Michael Bluestein of Foreigner on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Edmonton show

Foreigner has been banging out some of the most recognized music on radios across the globe for over 40 years.

Rellik chats with the man behind the ivories about playing in Foreigner, their recent 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction and playing the hits we all know and love:

Foreigner is coming to Roger’s Place as a part of their historic farewell tour on May 10 and you can get your tickets here.

Congratulations to Renee W, on winning the grand prize of two tickets to the concert, as well as our two runner ups, Aaron K and Mark T who won a copy of Foreigners “Jukebox Hero’s” CD along with a ton of Raven swag!

Foreigner Fun Facts:

Foreigner’s catalog sales hit Top 40 in Business Insider magazine’s Best Selling Music Artists of All Time, ahead of Britney Spears, Bob Dylan, Phil Collins, Prince, Queen, Bon Jovi and Def Leppard.

Foreigner has 9 Top 10 hits – that’s the same as Fleetwood Mac and more than Journey and most of their Classic Rock peers.

The 2018 orchestral album spent 12 weeks at #1 on the Billboard classical chart. It generated sold out US and international concerts including a spectacular night at the Sydney Opera House.

Over 400 million YouTube views.

Spotify streams approaching 2 million per week.

Digital downloads of ‘Juke Box Hero’ and ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’ certified platinum by the RIAA indicating Foreigner’s resonance in the new era.

Breaking the record in Billboard magazine, ‘Waiting For A Girl Like You’ was #2 in the Top 10 for 14 weeks and landed Foreigner at #49 on Billboard’s Hot 100 All Time Top Artists chart above The Eagles at #54, Fleetwood Mac at #73 and Aerosmith at #90.

Foreigner ‘4’ sat at #1 on the Billboard charts longer than any album by any artist in Atlantic Records’ 70-year history.

Foreigner, consistently in the Top 20 at Classic Rock radio, has more airplay than Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, U2, Bruce Springsteen, The Who, Bad Company and more.

Foreigner’s leader and founder, Mick Jones, was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2013.

Mick Jones produced/co-produced every Foreigner album, as well as Billy Joel’s ‘Storm Front’ and Van Halen’s ‘5150’ and has written songs with Ozzy Osbourne and Eric Clapton, with whom he wrote ‘Bad Love’. Eric received a Grammy for that one!

The Foreigner catalog has sold more than 80 million albums.

Foreigner has 16 Top 30 hits:

I Want to Know What Love Is (1)

Waiting for A Girl Like You (2)

Double Vision (2)

Hot Blooded (3)

Urgent (4)

Feels Like the First Time (4)

I Don’t Want to Live Without You (5)

Say You Will (6)

Cold as Ice (6)

That Was Yesterday (12)