So Where Exactly Are We? In the Passengers Club this week, a detailed update from Big Big Train manager Nick Shilton about what has been going on behind the scenes over the summer. You can read it here: thepassengersclub.com

In the Passengers Club today, it’s the first of our 2025 tour behind the scenes photo galleries. Your cameraman: Gregory Spawton. You can view the gallery here: www.thepassengersclub.com

Have you ever wondered how to play the piano part on Beneath The Masts? All is revealed by Oskar Holldorff in the Passengers Club this week here: thepassengersclub.com

Passengers Club members should look out for a new The Likes Of Us related video treat this weekend.

Ca. half the tickets for our Cruise 2026 warm-up show at the 1865 in Southampton have already been sold via the Passengers Club pre-sale. If you want to guarantee tickets for this unique show and are not already a Passengers Club member, you can join here: www.thepassengersclub.com/

SUMMER SHALL NOT FADE We have recently made Summer Shall Not Fade, a live film of our legendary 2018 show at the Night Of The Prog in Germany, available on a digital basis. You can download it here: immersiveaudioalbum.com/product/summ... & read more here: immersiveaudioalbum.com/now-availabl...

2025 TOUR MERCHANDISE, BURNING SHED SUMMER SALE Our remaining 2025 tour merchandise is now available for order via: Burning Shed: burningshed.com/store/bigbig... The Band Wagon USA: thebandwagonusa.com/en-gb/collec... Both B Shed and Band Wagon are running half price summer sales as well!

On 12th April the band had a day off during their North American tour and visited the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland. The museum has a “jam room”, which presented the opportunity to play a song live. Find out which song and watch it exclusively in the Passengers Club. thepassengersclub.com

David Longdon: In honour of David’s 60th birthday today, his partner Sarah has given us this film of Telling The Bees to share from her and David’s personal collection. It was recorded in late 2020 at Playpen Studios in Bristol, UK. David’s personal and musical legacy is for the ages. bit.ly/3FZVoIe

A river cruise, the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, Niagara Falls, the Great White North and five more shows – Big Big Train manager Nick Shilton’s North America tour diary continues in the Passengers Club. You can read it here: www.thepassengersclub.com

This week in the Passengers Club, Big Big Train manager Nick Shilton is your guide on board Cruise To The Edge, with part 2 of his 2025 North America tour diary. thepassengersclub.com

With apologies for the late running of this service, the Passengers Club has been updated today with part 1 of BBT manager Nick Shilton’s North America tour diary. thepassengersclub.com

2025 TOUR PATRONS Two tour patrons will have received their tour programmes and patron badges but not their small size t-shirts. If this is you, please message us to let us know! Thank you once again to all 2025 tour patrons for your generous support of Big Big Train.

New live album! ARE WE NEARLY THERE YET? TO BE RELEASED ON 19TH SEPTEMBER 2025 ON 2CD, 3LP VINYL, DOWNLOAD & STREAMING PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM AT burningshed.com/store/bigbig... thebandwagonusa.com/collections/... bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com

We have now drawn the second raffle for the BBT studio experience. Congratulations to: · 24th April – Pete Ferber and Dennis O’Reilly · 25th April – Donovan Shand and Tim Levine · 26th and 27th April – Mark Mittentag and Tim Martin · Cricket bat – Barrett Nuzum

ICYMI: Prog magazine has a special Bard related bundle currently available here: bit.ly/prog159_BBT

THE BIG BIG STUDIO EXPERIENCE: WIN A DAY (OR 2!) IN THE STUDIO WITH BBT CONGRATS to Tim Levine, Donovan Shand, Pete Ferber & Dennis O’Reilly, the winners for 24th/25th April. The raffle is open until 11:59pm USA EST 19th April to win places for 26th/27th April. thebandwagonusa.com/en-gb/collec...

THE BIG BIG STUDIO EXPERIENCE - WIN A DAY (OR TWO!) IN THE STUDIO WITH BIG BIG TRAIN We will be recording our next studio album at the world class Sweetwater Studios in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. For details, please visit thebandwagonusa.com/en-gb/collec...

After a great day off in Cleveland, including a visit to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, we return tonight to Electric City in Buffalo. Nick D’Virgilio performs a short solo set with a special guest (or maybe two…) from 7.30pm, with BBT scheduled on stage from 8.30pm. Tickets electriccity.com/shows/

It was a beautiful audience at our show at the Arcada Theater in St Charles, Illinois last night. Tonight we play The Token Lounge in Westland, Michigan. We have support from Brad Russell (7.30) and our own Clare Lindley (8.15) who will be playing a short solo set. BBT will be on stage at 9.15.

Our Cruise To The Edge schedule: Today, 10am - Q&A, Atrium Sunday 2.15pm - Show 1, Stardust (green) Monday, 2.15pm - Wheel of Prog (featuring Alberto Bravin, Gregory Spawton & Nick D’Virgilio), Venue TBC Monday, 5.30pm - Photo experience, Bliss Lounge Tuesday, 9.45pm - Show 2, Stardust (orange)

Fort Wayne – it’s (nearly) showtime! We’re rehearsed and raring to go for the first show of The Likes Of Us In North America Tour at Sweetwater’s Performance Theatre tonight. The schedule is: 6pm – doors 7.30pm to approx. 9.15pm – Big Big Train We look forward to seeing you this evening!

On its original release back in 2002, it looked like our 3rd album Bard would be BBT’s last hurrah. 23 years later the Bard re-issue is no. 2 in the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart and no. 9 in the Independent Albums chart. Thanks to all who’ve contributed to Bard’s unexpected return to the spotlight!

THE PASSENGERS CLUB With The Likes Of Us In North America tour starting next Wednesday in Fort Wayne, Indiana, we’re updating the Passengers Club a day early. For an eve of tour blog from BBT manager Nick Shilton about our impending trek, please visit thepassengersclub.com/so-here-we-a...

THE BIG BIG STUDIO EXPERIENCE - WIN A DAY (OR TWO!) IN THE STUDIO WITH BIG BIG TRAIN We are offering two fans per day the chance to join the band at the world class Sweetwater Studios in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA on 24th, 25th and the weekend of 26th/27th April. thebandwagonusa.com/en-gb/collec...

Following last Friday’s release of the remixed re-issue of Bard alongside Scop (the digital download only EP), we are pleased to make available an extended version of Andy Stuart’s Bard album sleeve notes here: www.bigbigtrain.com/discography/... We hope you will enjoy Andy’s deep dive into Bard.

Our remixed ‘lost’ album, Bard, will be re-released tomorrow on limited edition 2LP, CD & Bandcamp download. Burning Shed now only have 15 x 2LP; Band Wagon USA have ca. 40. When they’re gone they’re gone! thebandwagonusa.com/en-gb/collec... bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com burningshed.com/store/bigbig...

Bard and Scop will be released tomorrow. Please note that Burning Shed now only have 25 copies of the vinyl 2LP version. As we do not expect to re-press the vinyl, when they’re gone, they’re gone… burningshed.com/store/bigbig... thebandwagonusa.com/en-gb/collec... bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com

Under a week until the release of the Bard re-issue. If you’ve already received it, let us know what you think below. If you haven’t ordered Bard yet, visit burningshed.com/store/bigbig... or thebandwagonusa.com/en-gb/collec... or bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com BS now have only about 150 LPs in stock.

The venue for our Sweetwater, Fort Wayne show on Wednesday 2nd April has changed from Sweetwater’s Training Center to their Performance Theater. Ticket holders are being emailed by Sweetwater; we have requested that new seats should reflect seats previously chosen in the TC as closely as possible.

This week’s Passengers Club update is a photo gallery related to the recent 1 year anniversary of the release of The Likes Of Us. Michael Heller captured some photos at Sweetwater in Indiana, USA on what was also our debut North American show day: thepassengersclub.com/the-likes-of...

Hey Fort Wayne! We are going to be pulling into Sweetwater, Fort Wayne on Wednesday, April 2. We'd love to see you onboard! Grab your tickets now at www.bigbigtrain.com/live/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=wguZ...

It's Bandcamp Friday! If you are interested in buying a download of the soon-to-be-released Bard re-issue, or the companion Scop EP, today would be as good a day as any as Bandcamp are kindly waiving their share of income, which helps Big Big Train. bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com

Please join with us today in wishing Big Big Train violinist, vocalist, guitarist and Mellotronist Clare Lindley a very happy birthday. In her spare time Clare likes to climb mountains, so she rocks both onstage and off.

To mark the 1st anniversary of the release of The Likes Of Us, in the Passengers Club today there is a gallery of over 100 photos from the album recording sessions. Log into or join the Club (also contains an exclusive audio preview of our next studio album!): thepassengersclub.com

Today marks the one year anniversary of the release of The Likes Of Us studio album, which was recorded by Rob Aubrey at Urban Studios in Trieste. Do you have any reflections on the album on its first birthday? Favourite tracks or favourite moments? Let us know in the comments below.

Congratulations to Oskar Holldorff & his Dim Gray bandmates on the release today of Shards, their wonderful third album. Dim Gray play a launch concert tomorrow: www.facebook.com/events/3470341139764471 Shards is available as a CD, vinyl, Bandcamp download, and to stream: linktr.ee/dimgraymusic

Big Big Train will release a six track digital download only E.P. titled Scop on 21st March 2025. Scop is a companion release to accompany the re-issue of the band’s third studio album Bard on the same date. bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com

Please join us in wishing a happy birthday to Big Big Train and Dim Gray keyboard maestro, Oskar Holldorff. For his next birthday we’ll try and remember to buy him that keytar and cape combo that he’s always secretly wanted.

In the Passengers Club today, to mark the 5th anniversary of its launch, we bring you an exclusive work in progress audio preview of the next Big Big Train studio album. This is made available to stream (and not as a download) for Passengers Club members only. Join or log in: thepassengersclub.com

State Of The Nations Part 2 – in this Passengers Club update, BBT manager Nick Shilton sets out the band’s plans for 2026 & beyond. Coming soon in the Passengers Club: an exclusive work in progress preview of the band’s next studio album. Log into or join the Passengers Club: thepassengersclub.com

Prog magazine’s new issue carries the annual readers’ poll including: Best Band/Artist – 2nd Best Vocalist – 3rd: Alberto Best Album – 2nd: The Likes Of Us Best Keyboardist – 5th: Oskar Event Of The Year – 4th: our tour Best Drummer – 7th: NDV Best Bassist – 4th: Greg Thanks to all who voted BBT!

NEW “MAKING GROWN MEN/WOMEN CRY” T-SHIRT Following some fan suggestions, we have a couple of new “Making Grown Men Cry Since 1990” and “Making Grown Women Cry Since 1990” t-shirts available exclusively via our webstore in the Netherlands hosted by M+E. www.merchandise.nu/en/collections/big-big-train

LAST AND FINAL CALL for (1) Hawaiian shirt pre-orders & (2) 2025 tour patron sign ups to have your name included as a tour patron in the 2025 tour programme. Deadlines are this Friday. Hawaiian shirt pre-order: bit.ly/4jq4E7c Become a 2025 tour patron: www.bigbigtrain.com/shop/2025-tour-patron/

Under 10 weeks until our second visit to North America kicks off!

New single Feathers was released this week by Dim Gray & is taken from the band’s 3rd album Shards, released on 28th February 2025. Hear Feathers & pre-order Shards: linktr.ee/dimgraymusic Feathers is included in Prog mag’s Tracks Of The Week. Vote for DG here: www.loudersound.com/features/coo...

PASSENGERS CLUB UPDATE – BBT manager Nick Shilton offers part 1 of his State Of The Nations as today’s update. You can log into or join the Passengers Club here: www.thepassengersclub.com

With just over 10 weeks until Cruise To The Edge sets sail, we are pleased to unveil a Big Big Train Hawaiian shirt, drawing on The Likes Of Us symbols! These shirts are available for pre-order exclusively via The Band Wagon USA until 31st January. Full details here: bit.ly/4jq4E7c

2025 tour patron initiative - we have clarified the deadline to sign up as a tour patron and get your name listed as a tour patron in the 2025 tour programme. The deadline is 31st January. You can sign up to be a tour patron here: www.bigbigtrain.com/shop/2025-tour-patron/