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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. …

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 …

Josh Freese stopped performing with Nine Inch Nails in 2008, marking the end of a three-year stint in the touring band for the group led by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. He spent the next few years touring with Weezer, Paramore, Sublime with Rome, and more. Earlier this year, he …

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 …

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 …

Josh Freese has been let go from the Foo Fighters, two years after being tapped to fill the vacancy left by the late Taylor Hawkins. Freese revealed the decision in a statement shared on Instagram, saying the Foo Fighters called him earlier this week to let him know that they …

Josh Freese, the Foo Fighters drummer brought in to fill the vacancy left by the late Taylor Hawkins, revealed Friday, May 16, that he’d been let go from the band. Freese spent about two years with the group, much of that on the road as the Foos supported their 2023 …

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 …

The Foo Fighters are making sure their new drummer, Josh Freese, feels right at home. On Sunday, the band closed out the 2023 Sonic Temple Arts & Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio, marking their third show since officially announcing that the renowned drummerwould join the band full-time fortheir summer tour. …

Foo Fighters officially revealed during their “Preparing Music for Concerts” livestream Sunday that renowned drummer Josh Freese will join the band full-time for their summer tour, filling the vacancy left by the late Taylor Hawkins. Dave Grohl and company promised a “few surprises” during the livestream, and they delivered as …