In his tenure, the band had numerous Top 5 albums and singles. [17], Their 2005 BMG album, Extended Versions, featured the new line-up playing all their classic hits live in concert in one of the most "studio like, clean sounding" live album recordings produced. Foreigner School Choir Contest Jones was able to join the band on March 9, 2022 at the St. Augustine Amphitheater performance. So I think that what's gonna happen is whatever other things we release in the next couple of years, there will be some new songs added to it. Lou graduated from Gates-Chili High School in Rochester. Later on, the. [26], In Hartford, Connecticut on June 24, 2015, Foreigner began a summer tour as the opening act for Kid Rock.[27]. [citation needed]. In the late 1990s, Hurricane achieved some moderate commercial success. Jones got together with New York keyboardist Al Greenwood (who had just played with former Flash members Colin Carter and Mike Hough in a group called Storm), drummer Stan Williams and Louisiana bassist Jay Davis (later with Rod Stewart) and began jamming. Once more details are available on who he is dating, we will update this section. Will FOREIGNER Continue Touring After MICK JONES Retires? 'We've Never In a July 2018 interview with OC Weekly, bassist Jeff Pilson said that Foreigner had no plans to release a new studio album, but would continue to release singles periodically. ", "Foreigner Reunite With Lou Gramm, Al Greenwood and Ian McDonald for the First Time Since 1980", "Foreigner Announces Then and Now Concerts With All Original And Current Members", "Thom Gimbel Officially Leaves Foreigner", "Rock's Foreigner in a New Land Of Hit Records and Sellout Crowds", "One-On-One With Whitesnake's Joel Hoekstra", "Foreigner Play Up Their Past At Artpark", No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Foreigner_band_members&oldid=1152162357, CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes), Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from April 2023, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. 3 on the Rock Tracks chart and the top 30 on the Hot 100. The breadth of their popularity expanded internationally, including in the United States, with their 1975 album Hair of the Dog, which featured their hits "Hair of the Dog" and a cover of the ballad "Love Hurts". 3 hit in both countries, and the title track, a US No. 4 on Rock Tracks) and the top 30 in several other countries. By 1998, the band was back on the road, but Gramm was visibly struggling and it would take him several years to get back to the point where he felt comfortable on stage. On July 25, 2004, in Santa Barbara, California, at Fess Parker's DoubleTree Resort, Jones appeared at a benefit show for muscular dystrophy dubbed "Mick Jones & Friends" that included: Jeff Jacobs, Thom Gimbel, former Dokken bass player Jeff Pilson, future Black Country Communion drummer Jason Bonham (son of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham and leader of Bonham) and Bonham singer Chas West.