Today sees the release of 'Common Ground', the new self-produced album from Big Big Trainon their own label, English Electric Recordings. The new album, recorded during the worldwide pandemic, sees the band continue their tradition of dramatic narratives but also tackles issues much closer to home.

'Common Ground' sees the band taking in wider musical and lyrical inspiration from artists such as Elbow, Pete Townshend, Tears For Fears, Elton John and XTC, as well as acknowledging their more progressive roots. As ever, Big Big Train will take listeners on a journey, be it waiting for the UK 5pm pandemic press conferences (’The Strangest Times’) to the library of Alexandria (‘Black With Ink’) to the bottom of the ocean (‘Atlantic Cable’).

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.

Big Big Train has taken lyrical and musical inspiration from periods of history that are recognised as great leaps forward. Now with 'Common Ground', they are making such a surge themselves.

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

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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