Billy Bragg, the great English performer and songwriter, releases a new single ‘The Beach Is Free” / “I Almost Killed You” as a double A side single, on download only, from Monday July 21st. The single is taken from his highly acclaimed new album, ‘Mr. Love & Justice, which was released on March 3rd. Following on from his sold out UK tour earlier this year, which included a show at London’s Roundhouse, Billy has announced a thirteen-date solo tour at year end and returns to Belfast for his first visit in several years.

Bragg has recently been championed by a new generation of musicians. The Nationwide Mercury Prize-shortlisted Hard-Fi, for instance, invited Billy to support them for six nights at London’s Brixton Academy in May last year. The band later covered Bragg’s ‘Levi Stubbs’ Tears’ for a BBC Radio One session while Kate Nash performed ‘A New England’ with Billy at the NME Awards in February. Bragg was also presented with Q magazine’s prestigious ‘Classic Songwriter’ award by KT Tunstall in October 2007.

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