Foo Fighters have returned with their first tune since 2023, releasing “In the present day’s Track” on Wednesday to commemorate the rock band’s thirtieth anniversary.
Together with the tune, Dave Grohl additionally shared an in depth letter and audio recording for followers, the place Grohl thanked drummer Josh Freese, who was let go from the group again in Could, and paid tribute the band’s former longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died again in 2022.
“Over time, we’ve had moments of unbridled pleasure, and moments of devastating heartbreak,” Grohl stated on Wednesday. “Moments of lovely victory, and moments of painful defeat. We’ve got mended damaged bones and damaged hearts. However we have now adopted this street collectively, with one another, for one another, it doesn’t matter what. As a result of in life, you simply can’t go it alone.”
“It ought to go with out saying that with out the boundless power of William Goldsmith, the seasoned knowledge of Franz Stahl and the thunderous wizardry of Josh Freese, this story could be incomplete,” Grohl continued. “So we prolong our heartfelt gratitude for the time, music and recollections that we shared with every of them through the years. Thanks, gents.”
“In the present day’s Track” is the band’s first tune since their 2023 album However Right here We Are, and it comes following a turbulent few years for Foo Fighters. Hawkins’ dying devastated the band and their fanbase as they misplaced their longest-tenured drummer. Grohl additionally drew vital press himself final yr after revealing that he had a toddler exterior of his marriage. After which there was Freese’s dismissal two months in the past.
Of Hawkins, Grohl wrote, “Your title is spoken each day, typically with tears, typically with a smile, however you’re nonetheless in every part we do, in every single place we go, eternally.”
“The enormity of your lovely soul is simply rivaled by the infinite longing we really feel in your absence,” Grohl wrote. “All of us miss you past phrases. Foo Fighters will eternally embody Taylor Hawkins in each be aware that we play, till we do lastly attain our vacation spot.”
Except for the brand new tune, Foo Fighters are hitting the street for some worldwide dates later this fall, enjoying in Jakarta, Indonesia on October 2, Singapore on October 4, Tokyo on October 7, Osaka, Japan on October 10 and Mexico Metropolis on November 14.
The letter is out there to learn in full on the band’s web site, and the audio of the letter is out there beneath.