stoney, performing fan-favorites featured on 2023’s acclaimed box set ‘The Roaring Forty 1983-2023.’
Says Bragg, “With the election season getting underway, I’m excited to announce my comprehensive coast-to-coast US tour - plus a couple of Canadian dates - for September and October."
See below for a full list of dates.
Billy Bragg 'The Roaring Forty USA Tour I 2024
7/18 - The Suffolk - Riverhead, NY - Tickets
7/19 - Bearsville Theater - Woodstock, NY - Tickets
7/20 - Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY - Tickets
7/21 - Palace Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA - Tickets
7/23 - Academy of Music - Northampton, MA - Tickets
7/24 - Aura - Portland, ME - Tickets
7/27 - Newport Folk Festival - Newport, RI - Tickets
9/20 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC
9/21 - Neptune Theatre - Seattle, WA
9/22 - Revolution Hall - Portland, OR
9/24 - Crest Theatre - Sacramento, CA
9/26 - Palace of Fine Arts - San Francisco, CA
9/27 - Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
9/28 - The Magnolia - San Diego, CA
10/3 - Chautauqua Auditorium - Boulder, CO
10/5 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
10/6 - Barrymore Theatre - Madison, WI
10/7 - Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL
10/10 - The Majestic - Detroit, MI
10/11 - Massey Hall - Toronto, ON
10/12 - Kodak Center - Rochester, NY
10/17 - Lansdowne Theatre - Philadelphia, PA
10/18 - Webster Hall - New York, NY
10/19 - The Atlantis - Washington D.C.
10/20 - 9:30 Club - Washington D.C.
About Billy Bragg:
Billy Bragg has been a fearless recording artist, tireless live performer and peerless political campaigner for 40 years. He has released 11 solo studio albums: Life’s A Riot With Spy Vs Spy (1983); Brewing Up With Billy Bragg (1984); Talking With The Taxman About Poetry (1986); Workers Playtime (1988); The Internationale (1990); Don’t Try This At Home (1991); William Bloke (1996); England, Half English(2002); Mr Love & Justice (2008); Tooth & Nail (2013); The Million Things That Never Happened (2021); three albums with Wilco – (Grammy nominated) Mermaid Avenue (1998); Mermaid Avenue Vol II (2000); Mermaid Avenue Vol III (2012); and one album with Joe Henry – Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad (2016). He released a mini album Bridges Not Walls in 2017. His performances at the BBC were anthologised in The Best Of Billy Bragg At The BBC 1983-2019 (2019). At their best, Billy’s songs present ‘the perfect Venn diagram between the political and the personal’ (The Guardian).
Billy Bragg added best-selling author/musicologist to his CV with the success of his acclaimed 2017 book Roots, Radicals & Rockers – How Skiffle Changed The World. He has written two books of political analysis - The Progressive Patriot: A Search For Belonging (2006) and The Three Dimensions of Freedom (2019), which has been translated into German and Spanish.
