The Foo Fighters quietly returned to active duty in September with a series of under-the-radar club shows across the U.S., where they unveiled new drummer Ilan Rubin. It was followed by a string of much larger gigs in Asia earlier this month. But it was all a warmup for a …
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Foo Fighters seemingly shared clip of a new song on Instagram last night. The short video features an image of a green bird sitting on a stack of amps in front of the rock band’s logo. The caption notes that the group is “About to take flight…” The band has …
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Foo Fighters played their first show with new drummer Ilan Rubin on Saturday night in San Luis Obispo, California’s 900-capacity Fremont Theater. Now, the rock band has confirmed that “there’s more to come.” The musician shared a tongue-in-cheek promo video on YouTube on Tuesday night, which appears to be created …
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Foo Fighters performed with new drummer Ilan Rubin for the first time Saturday night at their first show of 2025, in San Luis Obispo, California’s 900-capacity Fremont Theater.Rubin, formerly of Nine Inch Nails, joined the band this summer after the Foos parted ways with Josh Freese, who had stepped in …
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Welcome to Drummergeddon 2025, when the entire music world wants to know: What the hell is going on with the drummers? There’s an epidemic of high-profile bands dumping their drummers, or getting dumped by them, and nobody has any clue why. It’s not just the Who or the Foo Fighters. …
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After parting with Josh Freese in May, the Foo Fightershave enlisted Nine Inch Nails touring member Ilan Rubin as their next drummer. In an unexpected twist, Freese will join Nine Inch Nails on their Peel It Back run, Rolling Stone has confirmed. Rubin has been traveling with Nine Inch Nails …
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To coincide with the band’s 30th anniversary, Foo Fighters returned Wednesday with “Today’s Song,” their first new music in two years. Dave Grohl revealed the song on the band’s official website, accompanied by a reflective 13-minute audio statement where he acknowledged, for the first time, the departure of drummer Josh …
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Just after the 30th anniversary of the band’s 1995 self-titled debut album, Foo Fighters have unveiled a fierce cover of Minor Threat‘s hardcore classic “I Don’t Wanna Hear It” — with vocals recorded this year over an instrumental track that dates to ’95. The release appears to be part of …
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Shane Hawkins, the 17-year-old son of late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, appeared at a drum clinic in Newquay, England, on Thursday, where he told the crowd that his father’s favorite Foo Fighters song to play in concert wasn’t “Aurora,” contrary to public belief, but was actually “Low” from 2002’s …
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As promised, former Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese has shared a winking list of the 10 possible reasons he might have been fired from the band. Freese revealed his ouster late last week, saying the Foo Fighters had told him they’d decided “to go in a different direction with their …
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