Big Country at Olympia Theatre

Big Country have announced a show at The Olympia Theatre on Friday 13th April 2012


Big Country will kick-off their 30th anniversary celebrations with a special date at the Olympia Theatre. The band return following a previous sold out show at The Academy and a blistering set on the main stage at Oxegen this summer. Big Country will be performing their classic 1983 debut album The Crossing in its entirety along with some new material for one night only.

Big Country formed in November 1981, with The Crossing an international best seller, it sold over 2 million copies in the UK and Ireland, spawning 2 Top Ten hits and spending 84 consecutive weeks on the Music Week album chart. Big Country's tour will coincide with the reissue of the album early next year, which is expected to include a wealth of previously unreleased recordings and footage of the band.

In announcing the 'Crossing The Country Tour', bassist Tony Butler says, "It's typical to write an album and only play a few songs from it, so to get the opportunity to play an entire album is very cool. This tour will give us the chance to play songs never performed before alongside the well-known ones, songs that were written but didn't make it on to the album, and the associated 'b side' material. We can't wait."

The band, who recently received the inaugural 'Pride of Scotland Award' in Glasgow, reformed with The Alarm's Mike Peters on lead vocal duties in place of the late Stuart Adamson, who passed away in 2001, for two sold-out UK tours and main stage festival appearances including The Isle of Wight Festival, T in The Park, Oxegen and V Festival during 2011. In addition, Big Country re-united with The Crossing's producer Steve Lillywhite to release their first single in 12 years, 'Another Country'. A new studio album is due for release in autumn 2012.

See Big Country play live at The Olympia Theatre on Friday 13th April 2012. Tickets priced from €28.50 including booking fee are on sale Friday 16th December from all usual Ticketmaster outlets and Ticketmaster.ie.

Links

www.bigcountry.co.uk
www.myspace.com/bigcountryscotland
www.mikemarlin.co.uk