As we all do our bit to work toward the safe and steady recovery of the UK's live music scene, just a reminder that that my UK & IE tour this Autumn is still going ahead and that tickets are on sale now: www.billybragg.co.uk/giglistings Let’s hope that by then, we’ll all be able to get together again and enjoy the uplift that live music brings, to audience and performer alike. | Billy Bragg

In these challenging times, we all need something to hang on to. Like everyone else, my plans for 2020 have been disrupted by the pandemic, but today I’m announcing an extensive UK & Irish tour for this time next year to give me something tangible to work towards. My hope is that, by then, we’ll be able to get together again and enjoy the uplift that live music brings, to audience and performer alike. Tickets go on sale @ 10am Friday 16th October via www.billybragg.co.uk/giglistings Hope to see

The coronavirus pandemic is going to affect our lives in ways we've yet to grasp. In the coming months, most of us will be forced to miss family gatherings, starting with Mother's Day which in the UK falls on this first weekend of isolation. Here's a new song, written in the past few days, that touches on the emotional cost of this crisis. Featuring CJ Hillman on pedal steel Recorded at home 21st March 2020 Engineered and mixed by CJ Hillman Words and music - Billy Bragg Published by Sony/ATV Mu