"Hope to see some of you on the Roaring Forty tour this autumn"The post Billy Bragg announces 40th anniversary UK and Ireland tour appeared first on NME.

It’s always cool to see musicians willing to stand with workers on strike. Last month, Billy Bragg joined Starbucks workers in a picket line demonstration in Buffalo. Today, the forever-changing Scottish band Primal Scream and the Birmingham legends Dexys Midnight Runners — a one-hit wonder in the US but an institution in the...

Bragg initially shared a clip of Graham Norton discussing 'cancel culture' and transgender rightsThe post Billy Bragg responds after J.K. Rowling accuses him of “misogyny” over trans comments appeared first on NME.

The musician and activist joined strikers during a pit-stop on his current US tourThe post Billy Bragg joins Starbucks strike effort in Buffalo, performs ‘Solidarity Forever’ appeared first on NME.

Last year, Starbucks workers in Buffalo voted to unionize, and the Starbucks on Buffalo’s Elmwood Avenue became the chain’s first unionized location in the US. Since then, more Starbucks workers have joined unions, and the company has freaked out, closing locations and illegally firing workers. Yesterday, as PBS reports, a Na...