Big Big Train brings The Woodcut & Other Stories to Rams Head On Stage

The British prog band takes the tour built around Woodcut, its first concept album, to a 300-seat Annapolis room on Tuesday, March 30.

This fall Big Big Train played its newest record, start to finish, in theaters across the UK and Europe. Next spring the tour comes to America, and Annapolis is on the route. Big Big Train plays Rams Head On Stage on Tuesday, March 30, 2027, at 8 p.m. The date was announced October 26. Tickets are through AXS.

The tour is called The Woodcut & Other Stories, and it's built around *Woodcut*, the band's first concept album. The band has said it will play the album in full. For prog fans, that's the draw: a record built as a single piece, performed as one, followed by the "other stories" from the rest of the catalog.

The European leg ran through autumn 2026. Organizers described 18 shows across the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Switzerland, from late-September dates at The Stables in Milton Keynes and the Komedia in Bath through an October 11 show in Pratteln, Switzerland. The U.S. dates carry the same show to this side of the Atlantic. A deluxe digital edition of *Woodcut* with demos and two acoustic live tracks has followed the album as well.

Then there's the room, and this is where Annapolis gets lucky. Rams Head On Stage holds 300. For music this detailed, with long arrangements, layered parts and quiet passages that matter as much as the loud ones, that's close to ideal. Rams Head is a listening room, and a concept album played in full is a listening show.

A Tuesday-night date in late March is easy to plan around, and 8 p.m. leaves time for dinner downtown first. With only 300 seats, there are not many tickets to go around. If you plan to go, buy now rather than in March.

For longtime fans in the region, the Rams Head date is a chance to hear *Woodcut* the way the band built it, in one sitting, at close range. For anyone who has never seen the band, a 300-seat room and a full-album set is about as clear an introduction as you can get.

Prog doesn't come to Annapolis often in this form: a touring band from overseas, a brand-new concept record, a small room. March 30 is worth putting on the calendar now.

Sources: Big Big Train to play new album 'Woodcut' in full on upcoming tour (Prog Report) (progreport.com); Big Big Train announce 'Woodcut' Digital Deluxe Edition (Prog Report) (progreport.com); Big Big Train Announce The Woodcut & Other Stories Tour (Rockposer) (rockposer.com); Big Big Train - The Stables (stables.org); An Evening with Big Big Train (Komedia Bath) (komediabath.co.uk); Big Big Train - The Woodcut & Other Stories Tour 2026, Pratteln (regioactive) (regioactive.de); Big Big Train at Rams Head On Stage (JamBase) (jambase.com)