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“I was in a club and Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon came up to me and said, ‘I hear we’re in the running for the prize for spending the most time and money in a studio!’”: The epic story of Foreigner 4, the AOR masterpiece that helped shape 80s rock

Foreigner 4 is one of the greatest rock albums of the 80s – and one of the most expensive

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“He went into this trance state as he played. I’d be sitting there at the console and he would lean on me while he was playing. And it was kind of weird – it was like it was coming through me”: A close encounter with the genius of Eddie Van Halen

The insider's view of how EVH reinvented himself on the 5150 album

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Foreigner will complete their Historic Farewell Tour with four different singers – and one of them has recorded Spanish versions of their hits

It's complicated

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Foreigner's farewell tour will visit Canada with a singer and actor from Nova Scotia as frontman

"He is not only a consummate vocalist, but a verified Broadway actor to boot" - Mick Jones

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"Like remembering your 16-year-old self watch your parents dance at a wedding": Bad Company fail to recapture old glories on Desolation Angels

Made between the much-derided Burnin' Sky and the much-derided Rough Diamonds, Desolation Angels was heralded as a return to form - but was it?

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“The song was an expression of my tempestuous private life. This stuff is real!”: The emotional ’80s ballad that’s just reached one billion streams

It was No 1 in 1984

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"The Boston Symphony hasn't changed its name, so why should Foreigner?": Mick Jones looks back on 50 often fractious years with one of rock's most successful bands

Mick Jones steered Foreigner to instant success, but with a self-confessed "bit of a control freak" at the helm it was often far from plain sailing

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"In the current world there is little that could be more challenging and complex than achieving peace and love": Slovenian industrial music titans Laibach release uplifting cover of Foreigner's I Wanna Know What Love Is

What a way to start 2025

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'Kraven The Hunter' Review: Sony's Spider-Verse Goes Out With A Whimper

Sony's latest superhero film was supposed to save the Spider-Verse, but it lacks a killer instinct.

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The best albums, the biggest shows, and the megastars who rocked our world - only in Classic Rock's Best Of 2024 special edition

Also in this issue: AC/DC, David Gilmour, Foreigner, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Ghost Bruce Dickinson, Hawkwind, the Black Crowes and more - and three exclusive gifts

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“What am I doing there singing a ballad? I’m a rock singer!”: Lou Gramm, the original voice of Foreigner, blasts the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

He snaps: “Whoever is responsible, I’m not happy!”

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"We found out last minute that it was the 'new Foreigner' who was gonna be playing... it sticks in my craw": Lou Gramm slams the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame for snubbing the original Foreigner members

Lou Gramm has shed some light on what went on behind the scenes as Foreigner were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

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"Yeah man, we blew 'em off the stage": Sammy Hagar on the time he trash-talked Foreigner, the band he's just inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

The Red Rocker also reveals he wanted to audition for Foreigner, but Mick Jones couldn't afford it

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“I was going to buy a Minimoog because Keith Emerson had one. I was in the store and I was trying it out and I hear a voice behind me say ‘you don’t want that’”: Why Foreigner’s Al Greenwood said no to the Minimoog and bought a little-known synth instead

“It played two notes at a time, which was unbelievable - to be able to play almost a chord with it - and it had four oscillators instead of three”

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"Not even Zeppelin or the Stones had ever done what we did": How Mick Jones invented Foreigner and paved the way for the multi-million-selling albums that dominated the next decade

Against all expectations, Foreigner's debut album sold millions. This is the real story behind one of the biggest debut albums ever

International Business Times

Cher, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy Osbourne Among Rock Hall Of Fame Inductees

Cher, Mary J. Blige and Ozzy Osbourne were among this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, an elite group formally introduced into the music pantheon Saturday at a star-studded concert gala.

The Independent UK

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony has a poignant vibe this year

The Rock & Roll Hall Fame induction ceremony on Saturday night promises to be starry, jamming — and bittersweet

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"Don’t look too hard, we will not be there": Foreigner's original drummer backs out of Hall Of Fame induction - and Mick Jones won't be there either

The Hall Of Fame is having another interesting year

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“John Lennon’s death had a huge effect on me. He was the one who invited me to drink with The Beatles”: How Foreigner’s Mick Jones connected with a hero

The guitarist experienced Beatlemania first-hand

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“You had Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and all these great guitar players, but Jimi blew everybody’s socks off!”: Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones on the genius of Hendrix

The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductee witnessed the power of Hendrix up close

The Independent UK

After years of finding the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame cold as ice, Foreigner now knows what love is

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is about to rectify a wrong that some rock fans may celebrate with their lighters up in the air — the band Foreigner will be finally welcomed in

The Independent UK

Peter Frampton finally finds Rock & Roll Hall of Fame doors open to him

A year after he appeared on the stage supporting Sheryl Crow's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Peter Frampton finds the doors of the hallowed institution open to him

Louder

Listen to Foreigner's previously unreleased Turning Back The Time featuring Lou Gramm

Turning Back The Time comes from an upcoming, career-spanning Foreigner collection of the same name

The Guardian - AU

Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey on their new duo: ‘The party hasn’t started until the sax solo’

Fanning Dempsey National Park sounds like neither Powderfinger nor Something for Kate. Instead it’s an ode to the 70s and 80s

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Rock'n'roll pioneer and 'Titan of Twang' Duane Eddy dead at 86

Duane Eddy hits like Peter Gunn and Rebel Rouser were an influence on a generation of future guitar heroes

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