throughout 1984 and 1985 the band toured the uk, europe, and to a lesser extent the us both as headliners and in support of such bigger-name artists as queen and roger daltrey. they also recorded prolifically, and provided the musical score to a scottish independent film, "restless natives" (1985), which was released years later on the band's "restless natives and rarities" (1998) collection. big country had backed roger daltrey on his 1985 solo album "under the raging moon", and tony butler played bass and provided backing vocals on pete townshend's 1980 hit single "let my love open the door". both butler and brzezicki performed on townshend's 1985 solo album "". brzezicki played drums for the cult on their 1985 "love" album and was featured in the video for the single, "she sells sanctuary".