FOREIGNER To Rock 99th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade®
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With 10 multi-platinum albums, FOREIGNER is universally hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in the world, with a formidable musical arsenal that continues to propel sold-out tours and album sales, exceeding 80 million. Now, FOREIGNER will bring the ultimate holiday cheer by rocking the Stranger Things float in the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® on Thursday, November 27.
The beloved Netflix series debuts its highly anticipated fifth and final season in three volumes at 5 p.m. PT: four episodes on November 26, three episodes on Christmas, and The Finale on New Year’s Eve.
Stranger Things will take over the streets of Manhattan this Thanksgiving as the brand-new 'Upside Down Invasion: Stranger Things' float makes its debut in the 99th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade®. The Upside Down will thrill audiences on the streets of New York and across America as a Demogorgon creates chaos along the Parade route.
Each year, the Parade brings together millions of people to celebrate the joy and magic of the season with the nation’s premiere holiday experience, featuring a world-class lineup of iconic character balloons, fantastical floats, music’s biggest talents, and the one-and-only Santa Claus.
FOREIGNER is responsible for some of rock and roll’s most enduring anthems including “Juke Box Hero,” “Cold As Ice,” “Hot Blooded,” “Waiting For A Girl Like You,” “Feels Like The First Time,” “Urgent,” “Head Games,” “Say You Will,” and the worldwide #1 hit and member of Spotify’s exclusive Billions Club, “I Want To Know What Love Is.” Now, Rock & Roll Hall of Famers FOREIGNER will team up with Netflix to bring one of their iconic songs, “Cold As Ice” to the “Stranger Things” float. Still rocking the charts almost 50 years into the game with massive airplay and continued Billboard “Top 200” album success, streams of FOREIGNER’s hits are over 15 million per week.
FOREIGNER is proud of the band’s relationship with Netflix. Stranger Things has featured “Cold As Ice,” “Hot Blooded” and “Waiting For A Girl Like You,” while Happy Gilmore 2 relied upon “Juke Box Hero” to drive a pivotal four-minute sequence in the blockbuster movie. FOREIGNER’s music has experienced a surge in popularity in recent years thanks to usage in primetime television, major motion pictures, video games, advertising, and digital content. Films such as “Rock of Ages,” “Bad Moms,” “Angry Birds,” “Magic Mike,” “Pitch Perfect,” “Good Boys,” “The Eternals,” and television shows “Orange Is The New Black,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Tacoma FD,” “Wednesday,” and “Euphoria” have all strongly featured FOREIGNER’s songs. Advertisers including Toyota, Google, Molson, and Ford have turned to FOREIGNER’s music to engage their fans.
Audiences nationwide can watch the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade only on the official telecast on NBC and Peacock, broadcast live starting at 8:30 a.m. ET/CT. To follow and participate in the excitement, check out @macys on various social platforms and follow #MacysParade. For more information, visit macys.com/parade.
FOREIGNER‘s founder is Songwriters Hall of Fame member Mick Jones. A visionary maestro whose stylistic songwriting, indelible guitar hooks and multi-layered talents continue to escalate FOREIGNER‘s influence and guide the band to new horizons. FOREIGNER is Luis Maldonado on lead vocals and guitar, noted Dokken bassist Jeff Pilson, Michael Bluestein on keyboards, lead guitarist Bruce Watson, and Chris Frazier on drums.
More about FOREIGNER — including individual band member bios, tour dates, merchandise, and more — can be found on the band’s official website, www.foreigneronline.com.
ABOUT STRANGER THINGS:
A love letter to the ’80s classic genre films that captivated a generation, Stranger Things is a thrilling drama set in the seemingly normal Midwestern town of Hawkins, Indiana. After a boy vanishes into thin air, his close-knit group of friends and family search for answers and are pulled into a high-stakes and deadly series of events. Beneath the surface of their ordinary town lurks an extraordinary supernatural mystery, along with top-secret government experiments and a dangerous gateway that connects our world to a powerful yet sinister realm. Friendships will be tested and lives will be altered as what they discover will change Hawkins and possibly the world — forever.
Created by The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things debuted in 2016 and quickly became one of Netflix’s most popular television series ever, with its fourth season alone amassing over 140.7M views globally. Rooted in ‘80s nostalgia, it boosted Kate Bush’s track “Running Up That Hill” into the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in its 38-year history. The series has also garnered over 70 awards worldwide including Emmys® and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, and has been nominated for over 230 awards. The highly anticipated fifth and final season will release later this year in three volumes at 5 p.m. PT: four episodes on November 26, three episodes on Christmas, and The Finale on New Year’s Eve.
The beloved franchise offers fans various ways to engage with the cultural phenomenon year-round, including: the Olivier and Tony-award winning stage play, Stranger Things: The First Shadow; a collection of books that takes fans deeper into the story; the touring Stranger Things Experience, which recently expanded to Brazil and Australia; Stranger Things: Escape the Dark; a brand-new immersive experience set to open at Netflix House later this year; Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85, an animated series will take fans back to Hawkins; fans celebrate November 6 — the day Will Byers went missing — as Stranger Things Day; and they can follow @StrangerThingsThings for fun ways to bring the world into their everyday lives.
Source: VANESSA MENKES COMMUNICATIONS
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