THE BEST OF BIG COUNTRY
The band will be performing all their great hits
along with live favourites.
The band will be performing a large selection of
all their great hits and live favourites.
BIG COUNTRY
Big Country Legendary Scottish Celtic Rock band still featuring two of the original founding members Bruce Watson and Mark Brzezicki.
BIOGRAPHY/TOUR
“35 years on Big Country are back and firing on all cylinders” (Northern Echo, October 2019)
“Timeless anthems for a very Big Country…a body of work that sweeps away the test of time” (Lancashire Evening Post)
BIG COUNTRY perform classic hits and live favourites including Harvest Home - Fields of Fire - In A Big Country - Chance - Wonderland - Look Away - The Teacher
Plus many more...
Steeped in a stunning catalogue of proud and stirring hit songs such as ‘Fields of Fire’, ‘Chance’, ‘In A Big Country’ (which sold 2 million), ‘East Of Eden’ and their biggest UK hit ‘Look Away’, along with massive albums such ‘The Seer’, ‘Steeltown’, ‘Peace In Our Time’ and the triple Grammy –nominated, ‘The Crossing’, BIG COUNTRY continue to look beyond the next horizon.
The band – BRUCE WATSON (guitars/vocals); MARK BRZEZICKI (drums, vocals); JAMIE WATSON (guitars/vocals) will be augmented on stage by singer/guitarist SIMON HOUGH and bassist GILL ALLAN
“Big Country inject a welcome blast of post-punk adrenaline… after more than three decades, their yodelling war cries and jagged New Wave power chords still strike a stirring post-Punk nerve.” (Giants Of Rock review, Classic Rock magazine)
Formed in 1981 by guitar playing founder members, the late Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson, both native of the band’s hometown Dunfermline in Scotland. Initially driven by a shared vision of widescreen guitar melody, harmony and lyric, the classic Big Country sound was further enhanced later that summer by the arrival of drummer Mark Brzezicki and bass player Tony Butler. This is the Big Country that (with Producer Steve Lillywhite), recorded the classic debut album ‘The Crossing’ in 1983.
The band broke massively worldwide with the release of the album’s classic singles ‘Fields Of Fire’, ‘Chance’ and signature song ‘In A Big Country’, which went on to become massive worldwide hits, selling over 2 million copies and driving ‘The Crossing’ to 3 prestigious Grammy nominations in the USA.
The run of success continued throughout the 1980′s with the release of the anthemic single ‘Wonderland’ and the second album ‘Steeltown’ (1984), which debuted at Number 1 in the UK and contained the hit singles ‘East Of Eden, ‘Just a Shadow’ and ‘Where The Rose Is Sown’.
“Big Country almost blew the roof off on Saturday night.
Frontman Simon Hough was magnificent and urged the seated audience to cast aside their chairs and get down to the front of the stage. The crowd did just that, making for a night to remember. Hough was a revelation and a more charismatic vocalist is hard to visualise. He had the crowd in the palm of his hand from start to finish – no wonder Bruce Watson singled him out for a special mention”. (Ian Russell, Daily Record)
Big Country just gets Bigger.
JULY 2022
Friday 1st Skids Sign of The Times Festival South Hertfordshire (JC)
Friday 1st Sign of The Times Festival South Hertfordshire (JC)
Saturday 2nd Bught Park Inverness Big Top as special guests to Skipinnish
Saturday 9th Thame Town Music Festival Oxfordshire
Friday 15th Skids Kubix Festival, Sunderland SKIDS (JC)
Saturday 16th Skids 1865 Southampton (JC)
Thursday 28th Skids o2 Academy Glasgow - Acoustic show before SLF
Friday 29th OGV Podium, Aberdeen
Saturday 30th Simon unavailable
AUGUST 2022
Wednesday 3rd The Jam Exhibition, Brighton (AGMP)
Friday 5th Skids Rebellion Festival ,Blackpool Skids Acoustic Afternoon
Friday 5th Skids Rebellion Festival ,Blackpool Full band in the evening
Saturday 6th The Leopard, Doncaster (Solid)
Sunday 7th Stone Valley North
Thursday 11th Essex Festival tba
Friday 19th Rocknrolla’s Paisley
Saturday 20th City Parks Stirling Big Top as special guests to Skipinnish
Tuesday 23rd Travel to Belgium
Wednesday 24th W Fest, Oostende, Bel;gium - Fly home that day
SEPTEMBER 2022
Saturday 17th The Memorial Hall Hamilton
Thursday 22nd Skids OGV Podium, Aberdeen
Friday 23rd Skids La Belle Angele Edinburgh, (John Connor)
Saturday 24th Skids Northumberland Univercity (John Connor)
Friday 30th Skids The Alt Festival Skegness
OCTOBER 2022
Thursday 6th Skids Epic Studios, Norwich Reshed from 2021
Friday 7th Skids Rescue Rooms, Nottingham (John Connor)
Saturday 8th Skids The Phoenix, Exeter (John Connor)
Friday 14th Skids Tbc (John Connor)
Saturday 15th Skids Tbc (John Connor)
Friday 21st Skids Tbc (John Connor)
Saturday 22nd Skids Tbc (John Connor)
Thursday 27th Skids The Robin Bilston
Friday 28th Skids London with Damned
Saturday 29th Skids Theatr Brycheiniog Cyf (John Connor)
NOVEMBER 2022
Friday 4th - Monday 7th Bruce Watson unavailable
Friday 11th Skids The Georgian Theatre, Stockton (John Connor)
Saturday 12th Skids Roadmender Northampton (John Connor)
Sunday 13th Skids The Picture Dome Holmfirth (Barney)
Thursday 17th Skids The Empire Coventry (John Connor)
Friday 18th Skids Salisbury Chapel (Jon Connor)
Saturday 19th Skids Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth (Jon Connor)
Thursday 24th The Flowerpot, Derby
Friday 25th The Birdwell, Barnsley (Barney Vernon)
Saturday 26th The Forum Barrow in Furness
Sunday 27th After The Storm Festival - Troon with From The Jam and The Skids
Sunday 27th Skids After The Storm Festival - Troon with Big Country and From The Jam
DECEMBER 2022
Friday 2nd Bedford Esquires (Pad Presents)
Saturday 3rd The Brighton Centre (AGMP)
Friday 9th Skids Oran Mor, Glasgow (Jon Connor) Reshed Acoustic Show
Saturday 10th Skids The Brudenell Leeds (John Connor)
Thursday 15th Belfast Limelight (John Foley)
Friday 16th Button Factory Dublin (John Foley)
Saturday 17th Dolans Limerick (John Foley)
JANUARY 2023
Thursday 19th Princes Royal Theatre, Port Talbot RESHED FROM 2021 (The Crossing Tour)
Friday 20th Nightrain Bradford (Barney) (The Crossing Tour)
Saturday 21st The Victoria Halls Settle (The Crossing Tour)
FEBRUARY 2022
Saturday 4th New Parks Social Club, New Parks, Leicester
Saturday 11th travel day
Sunday 12th Oulu, Madetojan Hall Finland (Jacques Lejeune)
Monday 13th Tampere, hall small auditorium Finland (Jacques Lejeune)
Tuesday 14th Helsinki, Savoy Theatre Finland (Jacques Lejeune)
Wednesday 15th Hyvinkää, Hyvinkää Sali Finland (Jacques Lejeune)
MARCH 2023
Friday 3rd Holmfirth Picture Dome (Barney)
Friday 10th ECI Cultuurfabriek, Roermond, Holland
Saturday 11th Duycker, Hoofddorp, Holland
Sunday 12th Baroeg, Rotterdam, Holland
Monday 13th Cactus, Hengelo, Holland
Tuesday 14th Cactus, Hengelo, Holland
Wednesday 15th Zik-Zak, Ittre, Belgium
Thursday 16th Travel Home
Friday Skids 17th 100 Club, London (John Connor)
Saturday 18th Skids 100 Club, London (John Connor)
Sunday 19th Skids Queens Hall, Nuneaton John Connor
Friday 24th Skids The Garage, Glasgow, John Connor
Saturday 25th Skids Academy, Manchester John Connor
Sunday 26th Skids The Fleece, Bristol John Connor
Friday 31st Skids Boilershop, Newcastle John Connor
APRIL 2023
Saturday 1st Skids Concorde Brighton John Connor
Friday 7th Manchester with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Saturday 8th Cardiff with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Friday 14th Norwich with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Saturday 15th Royal Leamington Spa with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Friday 21st Birmingham with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Saturday Newcastle, with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Friday 28th Sheffield, with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Saturday 29th Leeds with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Sunday 30th Elgin (RAM)
MAY 2023
Friday 5th Cambridge with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Saturday 6th Liverpool with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Friday 12th Nottingham with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Saturday 13th Lincoln with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Friday 19th Southampton with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Saturday 20th Gillingham with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Friday 26th Bath with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Saturday 27th London with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
JUNE 2023
Thursday 1st Edinburgh, with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Friday 2nd Aberdeen with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Saturday 3rd Glasgow with Spear of Destiny Venue To be advised
Friday 9th SKIDS Birdwell Barnsley (Barney)
Saturday 10th SKIDS North West Calling John Connor
Sunday 25th SKIDS Stone Valley North John Connor
AUGUST 2023
Saturday 5th Skids Acoustic Skids Abingdon rugby club, OX14 5TJ Charity event for Teenage Cancer Trust.
Sunday 27th SKIDS Stone Valley Midland John Connor
SEPTEMBER 2023
Thursday 14th Germany
Friday 15th Copenhagen
Saturday 16th Gøteborg
Saturday 16th Skegness – replay festival
Sunday 17th Oslo
Monday 18th Trodheim
OCTOBER 2023
Sunday 2nd 80's Festival Bognor Regis
NOVEMBER 2023
Saturday 18th Kilmarnock Grand Hall Acoustic show with Gun