Foreigner Tickets : Foreigner Teamed Up With Styx And Kansas For The United In Rock Tour

Foreigner are a British-American rock band,originally formed in 1976 by veteran English musicians Mick Jones, ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald along with American vocalist Lou Gramm. Foreigner have sold more than 70 million albums worldwide.

Since its inception, Foreigner have been led by English journeyman rocker Mick Jones who, in early 1976, met with ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald in and formed Foreigner with Lou Gramm (ex-Black Sheep), Dennis Elliott, Al Greenwood, and Ed Gagliardi as a sextet. Jones came up with the name from the fact that he, McDonald, and Elliott were English, while Gramm, Greenwood, and Gagliardi were Americans.

The band's debut album Foreigner was released in March 1977 and sold more than four million copies in the United States, staying in the Top 20 for a year with such hits as "Feels Like the First Time," "Cold as Ice" and "Long Long Way From Home."

Their second album, Double Vision , topped their previous, selling five million records and spawned "Hot Blooded," the title track "Double Vision" and "Blue Morning Blue Day." Their third album, Head Games, which was referred to by Gramm as their "grainiest" album, was also successful due to the thunderous "Dirty White Boy" and another title track hit "Head Games."

Foreigner joined Def Leppard along with Styx on tour in 2007. They also toured extensively in their own right in 2007 - the thirtieth anniversary of the release of their debut.Their 2005 BMG album, Extended Versions, featured the new line-up playing all their classic hits live in concert in one of the most "studio like, clean sounding" live album recordings produced.

In September 2007 it was announced that Foreigner would join Pete Townshend, Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings, and Paolo Nutini as openers for the one-night-only Led Zeppelin reunion show in memory of Atlantic Records' Ahmet Ertegun. The show took place on December 10, 2007 in London, England, having been postponed by 2 weeks due to Jimmy Page fracturing a finger.

The band released a greatest hits anthology on July 15, 2008 titled No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner. The anthology included all of their greatest hits plus some new live recordings and a new studio track, "Too Late", which was their first new song release since 1994's Mr. Moonlight, and the first recorded output of the new lineup."Too Late" was released as a single on June 17, 2008.

On May 4, 2010 it was announced that Brian Tichy's replacement as drummer would be Jason Sutter.In addition to touring small clubs and venues, the band frequently is engaged for private parties and conventions.

Foreigner released their new album on October 2, 2009 titled Can't Slow Down. It was one of several recent classic rock releases to be released exclusively through the Wal-Mart stores chain in the US while in Europe the album has been released by earMUSIC (a label part of the Edel group), charting top 20 in Germany (16) and Top 30 in Switzerland.

In early 2010 Foreigner teamed up with Styx and Kansas for the United in Rock Tour.On May 22, 2010 Foreigner played a show at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. Whitesnake guitar player Doug Aldrich subbed for Mick Jones for this show leaving the band with no original members for this date.
In June 2011, Foreigner (again along with Styx) will be supporting Journey in their UK tour.