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Saturday, April 1, 2023

PROG ROCKERS BIG BIG TRAIN TO RELEASE 5-TRACK COMPILATION ALBUM OF EPIC SONGS -ZOOM TV INTERVIEW WITH GREGORY SPAWTON …NICK D'VIRGILIO AND ALBERTO BRAVIN!

 




PROG ROCKERS

BIG BIG TRAIN

TO RELEASE 5-TRACK COMPILATION ALBUM 

OF EPIC SONGS

ENTITLED

‘INGENIOUS DEVICES’

ON JULY 28TH 2023

ZOOM TV SPECIAL EVENT

with

GREGORY SPAWTON

NICK D'VIRGILIO

and ALBERTO BRAVIN

CLICK BELOW

TO WATCH IN ITS ENTIRETY!



Big Big Train are an English progressive rock band formed in Bournemouth in 1990 and went through a number of line-up changes in the first 15 or so years of its existence.

The current line-up includes band founder Gregory Spawton (bass, guitars and keyboards), along with Nick D'Virgilio (drums, guitars and keyboards) and Rikard Sjöblom (guitars and keyboards). Until 2009, the band were active as a predominantly studio project led by Spawton and co-founder Andy Poole (guitars, bass and keyboards), who departed the band in 2018. They have released fourteen studio albums and six EPs.

Big Big Train has gone on to win several Progressive Music Awards, has played numerous sold-out shows and has seen a series of studio albums reach number one in the official UK rock charts and make the top 40 in the official UK album charts.

On 27 April 2022, Big Big Train announced singer and keyboard player, Alberto Bravin, as their new lead vocalist replacing lead vocalist David Longdon who died on November 20th 2021, after a traumatic fall at his home.

With the band currently in the early stages of working on a new studio album for release in 2024, their latest endeavor Ingenious Devices features new versions of a trilogy of revered Big Big Train epic tracks - East Coast Racer, Brooklands and Voyager - about how mankind has used its ingenuity to extend its reach by the development and deployment of technology.


The new versions of East Coast Racer, Brooklands and Voyager prominently feature an elite 17-piece string section recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. Apart from the late David Longdon's lead vocals, which have been compiled from the original album sessions, East Coast Racer is a completely new studio version recorded by the line-up of the band as it was in 2019.

UK prog rockers Big Big Train have announced a run of live dates in the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland and the UK. The tour will take place in August and September this year.


PREORDER

THE LATEST RELEASE

BY

BIG BIG TRAIN

INGENIOUS 

DEVICES



The album will be available on all major streaming platforms on July 28

Preorder at

https://burningshed.com/store/bigbigtrain

and amazon.com

With the band currently in the early stages of working on a new studio album for release in 2024, their latest endeavor Ingenious Devices features new versions of a trilogy of revered Big Big Train epic tracks - East Coast Racer, Brooklands and Voyager - about how mankind has used it's ingenuity to extend it's reach by the development and deployment of technology. The new versions of East Coast Racer, Brooklands and Voyager prominently feature an elite 17-piece string section recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. Apart from the late David Longdon's lead vocals, which have been compiled from the original album sessions, East Coast Racer is a completely new studio version recorded by the line-up of the band as it was in 2019. Brooklands features newly recorded drums, bass and bass pedals, while Voyager includes additional guitar and violin. All three songs have been re-mixed for this release. Additionally Ingenious Devices includes a previously unreleased orchestral piece called The Book of Ingenious Devices, which links East Coast Racer and Brooklands, as well as a live version of Atlantic Cable, which was recorded on the band's tour in September 2022.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

BIG BIG TRAIN

VISIT

www.bigbigtrain.com

Official website

www.facebook.com/groups/bigbigtrain

Facebook

https://twitter.com/bigbigtrain

Twitter

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYl-LJDxj2Uc4Tuc8HgdbUg

YouTube


BIG BIG TRAIN

IN CONCERT

 2023

SATURDAY 26TH AUGUST

ZOETERMEER, THE NETHERLANDS

CULTUURPODIUM BOERDERIJ

SUNDAY 27TH AUGUST

HAMBURG, GERMANY

MARKTHALLE

MONDAY 28TH AUGUST

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN

STORA TEATERN

TUESDAY 29TH AUGUST

OSLO, NORWAY

COSMOPOLITE

WEDNESDAY 30TH AUGUST

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

FRYSHUSET KLUBBEN

THURSDAY 31ST AUGUST

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

VIFTEN

SATURDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER

REVISLATE, ITALY

2 DAYS PROG + 1 FESTIVAL

FREE CONCERT

DETAILS SOON

SUNDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER

PRATTELN (BASEL), SWITZERLAND

Z7

TUESDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER

REICHENBACH, GERMANY

NEUBERINHAUS

WEDNESDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER

COLOGNE, GERMANY

VICTORIA CARLSWERK

THURSDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER

ASCHAFFENBURG, GERMANY

COLOS-SAAL

FRIDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER

STUTTGART, GERMANY

MOZART-SAAL

SUNDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER

EDINBURGH, UK

QUEENS HALL

MONDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER

BIRMINGHAM, UK

TOWN HALL

TUESDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER

LONDON, UK

CADOGAN HALL

WEDNESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER

LONDON, UK

CADOGAN HALL

 Apart from playing live this year, we will also be recording a new studio album for release in 2024 and are looking forward to taking BBT across the Atlantic for Cruise To The Edge in March next year.

BIG BIG TRAIN

Discography

Albums

Goodbye to the Age of Steam (1994)

English Boy Wonders (1997)

Bard (2002)

Gathering Speed (2004)

The Difference Machine (2007)

The Underfall Yard (2009)

English Electric Part One (2012)

English Electric Part Two (2013)

Folklore (2016)

Grimspound (2017)

The Second Brightest Star (2017)

Grand Tour (2019)

Common Ground (2021)

Welcome to the Planet (2022)

 Demos and EPs

From the River to the Sea (1992)

The Infant Hercules (1993)

Far Skies Deep Time (2010)

Make Some Noise (2013)

Wassail (2015)

Proper Jack Froster (2021)

 Live albums

A Stone's Throw from the Line (2016)

Merchants of Light (2018)

Empire (2020)

Summer Shall Not Fade (2022)

DVD and Blu-ray

Stone & Steel (2016)

Reflectors of Light (2019)

Empire (2020)

Summer Shall ot Fade (2022)

 Compilations

English Electric: Full Power (2013)

Summer's Lease (2020)










BIG BIG TRAIN
APPEARS WEEK OF 
APRIL 1ST 2023

ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
WITH RAY SHASHO

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