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Gigs & Festivals
Foo Fighters announce 2011 UK shows
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 27 October 2010
Those Foo Fighters will be back in the UK for two shows next summer. The band will play two nights at the Milton Keynes Bowl in July. Support will variously come from Biffy Clyro, Jimmy Eat World, Death Cab For Cutie, Tame Impala and The Hot Rats, while Bob Mould will DJ at both shows.
Speaking to Zane Lowe on Radio 1, Dave Grohl said that fans could expect the band’s new album, which they are currently recording, to be released before they play, too: “It’s weird to put the biggest show we’ve pretty much ever played on sale when we’re halfway done. But I promise you the record will be done. We’re seven songs in with five or six more we’re gonna do. The last month and a half we’ve been recording in my garage, totally old school analogue”.
He added: “Each song is full on, the whole record is full on. In the fourteen songs there’s not one acoustic guitar, there’s not even one in the house”.
The album will also feature two people from Grohl’s past. Butch Vig, who produced Grohl’s former band Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album, is producing, and Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic also guests on one track. The sense of occasion, Grohl said, has inspired the band to make a documentary about the recording process.
Grohl said: “This whole project has been really cool. I haven’t made a record with Butch for 20 years. We’re making a movie about this whole experience too. We have a director. Basically 2011 you’re not gonna be able to get us out of your hair, that’s what we’re planning. I’m excited”.
Tickets for the shows go on sale on 5 Nov. Here are the support acts and dates:
2 Jul: Biffy Clyro, Death Cab For Cutie and Tame Impala, plus Bob Mould DJ set
3 Jul: Biffy Clyro, Jimmy Eat World and The Hot Rat, plus Bob Mould DJ set
