Hot on the heels of the release of their top 35 album 'Common Ground', comes the release of ‘The Connection Plan’, a brand new track from Big Big Train.
Listen to the track here:
Big Big Train’s Greg Spawton explains why there is brand new material coming out under a month after they released a new album ”In the lead-up to our tours in 2022, we wanted to share a series of single streaming releases. The 'Stay Tuned' streaming series will feature newly recorded compositions, we hope listeners will enjoy them."
Connection Plan was written by Big Big Train's drummer Nick D’Virgilio: “The Connection Plan is a song about connecting with each other. How our differences are a good thing and what those differences can teach us. The song started with the violin line at the beginning. Once I came up with that, I was off to the races, and the rest of the song took shape rather quickly. Once again, Greg, David, and Rikard took my demo and added such beautiful nuance to the track. With the addition of real violin played by my friend Derek Reeves and Rob Aubrey's mix, Connection Plan has connected with me and will hopefully connect with the listener too”.
For the 'Common Ground' tour, which will be their most extensive to date and which will culminate in the UK with a show at the prestigious London Palladium, Greg Spawton (bass), David Longdon (lead vocals, flute), Nick D’Virgilio (drums, vocals) and Rikard Sjöblom (guitars, keyboards, vocals) will be joined by Carly Bryant (keyboards, guitars, vocals), who contributes vocals to ‘Common Ground’, Dave Foster (guitars), who plays on two tracks on the new album, Clare Lindley (violin, vocals) and by a five piece brass ensemble.
Stay tuned for more new Big Big Train material in the coming months.
BIG BIG TRAIN UK TOUR 2022
15.03.2022 – York, Barbican
16.03.2022 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
18.03.2022 – Birmingham, Symphony Hall
19.03.2022 – Bath, Forum
21.03.2022 – Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
22.03.2022 – Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
23.03.2022 – London, Palladium
Tickets are already on sale here: https://myticket.co.uk/artists/big-big-train
Big Big Train's latest album ‘COMMON GROUND’ is out now on English Electric Recordings.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM ‘COMMON GROUND':
“This might be their artistic as well as commercial time. At last" – Classic Rock
“A versatile creative force" – Uncut
“Melancholy has rarely sounded so seductive" – Mojo
“A blockbuster" – Prog
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ABOUT BIG BIG TRAIN:
Big Big Train was initially founded in 1990 and went through several line-up changes, but in 2009 the band decided on a fresh start, and the core of the current version of the band was born. Since then, they have gone on to win four Progressive Music Awards, played sold out shows and seen their last album, 2019’s ‘Grand Tour’, reach #1 in the Official UK rock charts and break into the top 40 in the Official UK album charts. The band toured the UK for the first time in 2019, culminating in a sold out show at London's Hackney Empire, subsequently released as the critically acclaimed Blu-ray 'Empire', and 2022 will see the band performing their largest UK tour to date along with their first ever dates in North America.
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