Foreigner confirm major 50th anniversary tour stops in Germany for 2026

Foreigner are extending their 50th anniversary celebrations into a packed 2026 tour that prominently includes Germany. According to a tour announcement carried by ticketing platform Eventim, the rock veterans will play open-air shows in Bassum, Hamburg, Gelsenkirchen, Northeim, Mainz, Stuttgart, Lörrach and Munich in June and July 2026.

German dates for the 50th anniversary tour

The German leg of Foreigner’s 2026 run is set to begin on June 7, 2026 in Bassum, before moving on to Hamburg’s Stadtpark Open Air on June 9 and the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen on June 10. Eventim lists further dates in Northeim on June 12 and at the historic Zitadelle in Mainz on June 14 as part of the same series of shows according to the German tour preview on Eventim.

After a short break, the band return to Germany for Stuttgart’s Freilichtbühne Killesberg on June 23, followed by a concert at the Stimmen Festival in Lörrach on June 24 and a final German date at Munich’s Tollwood Summer Festival on July 2, 2026. Rock outlet Metal1.info lists the same eight German shows as part of the 50th Anniversary Tour, underlining that this is a dedicated open-air run tailored for the anniversary year based on the German tour report by Metal1.info.

Global 50th anniversary schedule and European context

The German dates sit within a broader 2026 itinerary that takes Foreigner through Europe and North America. A March 24, 2026 announcement on New Jersey-based music site That Eric Alper shows the band playing Sweden Rock Festival on June 5 and a show in Vejle, Denmark on June 6, before heading to Bassum and Hamburg in Germany and continuing to the Netherlands and the UK as outlined in the international tour expansion announcement.

From there, the route extends across major European markets and then back to North America, where Foreigner are scheduled for amphitheater shows and co-headlining dates with Lynyrd Skynyrd later in the summer. Compared with earlier farewell runs that focused heavily on U.S. arenas, the 2026 routing emphasizes festivals and outdoor venues, which underlines how strongly the band’s catalog still performs on the European classic-rock circuit.

How Foreigner’s live sound has evolved

On stage in 2026, Foreigner are drawing from nearly five decades of rock and pop songwriting, with a core set built around hits like Feels Like the First Time, Cold as Ice, Urgent and Juke Box Hero. The anniversary shows also lean into the power ballad I Want to Know What Love Is, which remains a centerpiece of their sets and regularly generates sing-alongs in European venues.

The line-up led by guitarist and founder Mick Jones and vocalist Kelly Hansen is known for tightening arrangements compared with the original studio versions, emphasizing heavier guitar tones and more upfront backing vocals. This approach has helped the band keep songs from late-1970s albums such as Double Vision and the 1981 chart-topping LP 4 sounding contemporary alongside newer material drawn from live releases and recent anniversary editions.

Where Foreigner stand now

Foreigner’s next confirmed live date after the German summer run is July 30, 2026 at the Budweiser Stage in Toronto, part of an extended North American schedule that runs into the fall, according to current tour listings on North American ticket portals.

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