NEW YORK (AP) — Foo Fighters have announced a new album is in the works, the first since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. The rockers said in a statement that the upcoming 10-track "But Here We Are" will be "a brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters endured over the last year." The lead, driving single is "Rescued," with the lyrics "I'm just waiting to be […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Foo Fighters, Kendrick Lamar and ODESZA will headline the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival this June in Tennessee. The Foo Fighters were supposed to headline the festival in 2021, but the festival was canceled because of flooding. The rock band returns to touring in 2023 after the sudden death of drummer Taylor Hawkins last March during a South American tour. The band canceled tour dates last […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Foo Fighters will honor the rock band's late drummer Taylor Hawkins with a pair of tribute concerts in September, with one in London and the other in Los Angeles. The twin shows will take place Sept. 3 at London's Wembley Stadium and Sept. 27 at The Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, featuring "his bandmates and his inspirations playing the songs that he fell in love with, […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Organizers of this year's New Orleans Jazz Fest say the band Red Hot Chili Peppers has been added to the lineup of the 2022 event. The festival said Friday that the appearance is set for Sunday, May 1, and will be the group's first performance at Jazz Fest since 2016. Last month, the festival announced plans to find a replacement for the Foo Fighters, which bowed […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Foo Fighters have canceled all upcoming concert dates following the death of the band's drummer, Taylor Hawkins. The rockers had been scheduled to play at the Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday as well as spring dates in New Orleans, Maryland, North Carolina and Boston. They also had scheduled summer dates in Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France and the UK. Hawkins died Friday during a […]
NEW YORK (AP) — With a laugh, Dave Grohl calls himself "the labrador of rock 'n' roll." Who doesn't like labs? And in the rock world, few current artists have been so accepted into the fraternity so completely as the Foo Fighters frontman. He dines with Paul McCartney, records with Mick Jagger, has Joan Jett tell his kids bedroom stories. Grohl thinks the connection has something to do with all […]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's Madison Square Garden is ready to rock 'n' roll again. MSG Entertainment announced Tuesday that Foo Fighters will shake the famed arena with a concert on June 20 — the venue's first concert in more than 460 days. MSG says the concert for vaccinated audience members will be its first at 100% capacity since the pandemic. Tickets go on sale Friday. Foo Fighters, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will induct the Foo Fighters, Jay-Z and the Go-Go's, elected this year on the first ballot. They will join Tina Turner, Carole King and Todd Rundgren as performers ushered into the Rock Hall. The Cleveland-based museum will hold an induction ceremony Oct. 30 in Cleveland's Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, before what they hope is a full house paying tribute to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z, Foo Fighters, Tina Turner and Iron Maiden lead this year's list of nominees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's a female-heavy list that includes for the first time The Go-Go's, Mary J. Blige and Dionne Warwick. Artists are eligible for a nomination 25 years after the release of their first official recording. There are two newly eligible acts in Jay-Z and Foo […]
