A band as cold as ice is jumping the Prince George border, and they are willing to sacrifice our love.
This band is hot blooded. Check it and see. They are juke box heroes who urgently fired up the airwaves of the '80s and '90s. But when they come to CN Centre on Oct. 20 it'll feel like the first time. They can't stop now, they've travelled so far to know what love is, and the answer all along was classic rock.
If you still want to know who this band is, if you want me to show you, look no further than the Mick Jones power-band Foreigner.
You'll find them on every rock retrospective worth its salt, after they sold more than 80 million records and rocketed 16 singles into the Billboard Top 30 over their illustrious career.
Although they have an entire greatest hits album's worth of singalong favourites, there's no escaping the significance of the single I Want To Know What Love Is which has been frequently cited as one of the most beloved and influential rock songs in history. It is a vocalist's showstopper. This power ballad was on their fifth album, Agent Provocateur, and was ranked by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the Top 500 songs ever. Famous covers have been done by Tina Arena, Wynonna Judd, Mariah Carey, and last year they even redid the song themselves with Fun frontman Nate Ruess handling the vocals.
The band turns 40 years old this year, and to mark the occasion, a 40-song retrospective package has been built into a featured memento for their current international tour. That tour includes Prince George.
Also coming next year: a live-stage rock musical called Juke Box Hero that uses the ubiquitous music of Foreigner as the soundtrack to the drama.
"I never could have imagined when I set out to create Foreigner 40 years ago, that we'd still be touring around the world and performing the music we love all these years later," said Jones. "I am so proud that these songs will now be reinterpreted for stage, and am honored by the team that is helping bring this music to life. I can't express the gratitude I feel when fans share stories of how our songs have been woven into their milestones and memories over the years. I had so many great times with Foreigner in Canada and I look forward to bringing the band back here for our 40th anniversary tour."
The October tour also brings another classic rock favourite to Prince George, a band that has been here several times, including a 2011 fundraiser rock show for Spirit Of The North Healthcare Foundation and last summer's Pacific Western Brewing tailgate party. Honeymoon Suite will bring their crunchy hit-list to open the Foreigner show - songs like Lethal Weapon, New Girl Now, Feel It Again, Bad Attitude, What Does It Take, Still Lovin' You and many others that rocked the radio and vamped the video circuits alongside Foreigner in their mutual heydays.
Tickets to this double-bill power show go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at CN Centre Box Office and all Ticketmaster platforms. Prices range from about $70-90 depending on taxes/sales charges at point of purchase.
