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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: April 27, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Foo Fighters, Airbourne, All Them Witches and more

Louder

Watch Queens Of The Stone Age perform Auto Pilot with their former bassist Nick Oliveri

Queens Of The Stone Age joined onstage by Nick Oliveri for first time since 2014

Metal Hammer

“I didn’t think Pat would be our guitar player. I just sent him a tape. And he was like, ‘Oh my god, it’s so poppy’”: How Pat Smear surprised Dave Grohl and joined the Foo Fighters

These songs were absolutely not In Utero part II as Dave Grohl gamed-out his post-Nirvana musical future

Guitar World

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From Mother Mary to Foo Fighters: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

An idiosyncratic thriller sees Anne Hathaway’s pop icon and Michaela Coel’s fashion designer embark on a psychosexual romance, while Dave Grohl and his boys are back with album number 12

The Guardian - UK

Foo Fighters return: Verdict on new album 'Your Favorite Toy' & their essential records

Following 2023's stellar 'But Here We Are', Foo Fighters are back with a new band member and a no-frills, back-to-basics sound. Where does 'Your Favorite Toy' land in their discography?

Euronews

"This is the sound of a band finding their spark again amid the wreckage." Foo Fighters bounce back from turbulent few years with punky, at-times surprisingly thrashy new record Your Favorite Toy

Dave Grohl and co. go back-to-basics to kick out the jams

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Foo Fighters, Your Favorite Toy review – Dave Grohl’s most revealing (and self-eviscerating) songs yet

4/5 After the numb grief of 2023’s ‘But Here We Are’, the band’s first album in the wake of drummer Taylor Hawkins’ death, ‘Your Favorite Toy’ feels like a back-to-basics blast of fresh air, with Grohl using these songs to face up to himself

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David Bowie, Stranger Things and Foo Fighters: What's to see, do or hear this week in Europe

Ziggy Stardust illuminates London's Lightroom, Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd returns with a new, even grittier series, and Foo Fighters release their 12th album. Here's what to look out for this week.

Euronews

"Your Favorite Toy is a ferocious reaffirmation of Foo Fighters' initial post-grunge power." Troubled times call for torrential measures on hard-rocking new album from Dave Grohl and Co

Your Favourite Toy is the Foo Fighters' twelfth album and the follow-up to But Here We Are

Louder

“I learned that the hard way at rehearsals”: How Jason Falkner got the Foo Fighters gig filling in for Pat Smear – and the biggest mistake he made in prep

The guitarist was drafted in as emergency cover after Pat Smear's bizarre injury

Guitar World

"There’s injustice, and so much hate and fear, and it’s such a drag." Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl says it's difficult not to feel angry and disillusioned about the state of America in 2026

Dave Grohl on his "deeply divided" homeland

Louder

Nicola Coughlan and Aimee Lou Wood named as next hosts of Saturday Night Live UK

Irish actress Coughlan will front the comedy show on April 25, while Lou Wood will host on May 2.

Evening Standard

"There was that feeling of like, ‘Wait, are we breaking up?'" Why Dave Grohl walked out on Foo Fighters and joined Queens of the Stone Age in 2002

Frustrated with the recording of Foo Fighters' One by One sessions, Dave Grohl needed to let off some steam. Then he received a call from Josh Homme...

Metal Hammer

"That dude just showed me a dead alien." Foo Fighters drummer Ilan Rubin on his wedding day – when Blink 182's Tom DeLonge let Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor see something very odd on his phone

As far as weird rock celebrity stories go, this one from Foo Fighters drummer Ilan Rubin is going to be pretty hard to beat

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Ilan Rubin breaks silence on Foo Fighters shake‑up and 'drummer swap” rumours

Ilan Rubin has finally addressed the speculation surrounding his move from Nine Inch Nails to Foo Fighters, insisting there was “no secret deal” behind the much‑talked‑about drummer switch.

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Courtney Love begs Dave Grohl to do one thing to stop his fans 'picking on her'

Courtney Love has made a plea to Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl after their decades-long feud.

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“To get into the personal details, of why that didn’t necessarily sync up, just didn’t seem like it was going to benefit anybody”: Nate Mendel of Foo Fighters explains why the reasons for Josh Freese’s sacking were kept vague

But Freese says “no one should feel sorry for me”

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Watch lyric video for new Foo Fighters single Caught In The Echo

Caught In The Echo is the third track to be released from upcoming 12th Foo Fighters album Your Favorite Toy

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Foo Fighters agreed not to give Josh Freese details about reasons for firing

Foo Fighters did not give Josh Freese a reason for his firing as they didn't think it was a good idea to get "into the personal details".

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Dave Grohl visited by Taylor Hawkins in his dreams

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl is visited by the ghosts of his deceased loved ones in his dreams revealing he's been visited by his late bandmate Taylor Hawkins as well as Nirvana star Kurt Cobain and his mother Virginia.

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Foo Fighters unleash new single Caught In The Echo

Foo Fighters preview their upcoming album Your Favorite Toy with Caught In The Echo, a fiery opener that captures the band’s raw live energy ahead of the record’s April 24 release.

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“I wound up in a place that I needed to stop and sit with myself”: Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl addresses infidelity and social media fallout in new interview

The singer/multi-instrumentalist says he’s had 430 therapy sessions in the past 70 weeks and suggests that fathering a child with a woman outside of his marriage in 2024 is part of the reason why

The Independent UK

Dave Grohl confronts ‘insatiable monster’ on new Foo Fighters album after affair

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Dave Grohl underwent '70 weeks of therapy' after lovechild scandal

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has revealed he underwent "70 weeks of therapy" following his revelation he had fathered a child outside of his marriage - confessing "there were so many things that led me to this".

Evening Standard

Dave Grohl says he had to ‘turn everything off’ after admitting to affair

The Foo Fighters singer admitted in September 2024 that he had fathered a child outside of his marriage.

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