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.
NOVEMBER 2022
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
Thursday 1st PowerHaus (Formely Dingwalls) London
40 Years Of The Mean Fiddler and Vince Power
Friday 2nd Bedford Esquires (Pad Presents)
Saturday 3rd The Brighton Centre (AGMP) with From The Jam
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)
Wednesday 21st PJ Malloys Dunfermline
Thursday 22nd PJ Malloys Dunfermline SOLD OUT
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
Wednesday 1st Barnoldswick Music and Arts Centre Acoustic Show SOLD OUT
Thursday 2nd Alexanders Jazz Theatre Chester Acoustic Show
Friday 3rd Ushaw Historic House, County Durham Acoustic Show
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)
Saturday 4th The Regal Theatre Bathgate
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
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
Thursday 6th Simon unavailable
Friday 7th The Ritz. Manchester with Spear of Destiny
Saturday 8th Hangar 34, Liverpool with Spear of Destiny
Friday 14th Epic Norwich with Spear of Destiny
Saturday 15th The Assembly, Royal Leamington Spa with Spear of Destiny
Friday 21st Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion with Spear of Destiny
Saturday 22nd The Crossing Birmingham. with Spear of Destiny
Friday 28th The Foundry Sheffield, with Spear of Destiny
Saturday 29th Beckett Univercity, Leeds with Spear of Destiny
Sunday 30th Elgin (RAM)
MAY 2023
Friday 5th Islington Assembley with Spear of Destiny
Saturday 6th The Apex, Bury st Edmunds with Spear of Destiny
Friday 12th The Level Nottingham with Spear of Destiny
Saturday 13th The Engine Shed Lincoln with Spear of Destiny
Thursday 18th Falmouth Pavilions
Friday 19th 1865 Southampton with Spear of Destiny
Saturday 20th The Cheese and Grain Frome with Spear of Destiny
Friday 26th Y Plas Cardiff with Spear of Destiny
Saturday 27th Roadmender, Northampton with Spear of Destiny
Saturday 27th SKIDS Stone Valley South Afternoon John Connor
JUNE 2023
Thursday 1st Queens Hall, Edinburgh, with Spear of Destiny
Friday 2nd Music Hall, Aberdeen with Spear of Destiny
Saturday 3rd QMU, Glasgow with Spear of Destiny
Friday 9th SKIDS Birdwell Barnsley (Barney)
Saturday 10th SKIDS 1865 Southampton (John Connor)
Friday 23rd SKIDS Stone Valley North (John Connor)
Saturday 24th SKIDS Old Fire Station Carlisle (John Connor)
Friday 30th SKIDS Album Launch Dunferline Abbey
JULY 2023
Saturday 1st SKIDS Album Launch Dunferline Abbey
Saturday 8th July Chill Fest Tring
Friday 21st Ireland Tbc
Saturday 22nd Forestfest Emo Village Co Laois Ireland
Sunday Ireland Tbc
AUGUST 2023
Saturday 5th Skids Acoustic Skids Abingdon rugby club, OX14 5TJ
Charity event for Teenage Cancer Trust.
Sunday 6th Rewind Cheshire (Jack)
Sunday 20th Rewind Henley (Jack)
Friday 25th Devils Arse Cave, Castleton, Peak District
Saturday 26th SKIDS The Great Hall Gillingham
Sunday 27th SKIDS Stone Valley Midland John Connor
28th Aug - 12 Sept 2023 Jamie Unavailable
SEPTEMBER 2023
Friday 1st Club 85 in Hitchin (The Pad Presents)
(This will be a 4 piece, Jamie unavailable)
Saturday 2nd Cutlers Venue, Rotherham
(This will be a 4 piece, Jamie unavailable)
Sunday 3rd Music at The Multiverse Sanquar
(This will be a 4 piece, Jamie unavailable)
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
Saturday 14th Whittaker Engineering, Hindwells, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire AB39 3UT
Sunday 16th to 6th November USA
NOVEMBER 2023
Saturday 18th Kilmarnock Grand Hall Acoustic show with Gun