In September 1980 co-founders Al Greenwood and Ian McDonald were sacked as Jones wished to have more control over the band and write most of the music (along with Gramm). The band was picked up by John Kalodner at Atlantic Records and after a year of recording and remixing the debut album, “Foreigner” was released in March 1977. Add to that the fact that Joey Tempest probably (if I'm honest, despite my love of Foreigner) stole the show! Singles like “Waiting For a Girl Like You,” “Hot Blooded,” and “Juke Box Hero” received significant airplay. And even I, a notorious PDA-phobe, was secretly heart-warmed to spy couples here and there stealing a romantic moment. They are truly phenomenal! Normally that would make for a pretty short concert with no opening band, so to stretch it out a bit, Kelly worked the audience by asking some questions and making a few jokes. Not on your life. Previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new date.Show rescheduled from March 18, 2020Rescheduled from 6 June 2020 show Maybe there was press about this and I missed it? Sometimes the bands from back in the day lose their sound, voices change. The opening group set the mood and then Foreigner fulfilled our greatest wishes by giving an outstanding performance playing all of our favorite songs. So, so good we didn't want it to end.Get your tour dates seen everywhere.I encourage everyone to see them! Keep up the great work; I hope to see you with Cheap Trick this summer!Join 515,929 fans getting concert alerts for this artistJoin 515,929 fans getting concert alerts for ForeignerAMAZING show last night at the Greek!! I was in row 10, actually held up Kelly Hansen as he stood on the seat back in front of me, but this was nothing compared to the lucky souls in the first few rows, and it didn't matter stage left, right or centre. In his book, Gramm goes on to talk about this difficult time: "The chemistry that made the band right in the beginning didn't necessarily mean it would always be right. During Juke Box Hero he rose up out of the sound tech area on a pole with a platform on it, thankfully he was buckled in, because he had that pole that was 20 feet up in the air swaying over the crowd singing. A few people near me claimed not to be Foreigner fans but by the end of the the show they too had gotten out of their chairs and was singing along. I loved the band, Lou Gramm was fantastic! By 1998, the band was back on the road, but Gramm was visibly struggling and it would take him several years to get back to the point where he felt comfortable on stage.Jason Sutter's time with the band was short as he left by 2011. Arizona is a great place to pull a stunt like that however, the audience seemed oblivious to the poor quality sound, short setlist, missing member. The sound and lighting were exceptionally well done. Overall a fantastic concert and it's good to see Foreigner after 40 years still playing to huge crowds.They kicked ass!! My only complaint is that we spent a great deal of money to get second row seating with VIP passes, and within 20 minutes about 100 people from MANY rows back had rushed the stage and effectively blocked our view and pretty much ruined our experience as far as being able to enjoy being close to the stage.