No sooner had we revealed Billy Bragg's Belfast show than we hear of his new date in Belfast.

Billy comes to the Empire Music Hall on December 3, with a Dublin show just added in Vicar Street on December 4.

Prior to that comes the download release of ‘The Beach Is Free’/‘I Almost Killed You’ on July 21, a double A-sided single lifted from his Mr. Love & Justice album.

Tickets for the Belfast gig are £17.50, available now from the usual outlets, with the Vicar Street show on sale from Monday June 16, priced at €28.