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Foo Fighters frontman aims to be ‘loving parent’ to new daughter and earn family’s ‘forgiveness’
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Snobbishness towards pop goes back decades but it’s time they reconciled themselves to the new reality
Foo Fighters, Oasis, U2, the Rolling Stones and more: Slane’s 15 greatest acts – in reverse order
As Harry Styles limbers up for this year’s gig, on Saturday, we pick our favourite performances at the castle since the inaugural Slane Festival, in 1981
Foo Fighters: But Here We Are – Dave Grohl processes a year of grief and loss
The shadows of drummer Taylor Hawkins and Grohl’s mother, Victoria, loom large, but this is still a loudly life-affirming collection
Liam Gallagher: C’mon You Know – No unexpected surprises
Another bog-standard but curiously comforting offering from Oasis man
Taylor Hawkins had 10 different substances in his system at time of death – officials
Antidepressants, opioids found in Foo Fighters drummer’s urine during toxicology test
Taylor Hawkins was Foo Fighters’ heart and soul – a bad boy in an age of dull musicians
The late drummer with frontman capabilities was a throwback to an older kind of rock star
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dies aged 50
Band ‘devastated by untimely loss’ and asks for privacy of family to be respected
Studio 666: Foo Fighters horror mash-up is not good – but it’s good it exists
This revolting film is a welcome curio – it’s like The Monkees sitcom but much bloodier
Nirvana Nevermind baby has ‘child sexual exploitation’ lawsuit dismissed
Spencer Elden appeared as a naked baby on the cover of the classic 1991 album
The Storyteller by Dave Grohl: Strap yourself in for smooth, well-told tales
Book review: In what seems like a charmed life, the Foo Fighter was in the right place at the right time
“I took to sex like a duck to water’? I can’t imagine Mick Jagger talking like that’
The Rolling Stone’s memoir was to be ghostwritten. Then the plan began to fall apart
Teenage Fanclub: ‘We’ll keep playing as long as we’re enjoying it’
Norman Blake on the band’s 10th album, made without bassist and founding member Gerard Love
‘Another drink / clean the sink’: Mick Jagger’s lockdown was just as boring as yours
The rockstar’s self-deprecating new single, Easy Sleazy, reveals his lockdown routines
Foo Fighters: Medicine at Midnight – One of the naffest rock album in years
Dave Grohl and Co’s 10th album is a hot mess of fluffy, cliched, catch-all pop-rock
Foo Fighters at 25: ‘For us to break up would be like your grandparents divorcing’
Dave Grohl on YouTube drum battles with a 10-year-old, and the band’s Mariah Carey fan
Foo Fighters in Dublin: ‘This is the perfect f**king gig’
Review: Only once during the RDS gig did Dave Grohl and friends take a foot off the gas
Foo Fighters at the RDS: Everything you need to know
Set list, tickets, weather, restricted items and transport for the band’s Dublin summer gig
The best rock & pop gigs of the week
The might Foo Fighters, Stevie Van Zandt plugging his latest album and Jeff Buckley remembered
This Album Changed My Life: Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
Baxter Robot of Cork band, Happyalone, on the grunge benchmark
Johnny Marr: ‘A lot of people don’t even want to see The Smiths re-form’
The former Smiths guitarist on his third album, ‘Call the Comet’ – his most personal yet – and why he's happy to stay solo
Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold review: a slight change in Foolosophy
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Royal Blood: ‘Do everything ironically: wear gold jackets and drink Champagne'
The Brighton band's success has come at warp speed but the seem to be handling it well
David Bowie remembered: What we’ve learned since his death
Some astounding new Bowie facts have come to light over the last year
Photographer Deirdre O’Callaghan's singular beat
New book features images and interviews with world’s most famous drummers
Dave Grohl urges Cornwall council to allow teenage band to practise
Foo Fighters frontman compares decibel restriction to ‘the level of a dishwasher ’
Taylor Swift wins album of the year at the Grammys
Swift also wins Grammys for best pop vocal album for 1989 and best music video for Bad Blood
Motörhead singer Lemmy’s funeral held in Los Angeles
Dave Grohl, Slash and Lars Ulrich among mourners at ceremony in Hollywood
Lemmy one of the last links to the origins of rock and roll
Tribute: You couldn’t make Lemmy up. His career was a triumph of style and substance
Who can keep up with Mark Guiliana?
The New Jersey boy, who has been hailed as the future of drumming, says jazz and electronic music equally informed his style
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl breaks leg in stage fall
Singer and guitarist continues with show in Sweden despite injury
Lord Henry Mountcharles praises ‘one of the best Slanes ever’
‘Dave Grohl went out there and he really turned it on,’ says organiser
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