Studio 606 West
VeepsAfter a tough 18 months Foo Fighters are ready to announce to the world that they are back, as well as reveal their new drummer. After plans to appear on an episode of Saturday Night Live to do so are thwarted, they instead produce their own announcement video, doubling as a rehearsal.
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Ahead of their first live tour following the passing of Taylor Hawkins Foo Fighters were at their Studio 606 HQ in Los Angeles for a band practice session. Unlike the vast majority of rehearsal sessions which are private and undocumented the band hired a film crew to cover the action which would be broadcast for fans online.
The primary reason for the rare glimpse into a rehearsal session was to reveal Josh Freese as the new drummer for the band, the seasoned stick-man with a credits sheet longer than a keyboard solo at a prog rock show.
An hour of the session was broadcast in an online stream via concert streaming platform Veeps on May 21st but it's highly likely the rehearsal ran longer. A printed setlist was visible in the broadcast with many more songs listed and several cuts/cross fades are also noticeable in the video.