Billy Bragg - Hope Not Hate pt2
BILLY BRAGG AND THREE MAJOR UNIONS TAKE ANTI-BNP MESSAGE ON THE ROAD
Billy Bragg, the great English performer and songwriter, embarks on the HOPE NOT HATE TOUR PART II in December, a special series of concerts in support of five of the UK’s leading anti-Fascist organisations. Three major trades unions - UNISON, the GMB and Amicus – are sponsoring the tour.
The dates follow the enormous success of Bragg’s first HOPE NOT HATE tour in April and May this year, serving to raise awareness of the threat of racism and the rise of the BNP in the UK.
The new tour includes two concerts at London’s Hackney Empire, the scene of Bragg’s legendary New Year’s Eve show in 1991. The full tour dates and box office details are:
December
01.12.06 YORK OPERA HOUSE (0870 606 3595 / www.livenation.co.uk/york)
Tickets £18.00
02.12.06 HOLMFIRTH PICTUREDROME (01484 689759 / www.picturedrome.net)
Tickets £18.00
03.12.06 BURNLEY MECHANICS ARTS CENTRE (01282 664400 /
www.burnleymechanics.co.uk) Tickets £17.00
04.12.06 GLASGOW CITY HALL (0141 353 8000 / www.glasgowcityhalls.com)
Tickets £16.50
06.12.06 PERTH CONCERT HALL (0845 612 6328 / www.horsecross.co.uk) Tickets
£18.00
07.12.06 ABERDEEN LEMON TREE (01224 642 230 / www.lemontree.org) Tickets £19.50
10.12.06 LONDON HACKNEY EMPIRE (020 8985 2424 / www.hackneyempire.co.uk) Tickets £18.00, £15.00, £12.00
11.12.06 CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION (01223 511 511 / www.junction.co.uk) Tickets £16.50
12.12.06 BRISTOL ST GEORGE’S HALL (0845 402 4001 / www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk) Tickets £18.00, £12.00, £8.00
13.12.06 BIRMINGHAM CARLING ACADEMY (0870 771 2000 / www.academy-music-group.co.uk) Tickets £15.00
14.12.06 READING CONCERT HALL (0118 960 6060 / www.readingarts.com) Tickets £16.00
16.12.06 BRIGHTON DOME (01273 709709 / www.brighton-dome.org.uk) Tickets £17.50
17.12.06 LONDON HACKNEY EMPIRE (020 8985 2424 /
www.hackneyempire.co.uk) Tickets £18.00, £15.00, £12.00
Says Bragg: “In this 70th year of the Battle of Cable Street, and with the rise of the BNP, it’s crucial that we continue our campaign against racism and Fascism in Britain” - in 1936 the people of London’s East End rallied to Cable Street and forced back a march by the Fascist Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts.
The five anti-Fascist organisations supported by the HOPE NOT HATE TOUR PART II are Searchlight, Unite Against Fascism, Love Music Hate Racism, Show Racism the Red Card and The Leftfield at Glastonbury.
