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Foo Fighters Finish "Whole New Record" as Grohl Hints at 2024 Release

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl announced the band has finished a brand new album, suggesting a release could happen before his 2027 birthday. The revelation came during the opening show of their Australian tour. The band is currently on the road without guitarist Pat Smear, who is recovering from multiple broken foot bones sustained in a gardening accident. Guitarist Jason Falkner is filling in for Smear, whom the band humorously referenced in a mock magazine cover nodding to "This Is Spinal Tap."

Key Points: Foo Fighters Finish New Album, Dave Grohl Announces

  • New album completed
  • Hinted for 2024 release
  • Pat Smear injured, missing shows
  • Jason Falkner filling in on guitar
  • Band mocked injury with Spinal Tap reference
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Foo Fighters have completed new album

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl reveals the band has finished a new album, hinting at a 2024 release during their Australian tour opener.

Foo Fighters have completed new album
"We might have a whole new record of f****** songs that we just finished the other day. - Dave Grohl"

Los Angeles, Jan 26

The American rock band Foo Fighters has "finished" a "whole new record". The band's frontman Dave Grohl recently has made the revelation behind the band's tracks and trenches.

The group's last release 'But Here We Are' dropped in 2023 and the rocker has now suggested another new album could be on the way this year as they completed work on another collection of songs "the other day", reports 'Female First UK'.

Grohl made the revelation during the opening gig of the Foo Fighters' Australian tour telling the crowd, "We'll be back here sooner than you think. I know when we're coming back! It is before my next birthday (January 14, 2027), just so you know. And we might have a whole new record of f****** songs that we just finished the other day. I dunno".

Foo Fighters released two new tracks last year 'Today's Song' and 'Asking For A Friend', as well as live album 'Are Playing Where?' which dropped in October.

As per 'Female First UK', they kicked off their Take Cover tour in Mexico earlier this month. However, they had to hit the road without guitarist Pat Smear, who was forced to sit out the shows after breaking "multiple bones in his foot" in a "bizarre gardening accident".

The band made light of the situation by mocking up a fake magazine cover of the 66-year-old musician in a wheelchair with his bone scan in a pullout.

The headline read, "Breaking News. Pat Smear Bizarre Gardening Accident!" It references This Is Spinal Tap, the 1984 mockumentary in which the fictional band's former drummer, Stumpy Pepys, is said to have died in a "bizarre gardening accident", and the authorities supposedly declared it "best left unsolved".

Jason Falkner, who usually plays for Beck and St. Vincent, will fill in for Pat while he heals. The cover was captioned on the band's Instagram, "BREAKING NEWS! In the classic tradition of rockstars having bizarre gardening accidents, Pat Smear has apparently rung in the new year by smashing the s*** out of his left foot. This means he'll unfortunately be missing a few shows while the multiple broken bones in his foot heal".

- IANS

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Sarah B
A "bizarre gardening accident" that breaks multiple foot bones? That sounds more painful than the music sometimes! 😅 Wishing Pat Smear a speedy recovery. Jason Falkner is a great fill-in though.
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Vikram M
Good to see bands still putting out albums regularly. In the age of singles and reels, a full album feels like a proper event. Hope the new songs have the classic Foo Fighters rock sound.
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Priya S
The Spinal Tap reference is hilarious! Shows they don't take themselves too seriously. That's what makes them so likable. Also, releasing an album so soon after the last one? Dave Grohl is a machine.
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Rohit P
Respectfully, I feel their last few albums haven't captured the raw energy of 'The Colour and the Shape' or 'Wasting Light'. Hoping this new one is a return to form. Still, always good to have new rock music.
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Michael C
Their work ethic is inspiring. After all these years and everything they've been through, they're still creating and touring relentlessly. True legends of rock.

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