BIG BIG TRAIN

MIKE BARNES

VENUE WATERSIDE THEATRE, AYLESBURY DATE 02/09/2022 SUPPORT DIM GRAY When Big Big Train played a triumphant end-of-tour show at Hackney Empire in November 2019, all seemed set fair for their continuing rise, with dates scheduled for Europe and the US in 2020. But then came the pandemic and in a brief window between lockdowns they recorded 2021’s Top 40 album Common Ground, and this year’s excellent Welcome To The Planet. But the biggest calamity came in November 2021, with the tragic death of vocalist, co-lyricist and multi-instrumentalist David Longdon, an event that could have finished the group. Their decision to carry on was deemed by all concerned something that Longdon would have wanted. And so, with the recruitment of vocalist-guitarist-keys player Alberto Bravin, that resolution is vindicated by tonight’s emotionally charged and powerful full…

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