Foo Fighters have claimed their sixth primary album right this moment with ‘However Right here We Are’.
Midweek, Foo Fighters surpassed Noel Gallagher’s Excessive Flying Birds within the race for the primary spot on the Official Album Charts.
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Each launched their newest full-length albums final Friday (June 2) and the competitors was one of many closest chart battles lately. Dave Grohl and co in the end triumphed over Gallagher – who took the quantity two spot – after racking up 44,500 chart items to earn their primary.
‘However Right here We Are’ was the band’s first album because the sudden demise of Taylor Hawkins final March.
Previous to this, the Foos topped the Official Albums Chart with ‘One By One’ (2002), ‘Echoes, Silence, Endurance & Grace’ (2007), ‘Losing Mild’ (2011), ‘Concrete And Gold’ (2017) and ‘Drugs At Midnight’ (2021).
Foo Fighters’ newest eleventh studio album obtained a five-star evaluation from NME, who hailed it as being “an attractive, noisy celebration of brotherhood and a stark, painful exploration of loss.”
“It’s messy, gut-wrenching, bold and beautiful, because the remaining members of Foo Fighters push themselves to their limits and past,” it learn. “Via all of it, ‘However Right here We Are’ is an plain reminder of the therapeutic, unifying energy of music.”
The band lately started their 2023 comeback tour, and are rumoured to be making a shock look at Glastonbury 2023 as The Churnups.
Earlier this week, Grohl and co. additionally teased particulars of a “soon-to-be-announced” UK tour.
In a brand new replace shared on their official web site, the band confirmed that UK concert events are on the horizon, and scheduled to kick off subsequent yr.
Initially, the web site had a message that learn: “Pre-order any format of ‘However Right here We Are’ for pre-sale code entry to forthcoming and soon-to-be-announced UK reside dates.”
Nonetheless, as of yesterday (June 6), an eagle-eyed fan highlighted that the message has since been up to date, and now reads: “Foo Fighters will tour the UK in 2024. Order ‘However Right here We Are’ from the official retailer by Thursday for pre-sale code entry to the forthcoming reside dates.”
Earlier this week, the band introduced Australia and New Zealand tour dates for late 2023 and early 2024.
