For more than a quarter of a century, Foo Fighters' ebullient punk energy has been a joyous and, in recent years, reassuring presence in the world of alt-rock.
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Dave Grohl is celebrating his 52nd birthday with new music.
On Thursday, the Foo Fighters released their latest single “Waiting on a War”, the third from their upcoming album Medicine At Midnight.
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The melodic opus builds up patiently to one of the Foo Fighters’ signature rave-ups.
“Last fall, as I was driving my daughter to school, she turned to me and asked, ‘Daddy, is there going to be a war?’ My heart sank as I realized
For more than a quarter of a century, Foo Fighters' ebullient punk energy has been a joyous and, in recent years, reassuring presence in the world of alt-rock.
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Dave Grohl's "lifelong dream" is to be his daughter's drummer. The Foo Fighters star's 14-year-old daughter Violet is already showing signs of following in his musical footsteps and even provided the backing vocals for the group's tune Making A Fire - on their new album Medicine At Midnight.
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Foo Fighters are dropping a new album next week, and one of the singles already released from the band’s upcoming offering is “Waiting on a War”.
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coronavirus pandemic.It was confirmed in September that the venue, which is a favourite of many rock stars including Foo Fighters‘ Dave Grohl, would be shutting its doors due to losses incurred during the pandemic.But the venue could yet receive a new lease of life after raising £40,000 of its overall £95,000 goal, with the aim of relaunching in a new central London location when the pandemic comes to an end.Crobar owner Richard Thomas said: “I have to admit, I did a little dance when we hit
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Foo Fighters debuted their new song ‘Waiting On A War’ on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in the US last night (January 14) – you can watch their performance below.The track was released yesterday as the latest preview of the Dave Grohl-fronted band’s upcoming new album ‘Medicine At Midnight’, which is set for release on February 5.The Foos gave their first live performance of ‘Waiting On A War’ last night while serving as the musical guests on the latest episode of the US chat show Jimmy Kimmel Live!.You
Foo Fighters have released new single ‘Waiting On A War’ to coincide with Dave Grohl’s 52nd birthday. Although the song is not particularly celebratory.“As a child growing up in the suburbs of Washington DC, I was always afraid of war”, says Grohl.
Foo Fighters have announced their next single, ‘Waiting On A War’ – you can hear a preview of the new song below.The track is the latest to be taken from the band’s upcoming tenth studio album ‘Medicine At Midnight’, which is set for release on February 5.Posting on Twitter this afternoon (January 13), Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl shared some words about the wider meaning behind the track.As a child growing up in the suburbs of Washington DC, I was always afraid of war.
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Dave Grohl wants to play on a new album his daughter Violet is considering making.Grohl’s 14-year-old daughter is considering recording a shoegaze album, the Foo Fighters frontman revealed.“I did ask her the other day, ‘If you were to make a record, how do you imagine it would sound?’” Grohl told the Sunday Times Culture magazine in a new interview.“And she said, ‘You know, I think somewhere within that shoegaze thing. Oh, and Dad, I need to get this new guitar pedal.