BY MIKE METTLER – MARCH 6, 2018
Riding high on the succecss of their ongoing 40th anniversary celebration, Foreigner is next set to present all of their hits and more with a 58-piece orchestra and a 60-piece choir on Foreigner With the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus on April 27, 2018 via earMUSIC.
In May 2017, Foreigner performed two sold-out shows in Lucerne, Switzerland, together with the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus as conducted by Ernst van Tiel. Foreigner With the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus represents this year-long collaboration between Foreigner founding member and lead guitarist Mick Jones and Grammy-nominated composing/arranging team, Dave Eggar and Chuck Palmer, exploring the deep symphonic potential of their classic and iconic songs. Juilliard protégé and cellist/pianist/composer Eggar and producer/writer/percussionist Palmer have toured,
performed, and recorded with artists including Paul Simon, James Taylor, Patti Smith, and Coldplay.
The SoundBard has been a longtime Foreigner fan. Besides spending time of the road with the band during the 2014 Soundtrack of Summer tour they undertook with Styx and Don Felder, I’m also especially partial to the 2001 DVD-Audio 5.1 versions of Foreigner’s self-titled 1977 debut and their massive 1981 multimillion seller, 4. both expertly mixed in surround sound by John Kellogg.
Foreigner expects to soon announce a collaboration with a major broadcast network for a one-hour version of the concert to coincide with the album release. The product offering will include CD, digital, and double vinyl, and will feature a special CD/DVD digipak only available at Walmart in the U.S. and Canada.
The two sold-out shows in Switzerland have also inspired an eight-show U.S. orchestral concert series together with The Dave Eggar Orchestra, which kicks off in St. Augustine, Florida on March 16, 2018. Observes Mick Jones, “I could never have imagined when I set out to create Foreigner 40 years ago, that we’d still be touring around the world and performing the music we love all these years later. Dave Eggar and Chuck Palmer’s orchestral arrangements have shown us a new symphonic dimension of our music, which I hope our fans will enjoy.”
Foreigner are: Mick Jones (guitar), Kelly Hansen (lead vocals), Jeff Pilson (bass, vocals), Tom Gimbel (rhythm guitar, sax, vocals), Michael Bluestein (keyboards), Bruce Watson (guitar) and Chris Frazier (drums).
FOREIGNER: FOREIGNER WITH THE 21ST CENTURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CD Track Listing
1. OVERTURE
2. BLUE MORNING, BLUE DAY
3. COLD AS ICE
4. WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU
5. SAY YOU WILL
6. WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE
7. THAT WAS YESTERDAY
8. FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME
9. STARRIDER
10. DOUBLE VISION
11. FOOL FOR YOU ANYWAY
12. URGENT
13. JUKE BOX HERO
14. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
DVD Track Listing
1. OVERTURE
2. BLUE MORNING, BLUE DAY
3. COLD AS ICE
4. WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU
5. HEAD GAMES
6. WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE
7. SAY YOU WILL
8. THE FLAME STILL BURNS
9. THAT WAS YESTERDAY
10. JUKE BOX HERO
11. STARRIDER
12. DOUBLE VISION
13. FOOL FOR YOU ANYWAY
14. HOT BLOODED
15. URGENT
16. FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME
17. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
Double Vinyl Track Listing
Side One
1. OVERTURE
2. BLUE MORNING, BLUE DAY
3. COLD AS ICE
4. WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU
Side Two
1. DOUBLE VISION
2. WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE
3. SAY YOU WILL
4. THAT WAS YESTERDAY
Side Three
1. URGENT
2. JUKE BOX HERO
Side Four
1. STARRIDER
2. FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME
Orchestral heroes in action. Photo by Karsten Staiger.
3. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
FOREIGNER – 2018 ORCHESTRAL TOUR DATES
Tickets are currently available for the following orchestral tour stops:
03.16.2018 USA
St. Augustine, FL
ST. AUGUSTINE AMPHITHEATRE
03.18.2018 USA
Clearwater, FL
RUTH ECKERD HALL
03.20.2018 USA
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
BROWARD CENTER
03.29.2018 USA Cedar Rapids, IA US CELLULAR CENTER
03.30.2018 USA Sioux City, IA ORPHEUM THEATRE
04.02.2018 USA Grand Forks, ND CHESTER FRITZ AUDITORIUM
04.03.2018 USA Minot, ND ALL SEASONS ARENA
04.04.2018 USA Duluth, MN DECC AUDITORIUM
05.26.2018 SWITZERLAND Lucerne KKL LUCERNE
05.27.2018 SWITZERLAND Lucerne KKL LUCERNE
ADDITIONAL FOREIGNER 2018 TOUR DATES
March 2018
03.02.2018 USA Mashantucket, CT GRAND THEATER AT FOXWOODS
03.03.2018 USA Salamanca, NY SENECA ALLEGANY EVENTS CENTER
03.04.2018 USA Kitchener, ON CENTRE IN THE SQUARE
03.06.2018 USA Newport News, VA FERGUSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
03.07.2018 USA Morgantown, WV LYELL B CLAY CONCERT THEATRE
03.08.2018 USA Greensburg, PA PALACE THEATRE
03.10.2018 USA Atlantic City, NJ BORGATA EVENT CENTER
03.11.2018 USA Lancaster, PA AMERICAN MUSIC THEATRE
03.12.2018 USA Bethlehem, PA SANDS BETHLEHEM EVENT CENTER
03.22.2018 CAN Toronto, ON SONY CENTER
03.23.2018 CAN Ottawa, ON TD PLACE
03.24.2018 CAN Kingston, ON K-ROCK CENTRE
03.31.2018 USA Grand Island, NE HEARTLAND EVENT CENTER
April 2018
04.06.2018 USA Rockford, IL CORONADO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
04.07.2018 USA New Buffalo, MI SILVER CREEK EVENT CENTER
04.08.2018 USA Welch, MN TREASURE ISLAND RESORT & CASINO
04.20.2018 USA Biloxi, MS HARD ROCK LIVE BILOXI
04.21.2018 USA Lake Charles, LA GOLDEN NUGGET LAKE CHARLES
04.23.2018 USA Midland, TX
WAGNER NOEL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
04.28.2018 USA Durant, OK CHOCTAW GRAND THEATRE
May 2018
05.05.2018 ISRAEL Tel Aviv MENORA MIVTACHIM ARENA
05.07.2018 ROMANIA Bucharest SALA PALATULUI
05.08.2018 BULGARIA Ruse BULSTRAD ARENA
05.09.2018 BULGARIA Sofia ARENA ARMEEC
05.12.2018 UK Manchester O2 APOLLO
05.13.2018 UK Glasgow CLYDE AUDITORIUM SEC ARMADILLO
05.15.2018 UK Birmingham SYMPHONY HALL
05.16.2018 UK London THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
05.18.2018 ICELAND Rekjavik LAUGARDALSHOLL
05.20.2018 GERMANY Hamburg STADTPARK FREILICHTBÜHNE
05.21.2018 GERMANY Siegen KULTURPUR 28
05.23.2018 GERMANY Baden-Baden FESTSPIELHAUS BADEN-BADEN
05.26.2018 SWITZERLAND Lucerne KKL LUCERNE
05.27.2018 SWITZERLAND Lucerne KKL LUCERNE
June 2018
06.15.2018 USA Bangor, ME DARLING’S WATERFRONT PAVILION
06.16.2018 USA Saratoga Springs, NY SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
06.19.2018 USA Syracuse, NY LAKEVIEW AMPHITHEATER
06.20.2018 USA Boston, MA BLUE HILLS BANK PAVILION
06.22.2018 USA Wantagh, NY NORTHWELL HEALTH AT JONES BEACH
06.23.2018 USA Camden, NJ BB&T PAVILION
06.26.2018 USA Cincinnati, OH RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER
06.27.2018 USA Burgettstown, PA KEYBANK PAVILION
06.29.2018 USA Bristow, VA JIFFY LUBE LIVE
06.30.2018 USA Holmdel, NJ P.N.C. BANK ARTS CENTER
July 2018
07.03.2018 USA Raleigh, NC
COASTAL CREDIT UNION MUSIC PARK AT WALNUT CREEK
07.04.2018 USA Charlotte, NC P.N.C. MUSIC PAVILION
07.06.2018 USA Nashville, TN ASCEND AMPHITHEATER
07.07.2018 USA Alpharetta, GA VERIZON AMPHITHEATRE
07.08.2018 USA Simpsonville, SC HERITAGE PARK AMPHITHEATRE
07.10.2018 USA Cuyahoga Falls, OH BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER
07.11.2018 USA Chicago, IL
HUNTINGTON BANK PAVILION AT NORTHERLY ISLAND
07.13.2018 USA Noblesville, IN RUOFF HOME MORTGAGE MUSIC CENTER
07.15.2018 USA Detroit, MI DTE ENERGY MUSIC THEATRE
07.17.2018 USA Kansas City, MO STARLIGHT THEATRE
07.18.2018 USA St. Louis, MO HOLLYWOOD CASINO AMPHITHEATER
07.20.2018 USA Woodlands, TX CYNTHIA WOODS MITCHELL PAVILION
07.21.2018 USA Irving, TX
THE PAVILION AT TOYOTA MUSIC FACTORY
07.24.2018 USA Denver, CO PEPSI CENTER
07.25.2018 USA West Valley City, UT USANA AMPHITHEATER
07.27.2018 USA Auburn, WA WHITE RIVER AMPHITHEATRE
07.28.2018 USA Ridgefield, WA SUNLIGHT SUPPLY AMPHITHEATRE
07.31.2018 USA Chula Vista, CA MATTRESS FIRM AMPHITHEATRE
August 2018
08.01.2018 USA Irvine, CA FIVE POINT AMPTHITHEATER
08.04.2018 USA Sturgis, SD STURGIS BUFFALO CHIP
FOREIGNER – SOCIALS
Riding high on the succecss of their ongoing 40th anniversary celebration, Foreigner is next set to present all of their hits and more with a 58-piece orchestra and a 60-piece choir on Foreigner With the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus on April 27, 2018 via earMUSIC.
