Foreigner
Wisconsin State Fair Park - Main Stage 640 S. 84th St. Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53214
Like many acts from their era of rock ’n’ roll, Foreigner haven’t let the loss of their original lead singer slow them down. Founding singer Lou Gramm left the band in 2003, but since 2005 the group has been fronted by Kelly Hansen, a singer who sounds almost uncannily like them. Along with the band’s lone original member Mick Jones (not to be confused with the guitarist of the same name from The Clash), Hansen captured the spirit of the band’s heyday records on their 2009 album Can’t Slow Down, their first album since 1994’s Mr. Moonlight. Recorded by British super-producer Mark Ronson (of Adele, Amy Winehouse and “Uptown Funk” fame), it was released as a three-disc package that included a live DVD and a disc of re-recorded greatest hits like “Juke Box Hero” and “I Want to Know What Love Is.”
After all these years, the band is still finding new ways to package old hits. This year they topped by the Billboard Classical Albums and Classical Crossover Albums charts with The Hits Orchestral, an album they recorded with a 58-piece orchestra and a 60-piece choir. If you thought “Cold As Ice” sounded epic before, you didn’t know the half of it.
For this show, Foreigner will be joined by the Grammy-winning funk-rock band Living Colour. (Evan Rytlewski)
All seating for this show is reserved. Tickets are $39 and $29.