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‘Validation was an insatiable monster’: Dave Grohl on Foo Fighters’ punk-rock return – and life after his infidelity

In his first newspaper interview after fathering a child outside his marriage, Grohl discusses his changed outlook, his grief for Taylor Hawkins, and the 430 therapy sessions he’s had

The Guardian - UK

“My life was going down the toilet. I was trying to stay out of everybody’s way, just to finish what I’d started." The story behind the troubled birth of Foo Fighters' second album, The Colour And The Shape

Despite countless setbacks and obstacles, Dave Grohl emerged from Kurt Cobain's shadow with a clutch of songs that primed Foo Fighters for stadiums

Louder

Dave Grohl on Foo Fighters after Taylor Hawkins: ‘Continuing was complicated’

Hawkins, the former Foo Fighters drummer, died suddenly in 2022 aged 50

The Independent UK

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Dave Grohl says ‘world is not the same’ since death of Foo Fighters bandmate

Taylor Hawkins died suddenly in 2022 while the band were on the South American leg of their world tour.

Evening Standard

Foo Fighters release new music

Foo Fighters have released new music on their website but out of the 10 snippers, only one of them features a vocal and all are between five to 13 seconds long.

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"Pat Smear left me a voicemail and said, 'I have the weirdest request and it involves Mariah Carey'." How Taylor Momsen and Foo Fighters thrilled Mariah Carey by performing two songs from her secret alt. rock album for the very first time

Mariah Carey's 'lost' alt. rock anthems finally get the public performance they deserve

Louder

Foo Fighters have 'finished' new album

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has suggested the band will be making a return to the charts shortly as they have "finished" a "whole new record".

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“He’s played with everybody, so he really saved us and rescued us tonight”: Dave Grohl thanks Jason Falkner for “rescuing” the Foo Fighters as they play their first show since Pat Smear’s bizarre injury

The former Nirvana touring guitarist has had to sit out the band’s latest tour after a spot of gardening ended with him breaking his leg

Guitar World

“In the classic tradition…”: Guitarist Pat Smear is out of upcoming Foo Fighters dates after “bizarre gardening accident”

Band announce news with fake National Enquirer front page

MusicRadar

“The Beck and St. Vincent guitar wizard will be filling in while he’s on the mend”: Pat Smear pulls out of Foo Fighters gigs due to “bizarre gardening accident” – and his replacement has been confirmed

If only the band had a guitar-themed throne that Smear could have used on stage...

Guitar World

Pat Smear to miss Foo Fighters gigs after 'bizarre gardening accident'

Guitarist Pat Smear has broken multiple bones in his foot and will sit out some upcoming shows with Foo Fighters.

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Pat Smear to miss upcoming Foo Fighters shows after "bizarre gardening accident"

Not the start to 2026 that Pat Smear would have wanted

Louder

Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear to miss upcoming tour dates after ‘bizarre gardening accident’

Many fans made the same joke after the former Nirvana touring guitarist injured his left foot

The Independent UK

Watch official pro-shot footage of Post Malone and Nirvana members performing Smells Like Teen Spirit for Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary

Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear were joined by Post Malone for lively performance of Nirvana's smash hit from Nevermind

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“A special rendition”: Post Malone proves his guitar hero credentials once again as he fronts Nirvana reunion and nails Smells Like Teen Spirit at SNL50

The under-appreciated guitarist took on lead and vocal duties for the one-song performance – and the internet absolutely loved it

Guitar World

“If we can fill the performance with these incredible women singing Nirvana songs, then we’ll have achieved our own revolution”: Nirvana reunite unannounced at FireAid concert, with four guest frontwomen

But for Violet Grohl taking the place of Lorde, it was the same group of singer/guitarists the remaining Nirvana trio played with at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction performance in 2014

The Independent UK

Why Dave Grohl only wants female singers to front Nirvana reunions

A ‘Hervana’ performance at the FireAid benefit concert in California was met with a rapturous reception from fans of the Nineties rock band

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Watch Dave Grohl's daughter Violet front a surprise Nirvana reunion, and Billie Eilish join Green Day, at emotional FireAid concert in Los Angeles

Joan Jett, Kim Gordon and St. Vincent also joined Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear onstage at the charity fundraiser in Los Angeles

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“Day two, Dave Grohl says, ‘You’re going to need more guitars.’ We walk into the shop and he’s going, ‘Get whatever you want.’ I was so freaked out”: Chris Shiflett on his guitar shopping spree when he first joined the Foo Fighters

Shiflett was taken to the store he’d once visited as a wishful-thinking kid – and was armed with Grohl’s credit card in order to get adequately kitted out for his new gig

MusicRadar

“Kurt ended up giving me this rad guitar!”: Foo Fighters’ Pat Smear recalls how his ‘good’ guitar wasn’t good enough for Nirvana

He heard somebody say: “We can’t let him on stage!”

Guitar World

“We’re doing my first-ever gig with Nirvana on SNL. What I didn’t know was there was a discussion about my guitar like, ‘No, we can’t let him on stage’”: Pat Smear’s first Nirvana appearance almost didn’t happen – because of his guitar

Smear had bought a 1982 Charvel when he was playing with Nina Hagen – but the guitar didn't quite impress the Nirvana troupe

The Independent UK

Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged show is a hallowed chapter of Kurt Cobain’s history – it almost never happened

PLAYBACK: The Seattle grunge band performed on MTV Unplugged in a funereal setting of lit candles and white lilies. Mark Beaumont chronicles the troubled days leading up to the show, during which Kurt Cobain faced money-minded executives, a nervous fire marshal – and his inner demons

Metal Hammer

“The first day of rehearsal they forgot me!” Watch Nirvana's first-ever TV performance as a four-piece, with future Foo Fighter Pat Smear on guitar

On September 25, 1993, Nirvana performed as a quartet on US TV show Saturday Night Live, playing two songs from their brand new album In Utero, with Pat Smear on second guitar

Louder

"I miss playing those songs, I miss being that drummer": Dave Grohl on the time Nirvana reunited at Cal Jam 2018

Grohl was joined by Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear and two guest vocalists to run through six Nirvana classics at his own festival

Guitar World

“I could have headed towards blues or shred. I chose blues… Fast-forward to 2020, I decided to become a 12 year-old learning guitar again – I went the other way and got an Ibanez with a Floyd Rose!” Gary Clark Jr. is finally unleashing his inner shredder

On his powerful and experimental new album, Gary Clark Jr. is channeling the pioneering spirit of the greats and finding new shades of blue

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