Billy Joel Hosts Foreigner Reunion At Madison Square Garden

Legendary performer Billy Joel continued his unprecedented run of sold-out concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Thursday night. The 48th show of Billy’s monthly residency and his 94th overall at The Garden featured a reunion of the two men best associated with iconic rock band Foreigner.

In the middle of his show, Billy Joel mentioned Mick Jones produced his 1989 studio album, Storm Front. The Piano Man went on to discuss Jones’ role behind all of Foreigner’s huge hits and that Lou Gramm was the voice in those hits. With that, Joel welcomed Jones and Gramm to the stage. Mick Jones has been touring for years without Lou Gramm, though the pair reunited a few times last year including for the encore of a Foreigner show at the nearby Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater.

Billy Joel and his band backed Lou Gramm and Mick Jones on two of Foreigner’s most beloved songs, “Urgent” and “Cold As Ice.” Joel had previously inducted the pair into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 2013, one of the few times the duo performed together in recent years. The rest of The Piano Man’s concert featured his usual mix of fan favorites, deep cuts, greatest hits and snippets of such covers as “Midnight Rider” and “Layla.” Billy let the audience decide between a few songs played and “A Matter Of Trust,” “Vienna” and “Don’t Ask Me Why” were among the winners.

Watch footage of the mini-Foreigner reunion thanks to Jim Powers:

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