{"id":15830,"date":"2019-01-05T12:54:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T12:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=15830"},"modified":"2019-01-05T14:22:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T14:22:02","slug":"preview-louise-distras-at-firebug-tuesday-29th-january-at-firebug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/preview-louise-distras-at-firebug-tuesday-29th-january-at-firebug\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview &#8211; Louise Distras at Firebug, Tuesday 29th January 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>A rising princess of protest punk, <strong>Louise Distras<\/strong> is becoming an increasingly recognised torch-bearer in a genre that has witnessed a rebirth in recent years. Distras\u2019s combination of hard-talking lyrics and a sing-a-long anthem approach to song writing, have helped her get noticed while keeping firmly left of the mainstream. \u201cThe Street Revolution tour goes hand in hand with Musicians Against Homelessness to raise funds for the charity Crisis. With the issue of teen homelessness very much in the public eye at the moment, Louise is committed to making a difference\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Louise Distras plays Tuesday 29th January at Firebug, Millstone Lane. Advance tickets are priced at \u00a38.00 and are available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seetickets.com\/event\/louise-distras\/the-cookie-leicester\/1275005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seetickets<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">A rising princess of protest punk, Louise Distras is becoming an increasingly recognised torch-bearer in a genre that has witnessed a rebirth in recent years. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/preview-louise-distras-at-firebug-tuesday-29th-january-at-firebug\/\" title=\"Preview &#8211; Louise Distras at Firebug, Tuesday 29th January 2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":15831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[214,218,91],"tags":[128,232,226],"class_list":["post-15830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-214","category-gig-previews","category-gigs-in-leicester","tag-firebug-venue","tag-louise-distras","tag-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Louise-Distras.jpg?fit=640%2C340&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73uhX-47k","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25633,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/preview-firebug-bank-holiday-sunday-all-dayer-sunday-29th-august-30th-august-2021\/","url_meta":{"origin":15830,"position":0},"title":"Preview &#8211; Firebug Bank Holiday Sunday all dayer Sunday 29th August &#8211; 30th August 2021","author":"Kevin Gaughan","date":"26\/08\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"As live music makes its long-awaited return, Firebug and her sister bar Duffy\u2019s have teamed up to provide a stomping day of music this Bank Holiday Sunday and it is all for FREE! 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