Over Japan

In July 2015 Eric Martin toured Japan on his own under the title Eric Martin Over Japan: seven concerts from Blue Resistance in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, on 12 July to Diamond Hall in Nagoya on 21 July, with Kumamoto added to Fukuoka in Kyushu. The tour came from his own wish. Concerned for Japan since the 2011 earthquake, he wanted to spend time with his fans in small clubs, closer to them and more casually, and he chose to open in Ishinomaki so that he could see for himself the coast that had suffered so badly on its way to recovery and share an evening with the fans there. The Kumamoto date was also added at his request. Over Japan records the third concert of the tour, at Akasaka BLITZ in Tokyo on 14 July 2015; Mr. Big's drummer Pat Torpey came on the tour. WOWOW Entertainment released it on 13 January 2016. The regular edition, IEZP-93, pairs a DVD of the concert with two CDs holding nineteen songs. The first CD opens with "Sucker For A Pretty Face" and the second with Mr. Big's "To Be With You", and the encores "Alive And Kickin'" and "East/West" close it. The DVD has the whole concert, encores included, and a rehearsal take of "Ain't Seen Love Like That". A deluxe edition, IEZP-94, came out on the same day as a large digibook with a book of live photographs and additional DVDs of further live footage. The regular edition was priced at 4,500 yen and the deluxe edition at 17,000 yen, both before tax. The record takes its title from the tour itself.