Foo Fighters “cancelled” planned 2025 tour, claims Hellfest founder

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Foo Fighters “cancelled” a planned tour for summer 2025, according to Hellfest founder and director Ben Barbaud.Yesterday saw Hellfest – France’s largest music festival – announce its line-up for next year’s edition.

Headlining the four-day event will be Muse, Linkin Park, KoRn and Scorpions.During an interview with Le Parisien, Barbaud was asked about he he came to book Muse.

This came after he once said that the band would never play at the heavy metal-focused festival.“They were offered to me on a platter,” he responded (translated from French). “A month ago, I was offered to program them with a handful of other European festivals.”Barbaud continued: “Foo Fighters having cancelled their summer tour, Muse was called in as reinforcements.“I accepted because I was missing a headliner on Friday and because the Hellfest audience is more and more open.

With age, I too have matured, I am less sectarian.”As for his decision to branch out with different acts, Barbaud added: “I created this festival for the love of punk, hardcore and at the beginning for the purists.