Foreigner Brings Their 50th Anniversary Tour to the Olympic Athletic Center

One of the biggest international arena-rock acts to play Athens in years arrives this summer. Foreigner brings their 50th Anniversary Tour to the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens on June 27 — the band's first full Greek run since their 2019 European tour. For a setlist packed with "Cold As Ice," "Hot Blooded," "Juke Box Hero," "I Want to Know What Love Is," and "Feels Like the First Time," the booking is the kind of stadium-scale rock nostalgia the Greek summer concert calendar thrives on.

The Olympic Athletic Center (OAKA) was built for the 2004 Olympics and remains Greece's largest outdoor concert venue, holding 75,000 for concerts. Foreigner's recent Hall of Fame induction brought renewed attention to the band, and their European dates have been hitting hard — expect a tight 90-minute set with guitar pyrotechnics and the kind of collective singalong only classic rock can reliably deliver.

If you're going: OAKA is in Maroussi, accessible via Metro Line 1 to Irini station. Parking is available but rideshare is recommended. Doors typically open two hours before the opener.

Sources: Concerts50 Athens, Panathenaic Stadium events