ANNOUNCEMENT: Billy Bragg & Joe Henry

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Shine A Light Tour

Wednesday 25th January 2017

We are delighted to announce that Billy Bragg & Joe Henry will visit the PLAYHOUSE on their ‘Shine A Light Tour’ early next year.

In March 2016 Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, guitars in hand, boarded a Los Angeles-bound train at Chicago’s Union Station looking to reconnect with the culture of railroad travel and the music it inspired. Winding along 2,728 miles of track over four days, the pair recorded classic railroad songs in waiting rooms and at trackside while the train paused to pick up passengers. On the Shine A Light tour, they’ll be playing songs from the journey, along with favourites from their own back catalogues.

North Tyneside Councillor Eddie Darke, cabinet member for Leisure, Culture and Tourism, said: “I am delighted to hear that Billy Bragg and Joe Henry will be performing at the Playhouse. I know they have many fans in North Tyneside, and the wider region, who will be thrilled by this announcement.”

Tickets costing £22 will go on sale online at www.playhousewhitleybay.co.uk, via the booking hotline 0844 248 1588* and venue Box Office at 10 am on Thursday 18th August.

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