Streams of FOREIGNER’s hits are approaching 15 million per week. Responsible for some of rock and roll’s most enduring anthems including “Juke Box Hero,” “Cold As Ice,” “Hot Blooded,” “Waiting For A Girl Like You,” “Feels Like The First Time,” “Urgent,” “Head Games,” “Say You Will,” “Dirty White Boy,” “Long, Long Way From Home” and the worldwide #1 hit, “I Want To Know What Love Is,” FOREIGNER still rocks the charts more than 40 years into the game with massive airplay and continued Billboard Top 200 album success. With ten multi-platinum albums, FOREIGNER is universally hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in the world with a formidable musical arsenal that continues to propel sold-out tours and album sales, now exceeding 80 million. Bassist Jeff Pilson Michael Bluestein on keyboards guitarist Bruce Watson Chris Frazier on drums and guitarist Luis Maldonado provide an unprecedented level of energy that has resulted in the re-emergence of the astounding music that speaks to FOREIGNER‘s enduring popularity. Mick Jones continues to elevate FOREIGNER’s influence and guide the band to new horizons with his stylistic songwriting, indelible guitar hooks and multi-layered talents while lead singer Kelly Hansen, one of rock’s greatest showmen, has led FOREIGNER into the digital age inspiring a whole new generation of fans. I can’t wait.” Said Mike Reno of Loverboy. “It’s not very often you get a chance to play on the same stage as one of your all-time favorite bands…and how many hit songs can you play on the same stage every night of a 2023 Summer tour?…. It’s going to be the Tour of Summer ’23!” said Paul Dean of Loverboy. We played to massive stadiums – New Orleans, Kansas City, Day On the Green in Oakland, JFK in Philly – and we’re back together again, 41 years later. “I remember how cool the last time we toured with Foreigner was in 1982. Loverboy at SPAC, 2022 (photo by Claude Sawyer) I’m sure there may be occasions when we’ll do some special appearances, but I think the time is coming for us to live off the road. I want to make it very clear how grateful and appreciative we are to our audiences all over the world who have supported this band. Foreigner has a brilliant and increasingly demanding catalogue of songs to sing and I refuse to give them less than they deserve. We have always strived to give you our best and we intend to finish this the same way. We have more or less lived our lives on the road for almost eighteen years. Says FOREIGNER lead singer Kelly Hansen, “The time has come. While I’m sure our fans will have mixed feelings about the end of the road for the band, I know our shows are going to delight audiences everywhere.” The tour will start this summer in America and we hope to get to every place that we have played over the last several years. We will be presenting a show that I know will have the same enthusiasm as our very first appearances. Leader and founder of FOREIGNER, Mick Jones said, “Many years ago, I wrote a song called ‘Feels Like The First Time’ and today we are launching one last worldwide tour. One winning choir will be selected at each show, and that choir will receive a grand prize of new musical equipment. FOREIGNER will join radio partners across the country to create a contest for local choirs to win donations to their music programs. Later, he comes across a group of Shriners patients enjoying life, despite some of the mountains they've had to climb and all their heartache and pain.FOREIGNER will continue its long-term initiative with the GRAMMY Museum Foundation to invite choirs to open the show with a live a cappella ‘Pitch Perfect’ performance of Classic Rock songs. He runs into a number of minor frustrating inconveniences, such as a broken down elevator, closed sidewalk and a fresh cup of coffee from Blind Tiger getting spilled on him as he passes Acropolis on Seventh Avenue. The video follows current lead singer Kelly Hansen on a stroll through Ybor City. The plan went into motion last year and the accompanying video was filmed in the fall. Portions of the profits go to the hospital and to an artist's chosen charity.īower said the band approached the hospital about a year ago with the idea to re-record the song. Shriners Hospital chief marketing officer Mel Bower said the band has already helped raise more than $1 million for the nonprofit organization through the Rock-It Kids program, in which local Shriners attend concerts and sell CDs. In the new version, the New Jersey Mass Choir that provided a gospel feel to the original is subbed out for the Shriners Children's Choir. 1 that year, becoming Foreigner's biggest hit to date and voted as one of the greatest rock songs of all time by Rolling Stone. It was released later that year as the lead single on the band's sixth studio album, Agent Provocateur.
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