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16-05-2025
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Foo Fighters Part Ways With Drummer Josh Freese
Foo Fighters have parted ways with drummer Josh Freese, who has filled that role since 2023 in the wake of band member Taylor Hawkins' sudden death in March 2022. Freese revealed the surprising news in a social media post, which Foo Fighters themselves have yet to address in any form. A band spokesperson also declined comment. 'The Foo Fighters called me Monday night to let me know they've decided 'to go in a different direction with their drummer.' No reason was given,' Freese wrote. 'Regardless, I enjoyed the past two years with them, both on and off stage, and I support whatever they feel is best for the band. In my 40 years of drumming professionally, I've never been let go from a band, so while I'm not angry — just a bit shocked and disappointed. But as most of you know I've always worked freelance and bounced between bands, so I'm fine. Stay tuned for my 'Top 10 Possible Reasons Josh Got Booted From The Foo Fighters' list.' More from Spin: Pavement Reveal 'Pavements' Soundtrack, Visit 'Colbert' The Black Keys Detail New LP, 'No Rain, No Flowers' Peter Baumann's Old and New Dreams Freese, 52, is one of the most respected session drummers in rock and is a longtime friend of Dave Grohl and the Foos camp. Before a formal announcement that he was coming on board, he joined the Foos on drums during star-studded Hawkins tribute concerts in 2022 at London's Wembley Stadium and Los Angeles' Kia Forum. Freese has played drums in the Vandals since 1989 and has performed for long stretches with everyone from Devo, Guns N' Roses, Nine Inch Nails and the Replacements to Sting, Sublime With Rome, Weezer, A Perfect Circle, the Offspring, Danny Elfman and Paramore. He's currently back on the road with A Perfect Circle for the first time in 13 years. Meanwhile, the Foos earlier this week announced their first show of 2025 on Oct. 4 at the Singapore Grand Prix. The group canceled a number of concerts last year following the revelation that Grohl had fathered a child with a woman other than his wife. This is a developing story. To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, click here.
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16-05-2025
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The Black Keys Detail New LP, ‘No Rain, No Flowers'
The Black Keys have landed on an Aug. 8 release date for their 13th album, No Rain, No Flowers, the title track from which is out now. Among the collaborators on the self-produced Easy Eye Sound/Warner project are songwriters Rick Nowels and Daniel Tashian, plus veteran hip-hop producer/keyboardist Scott Storch. Black Keys guitarist/vocalist Dan Auerbach previously told SPIN that he and bandmate Patrick Carney used to obsessively watch YouTube videos of Storch 'playing all his parts from his productions on piano. He showed up and he was so excited to be in the studio because it's filled with keyboards here. He said he'd never really recorded with real instruments before — like harpsichords, vibes, tack pianos and stuff. So, he was like a kid in a candy shop. We hit it off and we had a lot of fun.' More from Spin: Peter Baumann's Old and New Dreams GIRLS IN WAITING Prince Royce: 'With Music, We Can Become One' The album's first single, 'The Night Before,' emerged as Carney, Auerbach and Tashian played drums, guitar and bass in a circle at Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound studio. 'It came together so quickly that we overlooked it,' said Auerbach. 'When we were playing the songs we had for people, it was the very last one we played to the record label. As soon as we played it, everyone unanimously said that should be the first single.' No Rain, No Flowers amounts to some positive fallout surrounding the release of 2024's Ohio Players and the abrupt cancelation of its supporting tour, during which Auerbach and Carney traded barbs with former manager Irving Azoff. 'We put a lot of time into [that] album, and then it came out and some bullshit happened and we had to pivot,' said Carney. 'Som we pivoted to where we feel most comfortable, which is back in the studio — make more music and just do it again.' The Black Keys will be on the road in North America beginning May 23 in Durant, Ok., and have dates on the books through Sept. 20 at Atlanta's Shaky Knees festival. 'The fact we didn't get to tour last year, we hated it,' Carney admitted. 'It sucks for us, sucks for the fans. Also, the circumstances were bullshit. But at the end of the day, we did get to make another album. And it's something that we're proud of, and that will be a document that will exist long after we're gone.' To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, click here.
