Lou Gramm to reunite with Foreigner for concerts as he plans to retire with a 'bang'

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Set us as preferred Former Foreigner vocalist Lou Gramm has got nowhere left to hide — it looks like retirement has finally found him.The 76-year-old singer-songwriter reiterated his plans to retire from the touring life in an interview with “TalkShopLive,” a livestreaming platform.“I feel like I’ve done this long enough,” Gramm said earlier this year on the podcast.“While I really enjoyed a lot about this life, I think the second most important thing to putting your heart and your mind and your body into ...

a great band is knowing when to walk away.”Gramm is currently touring with his recording band as the Lou Gramm All Stars for the remainder of the year, with the last performance set for Dec.19 in Des Plaines, Ill.“I’m very fortunate that at my age I can still still sing and hit the notes and everything,” Gramm said on the livestream.

“But I don’t want to get to the point where I’m faking it or lowering the key two steps to do this song.”The singer was a founding member of Foreigner, the British American rock band known for hits including “I Want to Know What Love Is” and “Juke Box Hero.” This year, the multiplatinum band celebrates its 50th anniversary and has scheduled performances throughout California for the remainder of the year.Gramm left the band twice.The first time was in 1990 to focus on his solo career.In 1992, he rejoined Foreigner but left in 2003 due to communication issues with bandmate Mike Jones, the guitarist and bandleader told Rolling Stone in 2005.

Gramm shared details of their strained songwriting process with The Times years earlier.“My contributions haven’t been that welcomed.

It has caused me a lot of grief.I was a real studio rat,” Gramm told The Times in 1987.

“But I didn’t have much say.It would leave me bitter, with a bad taste in my mouth.�...