Foo Fighters share new single ‘No Son Of Mine’ and unveil album tracklist

“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,” frontman Dave Grohl said of the track. “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 new Foo Fighters’ track below:

Grohl accompanied the release with a handwritten message for the band’s fans.

“It was almost exactly a year ago that we finished recording our “new” record ‘Medicine At Midnight’, with a massive world tour planned that would have taken us around the globe celebrating our 25th anniversary as a band,” the letter begins.

“But, well…. you know…… so, we waited. And waited. And waited. Until we finally realized that our music is made to be heard, whether it’s in a festival field with 50,000 of our closest friends, or alone in your living room on a Saturday night with a stiff cocktail. So, the wait is over.

“As we say goodbye (fuck you) to 2020, and flip the calendar page to 2021, let’s ring in the New Year with a new rocker, ‘No Son Of Mine’.”

The letter concludes: “Pour a drink, turn it up, close your eyes and imagine that festival field blowing up to this. Because it fucking will. Happy New Year.”

In addition to the new track, Foo Fighters have also shared the tracklisting for ‘Medicine At Midnight’, along with a pre-order link for the album.

Produced by Greg Kurstin and Foo Fighters, the nine-track, 37-minute LP was engineered by Darrell Thorp and mixed by Mark “Spike” Stent – see the track list below.

‘Making A Fire’
‘Shame Shame’
‘Cloudspotter’
‘Waiting On A War’
‘Medicine At Midnight’
‘No Son Of Mine’
‘Holding Poison’
‘Chasing Birds’
‘Love Dies Young’

Due out February 5, 2021, you can pre-order ‘Medicine At Midnight’ here.

Speaking to NME ahead of its release, Grohl said of the new album: “Since it’s our 10th record and 25th anniversary, we decided years ago that we wanted to do something that sounded fresh.

“We’ve made some many different types of album, we’ve done acoustic things, we’ve done punk-rock things, mid-tempo Americana type of things. 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’.”

He added: “A lot of our favourite records have these big grooves and riffs. I hate to call it a funk or dance record, but it’s 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.

“It was written and sequenced in a way that you put on, and nine songs later you’ll just put it on again. Y’know, songs like ‘Making A Fire’. To me that’s rooted in Sly & The Family Stone grooves, but amplified in the way that the Foo Fighters do it.”

Meanwhile, Dave Grohl has hailed the long-awaited Save Our Stages Act that passed into the law in the US last weekend.

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Ozzy Osbourne’s new album to feature members of Foo Fighters, Metallica and more

“There’s a bunch of people involved,” Watt told Guitar World. “I can’t say for sure until the end, but I started doing a bunch of basic tracks with Chad and Robert Trujillo, who used to play in Ozzy’s band.

“And Taylor Hawkins also came in and played a bunch on the record as well, which adds a different flair – it kind of harkened back to Ozzy’s ’80s era, in a great way. And I think it’s so cool for a rock fan to be able to listen to half an album with Chad Smith on drums, and then you flip it over and you get to hear Taylor Hawkins.”

“But, you know, it’s been hard with COVID and everything to keep him safe,” Watt added. “We all test every day before we work and it’s just me, Ozzy and my engineer.” The comments come after Osbourne said he’s “fucked” if he contracts coronavirus.

Ozzy Osbourne released new album ‘Ordinary Man’ in February, just before the pandemic hit. Giving it a five-star review, NME wrote: “Ozzy has insisted ‘Ordinary Man’ won’t be his last record, and told NME that he’s already preparing work on another.

“It’s tempting to hope that the fire in his belly will result in more magic, but Ozzy Osbourne has already done more for music and popular culture than anyone had any right to expect.”

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Check out these pretty exciting teasers of new Foo Fighters music

Later, the group shared a similar snippet featuring drummer Taylor Hawkins. The audio in this post contained the same section of the new song, but with an added snare drum. Check out both teasers below.

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— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) November 5, 2020

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— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) November 5, 2020

With an announcement of new music imminent, fans are speculating whether the Foos will perform the first single during their scheduled appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend (November 7).

Foo Fighters last released a full-length record with ‘Concrete And Gold’ in 2017, and confirmed in February that they had finished recording its follow-up. Back in May, Dave Grohl likened the new album to David Bowie’s 1983 LP ‘Let’s Dance’.

“It’s filled with anthemic, huge, sing-along rock songs,” he explained. “It’s kind of like a dance record, but not an EDM, disco, modern dance record. It’s got groove. To me, it’s our David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’ record. That’s what we wanted to make, we wanted to make this really up, fun record.”

Grohl previously revealed that Foos’ tenth LP was “unlike anything we’ve ever done”. “There are choruses on this record that 50-fucking-thousand people are gonna sing, and it’s gonna bring everyone’s fucking hearts together in that moment,” he said. “And that’s what it’s all about.”

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Foo Fighters to play on Dave Chappelle’s post-election ‘Saturday Night Live’ episode

During Chappelle’s 2016 post-election episode of SNL, he delivered an 11-minute monologue for which he later received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.

Foo Fighters, meanwhile, recently started teasing their upcoming 10th album. The Dave Grohl-led band last released a full-length record with ‘Concrete And Gold’ in 2017, and confirmed back in February that they had finished recording its follow-up.

Fans have been posting on social media after discovering the band’s iconic ‘FF’ logo in various locations alongside an ‘X’, the Roman numeral for 10. It’s not clear yet whether Foo Fighters will be premiering new music from the album during the SNL performance.

Back in May, Dave Grohl compared Foo Fighters’ upcoming new album to David Bowie’s 1983 record ‘Let’s Dance’. “It’s filled with anthemic, huge, sing-along rock songs,” he explained.

Grohl also previously stated that the Foos’ 10th LP was “unlike anything we’ve ever done”.

Saturday’s episode of SNL follows the 2020 US Presidential election between President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden.

While no clear winner was declared on election night (November 3), Biden has since earned the most votes of any presidential candidate in US election history, and is the bookmakers’ favourite to reach the White House.

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Looks like Foo Fighters are teasing news of their 10th album

One Instagram user saw the graphic on Hollywood Boulevard. “New 10th FF ALBUM spoiler at Las Palmas x Hollywood Blv,” they captioned the image. You can see the post below.

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New 10th FF ALBUM spoiler at Las Palmas x Hollywood Blv @foofighters @foofightersbr #foofighters

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Another fan shared a video of the same logo being projected onto the side of a building in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles over the weekend (October 31). The image then faded out to reveal a short black-and-white video of a burning coffin.

As pointed out on Reddit, the aforementioned clip now appears when playing certain Foo Fighters songs on Spotify, including ‘These Days’ and ‘The Pretender’.

Back in May, Dave Grohl compared Foo Fighters’ upcoming new album to David Bowie’s 1983 record ‘Let’s Dance’.

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Billie Eilish, Foo Fighters and more cosign new Planned Parenthood voting campaign

“The damage already inflicted on our country will last for generations. We can’t afford any further assaults on our reproductive freedom — our right to control our bodies. We need your voice.”

Now, musicians have stepped in to cosign Planned Parenthood’s ‘We Need Every Vote’ campaign. Yesterday (October 28), the non-profit published a full-page advert in six swing-state newspapers – including Detroit Free Press, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, and Austin American Statesman – that was signed by hundreds artists including Eilish, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age.

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Beastie Boys, Haim, Michael Stipe of R.E.M., The Breeders, The Chicks, St. Vincent, Phoebe Bridgers, Angel Olsen, Bright Eyes, Margo Price, Weezer, and many others also signed.

Alexis McGill Johnson, President of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said in a statement:
“Everything is on the line with this election. Voters across the country understand that we need leaders who will fight to protect our rights and access to health care in every branch of government – that’s why tens of millions of Americans have already cast their ballots by mail or in-person in states with early voting.

“As we face a Supreme Court that now poses an even greater threat to people’s health care access and reproductive rights, we know there is power in exercising our right to vote.

Billie Eilish at Reading Festival 2019 CREDIT: Simone Joyner/Getty Images

“We are proud to partner with musicians for ‘We Need Every Voice’ to mobilise more people to use their voices and their votes to help elect leaders that will protect our futures, our health, our rights and our freedoms.”

Last week, Bright Eyes and Phoebe Bridgers released ‘Miracle Of Life’, a protest song about abortion rights in America. “This song should not exist in 2020 America,” Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst said of the song, which also features the band’s previous collaborators including Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and Queens Of The Stone Age drummer Jon Theodore.

Watch Rick Astley cover Foo Fighters classic ‘Everlong’

Taking to his official YouTube channel last week (June 18), Astley paid tribute to his favourite band by performing his own rendition of their 1997 single ‘Everlong’.

“Sometimes you just have to find the song that’s gonna lift your spirits and put you in another place, and I’ve been doing that a lot recently with music,” Astley explained at the top of the acoustic performance.

“And one of the bands I always go to – believe it or not – is Foo Fighters, so here we go. Here’s my version of a song of their’s called ‘Everlong’.”

Late last year, Astley expressed his hopes of teaming up with Foo Fighters for a potential collaborative single. “I would be well up for releasing it, maybe for charity one day,” he said.

Discussing his continued confusion over his initial guest appearance with the Foos, Astley explained: “I never met them [before], I have no idea why [Grohl would] invite me onstage.

“I didn’t know what it was all about. And then he just kind of whispered and said, ‘We’re doing your tune, but we’re gonna do it like ‘Teen Spirit”, and that was it. And off we went.”

During last year’s Club NME re-launch, where Dave Grohl performed an intimate solo set, Astley played drums on ‘Times Like These’ and ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, with Grohl taking on vocals. You can see highlights of the evening in the above video.

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Dave Grohl praises Fiona Apple for getting him through lockdown

Released last month, ‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’ was Apple’s first album in eight years. In a four-star review, NME’s Charlotte Krol said of the project: “[It] will cut straight to the gut for Apple fans old and new and leave behind indelible messages about her life and illustrious career, now spanning two decades. It’s an intoxicating listen – and one of her best.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Grohl discussed the postponed Foo Fighters anniversary tour that was supposed to kick off this year, saying he tries not to think about it too much.

“There was so much planned for this anniversary. How has it been for you to just watch all that sort of fall away?” the interviewer asked Grohl.

He replied: “I try not to think about it too much, because we put about a year’s worth of work into this year – meaning we started preparing multiple projects all to release now. There was a documentary, there was another secret project that we were so excited about, there was a tour, there’s a new album, we made a video… I mean, all of these things are just waiting to be released, and I was really looking forward to all of them to come out together for the anniversary.”

Grohl continued: “Now that being said, all of that went out the window when the pandemic became what it is now. I forgot about the band, I forgot about the album, I forgot about the documentary and the video and I focused on my family – just as I’m sure everybody else did.

“Right now I’m in such a daddy-domestic headspace that even just calling to do an interview is strange, because what is there to talk about really? But we do have this arsenal of material ready to fuckin’ dam-burst all over the world, and it’s just a matter of figuring out when the world is ready because I think that’s a little more important than the Foo Fighters.”

Last week, Foo Fighters shared footage of their massive 2008 gig at London’s Wembley Stadium in full.

The gig, in support of their ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace’ album from the previous year, featured guest appearances by Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin.

It’s the latest edition of the band’s ongoing ‘Foo Fridays’ series, where they share full footage of a classic gig from their archives.

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Watch Foo Fighters’ huge, Led Zeppelin-featuring 2008 Wembley Stadium gig in full

Introducing Page and Jones for their performances of ‘Rock & Roll’ and ‘Ramble On’, Grohl told the crowd that England “made us the band we are today,” adding: “Just so you know, tonight, playing here at fucking Wembley Stadium, is an honor. And if we didn’t take advantage of this opportunity — the greatest fucking night in our band’s lives — and do something special for you motherfuckers, all 86,000 of you motherfuckers that came out to see us tonight?

“We knew from the beginning that this wasn’t going to be any other fucking show. We’ve been planning this shit for fucking six months. A long time. We knew that this country — you guys — made us the band we are today. So we’d like to invite a couple of very special guests: Mr. Jimmy Page and Mr. John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin.” Watch the full gig below.

The band have also taken the opportunity to share their support for the Save Our Venues campaign, offering support to struggling small venues in London who are suffering during the coronavirus pandemic.

“Big or small, we love ’em all,” the band wrote, directing fans to a GoFundMe page.

Big or small, we love 'em all!!! If you are able, consider supporting the indie venues of London as well through @musicvenuetrust: https://t.co/nWBGCA0gwO

— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) May 15, 2020

The campaign, launched last month by the Music Venues Trust, recently passed the £1 million mark in donations.

Among the main drivers of the initiative is Frank Turner, who has been fundraising for a number of grassroots venues during the current lockdown. “The UK live music industry is staring into the abyss right now,” Turner said in a statement.

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and drummer Taylor Hawkins recently joined a number of musicians including Dua Lipa, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Sam Fender, Bastille and Ellie Goulding as part of a special cover of Foo Fighters’ ‘Times Like These’ last month, organised by BBC Radio 1, with proceeds being split between Comic Relief and Children In Need.

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Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl says it’s “hard to imagine” playing outdoor concerts again

He referred to his experience of going to see U2 during their ‘Elevation Tour’ in 2001, dubbing it “an unforgettable concert on a very raw, personal note,” and how when playing one of his own shows with the Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, watched from the sidelines, adding: “When asked where he watched the show from, he said that he’d stood in the crowd, just like everyone else. Of course he did. He was searching for that connection too.”

Foo Fighters at Reading Festival 2019. Credit: Jenn Five

Grohl went on to express his fears about playing live again in the future.

“It’s hard to imagine sharing experiences like these ever again. I don’t know when it will be safe to return to singing arm in arm at the top of our lungs, hearts racing, bodies moving, souls bursting with life. But I do know that we will do it again, because we have to,” he wrote.

“It’s not a choice. We’re human. We need moments that reassure us that we are not alone. That we are understood. That we are imperfect. And, most important, that we need each other.

“I have shared my music, my words, my life with the people who come to our shows. And they have shared their voices with me. Without that audience – that screaming, sweating audience – my songs would only be sound. But together, we are instruments in a sonic cathedral, one that we build together night after night. And one that we will surely build again.”

You can find out more details about Foo Fighters’ altered tour plans here.

Foo Fighters recently shared a full live stream of their 2006 ‘Skin And Bones’ gig in LA for fans to watch online.

Grohl has also said that the band’s new album is “our David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’ record”.

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Dave Grohl says Foo Fighters’ new album is “our David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’ record”

“It’s filled with anthemic, huge, sing-along rock songs. It’s kind of like a dance record, but not an EDM, disco, modern dance record. It’s got groove. To me, it’s our David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’ record. That’s what we wanted to make, we wanted to make this really up, fun record.”

The frontman has previously called Foo Fighters’ new album “unlike anything we’ve ever done”. “There are choruses on this record that 50-fucking-thousand people are gonna sing, and it’s gonna bring everyone’s fucking hearts together in that moment,” he said. “And that’s what it’s all about.”

The band have also claimed that the making of the record was interrupted by ghosts. The album was recorded in a 1940s house in Encino, California, where they immediately realised the “vibe was off” as their instruments became out of tune and tracks they recorded were mysteriously deleted.

Meanwhile, Grohl recently recalled the time Bowie declined to collaborate with him on a song for a movie soundtrack, telling him to “fuck off”.

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An unreleased Prince radio show from 2005 is set to air on SiriusXM

“I don’t think anybody knows that it exists other than the people who directly worked on it or were there while we were working on it,” DJ Rashida, who will host the show, said. “It’s such a trip listening back to it just now.”

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Starting this Friday, @siriusxm will host a new channel dedicated entirely to Prince. Stream for free until 5/31 and catch takeovers and special playlists from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Sheila E., and the debut of a never-before-heard radio show Prince created with @DJRASHIDA in 2005. "I don’t think anybody knows that it exists other than the people who directly worked on it or were there while we were working on it," Rashida said, describing the lost 3121 Radio show. "It’s such a trip listening back to it just now." Links in bio to stream. @sheilaedrummer @flytetymejam

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The show will also feature appearances from Prince himself, alongside his collaborators Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Sheila E.

Sheila E was recently branded as “desperate to be relevant” by Purple Rain star Apollonia Kotero after the drummer released a Prince tribute song called ‘Lemon Cake’.

“Prince refused to acknowledge you for 5 years before his death because of your lies,” she said of Sheila E. on Facebook. “You can’t continue to fool our Prince fans any longer. Because I AM here to tell you, it’s over. Time for the truth.”

Earlier this month, the GRAMMYs broadcasted a star-studded tribute to Prince to mark the fourth anniversary of the legend’s death.

Recorded back in January after the annual award ceremony, Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince has now been aired on CBS and featured Foo Fighters, FKA twigs, Beck and more taking on songs from the Purple One.

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