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Foo Fighters Cover Tom Petty, Perform New Songs at SiriusXM Concert
To celebrate the release of their new album Medicine At Midnight, the Foo Fighters be performing songs from the record on the SiriusXM Foo Fighters radio. The live show will take place tonight from the SiriusXM Garage in Los Angeles at 5 P.M. ET, and it will be hosted by Kat Corbett. Dave Grohl and company are unveiling Medicine at Midnight songs in the performance, including “Cloudspotter” which you can see below. [embedded content] They also performed a cover of Tom Petty’s “Honey Bee” from Wildflowers and the Foos standard “Best of You.” Check out the two performances below. [embedded content] [embedded content] The Foos’ channel, which is 105, is limited-engagement and features commentary from Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, and ...
Foo Fighters Tease New Medicine at Midnight Track ‘Making a Fire’
It is Medicine at Midnight release week. In other words, Foo Fighters are unveiling their tenth studio album — delayed by the pandemic — this Feb. 5. They’re teasing the first track, “Making a Fire,” on Twitter, following the release of three singles: “Shame Shame,” “No Son of Mine,” and “Waiting on a War.” The group performed “Shame Shame” on Saturday Night Live in November. Following that appearance, Dave Grohl and company made the rounds ahead of the album’s release, appearing on The Late Show, where Grohl spoke about his drum battle with 10-year-old phenom Nandi Bushell. Grohl also celebrated his 52nd birthday with the Foo Fighters on Jimmy Kimmel Live last month performing “Waiting on a War,” and “No Son of Mine.” You can catch them live on Feb. 5, to celebrate the launch of the ...
Foo Fighters to Perform First Headlining Show of 2021 on Their New SiriusXM Channel
An all-new live performance by the Foo Fighters will air on Feb. 5, to celebrate the launch of the lineup’s Medicine At Midnight album as well as a limited-engagement radio channel on SiriusXM. The on-air concert, from the SiriusXM Garage in Los Angeles, will be hosted by SiriusXM’s Kat Corbett and attended by a virtual audience of SiriusXM subscribers. Additionally, as soon as Medicine At Midnight drops – at midnight on Feb. 5 [get it?]– the channel will broadcast the album in its entirety as a part of a track-by-track album special hosted by the band. Limited engagement channel 105 launches Feb. 3, and will air for two months on live satellite and streaming platforms. The channel will feature special commentary from Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, ...
John Legend, Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters and More to Perform at Joe Biden Inauguration
Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters and John Legend will perform remotely to celebrate Joe Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration, with hosting between performances by Eva Longoria and Kerry Washington. Foo Fighters, Legend and Springsteen will give remote performances and longtime Biden supporter Lady Gaga will sing the national anthem at the swearing-in ceremony. Gaga’s father, who voted for Donald Trump, nonetheless said he’s “extremely proud” that his daughter will be part of the festivities. Gaga will appear alongside Jennifer Lopez. The event begins at 8:30 pm ET on Jan. 20. Springsteen was on board with the Biden campaign early, narrating the president-elect’s “Hometown” advertisement and allowing use of his song “The Rising” in a video that aired during the Democratic National Conventio. Fo...
Foo Fighters Rock ‘No Son of Mine’ and ‘Waiting on a War’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
The ubiquitous Dave Grohl celebrated his 52nd birthday with the Foo Fighters, giving fans two new songs on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night (Jan. 14). From the upcoming Medicine at Midnight LP, the Foo Fighters rocked the poignant “Waiting on a War,” with Grohl playing acoustic guitar, and the insanely catchy riff-rocker “No Son of Mine,” complete with female backup vocals. Medicine at Midnight, the lineup’s tenth studio album, lands Feb. 5. So far, they’ve served up a trio of tracks off the tasty Medicine: “Shame Shame,” “Waiting on a War” and “No Son of Mine”. “Waiting on a War” was written for his daughter Harper, who had asked her father, “‘Daddy, is there going to be a war?’” Grohl recalled in a statement. “My heart sank as I realized that she was now living under the same dark ...
Foo Fighters Share ‘No Son of Mine,’ Reveal Medicine at Midnight Tracklisting
Foo Fighters are ringing in the New Year on a bright note. The group shared “No Son of Mine,” the second single off their upcoming album, Medicine at Midnight. The song slightly veers off the path Dave Grohl outlined in early 2020 when he compared the band’s 10th studio album to David Bowie’s Let’s Dance. Opening with a crunchy, hard rock riff, “No Son of Mine” is less experimental than “Shame Shame” and more akin to the straightforward rockin’ that Foos fans are accustomed to. “This is the kind of song that just resides in all of us and if it makes sense at the time, we let it out,” Grohl says of the song. “Lyrically it’s meant to poke at the hypocrisy of self righteous leaders, people that are guilty of committing the crimes they’re supposedly against…” Listen to the song below. [em...
Dave Grohl on How Last Month’s SNL Slot Came Together and Doing Mushrooms at His Mom’s Holiday Party
You probably saw Foo Fighters performing on that crazy episode of Saturday Night Live that premiered the day that Joe Biden won the election. In a conversation with Zane Lowe at Apple Music, Dave Grohl explained the backstory behind being asked to play that night—which was put together in just a few days. “…Usually with Saturday Night Live, they call you, you get the call months in advance, like weeks and weeks and weeks in advance,” Grohl said. And they pair you with a host and the managers and the publicists talk to the network and the show and blah, blah, blah. “This time they called us on Tuesday. And they were like, ‘Hey, do you want to play Saturday Night Live?’ And we were like, ‘Of course. When?’ They were like ‘Saturday.’ So we’re like, ‘Oh my God.’ It was such a rush just to pack...
Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin to Release a New Song for Each Night of Hanukkah
Happy Chanukah! Though the festival of lights doesn’t kick off until tomorrow night, Dave Grohl (who is not Jewish) and Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin (who is Jewish) are teaming up to release eight songs over the next eight nights in honor of the holiday and will be aptly titled the Hanukkah Sessions “This year, instead of doing a Christmas song, this year, Greg and I decided to celebrate Hanukkah,” Grohl said. “By recording eight songs by eight famous Jewish artists and releasing one song each night of Hanukkah.” So, stay tuned to the band’s social media channels for what’s to come — the possibilities are endless. Who knows what they’ll bust out over the next eight nights, but it should be fun! The Foo Fighters are also gearing up to release their first new album in three-and-a-...
The 35 Best Videos of the Last 35 Years
SPIN launched in the peak MTV era, when an innovative — or even just salacious — music video could make or break an artist. Thirty five years later, YouTube is an obligatory part of any promotional push, but no one’s counting on a mind-blowing clip to sell a record. (The views do often matter — just not always the creativity.) A sizable chunk of the best videos came out during the ‘90s alternative bloom, when directors like Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry and Hype Williams experimented with the style and substance of this malleable medium. But the format hasn’t died with MTV: artists like Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar and Miley Cyrus all made this list for a reason — and it wasn’t to meet a decade quota. Here are the top 35 from the last 35. Ready or not, here we go again. – Ryan Reed 3...
Foo Fighters Revisit Band History in Times Like Those Film
The Foo Fighters took a little break from promoting their upcoming record, Medicine at Midnight, to share Times Like Those, a new short film created in honor of the group’s 25th anniversary. The special video shows Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and Rami Jaffee sitting in comfy La-Z-Boy chairs and snacking on popcorn as they look and comment on throwback photos and clips taken over the course of their 25-year career. From the show that had to end because of a lightning storm to the behind-the-scenes footage of how 1999’s There Is Nothing Left to Lose album art was created, they reminisce about their high moments, hungover rides to the next gig and questionable style choices. The film features photos by Danny Clinch, Ross Halfin, Lisa Johnson,...
Foo Fighters Share ‘Meaningful’ Video for ‘Shame Shame’
Days after debuting “Shame Shame” on Saturday Night Live, the Foo Fighters have dropped a powerful video for the new single off their upcoming LP, Medicine at Midnight. [embedded content] Directed by Paola Kudacki, the monochrome video takes Dave Grohl to a barren field as a storm brews. Not only do we see a lot of bleak imagery, Grohl also taps into his modern dance skills with model and dancer Sofia Boutella to depict “an interpretation of a recurring dream that’s haunted Grohl since his childhood days,” says a release. “#ShameShame is a very meaningful song and it’s a very meaningful visual – different than anything we’ve ever done before,” the band tweeted. But that’s not all the band is sharing today. They’ve also announced that they’re doing a livestreamed show at the Roxy on Nov. 14...
Dave Grohl on Going in a Different Direction with Upcoming ‘Party Album’ Medicine At Midnight
Many Foo Fighters fans were disappointed when their favorite rock band had to cancel all their 25th-anniversary plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, after debuting “Shame Shame” live on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, the Foo Fighters are officially back with a record that fans might not expect from the lineup. “We have a lot of albums to fall back on, so you just have to go with our gut feeling and I thought instead of making some mellow adult album, I thought ‘Fuck that, let’s make a party album’,” Dave Grohl told NME. Grohl said Medicine at Midnight is “more energetic in a lot of ways than anything we’ve ever done and it was really designed to be that Saturday night party album.” Without giving too much away, he said that the title track is reminiscent of David Bowie’s “Le...
