Tag Archives: Pat Torpey

Album review : MR. BIG – Ten

Posted on July 5, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date: 12.07.24] Holding the world in their hands, Mr Big say goodbye to the late Pat Torpey, the band’s drummer, who lost his battle with Parkinson’s disease in 2018. And after 35 years of flying highs and way … Continue reading →

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Album review: MR BIG – Live From Milan

Posted on August 21, 2018 by jason

Frontiers [Release date 13.07.18] 2018 marks 30 years since Mr Big formed, but it also marks the passing of drummer and founder member Pat Torpey, having battled Parkinson’s for many years. He was able to join the band on their … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MR BIG – Shepherds Bush Empire, London,19 November 2017

Posted on December 3, 2017 by david.wilson

Accompanying their first release in three years, ‘Defying Gravity’, Mr Big undertook an extensive tour, which also represented their first dates on these shores in the same period. Always noted for their relatively long sets, on this occasion further value … Continue reading →

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Album review: MR BIG – Defying Gravity

Posted on August 31, 2017 by andynathan

Frontiers [Release Date 21.07.17] Mr Big occupy something of a unique space in rock with concise, melodic songs yet delivered by some of the rock world’s most revered musos in Billy Sheehan, Paul Gilbert and Pat Torpey, who in spite … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MR. BIG – Koko, Camden, London, 17 October 2014

Posted on October 22, 2014 by andynathan

Mr Big’s European tour to capitalise on their back-to-form new album ‘Stories We Could Tell’ squeezed in just a solitary UK show, their first in three years. It was unsurprising that the opulent surroundings of Koko were sold out, perhaps … Continue reading →