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Foreigner, Loverboy to play concert at new Colorado amphitheater

A new 8,000-seat amphitheater will have views of Pikes Peak sunsets and the Air Force Academy stadium and chapel.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo — Colorado's new under-construction outdoor amphitheater has added another concert to its inaugural-season schedule.

Foreigner will perform at Ford Amphitheater on Wednesday, Oct. 2.

The band will be joined by Loverboy at the autumn concert.

Fans can expect to hear such Foreigner anthems as “Juke Box Hero,” “Cold As Ice,” “Feels Like the First Time,” “Hot Blooded,” “Waiting for a Girl Like You,” and “I Want To Know What Love Is.”

Foreigner previously performed at Ball Arena in Denver on June 25 as part of the band's two-year farewell tour.

Tickets to see Foreigner and Loverboy at Ford Amphitheater go on sale Friday, July 12, at 10 a.m. at AXS.com.

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Previously known as Sunset Amphitheater, Ford acquired the naming rights to the new 8,000-seat amphitheater, which is set to open Aug. 9.

Colorado Springs' OneRepublic will headline the first concert on Aug. 9 at Ford Amphitheater in north Colorado Springs at the Polaris Pointe development near the Air Force Academy. OneRepublic will also be performing Aug. 10 and Aug. 11.

Notes Live said Ford Amphitheater is part of a $90 million entertainment campus that will host large touring acts with a top-of-the-line audio-visual system, a self-draining grass berm, and more than 90 luxury fire pit suites.

Notes Live said the venue will have "an unparalleled view of the sun setting over Pikes Peak, America’s mountain, right behind the stage as each concert begins, flanked by the United States Air Force Academy stadium on the left and the iconic Air Force chapel on the right."

The concert venue will be booked in partnership with concert promoter AEG Presents.

OneRepublic is a Grammy nominated band formed in Colorado Springs in 2002. OneRepublic's lineup currently consists of Ryan Tedder, Zach Filkins, Drew Brown, Brent Kutzle, Eddie Fisher, and Brian Willett.

First announced in April 2022, Ford Amphitheater was given final approval by the Colorado Springs City Council in January 2023.

"These are some of the fastest-growing cities in America, but the live entertainment options haven’t caught up to the population," said Roth. "Notes Live venues will cater to these upscale demographics looking for a place where the overall experience is as good as the music itself."

"People know that I go over the top, it’s just what I do," said Roth. "I want it to be perfect, and I want that perfection to be translated into everything we do."

“In collaboration with Notes Live, we look forward to bringing a wide array of world-class artists to Colorado Springs and it’s surrounding communities. [Ford] Amphitheater will be the perfect outdoor venue to host these events,” said Brent Fedrizzi, Co-President and COO of AEG Presents Rocky Mountains.

Ford Amphitheater is one of several venues Notes Live has been opening across the country in "entertainment deserts" where there are growing populations but a lack of high-quality venues.

Notes Live opened another Colorado Springs music venue, Boot Barn Hall, in February 2019.

Credit: Robert E. Klein/Invision/AP
File photo: Rock band Foreigner with keyboardist Michael Bluestein, lead vocalist Kelly Hansen and drummer Chris Frazier at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion as part of The Juke Box Heroes Tour, Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in Boston. (Photo by Robert E. Klein/Invision/AP)

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