The Foo Fighters have announced a new album and tour. The new album is titled “Concrete and Gold,” and it will have a tour that kicks off with a badass festival with a tremendous lineup. “Concrete and Gold” arrives September 15 via Roswell/RCA and features the songs “Run,” “The Sky is a Neighborhood,” and “La Dee Da” which were previously debuted at a live gig.
The Foo Fighters have been quietly working on the album for the last six months at Hollywood’s EastWest Studios with Greg Kurstin, the producer best known for co-writing Adele’s smash hit “Hello.” Dave Grohl became a fan of Kurstin through his indie pop duo, the Bird and the Bee, with Inara George. Kurstin has worked with pop stars such as Sia, Kelly Clarkson, Ellie Goulding, Pink, Tegan and Sara, and Lily Allen in the past.Grohl thought Kurstin’s pop experience would create an interesting challenge for the Foo Fighters.
“So I think maybe Greg is the guy that we ask to be our producer because he’s never made a heavy rock record before and we’ve never worked with a pop producer,” Grohl said. The musician described the combination of their styles as, “Our noise and Greg’s big brain and all of his sophisticated arrangements and composition.”
The band said that “Concrete and Gold” would be their “biggest sounding album ever.” “Concrete and Gold” is the ninth studio album for the Foo Fighters. This is the first new music from the Foo Fighters since 2015’s “Saint Cecilia,” and “Sonic Highways,” back in 2014.
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Concrete and Gold Track List
1. “T-Shirt”
2. “Run”
3. “Make It Right”
4. “The Sky Is A Neighborhood”
5. “La Dee Da”
6. “Dirty Water”
7. “Arrows”
8. “Happy Ever After (Zero Hour)”
9. “Sunday Rain”
10. “The Line”
11. “Concrete and Gold”
The Foo Fighters also announced that they would be headlining Cal Jam 17. The incredible one-day festival at Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernandino, California. The spectacular festival has an impressive lineup including Queens of the Stone Age, Cage the Elephant, Liam Gallagher, the Kills, Royal Blood, Japandroids, Wolf Alice, and Bob Mould. The press release stated the festival will feature “camping, carnival rides, a water park, attractions, [and] a mobile recording studio.” Tickets go on sale June 29th at 10 a.m. PT on the Cal Jam 17 website. Dave Grohl and the boys will also headline this year’s Glastonbury festival.
Foo Fighters 2017 Tour Dates
October 14 – Richmond, VA @ Richmond Coliseum
October 15 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum
October 17 – Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena
October 18 – Knoxville, TN @ Thompson-Boling Arena
October 20 – Cincinnati, OH @ U.S. Bank Arena
October 21 – Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena
October 23 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
October 24 – Memphis,TN @ FedExForum
October 26 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena at The BJCC
November 7 – Madison, WI @ Kohl Center
November 8 – Champaign, IL @ State Farm Arena
November 10 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
November 11 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
November 13 – Wichita, KS @ INTRUST Bank Arena
November 15 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
December 1 – Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center
December 2 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
December 4 – Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena
December 5 – Eugene, OR @ Matthew Knight Arena
December 7 – Nampa ID @ Ford Idaho Center
December 9 – Billings MT @ Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
December 10 – Casper WY @ Casper Events Center
December 12 – Salt Lake City UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena
Hopefully, none of the venues cut off the Foo Fighters early like one festival attempted to last month.