Foreigner Drummer to Skip Rock Hall Over ‘Unacceptable’ Situation

Foreigner’s unique drummer, Dennis Elliott, has introduced he won’t participate within the band’s upcoming induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

“Dear Foreigner Fans & Friends, Don’t look too hard, we will not be there,” the rocker started in a message posted to Facebook. “We were finally given the schedule last night, and it is not to our satisfaction. So we are staying home. We have been asking for this for weeks, and they have waited until the very last minute to send it knowing we were all packed and going to bed.”

After additional describing the scenario as “totally unacceptable,” Elliott closed by expressing well-wishes to the band’s followers. “Hope you have a good time.”

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A social media put up on Foreigner’s official account appears to corroborate Elliott’s absence from the Hall of Fame occasion. The band famous that “original members Lou Gramm, Al Greenwood, and Rick Wills will be there to accept the awards on behalf of the band’s leader and founder Mick Jones and Dennis Elliot, along [with] those of Ian McDonald and Ed Gagliardi who passed away some years ago.”

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Elliott was behind the equipment for Foreigner’s heyday, drumming for the group from 1976 to 1991. His absence takes a little bit of the shine off of the band’s much-hyped Hall of Fame induction. Foreigner had been eligible since 2003, however didn’t obtain their first nomination till this yr.

Of Foreigner’s inductees, solely Jones remains to be a member of the band. The guitarist, who revealed his Parkinson’s illness analysis earlier this yr, has not carried out with the group since 2022.

Slash, Sammy Hagar, Chad Smith, Demi Lovato and Kelly Clarkson have been introduced as particular visitors who will carry out on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony to honor Foreigner.