Big Country + The Alarm

A double bill of two British rock bands, Big Country and The Alarm, performing at O2 Academy2 Birmingham on this visit to the city. Both groups were formed in 1981.

Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981. Their anthemic guitar sound is heard on The Crossing, released in 1983, which reached number three in the UK. The band's catalogue is the core of its identity, and the group's guitar-led songs are the main reference point for its style.

The Alarm is a British alternative rock band formed in Wales in 1981. The group was signed to the label I.R.S. Records and released its debut album, Declaration, in 1984. Both acts emerged from the same period of British guitar-based rock, so the bill brings together two bands from the early 1980s on one night.

O2 Academy2 Birmingham hosts concerts and shows in the city. The evening suits listeners who followed either band's records from the 1980s, and anyone interested in seeing two groups from that generation perform together in Birmingham.