Foreigner Announces Farewell Tour

Another iconic rock band has announced they’ll be hanging it up. Foreigner has unveiled a Farewell Tour that will begin in 2023. The band, formed in 1976, broke the news to Billboard.

“Foreigner is a completely revitalized band with a whole new energy that has won the hearts of our fans all over the world, and I want to go out while the band is still at the top of its game,” founder Mick Jones told the publication. “I had the idea that was to become Foreigner back in 1974, and I was 30 years old at the time. By the end of our farewell tour, over 50 years will have passed, and that’s a long time to be on the road.”

Frontman Kelly Hansen adds that part of the decision is to maintain the caliber of their performances, opting to “pull the plug” before being unable to keep up their level of showmanship.

The first leg of the tour will start on July 6th in Alpharetta, Georgia, and snake across the majority of the U.S. to eventually end in Holmdel, New Jersey on September 3rd.

The band is anchored by Jeff Pilson, who has been on board since 2004. He and Hansen say that fans may have more to look forward to as the band has new material in the works. Foreigner’s last studio album came out in 2009.

“There’s probably four [songs] I’m aware of that are close, and some other snippets,” Pilson says. “Chances are there won’t be a whole new (album). I can see some new songs being added to some kind of a package or some kind of a single. I definitely see some new material coming, hopefully within the next year. We don’t need new material, but it’s always nice to have.”

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