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Tag Archives: Bruce Watson
Gig review: BIG COUNTRY – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 5 May 2023
For Big Country, their debut album ‘The Crossing’ is rightly regarded as a classic, spawning three hit singles and countless other fan favourites, and establishing that signature bagpipe style guitar sound. For the current line up it is also the … Continue reading
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Gig review: BIG COUNTRY – Islington Assembly Hall, London- 9 March 2022
It’s now been over 20 years since the sad passing of Stuart Adamson, but for over half that period his erstwhile bandmates Bruce Watson and Mark Brzezicki have been ensuring that his Big Country legacy stays alive with a touring … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Country, Bruce Watson, Celtic rock, gig, Jamie Watson, Mark Brzezicki, Simon Hough
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Album review: WKW (WATSON, KERCHEVAL, WATSON) – Men Of Steel
WKW Music [Release date - Out Now] WKW is a collaboration between the two Big Country mainstays, Bruce and Jamie Watson, and Thomas Kercheval. Kercheval is an Emmy winning documentary editor, independent musician and longtime Big Country fan. He ran … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Big Country, Bruce Watson, CD, Jamie Watson, Kerchevel, Men Of Steel, review, Robert Burns, Stuart Adamson, The Skids, Watson, WKW
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Gig review: BIG COUNTRY – Under The Bridge, London, 16 November 2018
For Big Country, their 1983 album ‘The Crossing’ is the gift that keeps on giving. It catapulted them to fame, established their trademark sound and to this day contains most of their best loved songs. Shortly after reforming at the … Continue reading
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Gig review: BIG COUNTRY – The Warehouse, Falkirk, 30 September 2016
Big Country, like many classic rock bands at the moment, are going through a bit of a golden period. Every year is throwing up another significant anniversary to be celebrated, last year it was 30 years since the release of … Continue reading
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Tagged 30th Sept 2016, Big Country, Bruce Watson, Falkirk, Fields Of Fire, gig, In A Big Country, Jamie Watson, Kate Bush, live, Madness, review, Simon Hough, Steeltown, The Seer, The Warehouse
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Gig review: BIG COUNTRY – Concert Hall, Perth, 28 September 2014
Tonight’s gig was part of a weekend of music in celebration of the Ryder Cup Golf Tournament which was being held a few miles down the road at Gleneagles. The premise I take it was to cash in on the … Continue reading
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Tagged 28 September 2014, Big Country, Bruce Watson, Concert Hall, Derek Forbes, Fields Of Fire, gig, Gleneagles, golf, In A Big Country, Jamie Watson, Jon McKenzie, live, Mark Brzezicki, Perth, rock, Ryder Cup, Scotland, Simon Hough, Simple Minds, Steeltown, Stuart Adamson, The Holy Ghosts
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Album review: BIG COUNTRY – The Journey
Cherry Red (Released 15th April) This marks a major step in Big Country’s history as it is the first studio album not to feature the late Stuart Adamson and the recording debut of the Alarm’s Mike Peters … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Country, Bruce Watson, Mike Peters, Stuart Adamson, The Alarm, The Journey
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