Press Release
Billy Bragg - Hope not Hate Tour
In Support of UK's anti-Fascists
15 Dec 2005
Billy Bragg embarks on the HOPE NOT HATE tour in April 2006, a special series of concerts in support of three of the UK's leading anti-Fascist organizations -- Unite, Love Music Hate Racism and Searchlight and leading trades unions including GMB - in the lead-up to the important May local council elections.
The tour dates -- Billy's first in two years -- and box office details are:
April 2006
23.04.06 WOLVERHAMPTON Wulfrun Hall (www.wolvescivic.co.uk / 01902 552121)
24.04.06 SHEFFIELD City Hall (www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk/ 0114 278 9789)
25.04.06 BRADFORD University (www.bradford.ac.uk/ 01274233242)
26.04.06 LIVERPOOL Carling Academy (www.liverpool-academy.co.uk/ 0870 7712000)
28.04.06 MANCHESTER Bridgewater Hall (www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/0161 907 9000)
29.04.06 GATESHEAD The Sage (www.thesagegateshead.org/ 0191443 4661)
30.04.05 CARDIFF St David's Hall (www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk/ 029 20878444)
May
01.05.05 BARKING Broadway (www.thebroadwaybarking.com/020 8507 5607)
04.05.06 LEICESTER De Montfort Hall (www.demontforthall.co.uk/ 0116 233 3111)
05.05.06 DOUGLAS - ISLE OF MAN Villa Marina (www.villagaiety.com01624 694555)
07.05.06 EDINBURGH Usher Hall (www.usherhall.co.uk/ 0131 228 1155)
31.05.06 EXETER Lemon Grove University (www.guild.exeter.ac.uk/ 01392 263518
June
03.06.06 DUBLIN Vicar Street (www.vicarstreet.com/0818719390)
The Hope Not Hate tour is sponsored by four of the UK's major trade unions -- Amicus, the GMB, the RMT and UNISON. Says Billy: "In my home town, Barking, we've organised and begun to turn the tide on the BNP. It couldn't have been done without the support of the unions. If you want to know what trade unions are all about, it's not just what happens in the workplace, it's about building communities -- communities where people can live side by side in peace and prosperity. That's why I'm so pleased that Amicus, the GMB, UNISON and the RMT are supporting this tour and helping us take the Hope Not Hate message out on the road."
Paul Kenny, GMB Acting General Secretary said, "The fight against the BNP is a crucial one and the 2006 local elections will be a major test that we must not fail. GMB activists will be campaigning on the ground in the areas targeted by the BNP. This Hope Not Hate tour by Billy Bragg will provide a rallying point in each town for the anti fascist activists."
Billy will be playing with the Small Faces' keyboards legend Ian McLagan and supported by Seth Lakeman, whose 'Kitty Jay' album was shortlisted for the 2005 Nationwide Mercury Prize.
The tour follows Billy's appearance at Which Side Are You On?, a show he curates and hosts at the Barbican in London on Thursday 2nd February. The show focuses on songs of social engagement, from the folk protests of the Fifties and Sixties through to the righteous anger of the punk, rock and ska of the Seventies, Eighties and beyond. The show in produced by the Barbican in association with BBC Four. Tickets cost £25.00, £20.00 and £15.00.
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