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03 Oct 25

Foo Fighters release surprise live album Are Playing Where???? Vol.1

Foo Fighters release surprise live album <i>Are Playing Where???? Vol.1</i>

Earlier this year, Foo Fighters parted ways with replacement drummer Josh Freese, welcoming Nine Inch Nails drummer Ilan Rubin in his place.

Foo Fighters have released a surprise live album titled Are Playing Where???? Vol. 1.

The album was captured throughout the surprise club shows Foo Fighters played across America last month.

Exclusively available on Bandcamp, proceeds from the new record will be donated to local charities working to combat food insecurity in the four cities the band played: San Luis Obispo and Santa Ana, California, Washington, D.C. and New Haven, Connecticut.

Foo Fighters released their album But Here We Are (2023), marking the group's first without long-time drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died in 2022.

Earlier this year, Foo Fighters parted ways with replacement drummer Josh Freese, welcoming Nine Inch Nails drummer Ilan Rubin in his place.

The band introduced the new drummer through a joke AI video in which an evidently AI-generated Dave Grohl tells the camera, "Hey everyone. It’s been a while, but I’m happy to announce that Foo Fighters are coming back to bring you that 100% real, raw, human element of rock and roll,” before holding up a setlist of song titles that look like hieroglyphics.