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Mr. Big have announced a UK tour for November 2017 to promote their forthcoming new album, ‘Defying Gravity’. The concluding dates of a headlining European tour on which The Answer and Faster Pussycat will also appear, the shows take place as follows : 16.11.17 NOTTINGHAM Rock City 17.11.17 NEWCASTLE O2 Academy 19.11.17 LONDON O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire 21.11.17 MANCHESTER Academy 22.11.17 GLASGOW O2 ABC 23.11.17 WOLVERHAMPTON Wulfrun Hall Tickets go on general sale on 30th June at 10am, ‘Defying Gravity’ is released on July 21st on CD, deluxe CD/DVD and digital formats on Frontiers, with an LP and a limited deluxe Collector’s Edition box set out on 18th August. “OK, we’re rolling.” With those three declarative words (spoken by producer Kevin Elson right after the music kicks in on ‘Open Your Eyes’, an instant callback to the beginning of ‘Addicted To That Rush’, the hard-charging lead track on the band’s self-titled 1989 debut), Mr. Big plants the flag between past, present and future with ‘Defying Gravity’, the band’s ninth original studio album. Recorded in just six days at Ocean Studios in Burbank, California, the album reunites Mr. Big with the aforementioned Elson (Journey, Europe, Lynyrd Skynyrd), who is back behind the boards for the first time since helming the band’s first four albums. ‘Defying Gravity’ deftly showcases that patented Mr. Big blend of crunch and melody, from the freight-train ride of opening cut ‘Open Your Eyes’ to the harmony-laden wonderment of ‘Damn I’m In Love Again’ to the nostalgia trip of ‘1992’ (recalling the days when the band was flying high atop the singles charts with their international smash ‘To Be With You’) to the barnstorming slide-blues closing track, ‘Be Kind’. Overall, the album is prime evidence that the only thing Mr. Big remains tethered to is their ongoing pursuit of achieving creative excellence. MR. BIG
