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BIG COUNTRY: RETURN TO STEELTOWN: THE 40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

?Steeltown? was the second studio album by Big Country, recorded at ABBA?s Polar Studios in Stockholm with production from Steve Lillywhite. Released in October, 1984 Bruce Watson remembers the time very well, amid the nationwide strife back in the UK, fully in the grip of the Miners Strike: ?We started work on Steeltown back in June 1984 at Abba?s studio. My Dad was a miner, so what we did was knuckle down to hard work for six weeks?.

Regarded by many as a classic, the multi-million selling ?Steeltown? went straight to the #1 slot in the UK album charts. Big Country will be performing songs from the album as well as the classic hits and live favourites including: ?Fields of Fire?, ?In A Big Country?, ?Chance?, ?Wonderland?, ?Look Away? and many more.

Formed in 1981 by guitar playing founder members, Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson, both native of the band?s hometown Dunfermline in Scotland, the duo were Initially driven by a shared vision of widescreen guitar melody, harmony and lyric. The classic Big Country sound was further enhanced later that summer by the arrival of drummer Mark Brzezickiand and bass player Tony Butler.

Big Country are: Bruce Watson (guitars/vocals), Mark Brzezicki (drums/vocals), Jamie Watson (guitars/vocals), Simon Hough (vocals/guitar) and Gil Allan (bass).

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A very iconic Derby public house famed for its range of real ales.

It is also one of Derby's few live music venues.

The building consists of a front room with bar and seating continuing round into the rest of the bar area. There is also a small comfortable seating area in the back bar area with a viewing panel of the pubs stillage.

Free acoustic sessions: Monday 8pm, Wednesday 9pm and Sunday 4pm to 7pm.

Nepalese cuisine 7pm to 9pm every Tuesday.

Children welcome until 9pm

19-25 King Street,

Derby,

Derbyshire,

England,

DE1 3DZ.

01332 204 955