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Five years after Dave Grohl performed his prog-rock epic “Play” live for the first (and only) time, a video of the complete and extended performance of the song has been revealed. In December 2018, Grohl recruited an all-star lineup including Alain Johannes, Greg Kurstin, Chris Chaney, Barrett Jones, and more …

For a music journalist in the Nineties, there could have been no better phone call. Not long after Michael Azerrad hung out with Kurt Cobain for Nirvana’s first Rolling Stone cover story, Courtney Love reached out to ask him if he wanted to write a book about Nirvana. He agreed, …

Boygenius headlined the Hollywood Bowl last night and invited Dave Grohl on stage to play drums on “Satanist.” The band — Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker— were dressed as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, while Grohl donned all black and face paint as a demonic …

Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 10, Rolling Stone is breaking down 16 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. The Foo Fighters are Grammy catnip, especially given Dave Grohl’s eager participation in the festivities. …

For Foo Fighters‘ ninth time as musical guest on Saturday Night Live, Dave Grohl and company harkened back to what’s now their most viral SNL appearance as Christopher Walken – making his first SNL cameo in 15 years – introduced the band. Walken’s presence was significant as, in a now-viral …

Dave Grohl delivered a special and unexpected gift to Foo Fighters fans during his recent appearance on the Norah Jones Is Playing Along podcast. The frontman’s appearance ran for just over an hour and a half, during which the two musicians went deep on songwriting, live performance, and long-time influences. …

Foo Fighters are set to return to Saturday Night Live as musical guests on Oct. 28. The band will perform opposite of host and comedian Nate Bargatze. This will be the group’s ninth stop as musical guests and their first appearance on SNL since the drummer Taylor Hawkins’s death in …

Thirty years after the release of Nirvana‘s final studio album, In Utero, there are somehow still new things to learn about the band, as original biographer Michael Azerrad proves in his upcoming expanded edition of his classic 1993 book, Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana. The new book, …

Nirvana have unearthed a trove of unreleased live recordings — including two full concerts — for a new In Utero 30th anniversary edition, set to arrive Oct. 27. The deluxe edition of the reissue will feature 53 unreleased recordings, anchored by Live in Los Angeles, recorded in 1993, and Live …

The Foo Fighters brought Billy Idol to the stage for a rollicking cover of the Sex Pistols‘ “Pretty Vacant” during Jazz Aspen Snowmass on Sunday night. While headlining the Labor Day weekend event, Idol joined frontman Dave Grohl while singing the 1977 single from the band’s only studio album Never …