A music legend from Upstate New York says 2026 will be his final year rocking out.

Lou Gramm , the original voice of Foreigner , said in a new interview that he plans to finally retire from performing next year. He’s previously retired and come back, even once joking that he’d work at his hometown Wegmans instead of touring, but told Ultimate Classic Rock that he’s finally hanging up his microphone soon.

“I’ve been doing this over 54 years, [including with my initial group] Black Sheep ,” Gramm told UCR. “I just feel like there’s some other things that I want to do. I want to spend more time with my children — my older children and my younger child — and spend more time playing with my cars while I’m still capable of driving.”

“[I’d like to] just stay off the road and enjoy my ho

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