At The Crescent in York: Big Country Redux

Hit singles like ‘In A Big Country’, ‘Wonderland’, ‘Chance’, ‘East of Eden’ and ‘Look Away’ made them Top Of The Pops regulars, and they toured with Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, David Bowie, and the Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger called them “one of the best opening bands we ever had”.

Tragically, on the 16th of December 2021, Stuart Adamson took his own life.

Watson reunited with Butler and Brzezicki in 2007 to celebrate the band’s 25th anniversary. For their 30th, The Alarm’s Mike Peters joined on vocals to pay 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 his friend and the music they made together in 2026 and beyond as Big Country Redux.

Big Country Redux & Evan 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 forthcoming 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 Syndrome, (a rare and aggressive lymphoma), on the eve of a two month American Alarm Tour.

Mike Peters became the lead singer of Big Country between 2011 and 2013, after Stuart Adamson’s untimely passing and so Evan grew up 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 bus and choosing ’Stay Alive’ as his Big Country anthem.