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July 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Announcement: Billy Bragg to play career-spanning sets over three nights in Wellington (May, 2020)

Billy Bragg​ returns to New Zealand with his “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back​” tour. This time, it’s Wellington’s turn, after his sell-out series of Auckland shows in November 2018. Bragg will perform three unique shows on consecutive nights at San Fran. The first night’s performance will feature ​Bragg​’s current set, which ranges across his 35 year career. The second will see ​Bragg​ perform songs from his first three albums: his punk rock debut ​Life’s a Riot with Spy Vs Spy ​(1983), its similarly raw follow-up ​Brewing Up with Billy Bragg (1984)​ and ​Talking with the Taxman about Poetry​ (1986). The third performance will see Bragg perform songs from his second three albums: the positively jangled Workers Playtime (1988), the pop classic ​Don’t Try This at Home​ (1991) and the back-to-basics ​William Bloke ​(1996).

Says Billy​: “After more than three decades of travelling around the world in a van, or spending all day flying vast distances to play a gig, I’m looking forward to having some time to explore cities that I usually only get to see between the soundcheck and the show. And this three night stand format is a way of keeping things interesting, both for me and the audience. I tried it out in Auckland recently and had a lot of fun revisiting my back pages.” 

BILLY BRAGG ‘ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK’ WELLINGTON

San Fran, Wellington
 
Thursday 28 May: Current career spanning set
Friday 29 May: Songs from the first three albums
Saturday 30 May: Songs from the second three albums

Tickets go on-sale Thursday 1 August at Midday, and are available from Just The Ticket –justtheticketnz.com.
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