On February 11, 2025, the band announced four final shows to take place in India and Japan later that month,
On August 23, 2024, Mr. Big played their final show of the Big Finish Farewell Tour at Way Too Far Rock Festival in Romania.
Despite having announced a farewell tour, Martin confirmed in November 2023 that the band were still working on new material for their tenth studio album. This resulting album, Ten , was released on July 12, 2024.
In March 2023, it was announced that Nick D’Virgilio would be joining Mr. Big as touring drummer for the 2023-24 “The Big Finish Tour”.
In August 2022, Sheehan revealed that the band was “strongly considering” playing shows in 2023, with Matt Starr returning as the band’s drummer. However, in a later interview he announced that the band have decided not to continue with Starr as their drummer due to his “vocal range” being different…
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In October 2018, Eric Martin said in interview with Friday NI Rocks that the band was in the process of planning their at-that-time possible next and final album. According to Martin, once the band was done with its commitments, they would subsequently disband: “Yeah, that’s the last hurrah – that’s…
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On February 7, 2018, drummer Pat Torpey died from complications of Parkinson’s disease at the age of 64. His last show took place at the Wulfrun Hall in Wolverhampton on November 23, 2017. A memorial show took place on May 23, 2018, at The Canyon in Agoura Hills, California ,…
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Mr. Big released their eighth studio album …The Stories We Could Tell on September 30, 2014, via Frontiers Records. It was produced by Pat Regan, who returned as producer for the first time since 1999’s Get Over It . The band confirmed that Pat’s fill-in for the upcoming world tour…
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A near Mr. Big “one-off” reunion took place on May 13, 2008, in Los Angeles, at the House of Blues , when Paul Gilbert was joined on stage by Pat Torpey, Richie Kotzen, and Billy Sheehan, for renditions of Humble Pie’s “30 Days in the Hole” and original Mr. Big…
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However, tension had developed between Sheehan and the other members when Sheehan began touring with Steve Vai. Martin, Kotzen, and Torpey decided to write songs without Sheehan, who was only given credit for two songs on Actual Size . Martin and the others were also upset with Sheehan’s attitude during…
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