This page contains general set lists for all of Big Country's Tours. Please note that these are only general lists. All the variations that I'm aware of have been included, but this doesn't mean that I know all of them - probably far from it! I hope you find them useful.

• Early dates - 1982
• "Crossing The Country" Tour - Sept 1983
• "Crossing The Fall" Tour - Sept 1983
• "Town And Country" Tour - Oct/Dec 1984
• "The Seer" Tour - Mar/Jun/Dec 1986
• "Under Wraps" Tour - Dec 1987
• "Peace In Our Time" Tour - Apr/May/Jun/Jul 1989
• "No Place Like Home" Tour - Oct/Nov 1991
• "Buffalo Skinners" Tour - Mar/Sep/Oct/Nov 1993
• "Voodoo Lounge" Tour - Aug 1995 (supporting Rolling Stones)
• "Why The Long Face" Tour - Sep/Oct/Nov 1995
• "Eclectic" Tour - Mar 1996
• "UK Festivals" Tour - Jul/Aug 1996

(Swindon 17th August) Main set: Angle Park Harvest Home Close Action Balcony Lost Patrol Porrohman The Crossing Heart and Soul Inwards

Retford (September) gig - "Angle Park" played as an encore.
All throughout the concert at Swindon, the crowd keeps asking Stuart to play his "old stuff" i.e Skids songs, but he refuses. At one point, a heckler yells "f*ck off!!" in a lull between songs. Stu replies "Whaa?" and the reply comes back "F*CK OFF!!!" to which Stuart says, "Give me a break, man, I'm just a wee boy!"

"Crossing The Country" Tour

Sorry - I don't have this information.

Main set: 1000 Stars Angle Park Close Action Balcony Lost Patrol In A Big Country The Storm Porrohman Chance Inwards Fields Of Fire

Encores: Heart And Soul Harvest Home Tracks Of My Tears In A Big Country Length of Set - 1½ hours.

Barrowland (New Year's Eve) gig - "Wonderland" replaced "Balcony".
"Heart & Soul" was occasionally replaced with "The Crossing".

Main set: Raindance Wonderland Lost Patrol Steeltown East Of Eden Inwards Angle Park In A Big Country The Storm Chance Where The Rose Is Sown Come Back To Me 1000 Stars Harvest Home

Encores: Close Action Porrohman Tracks Of My Tears Fields Of Fire Length of Set - 2 hours.

December leg - "Flame Of The West" took the "East Of Eden" slot which moved replacing "Close Action". "Just A Shadow" was also inserted after "In A Big Country".

Main set: Wonderland Fields Of Fire Where the Rose Is Sown Raindance Remembrance Day I Walk The Hill Just A Shadow Steeltown Look Away Chance Porrohman The Teacher In A Big Country Inwards Harvest Home Flame Of The West The Storm

Encores: Lost Patrol Tracks Of My Tears Fields Of Fire (Scratch) Length of set - 2¼ hours.

June leg - "Honky Tonk Women" either replaced by (or played with) "Tracks Of My Tears"; "Raindance" was dropped quite early on in the tour.
"Whistle Test" gig - "Raindance" & "Porrohman" were dropped and "Just A Shadow" was repositioned before "Lost Patrol".
December leg - "One Great Thing" replaced "Flame Of The West", "Restless Natives was followed by "The Storm" (introduced on European leg), and "The Seer" was added to the set.

Main set: Restless Natives I Walk The Hill Where The Rose Is Sown Time For Leaving Wonderland Look Away Thousand Yard Stare Just A Shadow Steeltown Starred And Crossed The Seer Porrohman Peace In Our Time In A Big Country Chance Fields Of Fire

Encores: Lost Patrol The Storm Harvest Home Inwards Tracks Of My Tears Honk Tonk Women (played at most venues) Length of set - 2¼ - 2½ hours.

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US Leg - Thanks to Andrew Hale for this information.

Main set: All Go Together We're Not in Kansas Look Away What Are You Working For Chester's Farm Wonderland Pink Marshmallow Moon Ships Long Way Home Alone The One I Love In A Big Country

Encores: Chance Lost Patrol Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Length of set - about 2 hours.

This set was played at Saratoga Winners, Cohoes, NY and is, I assume, typical of that leg.

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Main set: God's Great Mistake You Dreamer Look Away Ships Sail Into Nothing Thunder & Lightning Eiledon Peace In Our Time The Storm (ac.) Post Nuclear Talking Blues (ac.) Broken Heart (13 Valleys) (ac.) Inwards I'm Not Ashamed Wonderland We're Not In Kansas

Encores: Alone Chance Fields Of Fire (Scratch) Rockin' In the Free World Length of set - about 2 hours. (ac.) = acoustic

Glasgow Barrowlands - "Restless Natives" replaced "Alone" & "Chance" and "Hey Hey, My My" replaced "Rockin' In the Free World".

Main set: All Go Together You Dreamer King Of Emotion Look Away Just A Shadow The Storm Eleanor Rigby Where The Rose Is Sown Come Back To Me I'm On Fire 13 Valleys River Of Hope One In A Million Peace In Our Time We're Not In Kansas IABC Ships Big Yellow Taxi

Encores: Chance Rockin' In The Free World

Northampton Roadmender - "Harvest Home" was inserted before "River Of Hope".

This varies in content and order from the set list played at the recording of Eclectic:

Main set: All Go Together You Dreamer Look Away Just A Shadow The Storm The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down King of Emotion Summertime Winter Sky Buffalo Skinners Big Yellow Taxi Sling It Chance River Of Hope Eleanor Rigby I'm On Fire Where The Rose Is Sown Come Back To Me The Seer

Encores: Ships Goodbye Ruby Tuesday In A Big Country

The Northampton Town Show, 13th July 1996

Main set: God's Great Mistake King Of Emotion You Dreamer Look Away Ships Wonderland Sail Into Nothing Alone Peace In Our Time Chance In A Big Country

Encores: Fields Of Fire (Scratch) Rockin' In The Free World

Woolaton Park, 9th August 1996

Main set: God's Great Mistake King Of Emotion Look Away You Dreamer Ships I'm Not Ashamed Peace In Our Time Chance We're Not In Kansas

Encores: In A Big Country Fields Of Fire

The Guildford Folk & Blues Festival, 17th August 1996

Main set: All Go Together Look Away The Storm King Of Emotion The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Buffalo Skinners Big Yellow Taxi Ode To Billie Jo River Of Hope Eleanor Rigby Chance I'm On Fire Where The Rose Is Sown Come Back To Me Rockin' In The Free World