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Anti-racism campaigner’s London book events cancelled amid threat of far-right violence

Freedom of speech groups alarmed after events to promote book by Hope Not Hate employee are called off

The Guardian - UK

The one thing these Euros lacked was a true underdog. Enter Georgia

In today’s Euro 2024 Daily: Georgia make it to the last 16

The Guardian - UK

Glastonbury Festival 2024 lineup, set times and clashfinder for each stage

Fans can now work out any tricky clashes between sets, and which stages their favourite artists are playing

The Independent UK

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How to watch Glastonbury 2024 — confirmed lineup, guide, news

Here's how to watch Glastonbury 2024 for free from anywhere, with Avril Lavigne and the one and only Cyndi Lauper set to perform at Worthy Farm's festival of the summer too.

TechRadar

Billy Bragg: ‘There’s nothing like going out there singing your truth. That ain’t changed’

The activist singer-songwriter on fighting for trans rights, his 40 years in the music business and his forthcoming tour with his son

The Guardian - UK

"Adore weaves its dark spell a little bit deeper. It's brooding, gothic and hypnotic in spades": Smashing Pumpkins embrace the sadness but lose fans on Adore

After Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness there was nowhere to go but up for Smashing Pumpkins: Then bad things began to happen

Louder

“Me and Stipey stood there thinking, ‘This is history in the making’: the time Billy Bragg and Michael Stipe were roommates in Czechoslovakia

Bragg and the R.E.M. frontman visited the country for a series of special shows in 1990

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Billy Bragg review – from bard of Barking to golden voice

Touring a box set of his 40-year career, Bragg remains unequivocally himself, but the radical romantic’s mellower vocals are a revelation

The Guardian - UK

Gregor Gall: In search of protest songs as popular music leaves a void

‘TOO many protest singers/Not enough protest songs.” So sang Scots former Orange Juice frontperson, Edwyn Collins, on his 1994 hit single, A…

The National (Scotland)

Billy Bragg looks back: ‘I can’t compete with Taylor Swift. But I can talk to an audience’

The musician on East End violence, taking on Margaret Thatcher, and why he’ll always be ready with a protest song

The Guardian - UK

Timely reminder of George Osborne’s misogyny

Brief letters: BHypocrisy on display | Ghost signs | War protest | Billy Bragg

The Guardian - UK

Billy Bragg: The Roaring Forty review – four decades of flying the flag

Austere, melodic, at times heartbreaking – the music of Britain’s foremost protest singer gets an evocative overview in this nuanced compilation

The Guardian - UK

Kick Out! The Newtown Neurotics Story review – punk rockers’ tale takes us back to the 80s

Documentary about the punk band from Essex, who toured with the likes of Billy Bragg, is a fascinating time-capsule of the politically-charged Thatcher years

The Guardian - UK

"Rich Men" versus the rest of us

“Rich Men North of Richmond” channels a narrative of white male resentment — one that most Americans oppose

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The Independent UK

Billy Bragg rewrites lyrics to Oliver Anthony’s viral ‘right-wing anthem’

English singer and activist put a pro-union spin on country artist’s lyrics

The Guardian - UK

Billy Bragg releases pro-unionisation response song to viral country hit Rich Men North of Richmond

The British songwriter and labour rights advocate took aim at Oliver Anthony’s viral US country hit, urging people to join unions

The Guardian - UK

‘I had to move my tent for Janis Joplin’s helicopter!’ Glastonbury stars on their most surprising festival moments

Debbie Harry, Alison Goldfrapp, Candi Staton, Billy Bragg and others look back at festival experiences they’ll never forget – including getting stuck in the mud and yearning to take off their clothes

Evening Standard

BBC removes Billy Nomates clip on Twitter Glastonbury post after online abuse

The musician, who real named is Tor Maries, asked for the clip posted by Radio 6 Music to be taken down after she took to the Park Stage on Friday.

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Daily Record

Glastonbury star pleads BBC to remove footage amid vile trolls' mocking comments

Billy NoMates has received swathes of support from fans and fellow singers - including Billy Bragg - after an outpour of online abuse.

Liverpool Echo

Glastonbury 2023 performer asks BBC to remove footage after 'insane' abuse

Celebrities and other musicians have shown support after Billy Nomates received online abuse

TechRadar

How to watch Friday at Glastonbury 2023: live stream the first day of the festival from anywhere

As the festival kicks off with Arctic Monkeys, Wizkid and Kelis, follow our guide on how to watch a Glastonbury Friday 2023 live stream online from anywhere.

The Guardian - UK

‘People complained that I had my ass out’: all-star Glastonbury veterans advise festival first-timers

The likes of Fatboy Slim and Sophie Ellis-Bextor are used to the mud and madness, but Cat Stevens, Rick Astley and others are Glasto virgins. We pair them off to discuss what to expect

TechRadar

How to watch Glastonbury 2023: live stream the festival from anywhere in the world

Follow our guide on how to watch a Glastonbury 2023 live stream online from anywhere, as Worthy Farm flings open its hallowed gates for the biggest music festival of the summer.

The Independent UK

‘Keir Starmer doesn’t inspire people’: Billy Bragg on politics, the royals, and robot songwriters

Ahead of his appearance at music and philosophy festival How the Light Gets In, singer and author Billy Bragg talks to Roisin O’Connor about the state of the nation

Manchester Evening News

Morrissey: 'Andy Rourke will never die as long as his music is heard'

The Smiths' former frontman has paid a touching tribute to his old bandmate

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