Former members of Big Country - Mark Brzezicki ,Simon Hough and Gil Allen have been bombarded with fans asking will they tour together.
The answer is YES, due to demand the band will be performing an electric set under the banner FROM BIG COUNTRY
THIS IS NOT A BIG COUNTRY TRIBUTE SHOW
THIS IS MARK, GIL & SIMON NOW KNOWN AS FROM BIG COUNTRY
with some very special guests..
The songs deserve to be played by as many people that want to play them. The songs were written for everybody to hear and enjoy, So sit back and enjoy the ride.
Mark alongside Stuart, Tony and Bruce notched up over 20 hit singles and 8 studio albums.
Mark Brzezicki and Tony Butler was asked to Join Big Country in 1981 by Stuart Adamson to play on the debut single "Harvest Home." They hit it off with Stuart, who invited them to join the band. The rest as they say is history.
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The word Legend is used by many but the word Legendary has been given to Mark by his Peers. As well as being the foundation and backbone beat behind Big Country, Mark has held centre stage on the drum throne behind Eric Clapton, Midge Ure, The Cult, Procol Harum, Bruce Foxton and may more. He has sat and performed beside Roger Taylor of Queen and Phil Collins of Genesis at the Princes Trust Concert. He has performed on hundreds of sessions for artists including Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey of The Who, plus so many more, He is still regarded as one of the top drummers on the Planet.
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This is a very special union of 4 of the finest musicians performing the ultimate electric homage to the Music of Big Country and the songs of the late great Stuart Adamson.
You can expect songs that has never been played live before along with the classic Big Country hits we all know and love.
The fourth member to join this amazing band is Guitar Genus Ken Nicol. Kens background is to say the least very varied from the realms of Steeleye Span and Magna Carta to Al Stewart. Ken is one of the finest guitar players around.
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’, Mark and the boys continue to look beyond the next horizon.
In a big country dreams stay with you, like a lover's voice fires the mountainside. Stay alive.
Recent fan review from one of their Acoustic shows.
Big Country's songs were such a huge part of my adolescence, lyrically I think Stuart was a poet and the band's music moves me profoundly, along with the rest of his body of work, which is his legacy and his gift to us all.
I still remember where I was when I heard that he had died. The utter shock and disbelief I felt. So strange that someone I had never met could have such a profound effect on me....
Then to last night, I have to admit to being a little sceptical, could this band do justice to the man and his music?
The answer is a resounding yes.
Simon's voice lent itself so well without trying to emulate the man himself. What a voice!
Ken's playing was sublime, the musicianship was second to none, worth the journey alone, and their solo spots were incredible.
For me it was Mark, and his reflections of Stuart, that made the night so special, the emotion in his voice and on his face as he recounted his memories and spoke so lovingly and respectfully of his friend.
Thank you so much to everyone involved for putting this together. If you're going you're in for a treat.
Lastly, what a great, respectful audience, such lovely people, so much love in the room it was tangible. I wish Stuart was here to see it and feel it. X
JANUARY
Wednesday 15th Barnoldswick Arts SOSA
Thursday 16th Barnoldswick Arts SOSA
Friday 17th Barnoldswick Arts SOSA
Saturday 18th The Lord Collingwood York SOSA
Sunday 19th 80's Festival Bognor FBC
FEBRUARY
Saturday 15th The Albany Greenock SOSA
MARCH
Thursday 13th Hare and Hounds Birmingham SOSA
Friday 14th Alberts Shed Shrewsbury SOSA
Friday 28th NWMA Barrow SOSA
APRIL
Friday 4th Pizza Express London SOSA
Saturday 5th Pizza Express London SOSA
JUNE
Saturday 15th Alexanders Chester FBC
JULY
Saturday 26th Dundee Festival
AUGUST
Saturday 2nd Chickenstock Festival FBC tbc
Saturday 23rd Penkridge Festival FBC tbc
OCTOBER
Friday 31st Backstage Kinross SOSA
NOVEMBER
Saturday 1st Backstage Kinross SOSA
Thursday 13th Alexanders FBC acoustic
Last week JULY to first week September lost 80s USA tbc