![]() ![]() By the response that the original band has received at the live shows, I was kind of stunned when we finished our last song, and the applause was thunderous and people got out out of their seats. So by having the original band onstage with the current band gives the audience… There's a large portion of the audiences, I think, that may have never heard the original band, 'cause it's been a while. I can't say I'm thrilled with it, but I understand it. So he started the current version of FOREIGNER. And I understand that when we stopped performing together that he still had the itch to keep a band going. And that didn't stop for years and years. " Mick and I, right off the bat, were a very potent and creative writing team. "I'm very, very proud of the music," he said. Gramm went on to say that he isn't opposed to the current version of FOREIGNER continuing to perform the music that he helped create. ![]() And I think that first show as a reunion, they sounded better than they ever did when the band was together. But we had about three or four months from the time we decided to play till the time we actually played, and the guys who hadn't played dug up their equipment and started practicing. And when the talk of the reunion was brought up and everybody was excited about it, I was worried that if we played live, their deficiencies would show. There were a few of the guys that stopped playing after. Last November's "Double Vision: Then And Now" concerts - which were held in Los Angeles, California Rancho Mirage, California Atlantic City, New Jersey and Uncasville, Connecticut - featured current and original members of FOREIGNER, including Jones, drummer Dennis Elliott, keyboardist Al Greenwood, bassist Rick Wills and guitarist/saxophonist Ian McDonald.Īsked what it was like to perform with FOREIGNER again, Gramm told "The Eddie Trunk Podcast": "It's been sensational. If fans wish for refunds on tickets an option for refunds is possible and can be received at point of purchase prior to the start of the show. The FOREIGNER "Double Vision: Then & Now" tour will go on with other original members as they join Jones and the current lineup of FOREIGNER when they perform at Mohegan Sun Arena on October 3 at 7:30 p.m. Rock on!"įellow original band member Mick Jones expressed: "We will all miss Lou at our upcoming shows and we join all his family, friends, and fans in wishing him a speedy recovery." My doctor insists if I pushed myself to perform, I would be in big trouble. Gramm stated: "I'm very disappointed about not being able to perform at the FOREIGNER 'Double Vision: Then & Now' shows for all the fans. Unfortunately, at his recent follow-up appointment, his doctor pronounced him unable to perform at these shows. He hoped to be ready to appear during the FOREIGNER "Double Vision: Then & Now" tour and some scheduled shows with ASIA. Lou Gramm, original lead singer of FOREIGNER, was hospitalized at the Unity Hospital at Park Ridge in Rochester, New York last week with a severe respiratory infection, dehydration and fatigue. ![]()
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