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BRAGG: ENGLAND FOR THE ENGLISH
And the Welsh. And the Martians...
24.jan.02
PlayLouder is as pleased as a particularly self-satisfied
punch to announce the release of the debut Billy Bragg
and the Blokes LP, 'England, Half English', out on March
4th through Cooking Vinyl. Sweeeeet.
To wet the proverbial whistle, a double A side single,
'England, Half English'/'St. Monday' comes out on
February 18th. Glad are we.
Anyway, this is Sir Bragg's first full set of new material
since 1996's 'William Bloke', which was ace, and had the
sublime 'Brickbat' on it, oh yes. After that came 'Mermaid
Avenue', volumes one and two, which the critics loved
massively. As did we.
Those aforementioned Blokes, by the way, are the
legendary Ian McLagan - of Small Faces, Bob Dylan, The
Faces and Rolling Stones fame - on Hammond organ
and piano, Ben Mandelson (lap steel guitar); Lu
Edmonds (electric guitar and vocals); Martyn Barker
(drums); and Simon Edwards (bass). Neato.
As if that weren't enough, the band are touring
throughout march, at the following dens of iniquity:
05.03.02 Brighton Corn Exchange 01273 709 709
06.03.02 Norwich Waterfront 01603 508 050
07.03.02 London Shepherds Bush Empire 020 7771 2000
09.03.02 Coventry Warwick Arts Centre 0247 652 4524
10.03.02 Manchester Lowry 0161 876 2000
11.03.02 Cambridge Corn Exchange 01223 357 851
13.03.02 Salisbury City Hall 01722 327 676
14.03.02 Bristol Academy 0870 771 2000
15.03.02 Leicester DeMontfort Hall 0116 233 3111
16.03.02 Edinburgh Usher Hall 0131 228 1155
18.03.02 Newcastle Opera House 0191 232 0899
19.03.02 Leeds Metropolitan University 0113 244 4600
20.03.02 Liverpool Royal Court 0151 709 4321
21.03.02 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall / Civic Hall 01902
552 121
23.03.02 London Forum 020 7284 1001
04.05.02 Belfast Empire TBC
Is he still looking for a new england? Was he ever? Hmm.
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