Foreigner’s present singer Kelly Hansen has revealed he isn’t against sharing the stage with Lou Gramm, who fronted the group from 1976 to 1990, regardless of the 2 having a rocky previous.
“The door is at all times open to all the unique members, all of the surviving members of the band to come back and play with us,” Hansen mentioned throughout an look on The SDR Present. “I encourage that and I actually take pleasure in doing it. I’ve at all times beloved having these guys and revered every thing that they’ve completed, regardless that generally it isn’t at all times reciprocal.”
Hansen beforehand shared the stage with Gramm in 2017 and 2018 when Foreigner celebrated their fortieth anniversary. Because the band is on the point of head out on a farewell tour this yr, hypothesis that Gramm might make an look has been floating round.
Nonetheless, Hansen and Gramm haven’t at all times had the very best relationship. Gramm advised SiriusXM host Eddie Trunk las yr that he was offended by Hansen, who he claims “mimics my model proper all the way down to the ad-libs.” He defined, “I simply suppose that if he is gonna sing the songs, he may sing the melodies which might be acquainted, however in relation to the ad-libs and all of the little issues that set me apart as a vocalist once I sing them, he ought to make his personal up. He ought to have his personal ad-libs which might be his personal; he would not must mimic me.”
Hansen, who has been Foreigner’s lead singer since 2005, responded to the criticism on the SDR Present. “In the event you’re the man who did the stuff initially and somebody’s on the market doing it now and you are not [in the band], I perceive,” he defined. “However I am solely attempting to increase the legacy and current these songs as faithfully as I can, and I am not attempting to harm anyone. I am simply attempting to do my factor.”
Kelly Hansen on The SDR Present
Foreigner’s farewell tour kicks off on March 24 in Las Vegas. Ensure you seize your tickets right here to see if Hansen and Gramm will share the stage in any case.
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