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January
Big Country fly to LA to record their fourth album, "Peace In Our Time" with Peter Wolfe.

June
Mark plays drums with Phil Collins in supergroup at Prince's Trust concerts at Royal Albert Hall.

Mark also plays drums with Phil Collins in set at Nelson Mandela Concert including The Bee Gees, Fish, Tears For Fears, Spandau Ballet, Paul Young, Bryan Adams, etc at Wembley Stadium.

July
Big Country fly to Australia to film videos for first two singles, "King Of Emotion" and "Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)", directed by Richard Lowenstein.

Big Country co-headline Peace Festival in East Berlin with Bryan Adams. 140,000 people attend.

August
"King Of Emotion" released and peaks at No 16 in the UK.

Band play at Soviet Peace Festival in Tallin, Estonia USSR, co-headlining with Public Image Ltd - 200,000 people attend.

September
Big Country announce plans to tour Russia at a reception at the Soviet Embassy in London, playing a live set from their new "Peace In Our Time" album, which is broadcast live on Radio One and features in the ITN News At Ten.

" Peace In Our Time" enters UK chart at No 7.

October
Big Country play to the first ever standing audience in a Moscow sports stadium, with 258 media junket in attendance (from UK, USA, Canada, Japan, Europe). These were the first concerts in the USSR to be promoted by a private individual.

November
"Peace In Our Time" video is shot in Moscow and Washington.

"Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)" is released and peaks at No 63 in the UK charts.

December
Stuart Adamson is made Honorary Patron of Scottish Prince's Trust.

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