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Big Country was originally formed in 1981 by guitar playing founder members 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 world-
wide hits, selling over 2 million copies and driving 'The Crossing' to 3 prestigious Grammy nom-
inations in the USA. In August 1998 they were once again invited to open for the Rolling Stones
on their 'Bridges To Babylon" tour of Europe prompting Mick Jagger to say that Big Country
were "one of the best opening bands we ever had".
The band have performed at many of the UK and Europe's most famous festivals, includ-
ing Isle Of Wight (Twice), V Festival, T In The Park, Oxegen, Pink Pop and Cropredy creating a
new generation of fans and renewing the passion for diehards with the introduction of new
original songs such as 'Another Country' and 'The Journey' which encapsulate not only the
sound but the heart and soul of Big Country past, present and future.
In 2014 the Line-up of Big Country may change but you can be rest assured that the backbone
of the band Bruce Watson and Mark Brzezicki have no plans on slowing down.
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