Foreigner - 2014

With ten multi-platinum albums and sixteen Top 30 hits, Foreigner is universally hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in the world and a formidable musical arsenal that continues to propel sold-out tours and album sales, now exceeding 75 million. Responsible for some of rock and roll's most enduring anthems including "Juke Box Hero", "Feels Like The First Time", "Urgent", Head Games", "Say You Will", "Dirty White Boy", "Long, Long Way From Home", and the worldwide #1 hit, "I Want To Know What Love Is", Foreigner continues to rock the charts more than thirty years into the game.

At Foreigner's core is founder and lead guitarist Mick Jones, the visionary maestro whose stylistic songwriting, indelible guitar hooks and multi-layered talents continue to escalate Foreigner's influence, along with lead vocalist Kelly Hansen, bass guitarist Jeff Pilson and multi-instrumentalist Tom Gimbel.

Founded in 1976, Foreigner's debut album produced the hits "Feels Like The First Time", "Cold As Ice" and "Long, Long Way From Home". The album Double Vision followed, as did a string of hits like "Urgent", "Juke Box Hero" and "Waiting For A Girl Like You". Those songs helped give Foreigner's next album, 4, its impressive run at #1 on the Billboard chart. At the zenith of 80's sound, Foreigner's fifth album, Agent Provocateur, gave the world the incredible #1 global hit," I Want To Know What Love Is". This musical milestone followed the record-breaking song "Waiting For A Girl Like You".

The frenetic ride of the original Foreigner incarnation reached a milestone in 2002 when Gramm and Jones performed together for the last time. With much support and encouragement, Jones rallied a newly-charged powerhouse lineup which included the recruitment of Kelly Hansen as vocalist, opening full throttle the re-emergence of astounding music that speaks to both hard-core Foreigner fans and younger generations.

With renewed energy and direction, Foreigner released Can't Slow Down in 2009, which entered the Billboard chart in the Top 30 and had great success on radio with two Top 20 singles. To follow was the release of the band's 3-disc set, Feels Like The First Time, which included an acoustic CD with an intimate and unique re-interpretation of many Foreigner classics, studio re-records by the new lineup and a live performance DVD showcasing the group's exceptional live energy.

Foreigner experienced another surge in popularity when several of their hits were featured on the Rock Of Ages soundtrack, including "I Want To Know What Love Is," "Juke Box Hero" and "Waiting For A Girl Like You" – more songs than any other one band on the soundtrack. Hollywood quickly took note, and several more tracks were featured in hit films "Anchorman 2," "Magic Mike" and "Pitch Perfect," sending Foreigner downloads up 400%. The video game industry was soon to follow. The blockbuster release, "Grand Theft Auto V," features Foreigner's "Dirty White Boy," and "Hot Blooded" is included in the November 2013 release of "BandFuse". The high visibility of Foreigner's songs continues to introduce the band's music to a whole future generation of fans.

Juke Box Heroes, a new compilation of digitally recorded Foreigner hits, spent over twenty weeks in the Billboard Top 200 in 2013. The 2008 No End In Sight album re-entered the Billboard Top 200, joining Juke Box Heroes in July 2013. Additionally, Juke Box Heroes spent most of 2013 in the Nielsen SoundScan Top 200 Catalog chart. It rose to #4 in that chart in September, an astonishing feat that allowed Foreigner's catalog sales that week to eclipse those of AC/DC, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Van Halen and most of their Classic Rock peers (Source: Nielsen SoundScan Top 200, September 15, 2013).

In June 2013, Mick Jones was inducted to the Songwriters Hall Of Fame. A multi-talented and multi-dimensional "musician's musician," Jones has also written songs such as "Bad Love" with Eric Clapton and "Dreamer" with Ozzy Osbourne, and produced records for others including Billy Joel's Storm Front and Van Halen's 5150. A Grammy and Golden Globe-nominated songwriter, Jones is the winner of the prestigious British Ivor Novello Songwriter Award for "The Flame Still Burns", the soundtrack music for the film Still Crazy.