Two years after tapping Josh Freese to switch the late Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters have parted methods with the veteran drummer. The information was damaged by Freese himself on his social media accounts.
Freese wrote the next on his Instagram web page on Friday (Could sixteenth):
“The Foo Fighters referred to as me Monday night time to let me know they’ve determined ‘to go in a special route with their drummer.’ No purpose was given. 🙁 Regardless, I loved the previous two years with them, each on and off stage, and I help no matter they really feel is greatest for the band. In my 40 years of drumming professionally, I’ve by no means been let go from a band, so whereas I’m not indignant—only a bit shocked and disillusioned. However as most of I’ve at all times labored freelance and bounced between bands so, I’m wonderful. Keep tuned for my ‘High 10 potential causes Josh acquired booted from the Foo Fighters’ listing.”
The firing occurred virtually two years to the day the Foos formally employed Freese on Could twenty first, 2023. Whereas the band toured extensively in 2023 and the primary half of 2024, they’ve been dormant since frontman Dave Grohl admitted to having a toddler outdoors of his marriage in September 2024.
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Only in the near past, Foo Fighters introduced their first live performance of 2025, an October 4th present on the Singapore Grand Prix.
Taylor Hawkins died on the age of fifty on March twenty fifth, 2022, at his lodge room in Bogotá, Colombia, whereas the Foos have been on a tour of Latin America. Freese was employed just a little greater than a 12 months later, as Foo Fighters returned to motion after taking day without work following Hawkins’ passing.
Freese is likely one of the most achieved drummers in rock music, touchdown at No. 46 on ipromiseyoumedia’s listing of the Finest Drummers of All Time. His spectacular résumé contains stints with A Excellent Circle, The Vandals, 9 Inch Nails, and different bands. Plus he’s executed a ton of high-profile session work.
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