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Foo Fighters Share a New Single and Lyric Video for “The Teacher” – New Album “But Here We Are” Due Out This Week
Foo Fighters will release a new album, But Here We Are, June 2nd, 2023 via Roswell Records/RCA Records. Pre-orders are live for album configurations and new merch at the link below. The band has shared another new single to all streaming DSPs – “The Teacher.” This follows the previous tracks “Show Me How” and “Rescued. Kicking off their headline US tour last week, the band has added a new drummer, Josh Freeze.
Foo Fighters Share a New Single and Lyric Video for “Show Me How” – New Album “But Here We Are” Due Out In June
Foo Fighters will release a new album, But Here We Are, June 2nd, 2023 via Roswell Records/RCA Records. Pre-orders are live for album configurations and new merch at the link below. The band has shared another new single to all streaming DSPs – “Show Me How.” This follows the previous track “Rescued. Kicking off their headline US tour last night, the band has added new drummer Josh Freeze.
Foo Fighters Announce Josh Freese As Their New Drummer, Plays Thgeir First Gig Together on a Global Livestream
Foo Fighters have finally announced that their new drummer will be Josh Freese. World-renowned for his drumming skills, versatility, and professionalism, Josh has been known for his close association with Punk legends the Vandals, as well as Devo, Guns N’ Roses, A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Nails, Weezer, as well as hundreds of sessions and his own solo career. Freese steps in a year after the tragic death of Taylor Hawkins. The band shared the announcement in their typical comedic style at the start of their livestream, with fellow drumming legends Chad Smith, Tommy Lee, and Danny Carey making cameos in the group’s announcement. The band then played their first gig with Josh, a global livestream concert via veeps.com.
Riot Fest 2023 Books Foo Fighters, The Postal Service, Death Cab For Cutie, The Cure, Queens of the Stone Age
Riot Fest 2023 has announced their lineup and it’s a banger, easily the heaviest and most throwback lineup to 1990s and 2000s bands in recent memory. Headliners include, Foo Fighters, The Postal Service, Death Cab For Cutie, The Cure, Queens of the Stone Age, Turnstile, with The Mars Volta, Mr. Bungle, Tegan and Sara, 100 Gecs, The Gaslight Anthem, AFI, Death Grips, The Used, The Dresden Dolls, Say Anything, 070 Shake, The Breeders, Kim Gordon, Viagra Boys, Pup, Sleep Token, The Interrupters, Flogging Molly, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Pennywise, Bayside, Ani DiFranco, Finch, Silverstein, Insane Clown Posse, Head Automatica, Parliament Funkadelic Ft. George Clinton, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, L.S. Dunes, Gorilla Biscuits, Ride, Cults, Nothing Nowhere., Code Orange, White Reaper, Balance and Composure, Fake Names, Eshu Tune, Quicksand, Enter Shikari, The Wrecks, Thursday, Hawthorne Heights, Bowling For Soup, Braid, H20, Spitafield, Jehnny Beth, Drain, Snapcase, The Bronx, Microwave, Oso Oso, Origami Angel, The Exploited, Plosivs, Steve Ignorant Band / Crass, Black Angels, Yard Act, Warpaint, Nothing, Screaming Females, High Vis, Rival Schools, Caroline Rose, Sludgeworth, Free Throw, Just Mustard, Hotline TNT, Quasi, Corey Feldman, Just Friends, Bearings, Pinkshift, Olivia Jean, Calva Louise, The Aquadolls, Enola Gay, Earth Crisis, Empire State Bastard, Cassyette, FEA, Fleshwater, The Bobby Lees, Pool Kids, Young Culture, Fade ‘Em All, CK Vassi, and Total Chaos. Tickets are on sale now!
Foo Fighters Share a new Single and Lyric Video for “Rescued” – New Album “But Here We Are” Due Out In June
Foo Fighters will release a new album, But Here We Are, June 2nd, 2023 via Roswell Records/RCA Records. Pre-orders are live for album configurations and new merch at the link below. The band has shared a new single to all streaming DSPs – “Rescued” along with the lyric video. The band has also shared the artwork, track listing for the album, and lyrics for the single. Watch and stream “Rescued” here.
Foo Fighters Tease a Brand New Song, Book Additional Headline Tour Dates
Foo Fighters teased a brand new song on social media! The absolutely rocking track sounds along the lines of the band’s heaviest work. Sources around the band have teased the band has secretly recorded new music to release this spring, perhaps an entire album. According to a previous report, Radio X DJ Chris Moyles, Foo Fighters might drop a new album in March. During a February 7th show, Moyles leaked the news after playing the band’s 2011 track “Walk” from Wasting Light. “I love that song so much – Foo Fighters, and ‘Walk.’ They’ve got a new album coming out in, er, March, Foo Fighters… which I’m very much looking forward to.” Moyles did not qualify the comment any further. They also have booked additional headline tour dates around their growing slate of festival headline dates this spring and summer. The band is rumored to announce their new drummer soon, possibly from the following famous list of drummers Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden), Atom Willard (Against Me!), Josh Freese (Descendants, DEVO, perfect circle), and Rufus Taylor (The Darkness, and song of Roger Taylor of Queen). Foo Fighters will return to touring in 2023 with Boston Calling, one year after the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. Foo Fighters released their award-winning album Medicine At Midnight in 2021 and their metal album under the name Dream Widow in 2022, supporting their comedy horror film Studio 666.
ALBUM REVIEW: Ohmms – Rot
It’s been a tic since I’ve heard a doomy sludgy style album that I enjoyed. After a while it becomes rote. It all sounds the same. Thankfully, Rot (Church Road Records) by the oh-so-brilliant Ohmms brings back that delicious, doomy, sludgy, bombastic sound. Can a doom album make one happy? Oh yes, Ohmms’ Rot can.
Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Died One Year Ago
One year ago, Foo Fighters Taylor Hawkins died in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia, where the band was scheduled to play at The Estereo Picnic Festival. In the year since his passing, there have been many musical and written tributes to Taylor from across the world of entertainment. Two charity tribute concerts were held on two continents with a who’s who of talent coming out to perform classics that he played on and music by other artists that he loved. Continue reading
Louder Than Life 2023 Books Foo Fighters, Green Day, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, and More!
After cementing its title as America’s Biggest Rock Festival with a record-breaking attendance of over 170,000 in 2022, Louder Than Life returns bigger and better than ever on September 21, 22, 23 & 24, 2023 to Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY. One of the top music events of the year, Louder Than Life will feature performances from a spectacular list of rock artists including Foo Fighters, Green Day (making their DWP festival debut), Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, Pantera, Queens of the Stone Age, Weezer, Limp Bizkit, Megadeth, Turnstile, Rancid, Falling In Reverse, 311, Pierce The Veil, Run The Jewels, Corey Taylor, Coheed and Cambria, Royal Blood, Parkway Drive, Bad Omens, BABYMETAL and many more. General Admission And VIP Passes are on sale now starting at $10 down at the link below. Watch the teaser video here: