FOREIGNER TO RELEASE FIRST EVER ORCHESTRAL VERSIONS OF THE HITS
20th February 2018
'I Want To Know What Love Is', 'Cold As Ice', 'Waiting For A Girl Like You', 'Hot Blooded' and 'Juke Box Hero' are amongst Foreigner's timeless anthems. With ten multi-platinum albums, sixteen Top 30 hits and album sales now exceeding 75million copies, they seem to have done it all.
However, for the first time ever, Foreigner will present all their hits with a 58-piece orchestra and a 60-piece choir with 'Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus' which will be available on Friday 27th April 2018 via earMUSIC.
It was back in May 2017, when the band performed two sold-out shows in Lucerne, Switzerland, together with the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, 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 & Chuck Palmer, exploring the deep symphonic potential of these classic and iconic songs.
Dave Eggar, Juilliard protégé and cellist/pianist/composer, and Chuck Palmer, producer/writer/percussionist, have toured, performed and recorded with artists such as Paul Simon, James Taylor, Patti Smith, Coldplay and many more.
Mick Jones commented:
"I could never have imagined when I set out to create Foreigner forty 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."
The band are heading over to Europe for an extensive tour throughout May, and you can see Foreigner (without the orchestra) which includes their four rescheduled UK dates which were unexpected postponed last year due to scheduling issues:
Saturday 5th May: Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Monday 7th May: Sala Palatului, Bucharest Tuesday 8th May: Bulstrad Arena, Ruse Wednesday 9th May: Arena Armeec, Sofia Saturday 12th May: O2 Apollo, Manchester Sunday 13th May: Clyde Auditorium SSC, Glasgow Tuesday 15th May: Symphony Hall, Birmingham Wednesday 16th May: The Royal Albert Hall, London Friday 18th May: Laugardalshöll, Rekjavik, Iceland Sunday 20th May: Stadtpark Freilichtbühne, Hamburg Monday 21 st May: Kulturpur 28, Siegen, Germany Wednesday 23rd May: Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden Saturday 26th May: KKL Lucerne, Lucerne Sunday 27th May: KKL Lucerne, Lucerne
Tickets are on sale now right here.
'Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus'
CD tracklisting: Overture
Blue Morning, Blue Day Cold As Ice Waiting For A Girl Like You Say You Will When It Comes To Love That Was Yesterday Feels Like The First Time Starrider
Double Vision Fool For You Anyway Urgent
Juke Box Hero I Want To Know What Love Is
DVD tracklisting: Overture
Blue Morning, Blue Day Cold As Ice Waiting For A Girl Like You Head Games When It Comes To Love Say You Will The Flame Still Burns That Was Yesterday Juke Box Hero Starrider
Double Vision Fool For You Anyway Hot Blooded Urgent
Feels Like The First Time I Want To Know What Love Is
Vinyl tracklisting:
Side One: Overture
Blue Morning, Blue Day Cold As Ice Waiting For A Girl Like You
Side Two: Double Vision When It Comes To Love Say You Will That Was Yesterday
Side Three: Urgent
Juke Box Hero
Side Four: Starrider
Feels Like The First Time I Want To Know What Love Is
Foreigner are: Kelly Hansen – lead Vocals Mick Jones – Guitar Bruce Watson – Guitar Tom Gimbel – Rhythm Guitar/Saxophone/Vocals Jeff Pilson – Bass Guitar/Vocal Michael Bluestein – Keyboards Chris Frazier – Drums
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