Foreigner have announced details for their first live orchestral release and tour.
Due April 27, "Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus" presents the band’s biggest hits as compiled from a pair of May 2017 sold-out shows in Lucerne, Switzerland with a 58-piece orchestra and a 60-piece choir.
Conducted by Ernst Van Tiel, the set represents a year-long collaboration between Foreigner founding member and lead guitarist Mick Jones and Grammy-nominated composing/arranging team Dave Eggar and Chuck Palmer.
"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,” says Jones. “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 With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus" will be available via CD, 2LP, DVD and digital formats.
Foreigner will launch the project with a spring US orchestral concert series alongside The Dave Eggar Orchestra; tickets are now on sale for the 3-week run, which will begin in St. Augustine, FL on March 16.
The spring run will be followed by Foreigner’s "Juke Box Heroes Tour" of North America this summer – with guests Whitesnake and Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening - which opens in Bangor, ME on June 15.
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Spring 2018 US Orchestral Tour
Mar 16 – St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre
Mar 18 – Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall
Mar 20 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Broward Center
Mar 29 – Cedar Rapids, IA @ Us Cellular Center
Mar 30 – Sioux City, IA @ Orpheum Theatre
Apr 02 – Grand Forks, ND @ Chester Fritz Auditorium
Apr 03 – Minot, ND @ All Seasons Arena
Apr 04 – Duluth, MN @ Decc Auditorium
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"Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus"
Release date: April 27
CD track listing
01. Overture
02. Blue Morning, Blue Day
03. Cold As Ice
04. Waiting For A Girl Like You
05. Say You Will
06. When It Comes To Love
07. That Was Yesterday
08. Feels Like The First Time
09. 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
01. Overture
02. Blue Morning, Blue Day
03. Cold As Ice
04. Waiting For A Girl Like You
05. Head Games
06. When It Comes To Love
07. Say You Will
08. The Flame Still Burns
09. 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
See also:
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Foreigner announces US tour with Whitesnake and Jason Bonham
Foreigner to launch Jukebox Hero The Musical in 2018
VIDEO: Original Foreigner lineup reunites for 40th anniversary tour finale
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