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Foreigner's Lead Singer Kelly Hansen Retires: Meet Luis Maldonado, the Latino Rocker Taking Over

Hansen announced that lead guitarist Luis Maldonado will replace him as lead singer of the iconic band.

Latin Times

Foreigner lead singer Kelly Hansen announces departure from band during performance on The Voice season finale

Hansen joined the rock band as the third lead singer in 2005

The Independent UK

"At the end of the summer, a new great voice will sing these songs for you": Foreigner lead singer Kelly Hansen just announced his departure from the band on live TV in the middle of a performance, then handed straight over to his replacement

We're used to band line-up changes, but we've never seen anything quite like this

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Foreigner singer Kelly Hansen steps down

Foreigner singer Kelly Hansen has confirmed he's stepping down from the role of frontman with guitarist Luis Maldonado taking over vocal duties.

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"It's time to pass the mic": Foreigner singer Kelly Hansen announces he's leaving the band - new frontman confirmed

Hansen made the announcement on NBC's live show The Voice

Louder

‘We wanted Torvill and Dean skating in the video!’ How we made Godley & Creme’s Cry

‘Machines were revolutionising recording. We were told to lay down a 20-second backing track, a guide vocal – then go and play table tennis’

The Guardian - UK

“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

MusicRadar

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

Louder

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

Louder

"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?

Louder

“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

MusicRadar

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

"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

Louder

"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.

Louder

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!”

Louder

"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

MusicRadar

“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”

Louder

"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

Louder

"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

MusicRadar

“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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