Foo Fighters

colmufc · 15-09-2014 9:12am

StaticAge11 wrote: »

Poster floating around the net, Wembley dates supposedly June 19th and 20th!

honestly I hope not cause the last time they played Wembley they did not play ireland ,thankfully my girlfriend brought me to London for the 1st night it was mental

Irish Halo · 15-09-2014 2:07pm

I was at the 2nd Wembley Stadium show and it was easily the worst Foos show I have ever been to, combined with IYH and ESP&G they were starting to look less and less relevant as a rock band (Wasting Light changed that thankfully).

p.s. The Islington Show was pretty good on Friday night

colmufc · 16-09-2014 10:51am

Irish Halo wrote: »

I was at the 2nd Wembley Stadium show and it was easily the worst Foos show I have ever been to, combined with IYH and ESP&G they were starting to look less and less relevant as a rock band (Wasting Light changed that thankfully).

p.s. The Islington Show was pretty good on Friday night

the biggest problem I had with Wembley besides the disaster of a tube service was the crap English crowd they had no atmosphere thankfully I was with herself on a mad weekend flew in that morning straight to Foos went mental near the front back to the hotel up at 5 to head to the airport back to dublin took herself to see her favourite band bon Jovi in punchestown just a crazy weekend

Furious-Red · 16-09-2014 7:29pm

colmufc wrote: »

honestly I hope not cause the last time they played Wembley they did not play ireland ,thankfully my girlfriend brought me to London for the 1st night it was mental

We will def get a irish show this time

Furious-Red · 21-09-2014 11:38am

Foo Fighters have announced plans to tour south America in January, 2015.

The band will perform in Argentina, Brazil, Columbia and Chile across six dates according to Consequence of Sound. Starting in the Chilean city of Santiago on January 15, Dave Grohl and his band will then head to Buenos Aires, Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro before ending the jaunt in Bogota on January 31.

These tour dates represent Foo Fighters first confirmed dates of 2015. The band recently visited Great Britain for a trip that included a performance at Wembley Stadium as well as three tiny club dates.

Foo Fighters played the three intimate UK shows under the name The Holy ****s, as well as appearing at the closing of the Invictus Games in London.

New album 'Sonic Highways' will be released on November 10 and is the band's eighth studio effort. The vinyl release of 'Sonic Highways' will come with an assortment of nine different covers including eight themed around one of the cities in which the album was recorded: Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Seattle and Washington, DC
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Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/79888?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=foos#85Tb0ZDOFSHruhPk.99

Furious-Red · 02-10-2014 8:24pm

Just been announced for Rock Am Ring/Rock Im Park . Also BBC will be showing Sonic Highway

Lithium93_ · 02-10-2014 9:00pm

Furious-Red wrote: »

Just been announced for Rock Am Ring/Rock Im Park . Also BBC will be showing Sonic Highway

When does it air??, Will have to series link it on Sky+

colmufc · 02-10-2014 9:22pm

Lithium93_ wrote: »

When does it air??, Will have to series link it on Sky+

no let sure on dates but it's on bbc 4 ,but here is the stupid thing the first 3 run on tv the next 3 on the bbc I player and the final 2 will be on both , I hope they change that as the I player is geo blocked

Furious-Red · 02-10-2014 10:15pm

colmufc wrote: »

no let sure on dates but it's on bbc 4 ,but here is the stupid thing the first 3 run on tv the next 3 on the bbc I player and the final 2 will be on both , I hope they change that as the I player is geo blocked

Yea i dont get the way they are showing some on BBC4 then the rest on the player . Suppose may try and stream the other episodes so

jack presley · 02-10-2014 10:32pm

colmufc wrote: »

I hope they change that as the I player is geo blocked

Plenty of easy ways around that.

Lithium93_ · 02-10-2014 11:51pm

I assume Slash will be on the Sonic Highways album in some form seeing as he appeared in the trailer for the documentary.

Lithium93_ · 14-10-2014 4:28pm

Foo Fighter w/Zac Brown covered Black Sabbath's War Pigs on the Late Show With David Letterman last night, have to admit it's a good cover of one of my favorite Black Sabbath songs.

seachto7 · 14-10-2014 4:32pm

Nice....

AllGunsBlazing · 14-10-2014 6:28pm

Horrible. The Foo's are too upbeat and bouncy to pull off a decent Sabbath cover. No sense of menace of foreboding to that version at all.

jack presley · 14-10-2014 7:05pm

They're on Letterman all week apparently so we should get another 4 songs before the week's out. Hopefully something off the new album.

Edit - just saw on their twitter feed that they'll be playing a new song on Thursday so it looks like covers tonight and tomorrow.

Furious-Red · 14-10-2014 9:16pm

Foo Fighters

The rumors are true…this Thursday you’ll hear the first song on our new album.

jack presley · 15-10-2014 6:16pm

Heart were the guests last night

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/foo-fighters-and-hearts-wilson-sisters-kick-it-out-on-letterman-20141015

Lithium93_ · 15-10-2014 11:42pm

Sonic Highways has been pre-ordered.

Mushy · 16-10-2014 9:24pm

jack presley · 16-10-2014 9:30pm

Not bad but not out of this world. Might be a grower though.

wirelessdude01 · 16-10-2014 9:47pm

Really like that song after 2 listens. Like the way it changes about half way in.

Wrongway1985 · 16-10-2014 9:54pm

Can hear some likeness to Dio's "Holy Diver" thrown in there :eek:; might grow but certainly doesn't grab me as much as "Rope" which was first release from last record.

Nate--IRL-- · 16-10-2014 9:57pm

I quite like that, and I don't really like much of their later stuff.

Nate

Mushy · 16-10-2014 10:01pm

I like it. Nothing groundbreaking, but I'd expect that. Still good listening!

Lithium93_ · 16-10-2014 10:10pm

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Can hear some likeness to Dio's "Holy Diver" thrown in there :eek:; might grow but certainly doesn't grab me as much as "Rope" which was first release from last record.

I thought i as the only one who was hearing the likeness of Holy Diver.

RayCon · 17-10-2014 10:10am

Big time "Holy Diver" riff rob ... song's OK. More steady output from the Foo's. I find them dependable but never earth shattering.

Doctor Jimbob · 17-10-2014 12:07pm

RayCon wrote: »

Big time "Holy Diver" riff rob ... song's OK. More steady output from the Foo's. I find them dependable but never earth shattering.

Definitely, I couldn't believe it when I heard it :pac: dependable riff though I suppose!

north_star_33 · 19-10-2014 10:01am

I used to be a monster ff fan since i saw that brixton 95 show on the old mtv and have them live on numerous occasions ..

But the last 2 or 3 albums havent really been all that great (i hated espg save for about 4 songs) and yes this new song sounds like a cover in parts

Hope this album is a good one

Furious-Red · 19-10-2014 12:25pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMsTuB-xdIk

fluke · 19-10-2014 12:36pm

north_star_33 wrote: »

I used to be a monster ff fan since i saw that brixton 95 show on the old mtv and have them live on numerous occasions ..

But the last 2 or 3 albums havent really been all that great (i hated espg save for about 4 songs) and yes this new song sounds like a cover in parts

Hope this album is a good one

For me OBYO, IYH and ESPG really made me care less about the band. WL was prob the best album since TINLTL. The first song off this new one has me thinking it's gonna be IYH again

Raminahobbin · 19-10-2014 1:19pm

I am disappoint

Totally didn't grab my attention at all. And I actually find it quite annoying at parts.

Was just thinking 'Holy Diver,' glad to see other people picked up on it too!!

For shame lads, for shame.

AllGunsBlazing · 19-10-2014 7:43pm

north_star_33 wrote: »

I used to be a monster ff fan since i saw that brixton 95 show on the old mtv

Oh, yes. Have that somewhere on vhs as well. Still think that first album is the high water mark for DG as a song writer. A very dark and mournful effort - it stands in total contrast to the more radio-friendly, arena rock that came afterward.

I distinctly remember hearing 'Learn to Fly' for the first time on mtv and thinking that was enough for me.

Furious-Red · 20-10-2014 11:21pm

Foo Fighters

SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT!!
Foo Fighters @ Wrigley Field
Chicago, IL
Saturday - August 29, 2015
Info: cubs.com/foo
Pre-sales start this Friday, Oct. 24 – 10 am CT
On Sale to the Public Monday, Oct. 27 – 10 am CT

Lithium93_ · 21-10-2014 1:13am

Something For Nothing live on the Late Show with David Letterman.

Lithium93_ · 21-10-2014 4:56pm

Something From Nothing video.

AllGunsBlazing · 21-10-2014 5:13pm

^^^ I'm pretty sure that's Steve Albini's (Dude who recorded Nirvana's In Utero) studio in Chicago.

colmufc · 22-10-2014 12:07am

I'm loving it sounds great can't wait for the show now and the album , there playing a club show in Washington dc tonight $20 in , I mailed a friend living there , they are now pissed I told them about cause they have work tonight and would not have heard about it for but she's alright she already met dave and Chris while drinking in dc

EyesClosed · 22-10-2014 9:01am

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

^^^ I'm pretty sure that's Steve Albini's (Dude who recorded Nirvana's In Utero) studio in Chicago.

It is indeed, watch the first ep of sonic highways, I really enjoyed it

bnt · 23-10-2014 9:16am

Sonic Highways is showing on BBC4 starting this coming Sunday with the first two episodes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0TrqXHoL10

Not a purely Rock documentary, it also has contributions from rappers, Dolly Parton and President Obama ... :cool:

Lithium93_ · 24-10-2014 1:15pm

2nd song from Sonic Highways

jack presley · 24-10-2014 1:34pm

Another song that's only ok.

AllGunsBlazing · 24-10-2014 5:23pm

I have a feeling this album, for all it's slick promotion, is going to struggle to match previous sales figures for FF realeases. Between this current documentary, and Sound City (enjoyable as it was) Grohl is in danger of overplaying the nostalgia card.

evad_lhorg · 24-10-2014 5:47pm

That new song is B side material at best. If that's one of the EIGHT that made the final cut this could be a stinker

Mushy · 24-10-2014 6:59pm

Not gone on that one, kinda wished it would finish earlier than it did!

wirelessdude01 · 25-10-2014 5:15pm

evad_lhorg wrote: »

That new song is B side material at best. If that's one of the EIGHT that made the final cut this could be a stinker

Tis track 2 on the album.

RayCon · 25-10-2014 6:12pm

Well that was a big bowl of meh.

north_star_33 · 26-10-2014 11:12am

I actually like the second tune far more than the first....the first one is long overproduced and messy but it will be lapped up by newer foo fans anyway.
And 8 songs?!!!! And also does anyone else think dave is just trying to dominate music....i mean i love the guy...and ive been listening to all things foo for 20 years...but i persoanally think hes just trying to gobble everyone...

Or am i.a muupet

Furious-Red · 26-10-2014 12:26pm

Foo Fighters performed new track 'The Feast And The Famine' live for the first time on Friday night in Washington DC.

The band performed an intimate club show to around 400 fans at the city's Black Cat club last night (October 24).

The gig took place directly after the second episode of the Dave Grohl direct documentary series Sonic Highways was broadcast on HBO.

Taking to the stage shortly after 11pm, Grohl and co performed for more than three hours. Their set was almost totally made up of tracks spread across their 20-year career including new song 'Something From Nothing', first debuted as part of the Chicago episode of Sonic Highways broadcast last week.

Late on in the set Grohl introduced 'The Feast And The Famine', made available online on Thursday, and said: "We've never played this in front of people before. This song is about Washington D.C."

The epic set also included tracks like 'All My Life', 'One By One', 'Big Me', 'Monkey Wrench', 'My Hero', 'White Limo' and 'Best Of You'. The band also played a number of covers including Queen's 'Under Pressure' and 'Stiff Competition' by Cheap Trick.

Foo Fighters' eighth album, 'Sonic Highways', will be released on November 10. As previously revealed to NME, Eagles' Joe Walsh, Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen are among the guests who feature on the record.

Sonic Highways, the documentary which takes viewers behind the scenes as Foo Fighters record their new album in different studios around America, will air in the UK on BBC Four beginning Sunday, October 26. The eight-episode series will then be split between BBC Four and BBC iPlayer, with episodes three to six available exclusively online. The final two episodes will then be shown on BBC Four.

Foo Fighters played:

'Something From Nothing'
'The Pretender'
'New Way Home'
'Up in Arms'
'I'll Stick Around'
'My Hero'
'Learn to Fly'
'White Limo'
'Arlandria'
'Cold Day in the Sun'
'Stiff Competition'
'Breakdown'
'Miss You'
'Under Pressure'
'Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love'
'All My Life'
'Aurora'
'Generator'
'Walk'
'Monkey Wrench'
'Hey, Johnny Park!'
'Times Like These'
'This Is a Call'
'The Feast and the Famine'
'Weenie Beenie'
'Big Me'
'Best of You'
'Everlong'

Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/80644#MhAcY9qBpe6CuYLB.99

Wrongway1985 · 28-10-2014 5:03pm

Something from Holy Diver riff and 2nd song there like B-sides as some mentioned, hopefully don't regret pre-ordering this a few weeks back.

ScummyMan · 29-10-2014 3:47pm

Way prefer the second song to the first, surprised it wasn't the first single.

Foo Fighters

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