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We need your ideas for change

At the moment I am touring in Spain, and as well as playing in Madrid, I am lucky enough to have dates in the equally wonderful cities of Bilbao and Barcelona. These are provincial cities, but in many ways capitals in their own right with devolved ...

From BILLY BRAGG, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Oct 2009
Related Topics: John Smith,  House of Lords

A better way to sink internet pirates

Last week the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) convened a meeting of artists at Air Studios in London with the intention of seeking common ground on the issue of what to do about illegal filesharing before the end of the government's consultation ...

From BILLY BRAGG, Guardian Unlimited,  30 Sep 2009

A real, live protest song

As Henry Porter was commenting on a lack of protest music at Glastonbury, I was being filmed there singing a brand new song The irony is that I was filmed singing a brand new protest song called Constitution Hill at Glastonbury by a Guardian film crew ...

From BILLY BRAGG, Comment Is Free,  2 Jul 2009
Related Topics: BBC

Billy Bragg's Glastonbury session

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From BILLY BRAGG, Guardian Unlimited,  2 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Billy Bragg

Do we want ISPs to penalise our fans?

Having failed miserably in previous attempts to stamp out illicit filesharing, the record industry has now joined forces with other entertainment lobby groups to demand that the government takes action to protect their business model. Speaking at a ...

From BILLY BRAGG, Guardian Unlimited,  18 May 2009
Related Topics: Sony

Giving artists a voice

As the music business gradually comes to terms with the digital age, Billy Bragg argues that artists should have more of a say in the industry's future Robbie Williams arriving at the inaugural meeting of the Featured Artists Coalition on 11th March 200 ...

From BILLY BRAGG, New Statesman,  13 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Billy Bragg,  Robbie Williams,  Twitter Inc

Fair play in the music industry

Google's decision unilaterally to remove the music videos from their YouTube network in the UK as a fee-negotiating tactic in a dispute with the Performing Rights Society is a stark illustration of the power-shift that has gone on with the music ...

From BILLY BRAGG, Guardian Unlimited,  10 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.

How we all lost when Thatcher won

Is there anybody out there willing to stand up – on this, of all days – and raise a toast to the wilful destruction of our manufacturing industry and its replacement by the financial services sector? Yes, there were unions who were resistant to change, ...

From BILLY BRAGG, Comment Is Free,  5 Mar 2009
Related Topics: UK Conservative Party

Welcome back the taxman

Watching the debate about the RBS bonuses over the past week, I've been waiting for someone to utter the T word. When the executives pleaded that any claw-back would penalise the vast majority of their high street staff who earned under £17,000 per ...

From BILLY BRAGG, Comment Is Free,  19 Feb 2009
Related Topics: George Harrison

Tips for great last-minute days out

Couple at the beach wrapped in a blanket. Photograph: Bloomimage/Corbis All the great authorities on romance (Cosmopolitan, Jane Seymour, taxi drivers) conclude that spontaneity is key. In this busy age, however, most of us can really only find time ...

From HARRY PEARSON, BILLY BRAGG, ED DOUGLAS, Guardian Unlimited,  13 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Jane Seymour,  Julie Christie,  James Turrell,  Chris Drury,  Forestry Commission

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