Foreigner’s farewell tour coming to Star Lake

Foreigner, which toured last year with no original members, is bringing The Historic Farewell Tour to The Pavilion at Star Lake on July 29 with Loverboy.

Tickets go on sale at 9 p.m. Friday at Livenation.com. Presale begins at 9 a.m. Thursday with the code HEADLINE.

The hard rock band, which debuted in 1977, is famed for such hits as “Feels Like the First Time,” “Hot Blooded,” “Juke Box Hero” and “I Want to Know What Love Is.”

Foreigner is led by founder Mick Jones, who said in a statement, “Many years ago, I wrote a song called ‘Feels Like The First Time’ and today we are launching one last worldwide tour. We will be presenting a show that I know will have the same enthusiasm as our very first appearances.

“The tour will start this summer in America and we hope to get to every place that we have played over the last several years. While I’m sure our fans will have mixed feelings about the end of the road for the band, I know our shows are going to delight audiences everywhere.”

Frontman Kelly Hansen added, “The time has come. We have more or less lived our lives on the road for almost eighteen years. We have always strived to give you our best and we intend to finish this the same way. Foreigner has a brilliant and increasingly demanding catalogue of songs to sing and I refuse to give them less than they deserve.

“So, we’re going to finish strong. I want to make it very clear how grateful and appreciative we are to our audiences all over the world who have supported this band. I’m sure there may be occasions when we’ll do some special appearances, but I think the time is coming for us to live off the road. Thank you all so much!”