Big Country + Evan Peter's Alarm

A concert at O2 Academy Bristol with Big Country, the Scottish rock band, sharing the bill with The Alarm and Evan Peter's Alarm. Both headline bands date from 1981.

Big Country were formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981 and built their sound around anthemic guitar playing, with Stuart Adamson as a founding member and principal songwriter. Their album The Crossing, released in 1983, reached number three in the UK, and "In a Big Country" is among their best-known songs.

The Alarm are a British alternative rock band formed in Wales in 1981, with Mike Peters as their founding vocalist. The group signed to I.R.S. Records and released its debut album, Declaration, in 1984. Evan Peter's Alarm also appears on the bill for this night.

O2 Academy Bristol hosts concerts and shows in the city. The evening will suit listeners who follow British guitar rock from the early 1980s, since it brings together two bands that emerged from the same period.