Foo Fighters return with heartbreaking tribute to late drummer
They surprised fans yesterday by releasing Today's Song, which is full of optimism about change in the future and personal evolution for the band.
But it is the first we've heard from married frontman Dave Grohl since he shocked fans last September by revealing he had fathered a daughter with another woman.
It seems he has patched things up with his actress wife of 22 years, Jordyn Blum, after they were pictured together at Wimbledon yesterday.
At the same time as the song dropped, Dave released a letter talking about Foo Fighters.
After writing about how the band formed during Thanksgiving in 1994, he explained: 'Over the years, we've had moments of unbridled joy, and moments of devastating heartbreak. Moments of beautiful victory, and moments of painful defeat.
'We have mended broken bones and broken hearts.
'But we have followed this road together, with each other, for each other, no matter what.
'Because in life, you just can't go it alone.'
The track opens with Dave singing: 'I woke today screaming for change, I knew that I must.
'So, here lies a shadow, ashes to ashes, dust into dust.
'You know that nothing can prepare you. Don't let this cruel world compare you.'
It features crashing percussion and anthemic vocals which are sure to delight fans, although he did not reveal who is playing the drums on the track.
In his letter, Dave paid tribute to original drummer William Goldsmith, former guitarist Franz Stahl and their most recent drummer Josh Freese before honouring Taylor Hawkins — who played drums for the band from 1997 until his death from a drug overdose in Colombia in 2022.
Dave wrote: 'Your name is spoken every day, sometimes with tears, sometimes with a smile.
'But you are still in everything we do, everywhere we go, forever.
'The enormity of your beautiful soul is only rivalled by the infinite longing we feel in your absence.
'We all miss you beyond words.
'Foo Fighters will forever include Taylor Hawkins in every note that we play, until we do finally reach our destination.'
Hear hear.
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