Foo Fighters Part Ways With Josh Freese, Set to Welcome Ilan Rubin
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Foo Fighters have told drummer Josh Freese that the band is moving in a different direction and will no longer be playing with him, with longtime Nine Inch Nails drummer Ilan Rubin set to join. Freese, who joined in 2023 after Taylor Hawkins’s death, said the split came after a band-wide discussion about a new direction. Grohl stressed the change wasn’t abrupt and reflected the band’s evolving path post-Hawkins, as they prepare for a stadium tour. Freese will return to Nin during this period.
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