Billy Bragg

Music News

Check out Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong covering Billy Bragg’s ‘A New England’

"Welcome to No Fun Monday on a Friday because no one knows what day it is anyway"

Will Richards - 13th July 2020

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Festivals

Billy Bragg on Glastonbury and activism: “The idea of the younger generation not being political has gone in the dumpster”

The punk folk hero on missing Glasto food, finding alternative ways to engage, Black Lives Matter, Boris Johnson and Taylor Swift.

Andrew Trendell - 28th June 2020

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Features

Watch Billy Bragg pay tribute to “kindred spirit” Taylor Swift in Glastonbury edition of NME Home Sessions

"She's a candidate for coming down to the LeftField and joining in one of the debates or getting up and singing a song"

Andrew Trendell - 26th June 2020

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Music News

Watch Billy Bragg cover Taylor Swift’s ‘Only The Young’

Bragg said his rendition ended up being "a mash-up between 'Only the Young' and 'Levi Stubbs' Tears'"

Sam Moore - 1st June 2020

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Music News

Billy Bragg says Taylor Swift is a “kindred spirit” and praises her music industry activism

"I have a lot of respect for her"

Elizabeth Aubrey - 29th May 2020

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Awards 2020

Billy Bragg and Taylor Swift strike up friendship after presenting Godlike Genius at NME Awards 2020

Aw, you guys.

Nick Reilly - 14th February 2020

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Awards 2020

Billy Bragg on securing gender balance at festivals: “We need to reflect society”

"We aim for as near as possible 50/50 as we can get."

Nick Reilly - 13th February 2020

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Music News

Billy Bragg condemns Morrissey for sharing “white supremacist video” containing footage from Stormzy’s Glastonbury set

Billy Bragg has condemned Morrissey for allegedly sharing a "white supremacist video" containing footage from Stormzy's headline show at Glastonbury. Read More: Billy Bragg...

Tom Skinner - 7th July 2019

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Live Reviews

Billy Bragg at Glastonbury: the Bard of Pilton brings politics, anecdotes and a prediction for the Lionesses

There are some artists whose very beings are carved into the very fibre of Glastonbury, as much a Glastonbury institution as the cider bus,...

Dan Stubbs - 29th June 2019

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Blogs

A political Pilton: all the big talks, activism and happenings at Glastonbury 2019

Speakers and debates Politics in 2019 has once again excelled itself at being a cross between The Thick of It and Brass Eye. If you’re well...

Elizabeth Aubrey - 28th June 2019

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