Foo Fighters have revealed that Josh Freese is their new drummer, taking on for Taylor Hawkins, who handed away final 12 months. The information was formally introduced in a livestream occasion that passed off on Sunday forward of Foo Fighters’ intensive run of dwell dates which can be deliberate for the remainder of the 12 months.
At the start of the occasion, the Foo Fighters have been goofing off as a procession of well-known drummers together with Chad Smith, Tommy Lee, and Danny Carey knocked on the door and stated hey after which proceeded to exit with sticks in hand. Freese then interrupted and requested if they will play a music, after which the band launched into “All My Life.”
Freese is a prolific session musician, who has performed on tracks by Guns N’ Roses, Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, Puddle Of Mudd, Weezer, Paramore, Sting and lots of extra, and he’s additionally carried out dwell with lots of these teams. The 50-year-old is a detailed buddy of Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins. He was one of some drummers that performed with the band throughout their tribute reveals to Hawkins final 12 months. Freese left his roles within the Offspring and Danny Elfman’s band to hitch the Foos full-time.
During the stream, the band debuted a brand new music known as “Nothing At All,” they usually carried out their current singles “Rescued” and “Under You” dwell for the primary time.
Foo Fighters’ first dwell date is on May 24 in New Hampshire.
SETLIST:
“All My Life”
“Rescued”
“No Son Of Mine”
“Under You”
“Workin’ For A Livin’” (Huey Lewis And The News Cover)
“The Sky Is A Neighborhood”
“Nothing At All”
“Monkey Wrench”
“Aurora”