Billy Bragg is coming over to the states for a few gigs! Before then, Bragg has some gigs to perform in the UK and Ireland. on 29 August, Billy’s rewritten libretto for the choral version of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony will receive its United States premiere in Los Angeles, California.

The symphony will be performed by the Asia America Youth Orchestra conducted by David Benoit, at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. The show will benefit Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice in LA. Billy will be on hand to perform and lead the audience in a singalong of his English version of Schiller’s Ode to Joy.

19 July – Tolpuddle, Dorset – Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival
23 July – Kendal, England – Brewery Arts Centre
24 July – Dundrennan, Scotland – The Wickerman Festival
31 July – Northampton, MA, USA – Calvin Theater
1 August – Newport, RI, USA – Folk Festival 50
2 August – Albany, NY, USA – Swyer Theatre ‘The Egg’
3 August – Boston, MA, USA – Berklee Performance Centre
15 August – Majorca, Spain – Bellver Castle
29 August – Santa Monica, CA, USA – Beethoven Bragg
5 September – Portlaoise, Ireland – Electric Picnic
3 October – San Francisco, CA, USA – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
5 October – San Francisco, CA, USA – Great American Music Hall
14 October – Madrid, Spain – Galileo Galilei
15 October – Barcelona, Spain – Bikini
16 October – San Sebastian, Spain – Kursaal Sala de Camara
18 October – Bilbao, Spain – Palacio Euskalduna

More details can be found at http://www.billybragg.co.uk/shows