Original Foreigner members Lou Gramm, Ian McDonald and Al Greenwoodreunited with Mick Jones tonight (Thursday) as the band's 40th anniversary tour made a stop at the Jones Beach Theater in the New York City suburb of Wantagh on Long Island, New York.
Jones promised a surprise for this Friday night's show in Canandaigua [prn: Canon-day-gua], New York, a suburb of Gramm's hometown of Rochester, New York, but tonight's show was a sort of homecoming as the band was based out of New York when it started in the late '70s.
Jones brought out all three, and, saving the best for last, he said, "A very special appearance by my dear friend, always will be, lifelong, Mr. Lou Gramm."
Gramm took the stage to a chorus of "Louuuuu!" for the encore of "Long, Long Way From Home" and duets with current singer Kelly Hansen on "I Want to Know What Love Is," aided by a choir, and "Hot Blooded."
This was Gramm's first performance with the band since leaving in 2003, and the first with Jones since their 2013 induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The four men had not been onstage together since 1980.