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death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in 2022.The band revealed in a livestream event that Josh Freese, 50, will be joining members Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett and Rami Jaffee behind the drum set for their upcoming tour.In Sunday’s “Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts,” the Grammy-winning rock band showed a skit where they teased iconic drummers interrupting a session at Studio 606, including Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee and Tool’s Danny Carey.Smith came in complaining of a Mercedes blocking him, Lee arrived at the studio with takeout from P.F. Chang’s, and Carey came in to tell the band that he got their poodles groomed for them — but ultimately, the skit cuts to Freese.“Um, excuse me! Guys can we just, like, I don’t know, play a song or two, something?” an annoyed Freese says in the bit, revealing him as the drummer before rehearsing “All My Life.”It’s unclear if Freese will become a permanent member of Foo Fighters or is simply filling in as the band launches their tour.Foo Fighters officially have a new drummer !! Welcome Josh Freese !! pic.twitter.com/gcXGMGCV0HIf he were to become a permanent member, he would be the band’s third drummer — not including Grohl — succeeding Hawkins and William Goldsmith, who played on 1997’s “The Colour and Shape.”Hawkins died unexpectedly at age 50 on March 25, 2022, while on tour in Colombia.

Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro and Billy Morrison have confirmed the first acts for the fourth ‘Above Ground’ benefit show early next year.They will be joined by the likes of Billy Idol, Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell, Guns N’ Roses‘ Duff McKagan, performing the classic debut albums by New York Dolls and The Cars in full.Also set to perform are Billy Howerdel (A Perfect Circle), Elliot Easton (The Cars), Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads/Modern Lovers), Josh Freese (Foo Fighters), Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray), Steve Stevens (Billy Idol), and Tommy Henriksen & Glen Sobel (Alice Cooper, Hollywood Vampires). More will be added in the coming weeks.The gig will take place on January 25 at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, California.

Foo Fighters have pulled out of their headlining slot at Soundside Music Festival this weekend and have been replaced by Jack White and Greta Van Fleet.The band – comprised of Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Rami Jaffee and Josh Freese – took to their official Instagram account to announce that they would not be performing at the music bash in Bridgeport, Conneticut this weekend. They were slated to headline Sunday (September 29).“Foo Fighters will no longer be appearing at this weekend’s Soundside Music Festival.

Foo Fighters played the first of two sold-out shows at London Stadium last night (Thursday June 20) – once again inviting the son of late drummer Taylor Hawkins on stage to perform. Check out footage, photos, the setlist and more below.Introducing the mammoth set with a warning of, “I’m gonna kick your fucking ass tonight”, Dave Grohl led the rock giants through a three-hour career-spanning performance, loaded with tributes to their relationship to UK and the capital.As well as dedicating Taylor Hawkins’ favourite Foos song ‘Aurora’ to his family who were all present, they once again had his son Shane drum with them – as they did at their huge Wembley Stadium performance in 2022.

Foo Fighters song ever made in one sitting for charity.Barton will drum his way through 128 songs on June 7 in honour of his grandmother, who has cancer. He is also paying tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who passed away in 2022.In total, Barton will be playing for nine-and-a-half hours and plans to do it without stopping.

Taylor Hawkins, as he marks his first anniversary of joining Foo Fighters.Freese joined the band as the replacement for Hawkins, who tragically died on March 25, 2022, aged 50.Foo Fighters announced his death in an official statement, which read: “The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of Taylor Hawkins. His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever.

Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese has recalled the moment Dave Grohl asked him to join the band.Freese was confirmed as the Foos’ new touring drummer last May before he headed out on the road with Grohl and co. in support of their latest album, ‘But Here We Are’. He’d previously performed on stage with the group at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts in London and LA.Hawkins died on March 25, 2022 when Foo Fighters were in Bogotá, Colombia.

Ethan Shanfeld Sublime brought the LBC to Indio on Saturday as Bradley Nowell’s son, Jakob Nowell, united with original band members Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson for a sun-soaked Coachella set. Jakob Nowell carries on the legacy of Sublime 28 years after Bradley’s death in 1996.

A Perfect Circle for their upcoming North American joint headline tour, 13 years after he last played with the band. A Perfect Circle’s joint tour with Puscifer and Primer was announced in November, and will kick off on April 2 in Boston.

St Vincent has spoken about her love of The Last Dinner Party and revealed more about what fans can expect from recently-announced album ‘All Born Screaming’. Watch our video interview with her above.It was during the red carpet for the BRIT Awards 2024 that the singer, songwriter and guitarist – real name Annie Clark – caught up with NME, shortly before taking to the stage to present The Last Dinner Party with the Rising Star Award.“I came across them the same way everybody did, by checking out their debut album [‘Prelude To Ecstasy’],” she said, recalling how she first came across the British band.

Annie Clark, a.k.a. St. Vincent, has confirmed details of her seventh full-length studio album.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic St. Vincent, aka Annie Clark, will be returning in April with her follow-up to 2021’s “Daddy’s Home,” and as looks evident from the new album’s title, “All Born Screaming,” things may be a bit more hard-edged than last time. The album arrives April 26, via a new label imprint for St.

St Vincent has returned with the “gnarly” comeback single ‘Broken Man’, and announced details of new album ‘All Born Screaming’. Check it all out below, as Annie Clark tells NME about the “agony and ecstasy” of her seventh record.‘All Born Screaming’, the follow-up to 2021’s acclaimed ‘Daddy’s Home‘, will arrive on April 26. After news recently emerged that Cate Le Bon and Dave Grohl featured on the record – the latter lending drums to ‘Broken Man’ – now it’s been revealed that the self-produced album also features an eclectic line-up of Rachel Eckroth, Devo and Foo Fighters‘ Josh Freese, Mark Guiliana, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Warpaint‘s Stella Mogzawa and David Ralicke.Lead single ‘Broken Man’ is an industrial menacing rock beast that sees Clark give an ominous intro to her new era as she prowls and warns: “On the street, I’m a king-sized killer – I can make your kingdom come”.That line, and the track as a whole, Clarke told NME, is representative of the mood of ‘All Born Screaming’ with “that lustre and swagger that you feel right before things go terribly wrong!”Annie Clark: “In general on this record, there’s no character – it’s just me.

St. Vincent has revealed that Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl features on her new album.The US singer-songwriter shared that both the Foos frontman and Cate Le Bon will appear on her new record, which she’s described as “psychotic” and “post-plague pop”.The artist – real name Annie Clark – revealed in a new interview with MOJO that she began work on the new album soon after 2021’s ‘Daddy’s Home‘, which NME described in a four-star review as “her warmest album yet”.While she has not yet revealed many details about what fans can expect, the singer confirmed that Foo Fighters’ new drummer Josh Freese is also among their “pretty tight little Wrecking Crew” of contributing musicians.St.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “I’m Just Ken,” the showstopping number performed by Ryan Gosling in “Barbie,” took Mark Ronson and co-songwriting partner Andrew Wyatt just two days to write. “But we needed the entire year to make it what it was,” notes Ronson. It’s been a contender to nab an Oscar original song nomination ever since it was first teased in the film’s trailer earlier this year.

Caroline Brew editor Timothée Chalamet will host the Nov. 11 “Saturday Night Live” episode, with Boygenius as the musical guest. In the most recent “SNL” episode, Nate Bargatze, who is currently touring the U.S.

Selome Hailu “Saturday Night Live” is back in full swing. After Pete Davidson returned to the late night comedy to open Season 49 alongside musical guest Ice Spice, with Bad Bunny pulling double duty the week after, “SNL” has set the lineup for the Oct.

Foo Fighters have confirmed live dates for summer 2024. The band will begin the North American leg of their Everything or Nothing at All Tour in New York with a pair of shows at Citi Field on July 17 and 19.

Foo Fighters and Michael Bublé treated fans to a surprise performance over the weekend.

Rock band Foo Fighters have announced that they will be heading to Glasgow next summer as part of their Everything Or Nothing At All Tour.

Glastonbury Festival on Friday, Foo Fighters took the Pyramid Stage for a surprise appearance that marked the band’s first appearance at the English extravaganza since 2017.It was also the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band’s first full show in the UK since the death of their beloved drummer, Taylor Hawkins, in 2022.Although there were rumors that the ChurnUps were actually the Foos, it wasn’t confirmed until a tweet about an hour before their set.“You guys knew it was us the whole time, didn’t you?” said Foo frontman Dave Grohl. “It’s nice to see your faces again.”And then Foo Fighters launched into an hour-long set that included hits such as “All My Life,” “Learn to Fly,” “The Pretender” and “Best Of You” as well as short covers of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman,” Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” and the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage.”“We’ve only got one hour so we gotta make sure we fit in all the songs we can,” said Grohl. The set included a slow, stripped-down version of “My Hero” that many felt was a tribute to Hawkins, who actually received an official dedication on “Everlong.”But he wasn’t the only dearly departed loved one that the Foo Fighters remembered at Glastonbury.

pic.twitter.com/9XJO3OKMw7SHANE HAWKINS ABSOLUTELY SLAYING pic.twitter.com/JF9nkHuFHsShane later addressed the performance on social media, writing on Instagram, «Thanks for last night #foofighters so much f**kin fun.»Shane's performance comes more than a year since his dad died unexpectedly at his hotel in Bogotá, Colombia, in March 2022. He was 50 years old.