BIG BIG TRAIN

VENUE RIVOLI THEATER, THE WILLIAMS CENTER, RUTHERFORD, NJ, USA DATE 02/03/2024 SUPPORT DAVE BAINBRIDGE Tonight’s performance from Big Big Train is quite special. Not only is it celebrating The Likes Of Us (their first studio album with vocalist Alberto Bravin replacing the late David Longdon), but perhaps more importantly, it marks their second-ever show in the United States. The collective are certainly up to the task, however, delivering a spellbinding concert that sees Bravin demonstrating his merits as their latest frontman. With opening support from beloved guitarist/keyboardist Dave Bainbridge, Big Big Train endure as one of modern prog rock’s most prestigious groups. Bainbridge gets things going with a 30-minute instrumental set comprising himself and pre-recorded tracks. It’s an impressive feat: he dishes out ethereally vibrant, menacingly gothic and/or festively celtic compositions with…