Billy Bragg

Long Time No See – After A Decade BILLY BRAGG Returns To CANADA/US

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13 March 2026

English veteran songsmith and political activist, BILLY BRAGG,
aged 67 now, has released 14 LPs so far in his illustrious career.

A couple of weeks ago, he followed Bruce Springsteen‘s protest song
Streets Of Minneapolis with his own anti-ICE song, named City Of Heroes
condemning the killings in cold blood of two American citizens, Alex Pretti
and Reneé Good.

Bragg will take this and many other songs to Canada/US. Dates below.

BILLY BRAGG – In The Footsteps Of SPRINGSTEEN English Folk Legend Shares Anti-ICE Song

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

1 February 2026

English veteran songsmith and political activist, BILLY BRAGG (aged 67 now)
has, following Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Streets Of Minneapolis’ written an anti-ICE song,
titled CITY OF HEROES.

Bragg: “The murder of Alex Pretti was horrifically shocking, all the more so as we are still reeling from the images of the murder of Renee Good. That these crimes can be committed in broad daylight, on camera and yet no one is held accountable only adds to the injustice.”

“Knowing that these trigger happy ICE thugs operate with seeming impunity in their midst, are still willing to put themselves in harms way to defend their community. Their resistance is an inspiration to us all.”

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BILLY BRAGG Just Shared An Anti-Far Right Holiday Song ‘PUTTING CHRIST BACK IN CHRISTMAS’

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14 December 2025

British veteran songsmith and political activist, BILLY BRAGG (aged 67 now) has written
and shared an anti-far right Xmas musing, called PUT CHRIST BACK IN CHRISTMAS.

Bragg: “The far-right attention seeker who calls himself Tommy Robinson is trying to introduce Christian nationalism into the UK under the slogan “Putting Christ Back Into Christmas”. He told his followers that this involves “drawing attention to unchecked immigration and the fading of our cultural heritage.

Here’s a song I’ve just written to remind Tommy and his mates of the true meaning of Christmas, utilising the tune of the Scottish folk song ‘Come All Ye Tramps and Hawkers’.”

Listen

Instagram – Linktree

BILLY BRAGG Shares New Song In Support Of The Palestinian Catastrophe – Hear ‘HUNDRED YEAR HUNGER’

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5 September 2025

68-year-old British singer-songwriter BILLY BRAGG has always been and
is still politically active, criticizing all sorts of social injustices. He incorporated
his visions in his music frequently and still does after 40 years into his career.

He has a new song out, named HUNDRED YEAR HUNGER
in support of the Palestinian catastrophe.

Bragg: “‘Hundred Year Hunger’ looks at the current famine that Israel has created
in Gaza through the lens of a century of enforced food insecurity and malnutrition
imposed on the Palestinian people, firstly by British imperialism, then as a weapon
of mass displacement by the state of Israel.”

Instagram – Spotify

Liverpool’s Beloved Songsmith JAIMIE WEBSTER Invited Legend BILLY BRAGG For His Working Class Anthem ‘FRICKLE FRAN’

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Daily noise that works faster than any stimulant

15 September 2023

Liverpool‘s singer-songwriter JAMIE WEBSTER is warming up for his 3rd longplayer
titled 10 FOR THE PEOPLE that lands on 24 February 2024. Pre-order info here.

For the 2nd single from the album, he’s joined by the
legendary songsmith and political activist Billy Bragg.

Jamie Webster about FICKLE FRAN: “’Fickle Fran’ is a song about the spirit and the defiance of the working class. I was thinking back to the days of a ‘salesman’ knocking door to door with clothes off the back of lorries. He was always both cynical and optimistic which is where the fickle idea comes from. He’d always moan about how his clothes weren’t selling the way he thought, but come the next season of weather he had the perfect product that would make up for his shortcomings. This was before online shopping and also way before websites that sell fake products. I often wonder how he’d survive in the modern world. His defiance would always prevail however, as I remember his most unforgettable sign-off quote …“’Still though mate, I’d rather this than work in Dixons any day of the week!’”


Billy Bragg

These are the kind of envigorating tunes that make your day
before it even began. Vivifying, salubrious and sickly sticking.
You’ll need the repeat button for this glorious working class
anthem.

Start up.


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JAMIE WEBSTER: Facebook – Website

Musicians Support The Striking British NHS Workers

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18 December 2022

Always underrated and underpaid (not only in the UK), despite
the healing and humanitarian/talking therapy work and the unlikely
amount of labour during the Covid-19 period, NHS workers in the UK
are ignored by the unworldly Tories who spend their time with me, myself,
and I rhetoric. They do not care! They force the  NHS to strike to get
attention for their unrewarded work.

Pat Cullen, the union’s general secretary: “Hundreds of thousands
of hard-working, decent people should not be cast aside as ‘unreasonable’
for expecting better for themselves, their families and their patients.”

Claire Murdoch (NHS mental health director) Over a million people already
use NHS talking therapies every year, but we know we can help just by telling
them it’s there for them.

Several British musicians, such as Weller, Primal Scream and Billy Bragg,
do care and expressed their support on their social media.

Paul Weller

Primal Scream

Billy Bragg

Picked By TURN UP THE VOLUME – 10 Big Albums Turning 40 In 2023

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Back in time

Band: ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
Active: 1978–1993, 1996–present

Album: PORPUCINE – 3rd LP
Released: 4 February 1983
Score: #2 in the UK

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ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: Bio – Discography
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Band: R.E.M.
Active: 1981-2011

Album: MURMUR – debut LP
Released: 12 April 1983
Score: #36 in the US

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R.E.M: Bio – Discography
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Band: MARK STEWART + THE MAFFIA
Who: One of the adventurous dub projects of
The Pop Group‘s centipede musician Mark Stewart

Album: LEARNING TO COPE WITH COWARDICE – first and last LP
Released: January 1983

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MARK STEWART: Bio – Discography
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Artist: TOM WAITS
Album: SWORDFISHTROMBONES – 8th LP

Released: 6 March 1983

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TOM WAITS: Bio – Discography
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Artist: BILLY BRAGG
Album: LIFE’S A RIOT WITH SPY Vs SPY – debut LP
Released: May 1983

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BILLY BRAGG: Bio – Discography
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Band: THE FALL
Active: 1976–2018

Album: PERVERTED BY LANGUAGE – 6th LP
Released: 12 December 1983

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THE FALL: Bio – Discography
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Band: CABARET VOLTAIRE
Active: 1973–1994, 2009–2022

Album: THE CRACKDOWN – 3rd LP
released: 18 August 1983

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CABARET VOLTAIRE: Bio – Discography

Band: THE THE
Matt Johnson‘s band

Album: SOUL MINING – debut LP
Released: 21 October 1983

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THE THE: Bio – Discography
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Band: NEW ORDER
Active: 1980–1993, 1998–2007, 2011–present

Album: POWER, CORRUPTION AND LIES
Their second LP
Released: 2 May 1983
Score: #4 in the UK

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NO: Bio – Discography
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Band: BIG COUNTRY
Active: 981–2000, 2007, 2010–present

Album: THE CROSSING – debut LP
Released: 29 July 1983

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BIG COUNTRY: Bio – Discography