Welcome to "AForeignersJourney.com"

The guys will be taking a couple of weeks break now for holidays and other commitments, Paul is heading off to High Voltage this weekend with Foreigner so hopefully he should have some great pictures to share with us with the band. Interest in AFJ seems to be growing as more and more promoters are wanting to work with the band now which is all great news. There is loads of really great things in the pipeline all of which will be reported on here as it happens.

The band return to The Boardwalk Sheffield on 3rd Dec and are currently looking for a local band to appear with them as special guests to open the show, so if you know anyone in a band who would be interested in playing with AFJ and would like to play at this great venue please get in touch.

Well you did it you fine Welsh rocker, all 400 tickets have now been sold for the Muni Arts Centre show.

Thanks to everyone for their interest and support in 'A Foreigners Journey' and of course a massive thank you to the main men Marshall Rees & Robert Jones for doing an amazing promotional campain for the show, see you there folks.

Check out the live review of 'Giants of Rock' just added to the Media Reviews page.

Thanks to everyone who came to our Rawmarsh show and for making it a great night!!

Next Fridays the band play their first ever show in Wales at the Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd. A special thank you must be said to Marshall Rees and Robert Jones for doing an amazing job of promoting this show, with now over 300 tickets sold and it being the bands first time in Wales, nobody could have asked for more, Well done guy's!!

Ian, has today set up a new You Tube site for the band so please check out some of the new footage recently taken of the band at Rhodes Rock 2010. http://www.youtube.com/user/aforeignersjourney

This Saturday see's the band back on home turf at Rawmarsh, Old Cricket Club. probably for the last time as the band start to move into bigger venues to enable them to put on an even bigger show for everyone.

Tickets are priced at £7 and are available directly from the venue, they will also be available on the night but please be early, in the past people have had to be refused entry as the venue has limited capacity. Doors open at 7.30pm and the band will be on stage around 9.15pm

Well we returned to the UK on Thursday from Rhodes. We could not have wished for a better time, both performances went down really well and the feedback from everyone who came along has been fantastic. The band really must thank you all for your support and all the kind comments we received during the week and all the facebook comments that are still coming through. One of the high points to the week was our Sax Player Chris Backhouse surprise marriage proposal to his long term girlfriend Julia Hodgson on stage in front of the crowd with the help of Darren Redick from Planet Rock prior to the Think Floyd show. We do need to thank some key people who made this year so special so here goes:

Eddie & Elaine - No words can thank you enough really for giving us the opertunity, love to you both XX

Pete & the whole RR crew - Your professionalism, support and determination to give all bands a first class service was outstanding. World Class Pete you are the man!!

Darren Redick - Hey buddy thanks for your support and kind words about AFJ, and for making Chris & Jules moment together on stage so special!!

The Bands - We AFJ can honestly say every band member without exception were fantastic to work with, old and new!! so thanks to you all for rocking with us, we hope to see you all again very soon.

Power to the People - non of the above we be able to shine without all you fine people who came and rocked Rhodes with us day and night making it a holiday of a lifetime and an unforgettable experience for us all. Thank you so much !!

Finally to the girlfriends, wives and families who continue to support us crazy musicians, without you we could not live the dream, from the bottom of our hearts we thank you XX

Long may Rhodes Rock continue.........

A Foreigners Journey x

Click here for pic's of this years event

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Well its that time again, the band are all packed and set to return to Rock Rhodes on Wednesday, We cant wait to get out there again to see you all, this time we should get to meet more of you now we know our way around the place a bit, also we have an AFJ Boat trip running at 11.15am on Friday with still a small number of places available, if you fancy coming along please see me at the welcome party on Thursday, we will also be in Kolossos bar on Monday 6-8pm just prior to the Think Floyd show so please try and call in and say hi so we can let you buy us all a drink lol, you should get a free shot with every drink you buy, I am assured! but dont hold me to this, its a very small bar and so its going to be fun, the DJ will be playing Foreigner & Journey music for the whole 2hrs and the AFJ CD so you should find us ok its just about 20 yards on your left just after Socrates bar. We must thank those of you who have booked through the band to come and support us this year, we have a good crowd of very dear friends coming with us this time, your support is so much appreciated!!!

All the guys just want to thank everyone for their amazing support since last years appearance, RR09 really did help the band get noticed here in the UK. Special thanks to Eddie & Elaine for giving us the opertunity and to all the regular bands who have played the event before and made us feel a part of the family.

Have a safe trip over and we will see you there!!

Paul, AFJ x

When these six hunky men climb on stage at the Rhodes Rock Fest and take their positions behind their instruments, the girls go wild. But since the male audience isn’t there to admire their brawn, the guys on stage make sure that they give their eager fans two hours of their best performance. The band, comprised of Jimi Anderson (vocals); John Oxley (guitar/backing vocals); Paul Flanaghan (bass/backing vocals); Craig Brown (keyboard/guitar/backing vocals); Chris Backhouse (sax); Ian Ferris (drums) deliver one hit after another as good as the original numbers, much to the delight of the fans of the original Foreigner and Journey bands, both of which are still very much active and still touring. As each number rolls into the next, Urgent suddenly comes up and the crowds go into a frenzy. This was probably Foreigner’s best song ever, and thanks to the memorable sax solo of Junior Walker, it eventually became the band’s most recognized tune. As “Urgent” is probably my favourite Foreigner number, I was elated to hear AFJ playing it so well. All the band members have many years of experience as professional musicians behind them but they have only been together as A Foreigners Journey for about two years or so and they are in great demand for gigs in the UK. And with a new addition to the fold, the award winning singer and songwriter, Jimi Anderson, the AFJ performance promises to be even better at this year’s festival. Some of the comments about AFJ from musicians and the media: ‘Come and check out this amazing band, they really ROCKS!’’ stated Foreigner bassist, Jeff Pilson.
‘Great idea, Foreigner and Journey, and it works, they look and sound superb’ was the comment from Tom Russell of 96.3 ROCK RADIO in the UK.

To read the full Rodos Events preview of Rhodes Rock 2010  CLICK HERE

The Wharf, Tavistock 05-05-10

It was an early start for the band as they headed South to the 'The Wharf for their second appearance at this amazing veneue, after checking in at the hotel on route the band arrived in plenty of time for a good soundcheck, Local guy Tim also arrived early to set up his equipement to film the entire show for a DVD, hopefully this will be available to buy at gigs in the future. The show went really well with a capacity crowd lapping up every minute, attendance is everything these days and being told our sales were more than Paul Young and It bites recently the band we over the moon. having got rave reviews from all the locals again Ivon the venue manager booked the band again for next year. It was great to see some Rhodes Rockers in attendance inc Kathy Lawrence and Paul's good friend Dette.

Mr Kyps, Poole 06-05-10

Again arriving in good time at the venue, this was the bands first time here and from opening the doors to leaving we cant thank Kyp enough for such a warm welcome to this first class venue, Chris and Robbie treated us so well like no other venue really, the place was rocking from start to finish with a very good turn out indeed and so many great comments we made by people after the show, Alan Turner-Ward from HOPE FM 90.1 radio came backstage and was so impressed with the show he requested a live interview on his show the day after. As the band were set to drive back that night a phone interview was arranged with John and Jimi and went out live on Alans 'Good Afternoon' show yesterday, Alan also played some AFJ tracks from their 5 track ep and discussed how the band came together and their future plans. We hope to be able to get a audio copy of the interviews and will post the on the site very soon.

Other news:

There are still a few tickets left for the Doncaster Civic show with Bravado on 2nd July so don't leave it to long to get yours. Also Rawmarsh tickets are now available from the venue for Sat 10th July. with just 1 week to go until the band fly out to Rhodes Rock 2010 things seem to be all good in the AFJ camp. Some new tracks will be added to the set list very soon and one will be played for the first time in the Rhodes main set. A new range of Merchandise is also on its way and will be available when the band return from Greece.

With just 2 wks to go the band are all said to be really looking forward to performing again at this years Rhodes Rock event, if you have booked your trip through the band this year and anyone of you has requested to attend, the band will be at Kolossos bar on Mon 21st June from 6pm-8pm just prior to the Think Floyd show, the bar is easy enough to find and just a few yards away from Socrates Bar, Paul has agreed with the bar owner for free shots for you all with every drink you buy, you should have all been emailed these details this week, but if you did not receive anything please feel free to get in touch.

Other news: The Skipton festival on 17th July has had to be cancelled due to licensing problems. This Saturday the band return to 'The Wharf' Theatre in Tavistock, Devon for the second time, and then they play at Mr Kyps in Poole on the Sunday. There should be news of some special gigs coming very soon..

Many thanks to all of you who came to our Boardwalk show on Friday, Special thanks to Fez for creating an amazing lighting show!! and to Ju for treating us so well at the venue. The band return to where it all began for AFJ next Fri 21st May 'The Diamond' Sutton-in-Ashfield.

Some new and exciting double header dates have just been confirmed with our friends 'Heatseek' who are one of the best AC/DC tributes around today, we will be playing the following shows with them:  Sat 17th July - Skipton Festival  &  Sat 28th Aug - Frontier, Batley Leeds

Tickets for our first show in Wales at 'The Muni Arts Centre' Pontypridd are said to be selling very fast now which is fantastic, special thanks to Marshall Rees for working so hard promoting this event, You are the man !!!!

Don't forget the bands next local show is at Doncaster Civic Theatre on Fri 2nd July with 'Bravado', there are still tickets left but advance sales according to the box office are said to be fantasic, so dont leave it too long to get yours.

Well our trip south started well, arriving in good time at the legendary The Standard music venue in Walthamstow, great soundcheck and stage sound, it was nice to see a full venue in these difficult times for venue owners as well, we had some special guests also making it on the night 'The Mercy House' boys. ''Great to see you all again!. It was a really rocking night. As we headed back to the hotel it was time for a can or two of the old amber nector. We arrived at Southend around lunch time for an afternoon set up and soundcheck giving us all the afternoon to see the sights including the famous Pier which Craig, John and Paul ventured down, by train I might add, '' It is a hell of a long way, trust me'' We hit the stage around 9.40pm and we have to say that the sound provided by Steve was first class, Steve filmed the show and the quality was quite amazing, hopefully we will be able to broadcast something from this very soon. Again brill turn out considering it was our first time there, and the comments received were amazing after the show, some people had travelled from Wolverhampton to see us in London and then here tonight which is totally awesome, ''Thanks for your support guy's'' As we hit the road we can all say it had been an amazing weekend.

Thanks to Steve, Amanda & Paul for making our time in the South one to remember!!

Check out our new site visitor counter on the home page and the Countries who have visited the site since we launched it on the 19th April 2010, just click on the counter to see more info.  Thanks to melodicrock.com listing our recent tour dates this week, its been a very busy month so far.

Many thanks to all who came out to support the band last weekend and the kind comments received on facebook and our myspace site. Moses Gate, Bolton was totally packed out and Rawmarsh yet gain felt a bit special. Our lighting man Fez must get a mention for providing us with a light show to die for, especially the new LED's for the backdrops, the effect was fantastic!!

So much has been happening in the AFJ camp recently, the band are set to play some dates in Europe this October, details on countries and venues will be announced shortly.

Tickets for 'Giants of Rock ' on Fri 2nd July at Doncaster Civic Theatre continue to sell very well, as do tickets for Rawmarsh on Sat 27th March.

Next Years dates are starting to come thick and fast and will see the band playing many new venues throughtout the country, including many theatres and much larger shows.

Rhodes Rock bookings are up on last years numbers and remember if you book through AFJ you will be invited to the bands social evening one day during the week on the ireland, there are currently 50 guests attending, Paul from the band will be over in Rhodes in April with Eddie to make final arrangements with a suitable bar/club to get us all in and hopefully blag a free drink or two from the owners for us all, whilst you can chat to the band and mix with all the other Foreigner & Journey fans from around the world. the date and time for the gathering should be finalised by May and details will be emailed directly to all of you who have already booked with us.

A Foreigners Journey played their first show in Newcastle tonight at Trillians, thanks to all the staff and crowd that made us feel so welcome and what a turn out, the place was packed out! judging from the comments after the show we dont think it will be long before we shall be playing there again.

Mick Burgess from Metal Express Radio came along to review the show, which we will post on the site as soon as we receive it.

All in AFJ want to thank everyone for an amazing night at The Wulfrun Hall last night, it was great to see all our new friends from RR09 again! Thanks to all the bands on the bill for making us feel so welcome and for their kind comments about the bands performance and their seal of approval for Jimi, Julian needs a big pat on the back for doing a sterling job of managing the event. It was great to see Eddie & Elaine at the front for AFJ :) There must have been around 800 die hard rockers in on the night who all gave AFJ their support in true Rhodes Rock style, this June is going to be something special we think!!

If you missed the show you can click on the link below to see some of AFJ's set featuring the track 'Seperate Ways'   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxVW8LHUnhw

Well its been quite a Month for the band.

All tracks recorded at Fairview Studio's in Hull have now be re-recorded with Jimi's lead vocals, only 3 have been mixed so far and can be found up and running on our Myspace site.

AFJ have now just agreed a deal for worldwide representaion, well everything outsite the UK. More details to follow on this.

The bands first date in Wales has now been confirmed, Fri 16th July at Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd, Paul from the band wants to thank Marshall Rees and Robert Jones for their commitment in making this happen :) Thanks fellas !!

Giants of Rock - Fri 2nd July Doncaster Civic Theatre tickets are now on sale and selling well please note 14 years olds and above are welcome at this event .

Rhodes to Wulfrun 'Rhodes 09 Reunion' this Saturday in Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall,  the band will be openning the event, on stage at 6.30pm so dont miss them!!! tickets are still available but are selling fast now!! See you all there and in the bar after, AFJ Merch T-shirts etc will be on sale on the night.

Well the Rhodes Rock 09 festival could not have gone better for AFJ it was an amazing time and all the other bands made them feel so welcome, a full photo page of the event will be added to the website soon including pic's from friends and the band and hopefully including some video footage of the gig.

Thanks to Eddie and Elaine for including the band!!! hope to see you at the reunion shown next year. 

Birdwell Club Show on Sat 10th Jan has now SOLD OUT!! Thanks to all of you who have bought tickets and for all your support.