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Tactical Voting ; Tours of Italy, Canada and Australia ; House of Lords Reform

 

January      Radio "Thankyou For The Days", BBC Radio 2, UK - Kirsty MacColl tribute
20th Gig St Martin-In-The-Fields, London, England - Kirsty MacColl's memorial service
31st Purcell Room, The Royal Festival Hall, London, England - panel discussion on "The Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain"
February      Publication Mojo, UK - Wanna Riot Of My Own
7th TV "Mark Thomas Product", Channel 4, UK
23rd Radio "Any Questions ?", BBC Radio 4, UK - panel discussion
March 2nd TV "Watchdog", BBC 1, UK - consumer investigation into CD prices
3rd TV "The Life & Songs Of Kirsty MacColl", BBC 2, UK
6th Publication The Independent, UK - Don't Let The Fox Hunting Lobby Drive A Wedge
April 19th Publication www.votedorest.net - launch of the tactical voting website
Publication The Guardian, UK - Billy Bragg Drives In Voting Wedge
Radio BBC London Live, UK - interview about tactical voting
TV Channel 4 News, UK - tactical voting
TV HTV West, UK - tactical voting
22nd TV "Sunday With Adam Boulton", Sky TV, UK - interview
Pit Theatre, Barbican Centre, London, UK - panel discussion about 'This England - The Histories'
25th Gig Rome, Italy - 30th anniversary celebrations for the left-wing newspaper Il Manifesto
May      Publication Folk Roots, UK - Billy interviews 3 MPs about the nature of Englishness
19th Publication The Australian - Labour's Voice Sings For Vote-Swapping
31st Publication The Sun, UK - Why I'm Voting Lib Dem
June      Publication www.oneworld.net - Tactics And Trust On The Net
3rd Publication Observer, UK - King Billy Assumes Tactical Mantle
4th Publication BBC Online - Billy Bragg : Rallying The Troops
8th Gig Bridport World Music Week, Dorset, England - Schools Concert with The Blokes, Boka Halat (One World Band) and School Musicians
16th Gig Fleadh, Finsbury Park, London, England
17th Gig Beverley and East Riding Folk Festival, Beverley, England
July      Publication Wildlife Conservation - The Story Of Billy Bragg - a baby elephant
6th Publication Hot Tickets, UK
11th Gig Blackheath Halls, London, England
12th Gig Stables, Milton Keynes, England
13th Gig Zodiac, Oxford, England
15th Gig Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, Tolpuddle, England
17th Gig Festival Teatro Cavallerizza, Reggio Emilia, Italy
18th Gig Villa Ada, Rome, Italy
20th Gig Spalti del Maschio Angioino, Naples, Italy
21st Gig Piazza del Municipio, Roddino, Italy
26th Gig Experience Music Project, Seattle, USA
27th Gig Folk Festival, Calgary, Canada - concert
28th Gig Folk Festival, Calgary, Canada - workshop
29th Gig Rootsfest Music Festival, Victoria, Canada
August 2nd Gig Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, Canada
4th Gig "All Things Considered", NPR, USA - tribute to Kirsty MacColl
7th Gig Reid Theatre, Memorial University, St John's, Canada
September 4th Publication Drum Media, Sydney, Australia - An Evening With Billy Bragg
21st Publication "A Genuine Expression Of The Will Of The People" by Billy Bragg
24th Gig King's College, London, England - celebrating John Peel's 40 years in radio
26th Radio "Ideas", CBC Radio, Canada - biography of Billy Bragg
October      Publication BMA, Canberra, Australia - Not So Serious Current Affairs
1st Publication The Big Issue, Australia - Free Billy
4th Publication Canberra Times, Australia - Worried Warrior
6th Publication Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Body Politic
Publication The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, Australia - Bragging Rites
9th Publication Rave Magazine, Brisbane, Australia - Bragging Writes
10th Publication MX, Melbourne, Australia - interviewed by Carla Danaher
Publication Beat, Melbourne, Australia
Radio "The Morning Show", JJJ, Australia - interview and session
Radio Jon Faine Show, ABC Radio 774, Melbourne, Australia - interview
Radio "Arts Today", ABC Radio National, Australia
11th Publication The Age, Melbourne, Australia - Lord Billy Of Bragg
Radio Triple R, Melbourne, Australia - interview
Gig Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia
12th Gig Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia - demonstration by the Building Workers' Unions
Gig Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia
13th Publication The Age, Melbourne, Australia - Singing A Union Tune
Radio "The Music Show", ABC Radio National, Australia - interview and session
Gig Livid Festival, Brisbane, Australia
14th Television "Sunday", Channel 9, Australia - "Way Over Yonder" (from the soundcheck on 12th October)
Television "Coast To Coast", ABC TV, Australia - interview and session
15th Radio Richard Margetson Show, ABC Radio 891, Adelaide, Australia - interview
Gig Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia
16th Publication Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - A Fresh Pair Of Undies
Radio Angela Catterns Show, ABC Radio 702, Sydney, Australia - interview
Gig Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia
17th Publication dB Magazine, Australia - interview
18th Radio Drive Time, 2XX, Canberra, Australia - interview
Gig Llewellyn Hall, Canberra, Australia
20th Gig Bar Broadway, Sydney, Australia - “Talking Woody”
21st Gig Norwood Theatre, Adelaide, Australia
22nd Radio Breakfast Show, 6RTR FM, Perth, Australia - interview
23rd Gig The Bridge Theatre, Perth, Australia
24th Gig The Bridge Theatre, Perth, Australia
November 7th Television Breakfast TV News, BBC 1, UK - discussing his newly published political pamphlet on reforming the House of Lords
Television The Powerhouse, Channel 4, UK - interview
Television Despatch Box, BBC 2, UK - interview
9th Television Newsnight Review, BBC 1, UK - discussing films and plays
December      Publication Rock 'N' Reel, UK - interviewed by Robb Johnson
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