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Dave Grohl to publish memoir, The Storyteller, in October
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‘I’m excited and honoured to announce The Storyteller, a collection of memories of a life lived loud,’ says Grohl

Watch Foo Fighters cover Queen’s Somebody To Love in a California club
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Watch Taylor Hawkins unleash his ‘inner Freddie’ on Foo Fighters’ killer cover of Queen’s Somebody To Love

Watch Foo Fighters hilariously troll Westboro Baptist Church by performing Bee Gees cover on a flat-bed truck
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Foo Fighters take the piss out of Westboro Baptist Church bigots once more

Dave Grohl recruits Krist Novoselic and Dave Lombardo to back his daughter Violet on US TV
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Dave Grohl to reunite with his former Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic on Jimmy Kimmel show this week

Listen to Dave Grohl get festive with Xmas favourite The Little Drummer Boy
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Hear Dave Grohl lend his signature beats to a new cover of Christmas classic The Little Drummer Boy

Foo Fighters are up to something... and (update!) we know what it is
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Foo Fighters are teasing something with a poster campaign in California

Foo Fighters to live stream LA gig, promise ‘big f**kin’ grooves and big f**kin’ choruses’ on new album
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Foo Fighters share Shame Shame video, announce live stream from LA’s Roxy club on November 14

Dave Grohl covers The Knack for his Hannukah Sessions
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Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin cover The Knack for their Hannukah Sessions series… but it’s not My Sharona

Watch Dave Grohl’s brilliant Hanukkah Sessions take on a Bob Dylan classic
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Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin deliver an earthy take on Bob Dylan’s Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

Want to own Bruce Dickinson’s handwritten Iron Maiden lyrics, Dave Grohl’s snare drum or a guitar signed by Muse? Step this way
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Rock legends raid their personal vaults to raise money for stage crew charity Stagehand’s #ILoveLive campaign

Watch Lars Ulrich’s sons rock a Californian bar at their first gig as Taipei Houston
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Myles and Layne Ulrich make a noisy debut as Taipei Houston supporting Earth man Dylan Carlson in Anaheim

The story behind Iron Maiden's The Number Of The Beast album artwork
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Derek Riggs reveals the story behind Iron Maiden's devilish 1982 album cover

The best rock and metal beers, wines, whisky and more in 2022
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From Iron Maiden’s Trooper beer range and Motorhead whisky, to Metallica’s Enter Night lager - we have everything you need for a tasty tipple

The wisdom of Bruce Dickinson: Iron Maiden's frontman on creativity, cancer and cocaine
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Highlights from the feverish brain of Iron Maiden singer and polymath Bruce Dickinson

Dave Grohl joins Paul McCartney for first public performance since Taylor Hawkins' death
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Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen are special guests at Paul McCartney's headline set at Glastonbury

Save up to 50% on rock and metal band merch at EMP
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EMP are offering huge deals on rock and metal band merch for a limited time only

Foo Fighters' Chris Shiflett produces Wank
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Foo Fighters’ guitarist Chris Shiflett hooks up with Californian pop punk outfit Wank on their new single Salvation. And gives us a chance to make puerile jokes.

See how Dave Grohl overcame his crippling caffeine addiction thanks to new wonder drug
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Foo Fighters mainman Dave Grohl credits FreshPotix for turning his life around

Foo Fighters to headline Joe Biden benefit concert tonight (October 25)
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Foo Fighters throw their support behind Democratic Party by performing at virtual fundraising event on October 25

Listen to stripped-back early Foo Fighters tracks on new EP Live On The Radio 1996
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Hear Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters at their most playful on newly unearthed early radio recordings

Dave Grohl: ‘Foo Fighters can turn into a death metal band…or The Carpenters’
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Foo Fighters tease video for Shame Shame, as Dave Grohl talks up his band’s tenth studio album, Medicine At Midnight

Corey Taylor will front Foo Fighters/Jane’s Addiction supergroup for David Bowie tribute show
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Corey Taylor, Dave Navarro, Chris Chaney and Taylor Hawkins to perform as Ground Control at January 8 A Bowie Celebration livestream

Hear Dave Grohl’s superhero theme song for “Rock ’n’ Roll Queen” Nandi Bushell
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Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl pens song as a tribute to 10-year-old drummer Nandi Bushell
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