Back on the road again after two years off, FOREIGNER and its new line up will be playing a series of shows during the summer and fall of 2005. Band members include Mick Jones, Jason Bonham, Kelly Hansen, Jeff Jacobs, Jeff Pilson and Thom Gimbel.

Formed in 1976, the band was made up of experienced British musicians Mick Jones and Ian McDonald, and four relative newcomers to the arena of major rock, British musician Dennis Elliott, and Americans Ed Gagliardi, Lou Gramm and Alan Greenwood. Less than a year after getting together, the five released their first album "Foreigner" [March 7, 1977] and within months had two top-ten hit singles. The unexpected and immediate success of their debut album astounded everyone - including them! Put on the road by Atlantic Records to promote the album, these now successful recording artists had to transform themselves immediately into a live music act. No time for months of practice and planning. They were just out there, trying to establish their style and create a performance to match the success of the music and the album just released. "We grew up in front of the public and made all our mistakes in front of crowds of kids" says Dennis Elliott. But despite the chaos, the music carried them through and the fans didn't seem to care. "The problem at first", says Lou Gramm, "was that we only had ten songs. When asked back by our audiences to do an encore, we had nothing else to play!".