Punk rocker, soldier, Essex boy, folk singer, Skiffle aficionado, protest singers’ protest singer, patriot, optimist, lefty polemicist, author, soul miner, musicologist, champion of the underclasses, Cockney vocalist, and all-round decent bloke Billy Bragg has confirmed ‘The Roaring Forty USA Tour,’ set for July 2024.

Kicking off on July 18 in Riverhead, NY, and culminating with a return to the Newport Folk Festival on July 27 — his first appearance there since 2017 — the tour will feature Bragg, along with keyboardist and vocalist JJ Stoney, performing fan-favorites featured on 2023’s acclaimed box set ‘The Roaring Forty 1983-2023.’ Bragg says, “Ahead of my appearance at Newport Folk Festival, I’m taking a week-long swing through the northeast US. Looking forward to playing in some cities where I haven’t been for a long old time.”