Not sure why, because after fourteen months of canceled shows and tours, these four long-awaited shows should have reminded him how it Feels Like the First Time ( sorry… couldn’t resist) that they performed on a stage. On May 22, 2021, with the dust and cobwebs sufficiently removed from the camera, we entered Ruth Eckerd Hall in anticipation of photographing the rock and roll legends for one of their two shows! Unfortunately, Mick Jones, the sole remaining original member, apparently had second thoughts. Two were at Ruth Eckerd Hall and the other two in Orlando at another safe space, with a specially built outdoor stage with socially distanced audience ‘pods’. In fact, Spinning Platters was incredibly lucky to photograph and attend one of Foreigner’s inaugural Florida shows! After live music, theater, performances and tours have been canceled and closed down across the country for so long, Foreigner decided it was time, and so they took to the stage to perform four special concerts. In December 2020, they decided to open up their 2,200 seat theater at 50% capacity with a strict mask mandate and have successfully had a wide range of rock performances from The Beach Boys, Kansas, Joe Bonamassa, Night Ranger, Collective Soul, and classic rock legends Foreigner. Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater is a wonderful 2,200 seat theater that has “received rave reviews from artists, technicians and audience members since opening in 1983… and has been recognized as one of Tampa Bay’s best concert halls numerous times as well as a finalist for Pollstar’s Theater of the Year twice.” ( TripAdvisor) The Greatest Hits of Foreigner!Īlthough Ruth Eckerd Hall has been reopened since April 2020, they started off by hosting only small socially distanced events in their lobby with local area musicians, among them Robin Zander of Cheap Trick and jazz legend Chick Corea.
Yet there are actually places in Florida that do still care. Maybe for a month or so when the sh*t hit the fan worldwide, but they reopened just as quickly, because health and safety of its people is of the utmost concern to their leaders. Granted, many of these other places are less safe than the cautious San Francisco ( recall that SF was the first city in America to institute a lockdown), but Spinning Platters is vaccinated and willing to risk it all for you! Where did we find such an amazing live event? Well, since our rock/metal photographer has been riding out the latter part of this pandemic in Florida, we found that shows actually happen there.įlorida never really closed. With all of the venues in San Francisco having been shuttered since March 2020, and without knowing just how much longer Covid-19 is going to keep them closed, Spinning Platters grew tired of the waiting and decided to look far and wide to other places in pursuit of a Real. Tickets for the shows are available now at and review by: Alan Ralph WHAT… A SHOW REVIEW!! Yes! There’s nothing like it anywhere else in the country.” Phillips Center cared about the health of their audiences and innovated socially-distant concerts, and that’s why we chose it as our first show for 2021. “We are so happy to be able to perform live again because we and our fans really miss the experience,” says Foreigner lead singer Kelly Hansen.
The venue will feature hundreds of elevated boxes positioned six feet apart from one another, allowing attendees to enjoy concert events while keeping a safe distance from each other.Ĭoncert-goers also will be able to order food from on-site restaurants that will be delivered right to their boxes. The Frontyard Festival features performances at a specially built, three-acre outdoor theater that’s been designed to be mindful of COVID protocols. Phillips Center in Orlando, Florida, as part of the venue’s Frontyard Festival, which is being billed as the first socially distant music festival in the U.S. The band is scheduled to play two shows, on March 23 and 24, at Dr. SchweigerLike nearly every other active music artist, Foreigner was forced to postpone its touring plans this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the veteran rockers have now lined up its first concerts of 2021.
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