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Big Big Train
Big Big Train in 2014. Left to right: Andy Poole, Danny Manners, David Longdon, Rikard Sjöblom, Nick D'Virgilio, Dave Gregory, Rachel Hall and Gregory Spawton
Background information
Origin
Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Genres
Progressive rock, post-rock, new prog
Years active
1990–present
Labels
English Electric, Giant Electric Pea, Inside Out Music
Members
Gregory Spawton Nick D'Virgilio Rikard Sjöblom Dave Foster Clare Lindley Alberto Bravin Oskar Holldorff
Past members
Andy Poole Ian Cooper Steve Hughes Martin Read Tony Müller Pete Hibbit Phil Hogg Sean Filkins David Longdon Dave Gregory Danny Manners Rachel Hall Carly Bryant
Website
bigbigtrain.com
Big Big Train are an English progressive rock band formed in Bournemouth in 1990. The current line-up includes band founder Gregory Spawton (bass, guitars and keyboards), along with Nick D'Virgilio (drums, guitars and keyboards), Rikard Sjöblom (guitars and keyboards), Dave Foster (guitars), Clare Lindley (violin and vocals), Alberto Bravin (vocals, guitar and keyboards) and Oskar Holldorff (keyboards and vocals). Until 2009, the band were active as a predominantly studio project led by Spawton and co-founder Andy Poole (bass, keyboards and guitars), who departed the band in 2018, with changing line-ups and guest musicians. They have released fourteen studio albums and six EPs.
After starting out as an independent band, Big Big Train were signed to Giant Electric Pea from 1993 to 1998[1] and distributed their releases through their own website. Since their sixth album, The Underfall Yard, which received critical acclaim from the progressive rock community,[2][3] a more stable line-up has been established, and the band performed their first live concerts in 17 years at Kings Place, London, in August 2015. The gigs were voted Event of the Year by the readers of Prog magazine. Stone & Steel, a Blu-ray featuring the 2014 rehearsals at Real World Studios and four of the songs performed at Kings Place, was released on 21 March 2016. Big Big Train were the winners of the Breakthrough Award at the Progressive Music Awards held at Kew Gardens, London on 3 September 2013, and have been nominated in several other categories in recent years. The band's latest studio album, Welcome to the Planet, was released in January 2022. Their previous studio album, Common Ground, was released in July 2021.
Big Big Train embarked on their first UK tour in October 2019. Scheduled dates for the band's first ever North American and European tours in 2020 were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[4]
^"Band History – Going independent (1995–2002)". Bigbigtrain.com. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
^"The Daily Vault Music Reviews". Dailyvault.com. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
^"Babyblaue Prog-Reviews: Big Big Train: The Underfall Yard: Review". Babyblaue-seiten.de. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
^"Big Big Train cancel North American tour dates; Dave Gregory leaves band". The Prog Report. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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