‘Steeltown’ was Big Country's second studio album, recorded at ABBA’s Polar Studios in Stockholm and produced by Steve Lillywhite. Released in October 1984, it topped the UK album charts. Amid the nationwide Miners Strike, Bruce Watson recalls, “We started work in June 1984 at Abba’s studio. My Dad was a miner, so we knuckled down to hard work for six weeks.” Big Country will perform songs from ‘Steeltown’ and classic hits like ‘Fields of Fire,’ ‘In A Big Country,’ and ‘Chance.’

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Big Country + Mike Peters 'Return To Steeltown'

Walsall Arena and Arts Centre

It’s been a remarkable career. Mike Peters, frontman of The Alarm, created one of Britain’s best-loved rock bands at the turn of the 1980s. He filled arenas, enjoyed hits with Sixty Eight Guns Spirit Of ’76, and Absolute Reality, and opened for U2 and Bob Dylan. There’s always been much, much more to the man who was awarded an MBE in 2019.

Mike Peters, from The Alarm – Love Hope Strength

Huddersfield Town Hall

It’s been a remarkable career. Mike Peters, frontman of The Alarm, created one of Britain’s best-loved rock bands at the turn of the 1980s.

Mike Peters

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Big Country + Mike Peters 'Return To Steeltown' · Walsall Arena & Arts Centre

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