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Josh Freese has insisted no one "should feel sorry" for him after he was sacked by the Foo Fighters because he's very happy with his career now.

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"I've got to be careful about what I say about it. But I've got a lot to say." Superstar drummer Josh Freese on his enforced "mystery" exit from Foo Fighters

"One day it was nothing but laughs... and then it was just over"

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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

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Trent Reznor explains 'drummer swap' with Foo Fighters

Trent Reznor explained how his band Nine Inch Nails ended up swapping drummers with Foo Fighters after Josh Freese left Dave Grohl's group and joined NIN to be replaced in the Foo Fighters by NIN star Ilan Rubin.

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Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers: ‘We don’t want to be the biggest band in the world. It’s just fun playing with our besties’

The Australian rock band are ‘legit now’ with their second album Glory. They talk about performing while underage, playing with Dave Grohl and the ‘girl band’ label

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“I had no idea how good of a guitar player he was when we started recording. Most of the guitar on the records is him”: Foo Fighters super-producer Nick Raskulinecz on the most surprising thing about Dave Grohl's guitar playing

Raskulinecz credits Grohl with jumpstarting his career after the Foo Fighters frontman gave him the opportunity to produce and engineer the band's fourth album

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“I finally get the opportunity to say, ladies and gentlemen, will you please welcome, the most badass mother, Ilan Rubin”: Dave Grohl introduces new drummer at Foos' secret gig

And there’s another one tonight in Santa Ana

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Josh Freese didn't 'resonate' with Foo Fighters music

Ex-Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese has admitted that he didn't "resonate" with the music of the Dave Grohl-led rockers following his departure from the band earlier this year.

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“It wasn’t music that I really resonated with”: Josh Freese lifts the lid on his departure from the Foo Fighters

He felt he “had to be firing on all cylinders all the time.”

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“This is the original, hand-made at the Nashville Gibson Custom Shop”: Dave Grohl’s own Gibson DG-335 prototype has surfaced – and it’s up for sale on Reverb

The Gibson Custom Shop build featured on stage and in the studio with the Foo Fighters between 2005 and 2007

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Who is Ilan Rubin? Quick Facts on Foo Fighters' New Drummer After Firing Josh Freese from The Band

Ilan Rubin, renowned drummer and Rock Hall inductee, joins Foo Fighters, marking a new chapter amid band's recent changes.

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Foo Fighters reveal identity of new drummer

Ilan Rubin is best known for his work with Nine Inch Nails

The Independent UK

Foo Fighters release new single to mark 30th anniversary

Rock star Dave Grohl has reflected on the evolution of the Foo Fighters.

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Dave Grohl and wife Jordyn Blum attend Wimbledon in first appearance since infidelity scandal

The Foo Fighters frontman and his wife were among the stars in the Royal Box on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Sam Fender and Chappell Roan help bring £1.2bn tourism boost to North West

Sam Fender, Chappell Roan and the Foo Fighters brought music tourists to Manchester, while Taylor Swift’s tour brought overseas fans to the UK.

The Guardian - AU

‘Don’t tell them ... they’ll all come’: why are so many sea-changers moving to Geelong?

Coastal town, an hour from Melbourne, overtakes the Sunshine Coast in popularity. Cait Kelly asks locals what makes it such an appealing place to live

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Foo Fighters‘ tour rider for Jakarta includes special permission to swear, smoke and drink on stage

Foo Fighters‘ tour rider for Jakarta allows them permission to swear, smoke and drink on stage but they won’t touch on “sensitive topics”.

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Taylor Hawkins' son Shane is touring with his late dad's covers band Chevy Metal, not Foo Fighters

Shane Hawkins has dispelled rumours he's taking over from fired Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese.

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"7) Metronome-like precision behind the kit deemed 'soulless'": Josh Freese just served up 10 reasons why he got sacked from The Foo Fighters

Big names from Stewart Copeland to Michael Buble have all waded in to offer Freese their support

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Drummer Josh Freese reveals hilarious list of 'reasons' he got fired from Foo Fighters

Former Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese has released a tongue in cheek list of the "top 10 possible reasons" he got "booted" from the band.

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"Number 6. Demanded starting every rehearsal with a 20 minute cowbell sound bath." Ex-Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese shares his 'Top 10 possible reasons Freese got booted from the Foos' list

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“No reason was given. I’m not angry, just a bit shocked and disappointed”: Foo Fighters have parted ways with Josh Freese – and will explore “a different direction” with their next drummer

The move ends Freese’s two-year tenure with the group, after he was drafted in to replace the late Taylor Hawkins

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"The lie is or would have been that I quit – I didn’t": Zak Starkey sacked from The Who - again

News comes on brutal weekend for drummers, as Josh Freese also ejected from Foo Fighters

Louder

“I’m not angry – I’m shocked and disappointed”: Foo Fighters fire drummer Josh Freese two years after he joined the band

Josh Freese, who replaced the late Taylor Hawkins, is no longer the Foo Fighters’ drummer

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