Foreigner with Melissa Etheridge

Saturday, August 10, 2024 @ 7:30pm

Prices: $60 – $70

Rock and roll giant Foreigner returns with their Farewell Tour to the State Fair Main Stage on Saturday, August 10. 

Foreigner has sold more than 80 million albums and experienced multi-platinum success around the world. Hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in the world, expect to hear iconic songs like “Juke Box Hero,” “Cold as Ice,” and “I Want to Know What Love Is.”

Rock powerhouse Melissa Etheridge will open the 7:30pm show. Since her debut in 1988, she has pumped out hits like “Ain’t It Heavy,” “I’m the Only One,” and “I Want to Come Over.”

All seating for this show is reserved, and tickets are $60, $65, and $70. Each concert ticket includes admission to the State Fair for the day of the show when purchased before entering the State Fair. Venue opens at 6:30pm for show seating.

Wisconsin State Fair is not responsible for tickets purchased from third parties. No single ticket for this concert should exceed $70.

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About Foreigner

With 10 multi-platinum albums and 16 Top 30 hits, Foreigner is universally hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in the world with a formidable musical arsenal that continues to propel sold-out tours and album sales, now exceeding 80 million.

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 No. 1 hit, “I Want To Know What Love Is,” Foreigner still rocks the charts more than 40 years into the game with massive airplay and continued Billboard Top 200 album success. Audio and video streams of Foreigner’s hits are over 15 million per week.

With more Top 10 songs than Journey and as many as Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner also features strongly in every category in Billboard’s “Greatest of All Time” listing. At times, the band’s weekly 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. Foreigner’s catalog sales were recently celebrated in Business Insider as hitting the Top 40 among the “Best Selling Music Artists of All Time.”

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’s next album, 4, its impressive run at No. 1 on the Billboard chart. At the zenith of 80’s sound, Foreigner’s fifth album, Agent Provocateur, gave the world the incredible No. 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 continue to escalate Foreigner’s influence and guide the band to new horizons.

Jones reformed the band after a 2002 hiatus and selected lead singer Kelly Hansen to help write an inspired new chapter in the history of Foreigner. One of rock’s greatest showmen, Hansen is among the most respected, consummate professionals in rock and roll. With a 35-year career that spans almost every area of music, from the role of lead vocalist to producing and engineering, Hansen has led Foreigner into the digital age while inspiring a whole new generation of fans.

Foreigner’s lineup also includes bassist Jeff Pilson, keyboardist Michael Bluestein, lead guitarist Bruce Watson, Chris Frazier on drums, and guitarist Luis Carlos Maldonado. 

Foreigner announced the beginning of their two-year Farewell Tour on national television on November 14, 2022 with a goal to visit all the cities that the band has played since its reformation in 2004.

Learn more about Foreigner, including individual band member bios, tour dates, merchandise, and more, can be found on the band’s official website: ForeignerOnline.com.

About Melissa Etheridge

Melissa Etheridge stormed onto the American rock scene in 1988 with the release of her critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, which led to an appearance on the 1989 Grammy Awards show. For several years, her popularity grew around such memorable originals as “Bring Me Some Water,” “No Souvenirs,” and “Ain’t It Heavy,” for which she won her first Grammy for “Best Female Rock Vocal.” Etheridge hit her commercial and artistic stride with her fourth album, Yes I Am, featuring the massive hits “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window,” a searing song of longing that brought her a second Grammy. The six times platinum album spent more than two and a half years on the album chart. In 1995, Etheridge issued her highest charting album, Your Little Secret, which was distinguished by the hit single, “I Want to Come Over.”

Melissa Etheridge released Memphis Rock & Soul in 2016 – her first album since 2014’s critically lauded This Is M.E. She followed that up with the release of The Medicine Show in 2019. For The Medicine Show, Melissa reunited with celebrated producer John Shanks and sounds as rousing as ever, bringing a new level of artistry to her 15th studio recording. The Medicine Show deals with universal themes of renewal, reconciliation, reckoning, compassion and, most profoundly, healing.

Her latest album released in 2021, One Way Out, is a collection of songs Etheridge wrote in the late ’80s and early ’90s that never made the cut – until now. The time is finally right, and fans will finally get a deeper glimpse of who Melissa was then.

Known for her confessional lyrics and raspy, smoky vocals, Etheridge has remained one of America’s favorite female singers for more than two decades. 

Learn more about Melissa Etheridge on her website: MelissaEtheridge.com.

Disclaimer

Each Main Stage ticket will be assessed a $9 facility fee.

Etix is the only authorized ticketing partner of Wisconsin State Fair Park (WSFP). The State Fair Ticket Office and Etix (accessed via the WiStateFair.com or Etix.com websites) are the ONLY authorized sources for State Fair Main Stage Tickets.

If you purchase tickets from any other source, WSFP cannot guarantee the validity of the tickets and you risk being denied admission, refunds and/or exchanges.