Big Country - Fan Convention, Zaandam, 2002
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Published 2022-02-14
With huge thanks to Jeroen Zuiderhoek who has spent a lot of time marrying the existing video footage with fresh audio from the soundboard to make the ultimate clip of this great event.
00:00 - Eastworld
03:59 - Driving to Damascus
07:30 - Spirit of '76
11:45 - Fragile thing
16:32 - Never take your place
20:52 - Normal
24:20 - Perfect world
29:30 - Knocking on heaven's door
35:38 - So this is Christmas / War is over
Jeroen has very kindly donated the clip for uploading to BC1000Stars and also written a forward to the clip:
"After the Driving To Damascus / Final Fling Tour in 2000 I really thought that was it for Big Country. Seeing Stuart with The Raphaels in 2001 in London was an unexpected bonus, but when Stuart passed away in December 2001 any hope for the band to work together had obviously vanished.
Imagine the surprise when finding out about this "Big Country Fan Convention" in my own home country in December 2002, featuring the remaining members of the band.
The Fan Convention was organized by the late Peter Hornberg. I still have no clue how he managed to set this up, but I'm grateful that he did. I like to see this event as the seed for all subsequent Big Country activities afterwards.
Obviously it was a very emotional evening for both the band and audience. We had so much fun and many tears were shed at the same time.
The evening consisted of Q&A sessions, a mastermind quiz, a 'drum clinic' by Mark and solo sets by Tony and special guest Mike Peters. It ended with a set by Bruce, Tony and Mark, joined by Mike Peters on vocals and Josh Phillips on keyboard. This set was filmed by a friend of Peter who later kindly shared it with me. The distorted audio has been replaced with the mixing desk recording of the show."
- Jeroen Zuiderhoek, February 2022.
Big Country Fan Convention - Zaandam, The Netherlands - De Kade - December 14, 2002.
I hope you enjoy this one, some rarely and never played live songs from BC's catalogue included in the set and something for Alarm fans as well with 68 Guns and the guest vocal slot of Mike Peters up front - the seed that was sown for what was to come nearly a decade later.
Respectfully dedicated to Peter Hornberg and, of course, Stuart Adamson
Stay Alive.
All Comments (12)
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Aye, keep 'em coming. We must stay alive and in love!
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That brings back memories my wife and I whee there and stayed in same hotel as the band
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Love It. Thanks for sharing this!! π I so wish I could have seen Bc in concert!! Hello From canal Fulton, Ohio
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Thanks, Andy. It must have been a tough event for everyone involved
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U just keep sending them out Andy respect. Really enjoyed this .heard about it .but to see it live respect
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As soon as I saw Mike Peters I stooped watching.
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Oooh Iβve never seen this before - thanks for sharing.
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That version of Eastworld is still the most organ-fuelled version of the song I have ever heard!
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Tony Butter why my friend
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Cool! Love it π. You are missing out = P r o m o s m!
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That guy sucks! He needs to read the lyrics. Really?
