WEST FARGO (KFGO KVRR) – One of the best-selling rock bands of all time is heading to Fargo’s Scheels Arena on Wednesday night with its Greatest Hits Tour.
But Foreigner will not be taking the stage alone. They’ll be joined by some rather young vocalists from West Fargo.
“I feel like they may not know the band as well as they might know these songs from classic rock radio,” said Sheyenne High School Choir Director Tony Peterson.
“If I played one they would go, Oh, I know that song, I know that song.”
Sophomore Bear Reed said, “I’ve always been a fan of classic rock, introduced it by my father, and so getting to sing with like a band that we have listened to ever since I was little kid and telling all of my relatives I got to sing with Foreigner is a very cool experience.”
The band has been inviting fresh faces to join them on stage during concert stops across the country for the past decade according to bass player Jeff Pilson.
“We get these choirs and usually in cities, there’s multiple choirs that submit, we’ll choose a winner. Then they come on stage of course and reproduce the gospel choir from “I Want to Know What Love Is” and that’s just a great moment every night,” said Pilson
The band known for its string of hits in the 1970’s and 80’s is donating $500 to the choir program.
Local Shriners will be selling a Foreigner Greatest Hits CD to raise money for the Grammy Foundation, which helps keep music education in schools alive.