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Foo Fighters Announce Everything Or Nothing At All Tour

U.S. STADIUM DATES 2024

Tickets On Sale Friday, October 6 at 10am Local Time

Pre-sales and additional information at foofighters.com, support acts to include pretenders, the hives, mammoth wvh, amyl and the sniffers, alex g and l7, “grohl and his counterparts—chris shiflett, nate mendel, pat smear, rami jaffee and newly inked drummer josh freese—always come wholly alive when they are in concert” — chicago sun-times.

With their universally acclaimed 11th album But Here We Are stacking up Best of 2023 So Far accolades and singles “Rescued” and “Under You” cementing the band’s tally of more #1s than any other artist at Rock and Alternative Radio, Foo Fighters have confirmed a massive run of summer 2024 U.S. Stadium dates. The newly announced leg of the Everything or Nothing at All Tour will kick off with the band’s return to New York’s Citi Field for the first time since 2015 for a July 17 and 19 doubleheader and will see Foo Fighters host 12 rock ’n’ roll marathons at 10 stadiums, including a pair of shows August  9 and 11 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.

General on sale for tickets begins Friday, October 6 at 10am local time. For pre-sales and further information, please visit foofighters.com .

Foo Fighters’ 2024 stadium dates will mark the band’s biggest U.S. headline shows since the June 2 release of But Here We Are , which has landed on the mid-year best of lists of Alternative Press, Consequence, Entertainment Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, Loudwire and Uproxx among others, while generating some of the most positive critical notes in Foo Fighters history, including:

“Tragedy isn’t necessary to produce transcendent music. But here, it did.” — THE ATLANTIC

“★★★★★ Stunning … a standout, and at times stunning, piece of work … quite possibly their best and most meaningful album.” – GOLDMINE

“Explosive, emotional and inspired… a back-to-basics immediacy and intensity… The undercurrent holding all of ‘But Here We Are’ together is not an idea so much as raw emotion. Grohl’s melodies are as soaring and anthemic as they’ve sounded in years; his vocals are freshly impassioned and heartfelt.” — THE NEW YORK TIMES

“A fantastic record full of riffs and reflection… so catchy and vibrant, so brimming with wild-eyed wonder… Grohl clearly understands that we honor departed loved ones by building new joys we wish they were around to share.” – NPR

“Dave Grohl gives himself over to arena-sized grief, reckoning, and resolve on the band’s most propulsive and purposeful music of the last two decades… offering earnest hope, fond reminiscence, and skyscraping choruses” — PITCHFORK

“One of the strongest albums of the band’s career… reckoning with the conundrums of human existence through the sheer power of music” — SPIN

“Memorable and meaningful” — USA TODAY

“Aching directness and wounded sweetness make a potent combination here… But Here We Are pulses with the sense that the future happened too quickly, and we’re all having to navigate situations and handle emotions we thought we’d get to much later in life. These songs chart the push through denial into the acceptance of the reality of death and the lifetime journey of bereavement.” — VULTUR

Support on the various dates will come from Pretenders, The Hives, Mammoth WVH, Amyl and The Sniffers, Alex G and L7. See below for a full list of dates and details.

FOO FIGHTERS

Wednesday, July 17 — New York NY — Citi Field *

Friday, July 19 – New York NY — Citi Field #

Sunday, July 21 – Boston MA — Fenway Park #

Tuesday, July 23 – Hershey PA — Hersheypark Stadium #

Thursday, July 25 – Cincinnati OH — Great American Ballpark *

Sunday, July 28 – Minneapolis MN — Target Field **

Saturday, August 3 – Denver CO — Empower Field at Mile High *

Wednesday, August 7 – San Diego CA — Petco Park $

Friday, August 9 – Los Angeles CA — BMO Stadium #

Sunday, August 11 – Los Angeles CA — BMO Stadium %

Thursday, August 16 – Portland OR — Providence Park Soccer Stadium %

Saturday, August 18 – Seattle WA — T-Mobile Park %

* Pretenders & Mammoth WVH Support

** Pretenders & L7 Support

# The Hives & Amyl and The Sniffers Support

$ The Hives & Alex G Support

% Pretenders & Alex G Support

Citi is the official card of the above Foo Fighters shows. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, October 3 at 10am local time until Thursday, October 5 at 10pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com .

Foo Fighters wants to give fans the best chance to buy tickets at face value. For fans who purchase tickets for the EVERYTHING OR NOTHING AT ALL TOUR and can’t attend, they will have the option to resell their ticket to other fans at the original price paid using a face value ticket exchange, including Ticketmaster’s Face Value Exchange. Please note, tickets are mobile only and restricted from transfer. This applies to all shows except those in New York and Colorado where Face Value Exchange cannot be mandated. A valid U.S. bank account or debit card is required to sell tickets on the Face Value Exchange. More information on how the Ticketmaster Exchange works is available here .

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Foo Fighters 2023 Tour Grows Ever Longer With Six More U.S. Concerts

By Jon Blistein

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Foo Fighters have expanded their 2023 tour itinerary with six more headlining shows scheduled for later this summer and early fall.

Like the three headlining shows the band announced back in February, the new dates are all structured around previously-announced festival appearances. To start, the Foo Fighters will play three gigs in early August — in Spokane, Washington (Aug. 4), Salt Lake City, Utah (Aug. 8) , and Stateline, Nevada (Aug. 10) — before headlining Outside Lands in San Francisco. 

Then, on Sept. 19, in between sets at Sea. Hear. Now and Louder Than Life , the Foos will play a show at the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Finally, after their Oct. 1 gig at Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival, they’ll play concerts in Phoenix, Arizona and El Paso, Texas on Oct. 3 and 5, respectively.

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Aug. 4 — Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena Aug. 8 — Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre Aug. 10 — Stateline, NV @ Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey’s Sept. 19 — Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach Oct. 3 — Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater Oct. 5 — El Paso, TX @ Don Haskins Center

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Foo Fighters Unveil 2022 North American Tour Dates

By Jem Aswad

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It seems barely a day passes without some noises coming from the Foo Fighters camp, and the noise is big today: The newly minted Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have announced 17 more concert dates, adding to shows on the West Coast and South America late this year and next, which will take place at amphitheaters, stadiums and festivals across North America during May, July and August of 2022.

The dates include one at New York’s Citi Field stadium and two at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles. Special guest opening acts will be announced “soon,” according to the announcement.

Tickets for the newly announced headline shows will be on sale to the public Friday, December 3rd at 10am local time.

The 2022 dates will mark Foo Fighters’ most extensive North American run since the February release of the band’s Grammy-nominated 10th album, “Medicine at Midnight.”

Citi is the official presale credit card of the Foo Fighters Live in the USA Tour. As such, Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Tuesday, November 30 at 12pm ET until Thursday, December 2 at 10pm local time through Citi Entertainment.

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FOO FIGHTERS 2022 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

5/14 – The Pavilion at Star Lake – Burgettstown, PA 5/20 – Coastal Credit Union Music Park – Raleigh, NC 5/24 – PNC Music Pavilion – Charlotte, NC

7/17– Citi Field – New York, NY 7/19 – Saratoga Performing Arts Center – Saratoga Springs, NY 7/22 – Rogers Centre – Toronto, ON 7/24 – Lincoln Financial Field – Philadelphia, PA 7/27 – Maine Savings Amphitheater – Bangor, ME 7/29 – Osheaga Festival – Montreal, QC

8/1 – Ruoff Music Center – Noblesville, IN 8/3 – Huntington Bank Stadium – Minneapolis, MN 8/6 – Empower Field at Mile High – Denver, CO 8/8 – USANA Amphitheater – Salt Lake City, UT 8/10 – Big Sky Events Arena – Big Sky, MT 8/13 – T-Mobile Park – Seattle, WA 8/18 – Banc of California Stadium – Los Angeles, CA 8/20 – Banc of California Stadium – Los Angeles, CA

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Everything We Know About Foo Fighters' New Album, 'But Here We Are'

'But Here We Are' marks the Foo Fighters’ first album since the passing of their beloved drummer Taylor Hawkins. With the lead single "Rescued" out now, take a look at all the details we know about the rock band’s forthcoming LP.

Foo Fighters have faced trying times in the last few years, but the beloved American rock band always returns to hope. Announced today, their upcoming album But Here We Are marks their first album since drummer Taylor Hawkins ' passing in March 2022, and its title points to the importance of finding unity in the present.

Having won 15 GRAMMY Awards since the beginning of their career in 1994, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees have masterfully produced dozens of versatile rock classics over the years. And though But Here We Are is their eleventh album, the project denotes a historic turning point in the band's catalog — as a press release describes, “the first chapter of the band’s new life.” 

Take a look at everything we know about Foo Fighters' forthcoming album.

But Here We Are Drops June 2

Kicking off the summer right, the band's new album will drop June 2, and fans can pre-order it now. Its vinyl is now available on their website in both black and white, and CD, cassette, and digital downloads are available alongside various clothing merchandise.

Surprise, Its Lead Single "Rescued" Is Out Now

Foo Fighters surprise-released the album's booming lead single, "Rescued," today on all streaming platforms. The band also shared an official lyric video made by designer Agustin Esquibel, featuring black text glitching in and out over white.

"I’m just waiting to be rescued," lead singer Dave Grohl growls over guitar, his chorus describing a desperate search for freedom. "Bring me back to life."

They Started Teasing The Album A Week Before Announcing It

Fans first started speculating new music from Foo Fighters was on its way when the band's official Instagram shared a short Instagram reel on April 12. The captionless reel asks "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" over an instrumental snippet of what we now recognize as "Rescued."

Yesterday, one day before "Rescued" dropped, another cryptic reel popped up, asking "Are you feeling what I'm feeling?" and "This is happening now." The apt lyrics foreshadowed the song's release and album announcement, sending patient fans into a frenzy.

The Album Serves As A "Testament" To Healing

Foo Fighters has never been a group to shy from vulnerability, and But Here We Are nods to the band's recent struggles. In a recent press release, their upcoming album is described as “a brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters endured over the last year."

Continuing, the press release explains that the record is "a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family." Fans can expect an emotional rollercoaster of an album ranging from "rage and sorrow to serenity and acceptance," and it's self-evident that the band is unafraid to tap into raw authenticity for their music.

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They've Unveiled The 10-Song Tracklist

In addition to dropping "Rescued," the band also shared the 10-song tracklist of their 11th LP. The title track clocks in at No. 4, and the lead single "Rescued" kicks off the album with an energetic, grungy start.

1. Rescued 2. Under You 3. Hearing Voices 4. But Here We Are 5. The Glass 6. Nothing at All 7. Show Me How 8. Beyond Me 9. The Teacher 10. Rest

It's Produced By Greg Kurstin & The Band Themselves

To craft But Here We Are , Foo Fighters worked with record producer Greg Kurstin , a frequent collaborator who produced the band's Concrete and Gold (2017) and Medicine at Midnight (2021). A songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Kurstin has worked with everyone from Paul McCartney to Maren Morris .

Kurstin has won nine GRAMMYs, including Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical twice. In addition to working on Adele 's 25 and 30 , he co-wrote and produced her moving ballad "Easy on Me," which took home the GRAMMY for Best Pop Solo Performance this year. 

It Arrives Before They Continue Touring & Headlining Festivals

When news broke in 2022 that Hawkins had passed, Foo Fighters immediately canceled their upcoming touring schedule, cutting more than 50 shows. The band later paid moving tribute to their late bandmate with six-hour, star-studded concerts in Los Angeles and London.

Foo Fighters will embark on a headlining tour spanning the US and UK from May to October, along with select festival performances in between. They're set to headline Boston Calling and Ohio's Sonic Temple in May, Tennessee's Bonnaroo in June, San Francisco's Outside Lands in August, and more major music festivals.

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Behind The Scenes With Nirvana Photog Charles Peterson: 6 Images From His New Book

In 'Charles Peterson’s Nirvana,' the Sub Pop photographer chronicles the career of Kurt Cobain and his Seattle band — from their indie days to stardom. Speaking to GRAMMY.com, Peterson shares behind-the-scenes stories about some of his favorite shots.

When photographer Charles Peterson first saw Nirvana at a small Seattle club in 1988, he was so underwhelmed he didn’t bother taking a single picture of them.

The band shared a bill with local act Blood Circus, who, Peterson says, "put on quite a grungy show; lots of hair going everywhere and guitars flying." When Nirvana came on, "they had the lighting guy dim the light really low and Kurt [Cobain] just stood there and stared at his feet. The music came off as kind of heavy, really difficult to play. I just didn’t get it." At one point Peterson even turned to Sub Pop Records co-founder Jonathan Poneman and asked him, "Jon, are you sure about these guys?"

 Sub Pop was sure about Nirvana, and would later sign them. And as the label’s in-house photographer, Peterson (who was in his mid-20s at the time) documented the band’s career for the next five years — from their indie days to international stardom. In his latest book, Charles Peterson’s Nirvana , from Minor Matters Books, Peterson has winnowed down his impressive catalog of an estimated 3,000 shots to a well-curated 90. 

Released on Feb. 20, Cobain’s birthday, Charles Peterson’s Nirvana features shots from his first session with the band, lounging in the wilds of Bainbridge Island, Washington ("They did have that kind of hippie aspect to them") to his last, a promotional shoot for In Utero ("They all, Kurt especially, just seemed a little tired"). While the book tells the band's story, it's less of a history and more reflective of Peterson's own experience. 

As Peterson recalls, Minor Matters Founder Michelle Dunn Marsh defined the book’s direction, believing Peterson's "artistic sensibility and how it moves the viewer and portrays the power of the music" set his work apart from the thousands of other images taken of Nirvana. 

Peterson spoke with GRAMMY.com about the stories behind five images in the book. "And like I say in the introduction, go put on a Nirvana record before you look at this book, and you really get that idea of immersion in the music," the photographer advises.

All images © Charles Peterson/Minor Matters Books

Kurt Cobain, University of Washington, Seattle, Jan. 6, 1990

Peterson Got Up Close & On Stage With Nirvana

Peterson had ready access to the band in their pre- Nevermind years. "It was great, in these early days, to be able to just crawl around on the stage, go do whatever I wanted to," he says. "It does bring an intimacy that you lose later on when you’re stuck in a position like the pit or off behind a PA or something."

In his early days of photographing Nirvana, Peterson had free range of movement and often stood behind the band or close at their side. The musicians had also become a lot more active on stage compared to when Peterson first saw them. 

Krist Novoselic, University of Washington, Seattle, Jan. 6, 1990

"I don't know what it was, if it was having Chad [Channing] as their drummer or the addition of Jason Everman for a while [on guitar]; maybe that allowed Kurt to worry a little bit less about hitting the chords perfectly so that he could jump around and go face down on the stage and roll around and do all that," Peterson says. "Even so, he’s not holding the audience’s attention. They’re not looking at Kurt; they’re all looking at something over there, which must be somebody stage diving or something.

"It’s all those little details that you pick up on that are great; there’s a piece of crumpled paper in front, and another photographer up in the back," Peterson notes. "And again, in the Krist shot, he's looking at me yet everyone else is looking away. There’s all this other stuff going on that you don’t even have to pay attention to the band. There’s feet in the air here. A lot of Converse in the photos!"

Crowd shot, Motor Sports International Garage, Seattle, Sept. 22, 1990

Nirvana's Audience Was Just As Important — And Interesting

Peterson always focused his lens on the audience as much as the bands. "I love this one because you’ve got a Nirvana shirt there. One person is looking at me; nobody else is. Bare chests. A lot of sweaty, sweaty hair," he says of the above photo, taken at a makeshift venue that was actually a parking garage.

"Seattle crowds, we’re some of the best. And it just didn’t seem right to isolate the power of the bands from the effect that they were having on the audiences," Peterson reflects. "I found that the photos had just that much more power if you could anchor the band in their time and space with the audience, and see what that reaction is between the two, versus it just being the beauty shot of the singer." 

Peterson says there was both a symbiotic and cathartic relationship between Nirvana and their fans. "People would be like, ‘Oh my God, look at those audiences in Seattle!’" The photos distill the essence of that relationship. "The bands are great, the personalities in the bands are great…that idea that it’s a complete scene, that the participation of the audience is just as important as the participation of the bands."

Peterson recalls standing next to the PA at stage right during this show.

"What I would do is, with one hand, lean out holding the camera upside down over the audience. And then I would have my flash in the other hand, so that the light gave a nice kind of mottling to it. Not looking through the viewfinder, just photographing. I do a lot of that," he says. "The camera takes the picture whether you’re looking through the viewfinder or not." 

Kurt Cobain, Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC, Canada, March 8, 1991

Peterson Sensed This "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Shot Was Something Special  

Peterson knew immediately that something special had occurred when he took this picture. "I remember pushing the shutter on this shot and going, What just happened? But then the show moves on." 

A few days later, Peterson was in his darkroom developing the film and finally saw the impact of the moment he captured. He printed the image and a proof sheet, and gave them to Nirvana’s Seattle publicist Susie Tennant , who shared them with Cobain. The picture is on the back of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" single. 

The photo became one of Peterson’s most widely reproduced images. "I think what makes a photo iconic is that the photo reads easily and at the same time is larger than life and dramatic," he says. "And despite the fact that it reads easily to the eye, there’s a lot of other stuff, hidden stuff going on that you need to think about. 

"It’s also a photo that you can sort of transport to any time and place. It doesn’t necessarily have to be locked in with this particular show or anything. It really goes beyond that and then that ends up standing the test of time."

Krist Novoselic and Kurt Cobain, Beehive Music & Video, Seattle, September 16, 1991

By '91 Nirvana Inspired Mosh Pits Everywhere, Even In Stores

Peterson calls this in-store appearance, a week before Nevermind was released, as "a watershed moment." 

"This was the last time I saw them play on a floor, which to me makes for great photos because you’re right there at the same level as them. It really is in your face," he says. "What was totally surprising was the subsequent mosh pit in the store, with people being hoisted on shoulders." 

There were also signs of how things were about to change for the band, Peterson recalls. "Kurt was besieged by autograph seekers outside the store. It was the first time I think that really happened to him. He was definitely overwhelmed by it."

Peterson had some challenges in the darkroom when developing this film, which led to a "weird graininess" that differs from many of his other images. "At the time I was like, ‘Oh God!’ But I think it has a unique look that you just don't get with digital now, unless you really manipulate it."

Kurt Cobain, Reading Festival, Reading, UK, August 30, 1992

Kurt Cobain Cared About His Peers

By the time of this show, Nirvana were a bonafide international sensation. The band were plagued by stories of drug use and rumors about an impending break-up, while Courtney Love had just given birth to her and Cobain's daughter. All of which attracted huge media interest in this performance. 

"I was a little shocked when I went into the press tent; I had never been to a festival like this before and there were 96 photographers listed on the dry board!" Peterson reflects. "Photographers that were shooting from the pit in the front of the stage, they would bring them out and give them five minutes each."

That was not going to work for Peterson. 

"And all of a sudden, Nick Cave finished and there was this huge rush to the stage. And [Nirvana’s UK publicist] Anton Brookes grabs me by the wrist and he’s like, ‘Dude, come with me!’ And we all start running up onto the stage, up the ramp. I was taking a few snaps and then everybody settled into their place. There was Eric Erlandson [from Hole] next to me, and to the right was Mark Arm [from Mudhoney] and some members of L7," Peterson says. "I didn’t have an official stage pass or anything like that, but as long as I was with those guys, it was all cool. That was my spot, so I didn’t dare move from it.

"This photo was a really, really special moment. Kurt, in between songs, he just looked over at us, and mouthed something like, ‘How are you guys doing?’ And we’re like, ‘We’re fine.’ And then we started waving like back at him, like, ‘Go play, dude! Don’t worry about us,’" Peterson remembers. 

"It was like he wanted to check in with his peeps on the side of the stage. It’s one of my favorite photos."

A potential volume two of Nirvana photos is being considered, as is a retrospective of Peterson’s work, which includes photos of Soundgarden , Screaming Trees, TAD, Mother Love Bone, Beat Happening, and a multitude of others. But Nirvana invariably tops the list. 

"You can talk and write reams about the dramas and the ins and outs. But it’s the power of the music that keeps people coming back," he says of the band. "And the fact that it’s not rooted in a time and place; you can make the music be whatever you want it to be. I mean, half the time you don’t know what Kurt’s singing about or even what the words are, but you can shout your own words along to it if you want. It’s the music that really is that lasting, lasting legacy."

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GRAMMY Rewind: Foo Fighters Win A GRAMMY For "Walk," The Song They Recorded In Dave Grohl's Garage

Relive one of the Foo Fighters' two wins for "Walk" at the 2012 GRAMMYs, where they ended up taking home five golden gramophones altogether.

The 2012 GRAMMYs were a huge night for the Foo Fighters . Walking in as six-time winners already, the rock band nearly doubled their GRAMMY count with five more golden gramophones that night.

Their two wins for Wasting Light single "Walk," Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song, may have been the most exciting for Dave Grohl and co. Not because it's their biggest hit, but because it's perhaps their grungiest — literally.

"This was a special record for our band," Grohl said as the band accepted their Best Rock Performance GRAMMY. "Rather than go to the best studio down the street in Hollywood, rather than using all the fanciest computers you can buy, we made this one in my garage with microphones and a tape machine."

Grohl went on to praise producer Butch Vig ; the making of "Walk" and the acceptance speech reunited the pair, who hadn't worked together since Nirvana.

"To me, this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of making music is what's most important," Grohl explained. "Singing into a microphone, learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft is the most important thing. It's not about being perfect … It's about what goes on in [your heart] and what goes on in [your head]."

Press play on the video above to watch Foo Fighters' complete acceptance speech for Best Rock Performance at the 2012 GRAMMY Awards, and check back to GRAMMY.com for more new episodes of GRAMMY Rewind .

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2023 In Review: 10 Trends That Defined Rock Music

Rock acts young and old helped the genre stay alive in 2023. Take a look at 10 of the genre's most prominent trends, from early aughts revivals to long-awaited reunions.

The rock scene may no longer be the dominant force it once was — blink-182 's One More Time... is the only Billboard 200 chart-topper this year to predominantly fall under this category. But 2023 has still been an interesting and eventful period for those who like their guitar music turned up to eleven.

Over the past 12 months, we've had the two biggest groups of the Swinging Sixties returning to the fray in style, a new European invasion, and a wave of blockbuster albums that may well go down as modern classics. And then there's the revivals which will no doubt spark nostalgia in any kids of the 2000s, a resurgence in all-star line-ups, and a residency that could possibly change how we experience live music.

As we gear up for the holiday season, here's a look at 10 trends that defined rock music in 2023.

European Rock Traveled To America

From Lacuna Coil and Gojira to Volbeat and Rammstein , the Billboard charts aren't exactly strangers to European rock. But 2023 was the year when the continent appeared to band together for a mini invasion. Italian quartet Måneskin continued their remarkable journey from Eurovision Song Contest winners to bona fide rock gods with a Best New Artist nod at the 2023 GRAMMYs, a top 20 placing on the Billboard 200 albums chart for third album Rush! , and a Best Rock Video win at the MTV VMAs.

Masked metalers Ghost scored a fourth consecutive Top 10 entry on the Billboard 200 with covers EP Phantomime, also landing a Best Metal Performance GRAMMY nomination for its cover of Iron Maiden 's "Phantom of the Opera," (alongside Disturbed 's "Bad Man," Metallica 's "72 Seasons," Slipknot 's "Hive Mind," and Spiritbox's "Jaded"). While fellow Swedes Avatar bagged their first Mainstream Rock No. 1 with "The Dirt I'm Buried In," a highly melodic meditation on mortality which combines funky post-punk with freewheeling guitar solos that sound like they've escaped from 1980s Sunset Strip.

Age Proved To Be Nothing But A Number

The theory that rock and roll is a young man's game was blown apart in 2023. Fronted by 80-year-old Mick Jagger , The Rolling Stones reached No.3 on the Billboard 200 thanks to arguably their finest album in 40 years, Hackney Diamonds , with lead single "Angry" also picking up a Best Rock Song GRAMMY nod alongside Olivia Rodrigo 's "aallad of a homeschooled girl," Queens of the Stone Age 's "Emotion Sickness," Boygenius' "Not Strong Enough," and Foo Fighters ' "Rescued." (The latter two will also battle it out with Arctic Monkeys ' "Sculpture of Anything Goes," Black Pumas ' "More than a Love Song," and Metallica's "Lux Aeterna" for Best Rock Performance.)

The eternally shirtless Iggy Pop , a relative spring chicken at 76, delivered a late-career classic, too, with the star-studded Every Loser . And Bruce Springsteen , KISS , and Paul McCartney all proved they weren't ready for the slippers and cocoa life yet by embarking on lengthy world tours.

Death Was No Barrier To Hits

Jimmy Buffett sadly headed for that tropical paradise in the sky this year. But having already recorded 32nd studio effort, Equal Strain on All Parts , the margarita obsessive was able to posthumously score his first new entry on the Billboard Rock Chart since 1982's "It's Midnight And I'm Not Famous Yet."

But he isn't the only artist to have recently achieved success from beyond the grave. Linkin Park reached the U.S. Top 40 with "Lost," a track recorded for 2003 sophomore Meteora , but which only saw the light of day six years after frontman Chester Bennington 's passing.

Perhaps most unexpectedly of all, The Beatles topped the U.K. charts for the first time since 1969 thanks to " Now and Then ," a psychedelic tear-jerker in which surviving members McCartney and Ringo Starr brought previously unheard recordings from George Harrison and John Lennon back to life.

The Giants Stayed Giant

Foo Fighters also overcame the death of a core member on what many rock fans would consider this year's most eagerly awaited album. Drummer Taylor Hawkins , who passed away in early 2022, doesn't feature on the poignant but vibrant But Here We Are . Yet the two-time GRAMMY nominated LP still proved to be a fitting tribute as well as an encouraging sign that Dave Grohl and co. can extend their legacy:lead single "Rescued" became their 12th number one on Billboard's Main Rock Chart .

The Best Rock Album category for the 2024 GRAMMYs proves that veterans were alive and mighty in 2023. Along with the Foos' latest LP, the nominees include another Grohl-affiliated band,, Queens of the Stone Age's first album in six years, In Times New Roman... , Paramore 's This Is Why , Metallica's 72 Seasons and Greta Van Fleet 's Starcatcher .. (Metallica's 72 Seasons also struck gold with its singles, three of which landed at No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, where lead single "Lux Æterna" spent 11 consecutive weeks on top.)

Of course, we also have to give a shout-out to U2 . Not for March's Songs of Surrender album (for which they re-recorded 40 of their biggest and best tracks), but for the immersive, eye-popping Las Vegas residency at The Sphere which potentially reinvented the future of live music.

The Rock Supergroup Continued To Thrive

2023 spawned several new rock supergroups including Mantra of the Cosmos (Shaun Ryder, Zak Starkey and Andy Bell), Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee , and Better Lovers (various members of The Dillinger Escape Plan and Every Time I Die). But it was an already established all-star line-up that took the GRAMMY nominations by storm.

Consisting of Phoebe Bridgers , Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker , boygenius bagged a remarkable seven nods at the 2024 ceremony. Throw in a well-received headline set at Coachella, U.S. Top 50 follow-up EP, and even a "Saturday Night Live" showing alongside Timothée Chalamet, and the trio couldn't have asked for a better way to continue what they started together in 2018.

The Early 2000s Enjoyed A Revival

The cyclical nature of the music industry meant that the era of choppy bangs and super-skinny jeans was always going to come back into fashion. And following throwbacks from the likes of Olivia Rodrigo and Willow , the original punk-pop brigade returned this year to prove they could still mosh with the best of them.

Possibly the defining nasal voice of his generation, Tom DeLonge headed back into the studio with blink-182 for the first time in 12 years, with the resulting One More Time... topping the Billboard 200 . Linkin Park (" Lost "), Papa Roach (" Cut the Line "), and a reunited Staind (" Lowest in Me ") all scored No. 1s on the Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart, while Sum 41 , Bowling For Soup , and Good Charlotte were just a few of the high school favorites who helped cement When We Were Young as the millennial's dream festival.

The Emo Scene Went Back To Its Roots

After channeling the new wave and synth-pop of the 1980s on predecessor After Laughter , Paramore returned from a six-year absence with a record which harked back to their mid-2000s beginnings. But it wasn't their own feisty brand of punk-pop that Best Rock Album GRAMMY nominee This Is Why resembled. Instead, its nervy indie rock took its cues, as frontwoman Hayley Williams freely admits , from touring buddies Bloc Party.

Paramore weren't the only emo favorites to rediscover their roots. Fall Out Boy reunited with Under the Cork Tree producer Neal Avron and old label Fueled By Ramen on the dynamic So Much (for) Stardust . And while Taking Back Sunday further veered away from their signature sound, the Long Islanders still embraced the past by naming seventh LP 152 after the North Carolina highway stretch they used to frequent as teens.

Country Artists Tapped Into Rock Sensibilities

We're used to seeing rock musicians going a little bit country: see everyone from Steven Tyler and Bon Jovi to Darius Rucker and Aaron Lewis. But the opposite direction is usually rarer. In 2023, however, it seemed as though every Nashville favorite was suddenly picking up the air guitar.

Zach Bryan repositioned himself as Gen-Z's answer to Bruce Springsteen with the heartland rock of his eponymous Billboard 200 chart-topper (which is up for Best Country Album at the 2024 GRAMMYs alongside Kelsea Ballerini 's Rolling Up the Welcome Mat , Brothers Osborne 's self-titled LP, Tyler Childers ' Rustin' in the Rain , and Lainey Wilson 's Bell Bottom Country ). Meanwhile, Hitmaker HARDY — who first cut his teeth penning hits for Florida Georgia Line and Blake Shelton — leaned into the sounds of hard rock and nu-metal on his second studio LP, The Mockingbird & the Crow .

But few committed more to the crossover than the one of country's greatest living legends. Dolly Parton roped in a whole host of hellraisers and headbangers including Richie Sambora , Joan Jett & The Blackhearts , and Rob Halford , for the 30-track Rockstar — her first rock-oriented project of her glittering 49-album career.

Post-Grunge Reunions Were Abundant

Fans of the mopey '90s scene known as post-grunge had all their dreams come true this year thanks to several unexpected reunions. Turn-of-the-century chart-toppers Staind and Matchbox Twenty both returned with new albums after more than a decade away. Creed , meanwhile, announced they'd be headlining next year's Summer of '99 cruise after a similar amount of time out of the spotlight.

The insatiable appetite for all things nostalgia, of course, means that any band — no matter how fleeting their fame — can stage a lucrative comeback. Take Dogstar, for example, the unfashionable outfit boasting Hollywood nice guy Keanu Reeves. Twenty-three years after appearing to call it a day, the Los Angeles trio surprised everyone by hitting the Bottlerock Napa Valley Festival before dropping a belated third LP, Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees and embarking on a headlining national tour.

The New Generation Gave The Old Their Dues

Say what you want about today's musical generation, but they know to pay respect where it's due., Olivia Rodrigo, for example, doffed her cap to '90s alt-rock favorites The Breeders by inviting them to open on her 2024 world tour.

New working-class hero Sam Fender invited fellow Newcastle native Brian Johnson to perform two AC/DC classics at his hometown stadium show . While ever-changing Japanese kawaii metalers Babymetal debuted their latest incarnation on "Metali," a collaboration with one of their musical idols, Rage Against the Machine 's Tom Morello .

Whether new artists are teaming up with the old or veterans are continuing to receive their flowers, 2023 proved that rock is alive and well.

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New Music Friday: Listen To New Music From RIIZE, Norah Jones & Dave Grohl, Mr. Eazi & More

As we hurtle into spooky season, listen to these spooky tracks from Mr. Eazi, RIIZE, Norah Jones & Dave Grohl and more.

As Halloween approaches, this New Music Friday offers a potion of nostalgia, emotions and fresh sounds.

From RIIZE — K-pop's rising stars, who are mesmerizing listeners with their pop hit "Talk Saxy" — to Norah Jones & Dave Grohl uniting for an unexpected collaboration with "Razor," many different genres are being represented today.

Keeping old times alive, Taylor Swift released her highly-anticipated Taylor’s Version of 1989 , and Duck Sauce is bringing back their 2011 "Barbra Streisand" sound with their new dance single, "LALALA."

Listen to these seven new tracks and albums that will gear you up for spooky season 2023.

RIIZE - "Talk Saxy"

K-pop’s rising stars, RIIZE, are making a vibrant musical return with their new single, "Talk Saxy," a hypnotic dance track that adds a level of depth to their sound even including a catchy saxophone riff. The lyrics focus on attraction to a stranger, and wanting to get their attention.

"Talk to me exactly what you feel / Hide nothing, show me all and everything / It’s okay, let your heart do what it wants / Get it straight to the point / Talk Saxy," RIIZE croons on the chorus.

This track follows their debut single "Get a Guitar," which launched their announcement that they’d signed with RCA Records. RIIZE is the first boy band group to hail from SM Entertainment since Kpop group NCT . RIIZE members, Shotaro and Sungchan, are notably from NCT, and departed from the K-pop group this year.

Norah Jones & Dave Grohl, "Razor"

Dave Grohl, the frontman of Foo Fighters, graced jazz-pop singer Norah Jones’ podcast with special musical performances, including a cover of "Razor," a rare gem from the Foo Fighters 2005 In Your Honor album.

The track features a calm beat with a tranquil melody and guitar strings and piano, blending their strengths seamlessly. This track follows their collaboration on the In Your Honor track "'Virginia Moon."

During this podcast, Jones announced the release of a Black Friday Exclusive LP Record dropping on Nov. 24. Featuring a collection of podcast episodes with fellow musicians, this looks to be a real treat for fans of Jones and/or her estimable guests.

Jacob Collier feat. Michael McDonald and Lawrence - "Wherever I Go"

Jazz musician Jacob Collier has dropped the song "Wherever I Go," a look into his forthcoming album, Djesse Vol. 4. A track inspired by idols from his childhood including the Doobie Brothers , Stevie Wonder and more, he’s made a standout collaboration with Michael McDonald and Lawrence to craft a memorable record.

The two-minute track, which includes a strong bassline and soulful vocals, paints an illustration of loneliness from their lover.

The four-part journey of Djesse has gained him five GRAMMY awards and 11 nominations. With Djesse Vol. 4 , collaborations such as "Little Blue" with Brandi Carlile to Ty Dolla $ign and Kirk Franklin are showcasing Collier’s versatility and knack for genre syntheses.. He also announced a 2024 North American tour with musicians Kemba and Emily King , celebrating the release of this album.

Mr Eazi - The Evil Genius

Afrobeats sensation Mr. Eazi has unveiled his debut album The Evil Genius. The 16-track record shows Eazi’s ability to blend his rhythms from his hometown Nigeria, with hypnotic grooves from Ghana where he spent most of his years.

The Evil Genius takes listeners through his roots, family, love and loneliness in three acts. His skill in blending different styles of music like Gospel and Ghanian styles, makes him the global phenomenon he is. Eazi chose 13 African artists from eight countries to collaborate on this album, bringing together different parts of Africa.

Enhancing the music album, he has introduced a global art exhibition in Ghana, which features work from young artists across Africa.

Tiësto with Tears for Fears, NIIKO X SWAE, GUDFELLA - " Rule The World (Everybody) "

American DJ & singer Tiësto dropped a fresh new track with Tears For Fears , NIIKO X SWAE and GUDFELLA for a reimagining of the 1985 "Everybody Wants To Rule The World." This heart-racing banger has blended stylistic worlds to imbue a classic song with an even catchier, dance-flavored beat.

NIIKO X SWAE originally released an unofficial remix on Soundcloud, which then went viral on social media.. "Rule The World (Everybody)" could certainly become a new party anthem to put on your ‘Halloweekend’ playlist.

Maria José Llergo - ULTRABELLEZA

Spanish singer María José Llergo released her newest album ULTRABELLEZA, following her 2020 Sanación. The album features songs that transverse between genres like "NOVIX," which features a intricate, Latin rhythm and "Superpoder," a star-studded pop song.

"Flamenco is like the blues," she said in a NY Times interview.   Liergo discusses how she incorporated Flamenco, a Spanish art form, into her album in hopes of keeping her cultural traditions rooted in the lyrics that "tell stories of survival — it’s always been a way for the most oppressed to escape."

Duck Sauce - "LALALA"

The hitmakers behind 2010 classics "Barbra Streisand" and "Big Bad Wolf" are back with another dubsmash single called, "LALALA." This duo has made another infectious dance track, which makes listeners transports them to the wildest party of their dreams. "LALALA" feels reminiscent of their past collaborations together, keeping up the nostalgia theme on this special Friday.

The GRAMMY-nominated producers behind Duck Sauce , Armand Van Helden and A-Trak, have recently joined Defected Records’ D4 D4NCE imprint. Keep checking GRAMMY.com on Fridays for a sampler platter of new sounds! Global Spin: JINI Is Impatient In Love During This Passionate Performance Of Her Debut Solo Single, "C'mon"

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Foo Fighters Announce Everything Or Nothing At All Summer 2024 U.S. Stadium Tour

The Pretenders, The Hives, Mammoth WVH and other acts will open on the 12-date summer run.

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The Foo Fighters will hit a run of U.S. stadiums next summer on their Everything or Nothing At All tour . The Dave Grohl-fronted band announced the dates for the 12-show string of 2024 gigs on Monday morning (Oct. 2), with the shows slated to kick-off on July 17 with the first of two shows at Citi Field in New York.

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The Foos have been on the road all summer in support of their 11th album, But Here We Are , with the new stadium shows marking their biggest headlining U.S. gigs announced so far. The Foos’ next scheduled show is on Tuesday (Oct. 3) at the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix, AZ, followed by a handful of other U.S. shows before the band heads to Dubai for the F1 Grand Prix Event on Nov. 26 and then shows in Australia and New Zealand from late November through late January 2024.

Check out the dates for the Foo Fighters’ 2024 Everything or Nothing At All U.S. stadium tour below:

July 17 — New York, NY @ Citi Field *   July 19 – New York, NY @ Citi Field #  July 21 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park #  July 23 – Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium #  July 25 – Cincinnati, OH @ Great American Ballpark *  July 28 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Field **  August 3 – Denver, CO @ Empower Field at Mile High *  August 7 – San Diego, CA @ Petco Park $ August 9 – Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium # August 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium %   August 16 – Portland, OR @ Providence Park Soccer Stadium % August 18 – Seattle, WA @ T-Mobile Park %

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Foo Fighters playing Phoenix concert in support of new album. Everything fans need to know

F oo Fighters will be releasing a new album in advance of their first metro Phoenix concert since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins, whose final U.S. show was a February 2022 headlining set at Innings Festival at Tempe Beach Park.

Dave Grohl and his bandmates will play Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre on Tuesday, Oct. 3. It's unclear who will play drums.

Grohl played an unplugged solo set at Crescent Ballroom on Super Bowl weekend , an impossibly intimate setting for an invitation-only gig by someone known for selling out arenas at the helm of Foo Fighters, who even now remain one of the most successful rock acts to emerge from the alternative-rock explosion of the 1990s.

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What we know about Foo Fighters' new album, 'But Here We Are'

Prior to that Phoenix concert, Foo Fighters will release "But Here We Are," out June 2 on Roswell Records/RCA Records.

The new release has been described in press materials as "a brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters endured over the last year," "a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family" and "courageous, damaged and unflinchingly authentic."

The album opens with the newly released lead single “Rescued,” the first of 10 songs said to "run the emotional gamut from rage and sorrow to serenity and acceptance, and myriad points in between."

Produced by Greg Kurstin and Foo Fighters, "But Here We Are" is the 11th Foo Fighters album and the first chapter of their new life. It's said to channel "the naiveté of Foo Fighters’ 1995 debut" while also being "informed by decades of maturity and depth," resulting in "the sound of brothers finding refuge in the music that brought them together in the first place 28 years ago, a process that was as therapeutic as it was about a continuation of life."

Foo Fighters' 'But Here We Are' track list

Here's the full track listing for 'But Here We Are':

"Under You"

"Hearing Voices"

"But Here We Are"

"The Glass"

"Nothing at All"

"Show Me How"

"Beyond Me"

"The Teacher"

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Music and concerts, music and concerts | spring and summer concert calendar includes foo fighters, metallica, nicki minaj.

The spring and summer concert calendar has a little something for everyone, from country stars (Kenny Chesney, Morgan Wallen) to rockers (Foo Fighters, Metallica) to a brand new festival on Harriet Island (Minnesota Yacht Club Festival).

Keep in mind that some large venues use dynamic pricing, which means ticket prices can vary. Also, the prices noted here do not include VIP packages or platinum tickets, which typically run into the hundreds of dollars.

Here’s a look at what’s on tap in the coming months.

Nicki Minaj

April 27: Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj scored her first hit way back in 2010, but she’s making her local debut as an arena headliner. Born in Trinidad and Tobago in 1982 to gospel-singing parents, Minaj initially pursued an acting career and landed a role in the Off-Broadway play “In Case You Forget” in 2001. Frustrated by a lack of roles, she shifted to rapping and landed a series of 2010 guest spots on singles from the likes of Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Rihanna that made her an in-demand featured artist with more than 80 collaborations in the years since. Her debut album “Pink Friday” went triple platinum and spawned seven hits, including “Super Bass,” which hit the Top 10 in charts around the world. Her latest album, “Pink Friday 2,” debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts in December. 8 p.m.; Target Center, 600 First Ave. N., Mpls.; $199.50-$79.50; ticketmaster.com .

More hip-hop: Gunna (7 p.m. May 10; Armory; $77), Megan Thee Stallion (7 p.m. May 14; Target Center; $233.50-$38.25), Russ (8 p.m. June 21; Xcel Energy Center; $124.50-$34.50), The Kid Laroi (7:30 p.m. July 5; Armory; $57-$47), Kid Cudi (7 p.m. Aug. 7; Target Center; $139.95-$49.95), Chance the Rapper (7 p.m. Aug. 23; Minnesota State Fair Grandstand; $148-$48).

Kenny Chesney

May 4: Country star Kenny Chesney will play his seventh Twin Cities stadium show when he headlines U.S. Bank Stadium for the third time. As is typically the case for the 56-year-old Tennessee native, he’s bringing along some high-profile opening acts in 2023 CMA song of the year and new artist nominee Megan Moroney, “When The Sun Goes Down” duet partner Uncle Kracker and Zac Brown Band, who previously warmed the stage for Chesney at Target Field in 2013. Chesney is out in support of his recently released 20th album, “Born.” 5 p.m.; U.S. Bank Stadium, 401 Chicago Ave., Mpls.; $280-$50; axs.com .

More country: Tim McGraw (7 p.m. April 20; Xcel Energy Center; $214.50-$34.50), Lady A (8 p.m. June 13; Mystic Amphitheater; $149-$49), Brooks and Dunn (7 p.m. Aug. 10; Treasure Island Amphitheater; $85-$45), Blake Shelton (7 p.m. Aug. 25; Minnesota State Fair Grandstand; $207-$77).

June 7-8: Raised on a tree farm in Vermont, Noah Kahan started writing songs at 8. He later applied and was accepted to Tulane University, but chose instead to focus on his music. In 2017, he signed a deal with Republic Records and went on to score a hit in 2019 with the single “Hurt Somebody.” Kahan’s second album “I Was/I Am” was largely ignored in 2021. When he set out to make 2022’s “Stick Season,” he adopted a more pronounced folk-pop style that struck a chord with listeners. Thanks in part to TikTok, the title track became a worldwide hit, as did last year’s “Dial Drunk” with guest Post Malone. Collaborating with other artists has become common for Kahan, who made “She Calls Me Back” with Kacey Musgraves, “Northern Attitude” with Hozier, “Everything, Everywhere” with Gracie Abrams and “Homesick” with Sam Fender. Kahan also guested on Zach Bryan’s single “Sarah’s Place,” a Top 5 hit on both rock and country radio. 8 p.m.; Xcel Energy Center, 175 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul; $399; ticketmaster.com .

More folk pop: AJR (7 p.m. April 17; Xcel Energy Center; $144.50-$50.50), Niall Horan (7:30 p.m. July 7; Xcel Energy Center; $294-$44.50), Cage the Elephant (6:30 p.m. Aug. 12; Target Center; $129.50-$29.50), Hozier (8 p.m. Aug. 17; Xcel Energy Center; sold out).

Morgan Wallen

June 20-21: With his upcoming local shows, Morgan Wallen joins the extremely short list of acts — Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks and (come August) Metallica — to have played two consecutive nights at one of the three Twin Cities stadiums. Wallen emerged in 2014 as a contestant on the sixth season of “The Voice,” but was eliminated during the playoffs. He released his debut EP the following year and scored his first major hit with 2017’s “Up Down.” Nearly every single he’s released since has landed at either No. 1 or 2 on the country charts. His sophomore effort, “Dangerous: The Double Album,” earned glowing reviews and was the biggest hit of any genre in 2021. Wallen got his first taste of U.S. Bank Stadium when he opened for Eric Church in 2022. The following year, he released his third album “One Thing at a Time,” a 36-song collection that has (so far) spawned eight singles. 6 p.m.; U.S. Bank Stadium, 401 Chicago Ave., Mpls.; $699.75-$169.75 (both shows); ticketmaster.com .

More new country: Dustin Lynch (8 p.m. April 28; Armory; $42.50-$37.50), Zach Bryan (7 p.m. Aug. 24; U.S. Bank Stadium; $399.50-$265.15).

Minnesota Yacht Club Festival

July 19-20: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gwen Stefani and Alanis Morissette headline the inaugural Minnesota Yacht Club Festival, the first major rock and pop music festival on St. Paul’s Harriet Island since 2012’s River’s Edge Music Festival. Stefani and Morissette headline the opening day, which also features the Black Crowes, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, the Head and the Heart, Durry, Morgan Wade, Michigander, Gully Boys and Harbor and Home. Red Hot Chili Peppers top the second-day bill, which also includes the Offspring, Hippo Campus, Gary Clark Jr., the Hold Steady, Soul Asylum, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Wilderado, Nico Vega and Irontom. Harriet Island Regional Park, 49 Harriet Island Road, St. Paul; $285-$135 (single day) and $365-$255 (both days); minnesotayachtclubfestival.com .

More festivals: Winstock Country Music Festival (June 14-15; adjacent to the Winsted Airport; $245-$165), Twin Cities Jazz Festival (June 21-22; Mears Park; free), Lakefront Music Festival (July 12-13; Lakefront Park; $100-$75), Basilica Block Party (Aug. 2-3; Boom Island Park; $159-$89).

Foo Fighters

July 28: Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Foo Fighters will play their largest show yet in the metro when they headline Target Field. Led by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, the Foo Fighters have become one of the most successful contemporary rock bands of the era. In 2021, Paul McCartney inducted the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the band’s first year of eligibility. In June, the group released their 11th album, “But Here We Are.” The first two singles, “Rescued” and “Under You,” hit No. 1 on the Billboard alternative and mainstream rock charts. They’ve played local venues more than a dozen times, and most recently performed a sold-out show at Xcel Energy Center in October 2018. Fellow Rock Hall inductees the Pretenders and grunge-era rockers L7 are also on the bill. 5:30 p.m.; Target Field, 1 Twins Way, Mpls.; $149.50; ticketmaster.com .

More Rock and Roll Hall of Famers: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (8 p.m. June 7; Mystic Amphitheater; sold out), Def Leppard and Journey (6 p.m. Aug. 19; Target Field; resale tickets available), Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top (8 p.m. Aug. 30; Treasure Island Amphitheater; $109-$49).

Barry Manilow

Aug. 2: Barry Manilow may be from New York, but he’s perfected the Minnesota Goodbye. The 80-year-old retro pop star embarked on a farewell tour in 2016 he called One Last Time! But he has continued to perform live anyway, playing as many as 80 shows a year ever since. This gig is dubbed The Final St. Paul Concert, so maybe this really is the end? Whatever the case, expect to hear his big hits from the ’70s like “Mandy,” “Could it Be Magic,” “I Write the Songs,” “Daybreak,” “Can’t Smile Without You,” “Ready to Take a Chance Again” and “Copacabana (At the Copa).” 7 p.m.; Xcel Energy Center, 175 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul; $244.50-$94.50; ticketmaster.com .

More retro acts: Janet Jackson (8 p.m. June 18; Xcel Energy Center; $294.95-$34.95), New Kids on the Block (7 p.m. June 23; Mystic Amphitheater; $69), Earth, Wind and Fire and Chicago (7:30 p.m. July 13; Xcel Energy Center; $494.50-$34.50), Happy Together Tour (7 p.m. Aug. 26; Minnesota State Fair Grandstand; $66-$33).

Aug. 16 and 18: It’ll be a long time coming once Metallica takes the stage at U.S. Bank Stadium for a two-night run. Tickets went on sale — for either single shows or both nights — nearly two years ago for the ambitious two-year tour that sees the foursome playing unique set lists each night. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers are performing on an in-the-round setup, with a VIP general admission area inside the center of the stage. Minneapolis is one of just four U.S. cities Metallica is hitting this year, so expect to see plenty of out-of-towners in the crowd. Pantera and Wolfgang Van Halen’s band Mammoth open the first night, with Five Finger Death Punch and Ice Nine Kills warming the stage the second night. 7 p.m.; U.S. Bank Stadium, 401 Chicago Ave., Mpls.; $165-$54.75 (single show) and $380-$145 (both shows); ticketmaster.com .

More metal: Judas Priest (7:30 p.m. May 2; Armory; $67), Staind (6:30 p.m. May 4; Xcel Energy Center; $95-$35), Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper (6 p.m. Aug. 25; Xcel Energy Center; $164.50-$54.50), Motley Crue (7 p.m. Aug. 28; Minnesota State Fair Grandstand; $207-$77).

Aug. 17: Green Day heads up an unlikely trio of Gen X nostalgia acts and a group of up-and-coming Zoomers for their second show at Target Field. They’ll be joined by reunited ’90s rockers Smashing Pumpkins, fellow ’90s punk act Rancid and the Linda Lindas, a band of four young women who opened for Paramore last August at Xcel Energy Center. Green Day has three reasons to celebrate as 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of their breakthrough album “Dookie,” the 20th anniversary of their comeback record “American Idiot” and the release of their 14th album “Saviors.” In August 2021, they drew a crowd of more than 36,000 to Target Field on a bill with Fall Out Boy and Weezer. Lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong is quite familiar with the area, as his wife, Adrienne, is a Twin Cities native. 5:30 p.m.; Target Field, 1 Twins Way, Mpls.; $193-$93; ticketmaster.com .

More rock: Sum 41 (7 p.m. April 23; Armory; $125-$46), Blink-182 (7 p.m. Aug. 6; Target Center; $200-$39.50), Creed (7 p.m. Aug. 17; Treasure Island Amphitheater; $199).

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The Foo Fighters are still promoting their most recent album But Here We Are , and the people obviously aren’t tired of it yet. The set was released in June 2023, and many months later, it continues to produce big hits. This week, the project’s latest single rises to No. 1 on a chart the band has conquered many times in the past, and this latest win helps them break a tie with two other beloved groups in the genre.

“The Glass” by the Foo Fighters jumps to No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart this week. The ranking measures the top-performing tracks across a number of radio stations throughout the U.S. that focus on what’s known as “mainstream” rock, which tends to skew a bit harder–but not exclusively.

This frame, “The Glass” rises from No. 3 to the highest rung on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, reaching the summit for the first time. The tune replaces Pearl Jam’s “Dark Matter” at No. 1. That single has been running the show for four weeks–an impressive showing, considering the fact that it has now spent just eight turns anywhere on the tally.

“The Glass” marks the fourteenth trip to the summit on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart for the Foo Fighters. That’s one of the greatest accumulations of leaders of all time on the ranking, and this latest smash helps them pass a pair of fellow beloved rock bands.

With a fourteenth No. 1, the Foo Fighters break their tie with both Metallica and Van Halen, according to Billboard . Both of those rock bands have accrued 13 champions on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart throughout their years together.

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‘Is She Sure?’ How the Breeders Joined Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts Tour.

The ’90s alt-rock icons hit the Madison Square Garden stage for the first time Friday night, after the 21-year-old pop star invited them to join her on the road.

By Jenn Pelly

Olivia Rodrigo remembers her life in two parts: before she heard the Breeders’ “Cannonball,” and after, she told the crowd at Madison Square Garden on Friday night, when her Guts World Tour arrived in New York.

And that is how the ’90s alt-rock idols came to play the New York arena for the first time last week, 31 years after that song from their platinum 1993 album, “Last Splash,” charted on Billboard’s Hot 100.

Rodrigo’s camp initially approached the Breeders in September about opening some dates on the tour supporting her second album, “Guts .” “My first reaction was, Wow, that seems kind of odd,” the band’s bassist, Josephine Wiggs, said in an interview. “But after I’d thought about it for a while, I thought, ‘That’s actually really genius.’”

Kim Deal, the singer-guitarist who leads the band with her twin sister, Kelley, said she was surprised when they got the invite. “I’d heard ‘Drivers License,’ and I liked that a lot,” she said, referring to Rodrigo’s breakout 2021 smash.

Kelley wondered if it might be a mistake. “I thought, ‘Is she sure? Do they really mean us?’”

But Rodrigo made her enthusiasm clear when the shows were confirmed, reaching out personally to share her excitement. “She texted each one of us individually,” Kelley recalled.

“And said, ‘Really happy to hear that you’re going to do this,’” Wiggs added. “Very classy.”

Aside from Kim, who played Madison Square Garden in 1992 when her earlier band, Pixies, opened for U2, no one in the group had ever performed at the venue before. Kim hadn’t been back since, and said she had no memory of that previous gig: “I usually remember the bad shows, so it’s a good thing that I really don’t remember that one.”

With the first date in the books, the Breeders spent part of Saturday afternoon glimpsing Rodrigo’s soundcheck — she was belting “Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl” to an empty arena — and then briefly chatting with her. “So easy to talk to!” Kim reported as the Breeders headed up to the stage to adjust their own amps and pedals. The lights were up; two men vacuumed the previous night’s pink and purple star-shaped confetti.

“How about we do a piece of ‘Cannonball,’ like when everything comes in?” Kim asked the band, which also includes the drummer Jim Macpherson. They had already tested the distorted ahh-ooohh-ahh vocalizations that open the song. Kim blew a whistle to emulate the record’s microphone feedback.

Rodrigo was born a decade after the release of “Cannonball,” but the 21-year-old heard it as a teenager and remembers “instantly falling in love with the Breeders,” she wrote in an email. “I thought Kim was the coolest girl in the world,” Rodrigo said. “I’m very inspired by them and everything they stand for. They are absolutely iconic, and playing these shows with them has been a surreal honor.” (The Breeders have joined the tour for four shows at the Garden that wrap on Tuesday, and four more at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles later this summer.)

Mischief, wryness, confidence and camaraderie feel encoded into the poised riffs and bass line of “Cannonball,” and it’s easy to imagine girls gently headbanging along to it for eternity. Rodrigo went louder and crunchier on “Guts,” long inspired by artists who are “not trying to recreate a version of rock music that guys make,” as she told The New York Times last year.

Soundcheck proceeded like a supercut. “Should we do half of ‘Do You Love Me Now’?” Kim asked before crashing the song open and letting its twin harmonies ring out. “A little piece of ‘Drivin’ on 9’?” signaling the aching country tune. “Should we throw in ‘Gigantic’?” Kim asked before unleashing the titanic anthem she co-wrote and sang as a member of Pixies. (She dedicated its “big, big love” to Rodrigo during the show.)

Earlier, the band sat in a green room processing its Guts experience so far. Kelley had been impressed by the emotional arc of Rodrigo’s songs the previous night. “I was texting somebody, ‘I’m so empowered right now!’” She later reached out to praise Rodrigo’s voice as “really special,” observing, “Her tone and control are spectacular!”

“She performs with a really good sense of humor,” Kim added.

Wiggs said she could hear some Breeders commonalties in a Rodrigo chord progression, while Macpherson detected a bit of the band in “Jealousy, Jealousy,” from her first album, “Sour.” “The bass riff was almost like a ‘Hag,’ ‘Hellbound’ -ish kind of thing,” he said.

The Breeders expressed shock at how young Rodrigo’s fans were, and the collective decibel of their screams on Friday night. “You’re going to be surprised by how loud it was,” Kelley said. Weren’t their own amps loud, too? “Not louder than 30,000 tweens,” she said.

Kim roasted her bandmates for withholding stage banter the night before. “Looking out at the sea of 7- and 8-year-olds, I had no idea what to say,” Wiggs said, deadpan. “I could just about manage to say something to people who are obviously teenagers. I was like, OK, maybe I’ll try to make eye contact with the dads.”

The Deal sisters are no strangers to parental accompaniment at gigs. “My dad used to have Ray Charles in his headphones, watching us play, when he drove us around in the r.v. with Nirvana,” Kim said, referring to the band’s 1992 tour with what was then the biggest band on Earth. “He’d have his cassette Walkman,” Kelley added. “He was a big supporter, but he’d heard us a million times.”

In Kurt Cobain’s liner notes to Nirvana’s 1992 compilation “Incesticide,” he detailed the recent life experiences that had meant the most to him since “becoming an untouchable boy genius,” including “playing with the Breeders” on the list. “Nirvana and Foo Fighters would really curate their opening bands, which is I think what Olivia is doing in a way, curating new music that she wants fans to get to know,” Kelley said.

Most of the young people watching from the front rows on Saturday were not familiar with the Breeders — who are all in their 50s and 60s — though there were exceptions. “My parents know who they are!” exclaimed an 18-year-old fan named Mack. “My dad said they had some jams back when he was younger. He didn’t know if I would like them, but I trust Olivia.”

Another fan, Elle, 16, was with her father, who saw the Breeders at Lollapalooza alongside Smashing Pumpkins and the Beastie Boys. “For me, this was really cool,” he said. “I don’t know the tour’s other openers as well, but I’ve loved the Breeders since ’94 when I saw them last.”

Rodrigo’s fans were decked out in sparkling skirts, purple bows and platform boots in honor of their heroine, who took the stage in a series of short, glittering skirts. The Breeders are known for more understated sartorial choices. Had they given any thought about to what to wear?

“I sent out a ‘help’ text to a friend of mine,” Kelley admitted. “I said, I’m trying to upgrade my look from my T-shirt and jeans that I typically wear, but staying in my comfort zone. He said, ‘I find glitter or sequins to always be the answer.’ I just waited for him to laugh or something. That was no help to me at all. So I went with a T-shirt and jeans.”

“Like she’s been dressing since seventh grade,” Kim said.

‘I fell to the floor and played dead as Moscow gunmen killed the girl next to me’

People describe how they feigned death to survive or had other miraculous escapes during the terror attack at the Crocus City Hall

Moscow’s Crocus City Hall was packed to the rafters on Friday night as fans of Picnic eagerly awaited the Soviet-era rock band’s arrival on stage.

The musicians were still in their dressing room when gunshots first rang out . At first, the audience thought it was part of the build-up to the show. Then several gunmen clad in combat fatigues burst through the doors and started shooting.

Videos shared on social media showed four or five men dressed in bulletproof vests and armed with assault rifles entering the large, marbled concert hall.

They carried a large cache of weapons and shot indiscriminately at people.

“They acted like trained fighters,” one eye witness told Mash, a Russian news Telegram channel. “They killed the guards and people standing at the door. Then they blocked the main entrance.”

Among the most graphic footage to emerge shows the gunmen firing on those trapped in an entranceway to the concert hall for a full minute at point-blank range.  

After that, the attackers lobbed an explosive device into the crowd, starting a fire which eventually burnt through the roof of the building.

People described how they played dead to survive or had other miraculous escapes.

‘I pretended to die’

One woman interviewed on Russian TV while in hospital being treated for burns to her hands and body said: “I fell to the floor and pretended to die. The girl next to me was killed.”

Yulia Khvatkova was running late for the concert and dashing to catch the start of the show with her boyfriend.

What she didn’t realise was that the gunmen were behind her. They opened fire just as she reached the concert hall entrance.

“I was wounded in the shoulder, my boyfriend was hit in the arms and legs. A woman fell right next to me with a bullet through her temple,” she told the Astra news agency.

“A cheerful woman was selling tickets at the entrance. When we ran away I saw her lying there with these tickets with a bullet in her head. I still have this picture in front of my eyes.”

Anna was also about to enter the concert hall with her parents when the shooting started.

“We were literally three steps away from the entrance when a man fell down dead in front of me,” she told the Russian channel TV Rain. “People started shouting: ‘Run, they’re shooting’. We didn’t realise it at first, because it sounded like firecrackers.”

Inside the hall, built to accommodate 6,200 people, the crowd dropped to the floor in a desperate bid to dodge the flurry of bullets, some attempting to crawl under seats through the thick smoke to the exits.

Many did not make it that far. Footage from the scene showed scores of bodies slumped over seats or on the ground. Elena, 61, said one man “saved a lot of people” after he tackled one of the gunmen.

She was hiding under a seat, watching an attacker near the stage shoot people when she saw the man grab his assault rifle and beat him with it.

“He just gave us the opportunity to all go out through the stage, through the emergency exit we all ran out into the street. He saved a lot of people. I don’t know if he was still alive,” she said.

The attackers then started setting fire to the hall, according to Vitaly, an eyewitness quoted by the BBC. “They threw some petrol bombs, everything started burning. We were led out towards an exit.”

Another eyewitness said children and teenagers were in the complex at the time of the attack, taking part in a ballroom dancing competition.

By Saturday morning, officials said that the death toll was more than 93, including three children, and that more than 145 had been injured, the worst attack on civilians in Russia for years. Ten people reportedly died from smoke inhalation from the fire as they hid from the gunmen in an underground toilet.

Video footage from the site showed police loading heavy black body bags into dark grey refrigerated vans.

Lax security

Survivors have complained that security around the high-profile venue appeared to have been too light and was easily overwhelmed by the attackers.

Crocus City Hall is one of Moscow’s most famous music venues: Elton John, Lenny Kravitz, Eric Clapton, and Dua Lipa have all performed there. The complex includes a large shopping mall. It was also the site of the infamous Miss Universe pageant Donald Trump attended in 2013.

By late Friday night, electronic billboards across Russia were displaying the word “mourn” and a flickering candle on a black background.

On Saturday morning, news agencies on the Telegram messaging app had blacked out their avatars and queues at blood donation centres had formed across Moscow.

“This is a matter of life and death for dozens of people,” Alexey Shaposhnikov, chairman of the Moscow City Duma pleaded.

Huge manhunt

Police launched a massive manhunt for suspects after a gunfight with a suspected getaway car in southern Russia. Several people have been detained. 

European leaders were quick to condemn the attacks, which the Islamic State terror group (IS) claimed responsibility for within hours.

Two weeks ago, the US embassy in Moscow warned of a potential terror attack, advising US citizens to avoid large gatherings, including concerts but this week Vladimir Putin dismissed the warning as “outright blackmail” intended to “intimidate and destabilise” Russian society.

Moscow terror attack raises questions about FSB failure to prevent it

US officials said their alert had been partially based on intelligence indicating Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) branch of the terror group was active inside Russia.

Some senior Russian officials, including former president Dmitry Medvedev, blamed Ukraine for the attack and threatened harsh retaliation.

Russia’s worst terror attack in over a decade has brought a collective shudder across Europe, where memories of other music venues turned to slaughterhouses have resurfaced: the Bataclan in Paris in 2015 , and the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017.

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