In 2023, Big Big Train were rapturously received by audiences across the UK and Europe, concluding the tour with two triumphant appearances at London’s Cadogan Hall. ‘A Flare On The Lens’ features the band’s full show at Cadogan from the second of their two nights there last year and also includes seven songs which were played only on the first night.
As such, the Blu-ray film runs to around 3 hours and contains no fewer than 17 songs plus a 3 song acoustic medley, including back catalogue favourites such as East Coast Racer, Hedgerow, Folklore, Judas Unrepentant, Curator Of Butterflies and Victorian Brickwork, live instrumental tour de force Apollo and future classics Love Is The Light and Oblivion. These last two songs have subsequently been available on the band’s acclaimed studio album, ‘The Likes Of Us’, released in March this year.
