BIG COUNTRY will release their brand new studio album, The Journey as they embark on a 14-date tour of the UK this April.

Released on Cherry Red Records, this is BIG COUNTRY's ninth studio album and their first since the sad and untimely death of lead singer and songwriter, Stuart Adamson in December 2001.

Recorded on the Welsh border town of Wrexham in an old cold war nuclear bunker, with 8-feet thick walls and no phone or internet signal, group members found themselves isolated and disconnected from the outside world, allowing for an interesting and productive time in the studio.

Aptly titled, The Journey is released some two years after BIG COUNTRY embarked on a new era, when guitarist and founder member Bruce Watson officially invited Mike Peters (The Alarm) to join them as lead vocalist for two concerts to celebrate 30 years since the group's formation.

More recently, BIG COUNTRY has been joined by another long-standing friend of the group, Derek Forbes (Simple Minds), who took over bass guitar duties from original bassist Tony Butler who retired gracefully in 2012.