If a 40th Anniversary reunion tour becomes a reality and, “… hopefully feasible and possible to pull it off next year,” as Jones relates, It may include a line-up of original members including Lou Gramm, Ian McDonald, Al Greenwood, Dennis Elliot and Rick Wills.Īt just a little after 8:00 p.m. Jones has recently discussed, in a 2016 interview, a possible 40th anniversary reunion tour, featuring the Head Games era lineup. The band’s debut album, Foreigner was released in 1977 and featured the mega-hits “Cold as Ice,” “Feel’s Like the First Time” and “Long, Long Way From Home.” This year marks the 40th anniversary of Foreigner and the band has currently been promoting the iconic success of the band with Foreigner40 merchandise from t-shirts to guitar picks and highlighting the milestone at every show. Especially Bruce Watson, who is handling Jones amazing and timeless guitar work on all the Foreigner classics from “Hot Blooded” to “Feel’s Like the First Time,” “Dirty White Boy” and more.įoreigner, one of the world’s best selling bands of all time with worldwide sales exceeding 80 million records, formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran English musician Mick Jones and American vocalist Lou Gramm. Jones, who has been hit or miss as of late due to speculated health issues was surely missed at the Turning Stone show, however the band which he cherry picked to become the new generation of Foreigner, picks up in his absence in superb form. For all intents and purposes, it really is Foreigner with Jones still performing when he is able. Close your eyes and you would swear this is the original Foreigner. The seasoned band, most who have been with this current version of Foreigner for the greater part of the last decade play the music as it was most likely heard in 1983. The band performs all the classic and top Foreigner hits flawlessly, never missing a beat, a lick or even a second of doubt. Red Oni, Blue Oni: By all accounts, Lou Gramm was Hot Blooded while Mick Jones was Cold As Ice.Despite the fact that original Foreigner founding member and guitarist Mick Jones was not on stage last Tuesday, July 26, at the Turning Stone Event Center was not indicative of Foreigner’s inability to turn heads, wow the audience and put on a huge rock show at its sold out shows wherever it is on tour.Record Producer: Starting with Head Games, Mick Jones produced all of the group's albums in collaboration with another producer (most famously, Mutt Lange co-produced the number one album 4).Pun-Based Title: Their hit album 4 was named after the amount of band members at the time (Gramm, Jones, Elliott, and Wills), as well as being their 4th studio album.That song has lately become a Black Sheep Hit or Old Shame for the band, as they've admitted to wishing they never recorded it at all. "I Want to Know What Love Is" is a particularly famous example. Ode to Intoxication: "Double Vision" is sung from the perspective of an alcoholic and/or drug addict who is unrepentant about the problems his habit causes, and asks only for someone to "fill eyes with that double vision".Meaningful Name: The band was named for the fact that half of the original line-up was American and the other half British.
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