Foghat Best Of Goes Gold

New York (Top40 Charts/ Rhino) - British classic rockers Foghat continue to experience an incredible resurgence throughout the world - but especially the U.S., where their sixteen-track compilation, 'The Best of Foghat,'recently obtained gold-certification (500,000 copies sold).

The collection, which was originally issued in 1989, includes all of Foghat's hits and rock radio standards, including such anthems as "Slow Ride," "I Just Want to Make Love to You," "Fool for the City," "Drivin' Wheel," and "Ride, Ride, Ride," among others. This is the group's eleventh gold or platinum award overall.

Much can be attributed to Foghat's long-lasting popularity and increased album/ticket sales of late, as the quartet continues to tour relentlessly - as evidenced by such strong recent live releases 'Live II' [2007] and 'Live at the Blues Warehouse' [2009], and strong concert reviews. Foghat has also reached a whole generation of young fans due to their all-time classic road anthem, ""Slow Ride"," being the first song on the popular 'Guitar Hero III' videogame, in addition to recently being sung by Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta on '"American Idol"' to millions of viewers, as well as being used in various commercials (Honda Odyssey, Carl's Jr, Ace Hardware) and movies (Wild Hogs'). And Foghat refuses to stand still, as the group continues to tour - as evidenced by their live summer and fall schedule - and is hard at work on a blues CD and a new DVD, both of which will be issued by the end of year.