Foo Fighters Tease Riff-Heavy New Song, Announce First Live Show With New Drummer Ilan Rubin

The Foo Fighters are gearing up for their archetypal unrecorded show with caller drummer Ilan Rubin.

The Dave Grohl-led rockers made a astonishment announcement connected Friday nighttime (Sept. 12), revealing that they’re play an all-ages amusement astatine the Fremont Theater successful San Luis Obispo, California, connected Saturday (Sept. 13).

The intimate gig astatine the 900-capacity venue volition people the band’s archetypal authoritative show with Rubin, the erstwhile Nine Inch Nails drummer who joined the radical earlier this summer.

“SOUND ON. See you Saturday successful San Luis Obispo,” the Foo Fighters wrote connected Instagram, alongside a amusement poster.

Fans besides rapidly noticed a teaser of what seems to beryllium a recently recorded way — and judging by the reaction, they’re afloat connected committee with the riff-heavy sound.

“Yeeees this is the dependable we similar … Good dense riffs! The boys are backmost to what they’re bully astatine and it feels good!!” 1 instrumentality commented.

Others speculated that the opus whitethorn person roots successful the band’s past unrecorded sets.

“They played this in-between All My Life successful Birmingham a mates years ago. Glad they’re putting it retired soon!” a instrumentality noted. Another added, “It’s decidedly not unrecorded yep. Maybe they didn’t wanna bash it precisely the mode they’d jammed it live? But the similarities are decidedly there. It’s the 30th day of the set this year, possibly they’re gonna merchandise caller versions of aged songs? But it’s undeniably got All My Life influences here. Maybe it’ll beryllium similar a KISS – Sonic Boom scenario. Who knows.”

In the days starring up to the San Luis Obispo show, Foo Fighters dropped a brace of cryptic teasers connected societal media, including a nod to “Weird Al” Yankovic, who recorded his parody opus “My Bologna” connected the Cal Poly field successful 1979. They besides shared a photograph that appeared to amusement Grohl wearing a T-shirt from Boo Boo Records, a beloved section grounds store.

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