A song on the new Foo Fighters album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, out September 25th, might finally address frontman David Grohl's feelings on his former Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain and his wife Courtney Love. The track "Let It Die" describes the relationship between "a simple man and his blushing bride/intravenous, intertwined, hearts gone cold your hands were tied." When asked about t...
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One of the most gratifying things about my multi-tracked career is the ongoing opportunity to develop relationships - and, in some cases, enduring friendships - with some of the most talented people on the planet. You may not immediately know their names, and they may not be A-list celebs, but I assure you that they are prodigiously gifted in their respective fields - and I'm always confident t...
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Foo Fighters, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Beck, Manu Chao, John Fogerty, David Byrne, the Raconteurs, N.E.R.D., Gnarls Barkley, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, the Mars Volta and fellow Texan Eryka Badu are all slated to take the stage at this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival. The fest will take place at its usual hub, Zilker Park, between September 26th - 28th, 2008. (What! ...
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The Foo Fighters recently announced the first wave of confirmed US tour dates in support of their sixth studio album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. Today the band released additions to the tour schedule that include their first ever performance at NYC's Madison Square Garden. According to a press release:This will be the band's biggest American tour to date and includes the Foos' first e...
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"Welcome to the greatest day of my life," Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl told a crowd of 86,000.What was so great about it? Two surviving members (outta three) of Led Zeppelin reunited onstage during the band's June 7th "in the round" concert at Wembley Stadium. Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and guitarist Jimmy Page joined the Foo Fighters on stage for the band's own "Monkey Wrench" as wel...
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Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl is to join Paul McCartney onstage at the former Beatle's Liverpool gig this weekend (June 1).The two frontmen will team up at Anfield Stadium gig on Sunday, held as part of the celebrations for Liverpool's European Capital Of Culture accolade.It is not yet known which song the two will collaborate on.The Foo Fighters will then go on to perform at City Of Manches...
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Dave Grohl is known as being one of the nicest and coolest dudes in the music business. So when he and the rest of his band the Foo Fighters start sending out press releases denouncing the McCain camp you know the nice guy's pissssssed off!After hearing that McCain had been using the Foos song "My Hero" at campaign rallies without the consent of the band, its management, label or publishers, th...
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The Foo Fighters haven't forgotten about their beloved homeland. The band will finally tour the US in support of Echoes Silence Patience & Grace after the New Year. The tour will kick off in Dallas, Texas on January 23rd, 2008.Tickets go on sale to the public via Ticketmaster this weekend (Friday). Pre-sales begin for Foos fans a day early also via Ticketmaster. (Shhh!: The password is ECHOES)...
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They love their Foo Fighters out in Oceania. Yesterday Foos fans began booking flights, calling in sick from work "after a New Zealand radio station":http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4459713a4500.html announced that the band would be performing a secret show at the Auckland's Powerstation venue. Turns out it was just the radio station, "Rock FM," playing a mean April Fool's trick on fans. The stati...
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Foo Fighters are suing Marvel comics, the people behind Spider-man, the Hulk and Fantastic four, over copyright infringement. Marvel comics reportedly used two Foo tracks - "Best Of You" and "Free Me" - in a trailer for their new animated TV series Wolverine and the X-Men. The problem? The Foos did NOT give the series the permission to do so. The series went into pre-production mode in 2007 and...
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With the Writers Guild Of America strike still looming, the 50th Grammy Awards faced possible cancellation, or a scaled back version of the telecast similar to that of the recent Golden Globes. However, the striking WGA writers who planned on picketing the annual awards show, announced yesterday that they WILL NOT protest. What does his mean for us, the fans and viewers? Performances by the Foo...
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Seattle based rockers the The Foo Fighters have announced the track listing for their upcoming Greatest Hits collection, set for release on November 2nd. The album will contain two new tracls in the shape of Word Forward and Wheels, the latter heavily rumoured as the first single.A deluxe edition will be released simultaneously, containing a [...]
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The Foo Fighters released a new video for "Long Road To Ruin," the first single off the group's sixth studio album, ??Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace??.It is the only music video by the Foo Fighters that the band performs in but Dave Grohl does not play guitar.??Echoes, Silience, Patience & Grace?? was realesed September 25 via RCA.
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The Foo Fighters debuted the video for their second single off Echoes, Silence, Patience, Grace, "Long Road To Ruin." The video is a vintage soap opera spoof that finds frontman Dave Grohl wearing a great mustache and loosing love on his journey from cheesy actor to rock star. Think Hasselhoff."Long Road To Ruin"The Foo Fighters are currently on mini-tour of the UK, that ends with a two-night s...
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After less than a week since YouTube live streamed U2’s concert in Pasadena, California we get word that Facebook will do the same with the Foo Fighters.The popular social network has teamed up with the band to live stream their concert taking place tonight (October 30) at the band’s Studio 606 headquarters in Los Angeles.Fans who will be watching the live stream can RSVP here.The concert will
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