BIG COUNTRY
Big Country Legendary Scottish Celtic Rock band still featuring two of the original founding members Bruce Watson and Mark Brzezicki.
BIOGRAPHY/TOUR
“Almost 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.
SEPTEMBER 2023
Friday 29th The Birdwell, Barnsley (Barney)
Saturday 30th Lowther Pavillion (Barney)
OCTOBER 2023
Sunday 1st 80's Festival Bognor Regis
Wednesday 4th The Limelight Belfast
Thursday 5th Galway, Monroes Ireland
Friday 6th Dublin, Opium Ireland
Saturday 7th Limerick, Dolans Ireland
Sunday 8th Cork, Cypress Avenue Ireland
Friday 13th Rocknrolla’s Paisley
Saturday 14th Whittaker Engineering, Hindwells, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire AB39 3UT
Friday 27th Elgin Town Hall (C)
NOVEMBER 2023
Friday 10th The Harlington Fleet (PB/PA)
Saturday 11th Hertford Corn Exchange (Luke Hinton)
Wednesday 15th Simon Unavilable
Thursday 16th Reid Hall Forfar
Friday 17th The Albany Greenock
Saturday 18th Pitlochry Town Hall Festival (PB/PA)
Monday 20th Barnoldswick Music and Arts Centre SOLD OUT
Tuesday 21st Barnoldswick Music and Arts Centre SOLD OUT
Wednesday 22nd Barnoldswick Music and Arts Centre SOLD OUT
Thursday 23rd The Flowerpot Derby (Raw)
Friday 24th Robin 2 Bilston (Jon Connor)
Saturday 25th Fire Station Carlise (Jon Connor)
Sunday 26th The Studio Hartlepool SOLD OUT
DECEMBER 2023
Friday 8th Queens Hall Nuneaton (PB/PA)
Saturday 9th The Factory Worthing (PB/PA)
Sunday 10th The Factory Worthing (PB/PA)
Thursday 14th PJ Malloys, Dunfermline SOLD OUT
Friday 15th PJ Malloys, Dunfermline SOLD OUT
JANUARY 2024
Monday 8th to Wednesday 24th Mark unavailable
FEBRUARY 2024
Friday 9 Bristo 02 Academy with Icicle Works
Sat 10 Nottingham, The Level with Icicle Works
Thurday 15th Nightrain Bradford (Barney)
Fri 16 The Great Hall Gillingham with Icicle Works
Sat 17 Brighton, Chalk with Icicle Works
Thur 22 Simon unavailable
Fri 23 Swansea Patti Pavillion with Icicle Works
Sat 24 Cardiff, Tramshed with Icicle Works
Thur 29 Norwich Epic with Icicle Works
MARCH 2024
Fri 1 Northampton Roadmenders with Icicle Works
Sat 2 Leeds Univercity with Icicle Works
Thur 7 Ipswich Corn Exchange with Icicle Works
Fri 8 Cambridge, Junction with Icicle Works
Sat 9 Leamington Spa, The Assembly with Icicle Works
Thur 14 Newcastle Boiler Shop with Icicle Works
Fri 15 Liverpool, Hangar 34 with Icicle Works
Sat 16 Manchester, o2 Ritz with Icicle Works
Thur 21 Wolverhampton KK's Steel Mill with Icicle Works
Fri 22 Southampton, 1865 with Icicle Works
Fri 29 Sunderland, The Fire Station with Icicle Works
Sat 30 Blackburn, King Georges Hall with Icicle Works
APRIL 2024
Thur The Welly Club, Hull
Fri 12 Holmfirth Picture Dome
Sat 13 The Marine Hall Fleetwood
Sun 14th - Thursday 25th Band unavailable
Fri 26 Leicester Academy with Icicle Works
Sat 27 The Forum Bath with Icicle Works
MAY 2024
Monday 6th to Friday 17th Mark unavailable
JUNE 2024
Saturday 1st Rainton Arena, Houghton Le Spring
Thursday 6th Alexanders Live, Chester
Sunday 16th Northern Kin Festival (PBPA) C
JULY 2024
Monday 8th to Monday 22nd Mark unavailable
AUGUST 2024
Sunday 25th to Saturday 31st Mark unavailable
SEPTEMBER 2024
Sunday 1st to Thursday 5th Mark unavailable
Fri 6 Glasgow, SWG3 Galvanisers
Sat 7 Edinburgh, Queens Hall
Fri 13 Wrexham, William Aston Hall
Sat 14 Warrington, Parr Hall
Fri 20 TBC
Sat 21 Swindon, MECA
Fri 27 TBC
Sat 28 TBC
OCTOBER 2024
Fri 4th Walsall, Walsall Arena
Sat 5 Coventry, HMV Empire
Tuesday 8 Valencia: Repvblicca Spain
Wednesday 9 Travel day
Thur 10 Madrid: La Riviera Spain
Fri 11 Barcelona: Razzmatazz Spain
Sat 12 Bilbao: Sala Santana Spain
Sun 13 Travel home
Thu 17 Falmouth, Princess Pavilion
Fri 18 Exeter, Phoenix
Sat 19 Bournemouth, o2 Academy
Fri 25 Peterborough, The Cresset
Sat 26 Bury St. Edmunds, The Apex
NOVEMBER 2024
Fri 1 Reading, Hexagon
Sat 2 Bexhill, DLWPC
Fri 8 Date booked not to be announced until 24 March 2024
Sat 9 Carlisle, Old Fire Station
Fri 15 Middlesbrough, Town Hall
Sat 16 Lincoln, Engine Shed
Thu 21 Forfar, Reid Hall
Fri 22 Perth, Concert Hall
Sat 23 Aberdeen, Music Hall
Thu 28 Gillingham, Glassbox
Fri 29 London, KOKO
Sat 30 Dorking, Dorking Halls
DECEMBER 2024
Wed 4th to Monday 16th Australia TBC