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http://www.foreigneronline.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/foreignermusic
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Foreigner/

18 дек 2025 :	FOREIGNER's 'Playlist: The Very Best Of Foreigner' Certified Gold By RIAA
9 дек 2025 :	Watch: LOU GRAMM Performs With FOREIGNER In Port Chester, New York
2 дек 2025 :	LOU GRAMM Says He Has A 'Nice Friendship' With Current Lineup Of FOREIGNER Now
13 окт 2025 :	Watch: KELLY HANSEN Says Emotional Goodbye To FOREIGNER At His Final Show With The Band
30 сен 2025 :	FOREIGNER's LUIS MALDONADO: All The Fans 'Are Excited That The Band Is Gonna Continue'
8 сен 2025 :	LOU GRAMM On Current Lineup Of FOREIGNER: 'They Do The Name Proud'
19 авг 2025 :	FOREIGNER's 50th-Anniversary Concert On Ellis Island To Be Filmed For Upcoming Documentary
12 авг 2025 :	FOREIGNER Announces 'The Hits Unplugged' Benefit Concert
5 авг 2025 :	LOU GRAMM Explains Why Now Is Right Time For Him To Hit The Road With FOREIGNER
12 июл 2025 :	FOREIGNER Announce Foreigner 4 Deluxe; Original Lead Singer LOU GRAMM To Join Headline Tour
29 июн 2025 :	Watch: LOU GRAMM Performs FOREIGNER Classics In St. Petersburg, Florida
28 июн 2025 :	KELLY HANSEN On His Final Tour With FOREIGNER: 'I'm Just Trying To Soak It All In And Have A Joyful Time With It'
15 июн 2025 :	FOREIGNER Records Special Version Of 'I Want To Know What Love Is' With Members Of Inland Master Chorale
5 июн 2025 :	LOU GRAMM 'Would Love To' Continue Touring With FOREIGNER As A Guest Singer: 'I'm Enjoying It Immensely'
1 июн 2025 :	KELLY HANSEN On 'Emotion' Of His Upcoming Final Concert With FOREIGNER: 'Hopefully I Can Hold It Together And Do It'
24 май 2025 :	KELLY HANSEN On Decision To Leave FOREIGNER: 'It's Time For Me To Do Other Things In My Life While I Still Can'
24 май 2025 :	LOU GRAMM On FOREIGNER's 'I Want To Know What Love Is': 'We Were Worried' Releasing A Song Like That Would 'Damage Our Rock Reputation'
22 май 2025 :	KELLY HANSEN Says He Still Has 'A Lot Of Rocking To Do' With FOREIGNER
21 май 2025 :	KELLY HANSEN Announces He Will Leave FOREIGNER At End Of Summer 2025 Tour
19 май 2025 :	FOREIGNER And Mexican Singer JOY HUERTA Share Music Video For Spanish Version Of 'I Want To Know What Love Is'
14 май 2025 :	Watch: FOREIGNER Performs With LOU GRAMM In Santiago, Chile During Spring 2025 Latin American Tour
3 май 2025 :	FOREIGNER Releases Spanish-Language Version Of 'Urgent'
2 май 2025 :	LOU GRAMM Says He Will Continue Performing With FOREIGNER 'For Another Year Or So'
30 апр 2025 :	Watch: FOREIGNER Joined By Original Singer LOU GRAMM For Four Songs At Mexico City Concert
23 апр 2025 :	FOREIGNER's MICK JONES Releases New Song 'Shelter From The Storm' In Honor Of Parkinson's Awareness Month
22 апр 2025 :	FOREIGNER To Perform With Orchestra In Las Vegas In March 2026

24 авг 2023

FOREIGNER's KELLY HANSEN: 'I Have A Cynical View Of What's Going Forward For The Music Business'

In a new interview with the "In Search Of Excellence" podcast, FOREIGNER singer Kelly Hansen was asked for his opinion on the current state of the music business and where it is going. Kelly responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I wish I wasn't as cynical as I am, especially with AI now.

"I was sitting in a restaurant next to a very famous rapper, and I didn't know who he was, but we started up a conversation. We were right next to each other at the sushi bar. I bought him a sake and we started talking, and I was very curious about what the current artists are doing. And I said, 'Where do your revenue streams come from?' And he said, 'Live.' And I'm like, 'What?' I'm like, 'That's the only place we make money.' He goes, 'I use social media to direct to live,' and we use, you know, years of people knowing the music and continuing to put on a great show to drive people to live.

"Live is the only place you're making any money," Hansen explained. "If you have a giant catalog of hits, I would've suggested you sold it 10 years ago, because I can't see a scenario where your catalog's gonna make more. It's not gonna have a a growth life to it unless something happens. But what I see now is everybody's stealing everything and no one's paying anybody anything. And if I can steal Frank Sinatra's voice in AI to make a TikTok clip that gets me a hundred thousand followers or likes or listens, and it makes me add money, what the hell? What's going on? What does Frank Sinatra's estate say about that? I've done so many interviews and sung so many songs, I could be AIed tomorrow and no one would need me anymore.

"So I feel that I'm making a wise choice [by retiring from touring]. I have a cynical view of what's going forward for the music business.

"I read a story, and I verified it with a playlist, that there is a certain music platform out there that's creating songs by computer," Kelly added. "And the same song is by 40 different bands and 40 different arrangements, 40 different titles, and it's the same song. And because they know that if you have 15 songs an hour in a playlist, they have to pay out their minuscule royalties to 15 songwriting entities. But if a third of that, or 20% of that, is computer-created content. They don't have to pay anybody anything. So now they have a 20 or 30% saving on the royalties they have to pay out when they're already making billions of dollars on subscriptions, and the artist is getting absolutely nothing anymore. So how can I have a positive view of that?"

FOREIGNER's farewell tour kicked off on July 6 at Atlanta's Ameris Bank Amphitheatre,

For the first leg of the U.S. Live Nation-produced trek, FOREIGNER is being joined by LOVERBOY.

The only remaining original member of FOREIGNER, guitarist Mick Jones suffered from some health issues beginning in 2011, eventually resulting in heart surgery in 2012. Ever since, it is never announced whether he will be appearing with the band for specific shows — it just depends how he is feeling.

After singer Lou Gramm left FOREIGNER in 2003, Jones took some time off before regrouping a couple years later with an entirely new lineup, featuring Hansen and bassist Jeff Pilson, among others.

Gramm was the voice on FOREIGNER's biggest hits, including "Feels Like The First Time" and "Cold As Ice" from the band's eponymous debut in 1977, and later songs like "Hot Blooded" and "I Want To Know What Love Is".

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