[Closed] Tonight I'm saluting Stuart Adamson.

First band for me too. Top post.

Legend!!! My first gig Big Country 1983?? Lancaster University, Brilliant, The Crossing still in my top 5 albums even now 30 yrs later!!!

I was watching some Big Country youtoob vids at the weekend funnily enough 🙂

Saw Therapy? in Glasgow a wee while back and they played Into the Valley in the encore, was a bit sad how many people had no idea what was going on.

First band I saw as well , Playhouse 1988'ish. Great band and tragic waste.

'Stay Alive'.

Love it, big Skids and then BC fan always have been.

I saw Big Country in 1984! Brilliant!

tuned in to the ottawa senators (nhl) live practice the other day, and they were taking practice shots to big country, in a big country.
made me smile.
i wasnt a fan back in the day, but they are growing on me more and more.

Change.

Just having a dram now

Saw Big Country at Wembley Stadium. supporting David Bowie on his Glass spider tour - 1987 I think?

Also the best gag ever on Never Mind the Buzzcocks
'Stuart Adamson there, who later became a Big Country member. And we do remember.'
( has to be said out loud) 😀

What a band; saw them loads of times;

RIP Stuart Adamson

"Laughter lines on faces where the sun has never shone;
The fear of life is strong."

I saw Big Country in 84 at the Apollo in Manchester. The crossing was probably the most played album of my teenage years.

Utter rubbish Must be a Northern thing

hurrah for Stuart.
Did i mention I have every BC single on 12" up to,
and including The Seer.Ha.
Saw them many times.
The B side to "In to the valley" is awesome too.
"Albert Tatlock"!

Viz Top Tip
Obtain The Best of Big Country without the expense of buying the album. Simply purchase one of their singles and play it 10 times in a row.

Stuart's son and mike peters from the alarm now front big country, seen them many times and can often be heard in the workshop.
Personal favourite, winter skies 🙂

grantway - no. You can't get much more southern than me and I'm a fan.

[i]Saw Big Country at Wembley Stadium. supporting David Bowie on his Glass spider tour - 1987 I think[/i]

Me too!

I preferred them to Bowie...

Modern day BC have an album out soon entitled The Journey to accompany a tour bearing the same name

Think it will be more akin to The Crossing than some of the later BC albums

Porrohman is still my favourite track, saw the new look band last year and was great hearing all the old tunes again. Still got the green cover vinyl of The Crossing, always hard when your best album is the first one

wwaswas - Member
Saw Big Country at Wembley Stadium. supporting David Bowie on his Glass spider tour - 1987 I think

Me too!

I preferred them to Bowie...

I saw them on the same tour at Roker Park in Sunderland. They were much, much better than Bowie. Really had the place bouncing.

Also saw them at the Mayfair in Newcastle. Still one of my top 5 gigs ever (and I've been to a fair few!)