After their 2009 studio album Can't Slow Down, Foreigner released Acoustique, an album which offers old and new songs in a largely acoustic setting. Produced by guitarist Mick Jones and guitarist and bassist Jeff Pilson, the album rearranges classic Foreigner hits such as "Cold as Ice" and "Feels Like the First Time" with strings and percussion…
Nightmoves first aired on Channel Seven on May 13 1977. The Seven Network owned exclusive Australian rights to footage from overseas shows such as Midnight Express and decided to launch an adult version of Countdown along the lines of UK's Old Grey Whistle Test, concentrating on live footage rather than video clips, album music rather than pop…
Foreigner is universally hailed as one of the most popular rock bands in the world, racking up scores of smash hits, multi-platinum albums and sold out concert tours. From 'Cold As Ice' to 'Hot Blooded', 'Urgent' to 'Juke Box Hero' and 'Waiting for a Girl Like You'. Foreigner's thrilling mix of blustery blues and impeccably crafted pop continues to captivate generation after generation of music fans.
A concert Foreigner performed in London in support of their debut album is getting released as Live at the Rainbow '78.
Filmed on April 27, 1978, at the Rainbow Theatre, the concert features performances of all 10 songs from Foreigner, including the hits "Feels Like the First Time" and "Cold as Ice."
What could be better that Foreigner playing a live show, the answer to that is Foreigner playing a live show with a 58 piece orchestra and 60 piece choir! This amazing partnership between rock and classical marries together brilliant but really needs to be seen to be believed. With record sales exceeding 75 million the bands history speaks for itself, their hits are known worldwide, and when you add to this an orchestral arrangement it raises the bar to a whole new level.
While quite a few arena rock acts of the '70s found it difficult to sustain their popularity beyond that decade, several acts continued to flourish and enjoyed some of their biggest commercial success: Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, and especially Foreigner. Foreigner's leader from the beginning has been British guitarist Mick Jones, who first broke into the music biz as a "hired gun" of sorts, appearing on recordings by George Harrison and Peter Frampton, and as part of a latter-day version of hard rockers Spooky Tooth. By the mid-'70s, Jones had relocated to New York City, where he was a brief member of the Leslie West Band and served as an A&R man for a record company. But it wasn't long before Jones felt the urge to be part of another rock outfit as he sought to put together a band that would be able to combine elements of rock, progressive, R&B, and pop into a single, cohesive style.