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Foreigner announces official reunion show featuring all surviving original members plus current lineup

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Karsten Staiger/MeinFotolandFounding Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones recently revealed that former members of the band would be making guest appearances at select shows this year. Now, Foreigner has announced that all the group’s surviving original members will perform with the current lineup at a special reunion concert taking place August 4 at The Sturgis Buffalo Chip in Sturgis, South Dakota.

The show will see original frontman Lou Gramm, drummer Dennis Elliott, keyboardist Al Greenwood and multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald, plus longtime bass player Rick Wills, hitting the stage with Jones and his current Foreigner incarnation.

The former members previously made surprise appearances at a few Foreigner concerts last year, but the Sturgis show marks the band’s first official ticketed reunion event.

“It’s been incredible to have Lou, Dennis, Al, Ian and Rick join us for some surprise appearances throughout the past few years. It always brings back special memories,” says Mick. “But now, for the first time, we are letting our fans know we’ll be making history together at The Buffalo Chip on August 4th with a Foreigner reunion concert!”

Visit BuffaloChip.com for more details about the show.

News of the reunion event comes on the heels of an incident Tuesday that apparently upset many Foreigner fans. Gramm had been expected to reunite with Foreigner at the group’s concert that night in Syracuse, New York, but the singer didn’t appear, Syracuse.com reports.

Live Nation had announced Friday that Gramm would be joining Foreigner at the event, and Jones also recently told ABC Radio that Lou would perform at the concert. No official reason for the no-show was given.

Foreigner currently is on the road with Whitesnake and Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening on the 2018 Juke Box Heroes Tour, which wraps up on August 1.

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