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14 мар 2024 : |
FOREIGNER's JEFF PILSON Says 'Certain Hip-Hop Artists Deserve To Be In' ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME |
1 мар 2024 : |
FOREIGNER's RICK WILLS Says 'I Want To Know What Love Is' Was MICK JONES's Song: He 'Had That Whole Thing In His Head' |
22 фев 2024 : |
FOREIGNER's MICK JONES Reveals Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis |
21 фев 2024 : |
JEFF PILSON Says 'Ridiculously Bad' Royalty Rate For Music Streaming Is 'Unsustainable' |
17 фев 2024 : |
LOU GRAMM Seemingly Has No Recollection Of His Appearances With FOREIGNER In 2017 And 2018 |
13 фев 2024 : |
FOREIGNER's Manager: 'ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Is Fast Becoming A More Relevant, Inclusive And Vibrant Place' |
27 янв 2024 : |
FOREIGNER Announces 'Farewell - The Very Best Of Foreigner (Hot Blooded Edition)' |
24 янв 2024 : |
JEFF PILSON Talks FOREIGNER's Farewell Tour, Says Band May Have 'Some Other Things Happening In 2025' |
26 дек 2023 : |
JEFF PILSON On Bands Using Backing Tracks During Live Shows: 'The Problem About It Is That People Don't Mind It Anymore' |
11 дек 2023 : |
FOREIGNER's KELLY HANSEN: 'This Has Always Been A Two-Year Farewell' Tour |
13 ноя 2023 : |
JEFF PILSON Says FOREIGNER's Farewell Tour 'Has Been So Much Fun': 'We're In A Fantastic Place' |
23 окт 2023 : |
It Will Be A Cold Day In Hell Before FOREIGNER Gets Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME |
15 сен 2023 : |
FOREIGNER Wraps First Leg Of Two-Year Farewell Tour, Grosses Over $18 Million |
12 сен 2023 : |
Watch: FOREIGNER Joined By Original Keyboardist AL GREENWOOD And Classic-Era Bassist RICK WILLS At Uncasville Concert |
2 сен 2023 : |
JEFF PILSON Doesn't Know If FOREIGNER Will Play More Shows After Fall 2024 Las Vegas Residency |
24 авг 2023 : |
LOU GRAMM Says FOREIGNER's Exclusion From ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Is Based On 'A Personal Vendetta': 'It's Very Juvenile' |
24 авг 2023 : |
FOREIGNER's KELLY HANSEN: 'I Have A Cynical View Of What's Going Forward For The Music Business' |
17 авг 2023 : |
FOREIGNER's KELLY HANSEN Blasts Bands Who Are Not Giving Fans 'A Real Live Performance': 'Tell Them To Go F*** Themselves' |
8 авг 2023 : |
FOREIGNER's JEFF PILSON Reveals His Post-Farewell Tour Plans |
7 авг 2023 : |
KELLY HANSEN Explains Why FOREIGNER Deserves To Be Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME |
6 авг 2023 : |
FOREIGNER's JEFF PILSON Says He Will 'Probably' Continue Performing While Seated Until He Gets Surgery |
30 июл 2023 : |
FOREIGNER's KELLY HANSEN On Farewell Tour: 'We Haven't Decided Yet Where The Last Show's Gonna Be' |
27 июл 2023 : |
FOREIGNER's KELLY HANSEN Blasts 'Very, Very Dangerous' Concert Trend Of Throwing Objects At Artists |
9 июл 2023 : |
Watch: Injured JEFF PILSON Performs While Seated At FOREIGNER's Farewell Tour Kickoff |
7 июл 2023 : |
FOREIGNER Announces Tour Companion Album: 'Farewell - The Very Best of Foreigner' |
8 июн 2023 : |
KELLY HANSEN Wants To Figure Out What His Next Chapter Is After FOREIGNER Stops Touring |
1 июн 2023 : |
Watch FOREIGNER Perform In Fort Yates, North Dakota |
19 май 2023 : |
Watch FOREIGNER Perform "Juke Box Hero" With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; Official Video |
7 май 2023 : |
FOREIGNER's JEFF PILSON Dismisses 'Cover Band' Accusation: 'I Stand By What We Do A Thousand Percent' |
9 апр 2023 : |
LOU GRAMM: 'I Don't Understand How They Can Be Touring With No Original Members And Still Calling Themselves FOREIGNER' |
7 мар 2023 : |
FOREIGNER's KELLY HANSEN: 'I Have To Give Up Something Every Year In Order To Maintain The Status Quo Of My Vocal Quality' |
1 мар 2023 : |
FOREIGNER's JEFF PILSON Offers Update On MICK JONES's Health, Says It 'Feels Like The Right Time' To End The Band |
15 фев 2023 : |
FOREIGNER's KELLY HANSEN Wants To Spend More Time With His Family After Completion Of Farewell Tour |
29 янв 2023 : |
KELLY HANSEN On FOREIGNER's Final Tour: 'It's Gotten Tougher Every Year To Sing This Great Catalog Of Songs' |
16 ноя 2022 : |
FOREIGNER Announces Farewell Tour |
27 окт 2022 : |
LOU GRAMM On Current FOREIGNER Singer KELLY HANSEN: 'He Mimics My Style Right Down To The Ad-Libs, And I'm Offended By That' |
20 сен 2022 : |
Has FOREIGNER Talked About Calling It Quits? JEFF PILSON Responds |
4 авг 2022 : |
LOU GRAMM Believes FOREIGNER's Exclusion From ROCK HALL Is 'More Personal' Than It Is About Band's Qualifications |
3 авг 2022 : |
LOU GRAMM Accuses Current FOREIGNER Singer KELLY HANSEN Of 'Mimicking' Him: 'I Don't Take It As A Compliment' |
23 май 2022 : |
LOU GRAMM Says MICK JONES's 'Greed' Was Reason He Didn't Get Songwriting Credit On FOREIGNER's 'I Want To Know What Love Is' |
1 май 2022 : |
FOREIGNER Announce The Best Of Foreigner 4 Live: The Las Vegas Edition Vinyl Set, Available May 6 Exclusively At Walmart |
3 мар 2022 : |
JEFF PILSON Says FOREIGNER Is 'Not Letting Politics Get In The Way' Of Upcoming Tour With KID ROCK |
15 фев 2022 : |
FOREIGNER's MICK JONES On IAN MCDONALD: 'He Was A Musician Of Great Substance And Versatility' |
30 ноя 2021 : |
FOREIGNER Performs 'I Want to Know What Love Is' During Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (Video) |
26 авг 2021 : |
FOREIGNER's KELLY HANSEN On Touring During Pandemic: 'If I Get Sick, Or One Of Us Gets Sick, The Whole Thing Gets Shut Down' |
22 июл 2021 : |
LOU GRAMM Claims He Was 'Aced Out Of' Songwriting Credit On FOREIGNER's 'I Want To Know What Love Is' |
22 июн 2021 : |
FOREIGNER Announces 71-Date Summer/Fall 2021 U.S. Tour |
21 май 2021 : |
FOREIGNER Plays First Concert With New Guitarist LUIS MALDONADO (Video) |
20 май 2021 : |
FOREIGNER's THOM GIMBEL Officially Leaves Band After Nearly Three Decades: 'It's Time For Me To Finally Stop Touring' |
31 мар 2021 : |
JEFF PILSON Says FOREIGNER's 'Songs And Music Are More Famous Than The Band' |
24 мар 2021 : |
FOREIGNER Is Working On New Music |
19 мар 2021 : |
FOREIGNER's THOM GIMBEL To Leave Band After Nearly Three Decades |
2 мар 2021 : |
FOREIGNER's JEFF PILSON Doesn't Understand Anti-Maskers |
15 янв 2021 : |
JEFF PILSON Defends Social Media Companies In Banning TRUMP's Accounts: 'His Speech Clearly Can Incite Insurrection' |
7 янв 2021 : |
Why Has FOREIGNER Not Been Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME? The Reason Is 'Very, Very Simple,' Says JEFF PILSON |
25 дек 2020 : |
FOREIGNER's KELLY HANSEN: 'In This Day And Age, Writing Songs And Putting Out Records Is Not A Money-Making Proposition' |
19 дек 2020 : |
FOREIGNER To Play First Socially Distant Music Festival In U.S. |
27 ноя 2020 : |
FOREIGNER – KELLY HANSEN Selling Stage Worn Pants And Sneakers |
29 окт 2020 : |
FOREIGNER Shares Election-Inspired Version Of 'Feels Like The First Time' |
2 сен 2020 : |
FOREIGNER Release "Say You Will" Video From Double Vision: Then & Now Reunion Concert CD / DVD |
30 авг 2020 : |
FOREIGNER Release "Headknocker" Video From Double Vision: Then & Now Reunion Concert CD / DVD |
25 авг 2020 : |
FOREIGNER Release "Waiting For A Girl Like You" Video From Double Vision: Then & Now Reunion Concert CD / DVD |
21 авг 2020 : |
FOREIGNER Release "Double Vision" Video From Double Vision: Then & Now Reunion Concert CD / DVD |
26 май 2020 : |
FOREIGNER Reimagines 'I Want To Know What Love Is' For NETFLIX's 'The Lovebirds' (Video) |
19 май 2020 : |
FOREIGNER's Summer 2020 Tour With KANSAS And EUROPE Has Been Officially Canceled |
22 апр 2020 : |
Watch FOREIGNER Keyboardist MICHAEL BLUESTEIN Perform New Song Inspired By COVID-19 Pandemic |
28 фев 2020 : |
FOREIGNER’s Mick Jones Talks About Opening For THE BEATLES - “I Can Still Hear Those Words ‘Come And Have A Drink With The Boys’” |
22 фев 2020 : |
FOREIGNER Performs Classic Hit "Feels Like The First Time" Live At SiriusXM; Video |
2 фев 2020 : |
FOREIGNER Classic "Double Vision" Gets Harp Treatment From CAMILLE AND KENNERLY; Video |
8 ноя 2019 : |
Watch Original Members Of FOREIGNER Perform 'Feels Like The First Time' From 'Double Vision: Then And Now' DVD |
21 окт 2019 : |
Watch Original Members Of FOREIGNER Perform 'I Want To Know What Love Is' From 'Double Vision: Then And Now' DVD |
7 окт 2019 : |
Watch Original FOREIGNER Members Reunite On Stage In Atlantic City |
24 фев 2019 : |
FOREIGNER: Watch 'Double Vision' From 'Live At The Rainbow '78' Restored And Remastered Performance |
9 фев 2019 : |
FOREIGNER: Watch 'Hot Blooded' From 'Live At The Rainbow '78' Restored And Remastered Performance |
30 янв 2019 : |
FOREIGNER: 'Live At The Rainbow '78' Restored And Remastered Performance To Be Released In March |
2 дек 2018 : |
FOREIGNER's Original Members Perform Together In Atlantic City (Video) |
26 ноя 2018 : |
FOREIGNER's 'Jukebox Hero' Musical To Make World Premiere In Toronto |
13 ноя 2018 : |
LOU GRAMM On Current FOREIGNER Lineup: 'It's The Continued Legacy Of The Band' |
11 ноя 2018 : |
FOREIGNER's Original Members Reunite On Stage In Los Angeles (Video) |
7 авг 2018 : |
Watch FOREIGNER's Original Members Perform With Stevens High School Choir In Sturgis |
4 авг 2018 : |
Watch JASON BONHAM Rejoin FOREIGNER On Stage At Irvine Concert |
27 июн 2018 : |
FOREIGNER Announces Massive Reunion Concert With Original Members At Sturgis Buffalo Chip |
22 июн 2018 : |
Report: LOU GRAMM Fails To Appear At FOREIGNER's Syracuse Show; Fans Furious |
3 май 2018 : |
FOREIGNER: 'Urgent' Performance Video From 'Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus' DVD |
26 апр 2018 : |
FOREIGNER: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus' Album |
10 апр 2018 : |
Watch FOREIGNER Perform 'Say You Will' From 'Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus' |
8 мар 2018 : |
Watch FOREIGNER Perform 'Double Vision' From 'Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus' |
19 фев 2018 : |
FOREIGNER Announces First-Ever Orchestral Release Of Its Hits |
15 янв 2018 : |
FOREIGNER Legends MICK JONES, LOU GRAMM Join BILLY JOEL On Stage In New York City (Video) |
10 ноя 2017 : |
FOREIGNER To Be Rejoined By Drummer BRIAN TICHY For Five Shows |
12 окт 2017 : |
New FOREIGNER Musical, 'Jukebox Hero', To Premiere In Summer 2018 |
10 окт 2017 : |
Watch FOREIGNER Reunite With Original Members At Michigan Concerts |
15 сен 2017 : |
FOREIGNER To Be Rejoined By Original Members For Ultimate 40th-Anniversary Finale |
1 сен 2017 : |
Video: FOREIGNER Performs In Los Angeles During 40th-Anniversary Tour |
21 июл 2017 : |
FOREIGNER Reunites With LOU GRAMM, AL GREENWOOD And IAN MCDONALD For First Time Since 1980 (Video) |
17 июл 2017 : |
Video: FOREIGNER Performs In Hershey, Pennsylvania During 40th-Anniversary Tour |
10 июн 2017 : |
LOU GRAMM Says He Will Rejoin FOREIGNER For 'Half A Dozen' Songs At Several Shows On 40th-Anniversary Tour |
5 апр 2017 : |
FOREIGNER Celebrates Milestone 40th Anniversary With Career-Spanning Remastered Hits Collection |
22 мар 2017 : |
FOREIGNER Singer Says Making Full-Length Albums No Longer Makes Any Sense |
18 мар 2017 : |
FOREIGNER’s KELLY HANSEN And JEFF PILSON Perform “Feels Like The First Time” On Nights With ALICE COOPER; Video |
11 янв 2017 : |
LOU GRAMM Confirms He Will Rejoin FOREIGNER 'For A Song Or Two' On 40th-Anniversary Tour |
16 дек 2016 : |
Original FOREIGNER Members Reunite For Platinum Plaque Ceremony |
23 ноя 2016 : |
Video Premiere: FOREIGNER's 'The Flame Still Burns' |
18 ноя 2016 : |
FOREIGNER To Release 'The Flame Still Burns' EP For Record Store Day's Black Friday Event |
22 окт 2016 : |
FOREIGNER's First-Ever Official Biography Due In 2017 |
17 июл 2016 : |
FOREIGNER's Classic 'I Want To Know What Love Is' Gets Re-Recorded With NATE RUESS |
11 апр 2016 : |
FOREIGNER Is In Talks With LOU GRAMM About 40th-Anniversary Celebration, Says MICK JONES |
10 мар 2016 : |
LOU GRAMM Wants FOREIGNER's Original Lineup To Reunite For 40th Anniversary |
28 янв 2016 : |
FOREIGNER To Release Acoustic Album Benefiting Juvenile Diabetes |
8 авг 2015 : |
FOREIGNER Announces 'Hits Unplugged and Live' Charity Album For 2016 |
19 дек 2014 : |
FOREIGNER Release "Juke Box Hero" Video From The Best Of Foreigner 4 & More Live Album |
6 дек 2014 : |
FOREIGNER - The Best Of Foreigner 4 & More Live Album Out Now; New Video Trailer Streaming |
28 окт 2014 : |
FOREIGNER To Release The Best Of Foreigner 4 & More Live Album In December |
7 авг 2014 : |
FOREIGNER's 'The Complete Atlantic Studio Albums 1977-1991' Due In October |
8 июл 2014 : |
Ex-FOREIGNER Singer LOU GRAMM Says He Will Get Together With MICK JONES In September To Work On New Music |
18 апр 2014 : |
MICK JONES And LOU GRAMM Eyeing New FOREIGNER Music For 2015 |
16 янв 2014 : |
FOREIGNER To Release 'I Want To Know What Love Is - The Ballads' |
5 окт 2013 : |
FOREIGNER On KLOS 95.5 FM: Interview, Acoustic Performance (Video) |
28 июл 2013 : |
FOREIGNER: Quality Fan-Filmed Footage Of Hanau Concert |
3 май 2013 : |
LOU GRAMM On Possible FOREIGNER Farewell Tour - "It Would Be Really Great To Do That Instead Of Leaving It With Such A Bitter And Unfinished Ending" |
23 окт 2012 : |
FOREIGNER's Mick Jones Rocks Again After Heart Attack |
12 апр 2012 : |
FOREIGNER's 'Alive & Rockin'' To Receive CD Release In May |
29 фев 2012 : |
FOREIGNER Guitarist MICK JONES Recuperating From Heart Surgery |
13 авг 2011 : |
Former FOREIGNER Singer Accuses Band\'s Current Lineup Of \'Misleading\' Fans |
11 авг 2011 : |
FOREIGNER To Release \'Acoustique\' In September |
30 июл 2011 : |
FOREIGNER - Feels Like The First Time CD/DVD Package Due In September |
12 ноя 2010 : |
FOREIGNER: \'Can\'t Slow Down - When It\'s Live\' Due Next Week |
29 янв 2010 : |
FOREIGNER To Release \'Can\'t Slow Down\' In March |
7 авг 2009 : |
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14 ноя 2024
JEFF PILSON 'Would Not Be Surprised' If FOREIGNER Farewell Tour Continued 'Well Past 2025'
In a new interview with The Logan Show, FOREIGNER bassist Jeff Pilson addressed the fact that he and his bandmates are often dismissed as a glorified cover band, particularly since founding guitarist Mick Jones no longer regularly tours with the act.
The only remaining original member of FOREIGNER, Jones suffered from some health issues beginning in 2011, eventually resulting in heart surgery in 2012. This past February, Jones revealed on social media that he was battling Parkinson's disease, which explained his absence from FOREIGNER's live shows since 2022.
Joining Jones and Pilson in FOREIGNER's current lineup are Kelly Hansen on vocals, Michael Bluestein on keyboards, Bruce Watson on guitar, Chris Frazier on drums and Luis Maldonado on guitar.
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 Pilson, among others.
Regarding the criticism the current FOREIGNER lineup faces for not featuring any original members, Pilson said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, the ticket sales sort of speak for themselves. Listen, I understand where people are coming from. I understand it. But I also know that with FOREIGNER, the songs are really the legacy. And so my job, as musical director, is to make sure that the songs sound and deliver in a way that they should. And I think I'm doing my job because… Yes, there are haters online — of course — but I think there's not as many as you might think. I think their voices are louder than the amount of people doing it, because the ticket sales do speak for themselves and the offers from promoters speak for themselves. We are very well established as FOREIGNER right now. So, again, if people don't wanna come because there's no original members, that's okay. I understand that. But if you wanna come and hear FOREIGNER songs done really, really well, come to our show."
Elaborating on what being FOREIGNER's musical director entails, Jeff said: "Well, yes, I decide the setlist. And, listen, it's an easy job in the respect that everybody's a great musician, everybody listens. I mean, that's how you got to be in the band, is 'cause you were gonna fill that position well. So it's not like I have to ride herd on anybody, but I have to listen and I have to make sure, 'Hey, don't get too carried away doing this' or 'let's keep the vocals tight on this thing.' Yeah, I have to kind of ongoingly do that, but it's a very easy job because we all have the same vision and that's the biggest part of it. So, again, I kind of think of it as an easy job, but I take it very seriously. And it's very important to me that the delivery we give to people is a hundred percent. And I feel like we do that every night. So, I'm very, very confident in what we do."
Pilson also talked about FOREIGNER's recent announcement that it was extending its farewell tour and including a celebration of the band's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction. Original bandmembers will join them at select shows starting with FOREIGNER's sold-out three-week fall residency at the Venetian, Las Vegas. Both Rick Wills and Al Greenwood, who are frequent guests of FOREIGNER, will sit in with the band they helped create for the entire residency. Discussions are in hand to include Gramm as FOREIGNER moves toward its 50th anniversary in 2026.
Asked how long he thinks the FOREIGNER farewell tour will continue on, Pilson said: "Well, when we first decided — we did at one point think that this was gonna be the end of the road, and then the pressure just got too great. And then with the Rock Hall, it just became obvious that we had to continue… that maybe we're gonna not do the long nine-and-ten-months-of-the-year road stuff anymore. And that's kind of what we mean by a farewell tour. We always anticipated that in 2025 we'd be doing other things, like perhaps getting some new music out, and we came to the acceptance that we were gonna be doing shows in 2025 during the course of the year; we came to accept that. Now we're realizing, okay, it's gonna be more than we thought. It's not a nine-and-10-month-of-the-year tour, though. So in that sense, the farewell of that has happened. But how long do I see it going? I see it going a while with the momentum that we've established. So, I would not be surprised if we continue well past '25."
FOREIGNER was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on October 19. Gramm, Greenwood and Wills were present to accept the award, while Jones and Dennis Elliott sat out the ceremony. (Jones's daughter, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, was on hand to help accept the award.) Ian McDonald and Ed Gagliardi died in 2022 and 2014, respectively.
The induction ceremony was held at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. It aired live on Disney+. An edited three-hour prime-time special will follow, premiering on New Year's Day on ABC, and become available for streaming the following day on Hulu and Disney+.
To be eligible for this year's ballot, each nominee's first single or album had to have been released in 1999 or earlier.
Eligible since 2002, FOREIGNER has had a huge number of rock hits, including "Cold As Ice", "Double Vision", "Hot Blooded", "I Want To Know What Love Is", "Juke Box Hero" and "Urgent", and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, with no wins.
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