Big Big Train – launch video for ‘Love Is The Light’ new tour dates announced

The award-winning progressive rock band Big Big Train will release their 15^th studio album ‘The Likes Of Us’ on 1^st March 2024. The album is the internationally-based group’s first full collection of songs since the unexpected passing of long-serving lead vocalist David Longdon in late 2021. Besides marking the debut of new frontman Alberto Bravin, a former member of the Italian band Premiata Forneria Marconi, it also heralds the beginning of a new relationship with InsideOutMusic, the group having self-released their music for almost two decades.

Today, on Valentine’s Day, the band are pleased to reveal the video for ‘Love Is The Light’, filmed in May 2023 during their time recording the album in Trieste, Italy. Watch the Tim Sidwell-directed video

Alberto Bravin comments: “This song recounts a difficult period in my life and how I got through it. In 2018 my daughter was born, I had a happy life and was travelling around the world playing a lot of gigs with PFM. But for no apparent reason I became deeply depressed. The most difficult challenge is not to heal, but to admit what’s happening. And you can do it only if you have real support from the people around you. My wife, Nicole, was always there for me and she helped me find the light. And she’s still doing it: with love.”

Gregory Spawton adds: “When Alberto submitted Love Is The Light as a song to be considered for The Likes Of Us, we really required no discussion about whether to include it on the album or not – it was an absolute no brainer that we should record it. It’s a beautiful ballad that draws from Alberto’s personal experience but also has universal appeal. When we played Love Is The Light live on tour last year, it got a terrific response every night and I hope people will take the song to their hearts as we have.”

The album’s full track listing is as follows:

1. Light Left In The Day 06:10

2. Oblivion 05:27

3. Beneath The Masts 17:26

4. Skates On 04:28

5. Miramare 10:17

6. Love Is The Light 06:11

7. Bookmarks 06:23

8. Last Eleven 07:55

Pre-order now here: https://bigbigtrain.lnk.to/TheLikesOfUs

The band have also just announced UK & European tour dates for September/October 2024. The full list of dates is below:

17^th September – Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, UK

18^th September – The Riverfront, Newport, UK

19^th September – Playhouse Theatre, Whitley Bay, UK

21^st September – Queens Hall, Edinburgh, UK

22^nd September – Palace Theatre, Newark, UK

24^th September – Stables Theatre, Milton Keynes, UK

25^th September – The Stoller Hall, Manchester, UK

27^th September – Stadthalle, Weinheim, Germany

28^th September – Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands

29^th September – Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands

1^st October – Cosmopolite, Oslo, Norway

2^nd October – Viften, Copenhagen, Denmark

The band will also perform for the first ever time in the USA in March 2024, including an appearance on Cruise To The Edge. The full list of shows can be found below:

1^st March – Sweetwater Performance Theatre, Fort Wayne, Indiana (sold out)

2^ndMarch – Rivoli Theater at the Williams Center, Rutherford, New Jersey

3^rd March – Rivoli Theater at the Williams Center, Rutherford, New Jersey

5^th March – Regent Theatre, Arlington (Boston), Massachusetts

6^th March – Electric City, Buffalo, New York

8^th-13^th March – Cruise To The Edge (sold out)

The band have also confirmed two summer 2024 festival appearances at the final Night of the Prog Festival in Germany on 21^st July, and Cropredy Festival in the UK on 9^th August.

Ticket links for all shows are at www.bigbigtrain.com/live

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Photo credit – Massimo Goina

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