Billy Bragg
Teesside University
Mercredi 16 novembre 2011
Teesside UniversityMercredi 16 novembre 2011
Billy Bragg
The King Blues et Sound of Rum
Tees Valley
Middlesbrough TS1 3BA
Royaume-Uni
Localiser sur la carte.
Middlesbrough TS1 3BA
Royaume-Uni
Localiser sur la carte.
Tél : +44-(0)1642-218121
Site : www.tees.ac.uk
BILLY BRAGG ANNOUNCES LEFT FIELD IN MOTION TOUR
Featuring - Billy Bragg: The King Blues: Sound of Rum
Since taking over the running of the Left Field at Glastonbury Festival in 2010, Billy Bragg has made an effort to showcase young artists who are mixing pop and politics. The Left Field in Motion Tour will take that concept on the road, with a ticket price pegged lower than usual in an attempt to connect a new generation to the power of music with something to say.
Writing in the NME recently, Bragg recognised that the English riots had created a unique moment for young artists to step up and offer their perspective: “The disturbances of the past weeks have stirred up a shit storm of opinion in the mainstream media, much of it from people who have no real experience of the pressures faced by this generation, the first in a century that are likely to grow up worse off than their parents. Though this situation has been building for some years, the disturbances have created an opportunity for young people to provide an alternative commentary.”
Bragg follows that call to arms by bringing together a brace of contemporary artists whose songs are full of social comment on the Left Field In Motion Tour: ska/punk radicals The King Blues will be joining him for selected dates bringing their acclaimed righteous sense of ire and fervour, frustration and celebration.
Support for all the shows will be from the astounding genre defying hip hop poetry of Sound of Rum as they continue to attract endless superlatives in their unshakeable quest to make everyone « hear what we are doing ». Bragg says “Music helped me to make connections when I was growing up – between the situation I found myself in and the powerful people who put me there. Artists need to start engaging in this debate again and The King Blues and Sound of Rum are inspiring examples of those prepared to push against the power.”
www.utsu.org.uk
www.thekidsaresolidgold.co.uk
Featuring - Billy Bragg: The King Blues: Sound of Rum
Since taking over the running of the Left Field at Glastonbury Festival in 2010, Billy Bragg has made an effort to showcase young artists who are mixing pop and politics. The Left Field in Motion Tour will take that concept on the road, with a ticket price pegged lower than usual in an attempt to connect a new generation to the power of music with something to say.
Writing in the NME recently, Bragg recognised that the English riots had created a unique moment for young artists to step up and offer their perspective: “The disturbances of the past weeks have stirred up a shit storm of opinion in the mainstream media, much of it from people who have no real experience of the pressures faced by this generation, the first in a century that are likely to grow up worse off than their parents. Though this situation has been building for some years, the disturbances have created an opportunity for young people to provide an alternative commentary.”
Bragg follows that call to arms by bringing together a brace of contemporary artists whose songs are full of social comment on the Left Field In Motion Tour: ska/punk radicals The King Blues will be joining him for selected dates bringing their acclaimed righteous sense of ire and fervour, frustration and celebration.
Support for all the shows will be from the astounding genre defying hip hop poetry of Sound of Rum as they continue to attract endless superlatives in their unshakeable quest to make everyone « hear what we are doing ». Bragg says “Music helped me to make connections when I was growing up – between the situation I found myself in and the powerful people who put me there. Artists need to start engaging in this debate again and The King Blues and Sound of Rum are inspiring examples of those prepared to push against the power.”
www.utsu.org.uk
www.thekidsaresolidgold.co.uk
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