BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//360exp//Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:360exp REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e2ede146-1dfa-43f3-b7a9-a2656c2bd8f6@360exp.net SEQUENCE:29842538 DTSTAMP:20260928T061903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260927T233817Z DTSTART:20261121T193000Z DTEND:20261121T230000Z SUMMARY:Big Country Redux & Even Peters Presents The Alarm | York LOCATION:The Crescent Community Venue DESCRIPTION:BIG COUNTRY REDUX Guitarist Bruce Watson was one of the foundin g members of the legendary Scottish rock band Big Country\, alongside guit arist\, singer and songwriter Stuart Adamson. Together with bass player To ny Butler and drummer Mark Brzezicki\, their classic debut album ‘The Cr ossing’ (1983) sold over 2 million copies and earned them 3 Grammy nomin ations in the USA. Second album ‘Steeltown’ (1984) went straight to Nu mber 1. In total\, Big Country had 17 top 30 UK singles and made gold and platinum status albums. Hit singles like ‘In A Big Country’\, ‘Wonde rland’\, ‘Chance’\, ‘East of Eden’ and ‘Look Away’ made them Top Of The Pops regulars\, and they toured with Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Pa ge and Robert Plant\, David Bowie\, and the Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger ca lled them “one of the best opening bands we ever had”. Tragically\, on the 16th of December 2021\, Stuart Adamson took his own life. Watson reun ited with Butler and Brzezicki in 2007 to celebrate the band’s 25th anni versary. For their 30th\, The Alarm’s Mike Peters joined on vocals to pa y tribute to the music of Stuart Adamson (whose usual space at the centre of the stage was left symbolically vacant). Big Country members have come and gone over the years (Tony Butler left in 2012\, Mike Peters in 2013\, Brzezicki left in 2025) but Bruce Watson will continue to pay tribute to h is friend and the music they made together in 2026 and beyond as Big Count ry Redux. EVEN PETERS PRESENTS THE ALARM Following on from Big Country’s guest appearance at The Alarm’s Gathering weekend earlier this year at Cardiff Great Hall\, Evan Peters is announced as Support on the forthcomin g Big Country Tour (April & June 2026) Evan Peters aged 19 is the youngest son of Mike Peters\, lead singer of The Alarm. Mike sadly passed away on April 29th last year\, after receiving a shock diagnosis of Richters Syndr ome\, (a rare and aggressive lymphoma)\, on the eve of a two month America n Alarm Tour. Mike Peters became the lead singer of Big Country between 20 11 and 2013\, after Stuart Adamson’s untimely passing and so Evan grew u p travelling to Big Country shows across the UK and USA. Evan first toured with Big Country in the USA in 2013\, aged six\, travelling on the tour b us and choosing ’Stay Alive’ as his Big Country anthem. Upon the tragi c passing of Evan’s own dad almost one year ago\, Evan immersed himself in The Alarm songbook and his favourite Big Country songs. In December 202 5 Evan joined Big Country on stage at Manchester Academy to perform ‘Cha nce’ with the band and a couple of months later\, Big Country joined Eva n on stage at The Alarm’s "The Gathering' in Cardiff\, Wales to perform ‘Chance' and 'In a Big Country’. Last year\, Mike met with Bruce Watso n at The Red\, Dyserth\, the village pub owned by The Peters Family. Sat o utside The Red\, Bruce and Mike made a pact to tour together as The Alarm and Big County\, once Mike had got through to the other side\, after pione ering Car-T Therapy at the Christie Hospital in Manchester. Sadly\, Mike p assed away on April 29th last year in 2025 after a valiant and well lived life\, living with blood cancer for 31 years. It is a fitting testament to the relationship between Big Country and The Alarm that Evan now carries the torch and flies the flag to honour and celebrate the special legacy be tween Big Country and The Alarm.\n\nBoletos: https://www.fatsoma.com/e/avq 3u27g/big-country-redux-even-peters-presents-the-alarm-york URL;VALUE=URI:https://360exp.net/events/e2ede146-1dfa-43f3-b7a9-a2656c2bd8f 6 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR