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Glastonbury stage for Billy Bragg

12:00pm Sunday 21st March 2010 in


Singer Billy Bragg is to curate his own stage at this summer’s Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, it has been announced.

The musician, who lives in Burton Bradstock, will be booking the bill for the Leftfield tent which returns this year after being axed in 2009.

The area is designed to add a political edge to the music and discussions at the festival, which takes place at the end of June.

Bragg, who launches his first theatrical show Pressure Drop in London next month, explained his role would be ‘a bit of everything: curator, MC, performer, guitar roadie and juggler’.

He said it was important to bring back a political dimension to the event.

Comments(10)

CHEVAL says...
12:41pm Sun 21 Mar 10

I have met Billy Bragg, hes great - but what does 'curate his own stage ' mean exactly - has he turned to religion? (though his sermons are pretty good!).

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Sunray Folk Club says...
4:00pm Sun 21 Mar 10

Would be nice to see some Dorset acts there.

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FitterC says...
10:11pm Sun 21 Mar 10

Great news... Well done Billy!

Now you have to guess my real name... hehehe! We have played together :-)

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mark@greenhill says...
8:39am Mon 22 Mar 10

Why is it necessary to introduce a political element ?

It's a music festival, not a political rally.

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CHEVAL says...
10:03am Mon 22 Mar 10

Its because thats who Billy Bragg is - he CARES about society.

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Duckorange says...
10:08am Mon 22 Mar 10

mark@greenhill wrote:
Why is it necessary to introduce a political element ?

It's a music festival, not a political rally.
Do you have *any* idea what the Glastonbury festival is all about?

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Dazza39 says...
5:47pm Mon 22 Mar 10

Excellent news that the leftfield is returning, what replaced it Williams Green was a disaster.
Glastonbury has it's place in educating society for the better and not in the form of capitalist greed.
For Duckorange you've obviusly never been Glastonbury always has been much more than a music festival

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daddykingcool says...
12:52pm Tue 23 Mar 10

Boring, Boring, Boring Billy Boring Bragg - still if it keeps the lefties happy!

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mark@greenhill says...
1:15pm Tue 23 Mar 10

I cannot begin to wonder why anybody would pay to listen to billy Bragg. His tired old sermons from the vaults of "old Style Labour" have little relevance nowadays, & if that wasn't boring enough, when they are spouted by a champaign socialist, enjoying a very comfortable lifestyle, they stretch all the boundaries of credibility.

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daddykingcool says...
9:52am Thu 25 Mar 10

I'm certainnly not (or ever have been) a violant person but why is it that Billy (boring) Bragg has one of those faces that you just want to punch - strange!

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