Foreigner launch thousand-dollar VIP tickets that allow fans to sit onstage during shows Celebrate Foreigner's 50th anniversary by getting up close with the current lineup Louder · Aug 4
"In The Eye Of The Storm is not going to rub shoulders with the classics." Foreigner's new album is a pleasant souvenir with almost zero atmosphere Not a lot of thunder and lightning (or original members) on Foreigner's’s 50th-anniversary live album In The Eye Of The Storm Louder · Jul 22
"Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon came up to me and said, 'I hear we're in the running for the prize for spending the most time and money in a studio!'": The epic story of Foreigner 4, the AOR masterpiece that helped shape 80s rock Foreigner 4 is one of the greatest rock albums of the 80s – and one of the most expensive Louder · Jul 2
"The music was always the star of this band, and not personnel." With no original members left, Foreigner are still proud to be Foreigner As Foreigner prepare for their 50th Anniversary tour, bassist Jeff Pilson refutes those pesky "tribute band" accusations Louder · May 29
"A girl at school dumped me, maybe that trauma stayed with me!" The story behind Foreigner's classic AOR anthem Cold As Ice Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones on his bad girl-critiquing 1977 hit Cold As Ice Louder · May 21
"It's like The Who channelling Cheap Trick, filled with catchy pop songs slathered with hard rock guitars." How the folk songs of Pope John Paul II buried one of rock'n'roll's great lost albums Signed by Heart's management and to the same record label as the head of the Catholic Church, TKO toured with everyone from Cheap Trick and The Kinks to Foreigner and Van Halen: It wasn't enough Louder · Apr 24
“We bounced around the idea of having everyone from Joe Cocker to Phil Collins to Mike Rutherford sing”: Out went David Lee Roth and Frankenstein, in came Sammy Hagar and Kramer –the story of Van Halen’s rebirth It was the end of an era. Roth’s exit, Frankenstein's last hurrah. But it was the start of a new one as Eddie Van Halen got experimental on 1986's blockbuster, 5150 Guitar World · Apr 16
"Challenging? I couldn't remember the words to the songs”: Foreigner’s Lou Gramm on touring the world a MONTH after brain surgery Singer will reunite briefly with Foreigner in April MusicRadar · Feb 9
“I remember Lars was unwrapping all these Styx and REO Speedwagon records and I’m going, ‘What are you buying this crap for?’”: Why James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich didn’t always see eye to eye in Metallica’s early days Plus: Hetfield's memories of his first gig – when AC/DC opened for Aerosmith MusicRadar · Feb 2
“Lou sang his vocal to a girl that just walked into the studio. Everybody thought she was with our group and she wasn’t – but Lou fixated on her and the vocal was done in one take”: How Foreigner and super-producer Mutt Lange created a classic rock ballad “We put ourselves under a lot of pressure making that record” MusicRadar · Jan 21
“The greatest rock ballad of all time!”: The classic song that set a record by holding the number two spot in the US for 10 weeks without ever hitting the top But at least the album made it to the top MusicRadar · Dec 24, 2025
“I was recording with Jerry Garcia, but I still had to ride my bike to school and keep my grades up, or else my parents would throw my guitar in the trash”: Starship trooper Craig Chaquico on “corporate rock”, and life as a teenage guitar whiz Craig Chaquico was green, raw, and young when he joined Jefferson Starship in 1974, but left to his own devices he grew up fast – and his style was a runaway success Guitar World · Dec 16, 2025
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: Start time, how to watch and new balloons to look for Four new featured character balloons will debut this year along with several new floats The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025
"Radio-ready songs without a hint of indulgence and a powerhouse lead singer at the fore": Foreigner arrive fully-formed and formidable on debut album While punk rock was big news in 1977, the radio-friendly rock of Foreigner was still perfectly timed Louder · Nov 24, 2025
Louder · Nov 18, 2025 "No question this will be the go-to event of the summer!" Foreigner and Lynyrd Skynyrd announce Double Trouble Double Vision tour Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner will hit the road with Six Gun Sally
Louder · Oct 13, 2025 "More relatable than Mötley Crüe or Ratt and hipper than Foreigner or Journey": Night Ranger's place in rock history settled by first album Dawn Patrol Night Ranger hit the ground running with their platinum debut Dawn Patrol
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025 Foreigner singer opens up about quitting band after 20 years ahead of final show The 64-year-old announced his decision earlier this year on ‘The Voice’
MusicRadar · Oct 4, 2025 “Along with Journey, REO Speedwagon and Foreigner, we’d been lumped-in with the whole Corporate Rawk thing. We weren’t ‘cool’": Steve Porcaro on the rise, fall and resurgence of Toto, working with Michael Jackson and his new solo album "Yacht Rock! When I first heard that phrase, I groaned. But then I thought, ‘Who cares what it’s called? If it keeps people listening to some great music, I’m happy!'"
Louder · Sep 15, 2025 "More of a great thing is an even greater thing": Foreigner's 4 is absolutely deserving of the super-deluxe treatment Treasure from the Foreigner vaults
BANG Premier · Sep 7, 2025 Foreigner offer to play Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding Foreigner have offered be the wedding band for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, telling the couple in an open letter, "we know what love is", a reference to their 1984 power ballad I Want to Know What Love Is.
Louder · Sep 6, 2025 “Dear Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, we know what love is." Foreigner make their case to play at upcoming celebrity wedding Foreigner make public appeal to be the wedding band for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding
MusicRadar · Sep 5, 2025 “We know what love is. We spent 40 years figuring it out”: Foreigner pitch to be Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding band Bands fans are divided on the idea
MusicRadar · Jun 18, 2025 “The greatest rock ballad of all time!”: The classic song that set a record by holding the No.2 spot in the US for 10 weeks without ever hitting No.1 But at least the album made it to the top
MusicRadar · Jun 9, 2025 “Warner Brothers wanted another Layla. I thought, 'well, if you sit down and write a song in a formatted way, it's not so hard’”: The Grammy-winning hit that Eric Clapton wrote to order, with a little help from Foreigner’s Mick Jones With Phil Collins on drums and Pino Palladino on bass, it was pretty much a sure thing
Louder · Jun 4, 2025 A beginner's guide to 70s AOR in 10 essential albums AOR might have come truly blossoming into platinum-tinged life in the 1980s, but the genre had been holding lighters aloft and weeping in its beer in the 1970s. These are the best albums