[Cover photo credit to Joel Barrios/ Photography That Rocks]
The Rock band Mr. Big, currently consisting of Eric Martin (lead vocals), Paul Gilbert (guitar, vocals), Billy Sheehan (bass, vocals), and Nick D’Virgilio (drums, vocals)is closing a chapter on their 35-year career with two album releases.
First up is their 10th studio album, titled TEN, which arrived on July 12, 2024. Now, their last-ever live album release will be The BIG Finish Live, which is due out September 6, 2024 via the Evolution Music Group.
The album will be available on CD, LP, deluxe CD/DVD, digitally and a deluxe Collector’s Edition box set that includes: deluxe CD/DVD, LP, poster, numbered lithograph, T-Shirt (Large size only), and sticker. The box set is strictly limited to 500 copies worldwide.
The BIG Finish Live is a live album and concert film of Mr. Big’s “The BIG Finish” farewell tour, where the band played their Lean Into It album in its entirety, alongside other songs. It was filmed in 4K at The Budokan in Tokyo, Japan on July 26, 2023.
For their final tour, the first leg kicked off July 20, 2023 in Nagoya, Japan, which took them throughout Southeast Asia. Mr. Big then brought “The BIG Finish” to South America, an initial run of European shows, and two separate East Coast/West Coast tours of the U.S., with their last-ever stateside concert happening June 6 in Billy Sheehan’s hometown of Buffalo, NY. Mr. Big’s final shows concluded in Bulgaria and Romania.
Joining MR. BIG on drums for this special final world tour has been longtime friend of the band Nick D’Virgilio (Spock’s Beard, Big Big Train), stepping in for founding drummer/vocalist Pat Torpey, who sadly passed away in 2018 following his battle with Parkinson’s disease.
The BIG Finish Live track listing:
1. Addicted To That Rush
2. Take Cover
3. Undertow
4. Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song)
5. Alive And Kickin’
6. Green-Tinted Sixties Mind
7. CDFF- Lucky This Time
8. Voodoo Kiss
9. Never Say Never
10. Just Take My Heart
11. My Kinda Woman
12. A Little Too Loose
13. Road To Ruin
14. To Be With You
15. Big Love
16. The Chain
17. Promise Her The Moon
18. Where Do I Fit In
19. Wild World
20. Paul Gilbert Guitar Solo
21. Colorado Bulldog
22. Billy Sheehan Bass Solo
23. Shy Boy
24. 30 Days In The Hole
25. Good Lovin’
26. Baba O’Riley
