Foreigner – have just announced their return to Ireland with an intimate acoustic unplugged headline show at 3Olympia Theatre

Legendary British-American rock band FOREIGNER have just announced their return to Ireland with an intimate acoustic unplugged headline show at 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin for Monday,12th April 2027. Joining them is very special guest Billy Lockett.

With more Top 10 songs than Journey and Aerosmith, and as many as Fleetwood Mac, FOREIGNER features strongly in every category in Billboard’s “Greatest of All Time” listing.  At times, the band’sweekly catalog sales have eclipsed those of Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Aerosmith and most of their Classic Rock peers (Source: Nielsen SoundScan).  FOREIGNER‘s catalog sales were recently celebrated in Business Insider as hitting the Top 40 among the Best-Selling Music Artists of All Time.

Responsible for some of rock and roll’s most enduring anthems including “Juke Box Hero,” “Cold As Ice,” “Hot Blooded,” “Waiting For A Girl Like You,” “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,” FOREIGNERstill rocks the charts 50 years into the game with massive airplay and continued Billboard album chart success.  Audio and video streams of FOREIGNER’s hits are approaching 20 million per week.

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 including “Urgent,” “Juke Box Hero” and “Waiting For A Girl Like You.” Those songs helped give FOREIGNER‘snext 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.”

FOREIGNER‘s founder is Songwriters Hall of Fame member Mick Jones. A visionary maestro whose stylistic songwriting, indelible guitar hooks and multi-layered talents were the cornerstone of his band’s success. Jones reformed the band after a 2002 hiatus and followed the same formula that he used in 1976 when he founded the original FOREIGNER.  Once again, he surrounded himself with the very best musicians he could find and led FOREIGNER into the digital era while inspiring a whole new generation of fans.  FOREIGNER’s lineup for our unplugged events is lead singer Luis Carlos Maldonado, noted Dokken bassist Jeff Pilson, Michael Bluestein on keyboards, and guitarist Bruce Watson.  An unprecedented new level of energy has led the group to a re-emergence of astoundingmusic that speaks to FOREIGNER‘s enduring popularity. With renewed vitality anddirection, FOREIGNER hit the Billboard charts again with the 2005 release of their live Greatest Hits album, Extended Versions. Can’t Slow Down followed in 2009 and entered the Billboard chart in the Top 30, driven by two Top 20 radio singles, “In Pieces” and “When It Comes To Love.”  To follow was the release of the band’s three-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’s music has experienced another surge in popularity in recent years thanks to usage in primetime television, major motion pictures, video games, advertising, and digital content. Films such as Rock of Ages, Bad Moms, Angry Birds, Magic Mike, Pitch Perfect, Good Boys, The Eternals, and Happy Gilmore 2, and television shows Orange Is The New Black, Stranger Things, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Tacoma FD, Wednesday, and Euphoria have all strongly featured Foreigner’s songs. Advertisers including Toyota, Google, Molson, and Ford have turned to FOREIGNER’s music to engage their fans.

FOREIGNER

Unplugged

Plus Special Guest: Billy Lockett

Monday, 12th April 2027

3Olympia Theatre, Dublin

Tickets €72.70 / €83.25 / €128.25 (Inc booking fees and venue restoration fee) on sale Wednesday, 9th September at 10am from Ticketmaster.ie. Bookings subject To 12.5% Service Charge Per Ticket (Max €10.50)

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