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"Radio-ready songs without a hint of indulgence and a powerhouse lead singer at the fore": Foreigner arrive fully-formed and formidable on debut album

While punk rock was big news in 1977, the radio-friendly rock of Foreigner was still perfectly timed

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Mark Ronson was 'embarrassed' by his family's wealth

Music producer Mark Ronson has confessed he felt "embarrassed" by his family's wealth when he was growing up as a rich kid in New York.

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The late DJ Chris Hill galvanised funkateers, brought Black music to the clubs – and got Mick Jones dancing

The legendary Essex DJ, who died earlier this month, was a cultural influencer before there was such a thing. He democratised the dancefloor, fearlessly blended genres and understood the power of personality

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Mark Ronson: ‘I used to try to hide the fact that I came from money’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The hit producer finds himself nostalgic for his party days as a ‘celebrity DJ’ in Nineties New York City as he talks to Hannah Ewens about antisemitism, being motivated by fear, and why he decided to include P Diddy and his privileged upbringing in his new memoir,…

The Independent UK

“We know what love is. We spent 40 years figuring it out”: Foreigner pitch to be Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding band

Bands fans are divided on the idea

MusicRadar

The Rise and Fall of the Clash Redux review – screen encore for punk’s raging heroes

Danny Garcia’s second take on the band’s story looks past their riotous ascent to the gloomier and rather less watchable years that followed

The Guardian - UK

"I said, what are you talking about? Just step over Keith Richards?!" The cult of Keef: guitar hero, blues scholar, rebel, survivor, self-parody, genius

How Keith Richards influenced several generations of rock’n’rollers – for better or worse

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1975: The Year the World Forgot review — never has pop history been so elegantly told

Dylan Jones puts the record straight on a golden era

Evening Standard

“The greatest rock ballad of all time!”: The classic song that set a record by holding the No.2 spot in the US for 10 weeks without ever hitting No.1

But at least the album made it to the top

MusicRadar

“Warner Brothers wanted another Layla. I thought, 'well, if you sit down and write a song in a formatted way, it's not so hard’”: The Grammy-winning hit that Eric Clapton wrote to order, with a little help from Foreigner’s Mick Jones

With Phil Collins on drums and Pino Palladino on bass, it was pretty much a sure thing

MusicRadar

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

MusicRadar

“Mick told Freddie Mercury who he was. As Mick walked away, Freddie shouted: ‘We’ll be bigger than you one day’”: The epic story of Sweet, the 70s glam icons who burned bright and refused to fade away

Sweet were one of the original 70s glam bands – and more than 50 years later, guitarist Andy Scott is keeping the flag flying

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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.

Louder

“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

MusicRadar

“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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Everyday people: the parking wardens, estate agents and more who inspired classic songs

After the death of Joe DePugh, the high school baseball player hymned in Springsteen’s Glory Days, we look at the ordinary inspirations for extraordinary hits

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The greatest gig I've ever seen: 24 writers pick the most memorable live show of their lives

24 life-changing live shows from 60 years of gigs

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

"He built a campfire in the middle of his hotel room. It was kinda cute…" The mad, bad and dangerously daft story of The Damned

A fast history of punk legends The Damned. Includes: spit, vomit, cider, sulphate, haunted mansions, and "serious amounts of lunacy".

MusicRadar

“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

Louder

"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

“An album drenched in musical innovation that proves quality is not defined by quantity”: The Clash used the musical language of prog to make the statement that is Combat Rock

Even as they began spiralling out of control, the cut-down double album delivered 46 minutes of creativity, complexity and power

MusicRadar

“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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