Skip to content
Saturday, July 02, 2022
Your Online Magazine for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
  • News
  • Interviews
  • Live Gig
  • Photos
  • Reviews
  • DVD Reviews
  • Video
  • List
  • Rock Vault
  • Contact
Live Gig News Photos

Foreigner live at the London Palladium, 7th June 2016

Comments Off on Foreigner live at the London Palladium, 7th June 2016
45 shares
  • Facebook45
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Email

Review by: Robert Sutton

Images by: Robert Sutton Photography

www.facebook.com/robertsuttonphotography

 

As a one off show in the UK to kick off their European tour, Foreigner decided to make it a little special and one that was not to be at any of the more usual event locations, it was held at the London Palladium on the 7th June. Special guest for the night was supposed to be John Parr he but had to withdraw from the event and the last minute replacement for him was Deborah Bonham.

IMG_9270_001

Deborah Bonham –Yes, sister of John Bonham and Aunt to Jason Bonham !!…who writes and sings rock /blues songs. She has several albums to her name with ‘Spirit’ being the latest, released in 2014. The bare footed singer was joined on stage with her guitarist (Peter Bullick) and keyboard player (Gerard ‘G’ Louis). They played a forty minute set and it was very clear that she did have some very loyal fans in the audience and gave a super, very passionately sung, opening set.

Foreigner: is a British-American band consisting of seven members and were first formed back in 1976. The only original, and founding,  member of the band left is Mick Jones ( guitar). They are best known, I believe, for their 1981 album titled ‘Foreigner 4’, their fourth studio album,  which was a huge success for them with over 6 million sales of the album in the USA alone….

IMG_9517_001

Well what can I say..it’s Foreigner!!…a super band that I think most people have heard of. They might be an old name band from the 80’s era, but my word they come on-stage very fresh and with the excitement as if it was their ‘Very First time’..They opened with ‘Double Vision’ from the same titled album from 1978 and then followed this with ‘Head Games’ again from their same titled 1979 album. before going back to their very first album ‘Foreigner’ to play the classic ‘Cold as Ice’.

Carrying it on with classic hit after classic hit the enthusiasm  from  the band (and the audience) didn’t diminish all night. With Kelly Hansen (vocals) leaping from the stage and darting into the audience at one point. The band only taking a short break for a keyboard and then a drum solo at around the two-thirds mark of their performance. Having had great feedback from their 2016 Live album ‘In Concert Unplugged’ they played ‘Say You Will’ acoustically and I have to say that it was a great version of this song from 1987.

It’s a real credit to Mick Jones that Foreigner do have such a repertoire of super songs and it’s really not surprising that Mick was inducted into the ‘Songwriters Hall of Fame’ back in 2013. During the show Kelly introduced the band members to us, with Mick being introduced last, to great applause from the audience. He then handed the mic over to Mick, who introduced and thanked Kelly for wearing a keyboard as a jacket!! and for his ten years with the band  with Kelly then quipping back to correct Mick to say that he had actually been with the band now for twelve years!!…

They finished their standard set with ‘Juke Box Hero’ , which I think everyone in the audience sang along to…Their encore comprised of ‘Long, Long Way from Home’, ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’ , where they bought on the children’s choir from Notting Hill Preparatory School to sing with them and also bought back on-stage Deborah Bonham to sing with Kelly. They finished the evening off with ‘Hot Blooded’.  

What a super evening  and one that left the whole audience, I think, going home on a high from such an excellent show..Just brilliant..

IMG_9552_001

Setlist:

1: Double Vision

2: Head Games

3: Cold As Ice

4: Waiting for a Girl Like You

5: That Was Yesterday

6: Dirty White Boy

7: Say You Will (acoustic)

8: Feels Like the First Time

9: Urgent

10: Juke Box Hero

Encore:

11: Long, Long Way from Home

12: I Want to Know What Love Is ( with children’s choir and Deborah Bonham)

13: Hot Blooded


foreigneronline.com/ 

www.deborahbonham.com 

 

IMG_9401_001
IMG_9402_001
IMG_9410_001
IMG_9420_001

IMG_9423_001
IMG_9474_001
IMG_9554_001
IMG_9605_001

IMG_9621_001
IMG_9739_001
IMG_9815_001

Tell Us How You Feel

Comments

 
Tagged Classic Rock, Deborah Bonham, Foreigner, I want to know what love is, jukebox here, Kelly Hansen, Mick Jones, waiting for a girl like you

Related Articles

News

Former LION’S SHARE Singer TONY NIVA To Release ‘Atmospherical’ Album In October

Former LION’S SHARE Singer TONY NIVA To Release ‘Atmospherical’ Album In October

Interviews News

Jack Russell New CD – He Saw It Comin’ is About His Manifest Destiny!

My life is an open book and I’m not embarrassed about what I have done.

Interviews News Rock Vault

Rock Vault – – Lou Gramm of Foreigner – Mick Jones and I have no relationship

There is no relationship, to tell you the truth did speak to him in just the past month or so and congratulated him on his songwriting Hall of Fame award we won. And he congratulated me on mine, and it was a friendly but chilly, short phone call.

Post navigation

Gov’t Mule, live at the O2 Forum London, 12 May 2016
Withem – The Unforgiving Road
  • W.A.S.P.'s DOUGLAS BLAIR Delivers Shred Clinic For U.S. Coast Guard Personnel At Air Station In San Diego (Video)
  • Watch: GUNS N' ROSES Joined By CARRIE UNDERWOOD At London Concert
  • STEVE HACKETT To Release 'Genesis Revisited Live: Seconds Out & More' In September
  • CHARLIE WATTS Biography, Authorized By THE ROLLING STONES And Drummer's Family, Coming In October
  • UGLY KID JOE's WHITFIELD CRANE Explains 'Rad Wings Of Destiny' Album Title
  • DREAM THEATER's MIKE MANGINI Shares Drum-Cam Video Of 'Bridges In The Sky' Performance From 2022 European Tour
  • WHITESNAKE Cancels Remainder Of European Tour 'Due To Continuing Health Challenges'
  • Brymir - Announce Fifth Studio Album, Due In August
  • Dead Brain Cells - Part Ways With Drummer
  • Jack Russell's Great White - New Music Video Online
  • Periphery - Recording New Material
  • Inhuman Condition - Drop New Single
  • U.D.O. - Several New Shows Booked
  • Mike Tramp - Post New Track

MGM Archives

COPYRIGHT TERMS MYGLOBALMIND

© Myglobalmind Online Magazine, 2022. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s authors and/or owners is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Myglobalmind Online Magazine with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

2022 Myglobalmind Online Magazine | Editorial by MysteryThemes.
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Editorial
  • Artist Services