Juke box heroes and arena rock mainstays Foreigner announced the first leg of dates for an extensive farewell tour that will carry the band through summer 2023, with additional dates to be announced.
The band’s final tour will kick off on July 6th at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA, with dates around the South, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, West, Texas, and California. After subsequent stops in Detroit, MI, Uncasville, CT, and Syracuse, NY, the tour’s first leg is set to wrap on September 3rd at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ. Billboard reports the group plans to announce additional North American and overseas dates that will extend through the end of 2024. ’80s Canadian rock band Loverboy will provide support throughout the tour.
“Many years ago, I wrote a song called ‘Feels Like The First Time’ and today we are launching one last worldwide tour,” guitarist Mick Jones said in a statement. “We will be presenting a show that I know will have the same enthusiasm as our very first appearances. 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. 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.”
Founded in New York City in 1976 by Jones, King Crimson multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald, and vocalist Lou Gramm, Foreigner achieved breakthrough success the following year with the band’s self-titled debut album, which included career-defining songs “Feels Like The First Time” and “Cold as Ice”. The group’s popularity grew with subsequent hits like “Hot Blooded”, “Double Vision”, “Urgent”, “Juke Box Hero”, and “I Want to Know What Love Is”, the band’s only Number One in the U.S.
Foreigner has continued to perform and record in recent years, with Jones remaining as the last original member. Gramm left the band back in 2003, though he has made appearances at recent shows. McDonald, who left the band in 1980, also returned to play some shows with the band before his death earlier this year. The band’s current lineup features Jones, vocalist Kelly Hansen, bassist Jeff Pilson, keyboardist Michael Bluestein, guitarist Bruce Watson, guitarist Luis Maldonado, and drummer Chris Frazier.
Tickets for Foreigner’s farewell tour will go on sale this Friday, November 18th. Pre-sale tickets are available now with code URGENT. View a full list of dates below, and for tickets and more information, visit the band’s website.