IMPORTANT UPDATE FEB 3 2022:

Billy Bragg fans – we are very pleased to share that we were able to lock in new dates for March – April 2023. Thank you so much to everyone who has held on to your tickets, new dates can be fund below. All tickets will remain valid and we encourage you to hang onto them, but if you cannot attend the new dates, you can contact the ticketing company from which you purchased for a refund until March 4 2022. If you request a refund after this date, it may not be honoured.

ADELAIDE
Tickets purchased for Night 1 (30 Apr 2020, 4 Feb 2021, 20 Jan 2022, 14 Feb 2022) are now valid for 4 March 2023.
Tickets purchased for Night 2 (1 May 2020, 5 Feb 2021, 21 Jan 2022, 15 Feb 2022) are now valid for 5 March 2023.
Tickets purchased for Night 3 (2 May 2020, 6 Feb 2021, 22 Jan 2022, 16 Feb 2022) are now valid for 6 March 2023.

MELBOURNE
Tickets purchased for Night 1 (6 May 2020, 11 Feb 2021, 2 Feb 2022) are now valid for 15 March 2023.
Tickets purchased for Night 2 (7 May 2020, 12 Feb 2021, 3 Feb 2022) are now valid for 16 March 2023.
Tickets purchased for Night 3 (8 May 2020, 13 Feb 2021, 4 Feb 2022) are now valid for 17 March 2023.

SYDNEY
Tickets purchased for Night 1 (12 May 2020, 17 Feb 2021, 27 Jan 2022) are now valid for 20 March 2023
Tickets purchased for Night 2 (13 May 2020, 18 Feb 2021, 28 Jan 2022) are now valid for 21 March 2023
Tickets purchased for Night 3 (14 May 2020, 19 Feb 2021, 29 Jan 2022) are now valid for 22 March 2023

BRISBANE
Tickets purchased for Night 1 (18 May 2020, 23 Feb 2021, 8 Feb 2022) are now valid for 29 March 2023.
Tickets purchased for Night 2 (19 May 2020, 24 Feb 2021, 9 Feb 2022) are now valid for 30 March 2023.
Tickets purchased for Night 3 (20 May 2020, 25 Feb 2021, 10 Feb 2022) are now valid for 31 March 2023.

FREMANTLE
Tickets purchased for Night 1 (24 Apr 2020, 29 Jan 2021, 14 Jan 2022, 20 Feb 2022) are now valid for 4 April 2023.
Tickets purchased for Night 2 (25 Apr 2020, 30 Jan 2021, 15 Jan 2022, 21 Feb 2022) are now valid for 5 April 2023.
Tickets purchased for Night 3 (26 Apr 2020, 31 Jan 2021, 16 Jan 2022, 22 Feb 2022) are now valid for 6 April 2023.

BYRON BAY
Tickets purchased for 12 Feb 2022  are now valid for 26 Mar 2023.

NEW ZEALAND: Update 14/12/2021

Unfortunately border controls and quarantine requirements currently in place in New Zealand have forced us to cancel these shows for reasons beyond our control. If you have not received a refund – please contact your point of purchase.

If you purchased a Wellington ticket from Just the Ticket: please email holla@supa.dog

Handsome Tours is thrilled to announce that Billy Bragg will be returning for a very special tour entitled “One Step Forward. Two Steps Back.” In each city Bragg will perform three unique shows on consecutive nights.

NIGHT 1
Career Spanning Billy Bragg Set

NIGHT 2
Songs From First Three Albums
‘Life’s a Riot with Spy Vs Spy’ (1983)
‘Brewing Up with Billy Bragg (1984)’
‘Talking with the Taxman about Poetry’ (1986)

NIGHT 3
Songs From Second Three Albums
‘Workers Playtime’ (1988)
‘Don’t Try This at Home’ (1991)
‘William Bloke’ (1996)

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 has been a fearless recording artist, tireless live performer and peerless political campaigner for over 35 years. Politicised by a Tory government operating without love or justice, this previously adrift young man from Barking, whose failure at national exams had reduced his career opportunities to two, eventually bought himself out of the British Army in 1981 (‘the best £175 I ever spent’), determined to make a living out of song.

Don’t miss the orator, entertainer, rabble-rouser, negotiator, pamphleteer, the fabled ‘Bard of Barking’, Billy Bragg, across three extraordinary evenings.